Notices by Trammell Hudson (qrs@mastodon.social), page 2

Over on the bird site, I'm apparently as popular with people interested in "dogs" as with "tech news".

Tune in to the #35c3 livestream twenty minutes from now (22:50) for "Modchips of the State", my thoughts on the technical feasibility of the Supermicro hardware implant story. https://streaming.media.ccc.de/35c3/hallb

in awe of this absolute unit of a PCB

The awkward ergonomics of updating my own firmware.

Revised Charliewatch design adds a much needed button, drops the currently unused RF parts and shrinks the board to be exactly 645mm^2 (1 square inch). Should fit in a 38mm wrist watch case.

Allegedly a supply chain attack on Supermicro's servers installed small CPUs disguised as passive capacitors on the mainboard that were able to take over the BMC, which could then compromise the main CPU:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies?srnd=premium

New trackball has a 57.2mm ball, which means it can be replaced with a standard (non-UK) billiards ball.

computers think using etchings in poisoned sand and measure time using vibrating crystals so if you were looking for magic you found it -- @computerfact@twitter.com

Weekend hack: Creating a retrofuture internet terminal by replacing the Motorola MDT-9100's i386SX with a BeagleBone Black and Teensy: https://trmm.net/MDT9100

Reflecto-retro-photobomb! There are lots of i860s inside the shiny box. https://mastodon.social/media/y1C7G_AO5XpB4a0qqj8

Hackerspace dream location.
https://mastodon.social/media/6WDAxOwpwfKfhvcW0Sw