Category: Featured
Cryptography: Fundamentals and Applications
Secure data communication has been a fundamental concern in our digital era, where sensitive information is constantly transmitted over the internet and other electronic means. Cryptography, a science that dates back to…
Rodinal Tango
Film photography can be awesome. It can also be frustrating. Usually it vacillates between the two states. Old-school dark room dwellers find a way that works and they stick with it. A single developer, a single film…
By 120
The Chronicles of a Linux user: A comedy of errors and commands
Welcome to the whimsical world of Linux, where the penguins roam free, and the commands flow like a cascading waterfall of cryptic wisdom. If you're a Linux user, you know that navigating through this open-source…
What Is A Beta Reader?
A beta reader . . . is someone who reads an author's work (his novel, for instance) before it is published and offers him feedback (either general or more detailed information, whatever the reader chooses to give)…
By daletucker
Ahoy there ! Winter !
I am quite obsessed with low temperatures, fogs, lack of sunlight and everything that accompanies the brief and flitting Winter season that graces tropical countries. Although my country is diverse geographically and…
Coming soon : Seaport Academy
I'm excited to announce that I will soon begin serializing a new fiction project here! Called Seaport Academy! Once I get the first chapter polished up it will be released weekly! Check back soon for more…
By Tobias Gray
Whatever happened to ...
… encyclopedias? Long before the direction “Just Google It”, there was another way to get information for research or essays that you were doing.…
By dougpete
In the Name of Safety
"No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful." (Ernest Hemingway)…
By Cezar
Making That Choice
Welcome to 2024! And since it’s that time of resolutions – and a time of soul-wrenching loneliness for some of us, something that is hopefully going to end soon – some lines about making choices might be…
By Cezar
SEO is Killing You Softly
So, I was chatting with my old-school pal the other day. We were talking about web browser extensions, and I'd recommended he have a look at my page about extensions here, and whether he had any suggestions. Stop right…
By ajaxstardust
Out with the Old, in with the New....
OK, so it's THAT time of year.......and here is my (very) personal 2023 Review and 2024 Wish List. A Happy New Year to you all, and the best Health, Wealth and Success for 2024.…
By travellinbob
The Christmas Tree Cluster
This beautiful image shows the so-called Christmas Tree Cluster. The blue and white lights are produced by young stars emitting X-rays, detected by NASA’s Chandra satellite. Optical data from the National Science…
By mcastel