Friday, March 27, 2026

The Melissa Virus



Were you infected? Released into the wild in March, 1999, the destructive macrovirus infected email Word documents and propagated itself through accessing its victims’ Outlook address book. It infected approximately 1.2 million computers and 53,000 servers, forcing large organizations like Microsoft and the US Marine Corps to shut down their email systems. It prompted the FBI to establish a dedicated national Cyber Division.

Eruption of a Submarine Volcano

Here’s something you don’t see every day. Kavachi, one of the world’s most active underwater volcanoes, erupts beneath the Pacific Ocean in the remote Solomon Islands.


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Retro Gas Pump Made from Cigarette Lighters

Architect and modelmaker Diorama PH made a sweet little vintage gasoline pump out of disposable cigarette lighters, plastic sheets, washers, and paper clips.


A Year of Stop Motions

I missed this when it first came out.