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Wanderers
Nice short film encouraging space exploration
2014-11-30 space • sagan • astronauts
Potsdam Gravity Potato
Geoid models show variable gravity on Earth (attn @vruba)
2014-11-30 gravity • science • geoid • gps
Fruit and Spice Park
Tropical botanical garden in Florida
2014-11-29 florida • fruit • tropical • garden
Jalapeños are ruined
Details of the scourge of breeding heat out of chile peppers
2014-11-29 food • jalapeno • jalapeño • breeding • blandness
Sand Creek Massacre
Horrifying US massacre against Indians during the Civil War
2014-11-29 indian • history • massacre • civilwar • america • via:metafilter
Star Wars Christmas
Mercifully edited to the best 15 minutes
2014-11-29 starwars • funny • christmas
How linkers work
20 part essay on an essential part of the software toolchain
2014-11-29 linker • software • code
Jack Dorsey profile
Major new article; partly nasty, partly insightful.
2014-11-29 dorsey • twitter • square • gossip • startups
Op/Ed on gay blood
NYTimes supports allowing gay men to give blood
2014-11-28 redcross • blood • homophobia • gay • aids • hiv
Cheap static hosting
Various ways to host a simple website for cheap or free
2014-11-28 hosting • aws • web
The first Thanksgiving
A bit of historical record from Mann's _1491_
2014-11-27 indians • thanksgiving • america • history • squanto
Should you truncate the Y-Axis?
Data visualization lulz
2014-11-27 funny • statistics • visuialization
God's lonely programmer
Details about the guy behind TempleOS, the religious / schizophrenic outsider operating system
2014-11-27 computers • templeos • batshitinsane • programming
sql.js
SQLite in Javascript via a cross-compiler. 1.5M minified JS file.
2014-11-26 sqlite • sql • database • javascript
Popular Electronics
PDF archives of the classic magazine
2014-11-25 electronics • hacking • via:reddit
Scrivener
A text editor for writers. Not a word processor, more of an outliner, notes, and prose writing tool.
2014-11-25 text • writing • software • mac
Silk Road Bitcoin analytics
Company traces drug market's currency through the blockchain
2014-11-25 bitcoin • money • drugs • crime • fraud
Magic Leap details
Info on the mysterious augmented reality startup
2014-11-24 vr • augmentedreality • tech • startups
Charted
a simple data charting tool from Medium
2014-11-24 charts • graphs • datavis • visualization
World Maps Without New Zealand
A collection
2014-11-24 maps • funny • newzealand
HandBrake 0.10.0
AV re-encoding tool gets a major update. Includes VP8
2014-11-24 video • codecs • software
PPTP VPN - TomatoUSB
Detailed notes, pretty manual process
2014-11-24 vpn • pptp • security • router • networking
angel-PS1
A daemon for making a very fancy shell prompt
2014-11-23 bash • shell • prompt • software • unix
ZPAQ
An archive tool designed for incremental backups
2014-11-23 via:onethingwell • software • compression • backup • zip
WiFi Signal
MacOS menu bar doodad that gives more details on wifi quality. Costs $0.99.
2014-11-23 wifi • osx • macos • mac • via:onethingwell • software
Cosby details
WashPo has a carefully researched, detailed story on rape allegations against Bill Cosby
2014-11-23 cosby • rape • crime
Reddit FCC rebellion
FCC Commissioner does a bad IAmA on Reddit, gets called out
2014-11-22 reddit • netneutrality • politics • fcc
GAME OF THE YEAR: 420BLAZEIT
Parody game, MLG montages made playable
2014-11-22 funny • games • montage • mlg
Solving Earth Problems
Various tools for dealing with spatial data; spatial indices, etc
2014-11-21 geo • maps • coding • gis • kdtree
Cheezburger: Behind the Music
Personal detailed story of the struggle running the cat meme joke sites
2014-11-21 memes • startups
Reed Software Design Studio
A project I'm helping set up at my old alma mater
2014-11-21 reed • dlab • students • programming • education • mentors
Uber financials leak
Details of revenue, etc for Dec 2013
2014-11-21 uber • financials • leak
PS4 vs XBone
A year later, they are more or less the same
2014-11-21 games • xbox • playstation • consoles
Fake journal accepts troll paper
David Mazières up to some hilarious pranksterism
2014-11-21 funny • stanford • journal • publishing • fuck
Peering DB
A simple viewer of BGP routing data. Requires guest login
2014-11-20 peering • bgp • internet • networking
open address machine
Migurski's work on OpenAddresses automation
2014-11-20 maps • osm • openaddresses
Browser Unicode normalization
WebKit browsers screw up user input when POSTing data to a server
2014-11-20 unicode • chrome • bug • webkit
Vib-Ribbon revival
Odd story of a quirky Playstation games
2014-11-20 games • vibribbon • playstation • sony
SF poop map
San Francisco, the city where people shit on the sidewalks
2014-11-19 sanfrancisco • homeless • shit • shame
Uber vs another journalist
More concerns that Uber may misuse its rider data
2014-11-19 uber • privacy • journalism
ASL writing systems
Overview of various options for writing ASL
2014-11-19 asl • sign • deaf • language • writing
ASL Wikipedia
One approach to transcribing a sign language to web pages
2014-11-19 language • asl • deaf • sign
A complete Tweet index
Engineering details for a large search engine
2014-11-18 search • twitter • indexing
Let's Encrypt
EFF project to make a very easy to set up SSL certificate
2014-11-18 security • ssl • encryption • ca
Google profile tools
Simple collection of 6 sites at Google that shows data they have on you
2014-11-18 via:reddit • google • privacy
staticgen.com
Simple leaderboard listing of static site generators
2014-11-18 sites • web • development • jekyll • pelican
HandBrakeBatch
Fix the one drawback of HandBrake
2014-11-18 converstion • video • handbrake • mp4
Uber opposition research
Yet more evidence of a corrupt internal culture
2014-11-18 uber • journalism • ridiculous • batshitinsane • pandodaily • sarahlacy
Uber CEO profile
Great article by @elcush about Travis Kalanick, the thorny guy in charge
2014-11-17 uber • sanfrancisco • startups
Smarf
Worth a reload or three
2014-11-17 toomanycooks • funny • tv • via:waxy • smarf
Scarlett profile
Excellent detailed article about a top Starcraft 2 player
2014-11-17 via:metafilter • scarlett • starcraft • esports
psDooM
Funny old hack; kill processes by playing the FPS game
2014-11-17 games • fps • doom • unix • process
SpaceQuest Ltd
Satellite company that provides AIS monitoring to track ship postions
2014-11-17 data • space • ais • shipping
Satellite visualization
Every satellite in orbit, graphed by altitude
2014-11-17 space • satellite • visualization
ISPs stripping email encryption
Technical measure against spam backfires, prevents security
2014-11-17 encryption • badtech • isp • endtoend
Twitter election shenanigans
GOP posted information they couldn't share privately in public, but only barely
2014-11-17 twitter • fraud • gop • republican • election
English words from indigenous Americans
Words borrowed from Indian languages
2014-11-16 language • etymology • america • indians
MSN Messenger's last gasps
Apparently Microsoft is shutting down service; a bunch of third party clients broke this week
2014-11-16 im • messenger • msn • chat
TCPINC working group
IETF group to add encryption extensions to TCP
2014-11-15 tcp • internet • tcpip • security • encryption
Hire More Women In Tech
A list of simple things companies can do
2014-11-15 diversity • women • tech • hiring
The Faze Clansman
A parody of a parody of gaming videos
2014-11-15 mlg • games • via:metafilter • parody • funny • noscope
Netflix API death
Today is the day Netflix shuts off their public API
2014-11-14 api • netflix • business
MetricGraphics
New d3.js wrapper for simple kinds of data graphs
2014-11-14 data • visualization • d3js • javascript • bootstrap
Philae bounce
Simple visualization of the problematic comet landing
2014-11-14 philae • space • comet
D3 Deconstructor
Reads data + marks out of a D3 visualization so you can restyle
2014-11-14 d3 • d3js • code • javascript • visualization
Gerrit
online code reviews for git repos
2014-11-14 code • review • git • google
Net Neutrality is just a symptom
Excellent editorial calling for more ISP competition
2014-11-14 internet • isp • sonicnet • broadband • fcc • netneutrality
Cast iron pans
Some detailed science lite for the old school cooking implement
2014-11-13 cooking • food • castiron • via:kottke
Space Age game
Retro adventure game for iOS and Mac
2014-11-13 games • ios • mac • adventure • via:waxy
“Too Many Cooks:” an analysis
Detailed explication
2014-11-13 funny • parody • tv • via:jwz • toomanycooks
Ninja / Waddy Jones
Amazing background on Die Antwoord's frontman
2014-11-13 music • via:metafilter • ninja • southafrica
Weaponized review embargoes
Game company Ubisoft abuses the gaming press
2014-11-12 games • reviews • ubisoft • assassinscreed
TortillaLand
Flour tortillas you buy and cook yourself
2014-11-12 tortillas • food • cooking
Philae landing preview
Details of the comet landing taking place in about 16 hours
2014-11-11 comet • astronomy • rosetta • philae • space
txtjs
Javscript text rendering in canvas
2014-11-11 canvas • html5 • javascript • typography • fonts
Why Does United Airlines Still Exist?
Oligopolies entrench bad service
2014-11-11 airlines • united • competition
Gamon
Lovely story of Blizzard's World of Warcraft writing
2014-11-11 games • warcraft • lore • wow • blizzard
Browser databases
War stories from PouchDB, making WebSQL and IndexDB work
2014-11-11 javascript • database • browser • pouchdb • couchdb
Fred Wilson on Uber
Calls Uber's attempts to manipulate Lyft funding unethical. (and also pointless)
2014-11-10 ethics • uber • vc • lyft • startups
Deregister iMessage
Apple finally made a tool to recover your SMS number
2014-11-10 sms • imessage • apple • iphone • ios
Life in the potato pits
Remarkably great Metafilter comment about working peeling potatoes
2014-11-10 potatoes • food • funny • metafilter
Javascript Terrarium
A way to run code in a separate process so it can be inspected, etc
2014-11-10 javascript • code • vm
Berlin wall vs Palestine wall
Topical
2014-11-10 israel • palestine • berlin
Turing, marathon runner
He ran a 2:46 marathon in 1946!
2014-11-10 turing • history • marathon • running
Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy
A book about Anonymous, the hacker identity
2014-11-09 hacker • 4chan • anonymous
Third-party login problems
Real story about "login with Facebook" and the hidden costs
2014-11-09 facebook • login • oauth • openid • authentication
Women fighting Twitter harassment
Organization takes it on themselves to fight awful people on Twitter
2014-11-09 gamergate • twitter • harassment • sexism • feminism
Estonia eResidenciy
Estonia's innovative online authentication system extended to foreigners /cc @timbray
2014-11-09 via:metafilter • estonia • identity • password • login • oauth • openid
Korean ID woes
South Korea's impressive national identity system is hopelessly compromised
2014-11-09 korea • southkorea • identity • oauth • openid • login • authentication • passwords • badtech
The Amazing Randi
Lovely profile, with an interesting story about his personal life
2014-11-09 randi • amazingrandi • skepticism • gay
Shotwell's
A lovely local drinking establishment in the Mission
2014-11-09 beer • shotwells • mission
Seraphs colophon
How the generated book works
2014-11-09 nanogenmo • voynich • via:metafilter • books
Bitbucket VS. GitHub
A recently updated comparison. They're very similar now; I think GitHub has more fancy features, BitBucket has free private repos
2014-11-09 bitbucket • github • dvcs • code
Seraphs
A generative book based on the Voynich manuscript
2014-11-08 voynich • books • nanogenmo • via:metafilter
Gamergate eats itself
Disgusting awful people begin to act disgusting and awful to themselves
2014-11-08 gamergate • feminism • stupid • games • via:waxy
Missing Maps
Coordinated effort to map areas in the developing world *before* the crisis
2014-11-08 maps • hot • osm • redcross
Red Pill misogyny
In which boys have a discussion about whether advocating "choking bitches" is a good strategy
2014-11-07 feminism • women • reddit • disgusting • rape
Too Many Cooks
Brilliance from Adult Swim; may require being high
2014-11-07 funny • adultswim • parody • 80s
The Stewart
Hilarious gift from Matt Haughey to Stewart Butterfield; an oil painting of a great photo by Paul Bausch
2014-11-07 funny • art • photo • mathowie • stewart • slack • slackhq • pb
La Petite Ceinture
An abandoned rail right of way in Paris
2014-11-06 paris • train • park
What runs groups.io
A look at a modern web / email tech stack, using go
2014-11-06 golang • go • email • mailinglists • architecture • systems
36 people run Wikipedia
Article about the stewards, moderators for the entire site
2014-11-06 wikipedia • culture • osm • moderators • community
Skoptsy
A Russian castration cult; had as many as 100,000 members
2014-11-05 castration • religion • russia • batshitinsane
Women Street Artists
Nice gallery site
2014-11-05 streetart • women • art • artists
YouTube: full album
Google runs the largest store of pirated music the Internet has ever seen
2014-11-05 google • youtube • copyright • music • napster
Bivariate color maps for climate data
Another 2d map technique, this one overloads hue in a way that seems to work
2014-11-05 maps • visualization • color • bivariate • climate
NYT bivariate election maps
Nice application of the value-by-alpha technique
2014-11-05 maps • election • visualization • colors
Value-by-alpha maps
Bivariate mapping technique; vary hue and value for 2 axes of data
2014-11-05 mapping • colors • datavis • visualization
Retro-Computing and nostalgia
Paul Ford expresses the feelings I have about the emotional weight of old computer systems
2014-11-05 emulation • nostalgia • 80s • history • computers
Referer is dead
Notes on how The Guardian can't tell how people get to their stories anymore
2014-11-04 news • guardian • referer • traffic • analytics • security
BuiltWith Trends
What web components are major sites built with?
2014-11-04 trends • analytics • web • technology
Top map technologies
Chart shows which map libraries various web sites use
2014-11-04 maps • metrics • leaflet
Election ink
Alternative to voter ID; mark fingers so people can't vote twice
2014-11-04 voting • voterid • civilrights
Intelligent dance music
Learn how to dance to Autechre
2014-11-04 music • autechre • dance • funny
Gigabyte Brix review
PC manufacturers finally building Mac Mini competitors
2014-11-04 sff • server • linux • computer • pc • macmini
Chromoscope
Google Maps for astronomy, nice treatment of different wavelengths
2014-11-03 maps • astronomy
Ferguson no-fly was press suppression
No surprise, but FAA authority abused to stop news helicopters
2014-11-02 ferguson • justice • faa • tfr • disney • press • freedom • civilrights • aviation