Author: Brett

Deaf since birth. Got a hearing implant at 29. Watch it get turned on for the first time. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsOo3jzkhYA I’m not gonna lie – I got a little choked up here! There’s a lot of these “hearing implant turned on for the first time” videos on YouTube and they all do the same thing to…

I sure am glad Star Trek The Next Generation was shot on film. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCAeNuaAM-k The entire series – all 178 episodes – is being remastered in widescreen 1080p and they’re even recreating every visual effect to make those look good in HD too. The audio’s even getting remixed and bumped from Dolby Pro Logic to…

The music is a horrible remix of a horrible song, but the dancing here is unbelievable. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXO-jKksQkM

I like getting shoulder and neck massages. If science ever invents a machine that can massage your shoulder, neck, and upper-back areas, it would be an incredible thing and mankind would only benefit. I don’t know if I would have the courage to sit in it, though. The amount of pressure that it would need…

A few months ago Radiolab quickly and handily defeated This American Life in the endless competition for the coveted title of “Brett’s Favorite Radio Show/Podcast” TAL’s Ira Glass just wrote a piece that praises Radiolab up, down, and sideways. Both shows are fantastic. You should listen!

I wondered if this was ever going to happen: Security Researchers Crack APCO P25 Encryption This comes less than a year after researchers at UPenn discovered weaknesses in APCO P25 that left it vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks. All we need now is a P25-enabled SDR with a developer behind it brave enough to…

They’re mostly famous for their cheap A/V cables, but Monoprice has pretty remarkable deals on a whole bunch of stuff. Wallplates, projector screens, wireless HDMI extenders, antennas…you name it. Today they started taking orders for this Monoprice-branded 5.1 speaker system at just $85. You’d still need to buy a good receiver to power them, but…

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I used to love reading Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine, but then life happened and I never had enough time to get through an issue, so I let my subscription expire. As of today Kindle owners can now sign up for automatic delivery of a free digest edition, sent straight to your Kindle on the…

Meet the Lutron MA-LFQHW-WH: I just replaced some janky Hunter fan controls with two of these little beauties. They are amazing. This controller remembers your favorite fan speed and light level, the lights fade on/off, and you can even control the speed of the fade. It’ll work with ceiling fans with three OR two conductor…