All the Weapons Used by the Syrian Regime Against Homs
As the rebel resistance against Syria’s government intensifies, onlookers and combatants alike are picking apart the regime’s weapon choices. The Aviationist’s David Cenciotti and Bjørn Holst Jespersen break down Syria’s tools of violent counterrevolution. Bjørn Holst Jespersen (@bjoernen_dk on Twitter) is a long time contributor of The Aviationist. He has helped me preparing the daily…
Five Things You Can Do With the New Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi is here at last —now what can you do with it? Here is our pick of the project ideas that you can try with your Pi. https://gizmodo.com/you-can-now-buy-this-tiny-computer-for-35-updated-5889218 Note that not all of these are going to work straight of the bat. The Raspberry Pi is brand new and will require some fiddling…
There’s a 1-in-8 Chance of a Catastrophic Solar Megastorm by 2020
The Earth has a roughly 12 percent chance of experiencing an enormous megaflare erupting from the sun in the next decade. This event could potentially cause trillions of dollars’ worth of damage and take up to a decade to recover from. Such an extreme event is considered to be relatively rare. The last gigantic solar…
New Mozilla Browser Add-On Visualizes Who Is Tracking You Online
In the hour that Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs lets his 9-year-old daughter surf the web every day, her wanderings have been tracked by dozens of sites. To some degree, it’s to be expected. Tracking our online behavior is big business. The revenues involved in the top online tracking companies in the space is over $39…