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Hydrological map of Canada
Beautiful print rendered
2013-06-29 maps • hydrology • rivers
Lara Croft, twink
Delicious game, should be true.
2013-06-29 games • gay • funny • gender • tombraider
Web Traffic
Fun dynamic visualization
2013-06-29 visualization • d3 • d3js • javascript
QUIC
Experimental web protocol, UDP based
2013-06-29 udp • spdy • tcpip • internet • quic • web • http
The Criminal NSA
Mass US surveillance of Americans is simply not legal
2013-06-28 surveillance • civilrights • nsa • snowden • privacy
TauDEM tutorial
How to do hydrographic analysis of DEM data
2013-06-28 gis • dem • via:bobws • maps • hydrography • rivers
Louisiana voter test
Unpossible
2013-06-28 discrimination • louisiana • voting • votingrights • civilrights • vra • racism
svg-tiles
Another Vector map approach; generate SVG on the server, have the client render
2013-06-28 maps • svg • vectormaps • vectortiles • mapbox • mapnik • tilemill
DynamicMapsEngineLayer
Google Maps launches client side vector processing
2013-06-27 maps • vectormaps • googlemaps
NSA spying on US email
The idea NSA is international only is long since gone.
2013-06-27 privacy • badtech • nsa • snowden • email • surveillance
Opera cert stolen
Intrusion at the browser manufacturer, some bad news
2013-06-27 opera • security • badtech • via:hackernews
Democracy in Texas
Citizens pack the legislature building to defend abortion rights
2013-06-26 texas • video • democracy • abortion
SkyMall + shady company
In-flight ad company merges with an alleged reverse-merger pump-n-dump company
2013-06-26 fraud • skymall • advertising • xhibit • finance
Just Enough SVG
Nice intro to using SVG, particularly for D3
2013-06-25 svg • web • html • d3js • graphics
youtube-dl
Download YouTube, Vimeo, and other videos. Quite capable
2013-06-25 video • youtube • download • plex
Popular Fanfic on GoodReads
It's not all garbage!
2013-06-25 fanfic • writing • goodreads • books
Potluck launch
Obvious company Branch launches a social link sharing thing. It's pretty good.
2013-06-25 links • linkblog • obvious • potluck • branch • jasongoldman • goldman
Google/Zagat debacle
Gossip about a screwed up acquisition
2013-06-25 google • zagat • local • politics • gossip
Pikinis
Gateway app to rape culture
2013-06-25 facebook • disgusting • sexism • rapeculture
PySHP
ESRI Shapefile code in Python, no dependencies
2013-06-24 gis • geo • python • esri • shapefile
Quickmeme caught gaming Reddit
Vote bots, infiltrated moderator account, what a mess
2013-06-23 ads • reddit • memes • quickmeme • fraud
Browser password stores
Not safe from malware
2013-06-21 badtech • security • passwords • via:hackernews • chrome
Trump Steaks
A real thing that really existed
2013-06-21 donaldtrump • food • steak • funny • toupee
Google's new interview thoughts
Current head of HR completely turns Google's engineer interview process on its head
2013-06-20 interviews • google • tech
Mt.Gox suspends withdrawals
Biggest BitCoin exchange unilaterally decides you can no longer withdraw US dollars
2013-06-20 money • usd • bitcoin • via:hackernews • fraud
The Summoner's Code
One game company's efforts to turn a toxic community into a fun team culture
2013-06-19 ethics • games • leagueoflegends
Your Brain-Gun: Turn The Safety Off
The power of metaphor
2013-06-18 funny • onion • ted • tedx
Stepwell
Beautiful Indian wells built with steps down to the water
2013-06-18 water • india • well • architecture • stairs • steps
vinecrawler
third party search engine for Vine videos
2013-06-18 vine • twitter • search • video • via:theatlantic
Ghostery business model
Ad tracking blocker sells aggregate stats to ad companies
2013-06-18 privacy • advertising • ads • disconnectme • ghostery • cookies
Code for America fellowships
Applications open until July 31
2013-06-17 volunteer • codeforamerica • migurski • government • job
Mitro
Password agent, particularly good for groups
2013-06-17 password • identity • login • authentication
To Heaven by Subway
Lovely 1938 article about Coney Island
2013-06-17 summer • newyork • coneyisland • 1938
ToS;dr
Summaries of terms of service for web sites
2013-06-16 tos • funny • useful • termsofservice • licenses
Instant Server
One button free Linux box, for 35 minutes
2013-06-16 via:metafilter • linux • server • ec2
Whistleblower welcome in China
Editorial from official government media
2013-06-15 china • oped • snowden • nsa • surveillance
Daily Mail on my river map
Funny how many inaccuracies they can cram in a 50 word article, but any press is good press
2013-06-15 rivers • maps • dailymail • me • nelson
Leaflet + Nominatim
Add search to open source maps
2013-06-15 maps • leaflet • nominatim • openstreetmap
Web Mercator history
the clusterfuck that is the most common map projection in use in the world
2013-06-15 maps • projections • gis • googlemaps • google • via:migurski
0x10c on hold
couple of months old, but Notch is stuck on the game
2013-06-14 games • notch • minecraft • 0x10c • mojang
Twitter's defense of user privacy
How @amac and Twitter resist government snooping
2013-06-14 twitter • nsa • prism • amac • privacy • surveillance
Yahoo and FISA
Details of how Yahoo got forced in to PRISM
2013-06-14 yahoo • fisa • prism • privacy • badtech • nsa • surveillance
Towel folding robot
Crazy bit of autonomous robotics. Dainty!
2013-06-14 robots • folding • ai
US corps work for NSA
Details of how companies help out intelligence, well beyond legal requirements
2013-06-14 microsoft • badtech • privacy • security • nsa • surveillance
Getty Critics
Snark on stock photography
2013-06-14 photos • funny • getty • via:metafilter
Rubio hates fags
Republican sponsor of immigration bill is a bigot
2013-06-14 gayrights • gay • rubio • florida • civilrights • immigration
Checkerboard Hill
Nice set of photos and history from Hong Kong's infamous old airport
2013-06-13 hongkong • kaitak • airport • aviation
Jade HTML templates
Clean approach for HTML5
2013-06-13 javscript • html • template
Coursera's backbone stack
Nice roundup of Javascript technologies
2013-06-13 javascript • coursera • backbone • code
What's inside Barbie?
Artist turns Barbie into an anatomical model
2013-06-13 via:Reddit • barbie • anatomy • art • funny
IAmA James Bamford
America's best investigative journalist on the NSA does Q&A on Reddit
2013-06-13 reddit • nsa • privacy • civilliberties • surveillance
Schneier on Snowden
Direct, simple editorial saying the NSA misconduct needs investigation
2013-06-12 nsa • surveillance • civilrights • snowden
Google Glass teardown
What's inside?
2013-06-12 google • glass • wearables • via:hackernews
Training young fascists
Children kick a woman at a Russian gay pride parade
2013-06-12 via:Reddit • gay • russia • fascism
Classic Movies in Miniature Style
Movie posters done in an Ottoman art style
2013-06-11 art • movies • via:burritojustice • ottoman
New California Water Atlas
Project for open mapping of CA water
2013-06-11 water • california • maps • sotmus
VectorMill
Style your own OSM vector tile map and share it, all in the browser
2013-06-10 maps • tilemill • mapbox • vectortiles
Map Stack
Simple map compositing by Stamen
2013-06-10 maps • stamen • design
US cyberspies
Details on NSA's program to spy on China
2013-06-10 china • us • badtech • privacy • surveillance • nsa
For Example
Mike Bostock's 2013 Eyeo talk, in transcript form
2013-06-10 bostock • d3 • visualization • eyeo
3d printing with garbage
Cheap 3d printers that use recycled materials to make large objects
2013-06-10 3dprinting • prototyping • recycling • reed
Edward Snowden interview
Whistleblower on the NSA, really amazing direct statement
2013-06-10 nsa • privacy • courage • whistleblower
jemalloc
alternate malloc, fast under concurrent allocation
2013-06-08 malloc • performance
OSM git repo
ops code for OpenStreetMap
2013-06-08 OpenStreetMap • osm • maps • code • devops
Signor Dildo
A naughty poem from 1673
2013-06-08 sex • funny • 17thcentury • poem
We need whistleblowers
Bruce Schneier's comments on recent NSA revelations
2013-06-07 privacy • nsa • security • surveillance
Stamen Mars map
Interesting 3d map with a slippy-like UI
2013-06-07 maps • 3d • threedjs • mars • stamen
NSA + US Internet companies
Yet more surveillance
2013-06-06 nsa • surveillance • civilrights • via:hackernews • google
NSA domestic surveillance
Confirmation of civil liberties abuse
2013-06-06 nsa • civilrights • liberties • surveillance • privacy
Google's awful reviews
Entice SF people to review restaurants by offering a Chipotle gift certificate
2013-06-06 chipotle • food • awful • google • sanfrancisco
Geo for Bootstrap
Reskin your modern website with a vintage touch
2013-06-05 bootstrap • twitter • css • funny • design • via:hackernews
Etsy - The Recruit
amusing recruiting video
2013-06-05 etsy • recruiting • hiring • software
TopoJSON Distillery
Handy little web tool for creating TopoJSON
2013-06-05 maps • d3js • d3 • topojson • geojson • geo
Discreet frisk?
Sometimes Metafilter gets batshit-insane questions
2013-06-04 frisking • guns • crazy • metafilter • batshitinsane
The network is reliable
Roundup of stories from distributed systems failures
2013-06-04 cap • network • reliability
Sean Parker's wedding
Arrogance of wealth
2013-06-04 bigsur • california • seanparker • facebook • wealth • nouveauriche
Arya reacts to Red Wedding
Actress does a Vine. Game of Throne spoilers, of course.
2013-06-04 arya • funny • actors • gameofthrones • grrm
The terrible secret of Tom Bombadil
An alternate interpretation of Tolkein
2013-06-02 lotr • tolkein • bombadil • fantasy • books
Open Data Stack Exchange
Great topic for a stack exchange
2013-06-02 data • opendata • maps