Solar cells on an outhouse? Yup. In the coastal headlands of Marin County. We see these in the Sierras (the mountains) as well, in some high-traffic publicly-accessible areas of the wilderness. … [Read more...]
Earthquake Measurement Online
This is more fun than any sporting event. The US Geological Survey long ago automated their earthquake reporting instruments and it has become somewhat of a sport to see how fast we can report the … [Read more...]
Your Blog’s MBTI
I have friends who read tarot cards, and I myself have read tarot cards in the past (during the Hippie days, as if I actually had those). But I view them as a projective technique where what you are … [Read more...]
EDoS [Economic Denial of Sustainability] attacks
A Denial of Service (DoS) attack is one in which a server or service is “overwhelmed” by traffic and consequently either disabled or made unavailable to its customers. Typically the effect on the … [Read more...]
The Quantified Self – More Geo-Tripping
The ways I choose to get regular exercise are hiking and biking. I never could stand "going to the gym" and doing an indoor workout. It always seemed to me that there was little point in getting in … [Read more...]