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Why Flickr failed at mobile
Kellan gives much insider detail on Yahoo's miasma of failure
2012-01-31 yahoo • flickr • innovation • mobile
At Twitter, The Future is You!
Amazing new recruiting video
2012-01-30 funny • twitter • recruiting • parody
Cheap VPS
Decent roundup of $10 / month server options
2012-01-30 via:hackernews • vps • cheap • hosting
ACME vs AdSense
Awesome small developer gets banned from Google AdSense, no explanation
2012-01-30 google • adsense • publishing • ads
flashcache
Another approach to caching disks with SSDs in Linux
2012-01-29 linux • facebook • performance • raid • ssd • cache
Bcache
Linux kernel patch to use an SSD as a cache in front of hard drives
2012-01-29 bcache • linux • filesystem • performance • optimization • raid
Twitter's filters
Nice view of what it's like to be an international operator
2012-01-28 twitter • censorship • civilrights • humanrights
Airplane cabin cat
Surprisingly mellow kitty
2012-01-28 cats • planes • aviation • flying
GPS jamming vs. flight safety
Jackasses in trucks endangered airplanes
2012-01-28 flying • aviation • faa • gps
Building a kernel on Ubuntu 11.10
This sure has gotten complicated
2012-01-27 linux • kernels • ubuntu • compiling
Pirating the Oscars 2012
Andy's latest roundup of online movie piracy
2012-01-26 movies • piracy • copyright • oscars • waxy
A Few Acres of Snow
Board / deck-building game about the French & Indian war
2012-01-26 games • gaming • war • historical • wargame • deckbuilding
switch2osm
Reference site for moving from Google Maps to open, free alternatives
2012-01-26 maps • mapping • google • osm • openstreetmap
The illusion of free choice
Modern game design
2012-01-26 games • choice • funny
Ember.js
Javascript framework, used by Square, client-heavy
2012-01-25 javascript • programming • web
Zynga cloning Tiny Tower
It's a pretty damning comparison. Only Zynga's looks better.
2012-01-25 games • zynga • tinytower • nimblebit • ripoff
TileMill 0.9
Nice release, finally runs on Windows too!
2012-01-25 maps • nodejs • tilemill • cartography • gis
SpaceChem sandbox winners
Nerdy puzzle game has awesome creations
2012-01-25 games • spacechem • sandbox
SoMa food truck pod
SF borrows an idea from Portland
2012-01-25 food • foodcart • foodtruck • portland • sanfrancisco • dining
iPhoto iCloud -> Lightroom
A helper app that copies photos over
2012-01-25 photos • photography • lightroom • iphoto • iCloud
Dissent within Google
I've been wondering what employees think at Google
2012-01-25 google • privacy • google+
Watchmen 2
Very funny account of a script offer
2012-01-25 via:metafilter • watchmen • comics
Google on new privacy policy
This explanation sounds more like a clarification than a change
2012-01-25 google • privacy • gmail • google+ • security
Google's new privacy policy
Combining information across multiple products
2012-01-25 google • privacy • google+ • gmail • security
Kim.dotcom's gamer profile
Xbox Live account MEGARACER
2012-01-24 games • kimdotcom • megaupload • xbox
Private Equity evils
Simple explanation of what the bad actors do
2012-01-24 privateequity • stock • investment • capitalism
Bytebeat composer
Simple tool for making bytebeat in your browser
2012-01-24 music • generative • bytebeat • via:metafilter
Bytebeat
Generative music experiments with very simple programs
2012-01-24 music • generativeart • generative • chiptunes
Google punctuation search
Seems to understand @ for Twitter, at least somewhat
2012-01-23 twitter • google • search • punctuation
Automated CAPTCHA solving
Farms of humans powering the Matrix
2012-01-23 bots • captcha • security
BitTorrent in the datacenter
Database replication. Oh, and a side of parallel SHA-1
2012-01-23 bittorrent • sha1 • hacking • ops • optimization • etsy
Apache 408 errors
New apache log lines; empty requests, seem to be a result of browser prediction
2012-01-23 apache • http • 408 • logs
Yosemite HD
Beautiful time lapse (view full screen)
2012-01-23 yosemite • nature • photography
Bagram: It gets better
Uniformed military with a message of support for GLBT youth
2012-01-23 glbt • gay • military • dadt • civilrights
GLtut
Another GL tutorial, much more comprehensive
2012-01-23 graphics • gl • opengl • 3d
OpenGL tutorial
Part 1 has a nice description of the basic pipeline
2012-01-23 opengl • progamming • via:hackernews • graphics
Doctor Who theme as dirge
Nice bit of arrangement
2012-01-22 music • doctorwho • soundtrack • funeral • via:monstro
State of the demoscene: 1991 - 2011
Great roundup of 20 years of creative computer hacking
2012-01-22 scene • demos • demoscene • art • via:waxy
Wat?
Funny programmer talk
2012-01-22 via:waxy • javascript • ruby • funny
danah boyd profile
Nice coverage of the Internet anthropologist
2012-01-22 danah • danahboyd • mit • brown • fashion • anthropology • research • teens • teenagers
Crazy apartment building
What is this? Could be faked.
2012-01-22 images • apartments • building • architecture
Kitchen Nightmares scoresheet
Gordon Ramsay's victims
2012-01-22 cooking • food • gordonramsay • realitytv • via:metafilter
MacOS Temperature Monitor
Includes a command line tool for reporting temperatures
2012-01-22 macos • monitoring • temperature • shell • commandline
Polychart
Another charting system built on top of D3, designed for usablity
2012-01-22 javascript • d3 • charting • graphing • code
Grindr hacked
Very popular gay hookup app, apparently no security
2012-01-22 gay • iphone • ios • hack • badtech • sex • grindr
GraphicsMagick
A fork of ImageMagick, seems preferred
2012-01-21 imagemagick • graphicsmagik • graphics • conversion • images
Etsy's image processing
Great notes on building a scalable system for data manipulation
2012-01-21 data • images • graphicsmagick • imagemagick • scalability • performance
Aeronav Dec 13 meeting notes
Details from the meeting where FAA wants to charge for digital charts
2012-01-21 aeronav • faa • charts
Google+ statistics distortion
Critical analysis of how Google is communicating on user uptake
2012-01-21 google+ • statistics • google • actives
Mercator visualization
Clever display of how a sphere gets turned into a rectangle
2012-01-21 projections • geo • mercator • d3 • visualization
Rickshaw graphing
Declarative wrapper around D3 for Javascript graphs
2012-01-21 javascript • d3 • graphs • visualization
Star Wars Uncut: Director's Cut
15 second fan-made snippets of Star Wars, cut to a full film
2012-01-21 movies • starwars • via:metafilter • amazing • art
Hate Sink
A character whose sole purpose is to be hated by the audience
2012-01-20 writing • trope • mpaa • emotion
NMA on Google Search+
Anti-trust explained with animated robots
2012-01-20 google • google+ • search • nma • funny • animation
Real-time Internet attack map
Akamai's view of broad Internet traffic stats
2012-01-20 internet • traffic • hacking • map • visualization • heatmap
Megaupload briefing
Summary of the case
2012-01-20 megaupload • via:hackernews • law • rights • piracy • copyright
iBooks monopoly
Stupid lawyer tricks from Apple
2012-01-20 ibooks • apple • scam • publishing • licensing
Stamen in 2011
Roundup of projects from the design firm
2012-01-19 mapping • cartography • design • stamen • moma
ext3fs on MacOS Lion
Modern notes on what to install to mount Linux filesystems on a Mac
2012-01-19 linux • ext3 • ext2 • ext3fs • lion • fuse • macfuse • macos • filesystem
Mario vs Pac-Man
nice little animation
2012-01-18 games • mario • pacman • animation
dBpoweramp
Just dropped off 750 CDs at a ripping service: they use this app
2012-01-18 mp3 • metadata • music • ripping • cd • alac
World IPv6 Launch
June 6 2012!
2012-01-17 ipv6 • networking • internet
China's online ads market
Data from the parallel Internet
2012-01-17 internet • china • ads • advertising • business
Biden / Obama price sheet
Handy list of what it costs to meet your elected representative
2012-01-17 politics • corruption • financing • biden • obama • democrats • campaign
Ateji
A sort of Japanese writing pun; kanji used phonetically
2012-01-17 language • writing • japanese • kanji
OSM Bright Minimal
Beautiful, very spare / light basemap
2012-01-17 maps • openstreetmap • osm • graphics • infovis • visualization
Language detection library
Extracted from Google Chrome
2012-01-17 language • library • google • opensource • code
Startup hosting decisions
Data from YCombinator companies
2012-01-17 via:hackernews • hosting • dns • godaddy • amazon
Must Stache
Chrome extension to put cartoon moustaches on faces
2012-01-16 chrome • funny • moustache • prank
Business of the Black Eyed Peas
Details on will.i.am's commercial empire
2012-01-16 will.i.am • music • blackeyedpeas • bep
Numbers in 5000 languages
Comparative linguistics, with maps
2012-01-16 language • etymology • linguistics
Vroom!
1974 drag racing short, directed by a friend of mine
2012-01-16 cars • racing • dragracing • movies • kenru
Battlefield 3 Maps
top down views
2012-01-16 games • battlefield • bf3 • battlefield3 • maps • guide
Red Blob Games
Amit Patel moves his game development notes to his own site
2012-01-16 games • google • developer • amitp • amitpatel
Apple TV speculation
Nice analysis of where Apple could (or could not) go
2012-01-15 tv • television • appletv • apple
Rubbernet
A sophisticated tool for showing network usage on your Mac
2012-01-15 macos • mac • network • bandwidth • monitoring • littlesnitch • 1tw
The Z3 apocalypse
Very clever storytelling, start on Day 1
2012-01-15 zombies • apocalypse • via:metafilter • art • reddit • memes
CSSrefresh
Make a web page automatically reload CSS
2012-01-15 development • css • via:hackernews • javascript
Best street art 2011
Nice collection of photos
2012-01-15 streetart • art • photos • france
iPhone JailbreakQA
Readable summary of the state of the art in iPhone unlocking and jailbreaking
2012-01-14 iphone • ios • cydia • faq • attfail • att • redsn0w • ultrasn0w
Illustrated permutations
Nice demo of various shuffling algorithms
2012-01-14 algorithms • visualizations • d3 • shuffling
Bufferbloat paper
Gettys writes up his analysis of a big Internet problem as a proper paper
2012-01-13 network • tcpip • internet • buffer • speed • performance
Open source intertial guidance
Project to build an inertial guidance system in open source
2012-01-13 navigation • ins • inertial • gps • location • aviation • drones
iPhone 4 Gyroscope
Pictures of the MEMS magic
2012-01-13 iphone • location • ins • gyroscope • mems
Car location database
California police bypass privacy laws by using private firms' databases
2012-01-13 privacy • civilrights • gps • cars • location
GelaSkins
Designy cases and covers for iPhones, etc
2012-01-13 case • iphone • ipod • art • design • via:marc
Duck Duck Douche
It's funny
2012-01-13 funny • duckface • douchebag
iSmoothRun
GPS tracker / fitness timer for iPhone. Uses iPhone as a pedometer to correct flaky GPS reports.
2012-01-13 gps • tracking • gpx • running • walking • exercise • runkeeper
Moonrise Kingdom trailer
New Wes Anderson film: painfully Wes. Great cast!
2012-01-13 movies • wesanderson • moonrisekingdom
BitBucket postmortem
Downtime because syslog was running blocking TCP. How is that even possible?!
2012-01-13 syslog • badtech • tcp • blocking • io • bitbucket
Twitter: Who to Follow
My linkblog account picked up 8000 followers in two days, apparently because it was featured.
2012-01-13 twitter • stats • socialmedia • follow
Flickr Authentication Map
Comparison of their old system to OAuth
2012-01-11 oauth • flickr • programming • api
Live from CES
@Mat Honan channels JG Ballard
2012-01-11 funny • ces • gadgets
Goodbye, Google Maps
Geo-intensive site builds their own maps
2012-01-11 google • maps • gmaps • googlemaps • tilemill • openstreetmap • osm • gis • via:mattc
Danny Sullivan on Google Search+
Best search analyst in the industry writes up the latest Internet shitstorm
2012-01-11 google • twitter • search • seo • google+
TellApart ad stats
Ad placement startup from former Google folks posts some impressive numbers. 9% CTR
2012-01-11 ads • adwords • tellapart • google • adsense
30 stories in 15 days
Rapid building construction in China. Neat modular design.
2012-01-11 building • architecture • china • video
Lightroom 4 beta
Better geotagging, photobooks, overhaul of exposure settings
2012-01-11 photos • photography • lightroom • adobe • photoshop
Kerguelen Islands
The only land mass antipodal to the continental US
2012-01-11 france • remote • antarctic • island
twitter-clocks-favourites
A list of automated Twitter accounts posting the time
2012-01-11 twitter • time • soundofthetone • swatch
Comcast DNSSEC
They're still the devil's ISP, but this seems like a pretty good rollout
2012-01-11 dns • dnssec • security • comcast • isp
Runkeeper and privacy
Interesting: there's no way to make your overall profile page private
2012-01-10 runkeeper • privacy • data • gpstracking
Kickstarter 2011 stats
That worst pie chart evar wasn't intended as a pie chart. Also, Kickstarter is cool.
2012-01-10 kickstarter • infovis • visualization • charts
Dove Evolution
How to make a pretty woman
2012-01-10 advertising • photoshop • dove • health • beauty
Fotoshop by Adobé
The celebrity beauty secret
2012-01-10 funny • parody • photoshop • adobe • via:metafilter • ads • advertising
.aero policy
Strange set of requirements
2012-01-10 aero • dns • aviation • registrar
Hospital charge insanity
Partial explanation of how crazy medical billing is
2012-01-10 medical • hospital • billing • via:hackernews • scam
Google+ in Google search
They sure are aggressive about social
2012-01-10 googleplus • google+ • google • search • social
Worst pie chart evar
From Kickstarter's 2012 post
2012-01-10 infovis • statistics • kickstarter • piechart
SF Uber revisualization
Different view into Uber's data of car trips in SF
2012-01-10 Uber • sf • sanfrancisco • visualization • d3 • infovis
SF Uber usage
How people use the private car service
2012-01-10 sanfrancisco • uber • transportation • neighborhoods • visualization
pbzip2
Parallel version of bzip2
2012-01-10 bzip • bzip2 • compression • threading • parallel
Securedelete
Unix tools for securely deleting files (in Debian)
2012-01-09 securedelete • delete • shred • rm
Bassnectar explains Dubstep
Nice little video. Never mentions the wobble!
2012-01-09 music • dubstep • animation • via:rchen
Battlestar Galactica RPG
Funny (and full of spoilers)
2012-01-09 funny • bsg • battlestargalactica • retro • games • snes • via:metafilter
Eraserhead (Japanese)
Nice little animated GIF
2012-01-09 gif • eraserhead • jacknance • davidlynch • movies
Balloon Mapping Kits
Kickstarter project for the cool citizen aerial mapping project
2012-01-09 maps • balloons • kickstarter • aerialmapping
Atomic Energy Lab
Play with Uranium. For kids!
2012-01-09 uranium • science • 50s • toys
My Guantánamo nightmare
The continuing shame of America
2012-01-08 civilrights • guantanamo • justice • prison
EasyDNS DDoS debrief
"ponzi/HYIP sites, porn sites or gambling/casino/betting."
2012-01-08 dns • ddos • hacking • hosting • porn • gambling
Black Lotus DNS
DNS host for sites regularly attacked by DDoS
2012-01-08 ddos • dns • server • hosting • hacker
blueprint
Magic server tool: inspects a server to find what's been set up, generates install scripts
2012-01-07 deployment • ops • server • chef • puppet
Ubuntu JeOS
A stripped down Ubuntu for running in virtual machines
2012-01-07 jeos • ubuntu • linux • vm • virtualization • vmware
Distribution of tweet lengths
I suspect the spike around 30 is spam links
2012-01-07 twitter • data • spam • graph
Battlefield 3 for noobs
Roundup of hints, guides, etc
2012-01-07 games • battlefield • battlefield3 • xbox
Ho Chi Minh City timelapse
Lovely
2012-01-06 traffic • vietnam • timelapse • via:metafilter • hochiminhcity
Skrillex / DubTrot
Fantastic My Little Pony video
2012-01-06 dubstep • skrillex • via:kottke • funny • music • mylittlepony • bronies
Doctor Who Timeline
Remarkably useful infographic
2012-01-06 via:metafilter • doctorwho • tv • bbc
Doctor Who space archives
50 year old BBC signals are bouncing back to earth, decodable. (Ooops, it's an April Fools joke.)
2012-01-06 space • signal • tv • bbc • doctorwho
Zen19s KGS rank
Ranking of the top playing Computer Go player
2012-01-06 kgs • go • games • ai
Centaur x86
Simple CPUs for low power and embedded use
2012-01-06 cpu • x86 • intel • centaur • via
/getdown
Cheat for new MMO game The Old Republic: dance emotes make you invincible
2012-01-04 games • bugs • mmos • tor • exploit • funny
@wendideng vs @wendi_deng
How Twitter verified a fake account; no idea if this is true, but it's plausible.
2012-01-04 twitter • murdoch • wendideng • identity
Halcyon Days
Interviews with 1980s game developers
2012-01-04 games • interview • developer • apple
The Bilestoad
Classic Apple ][ fighting game
2012-01-04 games • bilestoad • apple • apple2 • nostalgia
Best Buy vs Amazon
Excellent analysis of a failure of customer service
2012-01-04 bestbuy • amazon • customerservice • business
Dimple Key
a type of key with dots on the side
2012-01-04 keys • locks • locksmithing • dimple • dasracist
TVs are all awful
Even digital video is a bunch of awful hacks
2012-01-03 tv • video • hdmi • edid • via:hackernews • badtech
Code borrowing in computer chess
Influence of open source, reverse engineering in top tier chess AI
2012-01-03 chess • games • opensource • code
TileMill in 2012
Plans for the map development platform
2012-01-03 mapbox • tilemill • mapping • gis • osgeo
Dovahkids
80s nostalgia appied to Skyrim
2012-01-03 games • funny • skyrim • tes
Apollo's belt
I had no idea this anatomical feature had a name
2012-01-03 anatomy • men • sexy • gay • skinny
MAME on Native Client
Great story of porting serious C code to run in a browser
2012-01-02 nacl • nativeclient • google • mame • code • porting • via:hackernews
Scientology apostate on Facebook
Wall with comments from critic
2012-01-02 scientology • cult • debbiecook
Scientology schism
Formerly high-up in the Church of Scientology now a critic, but still a member
2012-01-02 scientology • cult • debbiecook • flag • seaorg
Uber price confusion
The iPhone app doesn't do enough to disclose unusually high rates
2012-01-01 uber • fare • design • ui • pricing
Mystic Mayan Power Cloak
Protect yourself from the 2012 apocalypse
2012-01-01 funny • scam • mayan • 2012