Hi! My name is Jonathan Heizer. I am a 24 year old from the United States and work as a .Net Developer. This site contains interest of mine, neat news stories, and progress of projects I am working on.
Dec
11
“Police say Baldino used homemade bar codes to buy electronic gadgets at prices far below any legitimate discount. The 19-year-old is facing three counts of being naughty - one of them a Class 5 felony.
Baldino was detained by Target security Wednesday after he purchased a $150 iPod with a bar-code label of $4.99.”
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Busted, Baldino begged [...]
Dec
11
“Spirit and Opportunity, the two robotic vehicles roving the red planet, have lasted more than 22 months, far longer than anyone anticipated”
Even though they have lasted longer than the initial 90 days, there are signs of wear and tear on the rovers. So far Opportunity’s mechanical arm has stopped moving and one of its [...]
Dec
11
“An unknown security researcher tried to sell a vulnerability in Microsoft’s Excel spreadsheet program on eBay, but the online auction site pulled the listing late Thursday.
The unusual route to vulnerability profit-taking was squashed by eBay after the listing–offered by someone only identified as “fearwall”–was bid up to just under $60.”
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He also took several potshots at [...]