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How to Win at eBay
Simple rules for bidding to buy things
2014-04-30
ebay • auction • sniping
Software Canon
Paul Ford muses on 5 great pieces of software for the ages
2014-04-30
software • history • code
sonic.net on net neutrality
My awesome ISP takes a stand against bullshit pricing
2014-04-29
internet • sonicnet • dsl • isp • fcc
Rim Fire Landsat
Amazing satellite image of the big fire in California last year
2014-04-29
fire • rimfire • california • yosemite • maps • landsat
Advising Auth0
Tim Bray joins advisory board for an identity login provider
2014-04-28
login • passwords • identity • oauth • openid
Heroes of the Storm impressions
Good overview of Blizzard's new MOBA
2014-04-28
games • moba • hots • blizzard
Satoshi's 50 BTC
Bitcoin inventor only ever spent 50 bitcoins; here's where they are now
2014-04-27
bitcoin • blockchain • satoshi
rsync-patches
Various optional features to rsync that are distributed separately
2014-04-26
rsync • code • unix
hashable
Javascript library for storing view state in a #hash in the URL, as for maps
2014-04-26
maps • leaflet • javascript • hash • history • state
Chosen (jQuery)
Better select UI for browsers
2014-04-26
ui • select • form • javascript • jquery
FreeDNS
A fun dynamic DNS service
2014-04-25
ddns • dns • domain • name • router
SDL Mac fullscreen bug
Explains the annoying behavior of some games
2014-04-25
macs • games • sdl • bug • via:metafilter
Larry Page hagiography
Some details wrong, but good retrospective reporting
2014-04-24
google • larrypage
site:secret.ly search
You can search the anonymous messages posted to Secret
2014-04-24
google • secret • anonymous
Secret - Vic Gundotra
News about Google+ exec showed up as a rumor on Secret a week ago
2014-04-24
secret • rumors • google
Vic Gundotra out of Google+
Primary guy responsible for Google+ leaving the company
2014-04-24
google • google+ • social
butt.holdings
TLD proliferation will never stop giving
2014-04-24
dns • icann • whois
Warhol 1985 Amiga art
Floppy disks turn up Warhol computer art experiments
2014-04-24
warhol • history • preservation • art • amiga
1909 Paris Air Show
amazing photos
2014-04-24
balloons • aviation • paris • 1909
Nien leaves CLG
Top LoL player quits, cites the discouragement of nasty fan trash talk
2014-04-23
lol • athletes • sports • esports • nien • clg • confidence • impostorsyndrome
Source Multiplayer Networking
Valve's documentation of netcode lag compensation in games
2014-04-23
games • lag • netcode • valve • steam
Intellectual Ventures fail
Big patent case backfires
2014-04-22
hawhaw • patents • trolls • myhrvold
Another Cisco back door
More nonsense in consumer routers
2014-04-22
security • badtech • netgear • linksys • cisco
1/3rd of Americans are gay
Or so a bunch of surveyed people thought
2014-04-22
gay • america • statistics
McKellan / Stewart marketing
Stats on the amazing social media campaign for the actors
2014-04-19
acting • advertising • twitter • viral • via:metafilter
Time is a flat Circus
True Detective / Family Circus mashup
2014-04-16
funny • comics • truedetective • familycircus • via:metafilter
Tom of Finland stamps
official postage featuring the iconic gay artist
2014-04-14
gay • tomoffinland • via:reddit • stamps
VLC region lock
iOS app will play audio for Canadian users, not American
2014-04-14
vlc • ios • canada • america • legal
Bay Bridge gap
Nice picture of the bridge with a hole in it
2014-04-13
bridge • engineering • cantilever • sanfrancisco
Passwords are Obsolete
Provocative essay saying online SMS/email verification is sufficient
2014-04-13
passwords • heartbleed • authentication
Mapbox Vector Tile Spec
a data format for efficient vector map data
2014-04-13
maps • data • vectortile • geo • mapbox
Data Science Toolkit
Free data sources, particularly a non-OSM geocoder
2014-04-12
osm • maps • geocoding
James Cameron AMA
Direct answers from the director
2014-04-12
movies • films • cameron • avatar • terminator • aliens
Dropbox welcomes Condi Rice to the board
Nasty bit of satire
2014-04-12
funny • satire • torture • dropbox
Don Pendleton
Artist who does skateboards, etc
2014-04-11
art • streetart • skateboard • skater
SpiderOak
A Dropbox alternative without a torturer on the board of directors
2014-04-11
dropbox • spideroak • storage • sync
Google XXE attack
it's 2014 and this old XML bug is still around
2014-04-11
google • xxe • badtech • security
Turn Down for What (NSFW)
New Lil Jon video, quite nuts
2014-04-11
via:metafilter • music • liljon • thedrop
Heartbleed exploit last year?
Recorded server traffic shows exploits months before publication
2014-04-11
heartbleed • badtech • ssl • security • nsa
BitTorrent Sync
Another system for keeping files in sync between devices
2014-04-10
sync • rsync • unison • bittorrent • dropbox
Tamiflu scam
Roche suppressed info their flu drug doesn't work
2014-04-10
healthcare • flu • scam • pharma • via:metafilter
The Miracle of Bali
1969 half hour video of Balinese gamelan
2014-04-10
via:metafilter • music • bali • gamelan
Uchi Houston
Austin's awesome fusion sushi place is in Houston too
2014-04-09
food • sushi • houston • uchi
Wolf Hunters of Wall Street
Article about de-escalating the high frequency trader arms race
2014-04-09
hft • money • trading • via:metafilter • wallstreet
Theo on Firebleed
Pointed comment from OpenBSD guy on OpenSSL code quality
2014-04-09
openssl • firebleed • badtech • ssl • security • openbsd
20 ways to slice Europe
Funny map about prejudices
2014-04-09
maps • europe • funny
Flickr and Creative Commons
Apparently the geniuses at Yahoo broke one of Flickr's best features
2014-04-09
flickr • yahoo • creativecommons • copyright
Game of Firms
Game of Thrones houses done as corporate branding
2014-04-09
design • logo • gameofthrones • funny
About Z(4430)-
Readable overview of the new high energy physics discovery
2014-04-09
cern • qcd • physics • via:reddit
Game of Thrones, 1992 style
Funny illustrations
2014-04-08
gameofthrones • funny • 1990s
Minecraft qCraft
Quantum properties applied to Minecraft blocks; great intro video
2014-04-08
games • minecraft • qcraft • computercraft
IE6 usage map
Microsoft's stats on usage; 20% or more in China
2014-04-08
msie • ie • china • microsoft • badtech
Florida Man
Twitter account of funny news stories
2014-04-08
funny • florida • news
Visit Singapore!
Hilariously bad tourist video; worth staying for the end
2014-04-08
singapore • funny • tourism • cringe
Chrome Extensions Reloader
Chrome extension to help you developing extensions
2014-04-08
chrome • development • code • extensions
Heartbleed patch
the specific fix for the OpenSSL security hole
2014-04-07
ssl • openssl • badtech • security • heartbleed
Heartbleed
Serious flaw in OpenSSL
2014-04-07
badtech • ssl • openssl • security
Top Android App
It's an anti-virus. Worse, it's a scam.
2014-04-07
antivirus • android • phone • google • funny • fail • badtech
Day-O
Replacement Mac menubar clock has a popup calendar
2014-04-07
mac • macos • menubar • via:onethingwell • calendar
Bali New Years photos
Nyepi, the celebration of the new year in Bali
2014-04-07
bali • photos • nyepi
Space Invader authenticity
Street artist points out you can't really steal his art
2014-04-07
spaceinvader • paris • streetart
The 49-U6U Slaughterhouse
Biggest space battle in Eve Online to date happened on the Chinese server
2014-04-07
eveonline • games • ccp • eve • china
IBM S/360 legacy
Fifty year old computing platform, still going strong
2014-04-07
ibm • mainframe • zos • s360
Visual math demos
Great collection of diagrams explaining math concepts
2014-04-07
math • visualization
D3 blocks search
Organization for Mike's awesome way to share D3 examples with gists
2014-04-07
github • d3js • d3 • gist • example • search
Managing iOS battery life
Apple's added enough background processing that battery drain is now a problem
2014-04-07
apple • ios • battery
Level0 OSM editor
Edit OpenStreetMap with text, a humane UI for the underlying XML
2014-04-07
osm • openstreetmap • editor
loophole cocktails
Cocktails that don't require a California liquor license
2014-04-07
cocktail • drinks • licenses • california • liquor
CloudPaint
A MacPaint clone in your browser
2014-04-07
macpaint • mac • software • ui
HBO should show dongs
Kind of funny
2014-04-06
gameofthrones • funny • penis
Amazon Fire review
Matt gets one and tries it out
2014-04-05
fire • amazon • tv • roku
GemCraft: Chasing Shadows
new tower defense game in a classic series
2014-04-05
via:metafilter • games • towerdefense • gemcraft
MeyeA & Houston gaymers
Pro LoL player talks about being gay, building community
2014-04-05
lol • leagueoflegends • gay • games
18 million password database
Yet another hacker trove
2014-04-04
via:metafilter • badtech • security • hackers
Bee sting pain
"you’re going to want more stings to the penis over the nose, if you’re forced to choose"
2014-04-04
via:metafilter • bees • pain • batshitinsane
Yul Brynner fashion
Pharoah had an awesome wardrobe
2014-04-04
movies • yulbrynner • tencommandments
Google DNS intercept
Official statement that Turkey hijacked the Google service
2014-04-03
badtech • google • turkey • dns
GLONASS outage
Russian GPS alternative was broken for 12 hours
2014-04-03
glonass • gps • outage • satellite
Explaining gay parents to kids
Simple no-nonsense advice
2014-04-03
kids • gays • gaymarriage • families • via:metafilter
GameSpy shutdown
Classic game matchmaking service is ending; old games will be harder to play
2014-04-03
games • gamespy • multiplayer • pvp
"Game of Thrones" reportage
Funny spoofs of how the press would report GoT. Spoilers.
2014-04-03
gameofthrones • journalism • reporting
Julia Language
Scientific computing language with parallelism and distributed computing
2014-04-03
programming • math • matlab • r • julia • parallelism • distributed
FAA charts go digital
Pilot map production process eliminates the "print and scan" step
2014-04-03
maps • faa • aviation • foreflight
Microsoft scam bust
One of those "This is Windows" telephone scams got busted
2014-04-02
badtech • scam • microsoft • windows
Twitter Manhattan
details on Twitter's distributed database
2014-04-02
database • distributed • consistency • twitter
70M eSports viewers in 2013
Statistics on how many people are watching games online
2014-04-02
games • esports • lol • tv
Danielle Berry
formerly Dan Bunten, famous game designer who made M.U.L.E.
2014-04-02
games • mule • transgender
Dat
"Git is to source code as Dat is to datasets"
2014-04-02
data • database • versioncontrol • git
National Parks Voronoi
Nice map showing which park is closest to you in the US
2014-04-02
via:reddit • parks • nationalparks • maps • voronoi
Cloak: iOS VPN
iOS software that maintains a VPN connection
2014-04-02
ios • iphone • cloak • vpn • security
Resilient Distributed Datasets
Distributed programming model that's like mapreduce but allows efficient data updates
2014-04-01
mapreduce • distributed • rdd • spark
#SELFIE
Hilarious musical video for the zeitgeist
2014-04-01
music • funny • instagram • selfie
Gmail after 10 years
Nice history of the launch
2014-04-01
google • gmail • email • paulbuchheit
SkyCube found!
Amateur-launched satellite was lost at launch, they found it!
2014-04-01
satellites • skycube • cubesat
OnGameNet
The Korean cable channel dedicated to broadcasting computer games
2014-04-01
games • korea • esports • lol
Imgur-to-Gfycat
Chrome extension rewrites Imgur animated GIFs to smaller Gfycat hosted versions
2014-04-01
imgur • gfycat • bandwidth • chrome • extension
Image of Altair
One of a few stars to be directly imaged; spins so fast it's squashed
2014-04-01
astronomy • star • altair
Read the comments
AT&T customers tear apart AT&T's argument against net neutrality on AT&T's blog
2014-04-01
att • netneutrality • netflix • funny
Extended Random is NSA sabotage
Another baffling RSA technical choice turns out to be government sabotage
2014-04-01
nsa • badtech • security • privacy • cryptography • rsa