YouTube Strikes Now Being Used as Scammers’ Extortion Tool

And... This wasn't expected. It will get worse.

From TorrentFreak:

In a terrible abuse of YouTube's copyright system, a YouTuber is reporting that scammers are using the platform's "three strike" system for extortion. After filing two false claims against ObbyRaidz, the scammers contacted him demanding cash to avoid a third - and the termination of his channel.

Lego bricks outshine gold bars as investments, study finds

Parents, Don't let your kid open those boxes. Actually, don't even show them to the kids.

From CNET:

Could Lego sets be the building blocks of a stronger investment portfolio? A study has that found Lego sets may be a better investment than gold. 

Lego did better than traditional investments like gold, stocks and bonds -- yielding an average return of about 11 percent from 1987 to 2015, according to the study published recently out of Russia's Higher School of Economics.

A liitle CoD please?

I'm up for some team building

From Inquisitr:

Published in AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, authored by Mark Jeffrey Keith, Greg Anderson, James Eric Gaskin, and Douglas L. Dean, “Team Video Gaming for Team Building: Effects on Team Performance” adds to the growing body of work pertaining to positive outcomes of gaming in a team environment.

360Fly HD Camera

So in my continuing effort to own all the crappy technology stuff, I bought this: The 360Fly HD camera. It's a pretty cool 360° camera. Funky looking. I gave it a quick test and it works but I'll need to try it out in the sunlight. Already working on hacking it but it's a bit more secure than other internet of shit devices I've played with.

Not the Onion: Prominent US ‘gay conversion therapist’ David Matheson divorces wife and comes out as gay

File under "Not the Onion"

From SkyNews

One of the most prominent "gay conversion therapists" in the US has divorced his wife and wants to start dating men.

Official Ozzy Bat

You can now get an official, head bitten off, Ozzy bat from the Ozzy Osbourne store!

Louise tells it like it is

Love this.

Do You Bring Me Joy (beep, beep)?

I really don't like Marie Kondo's method (I have read her book). I don't have the time, patience or the intellectual tolerance to ask all my possessions (computers) if they are happy and bring me joy. Her method may be good for people who are cluttered but already know what they want to keep or get rid of. And, people who enjoy conversations with inanimate objects.

Jonathan Coulton: Some Guys

Jonathan Coulton is awesome. This looks like a great album. Not just a cover of these songs but an exact reproduction of the songs. So it's not upsetting and disappointing.

The speed of light ain't all that fast

So how fast is the speed of light, really? Even on the scale of the solar system it's not all that fast.

This Youtube video shows the real time travel of light from Earth to Mars. Spoiler: you have time to go get a cup of coffee.

This crap...

I'm starting this blog for my general stuff like junk I post to Facebook. Security stuff will be posted to InsecureByDefault but referenced here.

Suff that I'll be posting will include:

• Game rants
• Stupid stuff that I feel is funny
• Reviews of Crappy Technology
• News and events that are of interest
• Stuff that I'm interested in that anyone will may not give a crap about.