Somewhere in the multiverse, there’s a timeline where the Atari 65XE is a respected platform for modern combat flight simulators. In our timeline, that idea sounds like a prank—until you boot F-16 Falcon Strike and realize the joke is on you. F-16 Falcon Strike is a new 3D, six-degrees-of-freedom (6DoF) combat flight simulator for Atari…
CreepyLink: The URL Shortener Designed to Look Like a Phishing Attack (and Why That’s Useful)
Normal URL shorteners try to be invisible. CreepyLink does the opposite: it takes an innocent destination and dresses it up like it belongs in a “please don’t click this” corporate phishing slideshow. The project’s tagline says it all: “The URL shortener that makes your links look as suspicious as possible.” If you’ve ever hovered over…
PawSense: Catproof Your Computer (and Your Sanity)
Some inventions arrive with the subtlety of a kernel panic. Others show up with a gentle purr, then proceed to sit directly on your keyboard and send your manager a love letter composed entirely of “;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;” and the occasional “m” (for “meow,” presumably). PawSense belongs to the second category—software designed to detect when a cat…