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Massive Anthem health insurance hack exposes millions of customers’ details

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News

Anthem Blue Cross-Blue Shield office in Denver. Andrew Williams (KMGH-TV) Well as far as hacks go, this is pretty amazing and if they are right and millions of customers have had their name, address, DoB, and social security numbers stolen, a lot of people could find themselves being impersonated over the coming months or even years. … Read More “Massive Anthem health insurance hack exposes millions of customers’ details” »

HonestBrew – It arrives!

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Food

So today my 18 “bottles” (one was actually a can!) of pale ale arrived from HonestBrew that I talked about yesterday. They arrived in a segmented box with….Styrofoam packaging peanuts! So of course even though I was careful, the kitchen had a light showering of them all over the place as they generally just fly around … Read More “HonestBrew – It arrives!” »

HonestBrew – Craft Ales to your door

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Food

During my recent stumblings I came across a a nice website that ships interesting ales to your door. It’s called HonestBrew. I did a quick Google and found a £10 discount for the first order too so I obviously had to place an order. The signup process was straight forward; you get asked a few … Read More “HonestBrew – Craft Ales to your door” »

Texas boy suspended after bringing ‘ring of power’ to school – NY Daily News

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News, Random Stuff

Tolkien lore led a Texas boy to suspension after he brought his “one ring” to school. Kermit Elementary School officials called it a threat when the 9-year-old boy, Aiden Steward, in a playful act of make-believe, told a classmate he could make him disappear with a ring forged in fictional Middle Earth’s Mount Doom. “It … Read More “Texas boy suspended after bringing ‘ring of power’ to school – NY Daily News” »

Windows 10 coming to Raspberry Pi 2 – free!

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News, Programming

As if the news wasn’t good enough that all Windows 7 and 8 users are going to be getting a free upgrade to Windows 10 – the new Windows OS that promises to be everything we wanted and then some. Microsoft have announced that the recently released Raspberry Pi 2 will be getting a specially … Read More “Windows 10 coming to Raspberry Pi 2 – free!” »

The vastness of our solar system in a video at the speed of light

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Science

I recently started playing Elite: Dangerous as I’ve always been a fan of the concept of FTL space travel that humans can do and still be aware of without experiencing infinite mass or time appearing to stand still. I’ve spent hours on some weekends just jumping around from solar system to solar system exploring the … Read More “The vastness of our solar system in a video at the speed of light” »

Help us with our first house!

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Ego-centric

Years ago I met my partner in Leeds, I was an office guy, he was a soldier in the US army serving over here. This was back in the time when we weren’t allowed to let them know we were a couple as the American army had the DADT (don’t ask, don’t tell) rule in … Read More “Help us with our first house!” »

A rather nice marinade (maybe for pork?)

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Food

To be honest, this post is more for myself than anything, I want to ensure I don’t forget this simple, tasty marinade! 1 tsp season-all 1 tsp liquid seasoning 1 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp toasted sesame oil sprinkle of lime pepper sprinkle of piri piri flavoring (dry mixture) few drops smoked tabasco few drops … Read More “A rather nice marinade (maybe for pork?)” »

Ultra High Definition TV Coming Soon

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News
Sky Sports are already testing the next generation of television pictures, variously known as Ultra High Definition TV or by the rather more geeky moniker of ’4k’…

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phantomjs custom module – require and create

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Programming

Recently I’ve been working with phantomjs in order to do some on-page control without wanting to use an actual browser (phantomjs is headless and requires no X server to be running). One of the first things I wanted to do was created custom modules so I could organise my code clearly. I found a surprising lack … Read More “phantomjs custom module – require and create” »