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Category: Editor’s Desk

Facts and trivia from the newsletter Editor

“Thank You, Beep …”: a 1979 look at personal technology

Posted on April 2, 2019 by John Buck
“Thank You, Beep …” has been part of me since the first time I read it, in an hp publication forty years ago. I’ve...
Editor's Desk a look back, beep, Hewlett-Packard, HP, pda

‘Right to Repair’ Movement Fights Back Against Unfixable Devices

Posted on March 22, 2019 by John Buck
An interesting discussion on Michael Krasney’s Forum program. ” The “right to repair” movement is growing. A range of D.I.Y. groups offer classes and...
Editor's Desk diy, do-it-yourself, fix, forum, kqed, krasny, repair, Right to Repair

From the mines to your mobile: the questionable lithium battery supply chain

Posted on February 4, 2019 by John Buck
“Laptops, smartphones and tablets are all powered by rechargeable batteries – and lithium-ion is the market choice. Aside from portable devices, these batteries are...
Editor's Desk batteries, battery, cobalt, congo, ecology, environment, Lithium, mining, rechargeable, water

100 Websites That Shaped the Internet as We Know It

Posted on February 4, 2019 by John Buck
” will be the 30th anniversary of Tim Berners-Lee’s first proposal to CERN outlining what he originally called the “WorldWideWeb” (one word). Since...
Editor's Desk Berners-Lee, Gizmodo, Internet Anniversary

How a Bunch of Lava Lamps Protect Us From Hackers

Posted on January 23, 2019 by John Buck
Remember lava lamps? turns out, they’re like tiny universes. After the bulb’s heat distributes fully throughout the lamp’s interior fluids, spherical globules in various...
Editor's Desk Cloudflare, cryptography, Lava lamps, randomness, security
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