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February 2013

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Focal Store

http://www.focaluprightfurniture.com/store/
Constructed of aluminum, steel, molded furniture-grade plywood and polymers. The seat can comfortably accommodate a person ranging in height from 4’11″ to 6’8″ and up to 300 lbs. Range of seat motion laterally is 15º. Fore-aft motion ranges from 5º to 20º forward. Available with a choice of either an American walnut or white oak base and a choice of three colors for the EVA seat cushion. Upgrades include a nubuck seat cushion and an anti-fatigue mat. The seat is sourced globally and assembled in Rhode Island. See Product Guide for a complete list of materials.
#chairs #design #ergo #furniture #imported:pinboard #office #want #wishlist
archive.org #32433

Focal Store

http://www.focaluprightfurniture.com/store
Constructed of aluminum, steel, molded furniture-grade plywood and polymers. The seat can comfortably accommodate a person ranging in height from 4’11″ to 6’8″ and up to 300 lbs. Range of seat motion laterally is 15º. Fore-aft motion ranges from 5º to 20º forward. Available with a choice of either an American walnut or white oak base and a choice of three colors for the EVA seat cushion. Upgrades include a nubuck seat cushion and an anti-fatigue mat. The seat is sourced globally and assembled in Rhode Island. See Product Guide for a complete list of materials.
#chairs #design #ergo #furniture #office #want #wishlist
archive.org #23437

Aaron Swartz Was Right - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education

http://chronicle.com/article/Aaron-Swartz-Was-Right/137425/
Until academics get their acts together and start using new modes of publication, we need to recognize that actions like Aaron Swartz's civil disobedience are legitimate. They are attempts to liberate knowledge that rightly belongs to all of us but that has been acquired by academic publishers through tens of thousands of contracts of adhesion and then bottled up and released for exorbitant fees in what functionally amounts to an extortion racket.
#aaronsw #academia #copyfight #imported:pinboard #publishing
archive.org #32437

Aaron Swartz Was Right - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education

http://chronicle.com/article/Aaron-Swartz-Was-Right/137425
Until academics get their acts together and start using new modes of publication, we need to recognize that actions like Aaron Swartz's civil disobedience are legitimate. They are attempts to liberate knowledge that rightly belongs to all of us but that has been acquired by academic publishers through tens of thousands of contracts of adhesion and then bottled up and released for exorbitant fees in what functionally amounts to an extortion racket.
#aaronsw #academia #copyfight #publishing
archive.org #23429

JavaScript Stardate Converter

http://www.stevepugh.net/fleet/stardate.html
These conversion routines convert to and from Star Trek: The Next Generation style Stardates. These stardates take the form YYXXX.XX where the first two digits refer to the year with 2323 being year zero and the remaining digits being the decimal portion of the year. The last digit before the decimal point is one stardate and is approximately eight and three quarters hours in length.
#imported:pinboard #javascript #nerd #stardate #startrek
archive.org #23424

The rise and fall of webOS is an epic tale; webOS != Web OS on Dion Almaer's Blog

http://almaer.com/blog/the-rise-and-fall-of-webos-is-an-epic-tale-webos-web-os
in my heart I long for someone to come along with a true Web runtime that lets developers write to a standards-based multi-vendor platform that no one company owns. Democracy is messy, but the Open Web is worth it. Don’t read one article and think that it can’t be done.
#b2g #firefoxos #history #imported:pinboard #mobile #openweb #palm #web #webdev #webos
archive.org #23422

Despite Yahoo Ban, Most Tech Companies Support Work-From-Home Policies - Kara Swisher - News - AllThingsD

http://allthingsd.com/20130225/survey-says-despite-yahoo-ban-most-tech-companies-support-work-from-home-for-employees/?mod=ATD_featured_posts_widget
From pinboard.in/deusx: "Top sources told me that Mayer has been particularly irked about Yahoo parking lots that are slow to fill in the morning and quick to empty by 5 pm — which is atypical at other tech companies such as Google. (Mayer was a longtime exec at the search giant.)"
#facebook #ifttt #imported:pinboard
archive.org #32439

Despite Yahoo Ban, Most Tech Companies Support Work-From-Home Policies - Kara Swisher - News - AllThingsD

http://allthingsd.com/20130225/survey-says-despite-yahoo-ban-most-tech-companies-support-work-from-home-for-employees?mod=ATD_featured_posts_widget
From pinboard.in/deusx: "Top sources told me that Mayer has been particularly irked about Yahoo parking lots that are slow to fill in the morning and quick to empty by 5 pm — which is atypical at other tech companies such as Google. (Mayer was a longtime exec at the search giant.)"
#facebook #ifttt
archive.org #23421

On working remotely - wonko.com

http://wonko.com/post/on-working-remotely
From pinboard.in/deusx: "Telling effective and responsible remote workers that they can no longer work remotely — not because they’re bad at it, but because some other people might be bad at it — will only make those people less effective at their jobs. "
#facebook #ifttt #imported:pinboard
archive.org #23396

Broken by Design: MongoDB Fault Tolerance :: Hacking, Distributed

http://hackingdistributed.com/2013/01/29/mongo-ft/
Look, I realize that we live in a TL;DR culture. I lived through 8 years of a non-reading president along with everyone else. I know that the brogrammers out there are constantly getting texts from their buddies to plan the weekend's broactivities, trying to decide in whose mancave they'll be setting up their lan party, and are thoroughly distracted in between futzing with their smart phones and writing a few lines of code per day by cutting and pasting it from stackoverflow. But it's really not ok to act functionally illiterate when you're not actually illiterate, when an advanced society that once put a man on the moon worked so hard to educate you.
#amen #brogrammers #imported:pinboard #literacy #mongodb #nosql #reading #writing
archive.org #32443

Broken by Design: MongoDB Fault Tolerance :: Hacking, Distributed

http://hackingdistributed.com/2013/01/29/mongo-ft
Look, I realize that we live in a TL;DR culture. I lived through 8 years of a non-reading president along with everyone else. I know that the brogrammers out there are constantly getting texts from their buddies to plan the weekend's broactivities, trying to decide in whose mancave they'll be setting up their lan party, and are thoroughly distracted in between futzing with their smart phones and writing a few lines of code per day by cutting and pasting it from stackoverflow. But it's really not ok to act functionally illiterate when you're not actually illiterate, when an advanced society that once put a man on the moon worked so hard to educate you.
#amen #brogrammers #literacy #mongodb #nosql #reading #writing
archive.org #23388

How to run Continuum (SubSpace) on a Mac - wonko.com

http://wonko.com/post/how-to-run-continuum-on-a-mac
In the past I've run Continuum in a VirtualBox VM, but that's a pain and it's not as fast as I'd like. This time I decided to see if I could get it running in Wine, which would make it easier to play, and faster as well. It turns out a fellow calling himself spiffyguy on the SubSpace forums had already gotten this working!
#continuum #gaming #imported:pinboard #mac #subspace
archive.org #23383

Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us | TIME.com

http://healthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bitter-pill-why-medical-bills-are-killing-us/print/
From pinboard.in/deusx: "What are the reasons, good or bad, that cancer means a half-million- or million-dollar tab? Why should a trip to the emergency room for chest pains that turn out to be indigestion bring a bill that can exceed the cost of a semester of college? What makes a single dose of even the most wonderful wonder drug cost thousands of dollars? Why does simple lab work done during a few days in a hospital cost more than a car? And what is so different about the medical ecosystem that causes technology advances to drive bills up instead of down?"
#facebook #ifttt #imported:pinboard
archive.org #32447

Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us | TIME.com

http://healthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bitter-pill-why-medical-bills-are-killing-us/print
From pinboard.in/deusx: "What are the reasons, good or bad, that cancer means a half-million- or million-dollar tab? Why should a trip to the emergency room for chest pains that turn out to be indigestion bring a bill that can exceed the cost of a semester of college? What makes a single dose of even the most wonderful wonder drug cost thousands of dollars? Why does simple lab work done during a few days in a hospital cost more than a car? And what is so different about the medical ecosystem that causes technology advances to drive bills up instead of down?"
#facebook #ifttt
archive.org #23378

Pretty Eight Machine | Inverse Phase

http://inversephase.bandcamp.com/album/pretty-eight-machine
From pinboard.in/deusx: "This is Pretty Hate Machine, re-imagined in its entirety on eight different 8-bit systems, so I've named it "Pretty Eight Machine". Sound configurations include: SID/6581 (Commodore 64), POKEY (Atari 800), straight 2A03 (NES), AY/SCC+ (MSX+Metal Gear 2 or Snatcher cartridge), SN76489 (Sega Master System), 2A03+VRC6 (Famicom+Castlevania 3 cartridge), LR35902 (Game Boy), and OPLL (MSX-MUSIC or Japanese Sega Master System). "
#facebook #ifttt #imported:pinboard
archive.org #23370

It's Okay To Be Smart • “Hi, I’m a giraffe. When I’m not munching on the...

http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com/post/43598537346/hi-im-a-giraffe-when-im-not-munching-on-the
“Hi, I’m a giraffe. When I’m not munching on the finest arboreal snackitude and generally looking like a tall drink of awesome, I’m checking out the internet’s finest nature GIFs on Head Like An Orange.” Seriously. You guys are following Head Like An Orange, right? Glorious stuff.
#imported:pinboard #needs-tags #shared #ttrss
archive.org #23364

Build a MAME Cabinet in 24 Hours

http://chris.polymathic.net/cabinet/index.shtml
Okay, so now I've got your attention - it's true - the cabinet construction was completed in 24 hours, but it took about three months to get around to the last few bits (like decorating the unit), so don't complain if after one day you don't get something that looks like the unit on the left!
#arcade #diy #howto #imported:pinboard #mame
archive.org #23358

In Norway, TV Program on Firewood Elicits Passions - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/world/europe/in-norway-tv-program-on-firewood-elicits-passions.html?hp&amp%3B_r=0&_r=3&
From pinboard.in/deusx: " “We received about 60 text messages from people complaining about the stacking in the program,” said Lars Mytting, whose best-selling book “Solid Wood: All About Chopping, Drying and Stacking Wood — and the Soul of Wood-Burning” inspired the broadcast. “Fifty percent complained that the bark was facing up, and the rest complained that the bark was facing down.” "
#facebook #ifttt #imported:pinboard
archive.org #35818

In Norway, TV Program on Firewood Elicits Passions - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/world/europe/in-norway-tv-program-on-firewood-elicits-passions.html?hp&%3B_r=0&_r=3&
From pinboard.in/deusx: " “We received about 60 text messages from people complaining about the stacking in the program,” said Lars Mytting, whose best-selling book “Solid Wood: All About Chopping, Drying and Stacking Wood — and the Soul of Wood-Burning” inspired the broadcast. “Fifty percent complained that the bark was facing up, and the rest complained that the bark was facing down.” "
#facebook #ifttt #imported:pinboard
archive.org #32455

In Norway, TV Program on Firewood Elicits Passions - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/world/europe/in-norway-tv-program-on-firewood-elicits-passions.html?_r=3&_r=0&hp=
From pinboard.in/deusx: " “We received about 60 text messages from people complaining about the stacking in the program,” said Lars Mytting, whose best-selling book “Solid Wood: All About Chopping, Drying and Stacking Wood — and the Soul of Wood-Burning” inspired the broadcast. “Fifty percent complained that the bark was facing up, and the rest complained that the bark was facing down.” "
#facebook #ifttt
archive.org #23352

In Norway, TV Program on Firewood Elicits Passions - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/world/europe/in-norway-tv-program-on-firewood-elicits-passions.html?hp&_r=0
“We received about 60 text messages from people complaining about the stacking in the program,” said Lars Mytting, whose best-selling book “Solid Wood: All About Chopping, Drying and Stacking Wood — and the Soul of Wood-Burning” inspired the broadcast. “Fifty percent complained that the bark was facing up, and the rest complained that the bark was facing down.”
#imported:pinboard #norweigian #odd #to:fb #wood
archive.org #32456

In Norway, TV Program on Firewood Elicits Passions - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/world/europe/in-norway-tv-program-on-firewood-elicits-passions.html?_r=0&hp=
“We received about 60 text messages from people complaining about the stacking in the program,” said Lars Mytting, whose best-selling book “Solid Wood: All About Chopping, Drying and Stacking Wood — and the Soul of Wood-Burning” inspired the broadcast. “Fifty percent complained that the bark was facing up, and the rest complained that the bark was facing down.”
#norweigian #odd #to:fb #wood
archive.org #23351

John McCain Attacked By His Hate Filled Misinformed Constituents At Town Hall Meeting (VIDEO)

http://egbertowillies.com/2013/02/20/john-mccain-attacked-by-his-hate-filled-misinformed-constituents-at-town-hall-meeting-video/
From pinboard.in/deusx: "This misinformed constituent is of the belief that most undocumented workers are on welfare. The reality is that this is one of the biggest fallacies put out by the Right Wing echo chamber. The work ethic of the undocumented worked many times exceeds that of the American worker and many times employers turn a blind eye to find these workers. There would have been no housing boom without these workers. The lifestyle of the suburban families with lawn service and homecare would be much less appealing as they travelled into the inner cities to work during the day and flee by night."
#facebook #ifttt #imported:pinboard
archive.org #32457

John McCain Attacked By His Hate Filled Misinformed Constituents At Town Hall Meeting (VIDEO)

http://egbertowillies.com/2013/02/20/john-mccain-attacked-by-his-hate-filled-misinformed-constituents-at-town-hall-meeting-video
From pinboard.in/deusx: "This misinformed constituent is of the belief that most undocumented workers are on welfare. The reality is that this is one of the biggest fallacies put out by the Right Wing echo chamber. The work ethic of the undocumented worked many times exceeds that of the American worker and many times employers turn a blind eye to find these workers. There would have been no housing boom without these workers. The lifestyle of the suburban families with lawn service and homecare would be much less appealing as they travelled into the inner cities to work during the day and flee by night."
#facebook #ifttt
archive.org #23350

Drones, war, and civilian casualties: How unmanned aircraft reduce collateral damage. - Slate Magazine

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_nature/2013/02/drones_war_and_civilian_casualties_how_unmanned_aircraft_reduce_collateral.single.html
From pinboard.in/deusx: "Drones kill a lower ratio of civilians to combatants than we’ve seen in any recent war. Granted, many civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other such wars were killed by our enemies rather than by us. But that’s part of the equation. One reason to prefer drones is that when you send troops, fighting breaks out, and the longer the fighting goes on, the more innocent people die. Drones are like laparoscopic surgery: They minimize the entry wound and the risk of infection."
#facebook #ifttt #imported:pinboard
archive.org #23348

BBC Column: Why cyclists enrage car drivers « Mind Hacks

http://mindhacks.com/2013/02/18/bbc-column-why-cyclists-enrage-car-drivers/
From pinboard.in/deusx: "I’ve got a theory, of course. It’s not because cyclists are annoying. It isn’t even because we have a selective memory for that one stand-out annoying cyclist over the hundreds of boring, non-annoying ones (although that probably is a factor). No, my theory is that motorists hate cyclists because they offend the moral order."
#facebook #ifttt #imported:pinboard
archive.org #32463

BBC Column: Why cyclists enrage car drivers « Mind Hacks

http://mindhacks.com/2013/02/18/bbc-column-why-cyclists-enrage-car-drivers
From pinboard.in/deusx: "I’ve got a theory, of course. It’s not because cyclists are annoying. It isn’t even because we have a selective memory for that one stand-out annoying cyclist over the hundreds of boring, non-annoying ones (although that probably is a factor). No, my theory is that motorists hate cyclists because they offend the moral order."
#facebook #ifttt
archive.org #23335

Not Safe For Work Corporation | This Is How You Healthcare: American Death In London

https://www.nsfwcorp.com/dispatch/this-is-how-you-healthcare
From pinboard.in/deusx: "I cannot imagine how any civilised country could do better. I cannot see how any country can be truly civilised without it. If my family and I had had to deal with the vagaries of insurance, forms, debt, extra disaster or extra anything, I suspect we would have proceeded directly to becoming burdens on the system ourselves. "
#facebook #ifttt #imported:pinboard
archive.org #23334

Deadpool and Harley Quinn both lose their minds in their own version of The Notebook

http://io9.com/5984822/deadpool-and-harley-quinn-both-lose-their-minds-in-their-own-version-of-the-notebook
Some people like their romantic comedies with a heaping scoop of blood. This past week, CBR's The Line it is Drawn paid dubious tribute to the wonders of love by asking their guest artists to draw comic book characters coupled up. Some of the fictional pairings enjoyed romantic rooftop dates while others painted the town red with the blood of their enemies. (Let's just say that you don't want to get between Damien Wayne, Hit Girl, and their root beer float.) This nutty take on The Notebook comes from Marco D'Alfonso, who is no stranger to putting Deadpool in unexpected places. Check out the rest of the entries at The Line it is Drawn, via Xombie DIRGE.
#imported:pinboard #needs-tags #shared #ttrss
archive.org #23328

What you can learn from the monster LibreOffice project | Open Source Software - InfoWorld

http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/what-you-can-learn-the-monster-libreoffice-project-212908
How did the community form in the first place? A core of developers carried over their work from the former OpenOffice.org community, but the key move was to make it easy and fun to join in with development, so the project avoided barriers to participation. The mailing lists were tuned to welcome newcomers rather than to favor existing developers; a page of "easy hacks" created for newcomers had small, tasty morsels to chew over, and extensive README files were made easily findable.
#community #dev #imported:pinboard #libreoffice #openoffice
archive.org #23315

Living in a Plain Text World (Tools We Use) | Savage Minds

http://savageminds.org/2013/02/15/living-in-a-plain-text-world-tools-we-use/
If you look through the archives of Savage Minds you will find a lot of posts that are seemingly unformatted. Most of these are by Rex, who was an early fan of Markdown, a "a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers" developed by John Gruber. Unfortunately, the plugin we were using to make those posts appear pretty was sucking up a lot of server resources so we disabled it until we could find something better. There are probably better options out there now, but we haven’t looked at them. I personally write my blog posts in raw HTML and never saw the advantage of learning Markdown… until now.
#imported:pinboard #markdown #text
archive.org #32473

Living in a Plain Text World (Tools We Use) | Savage Minds

http://savageminds.org/2013/02/15/living-in-a-plain-text-world-tools-we-use
If you look through the archives of Savage Minds you will find a lot of posts that are seemingly unformatted. Most of these are by Rex, who was an early fan of Markdown, a "a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers" developed by John Gruber. Unfortunately, the plugin we were using to make those posts appear pretty was sucking up a lot of server resources so we disabled it until we could find something better. There are probably better options out there now, but we haven’t looked at them. I personally write my blog posts in raw HTML and never saw the advantage of learning Markdown… until now.
#markdown #text
archive.org #23297

why you need to host your own stuff | D’Arcy Norman dot net

http://darcynorman.net/2013/02/15/why-you-need-to-host-your-own-stuff/
“Use Posterous,” they said. “It’s easy. Just write your posts there. No need to run your own blog.” Today, Posterous announced they’ll shut down in 3 months. On April 30th, we will turn off posterous.com and our mobile apps in order to focus 100% of our efforts on Twitter. This means that as of April 30, Posterous Spaces will no longer be available either to view or to edit. Posterous will no longer be available to either view or edit. Boom. Gone. Yet another hosted service that made it so super-easy to do stuff that you’d never ever have to waste time running your own stuff, because only stupid luddites that don’t get how awesome hosted services are would bother to waste their time doing that. If you don’t manage your own online stuff, it will eventually disappear. If you do manage your own stuff, you need to have backups so that you can spin your stuff up on a different hosting provider when your current provider disappears. Reclaim. Own your stuff. Step up. Pick up your game, people.
#imported:pinboard #needs-tags #shared #ttrss
archive.org #32474

why you need to host your own stuff | D’Arcy Norman dot net

http://darcynorman.net/2013/02/15/why-you-need-to-host-your-own-stuff
“Use Posterous,” they said. “It’s easy. Just write your posts there. No need to run your own blog.” Today, Posterous announced they’ll shut down in 3 months. On April 30th, we will turn off posterous.com and our mobile apps in order to focus 100% of our efforts on Twitter. This means that as of April 30, Posterous Spaces will no longer be available either to view or to edit. Posterous will no longer be available to either view or edit. Boom. Gone. Yet another hosted service that made it so super-easy to do stuff that you’d never ever have to waste time running your own stuff, because only stupid luddites that don’t get how awesome hosted services are would bother to waste their time doing that. If you don’t manage your own online stuff, it will eventually disappear. If you do manage your own stuff, you need to have backups so that you can spin your stuff up on a different hosting provider when your current provider disappears. Reclaim. Own your stuff. Step up. Pick up your game, people.
#needs-tags #shared #ttrss
archive.org #23295

Sessions The vim Feature You Probably Arent Using - Bocoup

http://weblog.bocoup.com/sessions-the-vim-feature-you-probably-arent-using/
When you’ve been working for awhile and you’re all moved in to your new digs – maybe it’s the end of the day, maybe it’s been 71 days and you finally have to give in and restart your computer, you just save the session file to anywhere you’d like (I like ~/.vim/sessions/) using :mksession (or :mks)
#dev #imported:pinboard #sessions #vim
archive.org #32475

Sessions The vim Feature You Probably Arent Using - Bocoup

http://weblog.bocoup.com/sessions-the-vim-feature-you-probably-arent-using
When you’ve been working for awhile and you’re all moved in to your new digs – maybe it’s the end of the day, maybe it’s been 71 days and you finally have to give in and restart your computer, you just save the session file to anywhere you’d like (I like ~/.vim/sessions/) using :mksession (or :mks)
#dev #sessions #vim
archive.org #23291

Nothing To Do With Arbroath: Giant stomping rabbit scared burglar out of family home

http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2013/02/giant-stomping-rabbit-scared-burglar.html
A petrified burglar fled a family home in the middle of the night after coming face to face with their giant pet rabbit. Kimberley May, her fiance Martin, and their three-year-old daughter Olivia were all sound asleep when the thief broke into their house. But as the raider rifled through cupboards the noise woke up Toby the family’s British Giant bunny in his kitchen cage. The 4.5kg, two-feet long pet began stomping so loudly on the floor that the intruder was caught on the hop and left. Kimberley, 30, said: “We went to bed on Wednesday at about 10pm. In the early hours of the morning Toby our rabbit did five loud thumps. I sort of half woke up then realised he’d stopped and went back to sleep. When I went downstairs every single cupboard and drawer were open, there were bits out everywhere, then we started noticing things were missing and we phoned the police.” Kimberley is convinced that two year-old Toby’s thumping scared the thief off from their house in Plymouth, Devon. She found a hoard of items left piled up on the sofa which she thinks the burglar was preparing to take but left behind. She added: “We think that when the rabbit thumped it scared the burglar off and they left all the stuff they were going to take. He’s like a little dog, if you whistle him he comes. “The rabbit was just traumatised in his cage, shaking. He’s usually really friendly but he tried to go for the policeman.” Although the thief managed to take some valuables Kimberley fears the break-in could have been even worse had it not been for Toby. She added: “If he hadn’t been scared off he could have come upstairs looking for things. My daughter was asleep up there – it could have been really dangerous. Toby has done the job of a guard dog. We’re so proud of him.”
#imported:pinboard #needs-tags #shared #ttrss
archive.org #23286

We can't stop watching Kyle MachLachlan dance the Twin Peaks Harlem Shake

http://io9.com/5984325/we-cant-stop-watching-kyle-machlachlan-dance-the-twin-peaks-harlem-shake
Holy crap someone got Kyle MachLachlan to do a Twin Peaks style Harlem Shake. It's.. hurting... our brains. So much amazing and so much terrible wrapped into one tiny video. Hate it or love it, you won't be able to stop watching it. For those unaware, the Harlem Shake is a dance. For more information see here, here and here. H/T to Russ Fischer
#imported:pinboard #needs-tags #shared #ttrss
archive.org #23283

Nothing To Do With Arbroath: Man set fire to packet of peanuts before trying to make love to ambulance at bus station

http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2013/02/man-set-fire-to-packet-of-peanuts.html
A man set fire to a packet of peanuts and tried making love to an ambulance, North Devon Magistrates' Court has heard. Calum Ward, 25, of Barnstaple, was spotted by police at  Barnstaple bus station on November 12. Ward was spotted on CCTV in a phone box setting light to a packet of peanuts while also punching them. He then approached a nearby ambulance and spread himself in front of it. Mark Haddow, for the defence, said the attending police officer commented: "It looks as though he is attempting to make love to the front of the ambulance." After being searched Ward was found to be in possession of cannabis and amphetamine. Ward was sentenced to a community order with a supervision requirement for six months and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £60.
#imported:pinboard #needs-tags #shared #ttrss
archive.org #23282

I will miss the “Douglas Crockford of browsers” | Christian Heilmann

http://christianheilmann.com/2013/02/13/i-will-miss-the-douglas-crockford-of-browsers/
I always called Opera the Douglas Crockford of browsers as it was ruthless in its implementation of standards. If something didn’t work in Opera there is a good chance that you did something wrong. Even better – fixing it in Opera in most cases meant looking at how the W3C standard meant things to work and write your code accordingly, which in most cases meant no change in other browsers, but cleaner code overall. Opera was my linting tool.
#imported:pinboard #opera #webdev #webkit
archive.org #32481

I will miss the “Douglas Crockford of browsers” | Christian Heilmann

http://christianheilmann.com/2013/02/13/i-will-miss-the-douglas-crockford-of-browsers
I always called Opera the Douglas Crockford of browsers as it was ruthless in its implementation of standards. If something didn’t work in Opera there is a good chance that you did something wrong. Even better – fixing it in Opera in most cases meant looking at how the W3C standard meant things to work and write your code accordingly, which in most cases meant no change in other browsers, but cleaner code overall. Opera was my linting tool.
#opera #webdev #webkit
archive.org #23276

Client-side Messaging Essentials

http://freshbrewedcode.com/jimcowart/2013/02/07/client-side-messaging-essentials/
"Most people throw around the term “pub/sub” to describe any kind of eventing/messaging – but I think this term fails to adequately communicate the abstraction. Yes, ultimately, something is subscribing to what something else is publishing. But the level at which publishers and subscribers are encapsulated has the power to make a good pattern turn to the dark side. So, what’s the difference?"
#imported:pinboard #js #messaging #pubsub #webdev
archive.org #32484

Client-side Messaging Essentials

http://freshbrewedcode.com/jimcowart/2013/02/07/client-side-messaging-essentials
"Most people throw around the term “pub/sub” to describe any kind of eventing/messaging – but I think this term fails to adequately communicate the abstraction. Yes, ultimately, something is subscribing to what something else is publishing. But the level at which publishers and subscribers are encapsulated has the power to make a good pattern turn to the dark side. So, what’s the difference?"
#js #messaging #pubsub #webdev
archive.org #23271

Fractal Magic DIY HDTV Antenna

http://www.instructables.com/id/Fractal-Magic-DIY-HDTV-Antenna/?ALLSTEPS
After reading an article about the use of fractal mathmatics in the design of cell phone antennas that have incredible bandwidth in spite of their extremely small size, I began to experiment with using a very simple fractal pattern, the Koch Snowflake, as the basis for an easy to build indoor HDTV antenna.
#antennas #fractals #hdtv #imported:pinboard
archive.org #32485

Fractal Magic DIY HDTV Antenna

http://www.instructables.com/id/Fractal-Magic-DIY-HDTV-Antenna?ALLSTEPS=
After reading an article about the use of fractal mathmatics in the design of cell phone antennas that have incredible bandwidth in spite of their extremely small size, I began to experiment with using a very simple fractal pattern, the Koch Snowflake, as the basis for an easy to build indoor HDTV antenna.
#antennas #fractals #hdtv
archive.org #23261

Inverse Phase Discusses His 8-Bit Nine Inch Nails Tribute ‘Pretty Eight Machine’

http://loudwire.com/inverse-phase-discusses-8-bit-nine-inch-nails-tribute-pretty-eight-machine/
From pinboard.in/deusx: "In June of last year, we wrote an article about an 8-bit re-imagining of the classic Nine Inch Nails album ‘Pretty Hate Machine’ created by an artist by the name of Inverse Phase. The post became a huge hit, and we were recently able to talk to Inverse Phase about the project."
#facebook #ifttt #imported:pinboard
archive.org #32486

Inverse Phase Discusses His 8-Bit Nine Inch Nails Tribute ‘Pretty Eight Machine’

http://loudwire.com/inverse-phase-discusses-8-bit-nine-inch-nails-tribute-pretty-eight-machine
From pinboard.in/deusx: "In June of last year, we wrote an article about an 8-bit re-imagining of the classic Nine Inch Nails album ‘Pretty Hate Machine’ created by an artist by the name of Inverse Phase. The post became a huge hit, and we were recently able to talk to Inverse Phase about the project."
#facebook #ifttt
archive.org #23256

memeorandum: New Study Finds Koch Bros. Tried to Start Tea Party Movement in 2002 (Kevin Grandia/Firedoglake)

http://www.memeorandum.com/130211/p95#a130211p95
Kevin Grandia / Firedoglake:New Study Finds Koch Bros. Tried to Start Tea Party Movement in 2002  —  Were David Koch (and his brother Charles) planning to astroturf the Tea Party even earlier than formerly suspected?  —  Shattering the public perception that the Tea Party is a spontaneous popular citizens movement …
#imported:pinboard #needs-tags #shared #ttrss
archive.org #23252

Print - The Man Who Killed Osama bin Laden... Is Screwed - Esquire

http://www.esquire.com/print-this/man-who-shot-osama-bin-laden-0313?page=all
From pinboard.in/deusx: "But the Shooter will discover soon enough that when he leaves after sixteen years in the Navy, his body filled with scar tissue, arthritis, tendonitis, eye damage, and blown disks, here is what he gets from his employer and a grateful nation: Nothing. No pension, no health care, and no protection for himself or his family."
#facebook #ifttt #imported:pinboard
archive.org #23249

forums.uberent.com

http://forums.uberent.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp%3Bt=43145
From pinboard.in/deusx: "First, we are sorry there hasn’t been more communication about the state of Moon Breakers. The current state is that development has effectively been halted on the game. Imba, the developer and owner of the game, ran out of money and the Moon Breakers team was disbanded. "
#facebook #ifttt #imported:pinboard
archive.org #35820

forums.uberent.com

http://forums.uberent.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&%3Bt=43145
From pinboard.in/deusx: "First, we are sorry there hasn’t been more communication about the state of Moon Breakers. The current state is that development has effectively been halted on the game. Imba, the developer and owner of the game, ran out of money and the Moon Breakers team was disbanded. "
#facebook #ifttt #imported:pinboard
archive.org #32490

forums.uberent.com

http://forums.uberent.com/forums/viewtopic.php?amp;t=43145&f=2
From pinboard.in/deusx: "First, we are sorry there hasn’t been more communication about the state of Moon Breakers. The current state is that development has effectively been halted on the game. Imba, the developer and owner of the game, ran out of money and the Moon Breakers team was disbanded. "
#facebook #ifttt
archive.org #23247

Pololu - Zumo Robot Kit for Arduino (No Motors)

http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/2505
This combination deal contains most of the parts you need to build an Arduino-controlled Zumo robot. It consists of a Zumo Shield for Arduino, a Zumo chassis kit, and a Zumo blade. You will also need a pair of micro metal gearmotors, four AA batteries, and an Arduino to complete your Zumo robot (motors, batteries, and Arduino sold separately). This product is a kit; assembly (including soldering) is required.
#arduino #imported:pinboard #robots #tamiya #zumo
archive.org #23242

Ask Chris #139: An Extensive Discussion Of Batman Punching Animals - ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/01/batman-punching-animals-ask-chris-139/
From pinboard.in/deusx: "In the last issue of Batman, Batman punched a horse. Is there a list of animals that Batman has punched? Would a shorter list be "Animals NOT punched by Batman"? What is the most awesome animal Batman has punched?"
#facebook #ifttt #imported:pinboard
archive.org #32493

Ask Chris #139: An Extensive Discussion Of Batman Punching Animals - ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/01/batman-punching-animals-ask-chris-139
From pinboard.in/deusx: "In the last issue of Batman, Batman punched a horse. Is there a list of animals that Batman has punched? Would a shorter list be "Animals NOT punched by Batman"? What is the most awesome animal Batman has punched?"
#facebook #ifttt
archive.org #23240

Surface Pro versus MacBook Air: Who's being dishonest with storage space? | ZDNet

http://www.zdnet.com/surface-pro-versus-macbook-air-whos-being-dishonest-with-storage-space-7000011009/
Here’s the tl;dr version. The MacBook Air 128 gives you 77.3 percent of the advertised storage space for user data. The Surface Pro 128 gives you 75.2 percent of its advertised capacity for storing data. And with one minor tweak that doesn’t affect the system’s capabilities in any way, you can increase the amount of data storage space on the Surface Pro to 81.8% of the advertised capacity.
#apple #hardware #imported:pinboard #microsoft #surface
archive.org #32501

Surface Pro versus MacBook Air: Who's being dishonest with storage space? | ZDNet

http://www.zdnet.com/surface-pro-versus-macbook-air-whos-being-dishonest-with-storage-space-7000011009
Here’s the tl;dr version. The MacBook Air 128 gives you 77.3 percent of the advertised storage space for user data. The Surface Pro 128 gives you 75.2 percent of its advertised capacity for storing data. And with one minor tweak that doesn’t affect the system’s capabilities in any way, you can increase the amount of data storage space on the Surface Pro to 81.8% of the advertised capacity.
#apple #hardware #microsoft #surface
archive.org #23222

Soon, 3D printers could be building houses on the Moon out of lunar dust

http://io9.com/5980863/new-proposal-for-3d-printed-houses-on-the-moon-made-from-lunar-dust
London-based design firm Foster+Partners aims to partner-up with the European Space Agency, and build structures on the Moon from the regolith found on the surface. The inflatable scaffolding would be manufactured on Earth, then transported to the Moon and covered with a durable shell constructed by robotically-driven 3D printers. All images courtesy Foster+Partners. This is such a brilliant idea. The scheme would take advantage of the raw materials already found on the lunar surface, while at the same time offering a highly scalable and efficient model for construction. Indeed, the idea of using the lunar dust — known as regolith — has been considered for many years. And in fact, back in 2010, researchers from Washington State University discovered that artificial regolith — a compound consisting of silicon, aluminium, calcium, iron, and magnesium — could be used by 3D printers to create solid objects, including tools. Should the plan be put into action, a research expedition or colony would set up base in the southern polar regions of the Moon where sunlight is constant. During construction, the base would be inflated to become a dome to provide the initial scaffolding. Layers of 3D printed material would be iteratively layered over the dome to create a strong, protective shell. To ensure strength, the structure would be made of hollow closed-cellular structures. Each house would be able to accommodate four people, and could be extended should the need arise. For now, Foster+Partners is still in the design and proof-of-concept phase. So to that end, they're looking to create a smaller version using artificial regolith in a vacuum chamber. Sources: Foster+Partners | DesignTaxi | BBC
#imported:pinboard #needs-tags #shared #ttrss
archive.org #23205

Gender-flipped fairy tale princes ditch their glass shoes and let down their beard hair

http://io9.com/5981164/genderflipped-fairy-tale-princes-ditch-their-glass-shoes-and-let-down-their-beard-hair
Yudi Chen has a series of wonderfully stylized fairy tale illustrations with one important difference: the genders of all of the characters have been reversed. That means that the Beast must win the heart of Beau, the evil king demands the heart of his stepson Snow White, and Rapunzel has the most amazing beard you've ever seen. We're suckers for genderflipped art in our pop culture, but it's especially interesting to reconsider these classic stories with the gender roles reversed. You can see the rest of the series and purchase prints from Chen's Society6 store. Gender Reversed Fairy Tales [Yudi Chen via The Mary Sue]
#imported:pinboard #needs-tags #shared #ttrss
archive.org #23204

Do We Really Know That Cats Kill By The Billions? Not So Fast : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR

http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2013/02/03/170851048/do-we-really-know-that-cats-kill-by-the-billions-not-so-fast
From pinboard.in/deusx: "Demonizing cats with shaky statistics, however, won't help us build the pillar of understanding required to strike a satisfying balance between the needs of cats and their supporters with the needs of wildlife facing a feline threat."
#facebook #ifttt #imported:pinboard
archive.org #23181

Laptop to Desktop Conversion

http://www.instructables.com/id/Laptop-to-Desktop-Conversion/?ALLSTEPS
In this instructable, you will learn how to transform an old, broken laptop into a nice desktop. This project involves a total rework of the computer case. With this mod, you can give new life to an old laptop.In order to do this, you do not need any advanced craftmanship or tools (but if you have them, they will come handy).
#diy #hacks #imported:pinboard #laptop
archive.org #32524

Laptop to Desktop Conversion

http://www.instructables.com/id/Laptop-to-Desktop-Conversion?ALLSTEPS=
In this instructable, you will learn how to transform an old, broken laptop into a nice desktop. This project involves a total rework of the computer case. With this mod, you can give new life to an old laptop.In order to do this, you do not need any advanced craftmanship or tools (but if you have them, they will come handy).
#diy #hacks #laptop
archive.org #23172