Daily Archives: July 31, 2006

The Open Voting Foundation has disassembled a Diebold electronic voting machine and discovered a serious security vulnerability. It allows the machine to be rebooted with any arbitrary code, including an external flash drive (although the connector is not on the … Read More →

Photo073106_006 Originally uploaded by tommasz. This odd concrete contraption sits near the corner of Broad and Broadway. The wooden slats are covered in staples so I guess it’s a convenient poster holder. Anyone have an idea as to what this … Read More →

The Popularity Dialer lets you fake a phone call at just the right time. Make people think you’re popular! Get out of that awkward meeting! This could be my ticket to social acceptability. Tags: cell phone popularity fake

There’s an old Erie Canal lock that’s just to the South of the Eastbound lanes on the NY State Thruway. It’s Lock 52, bypassed in 1918 when the state rerouted the canal. Now they’re going to turn the lock and … Read More →