How the world’s first real computer, the ENIAC, was restored by an unlikely group of conservationists—all thanks to Ross Perot.

Source: How the World’s First Computer Was Rescued From the Scrap Heap | WIRED

Florida made the news worth reading this year.

Source: The 25 most Florida things to happen in 2014

Source: Google’s latest: A spoon that steadies tremors

Check out our top picks for the best premium and freemium PDF editors, so you can edit no matter your budget or OS.

Source: Best PDF Editors | Digital Trends

North Carolina judge: Trap and trace orders, even with stingrays, are just fine.

Source: Judge who unsealed phone snooping orders not a privacy-minded activist | Ars Technica

The vast majority of web traffic is unsecured, but a non-profit project called Let’s Encrypt wants to change that by making encryption simple and free.

Source: Non-Profit Wants To Make Encrypting Web Traffic Easy And Free | Popular Science

 

 

Here’s a neat image of a record and a stylus at 1000x magnification. It’s pretty incredible to see the etched grooves on the record up close and how they interact with the needle. I’ve always known how record players worked, but seeing the process magnified like this is way cool. The photos come from Microscopic Images on Twitter.  Below, a record being played under a microscope:  Via Kottke

Source: Vinyl and stylus at 1000x magnification | Dangerous Minds

The FCC has a few questions for AT&T about its threat to delay broadband investment because of net neutrality.

Source: FCC Asks AT&T for Info About Delayed Fiber Build-Out Because of Net Neutrality | Re/code

Famed turntable brand Technics plans to launch a high-resolution music download service. For what it’s worth, the service, unlike Neil Young’s high-res service Pono, will not hit the…

Source: Technics Revived As High-Res Music Download Service | TechCrunch

Deep inside a cavernous factory in Corona, some legendary rock names gather nonchalantly along a wall.

Source: Made in California: Fender an instrument of change in guitar industry – LA Times