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https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2013-020.txt Satis smart toilets have a hard coded password allowing anyone to flush and lift the lid remotely.

http://basalgangster.macgui.com/RetroMacComputing/The_Long_View/The_Long_View.html The Long View writes about long-forgotten technical details from the original Macintosh system.

http://www.joyent.com/blog/introducing-kartlytics-mario-kart-64-analytics Studying Mario Kart performance over time with video analytics software.

http://www.quora.com/Linux/How-many-lines-of-code-if-any-from-Linux-1-0-are-still-in-the-modern-Linux-kernel-and-what-is-it There are more than a few lines of code from Linux 1.0 and even 0.01 in the modern kernel.

http://hakunin.com/cms-trap Wise advice on how to structure a web app to avoid falling into a complexity pit.

http://ntpi.openchaos.org/pps_pi/ Creating a GPS-backed NTP server on a Raspberry Pi.

http://dyslexicfonts.com/ A font designed to help dyslexics read.

http://peetm.com/blog/?p=55 The story of GO.COM, a commercially successful program with no instructions.

Valve has released the tool used to make its animated skits. It's already been put to good use to make the impressive Falcon punch video and a parody of Kayne West's music video for his song Power. I expect some great, high-quality videos to be made by hobbyists with this tool over the next year.

http://atgreen.github.com/ggx/ A step-by-step guide to adding support to the GNU toolchain for a new architecture.