A Fake Tweet Just Erased $100 Billion for Three Minutes
A hacked AP Twitter account and one fake tweet about explosions at the White House briefly erased over $100 billion in market value this week, and the scarier part isn't the hack itself.
Three Minutes and $136 Billion
A hacked AP tweet about a White House explosion wiped $136 billion off the Dow in about three minutes. The real story isn't the hack, its what that says about algorithmic trading.
Finally Migrating Off Google Reader
A weekend spent finally exporting my Google Reader subscriptions before the July shutdown, with the actual steps for getting your OPML out and into Feedly.
The WordPress Brute-Force Scare Finally Got Me To Fix My Password
A massive WordPress brute-force attack wave last week finally shamed me into ditching my "admin" username and terrible recycled password.
Everyone Has Glass Except Me
Everyone's feed is full of Google Glass unboxing photos this week and I didn't get picked, plus a quick note on Galaxy S4 preorders nobody's talking about.
Self-Hosting My Way Out of the Google Reader Mess
With Google Reader's July shutdown looming, I skipped the hosted alternatives and set up Tiny Tiny RSS on my own Linode box instead. Here's what tripped me up.
Digging for an Old Bitcoin Wallet After This Week's Crash
Bitcoin spiked past $260 and then cratered within hours this week, taking Mt. Gox down with it for twelve hours. A personal take on the crash, and a hunt for an old mining wallet.
Chat Heads Are Great. Cover Feed Can Go Away.
I put Facebook Home on my Galaxy S3 this weekend after the HTC First went on sale. Chat Heads won me over immediately. Cover Feed did not.
I Gave Facebook Home Two Hours on My Galaxy S III
Facebook Home and the HTC First went on sale today. I installed Home on my own Galaxy S III instead of buying the phone, and it did not go well.
Watching Bitcoin Eat Itself in One Afternoon
Bitcoin spiked to $266 on Mt. Gox and then crashed to around $105 in a matter of hours, and I spent way too much of yesterday watching it happen.
The Day Mt. Gox Choked and I Remembered I Own Some Bitcoin
Bitcoin spiked past $260 on Mt. Gox today before the exchange's engine buckled and the price halved within the hour, which sent me digging for a mining wallet I forgot I had since 2011.
Ditching Google Reader for Feedly (Finally)
Finally migrated my 134 Google Reader feeds over to Feedly before the July shutdown, plus some complaints about the Facebook Home hype burying my feeds this week.