This week we attended SHARKFEST, the first conference for developers and users of the Wireshark open source protocol analyzer (formerly called Ethereal). Organized by CACE Technologies and Wireshark ...

Even though we live in the high-tech GPS era when it comes to getting around, it turns out the Royal Canadian Navy still trains with the very low-tech sextant for navigation. The sextant, a tool that ...

Chronicles the author's first transatlantic voyage, when he learned to navigate using a sextant, and traces how this indispensible navigational tool was used by daring mariners to explore and map the ...