The Pampered World of Congressional Air Travel - Businessweek
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-04-30/the-pampered-world-of-congressional-air-travel
The point is, Congress’s decision to lift the sequester was even more self-serving than you probably imagined. After casting their votes on Friday, most members raced to the airport and went home.
Researchers find high-fructose corn syrup may be tied to worldwide collapse of bee colonies
http://phys.org/news/2013-04-high-fructose-corn-syrup-tied-worldwide.html
The researchers aren't suggesting that high-fructose corn syrup is itself toxic to bees, instead, they say their findings indicate that by eating the replacement food instead of honey, the bees are not being exposed to other chemicals that help the bees fight off toxins, such as those found in pesticides.
Disable the 'stupid' thumbnails generation on Synology NAS | Linux and Unix tips
http://linux-unix-tips.blogspot.com/2011/09/disable-stupid-thumbnails-generation-on.html
In order to stop the automatic generation of thumbnails in your photos and movies directories, and also stopping your CPU + hard drive to be used non stop for these tasks for days and days...
Tuning your Synology NAS for speed | Jeffrey Costa
http://blog.jeffcosta.com/2012/12/29/tuning-your-synology-nas-for-speed/
If you own a Synology NAS device at home, you know its an incredible machine for the money. However, it likely has a small amount of RAM (mine has 256MB) and that poses a problem. I have found that if you are not using many of the programs (Disk Station, iTunes server, File Station, etc…), you can free up a great deal of RAM by disabling unused services. This gives precious RAM back to processes that can actually use it, and frees up CPU power.
Tuning your Synology NAS for speed | Jeffrey Costa
http://blog.jeffcosta.com/2012/12/29/tuning-your-synology-nas-for-speed
If you own a Synology NAS device at home, you know its an incredible machine for the money. However, it likely has a small amount of RAM (mine has 256MB) and that poses a problem. I have found that if you are not using many of the programs (Disk Station, iTunes server, File Station, etc…), you can free up a great deal of RAM by disabling unused services. This gives precious RAM back to processes that can actually use it, and frees up CPU power.
The Escapist : News : Pirating Game Dev Tycoon Dooms Players to be Ruined By Piracy
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/123585-Pirating-Game-Dev-Tycoon-Dooms-Players-to-be-Ruined-By-Piracy
In an ironic twist, modified code in the cracked version of the game ensures that pirate's in-game progress is constantly ruined by rampant piracy.
The New Anime Series You Absolutely Need to Be Watching
http://io9.com/the-new-anime-series-you-absolutely-need-to-be-watching-472686117
Fuck yea I'd wear that...said no one ever. : funny
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1d0ntf/fuck_yea_id_wear_thatsaid_no_one_ever/
submitted by ironpandas to funny[link] [299 comments]
Fuck yea I'd wear that...said no one ever. : funny
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1d0ntf/fuck_yea_id_wear_thatsaid_no_one_ever
submitted by ironpandas to funny[link] [299 comments]
These two guys entered the metro from different stations and don't even know each other. They kind of fit together. : funny
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1cxnwy/these_two_guys_entered_the_metro_from_different/
submitted by Tcherno to funny[link] [363 comments]
These two guys entered the metro from different stations and don't even know each other. They kind of fit together. : funny
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1cxnwy/these_two_guys_entered_the_metro_from_different
submitted by Tcherno to funny[link] [363 comments]
Multiplayer Game 'Eve Online' Cultivates a Most Devoted Following - Businessweek
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-04-18/multiplayer-game-eve-online-cultivates-a-most-devoted-following
“At the time, I had been dating a girl for only three weeks and was terrified,” says Joshua Goldshlag (Eve name: Two Step), a 35-year-old CSM member and computer programmer from Massachusetts. “I certainly did not want to mention that I had been elected as an Internet space politician.”
MAKE | Arduino Uno vs BeagleBone vs Raspberry Pi
http://blog.makezine.com/2013/04/15/arduino-uno-vs-beaglebone-vs-raspberry-pi/
The three models (all of which we use here at Digital Diner) are the Arduino, Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone. We chose these three because they are all readily available, affordable, about the same size (just larger than 2″ x 3″) and can all be used for creating wonderful digital gadgets. Before we get to the comparison, here is a brief introduction to each one.
MAKE | Arduino Uno vs BeagleBone vs Raspberry Pi
http://blog.makezine.com/2013/04/15/arduino-uno-vs-beaglebone-vs-raspberry-pi
The three models (all of which we use here at Digital Diner) are the Arduino, Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone. We chose these three because they are all readily available, affordable, about the same size (just larger than 2″ x 3″) and can all be used for creating wonderful digital gadgets. Before we get to the comparison, here is a brief introduction to each one.
Pizza Hut launching Xbox 360 app that lets console owners order pizza from Xbox Live | Polygon
http://www.polygon.com/2013/4/22/4252934/pizza-hut-for-xbox-360-app-kinect
The Pizza Hut for Xbox app makes the chain's entire menu accessible to users, who can then build their own customized pizzas and place orders via Kinect motion controls, voice commands or the controller. Users can link their Xbox and PizzaHut.com accounts and save their order settings to streamline future purchases, as well as view and take advantage of deals at local stores.
The vanishing personal site – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report
http://www.zeldman.com/2008/04/27/content-outsourcing-and-the-disappearing-personal-site/
Obliterating our own readership and page views may not be a bad thing, but let’s be sure we are making conscious choices.
The vanishing personal site – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report
http://www.zeldman.com/2008/04/27/content-outsourcing-and-the-disappearing-personal-site
Obliterating our own readership and page views may not be a bad thing, but let’s be sure we are making conscious choices.
Ken's Programming Blog: I Knew a Programmer that Went Completely Insane
http://startingdotneprogramming.blogspot.com/2013/04/i-knew-programmer-that-went-completely.html
It may be hard to swallow but the extra effort and hours that you put into your job as a software developer does not usually amount to someone higher up thinking you should run the company. It has been my experience that good producers are more likely to be asked to continue to produce. If they moved you to a higher position and better pay then who would produce the software?
A few thoughts about RSS news readers from someone who thinks about them way more than you probably do - Russell Beattie
http://www.russellbeattie.com/blog/a-few-thoughts-about-rss-news-readers-from-someone-who-thinks-about-them-way-more-than-you-probably-do
It might appear like gloom and doom (actually, if it doesn't, you're not looking), but really it's a massive opportunity. Again, anyone who uses a news reader can't imagine having to live without one, yet I see the feed ecosystem slowly deteriorating with no replacement in sight. That's the opportunity, in my mind. It's not about simply mimicking Google Reader (which I would never do anyways, as I've never liked it), but about bootstrapping off the system we have today, in order to create a new type of news reader for tomorrow. The future of news readers, so to speak. ;-)
Yahoo Kills Upcoming, Archive Team Saves the Day | Webmonkey | Wired.com
http://www.webmonkey.com/2013/04/yahoo-shutters-upcoming-archive-team-saves-the-day/
Of course there’s a well known group of people that have made something of an art out of saving disappearing internet data — the Archive Team, headed by computer historian Jason Scott.
Yahoo Kills Upcoming, Archive Team Saves the Day | Webmonkey | Wired.com
http://www.webmonkey.com/2013/04/yahoo-shutters-upcoming-archive-team-saves-the-day
Of course there’s a well known group of people that have made something of an art out of saving disappearing internet data — the Archive Team, headed by computer historian Jason Scott.
The $12 Gongkai Phone « bunnie's blog
http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=3040
Recently, I paid $12 at Mingtong Digital Mall for a complete phone, featuring quad-band GSM, Bluetooth, MP3 playback, and an OLED display plus keypad for the UI. Simple, but functional; nothing compared to a smartphone, but useful if you’re going out and worried about getting your primary phone wet or stolen.
The $12 Gongkai Phone « bunnie's blog
http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog?p=3040
Recently, I paid $12 at Mingtong Digital Mall for a complete phone, featuring quad-band GSM, Bluetooth, MP3 playback, and an OLED display plus keypad for the UI. Simple, but functional; nothing compared to a smartphone, but useful if you’re going out and worried about getting your primary phone wet or stolen.
Why feed reading is an open web problem, and what browsers could do about it – Luis Villa
http://tieguy.org/blog/2013/04/21/why-feed-reading-is-an-open-web-problem-and-what-browsers-could-do-about-it/
I’ve long privately thought that Firefox should treat feed reading as a first-class citizen of the open web, and integrate feed subscribing and reading more deeply into the browser (rather than the lame, useless live bookmarks.) The impending demise of Reader has finally forced me to spit out my thoughts on the issue. They’re less polished than I like when I blog these days, but here you go – may they inspire someone to resuscitate this important part of the open web.
Why feed reading is an open web problem, and what browsers could do about it – Luis Villa
http://tieguy.org/blog/2013/04/21/why-feed-reading-is-an-open-web-problem-and-what-browsers-could-do-about-it
I’ve long privately thought that Firefox should treat feed reading as a first-class citizen of the open web, and integrate feed subscribing and reading more deeply into the browser (rather than the lame, useless live bookmarks.) The impending demise of Reader has finally forced me to spit out my thoughts on the issue. They’re less polished than I like when I blog these days, but here you go – may they inspire someone to resuscitate this important part of the open web.
getFavicon
http://getfavicon.appspot.com/
Retrieves the relevant favicon for a URL, or returns a default icon should it not be able to find it. Works better than the Google version as it will find favicons specified by an HTML page's <link> element. Feel free to hotlink, although it would be nice if you could email me if you're going to make more than a couple of requests a second.
getFavicon
http://getfavicon.appspot.com
Retrieves the relevant favicon for a URL, or returns a default icon should it not be able to find it. Works better than the Google version as it will find favicons specified by an HTML page's element. Feel free to hotlink, although it would be nice if you could email me if you're going to make more than a couple of requests a second.
Det Missionerande Kopimistsamfundet | English
http://kopimistsamfundet.se/english/
* All knowledge to all
* The search for knowledge is sacred
* The circulation of knowledge is sacred
* The act of copying is sacred.
Det Missionerande Kopimistsamfundet | English
http://kopimistsamfundet.se/english
* All knowledge to all
* The search for knowledge is sacred
* The circulation of knowledge is sacred
* The act of copying is sacred.
Cr-48 - Dual Boot Shortcuts
http://cr-48.wikispaces.com/Dual+Boot+Shortcuts
Create Shortcuts to Easily Switch Between Chrome OS and Ubuntu
Monkey patch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_patch
This process has also been termed duck punching.
jwz: G, E, B, Leviathan
http://www.jwz.org/blog/2013/04/g-e-b-leviathan/
The shadow of this cube in different directions gives QR codes pointing to the Wikipedia articles for Kurt Godel, M.C. Escher, and J.S. Bach respectively. Note that QR codes cannot be read in mirror image, so only 3 of the 6 possible cube orientations cast a readable shadow.
jwz: G, E, B, Leviathan
http://www.jwz.org/blog/2013/04/g-e-b-leviathan
The shadow of this cube in different directions gives QR codes pointing to the Wikipedia articles for Kurt Godel, M.C. Escher, and J.S. Bach respectively. Note that QR codes cannot be read in mirror image, so only 3 of the 6 possible cube orientations cast a readable shadow.
IMAP as the Proto Personal Cloud
http://www.windley.com//archives/2013/04/imap_as_the_proto_personal_cloud.shtml
If you have used IMAP to connect an email client to an email server, then you already know the benefits that a personal cloud will provide to you. IMAP and SMTP create an email ecosystem where the user is in control. That's what personal clouds do for other applications.
IMAP as the Proto Personal Cloud
http://www.windley.com/archives/2013/04/imap_as_the_proto_personal_cloud.shtml
If you have used IMAP to connect an email client to an email server, then you already know the benefits that a personal cloud will provide to you. IMAP and SMTP create an email ecosystem where the user is in control. That's what personal clouds do for other applications.
If you have used IMAP to connect an email client to an email server, then you already know the benefits that a personal cloud will provide to you. IMAP and SMTP create an email ecosystem where the user is in control. That's what personal clouds do for other applications.
Fixed: Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit screen not resizing in a Virtualbox - RyuKent on Technology and LifeRyuKent on Technology and Life
http://www.ryukent.com/2013/01/fixed-ubuntu-12-10-64-bit-screen-not-resizing-in-a-virtualbox/
Even with guest extensions turned on, I had a problem that Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit would not resize its screen automatically when running as a guest in a virtual box, even with guest extensions installed
Fixed: Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit screen not resizing in a Virtualbox - RyuKent on Technology and LifeRyuKent on Technology and Life
http://www.ryukent.com/2013/01/fixed-ubuntu-12-10-64-bit-screen-not-resizing-in-a-virtualbox
Even with guest extensions turned on, I had a problem that Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit would not resize its screen automatically when running as a guest in a virtual box, even with guest extensions installed
My wife insists she didn't buy Pop-Tarts and Fruit Roll-Ups. : funny
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1ca177/my_wife_insists_she_didnt_buy_poptarts_and_fruit/
submitted by brianlouis to funny[link] [145 comments]
My wife insists she didn't buy Pop-Tarts and Fruit Roll-Ups. : funny
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1ca177/my_wife_insists_she_didnt_buy_poptarts_and_fruit
submitted by brianlouis to funny[link] [145 comments]
Change Computer History Forever: Well, Here We Are « ASCII by Jason Scott
http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/3947
This is it, folks. This is the ideal world I’ve heard whispered about, referenced, and planned for a very long time. It’s here. I know you might have expected it to land with an earth-shattering boom but it was a slow and steady flowering on the Internet Archive’s servers. The Archive of Historical Computer Software is here, and it is very, very large.
Blow me away.
Nomiku
http://shop.nomiku.com/
Food lovers no longer have to salivate in vain at the delicious foods their favorite chefs make in immersion circulators for sous vide cooking. Now you can make 72 hour sweet and sticky ribs and Heston Blumenthal's scrambled eggs conveniently in your own kitchen.
Nomiku
http://shop.nomiku.com
Food lovers no longer have to salivate in vain at the delicious foods their favorite chefs make in immersion circulators for sous vide cooking. Now you can make 72 hour sweet and sticky ribs and Heston Blumenthal's scrambled eggs conveniently in your own kitchen.
Thread: Another pitch for River of News
http://threads2.scripting.com/2013/april/anotherPitchForRiverOfNews
A feed scanner that accepts OPML subscription lists and generates river.js files.
HowTo: What is river.js?
http://riverjs.org/
It's called river.js because it represents a river of news in JSON.
HowTo: What is river.js?
http://riverjs.org
It's called river.js because it represents a river of news in JSON.
Inventing the Mouse | collective iq
http://collectiveiq.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/inventing-the-mouse/
In the 1950s, Doug Engelbart set his sights on a lofty goal — to develop dramatically better ways to support intellectual workers around the globe in the daunting task of finding solutions to larger and larger problems with greater speed and effectiveness than ever before imagined. His goal was to revolutionize the way we work together on such tasks. He saw computers, at the time used only for number crunching, as a new medium for advancing the state of the art in collaborative knowledge work
Inventing the Mouse | collective iq
http://collectiveiq.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/inventing-the-mouse
In the 1950s, Doug Engelbart set his sights on a lofty goal — to develop dramatically better ways to support intellectual workers around the globe in the daunting task of finding solutions to larger and larger problems with greater speed and effectiveness than ever before imagined. His goal was to revolutionize the way we work together on such tasks. He saw computers, at the time used only for number crunching, as a new medium for advancing the state of the art in collaborative knowledge work
Knobfeel - Feels good man!
http://knobfeel.co.uk/?__hstc=215845384.ce533d324d5aed741d7d20131898ed47.1365537505132.1365537505132.1365537505132.1&__hssc=215845384.1.1365537505132
reviews based soley on the feel of the knobs
Knobfeel - Feels good man!
http://knobfeel.co.uk/?__hssc=215845384.1.1365537505132&__hstc=215845384.ce533d324d5aed741d7d20131898ed47.1365537505132.1365537505132.1365537505132.1
reviews based soley on the feel of the knobs
Secret Tape: McConnell and Aides Weighed Using Judd's Mental Health and Religion as Political Ammo | Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/mitch-mcconnell-ashley-judd-secret-tape-senate
A recording of a private meeting between the Senate GOP leader and campaign aides reveals how far they were willing to go to defeat the actor/activist.
Google Searches For Mental Illnesses Increase During The Winter | Popular Science
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-04/google-searches-mental-illnesses-increase-during-winter
A new study suggests seasonal changes have a much bigger impact on mental health than previously thought.
Oculus Rift Teardown - iFixit
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Oculus+Rift+Teardown/13682/1
Let's face it, the year is 2013. Where are our flying cars? Why isn't deep space travel a thing yet? Why hasn't virtual reality become, well, reality? The Oculus Rift seeks to fill that lack of virtual reality in our lives. Still in its early developmental stage, the Oculus Rift promises to deliver VR gaming to the yearning public. Join us as we take a peek inside the Oculus Rift and its hardware.
Nothing To Do With Arbroath: Fluffed-up ferrets on steroids sold as toy poodles
http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2013/04/fluffed-up-ferrets-on-steroids-sold-as.html
The unnamed pensioner from Catamarca discovered he had been duped when he took the two animals to his local veterinarian to be vaccinated. The ferrets had been given steroids to increase their size and had been groomed to make their coats resemble those of pedigree poodles.
Brrrrr, An Ice Tray That Resembles a Polar Bear
http://laughingsquid.com/brrrrr-an-ice-tray-that-resembles-a-polar-bear/
The Brrrrr by black + blum is a BPA-free ice tray that resembles a polar bear.
Brrrrr, An Ice Tray That Resembles a Polar Bear
http://laughingsquid.com/brrrrr-an-ice-tray-that-resembles-a-polar-bear
The Brrrrr by black + blum is a BPA-free ice tray that resembles a polar bear.
Ambient Light Events and JavaScript detection ✩ Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/04/ambient-light-events-and-javascript-detection/
The idea with an API for ambient light is to be able to detect the light level around the device – especially since there’s a vast difference between being outside in sunlight and sitting in a dim living room – and adapt the user experience based on that.
Ambient Light Events and JavaScript detection ✩ Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/04/ambient-light-events-and-javascript-detection
The idea with an API for ambient light is to be able to detect the light level around the device – especially since there’s a vast difference between being outside in sunlight and sitting in a dim living room – and adapt the user experience based on that.
Why Are There So Few Resurrected Corpses in the United States? - Heather Horn - The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/why-are-there-so-few-resurrected-corpses-in-the-united-states/274681/
I suspect United States is in fact ahead of the African nations in bringing the dead back to life. It's hard to find a good estimate of how many bodies are resurrected in the U.S. each year, but let's go with this vastly oversimplified figure: 92,000. 92,000 is the number of people the American Heart Association estimates are saved in the U.S. each year after their hearts or their lungs have stopped moving, i.e. by CPR. Or let's go with a percentage: 45.3%. That's the success rate in the bottom-quarter of American hospitals in a 2012 study in restoring circulation to a body whose heart has completely flatlined. 14.5% of the bodies treated managed leave the hospital. And that's in the hospitals with the lowest performance. Wait till you see American rates for getting the lame to walk and the blind to see.
Why Are There So Few Resurrected Corpses in the United States? - Heather Horn - The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/why-are-there-so-few-resurrected-corpses-in-the-united-states/274681
I suspect United States is in fact ahead of the African nations in bringing the dead back to life. It's hard to find a good estimate of how many bodies are resurrected in the U.S. each year, but let's go with this vastly oversimplified figure: 92,000. 92,000 is the number of people the American Heart Association estimates are saved in the U.S. each year after their hearts or their lungs have stopped moving, i.e. by CPR. Or let's go with a percentage: 45.3%. That's the success rate in the bottom-quarter of American hospitals in a 2012 study in restoring circulation to a body whose heart has completely flatlined. 14.5% of the bodies treated managed leave the hospital. And that's in the hospitals with the lowest performance. Wait till you see American rates for getting the lame to walk and the blind to see.
This 15:43 Speed Run On Metroid Is Amazing! | The Retroist
http://www.retroist.com/2013/03/27/this-1543-speed-run-on-metroid-is-amazing/
This 15:43 Speed Run On Metroid Is Amazing! | The Retroist
http://www.retroist.com/2013/03/27/this-1543-speed-run-on-metroid-is-amazing
VC&G | Revisiting Hotline, the 1990s Internet BBS Platform
http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/972
Hotline was neat. It was basically like DIY AOL for Mac, and most installations were completely infested by pirates and warez.
The Five Signs That an Application is Ripe For the Cloud – ReadWrite
http://readwrite.com/2011/11/29/the-five-signs-that-an-applica
The Psychology of Nakedness | Wired Science | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/11/the-psychology-of-nakedness
boingboing.net
http://boingboing.net/2011/12/12/youtubes-real-pirates-multi.html
boingboing.net
http://boingboing.net/2011/12/12/the-cure-a-forest-live-at.html
The Most Insane and Awesome Science Fiction and Fantasy Dioramas
http://io9.com/5856488/amazing-and-hilarious-our-favorite-science-fiction-and-fantasy-dioramas/gallery/
The Most Insane and Awesome Science Fiction and Fantasy Dioramas
http://io9.com/5856488/amazing-and-hilarious-our-favorite-science-fiction-and-fantasy-dioramas/gallery
7 Movies That Put Insane Work Into Details You Didn't Notice | Cracked.com
http://www.cracked.com/article_19562_7-movies-that-put-insane-work-into-details-you-didnt-notice.html
fuck yeah dementia!!1!
http://fuckyeahdementia.com/post/13553319068/the-absolute-best-gifs
Penny Arcade - The Conflux, Part Five
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/12/02/the-conflux-part-five
Will Hollywood sentimentalize Charles Yu's How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe?
http://io9.com/5864574/will-hollywood-sentimentalize-charles-yus-how-to-live-safely-in-a-science-fictional-universe
When a man gets stuck in a monster costume, the whole village teams up to hunt him down
http://io9.com/when-a-man-gets-stuck-in-a-monster-costume-the-whole-v-470946940
Rumors suggest Austin, Texas is next up for a Google Fiber rollout
http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/05/google-fiber-austin-rumor/
Rumors suggest Austin, Texas is next up for a Google Fiber rollout
http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/05/google-fiber-austin-rumor
Yahoo! Has Probably Destroyed the Most History, Ever – And Historians Need to Wake Up | Ian Milligan
http://ianmilligan.ca/2013/04/03/yahoo-sucks-historians-wake-up/
This stuff matters. If we want to be the profession that leads the way in understanding and interpreting the past, we should be part of this conversation, or at the very least learn and see how we can help out. I should note here, quickly, that I know there are historians who care. I follow them on Twitter and they’re awesome. But they’re a small minority of the profession, and that needs to change. This doesn’t just affect digital historians, it affects historians. Our very profession.
Yahoo! Has Probably Destroyed the Most History, Ever – And Historians Need to Wake Up | Ian Milligan
http://ianmilligan.ca/2013/04/03/yahoo-sucks-historians-wake-up
This stuff matters. If we want to be the profession that leads the way in understanding and interpreting the past, we should be part of this conversation, or at the very least learn and see how we can help out. I should note here, quickly, that I know there are historians who care. I follow them on Twitter and they’re awesome. But they’re a small minority of the profession, and that needs to change. This doesn’t just affect digital historians, it affects historians. Our very profession.
The New Spoiler Culture: Game of Thrones and the Fight to Live Uninformed | Underwire | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/04/spoiler-culture-game-thrones/
The New Spoiler Culture: Game of Thrones and the Fight to Live Uninformed | Underwire | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/04/spoiler-culture-game-thrones
BBC News - Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22015175
This makes me very very sad: "Author Iain Banks has revealed that he has late stage cancer and is unlikely to live for more than a year."
The IPython Notebook — IPython
http://ipython.org/notebook.html
The IPython Notebook is a web-based interactive computational environment where you can combine code execution, text, mathematics, plots and rich media into a single document
CLI all the things: Introducing Josh.js - ILoggable
http://www.claassen.net/geek/blog/2013/03/cli-all-the-things-introducing-josh-js.html
Everytime I click my way through a hierarchy tree, I long for a simple BASH shell with TAB completion. It’s such a simple thing, but TAB completion (usually implemented via the trusty Readline library) still ranks as one of the most productive tools in my book. So as I was once again trying to navigate to some page in a MindTouch site, I thought that all I really want is to treat this documentation hierarchy like a file system and mount it with a bash shell.
Celebrating 15 Years of a Better Web | Mitchell's Blog
https://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2013/04/02/15-years-of-a-better-web/
In the coming era both the opportunities and threats to the Web are just as big as they were 15 years ago. As the role of data grows and device capabilities expand, the Internet will become an even more central part of our lives. The need for individuals to have some control over how this works and what we experience is fundamental. Mozilla can — and must — play a key role again. We have the vision, the products and the technology to do this. We know how to enable people to participate, both by contributing to our specific activities and coming up with their own ideas that advance the bigger cause of enriching the Web.
Celebrating 15 Years of a Better Web | Mitchell's Blog
https://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2013/04/02/15-years-of-a-better-web
In the coming era both the opportunities and threats to the Web are just as big as they were 15 years ago. As the role of data grows and device capabilities expand, the Internet will become an even more central part of our lives. The need for individuals to have some control over how this works and what we experience is fundamental. Mozilla can — and must — play a key role again. We have the vision, the products and the technology to do this. We know how to enable people to participate, both by contributing to our specific activities and coming up with their own ideas that advance the bigger cause of enriching the Web.
Pete Prodoehl: MaKey MaKey Banana Pong #makeymakey #makeymakeymonday « adafruit industries blog - newsle
http://newsle.com/article/0/67780075/
"One thing I learned was that bananas are not very tough! If you let people pound on your bananas for a while they get really mushy."
Pete Prodoehl: MaKey MaKey Banana Pong #makeymakey #makeymakeymonday « adafruit industries blog - newsle
http://newsle.com/article/0/67780075
"One thing I learned was that bananas are not very tough! If you let people pound on your bananas for a while they get really mushy."
How the internet is making us poor – Quartz
http://qz.com/67323/how-the-internet-made-us-poor/
Barring a civilization-ending event, technology is not going to move backward. More and more of our world will be controlled by software. It’s already become so ubiquitous that, argues one of my colleagues, it’s now ridiculous to call some firms as “tech” companies when all companies depend on it so much.
How the internet is making us poor – Quartz
http://qz.com/67323/how-the-internet-made-us-poor
Barring a civilization-ending event, technology is not going to move backward. More and more of our world will be controlled by software. It’s already become so ubiquitous that, argues one of my colleagues, it’s now ridiculous to call some firms as “tech” companies when all companies depend on it so much.
The Pier Glass - Miss Piggy On Beauty
http://thepierglass.tumblr.com/post/46846929627/miss-piggy-on-beauty#_=_
Start out perfect and don’t change a thing. Always accentuate your best features by pointing at them. And conceal your flaws by sucker punching anyone who has the audacity to mention them.
Fixing E.T. for the Atari 2600
http://www.neocomputer.org/projects/et/
It turns out that E.T. isn't a bad game after all. With a few simple changes we were able to dramatically improve an already good game by eliminating the most common complaints. With a few additional changes, we were able to clear up any confusion for players who care about the score, and were confused by the differences between what the manual claims and what actually happens in-game. Next time someone tells you that "E.T. for the Atari 2600 is the worst game ever made" you can tell them that this is not the case. It's been fixed, and you know how.
Fixing E.T. for the Atari 2600
http://www.neocomputer.org/projects/et
It turns out that E.T. isn't a bad game after all. With a few simple changes we were able to dramatically improve an already good game by eliminating the most common complaints. With a few additional changes, we were able to clear up any confusion for players who care about the score, and were confused by the differences between what the manual claims and what actually happens in-game. Next time someone tells you that "E.T. for the Atari 2600 is the worst game ever made" you can tell them that this is not the case. It's been fixed, and you know how.
Unaware He Was a Christian Activist, the Right Freaks Over Chavez Easter Google Doodle
http://www.politicususa.com/unaware-christian-activist-freaks-easter-chavez-google-doodle.html
The ironic thing is that Cesar Chavez was a Christian activist, basing his civil rights rallies upon Jesus’ example of achieving social justice through non-violence, and as such, is an iconic hero to Mexican Americans.
The Right is up in arms on Twitter, threatening to switch to Bing as revenge against Google for honoring a Christian activist on Easter.