Many of us may have an old, old computer around – did you know that you can use it as a small heater this winter, while potentially making a difference in public health and science?
Continue reading “The space heater that improves public health”The Tic-Tac-Toe Magic Square trick
In Mathematics Magic and Mystery by Martin Gardner, the author presents an interesting card trick to create a magic square (where all rows and columns add to the same number), using an interesting interactive game with a participant. After playing a game of tic-tac-toe, your friends will be surprised to see they set up the cards in a 3×3 grid summing the number on the cards to 15!
Continue reading “The Tic-Tac-Toe Magic Square trick”I don’t always test BETAs on the production home page…
… but when I do, it’s WordPress.org? – Check out a recent announcement from Make WordPress Core:
Continue reading “I don’t always test BETAs on the production home page…”The end of Mycroft? Sad news this week
If you have been following the Mycroft.ai project, you may have been disappointed to see the recent email this week, including the announcement that the company will be shutting down…
Continue reading “The end of Mycroft? Sad news this week”Big news for EV expansion in USA today
Today there was a big announcement from the White House for future EV charging stations…
Continue reading “Big news for EV expansion in USA today”FOSDEM – coming up this weekend!
FOSDEM is coming up with a variety of topics, from Javascript to security to Haskell…
Continue reading “FOSDEM – coming up this weekend!”NodeRed for Onstar access for GM/Chevy vehicle access
In recent years there has been a surge in popularity of Chevrolet vehicles like the Chevrolet Bolt and, coming soon, the Equinox EV. There has also been increased popularity for Linux phones like the Librem phone, but unfortunately there has been no equivalent for the “myChevrolet” app for your own computer or Linux-phone… unless you know where to look.
Continue reading “NodeRed for Onstar access for GM/Chevy vehicle access”Matt Parker’s Christmas Tree Net
If you haven’t seen Matt Parker’s Christmas Tree folding puzzle or received in on email/mail yet, you can read about it in one of his recent videos: I can confirm that it does fold in to a few different shapes!
Continue reading “Matt Parker’s Christmas Tree Net”StarryAI Machine-generated Christmas images and app icons
Some time ago I found the StarryAI service, with limited computer-generated imagery functionality. These are the image equivalent of painting as writing would be to ChatGPT. Let’s take a look at what we can generate…
Continue reading “StarryAI Machine-generated Christmas images and app icons”Cautionary warning – email gift card scam
There is a scam to be especially watchful for this giving season… This has been going on targeting churches and clubs or organizations for some time. This appears to be an email from the higher-ups within an organization asking for some gift cards which you will be reimbursed for.
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