Personal & Culture
Play 2000 DOS Games for Free
[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Image by Jeramey Jannene used Under Creative Commons License [/caption] If been in the computing business for a long time. I remember the old "classic" DOS based games that provided hours or days of senseless fun. Sure you could download an emulator, find the games and run them but most people would quickly give up. The Internet Archive has just added over 2,000 classic MS DOS games that will bring back memories of years gone by. The great thing is that you play these games via your browser instantly.
Download the "Here's the Metal Compilation" for free on Google Play
Google Play Music is offering the "Here's the metal compilation" for free. It is a 13 track album of heavy metal songs. Download it for free here (Link)
OLight S15R Baton rechargeable pocket flashlight review
Flahlights are very important to me. They are incredibly useful when camping, travelling or for survival situations. I carry a small pocket flashlight with me as part of my EDC (Everyday Carry) kit. Until recently, my favourite brand of flashlight has been Thrunite. Thrunite offers well built flashlights at competitive prices. A friend introduced me to OLight and these guys make incredible products. This review is about their S15R Baton pocket rechargeable flashlight. The R means rechargeable (as you probably guessed) and the unit comes with a magnetic USB powered charging dock.
Upcoming events in 2015
I will be a panelist at the CIO Summit in Montreal on Feb 9 talking about "Cyber Espionage and the Advanced Persistent Threat" (http://www.ciosummit.ca/agenda.php) . I will be moderating the CIO Event security panel in San Francisco Feb 17-18 about Espionage and Cyber Security (http://sanfran.cioevent.com/site/HomePage/) I love meeting all of you . If you are attending or will be in the area, pass by and say hi!
Buy a Burger King burger on eBay
Buy what ? Where? hun? You read right... Burger King is opening its first restaurant in India and is hoping eBay will help drive sales. You were able to pre-order a Mutton Whopper on eBay or 128 rupees ($US 2.08 - $CAD 2.38 - £ 1.31). Pre-ordering one meant you got a voucher for a burger and a Whopper TShirt. Link to auction page (link)
Diversity coming to Unicode
Tech companies are working with the Unicode Consortium to implement a new skin tone control for character emoji to allow users to more accurately express themselves (and their identity). We now learn how these companies propose Unicode implement this change using a skin tone modifier. The technique being proposed is simple enough to be implementable and usable on a phone. Additionally this technique is backward compatible with devices that don't yet support the skin tone modifier (i.e. the emoji would fall back to the original non skin tone adjusted version).
Pac-Man Friends Free iTunes app of the week
This weeks iTunes free app of the week is a modern twist on the old classic of Pac-Man (aka Pac-Man Friends). The price for this app has ranged between $1,99 and $4,99 since release but this is the first it has gone free. You can download it from iTunes now (link)
Review of the Ontario Knives RAT 1
A good solid portable knife is a great part of an EDC (Every day carry) kit. There are hundreds of knives on Amazon claiming to be "the one", but the average user wants something solid, dependable and affordable. This is where the Ontario Knives RAT 1 really excels (compared to Spyderco and Kershaw). General physique The RAT 1 has an [open] length of 8.6", of which 3.5" is the blade. At 5 ounces, the RAT 1 is slightly heavier than some of the other competitors in this space but I find the weight just right.
Groundskeeper Willie from the Simpsons and Scottish independence
The ever popular Simpson's character groundskeeper Willie presenting his "unbiased" opinion about the upcoming Scottish independence vote.
The World needs Gummy Bear Sausage
In the category of "are they out of their minds" comes Gummy Bear sausage. At first this looks like a misprint or a joke but it isn't. Oh no folks, this is the real thing. Grundhofer Old Fashioned Meats (link) in Minnesota is the creator of this meaty sugary monstrosity. The owner, Spencer GRundhofer, said this started as a joke when a friend suggested he make a gummy bear flavored sausage. The joke turned into a permanent menu item when demand continued to grow.