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Apple Developer Center Slowly Back Online

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Apple Dev Progress

It’s been over a week now since Apple’s Developer Center has gone offline. This is all thanks to an intruder that hacked his way into the developer center last Thursday. Apple has since promised to completely rebuild everything and to slowly bring things back online. They have created an status page that shows the progress of their developer system and as of today, about half of it has come back online.

Here’s the actual statement that was sent out to developers via email.

Last Thursday, an intruder attempted to secure personal information of our registered developers from our developer website. Sensitive personal information was encrypted and cannot be accessed, however, we have not been able to rule out the possibility that some developers’ names, mailing addresses, and/or email addresses may have been accessed. In the spirit of transparency, we want to inform you of the issue. We took the site down immediately on Thursday and have been working around the clock since then.

In order to prevent a security threat like this from happening again, we’re completely overhauling our developer systems, updating our server software, and rebuilding our entire database. We apologize for the significant inconvenience that our downtime has caused you and we expect to have the developer website up again soon.

 

 

Featured App: Word Search Puzzles

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Word Search Puzzles is a free word search app that has tons of themes.

Each puzzle theme will change the words every time you play, so that you can go back to the same theme more then once. You will also be timed and rated so you can beat your scores by playing more. The app is free to play, but you have the option to buy more themes in game.

Word Search Puzzles          Word Search Puzzles

This app is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Find it here at the App Store

Awesome TMNT 3D Street Art

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TMNT3DStreetArt
(Source: 3djoeandmax.com)

This awesome piece of artwork was created by 3D Joe and Max, a company that was created by Max Lowry and Joe Hill. Unfortunately, Max passed away earlier in 2010 but Joe has continued to create these 3D masterpieces and has kept the company name in the memory of Max.

Recently, Joe has travelled all over the world to create and show off his artwork, all while helping promote Britain, his home. The award winning artist has created works for big companies like Google, Disney, Xbox, and Coca-Cola. For more photos and videos of their artwork head to 3D Joe and Max.

 

Dihydrogen Monoxide In Your Home!

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man in chemical suit

Upon doing some research, I have found that large amounts of the chemical compound Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) is inside my own home and I thought I would mention that it’s likely in your home as well. I feel that it’s important to point out some of the hazards associated with the chemical compound.

  • Solid Dihydrogen Monoxide can be dangerous especially when exposed to your skin for long periods of time.
  • When Dihydrogen Monoxide is in a gaseous state it can cause severe burns.
  • It corrodes and oxidizes many metals which can lead to damage of infrastructure like bridges or many of the common items in your home.
  • DHMO is a major component of acid rain.

What makes all of this even more scary is that Dihydrogen Monoxide is almost guaranteed to be in your home and it’s likely in all forms, solid, liquid and gas. I have found a helpful website that goes into greater detail about the uses and dangers of DHMO.

** For those who become especially concerned about DHMO please head here.

For images of the chemical compound head here.

The Science of Bullets Underwater in Slow Motion

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I saw this video trending on Youtube and had to share it with you guys. In a great two part video by the theslowmoguys and smartereveryday, we get to see some amazing and unexpected things happen when a gun is fired underwater. Not only is this awesome to watch but there’s a lot of really cool science going on here.

The first video really focuses on the high speed footage while the second part explains the science in a little more detail, so it’s well worth watching both parts. Both of these channels are on my subscribe list for sure and I’m sure you’ve seen videos from one of these channels before as well, but in the odd chance you haven’t, you can get your geek fix and check out some of their most popular videos.