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Old media and new media: Paywalls

This post is a continuation to my Old media and digital media – part 1 posting that discussed on the changes on the traditional publishing business field. This posting is part of my series of Journalism and media postings. Paywalls A paywall is a system that prevents Internet users from accessing webpage content without a

RTL-SDR receives Bluetooth LE

  Sniffing and Decoding NRF24L01+ and Bluetooth LE Packets For Under $30 article points to an interesting hack: able to decode NRF24L01+ and Bluetooth Low Energy protocols using RTL-SDR (=a cheap USB digital TV tuner based digital radio). So cheap practicality anyone can obtain the equipment quickly. Some special hacking was needed because there are

Weather issues

Finnish Meteorological Institute Tesbed is an interesting project that shows weather in Helsinki area in great details. Helsinki Testbed project goals broadly consist of mesoscale weather research, forecast and dispersion models development and verification, demonstration of integration of modern technologies with complete weather observation systems, end-user product development and demonstration and data distribution for public

New blog system in use

ePanorama.net is now using a brand new blog systems. Here is new WordPress software with new theme. This project has been some time on the task list, and now it is in use. This new blog system should work better and be more mobile user friendly, while still nice for all desktop users.  

Friday Fun: Source Code in TV and Films

Source Code in TV and Films page shows images of the computer code appearing in TV and films and tells what they really are. British programmer and writer John Graham-Cumming started a blog called Source Code in TV and Films on Jan. 3 after noticing that code used to reboot the futuristic space station in

Friday Art: Star Wars toys photos

Star Wars toys photos look more realistic than the real Star Wars shows amazing work of Finnish artist Vesa Lehtimäki aka Avanaut, a brilliant illustrator and photographer who likes to take pictures of his kids’ toys in his spare time. Check out these series of Star Warstoys set in the real world. Check also Beautiful