All talk and no action [HTML5]

Why are we all blogging and talking about HTML5 and how it’s almost here? HTML5 is old news and became known in production environments back the first half of 2010...

Ignorant products that are mass produced

For all those interested, this entire post is nothing more than the ramblings of a working man...

VIKI [Virtual Interactive Key Ignition] - A personal project

 

So I just purchased an 89 Cadillac... This is the type of car you'd see your grandma riding around in, all hyped about the motorized seats... While none of this is specially interesting, it's a fairly fun project idea, but just for the record... I've not actually started on it yet, but I'll post pics when I start... :)

Before I purchased the car I was notified that it was missing the key... Now as you can probably guess this presented quite the problem, so I got my handy screwdriver and went to tearing out the column and finally got the key position over to "ON"... At which point the car politely notified me that it was potentially being stolen and that it would kindly refuse to start. This particular model featured an anti-theft chip in the key, which obviously wasn't present... So after calling in a quick favor from some other tech friends and a box full of resisters and the sort, that issue was fixed. Unfortunately, the car will always think it's on and drain my battery unless I install some custom switches for the Accessory, Ignition as well as some-sort of a manual push button starter. Now comes the fun part.

Room 641A

Read information on Room 641A to understand this article. This isn't conspiracy, it's fact.

Quick Summery: AT&T created secret facilities to monitor, log, and analyze all information passing through its data-centers. When a former AT&T employee came forward with this information, EFF launched a class-action lawsuit against AT&T for privacy violations. The Federal Government stepped in to intimidate, refute, and object the case, but was denied its success. When the NSA failed to control the case, a Bill was passed by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush that granted AT&T immunity to these violations. The case was swiftly dismissed.

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