Ever since I was little, the skies intrigued me and my family. I can still remember witnessing a partial solar eclipse as the sun was setting when I was approximately six years old....
The Academy Award winning film ‘The Hurt Locker’ (2008) begins with the following quote: “The Rush of battle is a potent and often lethal addiction, for war is a drug”. This ‘rush’ and...
Microsoft's free upgrade program to Windows 10 is long over. During the free upgrade program, a large number of PCs upgraded to Windows 10 and now Windows 10 powers almost a billion devices...
What is the single most feature that any piece of portable technology must have in order to operate and perform its base functions? What is the lowest common denominator in terms of needs...
“I think I can safely say that nobody understands Quantum Mechanics” – Richard Feynman
Austrian physicist Erwin Schrodinger once came up with an interesting thought experiment: Imagine a cat sitting in a sealed box...
There are dozens of online tools you can use to determine if your site is vulnerable to the heartbleed bug (click to learn more). What about internal sites (a.k.a intranet sites)? How do...
Ever since I was little, the skies intrigued me and my family. I can still remember witnessing a partial solar eclipse as the sun was setting when I was approximately six years...
Transcoding is an important function within Plex and it is one that requires some TLC. Installing Plex Server is as easy it can be and so anyone can do it. However, like...
Are you feeling bored these days? Is the emotion of ennui disheartening you? Does it seem like the lockdown is never-ending, exhausting all your options? You are certainly not alone. The current...
4.03 AM - Security Cameras. Check. Emergency Alarms. Check. Safe. Check. The masked robber mentally went through the different tasks at hand. Almost there, he thought while carefully stuffing his loot into...
“Do you see yonder cloud that’s almost in shape of a camel? By th’mass, and ‘tis like a camel indeed. Methinks it is like a weasel”. An exhausted student turned another page...
Microsoft's free upgrade program to Windows 10 is long over. During the free upgrade program, a large number of PCs upgraded to Windows 10 and now Windows 10 powers almost a billion...
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JBS Haldane, the British biologist, had just finished giving a comprehensive talk on biological evolution. He had started off with the Earth (prior to the inception of life), before seamlessly moving on...
Something wonderful happened when I tried to provide fellow StrataGear writer Or Grunebaum with an unlocked phone to use while travelling. I opened my drawer of wires, charging bricks, socket adapters and...
