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Signal and Telegram are down for many users — You might want to move your private chats to WhatsApp or Telegram for the time being: it appears popular encrypted messenger Signal is currently down globally, according to numerous reports from users.
Alexa has literally lost her voice as users report outages and unresponsiveness | TechCrunch — Amazon’s Alexa smart assistant seems to be down this morning. We’ve been hearing reports over the last hour of either delayed responses or just total loss of connection.
Google Chrome: Flash Usage Declines from 80% in 2014 to Under 8% Today — The percentage of daily Chrome users who’ve loaded at least one page containing Flash content per day has gone down from around 80% in 2014 to under 8% in early 2018.
SpaceX Fired A Rifle Into A Tank Of Helium To See If Someone Sabotaged Their Rocket | IFLScience — “We literally thought someone had shot the rocket,” CEO Elon Musk said in summer 2017, according to an excerpt from the book on The Washington Post. “We found things that looked like bullet holes, and we calculated that someone with a high-powered rifle, if they had shot the rocket in the right location, the exact same thing would have happened.”

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Just Do It | User Error 2

chris — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:08:02 +0000

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Driving into a Tornado | Rover Log 17

chris — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 11:08:25 +0000

Only a few hours into our return trip from SCALE 14x we heard the warning to get off the road, and take shelter. Troubles with tornadoes, drones with friends, and the the long haul home.

Note: Footage is from January 2016.

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DRM Shame and New Rig Troubles | Rover Log 16

chris — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 14:36:09 +0000

Our road trip to SCALE14x in Pasadena gets a bit exciting when we move into our new home, a 37 foot Class A RV while on the road. Plus a behind the scenes look at attending SCALE, and thoughts on Cory Doctorow’s DRM talk.

Technical challenges, new lessons, and good friends.

Note: Footage is from January 2016.

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Gridless H4X0R | TTT 218

chris — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 11:30:49 +0000

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A new big tech trend right under our noses? A new generation of nomadic high-tech workers living off the grid, while staying always connected.

These developers ask why is there is much pressure to buy the biggest house, buy the best TV, get a great car?

Before us now is an entire world of possibilities & cultures, some of us have been completely blind to. The ability to live comfortably, in a tiny home, or an RV & move about or bring your home with you when you travel is an amazing way to live. We look at a few remarkable examples.

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Off the Grid, But Still Online | Motherboard

For the last 61 days I’ve been traveling throughout California while living out of my Corolla, collecting stories from people living off the grid.

The people I’ve met have abandoned the chase of the American Dream; they are not battling traffic to work a nine-to-five job in order to live in a big house or buy a fancy car. Instead, their values are centered around new life experiences, connecting with nature, building their own homes, growing their own food, and having a full sense of control over their lives—including managing the amount of time they spend on the internet.

The average American feels lost going a day without logging onto their social media accounts via smartphone, tablet, or computer. By contrast, these people know exactly how much power their solar panels need to generate to charge their phones or watch a DVD on their laptops, and they moderate their usage in the same way they would measure out exactly how much water they need to cook dinner and take a shower.

Joey Hess

So I’ve built etckeeper (managing /etc with git, for sysadmins), ikiwiki (wikis and blogs in git), and git-annex (applying git to very large files). I’m funded by a Kickstarter project in 2012-2013 to build something not unlike DropBox, based on git-annex, that automatically version controls and syncs files between computers.

I’m also a long-time Debian developer, having been involved in building the Debian installer, and I run a 30-year delayed Usenet feed at olduse.net.

joeyh (Joey Hess) · GitHub

This place is nicely remote, and off the grid, relying on solar power. I only get 50 amp-hours of juice on a sunny day, and often less than 15 amp-hours on a bad day. So the whole house runs on 12 volt DC power to avoid the overhead of an inverter; my laptop is powered through a succession of cheap vehicle power adapters, and my home server runs on 5 volt power provided by a USB adapter.

WatsonsWander

Since 2012 we have traveled the U.S. while living and working from our renovated 25-foot Airstream. Follow us on our crazy journey in search of beautiful scenery, fun adventures, interesting people, tasty foods, and more…

Watsons Wander Live

Since June 2012 we have traveled the U.S. while living and working from our 25-foot Airstream. We’ve crafted this interactive infographic, which is updated daily with the data from our journey.

WatsonsWander (@WatsonsWander) | Twitter

Technomadia | Adventures in Nomadic Serendipity

We’ve been perpetually on the road since 2006 combining technology and travel (tech+nomad).

We’re currently full time RVers roaming around in a geeked out vintage bus conversion.

We work remotely as technology & strategy advisors, app developers and authors.. always sucking up mobile internet bandwidth.

We love sharing a slice of our life from the road, provide a little inspiration and some lessons learned over the years.

Best RV Internet Access Options: The Learning Banks Uncensored at dc404 Sep 2015 – YouTube

06:05 Free Wifi – the reality
10:20 Cellular Internet – the reality
19:33 Put it all together
20:23 DIY RV wifi antenna repeater + Verizon (~$200 — Score: C)
26:40 WiFi Ranger + Wilson cradle booster and antenna (~$875 — Score: D-)
36:39 MaxxFi Standard (includes CradlePoint router, plus dual Wilson boosters and antennas (~$1700 — Score: C+)
53:50 Best RV internet options for the DIYer ~ $380
59:39 Part 2: Our solar power setup
1:01:00 Our goals for solar power
1:03:20 Expectation hardware needed
1:04:55 What did we install?
1:12:06 Solar power success!
1:14:26 In a perfect world
1:17:48 Parts list
1:20:26 Q&A

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Top Road Trip Apps | FauxShow 224

chris — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 13:38:19 +0000

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Hit the road with our favorite apps for offline nav, finding a free place to sleep, taking care of basic RV tasks & the best way to capture the trip.

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Prep for the Road

RV Checklist on the App Store

RV Check List is a tool that provides various checklists for the RV owner. These task lists cover various phases of the RV adventure. I am a fellow RV owner who decided there should be a better way then multiple hand written checklists or trying to depend on your memory wrote this application.

Road Trip Checklist on Pinterest

Finding a Place to Stay:

CoPilot App – GPS Navigation & Traffic

• Offline navigation: street maps stored on-board your iPhone/iPad
• Clear voice-guided, turn-by-turn directions with text-to-speech technology
• Driver-friendly 3D guidance display shows you the way at every turn
• Lane indicator arrows, highway exit sign post information and realistic ClearTurn(tm) view to help you at complex junctions
• Real-time ActiveTraffic(tm) and predictive time-of-day routing helps you avoid delays, so you’ll arrive on-time and stress-free, every time
• Automatic routing and fast recalculation if you miss a turn
• Safety camera alerts with free database updates (not available in North America, France or Switzerland)
• Unique directions only view and motion lock for safer driving
• CommuteMe(tm) automatically learns your favourite route to and from work, and checks it for traffic every day
• Speed limit warnings and speedometer
• Accurate ETAs so you know when you’ll arrive
• And much, much more…

Allstays | Campgrounds | RV Parks

Over 29,000 Campgrounds: Independent, KOA, National/State Forest, State Parks, Public Lands, Army Corps, National Park, Military, County and City Parks, casinos.

Independent Truck Stops, Flying Js, Pilot Travel Centers, Loves Travel Stops, Petro Centers, TA Travel Centers, Petro Canada. Includes info on fuel lanes, dump stations, propane, restaurants, internet, laundry, showers, tire care, travel stores, ATMs, Western Union, UPS, FedEx and more. Are they RV friendly.

Mileage Keeper (gas mileage / fuel economy tracker) on the App Store

Mileage Keeper tracks your vehicle’s fuel economy, which helps you save money!

Automatic: Connect Your Car to Your Digital Life

The Automatic adapter plugs into the standard diagnostics port hidden under the dash in most cars since 1996.

Checking for Signal

FieldTester on the App Store

Field Tester can be used to quickly evaluate the strength of your phone signal, and the quality of your data/WiFi network.

OpenSignal 3G 4G WiFi Maps & Speed Test

With OpenSignal you can map cellular coverage, find Wi-Fi hotspots, test and improve your reception & get faster data.

Wifi Analyzer – Android Apps on Google Play

Dumping… Your Tanks

Sanidumps: RV Dumps, Sani Station, Dump Points comprehensive directory

A comprehensive directory helping RVers find RV dump station locations to empty their gray water and black holding tanks, When RVs have to go…

Capture the Road

Hyperlapse from Instagram on the App Store

Create amazing time lapse videos with Hyperlapse. Using Instagram’s in-house stabilization, Hyperlapse shoots polished time lapse videos that were previously impossible without bulky tripods and expensive equipment.

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Making it Home and Early Reflections on the Road Trip | Rover Log 12

chris — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:38:42 +0000

In a mad rush we leave Bozeman Montana and drive straight home. We capture the rush, and the exhaustion we felt after making the long trek, our motivations for the last few days, and some early reflections on the trip.

Without a doubt, we hit that famous Seattle traffic once we got back into town, can’t say we missed that.

And Chris and Hadea share what life’s been like since getting back.

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Conquering Montana and Making it to Noah’s | Rover Log 9

chris — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 18:44:18 +0000

We finally made it to North Dakota! After blasting through Eastern Montana yesterday (10 hours of driving) and another 4 hours of driving across North Dakota today, we have finally reached Noah’s! Great burger and beer ensued, and a soak in the hot tub.

Now off to prep a few much needed shows that we will be recording this weekend from Noah’s!

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Recording on the Road and Meet Hadea | Rover Log 8

chris — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 18:41:38 +0000

Our first full day in Montana was filled to the brim. Breakfast at Cracker Barrel in Missoula, boon docking for the day in Butte where Antrit found us via the Rover Tracker and joined in as we came up with some creative solutions to limited power and iffy connections.

Hadea takes a minute to introduce herself to the community while roaming around Butte, and then we are off to Bozeman, where we score a beautiful RV spot at a KOA camp and get free passes to the Bozeman Hot Springs.

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Break Down Before Leaving Town | Rover Log 5

chris — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 18:16:49 +0000

I was completely blindsided by this one. I was worried about pulling the trailer over the pass, but breaking down on the way out of our camp site? Devastating.

Our first day on the road starts with a disaster, and ends with a bold solution.

Today fully tested my commitment to this new mobile studio, the Finding Linux road trip, and future trips.

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How We Got Started With Linux | LAS 381

chris — Sun, 06 Sep 2015 07:53:10 +0000

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We finally share our getting started with Linux stories. And it turns out, it was nearly a freak happenstance for both of us & some great stories from our community.

Plus the Safe Wifi campaign you need to know about, we discuss the new elementaryOS, an update on the Munich situation & more!

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We share how we got started with Linux

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Runs Linux

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Desktop App Pick

Bash Scanner – A fast way to scan your server for outdated software and potential exploits.

After an initial scan, you will be asked to create an account on the PatrolServer dashboard (which is totally optional, you are free to use the tool without an account). The benefit of creating a sustainable account is detailed reporting, together with documentation on how to secure your server.

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Watch the adventures, productions, road trips, trails, mistakes, and fun of the Jupiter Broadcasting mobile studio.

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Save WiFi/Individual Comments

Right now, the FCC is considering a proposal to require manufacturers to lock down computing devices (routers, PCs, phones) to prevent modification if they have a “modular wireless radio”[1][2]
or a device with an “electronic label”[3]. The rules would likely:

Restrict installation of alternative operating systems on your PC, like GNU/Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, etc.
Prevent research into advanced wireless technologies, like mesh networking and bufferbloat fixes
Ban installation of custom firmware on your Android phone
Discourage the development of alternative free and open source WiFi firmware, like OpenWrt
Infringe upon the ability of amateur radio operators to create high powered mesh networks to assist emergency personnel in a disaster.
Prevent resellers from installing firmware on routers, such as for retail WiFi hotspots or VPNs, without agreeing to any condition a manufacturer so chooses.
Save WiFi: Act Now To Save WiFi From The FCC | Hackaday

The folks at ThinkPenguin, the EFF, FSF, Software Freedom Law Center, Software Freedom Conservancy, OpenWRT, LibreCMC, Qualcomm, and other have put together the SaveWiFi campaign.

Federal Register | Equipment Authorization and Electronic Labeling for Wireless Devices

Online comments end 09/08/2015.

Freya 0.3.1 is Here!

At the heart of this upgrade is the latest Hardware Enablement stack from Ubuntu 14.04.3. It includes version 3.19 of the Linux kernel and an updated Mesa that fixes the dreaded “double cursor” glitch. Workspaces in the Multitasking view also now work properly on Nvidia Optimus. The new hardware stack also brings better support for backlights and touchpads on certain laptops, a host of performance and power-related improvements, and support for 5th generation Intel processors. This release should also improve support for (U)EFI systems, especially when installing without an internet connection.

Munich Linux councillor: ‘We didn’t propose a switch back to Windows’

“There are several points of criticism concerning the notebooks of the councillors with very different reasons (not Linux in general). There are 80 councillors in the city. Their work and needs can’t be compared with the whole administration.”

Pfeiler denied that there was any kind of consensus towards a complete reverse migration, but rather suggests a retroactive fitting of Windows for certain specific purposes, adding that there was nothing to suggest that the Limux system was working anything other than well.

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Mycroft Adds Linux Desktop Voice Controlled AI as Stretch Goal

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Scalable to any modern device at any bandwidth
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Flexible for both commercial and non-commercial content.

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Trailer Picked Up and Brake Controller Installed | Rover Log #2

chris — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 17:51:17 +0000

Heading north to get the brake controller installed for the trailer & things go really well! I ended up taking the trailer with me & I give you a first peek at the new digs before we move it & make a mess!

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Insecurity by Design | LINUX Unplugged 108

chris — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 16:28:54 +0000

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Top law enforcement officials in the US want backdoors in all encryption systems. What would the ramifications to open source around the world be if this became law of the land in the US?

Details on the upcoming road show, Kubuntu’s new look, saying goodbye to an old friend & some Go powered retro feedback.

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TING

Ting – mobile that makes sense

Using gotty to expose my BBS to the web!

I was delighted to see that you guys covered gotty in the last episode of LAS. I just recently (about a week ago) started experimenting with gotty as a bridge between my telnet/SSH BBS and the web, and it’s been a pretty sweet experience so far. The author was very responsive on his GitHub page in walking me through a handful of issues I was having in getting the font setup correctly (since my board makes heavy use of textmode artwork). Check it out!

The Go Programming Language

Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build
simple, reliable, and efficient software.

How does OSS Respond to State Backdoor Requirements?

NSA Boss: Encrypted Software Needs Government Backdoors

He remains adamant that technology companies should install government-friendly backdoors in encrypted products.

NSA director defends plan to maintain ‘backdoors’ into technology companies | US news | The Guardian

DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean: SSD Cloud Server, VPS Server, Simple Cloud Hosting

New name for the road show…

Chris mentioned he was looking for a silly name for the new mobile studio in his RV. Here you go, “The whole enchilada show”. OK, perhaps not that good, other ideas….

zircon_34

JB Road Show Essentials Wishlist

A list of important items we need for our road trip, thanks for the help, this lets us focus on big ticket mechanical and installation items!

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