It’s mission complete for the Delta II rocket – today at 6:01 A.M. Pacific Time the final Delta II booster launched on the last mission of the program to deliver ICESat-2 into a polar orbit to begin its mission of studying the Earth’s cryosphere. This launch marks the 155th Delta II launch, the 100th successful …
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The Final Liftoff Of Delta II
At 6:01 A.M. Pacific Time the final Delta II rocket launched from LC-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying ICESat-2 and a small compliment of CubeSats into orbit. This mission is still underway – as I write these words we’re only 30 minutes into the mission, in a coast phase between burns of the second …
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So Apple Announced Some New Stuff Today. Good For Them.
It’s funny, over the past few months I’ve had quite an influx of older Apple computer hardware come into my possession – were I any other kind of person you would think I would have been all over the Apple announcements today, but nope. Don’t care. Not in a bad way, just in the “eh, …
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Scouring Old Hard Drives In The Middle Of The Night
Oh, dang, I’ve got like 20 minutes to crank out an article before we hit midnight. Time for another “eh, let’s just get this out to keep up my 1 article per day challenge” entry! Right now I’m scouring through some old hard drives from various computers which I’ve gotten over the years – some …
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The Bank Login Scam – Part 3 – Identifying The Scammers
Here we have the finale of Jim Browning’s “Bank Login Scam” video series. In part one he showed from his end one of these scams in action and was successfully able to bait the scammer into installing a remote access tool into their computer giving Jim access to the scammer’s machine. In part two, Jim …
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The Bank Login Scam – Part 2 – Ratting A Scammer
Now we get to the meat of Jim Browning’s Bank Login Scam video series. In this part, we get to see behind the scenes what is actually going on with the scammers computers, and how this all works. If you haven’t seen and read about Part One, check it out here! In part one, Jim, …
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The Bank Login Scam – Part 1
It’s time for another set of scammer videos from none other than our good friend Jim Browning. Today we have the first in a trio of videos he produced this past summer on scammers going through very.. obtuse, shall we say, methods, to get into a victims bank account, and how he got into their …
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An Unexpected Entry Into The World Of The Macintosh – Part 4 – So, What Can I Do With The G5?
In the previous article, I went over the gist of how I fixed a small problem with my “new” PowerMac G5 – the lack of a boot chime. After a few days of really working with the machine and trying to figure out the reason, I would find out it was really something as simple …
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The Computer Chronicles – Megahertz Mania (1989)
Speed. It’s the main thing we all want in computers, be it desktop machines, smartphones, even game consoles, it all boils down to speed. In the computer world, speed equals power, or so it would seem. While the reality is far more complex and nuanced, when it’s all said and done faster components are generally …
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An Unexpected Entry Into The World Of The Macintosh – Part 3 – Repairing The Power Mac G5
At this point in our story I had a Power Mac G5, the last of the Power PC based Macintosh computers, in my possession. It worked but with a quirk in that it didn’t make the traditional “boot chime” that (until recently) all Macintosh computers had. This bugged me enough that I set out to …
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An Unexpected Entry Into The World Of The Macintosh – Part 2 – The Power Mac G5
As mentioned previously, as much as I am a Windows guy I’ve always had a fondness for the Macintosh computer family. A combination of having them in school as well as seeing the awesomeness to be found in the Power Mac G5 and the Mac Pro really made me want to get some of these …
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The Parker Solar Probe Delta IV Heavy Rocket Cam Footage
Here’s a neat little bit of video you don’t get too often for a Delta IV – footage from onboard during launch. While this footage is always awesome to watch, and is rather common among some other boosters and launch providers, for Delta IV onboard footage has been a little scarce through the years. This …
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An American Look At The BBC Computer Literacy Project – The Battle Plan
In what can only be described as an example of insanity, I mentioned previously my intentions to cover the BBC archive of television programming from the BBC Computer Literacy Project of the early and mid 80’s, and at this stage I think I’m ready to begin tackling this mighty challenge. The BBC archive of programing …
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Delta IV Heavy – Parker Solar Probe Launch Highlights
What United Launch Alliance rocket flight would be complete without a launch highlights video? The Parker Solar Probe is no exception here, as we have yet another fine blend of preparation shots and best of views of the early ascent of the Delta IV Heavy. Of note in this video is the man shown watching …
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The Launch Of The Parker Solar Probe
After multiple delays, eventually resulting in a scrub for the original planned August 11th launch date, the Parker Solar Probe successfully began its mission mission to “touch the Sun” this morning at 3:31 AM . Yeah, quite early, but early enough that I could easily just stay awake to watch it, and I’m glad I …
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