Ad-blockers, firewalls, and anti-virus programs should be toll bridges

This is what happens to World Community Grid statistics when someone decides to monetize their computer processor cycles by mining cryptocurrency instead of donating the cycles.  After 11 years of donating CPU and electricity, I've begun playing around with nicehash.com to monetize those resources instead.  I'm not expecting to make any substantial earnings unless or until I buy some mining hardware, but it's a good way to start learning the ins and outs of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.  Almost certainly, I'm not the only one who's reallocating resources in this way.

Technology Review - Spritz: A Year and a Half Later.

In March, 2014, I first heard about Spritz and Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) when I came across this article.

The reading game is about to change forever. Boston-based software developer Spritz has been in “stealth mode” for three years, tinkering with their program and leasing it out to different ebooks, apps, and other platforms.

Now, Spritz is about to go public with Samsung’s new line of wearable technology.

Product Review: Symform Cloud Backup

Interesting product: Symform Cloud Backup.

A couple of months ago, I figured that a product like this had to exist, so I Googled for “peer to peer RAID” and found Symform. According to Forbes, the product was created by two ex-Microsoft software engineers, and it is now owned by Quantum Corporation, a business with a long track record (for tech) and a fairly solid reputation.

I looked over the web page and thought it was interesting, so I decided to try it out. I’ve now been using it for free for a couple months and I have successfully used it to keep files synchronized between two PCs and the cloud, including copying files between the PCs, synchronizing files between PCs, and restoring deleted files.

Here’s how it works: