What Andrew Sullivan's exit says about the future of blogging
http://vox.com/2015/1/30/7948091/andrew-sullivan-leaving-blogging
Persado Raises $21 Million to Replace Human Copywriters With Computers
http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2015/01/22/persado-raises-21-million-to-replace-human-copywriters-with-computers
How To Create A Virtual "Body" For Your Uploaded Mind
http://io9.com/how-to-create-a-virtual-body-for-your-uploaded-mind-1681815968
sole/cordova-firefoxos · GitHub
https://github.com/sole/cordova-firefoxos
lmorchard starred sole/cordova-firefoxos
Back-up brains: The era of digital immortality
http://bbc.com/future/story/20150122-the-secret-to-immortality
Programming Isn't Manual Labor, But It Still Sucks
http://mashable.com/2014/04/30/programming-sucks
Peter Welch is a writer and programmer. He is the author of the book And Then I Thought I Was a Fish and the blog "Still Drinking". via Pocket
Yahoo Was the GE of the Internet
http://recode.net/2015/01/26/yahoo-was-the-ge-of-the-internet
Bruce Sterling, Cory Doctorow & Jon Lebkowsky: State Of The World 2015
http://well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/478/Bruce-Sterling-Cory-Doctorow-Jon-page01.html
Hauling Bacon : funny
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/2tmbbx/hauling_bacon/
Hauling Bacon : funny
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/2tmbbx/hauling_bacon
No need for speed: Cable industry opposes 25Mbps broadband definition. Normal people don't need 25Mbps down or 3Mbps up, cable lobby says. : technology
http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/2tjh2h/no_need_for_speed_cable_industry_opposes_25mbps/
No need for speed: Cable industry opposes 25Mbps broadband definition. Normal people don't need 25Mbps down or 3Mbps up, cable lobby says. : technology
http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/2tjh2h/no_need_for_speed_cable_industry_opposes_25mbps
World's top chess players...attempting to play soccer... : pics
http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2tit99/worlds_top_chess_playersattempting_to_play_soccer/
World's top chess players...attempting to play soccer... : pics
http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2tit99/worlds_top_chess_playersattempting_to_play_soccer
So a friend of mine collects corpses... : Eve
http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/2thdti/so_a_friend_of_mine_collects_corpses/
So a friend of mine collects corpses... : Eve
http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/2thdti/so_a_friend_of_mine_collects_corpses
Aww... Aaahhhhh! : childfree
http://www.reddit.com/r/childfree/comments/2thk9u/aww_aaahhhhh/
Aww... Aaahhhhh! : childfree
http://www.reddit.com/r/childfree/comments/2thk9u/aww_aaahhhhh
My friend was putting together her furniture and this was in the instructions : funny
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/2tik7y/my_friend_was_putting_together_her_furniture_and/
My friend was putting together her furniture and this was in the instructions : funny
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/2tik7y/my_friend_was_putting_together_her_furniture_and
Bean filled glove: for when you want your kids to feel loved, but you're too tired : funny
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/2td15e/bean_filled_glove_for_when_you_want_your_kids_to/
Bean filled glove: for when you want your kids to feel loved, but you're too tired : funny
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/2td15e/bean_filled_glove_for_when_you_want_your_kids_to
Figure-drawing class (NSFW) : funny
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/2tax3q/figuredrawing_class_nsfw/
Figure-drawing class (NSFW) : funny
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/2tax3q/figuredrawing_class_nsfw
Just a monkey riding a dog chasing a goat : funny
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/2tb1y4/just_a_monkey_riding_a_dog_chasing_a_goat/
Just a monkey riding a dog chasing a goat : funny
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/2tb1y4/just_a_monkey_riding_a_dog_chasing_a_goat
Keeping tourist alive in Colorado! : funny
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/2tcog1/keeping_tourist_alive_in_colorado/
Keeping tourist alive in Colorado! : funny
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/2tcog1/keeping_tourist_alive_in_colorado
Found this on my Facebook newsfeed with thousands of Christians demanding it be taken down. The guy who posted it still hasn't. : atheism
http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/2szc79/found_this_on_my_facebook_newsfeed_with_thousands/
Found this on my Facebook newsfeed with thousands of Christians demanding it be taken down. The guy who posted it still hasn't. : atheism
http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/2szc79/found_this_on_my_facebook_newsfeed_with_thousands
AUGMENTING HUMAN INTELLECT
http://1962paper.org/web.html
BIG and BOT Policy Proposals (Transcript)
http://continuations.com/post/108912689660/big-and-bot-policy-proposals-transcript
green-brass-doberman/on-tapp · GitHub
https://github.com/green-brass-doberman/on-tapp
lmorchard starred green-brass-doberman/on-tapp
Education and class
http://economist.com/news/leaders/21640331-importance-intellectual-capital-grows-privilege-has-become-increasingly
State of the GOP is broken: I thought Joni Ernst was bad. Then I watched Ted Cruz
http://salon.com/2015/01/21/state_of_the_gop_is_broken_i_thought_joni_ernst_was_bad_then_i_watched_ted_cruz
A Shocking Number of Americans Under 30 Have No Religion — This Country Is Going to Change
http://alternet.org/belief/shocking-number-americans-under-30-have-no-religion-country-going-change
The A.I. Wars?
http://slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2015/01/what_artificial_intelligence_does_and_does_not_mean_for_security_and_geopolitics.html?wpsrc=sh_all_mob_tw_top
Gottox/terminal.js · GitHub
https://github.com/Gottox/terminal.js
lmorchard starred Gottox/terminal.js
How Do Cells Manage To Obey The Laws of Physics?
http://io9.com/how-do-cells-manage-to-obey-the-laws-of-physics-1681062246
The mystery of the falling teen birth rate
http://vox.com/2014/8/20/5987845/the-mystery-of-the-falling-teen-birth-rate
C is Manly, Python is for “n00bs”: How False Stereotypes Turn Into Technical “Truths”
https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/c-is-manly-python-is-for-n00bs-how-false-stereotypes-turn-into-technical-truths
www.flickr.com
http://www.flickr.com/photo.gne?short=pUhys1
Favorite: Reflection In A Coffee Cup, by zedshaw I was able to defocus the coffee but get the reflection of the light in the ceiling to focus.
fairytale of new york | smitten kitchen
http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2014/12/fairytale-of-new-york/
Winter Warmth Syrup
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup raw, demerara or turbinado sugar (granulated will do just fine if you do not have them)
1/2 apple, peeled, cored, and diced
1/2 pear, peeled, cored, and diced
12 walnut halves
3 cinnamon sticks, broken up
6 whole
fairytale of new york | smitten kitchen
http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2014/12/fairytale-of-new-york
Winter Warmth Syrup
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup raw, demerara or turbinado sugar (granulated will do just fine if you do not have them)
1/2 apple, peeled, cored, and diced
1/2 pear, peeled, cored, and diced
12 walnut halves
3 cinnamon sticks, broken up
6 whole
yaronn/blessed-contrib · GitHub
https://github.com/yaronn/blessed-contrib
lmorchard starred yaronn/blessed-contrib
Contributing to Atom
https://atom.io/docs/latest/contributing#git-commit-messages
Use the present tense ("Add feature" not "Added feature")
Use the imperative mood ("Move cursor to..." not "Moves cursor to...")
Limit the first line to 72 characters or less
Reference issues and pull requests liberally
Consider starting the commit message
http://randomwalker.info/publications/critical-look-at-decentralization-v1.
http://randomwalker.info/publications/critical-look-at-decentralization-v1.pdf
The Internet's Original Sin - The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/advertising-is-the-internets-original-sin/376041/
It's not too late to ditch the ad-based business model and build a better web. Ron Carlson’s short story “What We Wanted To Do” takes the form of an apology from a villager who failed to protect his comrades from marauding Visigoths. via Pocket
The Internet's Original Sin - The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/advertising-is-the-internets-original-sin/376041
It's not too late to ditch the ad-based business model and build a better web. Ron Carlson’s short story “What We Wanted To Do” takes the form of an apology from a villager who failed to protect his comrades from marauding Visigoths. via Pocket
Steve Albini on the surprisingly sturdy state of the music industry – in full
http://theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/17/steve-albinis-keynote-address-at-face-the-music-in-full?src=longreads
JavaScript Application Architecture On The Road To 2015
https://medium.com/@addyosmani/javascript-application-architecture-on-the-road-to-2015-d8125811101b
The Tapir's Tale: Lambda, Javascript Micro-Services on AWS
http://anders.janmyr.com/2014/12/lambda-javascript-micro-services-on-aws.html
Amazon just released a bunch of new services. My favorite is Lambda. Lambda allows me to deploy simple micro-services without having to setup any servers at all. Everything is hosted in the AWS cloud. Another cool thing about Lambda services is that the default runtime is Node.js!
New Clues
http://cluetrain.com/newclues
That scene from War Games - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHWjlCaIrQo
Museum of Endangered Sounds
http://savethesounds.info/
I launched the site in January of 2012 as a way to preserve the sounds made famous by my favorite old technologies and electronics equipment.
Museum of Endangered Sounds
http://savethesounds.info
I launched the site in January of 2012 as a way to preserve the sounds made famous by my favorite old technologies and electronics equipment.
Vinyl’s difficult comeback
http://theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/07/-sp-vinyls-difficult-comeback
Why are some people so good at persisting?
https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3819-why-are-some-people-so-good-at-persisting
How GitHub uses GitHub to document GitHub · GitHub
https://github.com/blog/1939-how-github-uses-github-to-document-github
newmoticons
http://www.newmoticons.com/
newmoticons
http://www.newmoticons.com
Double Flip text emoticon | Free text and ASCII emoticons
http://www.sherv.net/text/emoticons/double.flip-4845
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Moving Files from one Git Repository to Another, Preserving History | Greg Bayer
http://gbayer.com/development/moving-files-from-one-git-repository-to-another-preserving-history/
Moving Files from one Git Repository to Another, Preserving History | Greg Bayer
http://gbayer.com/development/moving-files-from-one-git-repository-to-another-preserving-history
Pain Really Does Make Us Gain - The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/pain-really-make-us-gain
Or, as Bastian puts it, “Pain is a kind of shortcut to mindfulness: it makes us suddenly aware of everything in the environment. It brutally draws us into a virtual sensory awareness of the world, much like meditation.” The real bonding power of pain, then, may be in the pleasure we feel so acutely in its wake.
The internet is so damn unpleasant. Do we need fewer humans and more bots?
http://theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/05/internet-humans-more-bots-social-media
God is on the ropes: The brilliant new science that has creationists and the Christian right terrified
http://salon.com/2015/01/03/god_is_on_the_ropes_the_brilliant_new_science_that_has_creationists_and_the_christian_right_terrified
The Builder’s High – Rands in Repose
http://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-builders-high/
The Builder’s High – Rands in Repose
http://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-builders-high
Ringing in 2015 with 40 Linux-friendly hacker SBCs · LinuxGizmos.com
http://linuxgizmos.com/ringing-in-2015-with-40-linux-friendly-hacker-sbcs/
2014 brought us plenty of new open-spec, community-backed SBCs — from $35 bargains, to octa-core powerhouses — and all with Linux or Android support.
Ringing in 2015 with 40 Linux-friendly hacker SBCs · LinuxGizmos.com
http://linuxgizmos.com/ringing-in-2015-with-40-linux-friendly-hacker-sbcs
2014 brought us plenty of new open-spec, community-backed SBCs — from $35 bargains, to octa-core powerhouses — and all with Linux or Android support.
UltraKeet Australia - Microcontrollers NOT ALLOWED (or how to troll your college instructor)
http://ultrakeet.com.au/write-ups/microcontrollers-not-allowed
We'll be physically removing the 'core' of an SN74LS47N display driver, and replacing it with a PIC16F1503 microcontroller.
Wild Turkey Russell’s Reserve Rye 6 yr. Review
http://thewhiskeyjug.com/rye-whiskey/wild-turkey-russells-reserve-rye-6-yr-review/
I like this
Wild Turkey Russell’s Reserve Rye 6 yr. Review
http://thewhiskeyjug.com/rye-whiskey/wild-turkey-russells-reserve-rye-6-yr-review
I like this