Archive: October 2016
Why Apple doesn’t care about professional Mac users anymore (October 31, 2016)
The Apple that made the systems pros love has been dead for a long, long time. Here’s why
Presenting a bit of history: the Code of Emergency Federal Regulations (October 27, 2016)
Download the secret Cold War regulations that would have gone into effect if the US was struck by a devastating nuclear attack
Book review: “The Insurrectionist” (October 24, 2016)
A fictionalized treatment of the life of John Brown that fails to justify its existence
The Dyn attack: what non-nerds need to know (October 21, 2016)
Meet a software Eye of Sauron that could put the whole Internet at risk
Oktoberfest in Winchester (October 16, 2016)
Another random road trip, this time to the Shenandoah Valley
There is no good reason to ever buy an inkjet printer (October 12, 2016)
Despite their enormous popularity, inkjet printers are always a bad deal
It’s raining in Charlottesville (October 11, 2016)
Notes from a random road trip
My big idea to save Twitter (October 6, 2016)
Let people buy extra characters
Book review: “Everything Belongs to the Future” (October 5, 2016)
Very good speculative sci-fi, set in a world where medicine has conquered death
I bought a zoo (October 2, 2016)
No, wait. A car. I bought a car