If you played Wolfenstein 3D or Doom, Retro Blazer may bring you a wave of nostalgia as you are playing through its 7 levels. The game has beautiful 2D sprites in a 3D world with 32-bit color and the music in the background lends itself to the game's fast pace. … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
What is the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS)?
In an update released to my wife's phone today, the changelog listed the Commercial Alert System (CMAS) being activated. With a name like that and little elaboration, I had to do a little research to find out what it meant. … [Read more...]
For Data Privacy Day, Intel sponsors ‘lol…OMG!’ book about online reputation management, cyberbullying
Courtesy of Intel's sponsorship, the book lol...OMG!: What Every Student Needs To Know About Online Reputation Management, Digital Citizenship, and Cyberbullying is being given away for free in honor of Data Privacy Day this weekend. You can get the Kindle version of the book free January 27th through the 30th from Amazon. Even if you don't own a Kindle, you can "purchase" the … [Read more...]
A few 3D printing services
Affordable 3D printers are oft speculated as the next revolution in computing. Imagine a part breaking for an appliance of yours and the manufacturer stopped carrying parts for that model. Instead of having a broken hunk of junk, you could measure, design, and print the part yourself. After installing it, your appliance is back to working condition. 3D printing is also heralded … [Read more...]
Book Review: Tangled Web – A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications
Tangled Web by Michal Zalewski is an incredibly detailed book on the topic of web technologies. It includes an encyclopedic history of HTTP, HTML, browsers, and the path that has led us to where we are now. The book is well referenced with plenty of endnotes to guide you to further reading on the topics. With a focus on security in web applications, the amount of knowledge … [Read more...]