02-Dec-2023 – Shortwave radio at our cheap country house in Japanese mountains picks up North Korean broadcast

Brief Summary: ”
It was kind of scary, kind of cool, and definitely eye opening. 

Our Japanese-language reporter Go”

01-Dec-2023 – Built and deployed a newsletter in an afternoon

Brief Summary: “If you are a long-time reader of this blog, you might remember I already had
a newsletter. It was bu”

02-Dec-2023 – Print Your Own Brain Lamp From MRI Data

Brief Summary: “MRIs generally fall somewhere on the scale from boring to stressful depending on why you’re having o”

30-Nov-2023 – Elon Musk launches profane attack on X advertisers

Brief Summary: “The billionaire accuses firms of trying to blackmail him with ad dollars, claiming they will kill X.”

29-Nov-2023 – Resurrecting a Bricked Wii U with a Raspberry Pi Pico

Brief Summary: “There are reports that some Nintendo Wii U systems out in the wild are falling victim to mysterious “

29-Nov-2023 – Noise Cancelling isn’t as Easy as You’d Think

Brief Summary: “On the face of it, producing a set of noise cancelling headphones should be a relatively straightfor”

28-Nov-2023 – Substack and Telegram searches reveal scores of white supremacist, neo-Confederate, and Nazi newsletters on Substack; over 16 displayed overt Nazi symbols (Jonathan M. Katz/The Atlantic)

Brief Summary: ”
Jonathan M. Katz / The Atlantic:
Substack and Telegram searches reveal scores of white supremacist”

28-Nov-2023 – Meta Joins Google In Turning Its Back On The Open Web, And Embracing Unconstitutional Mandates That Pretend To ‘Protect The Children’

Brief Summary: “A month ago we wrote about Google effectively “pulling up the ladder” on the open internet by embrac”

28-Nov-2023 – Evernote is Testing Drastic Changes to its Free Plan

Brief Summary: “The note-taking app Evernote is testing some drastic changes to its free plan, with users being rest”

28-Nov-2023 – Internet Use Does Not Appear To Harm Mental Health, Oxford Study Finds

Brief Summary: “A study of more than 2 million people’s internet use found no “smoking gun” for widespread harm to m”

28-Nov-2023 – Evernote Pushes Users To Upgrade

Brief Summary: “After making steep cuts to personnel earlier this year, Evernote’s Milan-based owner Bending Spoons “

26-Nov-2023 – Usenet Newsgroups Part I – I find some Usenet Archives on CD-ROM

Brief Summary: “I am once again skirting a bit on the edge of the telephone related subjects as well as taking a bit”