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Contextual privacy
An interesting new way to look at privacy in the digital age
2012-03-31 privacy • context • facebook
Etsy deployment
A tour of the company revolutionizing how web apps are written
2012-03-31 etsy • webapp • software • testing • ops
Null Island
a little known island off the coast of Africa
2012-03-31 geography • funny • nullisland • island • africa • maps
Android 3d maps demo
Android's map app is significantly more advanced than iPhone
2012-03-31 google • android • maps • iphone • via:amitp
8-Bit Cities
Earlier 8 bit map joke, from a few years ago
2012-03-31 maps • 8bit • nes • google
Google Maps 8 bit
An April Fool's joke that's actually funny
2012-03-31 funny • google • maps • 8bit • nes • via:hackernews
Stamen terrain map
How Migurski put together his awesome terrain map
2012-03-31 maps • terrain • osm • openstreetmap • hillshading
Peter Dinklage profile
An actor who takes himself seriously
2012-03-30 gameofthrones • acting • littlepeople • dinklage
Migurski map interview
Discussion about Stamen's awesome maps
2012-03-30 stamen • maps • cartography • design
Major US credit card breach
The system is insecure by design
2012-03-30 visa • mastercard • creditcard • fraud • badtech • banking
It's not "theft"
Well argued essay saying that online piracy is different from physical theft
2012-03-30 property • ip • piracy • theft • law • legal
Railroad logos
Nice collection of graphic design
2012-03-30 design • logos • via:kottke • railroad • trains
Scalable Wordpress
Quick instructions on setting up nginx, varnish, etc
2012-03-30 wordpress • performance • webserver • server • nginx • varnish • via:hackernews
Internet operationing instructions
Adventures in Chinese -> English translation
2012-03-29 funny • engrish • english • language • translate • techsupport
0install
package manager that's language/OS agnostic
2012-03-29 installer • software • distribution
DuckDuckGo traffic
Web stats for the alternate search engine; 1.5M queries / day right now
2012-03-29 search • traffic • statistics • duckduckgo
RIP Earl Scruggs
Pioneer of three fingered banjo picking dead at 88
2012-03-29 music • bluegrass • earlscruggs • obituary
Sealand data haven
A history of what happened
2012-03-28 via:jwz • crypto • liberty • sealand • micronations
Conformateur
A forgotten hat fitting technology
2012-03-28 hats • via:jwz • clothing
Python Itty
small web app framework
2012-03-28 web • webapp • python • via:adamfast
Python Bottle
small web app framework
2012-03-28 python • webapp • http • web
Python Flask
small web app framework
2012-03-28 python • webapp • http • web
Vixie on DNS hacks
Reports from trying to clean up after a worm
2012-03-28 dns • security • badtech • via:hackernews
Assassin’s Creed III preview
One of my favourite game franchises
2012-03-27 games • assassinscreed
BrowserQuest
Web tech demo
2012-03-27 html5 • demo • games • mozilla
Condom or Android?
A branding quiz
2012-03-26 brands • android • funny
Woodcut Maps
Maps turned into inlay wood veneer
2012-03-26 maps • wood
Twitter for Small Business
Twitter's ad product explained
2012-03-26 twitter • ads • advertising
irqbalance
Linux daemon that load balances interrupts
2012-03-26 performance • linux
Omgpop story
Background on an improbable startup success
2012-03-26 games • zynga • bubble • startups
Wikipedia: Yaoi
6000 words about Japanese boy love comics
2012-03-26 gay • yaoi • manga • comics • japan
Martian dawn
Amazing images from the HiRISE orbiter
2012-03-26 mars • astronomy • via:dcarlton
Danger: 400 Volts of Eel
"For Men Only"
2012-03-26 books • pulpfiction • funny • gay
python-mbtiles
A simple server for the map tile format
2012-03-25 python • mbtiles • geo
Hating the Goldberg Variations
"If the Handel Variations are Last Year at Marienbad, the Goldbergs are Die Hard."
2012-03-25 music • funny • bach • npr
Perpetual ocean
Visualization of surface currents
2012-03-25 oceanography • via:metafilter • nasa • current • ocean
Online rumors in China
Gossip in microblogs vs restricted state media
2012-03-25 china • rumor • news • twitter • freedom
SMS cramming
Cell phone fraud
2012-03-25 fraud • sms • consumer
Obamaville
Santorum's insane political ad
2012-03-24 obama • politics • santorum
Zero-Day market
Middlemen for exploits; not sure I fully believe this story
2012-03-24 badtech • security • grugq • hacking
BATS IPO fail
Stock market maker BATS goes public, suffers catastrophic system failure same day
2012-03-24 stocks • trading • ipo • fail
iOS and large images
There's some undocumented limit to image size that is smaller than the iPad 3 screen
2012-03-22 ipad • retina • webkit • browser • bug
Turing's permanent record
Teenage school reports
2012-03-22 turning • school • via:metafilter • computerscience
ST:TNG fashion
Jumpsuits for half Klingon hotties
2012-03-21 startrek • fashion • funny • tv
Gangstas in China
Never photograph the evidence. Also, Ventu, seriously?
2012-03-21 ventu • china • gangster • photos • funny
Tech in Asia
Good general news blog focussed on China, Japan, etc.
2012-03-21 asia • china • tech • journalism
My magnetic implant
Straightforward description of someone with a small body modifcation
2012-03-21 bodymod • magnet • via:hackernews
NSA expansion
Update on electronic spying and codebreaking
2012-03-21 civilliberties • nsa • encryption • utah • security
Trans-arctic cable
London to Tokyo without going through the US
2012-03-21 telecom • cable • tokyo • bandwidth
Stamen Maps
Collection of various cartography projects
2012-03-21 maps • stamen • cartography • design
San Francisco Archipelago
Lovely map of post-flood San Francisco
2012-03-20 sanfrancisco • map • globalwarming
Passagebalt
Two indie games even better together!
2012-03-20 games • canabalt • passage • funny
Ukranian girls unbox iPad NSFW
Topless lesbians open their new iPad. No, really.
2012-03-20 boobies • ipad • apple • funny • unboxing
Tesseract
Data visualization from Square, and Mike Bostock (of D3)
2012-03-19 d3 • square • tesseract • programming • javascript • infovis
Everywhere I've Been
3 years of data collected by Geoloqi
2012-03-19 maps • geolocation • gps
Linux 3.3 notes
Summary of what's in the new kernel version
2012-03-19 linux • kernel • software
Shortest Path Tree
Nice visualization of map routing
2012-03-19 maps • routes • visualization • geo • via:hackernews
Patent lie
greatliege eat editorial about Yahoo
2012-03-13 yahoo • Facebook • patents
Yahoo crosses the line
Strongly worded but on point.
2012-03-13 yahoo • Facebook • patents
Ground level power supply
Novel way to power a tram, a safe third rail
2012-03-11 power • thirdrail • Bordeaux • aps • tramway
France departments
good map
2012-03-09 maps • france
Wolfram personal Analytics
amazing data and analysis
2012-03-08 wolfram • life • measurements • quantifiedself
Scene release rules
standards for pirate video
2012-03-07 video • scene
Giant stick insect
crazy story
2012-03-01 insect • nature