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January 2012

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Arctext.js - Curving Text with CSS3 and jQuery | Codrops

http://tympanus.net/codrops/2012/01/24/arctext-js-curving-text-with-css3-and-jquery
While CSS3 allows us to rotate letters, it is quite complicated to arrange each letter along a curved path. Arctext.js is a jQuery plugin that let's you do exactly that. Based on Lettering.js, it calculates the right rotation of each letter and distributes the letters equally across the imaginary arc of the given radius.
#css #css3 #design #jquery #js #webdev
archive.org #20562

SWTOR Level 50 (110%) Speeders Compendium - OldRepublic.NET

http://www.oldrepublic.net/342-level-50-110-speed-speeders-compendium.html
I know some of you saw some crazy looking speeders @Fleet or in your travels across the Galaxy. Most of you were wondering, how do I get that speeder? So, due to popular demand, I decided to create a compendium for you guys, with all (almost) available Level 50 (110%) speeders. I may miss some, but be sure I'll keep this guide updated at all times.
#gaming #speeders #swtor
archive.org #20537

Night Without End by lmorchard on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

http://soundcloud.com/lmorchard/night-without-end
The last Amiga .MOD that I wrote before the end of college. Still kind of cheesy, but the best thing I turned out with an A1200 and a CasioTone MIDI keyboard. Lots of weird technical things, like squashing a 4-track drum pattern down to one track by hand-merging samples and working out the composite pattern
#amiga #ifttt #mod #soundcloud #techno
archive.org #20531

Homemade Coffee Marshmallows

http://www.instructables.com/id/Homemade-Coffee-Marshmallows
Every holiday season I make batches of different colored and flavored marshmallows. This one is definitely a favorite. They will melt in your mouth. They are delicious alone, in hot chocolate, chopped up and added to fudge or brownies, dipped in chocolate...
#cooking #desserts #marshmallows #recipes
archive.org #20484

Obvious Winner - So Easy To See The Awesomeness - ow - Fleshlipad: The FleshLight Holder iPad Case Concept of Digital Bliss

http://www.obviouswinner.com/obvwin/2012/1/20/fleshlipad-the-fleshlight-holder-ipad-case-concept-of-digita.html
Most apple fanboys out there would LOVE to stick their peenors into their precious ipads. Seriously, they would. Well this is a concept for the fleshlipad holder which would take your overused fleshlight and turn it into a high tech instrument of digital fap fap fappery.
#fleshlight #ipad #odd #wtf
archive.org #20483

SWTOR Catches the Dancing Bug…that Makes Players Immortal | Inside Gaming Daily Blog

http://www.insidegamingdaily.com/2012/01/05/swtor-catches-the-dancing-bugthat-makes-players-immortal
According to a post on Geekosystem, BioWare’s new MMO allows players to dance by entering different commands—which, apparently, is something that other MMOs let you do as well, a thing I didn’t know was true. But what sets SWTOR apart from those other games is that, while your on-screen avatar is boogying with the “/getdown command”, your enemies “can’t maintain focus,” meaning you can’t get hit. This is not a bug they should have fixed :)
#dancing #funny #gaming #swtor
archive.org #20393

From the Mailbag | Regretsy

http://www.regretsy.com/2012/01/03/from-the-mailbag-27
I am now out a violin that made it through WWII as well as $2500. This is of course, upsetting. But my main goal in writing to you is to prevent PayPal from ordering the destruction of violins and other antiquities that they know nothing about. It is beyond me why PayPal simply didn’t have the violin returned to me.
#paypal #violins #wtf
archive.org #20366

Nobody Understands Debt - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/opinion/krugman-nobody-understands-debt.html?_r=2
So yes, debt matters. But right now, other things matter more. We need more, not less, government spending to get us out of our unemployment trap. And the wrongheaded, ill-informed obsession with debt is standing in the way.
#debt #economy #money #politics
archive.org #20365

Michele Bachmann, America's Perfect Monster | The Awl

http://www.theawl.com/2012/01/michele-bachmann-americas-perfect-monster
Bachmann is a national clown and a global embarrassment, an extremist so foul that she poses nearly as much of a threat to Republican legislators as to Democratic ones. She's a Republican bomb-thrower who forgets the throwing part. Both parties will certainly be glad to be rid of her. But Bachmann's repose only means the absence of the messenger, not the absence of those who paid for the message.
#bachmann #politics #republicans
archive.org #20364

Reminder: Last chance to buy Xbox Avatar 'firearm' props | Joystiq

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/30/reminder-last-chance-to-buy-xbox-avatar-firearm-props
On January 1, 2012, Microsoft will remove firearm props it deems unsuitable for Xbox Avatars. What does that entail? Your guess as good as ours, since our request for a comprehensive list is still working its way through the machine. What we do know is that Gears of War weapon props are out. "Xbox Live Marketplace has updated its policies to provide further clarity for third-party publishers submitting content for approval. This includes details about weapons such as firearms. Xbox Live has always reserved the right to reject or expire from the marketplace any type of weapon prop content that is deemed unsuitable for its general audience," Microsoft informed us in a statement. "Because the Xbox Live Marketplace is accessible to members of all ages, it is important our policies clearly address what content is available to all. This policy provides additional clarity to publishers in advance of the content review process." Since items purchased in these final moments of 2011 will still be accessible to your Avatar after the content is yanked, take this as the final reminder to grab any Avatar prop "weapons," "firearms" and "gun-like" content before it's pulled. Reminder: Last chance to buy Xbox Avatar 'firearm' props originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
#needs-tags #shared #ttrss
archive.org #20360

The Mystery of the Canadian Whiskey Fungus | Magazine

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/05/ff_angelsshare/all/1
When he arrived at the warehouse, the first thing he noticed (after “the beautiful, sweet, mellow smell of aging Canadian whiskey,” he says) was the black stuff. It was everywhere—on the walls of buildings, on chain-link fences, on metal street signs, as if a battalion of Dickensian chimney sweeps had careened through town. “In the back of the property, there was an old stainless steel fermenter tank,” Scott says. “It was lying on its side, and it had this fungus growing all over it. Stainless steel!” The whole point of stainless steel is that things don’t grow on it.
#alcohol #biology #booze #mold #science #whiskey
archive.org #20358

2011: A Badass JavaScript Year In Review - Badass JavaScript

http://badassjs.com/post/15082876071/2011-a-badass-javascript-year-in-review?72f783a8=
2011 has been a great year for JavaScript. Web browsers have given us great new tools to use and we have taken web applications to new heights, competing with native applications and bringing sexy back to the web with countless impressive demos. A week or so ago, we put out a survey to all of you asking what you thought the most badass JavaScript demo of 2011 was. Of course, this would be a boring post if we just said what the outcome was, so we’re going to list the top JavaScript accomplishments of 2011 here, from demos to libraries and applications themselves. And to all of you in the JS community, Happy New Year and keep up the good work in 2012!
#javascript #js #webdev
archive.org #20357