The Bigger Story Nobody Noticed This Week
While everyone argued about Touch ID this week, NASA quietly confirmed Voyager 1 actually left the solar system over a year ago and nobody noticed until now.
The iPhone 5c Preorder Rush (and Skipping the 5s Line)
iPhone 5c preorders opened today while the 5s skipped preorders entirely, and the pricing on the "budget" phone tells a more interesting story than the five new colors do.
Voyager 1 Just Left the Solar System
NASA confirmed yesterday that Voyager 1 has crossed into interstellar space, and the story of how they proved it (waiting a year for the sun to burp) is way better than another phone launch recap.
Setting Up GPG After The NSA Story (And Having No One To Email)
After this week's NSA encryption story I finally set up GPG for my own email. The tools work fine; the problem is nobody I actually email has a key.
The Galaxy Gear's 25-Hour Battery Problem
Samsung's Galaxy Gear launched at IFA this week for $299.99, and between the 25-hour battery and the single-phone lock-in, I'm not sold yet.
Samsung Made a Watch and I Have Some Feelings
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Gear smartwatch this week, and after two days of reading about it I'm still not convinced it beats the $150 plastic thing already on my wrist.
The Galaxy Gear's Wristband Camera Has Me Stumped
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note 3 and the Galaxy Gear smartwatch at IFA today, and the wrist-mounted camera on the Gear has me more baffled than impressed.
What the NYTimes Outage Taught Me About My Own Domain
The NYTimes and Twitter outages this week werent a server hack, they were a DNS hijack at the registrar level - which sent me straight into my own domain settings to fix what I found there.
What the NYT Hack Taught Me About My Own Sloppy Domain Security
The Syrian Electronic Army took down nytimes.com by hitting a domain registrar, not the paper itself, which sent me straight to my own registrar dashboard to see how exposed I actually was.
The Nasdaq Just Stopped for Three Hours and I Cant Stop Thinking About It
Nasdaq froze for three hours last Thursday and nobody could trade a single listed stock. A few thoughts on how shaky the plumbing under the market apparently is.
Three Hours Where the Nasdaq Just Stopped
A software glitch froze trading on the Nasdaq for over three hours last week, and the "look how resilient we are" reaction afterward missed the actual lesson.
The Day Nasdaq Forgot How To Trade
Nasdaq froze for three hours on Thursday and every tech stock on it just sat there dead. Some notes on watching it happen and why the "boring overload" explanation bugs me more than a dramatic one would.