An old tech shows its resilience, while new tech reveals its problems.
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After Nepal earthquake, people turn to ham radio
Get 2GB Extra Google Drive Space Just By Checking Your Security Settings
Want 2 GB of extra space in your Google Drive account? Today, Google will give it to you for free, just for doing something you should be doing anyway: Reviewing your security.
Turning on things like two-step verification and having a strong password are great, but it’s not enough to just set it and forget it. If you don’t check in on things now and then, you might get yourself screwed.
Google’s Security Checkup—a promotion that’s running until Feb 17 as part of "Safer Internet Day"—runs you through your recovery settings, app access, recent logins, and other shit you should check periodically. And at the end, you’ll get 2 GB for your trouble (effective at the end of the month). Yeah sure, you should be doing this anyway, but it’s always nice to get a little reward for finishing your chores. [Google via The Next Web]
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Get 2GB Extra Google Drive Space Just By Checking Your Security Settings
Letter to the Editor, Columbus Dispatch
We, as citizens of this great country, need to realize that we are responsible for our own safety and well-being. When one is being victimized by a thug, the first five seconds of that encounter are absolutely the most important. … Continue Reading
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Watching This Made Me Never Want to Bike in the Woods Again
While mountain biking in Jasper, Alberta, a man was chased through the woods by a massive grizzly bear! What would you do this in this situation? Especially when you get to 2:18 minutes in the video.
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Watching This Made Me Never Want to Bike in the Woods Again
4 Tips for Photographing Bugs and Insects
Sometimes the most interesting things to photograph are right under your nose, even though you might have to look a little harder to see them. Bugs, insects, and other creepy crawlies might not seem like compelling subjects, but if you take a bit of time to examine the smaller creatures who inhabit the world around […]
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4 Tips for Photographing Bugs and Insects