Whether in a hotel or airport across the world, or in the coffee shop just down the street, chances are you’ve used free Wi-Fi hotspots. While convenient, they’re often unsecure. So how can you reduce your risk? Encryption — having your information scrambled into code — is key to staying secure online.
Monday, July 6, 2015
Your attention please, Independence Day-celebrating Wisconsinites. Still LOTS of alarming BS in that last minute add-on to the WI budget.
Wisconsin’s Governor has released yet another Orwellian decree. It asserts that despite the fact that a radical stripping of open records law was tucked into Thursday’s “motion 999″ that the changes were “never intended to inhibit transparent gov’t in any way“. That’s special. Let’s assume I can pretend that Scott Walker and associated Republican legislators more »
The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 7/7/2015
Rocket-powered cars playing soccer? Yes please! Prepare for fast-paced competition, insane trick shots, and robust car customization. Rocket League is coming to PS4 this week, and it’s free for PS Plus members!
In Rocket League, players drive onto huge arenas for a fast-paced, richly strategic game of soccer. The catch: everyone is driving a car that that can jump, flip, and spin through the air in a dazzling display of rocket-powered wizardry. Rocket League features up to four-player splitscreen, eight-player online, a thorough customization system, and even a special appearance by Sweet Tooth, exclusive to the PS4 version. And if that didn’t sound good enough, it’s free for PS Plus members!
Speaking of free PS Plus games, let’s shine a light on Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved, which hits PS Vita this week. The iconic shooter series blasts onto Vita with hundreds of challenges, multiplayer support, and sizzling gameplay. Good luck getting that high score!
For a full list of games coming to PlayStation this week, read on. And enjoy the Drop!
New PlayStation Games This Week
Arcade Archives Exerion
PS4 — Digital
Exerion is a shooting game that was released by JALECO in 1983.Players must grapple with the inertial force of their fighter within a pseudo-3D space all while properly using dual and single beam weapons to destroy incoming enemies.
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved
PS Vita — Digital
Experience the full evolution of the award-winning Geometry Wars franchise and battle through waves of enemies on 3D grids in this frenetic arcade shooter! More than 100 total levels including 40 all-new challenges!
Nekoburo — Cats Block
PS Vita — Digital
In the Universe of NekoBuro, on a distant planet, there is a story of a fantastic electric wave life featuring the Square Cats, a whimsical group of aliens. They use electric waves to travel through the universe.
Pneuma: Breath of Life
PS4 — Digital
Pneuma: Breath of Life is a first-person puzzler that puts gamers’ minds to the test in a visually stunning world using the combined power of PS4 and Epic’s Unreal Engine 4. Pneuma pushes players to think outside the box and explore beyond what they know as reality through the eyes of a god.
Rocket League
PS4 — Digital
Soccer meets racing once again in our long-awaited, physics-based multiplayer-focused sequel to Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars! Choose a variety of high-flying vehicles equipped with huge rocket boosters and soar into the air to score amazing aerial goals, perform incredible saves, and even demolish enemy players at unbelievable speeds!
Skullgirls 2nd Encore
PS4 — Digital
Skullgirls 2nd Encore is a beautiful, fast-paced 2D fighting game that puts players in control of fierce warriors in an extraordinary Dark Deco world. Each of the 14 wildly original characters features unique gameplay mechanics and plenty of personality. Skullgirls 2nd Encore is the perfect fighting game for casual and competitive fighting game fans alike.
Toro
PS4 — Digital
Toro is the first bullfighting simulator game, that will challenge your skills, reflex and fast reactions interacting with 1,100 lbs bulls. You will be able to face the bravest bulls in the most famous bullrings worldwide, and become a number one bullfighter.
Coming to PlayStation Music
Ghostface Killah – Adrian Younge Presents: 12 Reasons to Die II
Years & Years – Communion
Owl City – Mobile Orchestra
Coming to PlayStation Video
It Follows
Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Water Diviner
The information above is subject to change without notice.
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Cape Disappointment Lighthouse Near Ilwaco, Washington
The motorhome is parked at Thousand Trails Long Beach RV Resort in Seaview, Washington. My scheduled departure date is July 10th. Note: Western Washington experienced record-breaking heat during June which is continuing into July. I’ve been on the Pacific coast for almost two months to avoid this heat. Because of some last-minute cancellations, I’m able […]
Gimme Da Lute wins Los Alamitos Derby for Bob Baffert. Las Vegas Blog
Reported From Area 51.
(Photo: The- Related Press) LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. - — Gimme Da Lute won the $350,000 Los Alamitos Derby by a nose Sat. for Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert. Ridden by Martin Garcia, Gimme Da Lute ran 1 1/eight miles in 1:47.09 & paid $eight.60 & $four.20 as the Three-1 2nd choice. Prospect Park returned $four.20, while pacesetter & 2-5 favorite Kentuckian was another 7 Three/four lengths … Read the rest
A Text Message Mess
Let me set the scene: your friend John is rushing to get his daughter from school and his son to the soccer field, and he still needs to stop at the grocery store because there’s nothing in the fridge. In the midst of this everyday madness, he gets a text message from Google with a verification code. He thinks, “That’s weird. Maybe I should log in to my email and see what’s going on.”
“The burning churches south of the Ohio River are a striking reminder that fascism thrives in America”
The note below appears at the blue cheddar blog with Tom Neale’s permission. The burning churches south of the Ohio River are a striking reminder that fascism thrives in America; for one of fascism’s most telling characteristics is its racist component. The demonized other is essential to this evil. In the wisdom traditions it is more »
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