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Sarah Kidder
First woman to run a railroad
2013-11-30 women • railroad • history • nevadacounty
Empire Mine model
In Grass Valley, CA; an amazing 3d map
2013-11-30 maps • grassvalley • empiremine • model
00000000
Nuclear launch codes were set to a stupid password for years
2013-11-30 weapons • military • passwords
Fiat Leak
map visualization of people buying BitCoin
2013-11-29 bitcoin • finance • money • currency • visualization
Nevada County Gold
Tourist info for Grass Valley, etc
2013-11-29 california • tourism • nevadacounty • grassvalley • nevadacity • truckee
On Goldieblox
Details of the facts of the Beastie Boys copyright fight, with citations
2013-11-26 legal • fairuse • goldieblox • beastieboys • viralmarketing
n-e-r-v-o-u-s kinematics
3d printed flexible shapes
2013-11-26 art • sculpture • 3dprinting
BEST_RAPPER_ALIVE (NSFW)
Funny, slightly juvenile Reddit account posting apropos rhymes
2013-11-23 freestyle • reddit • rap • funny
Funny WWI map
Combatant countries drawn as people
2013-11-23 maps • wwi
Look up
British Airways ad, clever interactive billboard
2013-11-23 advertising • via:reddit • aviation
NSA's strategy plan
Another Snowden document, their white paper for expanding power
2013-11-23 nsa • badtech • surveillance • civilrights • snowden
Fly American! 1933
Amazing promotional film for early commercial aviation
2013-11-23 via:metafilter • aviation
Geolocated Tweet analysis
statistical analysis of locations, sentiment
2013-11-23 twitter • statistics
100 White Albums
All at once, crazy sound experiment
2013-11-22 music • beatles • noise
Forward Secrecy at Twitter
Details on making SSL more secure against APTs
2013-11-22 security • ssl • twitter
FoxBat STOL at sea
Insane landing and takeoff on the deck of a freighter ship
2013-11-22 flying • aviation • foxbat • stol • batshitinsane
Cython intro
simple examples for the Python static compiler
2013-11-22 python • cython • compiler
Experience with Viruses on UNIX Systems
Paper describing 1987 experiments at Bell Labs
2013-11-22 security • badtech • virus • unix • belllabs
Rob Ford: the Movie
a new biopic starring the late Chris Farley
2013-11-21 funny • toronto • robford • chrisfarley • via:metafilter
rsnapshot tips
useful notes on using the Unix backup tool well
2013-11-21 rsnapshot • backup • Unix
Comparative perspectives
Various examples of classic visualizations comparing heights of mountains, lengths of rivers, etc
2013-11-21 via:metafilter • maps • visualization
Simple async in JavaScript
Some basic patterns to avoid nested callbacks
2013-11-21 javascript • mapbox • programming
Stuxnet's secret twin
The US cyberweapon was more complex than originally understood
2013-11-21 badtech • stuxnet • cyberwar • iran
MITM attacks in the wild
Results from BGP surveillance
2013-11-20 bgp • mitm • security • badtech • internet
My Abortion
Direct honest stories of women
2013-11-20 woman • abortion • feminism
Aningaaq
The other side of the conversation from Gravity
2013-11-20 movies • gravity • via:metafilter • inuit
The coming tech-lash
Even the Economist gets a bit boshie
2013-11-20 economist • tech
Between Two Ferns: Justin Bieber
Everyone's favorite awkward interview show
2013-11-19 music • justinbieber • funny
node-ar-drone
Open source hacking for the inexpensive drone toy
2013-11-19 drones • uav
Drone mapping
100 acres at pixel/4cm in < an hour
2013-11-19 maps • drones • ebee
As We May Type
great review of online writing in historical context
2013-11-19 ftrain • writing • medium
RIP 5Pointz
Famous New York graffiti gallery painted over by owners
2013-11-19 graffiti • streetart • newyork
drake
"Make for data"
2013-11-19 make • workflow • programming
Luigi (Python)
Library for building make-like dependencies, for data analysis
2013-11-19 python • make • hadoop
googlyify
Googly eyes as a service
2013-11-19 gif • funny • via:Waxy
Bitcoin escrow
Interesting, seldom used feature of Bitcoin allows multiple party authorization
2013-11-18 escrow • bitcoin
Wing Python IDE 5.0
New version has a Mac native UI!
2013-11-18 mac • macos • python • programming • ide
Nude protest
Hilariously snide article from the SF Chronicle about a local soft-headed nuisance
2013-11-18 funny • journalism • sanfrancisco • nudism • sf
Dead body on Google maps
An unfortunate timing coincidence of an aerial photo
2013-11-18 maps • google • newaesthetic
Glitch assets public domain
A sweet conclusion to a loved, closed game
2013-11-18 games • glitch • publicdomain • copyright • creativecommons
Python __slots__
Memory optimization for Python code
2013-11-17 python • programming • optimization
4chan parodies Hacker News
a bit on the nose
2013-11-17 funny • 4chan • hackernews
YouTube Center
browser extension that fixes many YouTube usability problems
2013-11-17 youtube • video • chrome • extension
PLATO MMOs
Some interesting game history
2013-11-16 games • plato • networking
TCP in online games
Analysis of protocol effectiveness (dated?)
2013-11-16 games • mmos • via:marc • tcp • networking • internet
Enough to Eat at Home
Rob Ford + Miley Cyrus in a small bit of agitprop
2013-11-16 funny • toronto • robford • mileycyrus • via:metafilter
PlayStation 4 Teardown
No surprises
2013-11-16 playstation • games
Vine Magician
Amazing collection of little video magic tricks
2013-11-16 magic • vine • twitter
Music Animation Machine
Site for Stephen Malinowski's music visualizations
2013-11-15 music • visualization
smalin music visualizations
Artist animates musical scores
2013-11-15 via:reddit • music • visualization
Color Scheme Designer
Simple color picker tool with various color theories baked in
2013-11-15 design • color • colour
Des Hommes et des Chatons
Cats. Hunky men. Photographs juxtaposed.
2013-11-15 cats • photos • sexy
Caltrain to Mountain View
Hilarious summary of how complex the Bay Area's public transit is
2013-11-14 bayarea • transit • caltrain • bart • funny
Zenith Gamespace Pro
Console wars heat up!
2013-11-14 games • funny
Typhoon Haiyan mapping
Visualization of OpenStreetMap activity after the Philippines disaster
2013-11-14 maps • philippines • openstreetmap • osm
Remembering XOXO 2013
Great writeup from @waxpancake, making me regret deciding not to go
2013-11-14 waxy • xoxo • portland • conference
1880 red/blue map
Early election chloropleth
2013-11-12 maps • via:reddit • visualization • chloropleth
Hexer demo
@hobu has a new geographic histogram tool, @tmcw shows us how to use it
2013-11-12 maps • histograms • visualization
Adobe password overview
Big picture of Adobe's breathtaking failure
2013-11-12 adobe • security • badtech
OpenStreetMap after the typhoon
open mapping helps save lives
2013-11-12 philippines • osm • openstreetmap • maps
Switching to MapBox JS
Quick demo of porting a simple Google Map to MapBox's system
2013-11-12 mapbox • googlemaps • openstreetmap • osm
Join Adobe and Sony password files
Two major password breaches; join on username and let the fun begin!
2013-11-12 passwords • badtech • security • adobe • sony
YouTube comment mess
YouTube's Google+ comment integration is not going wel
2013-11-12 via:waxy • google • youtube
The Art of Onfim
12th century doodles by a seven year old in Novgorod
2013-11-11 novgorod • history • art • ephemera
SF surfing myth
Great long story about trying to ride a crazy wave off San Francisco
2013-11-11 surfing • sanfrancisco
Colonize Venus
I vote we name the first floating city "Bespin"
2013-11-11 venus • space • funny
Carmen geocoder
open source geocoder by MapBox
2013-11-11 geocoding • maps • mapbox
Hungarian Gold Train
A sad example of treatment of stolen Jewish property after WW2
2013-11-11 worldwar2 • holocaust • jewish • hungary
Open source routing machine
Update on OSM-based driving directions
2013-11-11 openstreetmap • osm • routing • maps • mapbox
Stroked vector map
Nice little SVG map demo
2013-11-11 maps • svg
Mission Murals
Photos + detailed map of some of the Mission's awesome street art
2013-11-10 streetart • mission • sanfrancisco • maps
gfycat
Convert big animated GIFs to smaller HTML5 embedded video. Lots of smarts
2013-11-10 gifs • animation • html5 • via:reddit
OpenGeoFiction
Like OpenStreetMap, but a fictional world
2013-11-10 maps • openstreetmap • fiction
Project Monarch
Crazy conspiracy theory, finding hidden symbols in movies
2013-11-09 crazy • batshitinsane • conspiracy • via:metafilter
Fuck you Google+
Hilarious music video complaining about Google+ / YouTube integration
2013-11-09 google • youtube • music • funny
Nile Rodgers AMA
Chic guitarist and Daft Punk producer answers questions
2013-11-09 music • daftpunk • chic • disco • nilerodgers
NYT on Medium
Nice article on @ev's new company doing long form writing
2013-11-09 blogging • medium • ev
Twitter's leaders
Nice post from @anildash about the strengths of various Twitter executives
2013-11-09 twitter
Rorschach doodle
Looks to be Javascript generated images in a canvas
2013-11-08 canvas • javascript • google • doodle • rorschach
TXTmob and Twitter
A description of one of the projects that helped inspire Twitter
2013-11-08 twitter • txtmob • startups
Reddit scandals
A summary of big dramas on the Internet forum
2013-11-08 reddit • drama
Tech Review on Twitter
October 2007, a relatively early piece
2013-11-08 twitter
Sally Forth on Twitter
August 31, 2007; in retrospect quite early
2013-11-08 comics • twitter
Ridgeline landing
Crazy Super Cub mountain landing, takeoff
2013-11-08 aviation • via:stellar
twitlog.blogspot.com
Very early prototype of Twitter, based on Blogger. Thanks to @waxpancake for finding it
2013-11-07 waxy • twitter • ev • waxpancake • via:waxy
The IPO process
Interesting article about the mechanics of the first day of trading in a company
2013-11-07 facebook • twitter • ipo
Twitter IPO photo
From the NYSE floor, nice photo of @ev @biz @jack @dickc et al
2013-11-07 twitter • ipo • stock
Trimmigrants
Sacramento TV news story about folks coming through Nevada City working the marijuana harvest
2013-11-07 pot • marijuana • nevadacounty • hippies
Mr. Burritoeater
Nice interview with the man behind the legendary SF burrito review site
2013-11-07 burritos • sanfrancisco • food • mission • burritoeater
Every line, every point
OSM map showing edit history
2013-11-07 osm • openstreetmap • maps
Farewell to Lou Reed
From his wife Laurie Anderson, really sweet
2013-11-06 loureed • obituary • laurieanderson
Meatspace chat
Animated GIFs + camera + random web chat
2013-11-06 via:kra • chat • irc • gifs • chatroulette
Mike Hearn on NSA
A "giant Fuck You" from a Google security engineer to NSA for their illegal activity
2013-11-06 nsa • google • freedom • snowden
Rand Paul plagiarism
Direct copies of sentences from Wikipedia, other columns
2013-11-06 teaparty • randpaul • politics • plagiarism
Skydiving mid-air collision
Insane aerial footage
2013-11-06 via:Reddit • flying • aviation • skydiving • accident
Pißwasser (NSFWish)
GTA in-game ad for the fake beer brand
2013-11-04 america • murica • gta • games • funny
Dynamic hill shading
Awesome browser Javascript demo
2013-11-04 maps • hillshading • javascript
Eric Schmidt on NSA
Strong, clear denouncement of NSA's illegal spying
2013-11-04 nsa • government • google • privacy
Adobe password hints
Adobe's user dump includes plaintext password hints, from which you can easily reverse some of the passwords
2013-11-04 adobe • passwords
Adobe password stats
Some simple analysis of the 150 million accounts stolen from Adobe
2013-11-04 passwords • adobe
Adobe password structure
Details on users.tar.gz, the result of Adobe's negligence
2013-11-04 adobe • passwords
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Phenomenally detailed OpenStreetMap
2013-11-04 maps • osm • openstreetmap • cameroon • africa
Amazon Javascript SDK
Nice coverage of the new client-side Amazon API support
2013-11-03 amazon • api • javascript • aws
Amazon: federated identity code
Access AWS and other services with temporary credentials, not passwords
2013-11-03 amazon • login • password • identity
Tax-Loss Harvesting
Readable description of an investment strategy rich people use to defer taxes
2013-11-03 taxes • investment
Etymology maps
Distributions of various technical words in Europe
2013-11-03 via:Reddit • maps • language • etymology
Billion dollar startups
Nice analysis of 39 very successful startups
2013-11-02 startups • entrepreneurship • facebook • valuation
Shiboronoi
such voronoi, so tesselation
2013-11-02 funny • d3js • d3 • shibe • dogge • doge
Windoge
much imprive. so amaze. wow.
2013-11-02 dogge • doge • meme • funny • via:reddit • shibe
HealthSherpa
Explore new Obamacare health plans in a simple, fast UI
2013-11-02 insurance • obamacare • healthcaregov
Hand drawn maps
Lovely little collection
2013-11-01 maps • drawing
Train Lord game
A railroad simulation game based on OpenStreetMap data
2013-11-01 openstreetmap • maps • trains • trainlord • games • mmos
Hillary Clinton on abortion
Clear, no bullshit statement of the importance of abortion to women's health
2013-11-01 clinton • politics • abortion • kickass
Android patent war
Microsoft and Apple go after Google
2013-11-01 patents • google • microsoft • apple • nortel • android