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Out of the box, most Macintosh computers can be booted from a drive connected to the FireWire port.
But who has room to carry an extra FireWire drive for diagnostics?
Which is where Micromat enters the picture.
Read More...Nonconsensual technology
Sunday, 14Jul2019 Filed in: Technology
“I tried Pi-Hole for the first time... (DNS level Ad Blocker)”
Friday, 28Jun2019 Filed in: Technology & Tools
“Google wants to wage war against Chrome users in a potential new update. An update that can disable them all together.... "Out of Safety". So I can either switch over to Firefox again or explore Pi Hole as a Network/DNS level Sinkhole/Ad blocker.”
Read More...“Apollo AGC Part 1: Restoring the computer that put man on the Moon”
Friday, 28Jun2019 Filed in: Technology & Tools
“We embark on the restoration of a very rare and historically significant machine: the Apollo Guidance Computer, or AGC. It was the revolutionary MIT-designed computer aboard Apollo that brought man on the Moon (and back!). Mike Stewart, space engineer extraordinaire and living AGC encyclopedia, spearheads this restoration effort. In this first episode, we setup a makeshift lab in his hotel room, somewhere in Houston. The computer belongs to a delightful private collector, Jimmie Loocke, who has generously allowed us to dive in the guts of his precious machine, with the hope of restoring it to full functionality by July 2019, the anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing.”
Read More...“How Machines Learn”
Thursday, 23May2019 Filed in: Technology