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UPnP buggy on most home routers

UPNP – upgrade your routers and media players: Some 6900 network-aware products from 1500 companies at 81 million IP-addresses responded to requests. 80% of the devices are home routers, others include printers, webcams and surveillance cameras. Using the UPnP-protocol, many of those devices can be…

The challenges of opensource and freeware

People are really surprised when I tell them that you do not have to pay for better software alternatives. And the return question is why people do not use it them when they are better and free of charge. The simple answer is: Because you…

Respect: Separating New Zealands aging population?

Does it mean our cities will be shrinking while retirement villages will be growing? Is it really a good idea to separate families and “old” people from each other? It is about respect and care and it would appear that we should be learning and…

Wreck the environment – drive an electric car – REALLY?

Some time ago I was pointed to an article that outlined the environmental issues and hazards of electric cars. You read the headline above. Some of the content (please feel free to read the original article): But while electric cars hold such promise, they are…

US Conservatives Are Purposely Making Their Cars Spew Black Smoke To Protest Obama And Environmentalists

This is one of the most insane things I have seen and heard in a long time. While I can see that this a rather obvious sign of protest, it lacks any sense for health and safety even if we leave the environment totally aside…

Why I Just Say No To GMOs: A Cardiologist Explains

Was I shocked to learn that eating GMO foods can increase the rate of heart attacks, strokes, and bypass surgeries in multiple medical studies in humans? No … because these studies don’t exist. As it says in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, “Avert the danger…

Fukushima’s Children are Dying

More than 48 percent of some 375,000 young people—nearly 200,000 kids—tested by the Fukushima Medical University near the smoldering reactors now suffer from pre-cancerous thyroid abnormalities, primarily nodules and cysts.

Free eMags from libraries

Digital versions of over 600 popular magazines are now available to Auckland Libraries members. The eMagazines are free to download, there’s no waiting and you can keep the items for as long as you like.

Matariki – time for renewal

Over the last few days, I learned a bit about Matariki, the Maori New Year. My personal thoughts: Time to think and re-think. Time for adaptation and change. Time to reflect what worked and what did not. I like the concept of Matariki. Have a…

Old Prius going strong

While it was a bit scary last month when the electric engine all of a sudden stopped working and I just made it home, I guess that is probably something that is not necessarily unexpected for a 13 year old car with more than 250,000…