2.08.2020

2.06.2020

Anything can be hacked. Get used to it.

This is pretty funny, or maybe not funny at all. A German "performance artist" put a pile of working mobile phones in a little red wagon, pulled it down the middle of a street, and created a virtual traffic jam on Google maps. 

The not-so-funny part: Traffic was diverted around the blocked spot. Hopefully, none of the traffic included an ambulance. 

A wagon and 99 phones: How to create a pseudo traffic jam on Google Maps - Roadshow

2.05.2020

Patch your light bulbs. Really.

Your Philips Hue light bulbs can still be hacked — but there's a patch for the worst - The Verge


2.04.2020

Trump promises to keep Iowa (whew)

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
It is not the fault of Iowa, it is the Do Nothing Democrats fault. As long as I am President, Iowa will stay where it is. Important tradition!


Full of sound and fury, signifying…

…well, signifying depends on who you listen to (or who you follow on Twitter, a different category entirely). 

Iowa. A state that doesn't even exist except for a few months every four years is now the electoral celebrity of the hour. Overnight, it's gone from too small, too old, and too white to OMG!

"Iowa caucus shakes public confidence in 2020 security," skreeks  the Washington Post (https://wapo.st/2Sg84Ol), although there's zero evidence security had any bearing on the situation at all. "Democrats should worry" (https://wapo.st/2UoaqNL), and more.

Shouts of conspiracy clutter Twitter timelines. Candidates are mercifully but momentarily stunned to silence. 

It's wonderful.

2.02.2020

Winter carnival looking somewhat the worse for warm

The groundhog was right!

Hotdog on highway gets a ticket. No, really.

Wienermobile pulled over in Wisconsin for traffic infraction

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Oscar Mayer's iconic Wienermobile got a grilling from a Wisconsin sheriff's deputy because the drive...

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