Day: October 20, 2025

Discussion – the Death of the Desktop CPU

2025-10-20 By admin

there are no “desktop parts” anymore… it’s the same CPU and difference is very marginal let me take you back to memory lane and remind you how the Intel Core was brought about. It started out as a Yonah, which was the mobile variant that morphed into Merom because Intel realized us Overclockers were putting […]

Telescope

2025-10-20 By admin

There’s a few ways to start, but consider a triangle, price, quality, practicality. Dobsonians are in the middle of price and quality, less practical (tend to be large, need more fiddly work to get them sighted in and focused). Newtonians are in between quality and practicality, tend to be more expensive for the same capability […]

$4 Billion Buried in Brass, Silver and Gold: The Unclaimed Casascius Coins Still Guarding Over 38,000 BTC

2025-10-20 By admin

Since the start of the year, data shows about 432 Casascius physical bitcoins have been cracked open and redeemed—revealing roughly 1,100 BTC inside, valued at more than $119 million using today’s exchange rates. Even after all that peeling action, over 38,000 BTC—worth north of $4 billion—remain sealed within 17,746 active Casascius coins, still holding their […]