Category Archives: Tech

Brilliant Marketing gimmick, Amazon Drone.

Posted on December 3, 2013 by On the North River

I admit, I thought this was just a off-hand, stupid remark by Jeff Bezos. Now I’ve realized that this is a brilliant marketing ploy. Just before Christmas and every paper and TV station has carried this story.  The late night … Continue reading →

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I hacked up a hairball and it looked like Obamacare.

Posted on December 3, 2013 by On the North River

No security ever built into Obamacare site: Hacker It could take a year to secure the risk of “high exposures” of personal information on the federal Obamacare online exchange, a cybersecurity expert told CNBC on Monday. “When you develop a … Continue reading →

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Sippy’s $25,000 house; parts 7, 8 , 9, 10, 11 & 12.

Posted on November 23, 2013 by On the North River

The Whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Wonderful stuff. In order, oldest first, newest (today) at bottom. So Me And Paul Newman Walk Into A State House First Comes The Concrete Leper Colony. Then The Framing UMASS … Continue reading →

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Doug: Flightradar, Incredible! Also, wingwalking.

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Doug

This just in……………… Doug This is an incredible program…. An incredible number of aircraft occupy the skies all of the time! Want to know where that plane flying overhead is going, and the type of aircraft? Now, YOU can locate … Continue reading →

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Follow the numbers.

Posted on November 10, 2013 by On the North River

A Typical Clean Energy Boondoggle Master Resource looks at the California Valley Solar Ranch In a realistic appraisal of the CVSR we should note the following: · An investment of $1.6 billion 250 MW breaks down to an extravagant $6,400,000 per … Continue reading →

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#1MVetMarch

Posted on October 13, 2013 by On the North River

Study finds IRS suppression of Tea Party swung 2012 election A new study by the American Enterprise Institute — “Do Political Protests Matter? Evidence From The Tea Party Movement” — finds that the movement boosted Republican turnout by three to … Continue reading →

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Let the Sun shine through.

Posted on October 2, 2013 by On the North River

Firefighters alarmed by latest rescue risk: solar panels “We may very well not be able to save buildings that have alternative energy,” New Jersey’s Acting Fire Marshall William Kramer told The Star-Ledger. In short the panels remain  charged (electrically) after … Continue reading →

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At this point, everybody should probably change their Wi-Fi password.

Posted on September 14, 2013 by On the North River

Google knows nearly every Wi-Fi password in the world By Michael Horowitz If an Android device (phone or tablet) has ever logged on to a particular Wi-Fi network, then Google probably knows the Wi-Fi password. Considering how many Android devices … Continue reading →

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PSA #3 Fake American Express email

Posted on August 16, 2013 by On the North River

Looks righteous doesn’t it? The message I received was in that format but on an different topic. It got through my anti-spam filters because it was using a subset of an actual American Express email address that I had once … Continue reading →

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Drive-ins going down.

Posted on August 13, 2013 by On the North River

by Arthur Tilley America’s drive-in movie theaters are on the brink of extinction. At their peak in the 1950s and ’60s, the country boasted over 4000 of the open-air cinemas. Today, there are 368, and these holdovers from the analog … Continue reading →

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