Eric sends his kids back to school, and both Eric and Jon attend the last Harry Potter Oregon Symphony performance. HTTP is (evidently) still a (big) thing, and a roundup of the new Mac malware discovered in 2024. Los Angeles fires are still raging (donate to the Red Cross to help). For fun we have a startup that wants to bury its plant a mile underground, and scientists discovered the volcano that erupted in 1831 and wreaked havoc.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 13:49 - Open Port Chronicles
• 21:13 - 2024 Mac Malware Roundup
• 32:05 - Buried Nuclear Startup
• 36:39 - LA Fires Red Cross Response
• 38:01 - Volcano Mystery Solved

Happy New Year! Jon explains "Y2K" to his children, Eric continues to check off small projects around the house. NASA's Parker Probe is alive! Eric translates a VW data leak article from German and then gets side tracked by the new VW Buzz while Jon admires the Karmann Ghia before chatting about hacked Chrome extensions. For fun, Eric talks Thorium and Jon shares what's new on Public Domain Day!

• 0:00 - Introduction
• 7:40 - Parker Probe is alive!
• 8:39 - Dude, I Know Where Your Car Is
• 13:54 - Karmann Ghia
• 15:24 - Chrome Extension Attack
• 21:49 - Thorium Reactor
• 26:02 - Public Domain Day

Eric and Jon enjoy the holiday break with family. Ascension begins notifying people from the May breach, and NSO is ruled liable for WhatsApp hack in 2019. The Parker space probe does the closest (and fastest) flyby of the sun, and Jon visits the Chacchoben Ruins and Kennedy Space Center.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 11:06 - Ascension Ransomware Fallout
• 14:43 - NSO Liable for WhatsApp Hack
• 18:21 - Fastest Human Made Object
• 21:43 - Chacchoben Ruins
• 26:48 - Kennedy Space Center