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2013/08/31 #

Today’s links:

• NASA-backed SpiderFab robot aims to build 3D-printed spaceship parts in orbitwww.theverge.com #

• The Free JavaScript campaignwww.fsf.org #

• How to Survive Without Watermentalfloss.com #

• Is pot now essentially legal in America?theweek.com #

• Winners of the Red Bull Illume Photo Contest 2013www.theatlantic.com #

• HotWheels builds highest wall track ever in Barcelonawww.autoweek.com #

• F*ck in the Linux kernelpastie.org #

2013/08/30 #

Today’s links:

• NSA surveillance leaks: Snowden went over Obama's headwww.slate.com #

• Codeship's Testing Tuesday #20: Continuous Deployment for node.js applicationsblog.codeship.io #

• 9 questions about Syria you were too embarrassed to askwww.washingtonpost.com #

2013/08/29 #

Today’s links:

• How Podcasts Conquered Comedywww.newyorker.com #

• The Passionsen.wikipedia.org #

• Gin and tonic kept the British Empire healthy: The drink’s quinine powder was vital for stopping the spread of malariawww.slate.com #

• This man is a shawarma ninjavideos.digg.com #

2013/08/28 #

Today’s links:

• Anatomy of a hack: How the SEA took down the NYT and Twittergigaom.com #

• What Happens When You Stand For 2 Yearsarshadchowdhury.com #

• What Happens to the Brain When You Meditate (And How it Benefits You)lifehacker.com #

• Xcode, GCC, and Homebrew - Command Line Tools for XCodekennethreitz.org #

• Node Version Manager - Simple bash script to manage multiple active node.js versionsgithub.com #

• Backbone-Associations: Backbone plugin to specify 1:1 & 1:N associations between Backbone Modelsdhruvaray.github.io #

• Why Backbone-Relational Sucks?www.to-string.com #

• Meet Armpits4August, the Female Version of Movembernymag.com #

• Coach Pelini Movie Night Phone Prankwww.youtube.com #

2013/08/27 #

Today’s links:

• Mass surveilance places politicians and the security services at loggerheadswww.theguardian.com #

• Trsst: a distributed secure blog platform for the open webwww.kickstarter.com #

• Australian Election: A Game of Polls [RAP NEWS 20]www.youtube.com #

• Roller coasteri.imgur.com #

• The greatest mystery of the Inca Empire was its strange "no money or makets" economyio9.com #

2013/08/26 #

Today’s links:

• How might the feds have snooped on Lavabit?arstechnica.com #

• How Americans and Europeans see each otheri.imgur.com #

• Music Festival Junkies - Music festival guides and news for US and Europewww.musicfestivaljunkies.com #

• This Japanese horse racing game might be one of the most bizarre video games ever createdvideos.digg.com #

• Have Archaeologists Discovered the Grave of Alexander the Great?intellihub.com #

• Air Guitar World Championships 2013 - in pictureswww.theguardian.com #

• Dear Prime Minister Cameron - An open letter from Scandinavian media organisationswww.aftenposten.no #

• To make journalism harder, slower, less securepressthink.org #

2013/08/25 #

Today’s links:

• Yo-yo tricks through the ageskottke.org #

• OpenStreetMapwww.openstreetmap.com #

• Just Delete Merobblewis.me #

• What is Trex?docs.fargo.io #

• Incredible Bongo Banden.m.wikipedia.org #

• Trent Reznoren.wikipedia.org #

• The First Time With... Trent Reznor (BBC Radio 6 Music)www.bbc.co.uk #

• NSA Officers Sometimes Spy on Love Interestsblogs.wsj.com #

• Researcher reveals how “Computer Geeks” replaced “Computer Girls”gender.stanford.edu #

• Enough with the JavaScript Already by Nicholas Zakaswww.youtube.com #

• We'll Call It Basebowlwww.youtube.com #

2013/08/24 #

Today’s links:

• How far the once mighty SourceForge has fallen…www.gluster.org #

• Google Designing Its Own Self-Driving Car, Considers ‘Robo Taxi’jessicalessin.com #

• Building a Sails Application: Ep1 - Installing Sails and Create Initial Projectwww.youtube.com #

• Working With Data in Sails.js and Backbone.jsnet.tutsplus.com #

• Sails.js Chat applicationgithub.com #

• Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?blogs.hbr.org #

• Github, Object of Nerd Love, Makes Play for Non-Programmerswww.theatlantic.com #

• *SPARK-DFUSER: Crossfading for laptopssparklive.net #

• Dangers of loneliness: Social isolation is deadlier than obesitywww.slate.com #

• Why I ambushed Russia’s news network with rainbow suspenderswww.washingtonpost.com #

• Objects and sounds in a third grade classroom, remixed by studentsboingboing.net #

2013/08/23 #

Today’s links:

• What Happened When I Had Sex Every Day For a Yearwww.huffingtonpost.com #

• 15 Really Strange Beacheswww.theworldgeography.com #

• Snowden: UK government now leaking documents about itselfwww.theguardian.com #

• If It Fits, I Sits: A Supercut Of Animals Sitting In Small Spaceswww.huffingtonpost.com #

• Titanic in colourwww.retronaut.com #

• How To Do an American Accent - Part 1: Vowel Sounds - Amy Walkerwww.youtube.com #

• NodeJS + WebStorm : Getting Started / Debuggingwww.youtube.com #

• Fukushima Is About To Turn The Pacific Radioactivetalkingpointsmemo.com #

• Drunk Vs Stonedwww.buzzfeed.com #

• CNN can't be bothered to address Manning as femaleboingboing.net #

• Magic Beardboingboing.net #

• Flying from Mt. Everest - The Mission - World Record BASE Jumpwww.youtube.com #

• NSA's surveillance programs are the "most serious attacks on free speech we’ve ever seen."boingboing.net #

• Ferdinando Buscema - Magic and Managementtedxtalks.ted.com #

• Ferdinando Buscema at IED Milanowww.youtube.com #

• MakerBot’s $1,400 Digitizer Now Available To Pre-Order, Will Ship By Mid-Octobertechcrunch.com #

• Splitboarding 101 - Snowboarding meets Skyingwww.youtube.com #

• Mike Tyson And Evander Holyfield Reminisce About The Biting Incidentdeadspin.com #

• "Tepco Has Lost Control" - What Is Really Happening At Fukushima In Four Chartswww.zerohedge.com #

• Jeff Jarvis: As a Democrat, I am disgusted with President Obamawww.theguardian.com #

• Burned out: tech money is harshing Burning Man's anti-capitalist vibewww.theverge.com #

• Lead Belly - Wikipedia - Huddie William Ledbetteren.wikipedia.org #

• Leadbelly - Goodnight Irenewww.youtube.com #

• Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (MTV Unplugged)www.youtube.com #

• How To Learn Any Accent - Amy Walkerwww.youtube.com #

• Eunice Gets a Diet Book - Comedy Sketchwww.youtube.com #

2013/08/22 #

Today’s links:

• For the Rest of the Year, Humans Will Use More Resources Than the Earth Can Providemotherboard.vice.com #

• Coolio Selling Off Music Catalog to Fund Chef Careerwww.rollingstone.com #

• 'Sending a message': what the US and UK are attempting to dowww.theguardian.com #

• Ungit – Git UI that makes you understand gitnews.ycombinator.com #

• Ungit video introductionwww.youtube.com #

• Lavabit founder: 'My own tax dollars are being used to spy on me'www.theguardian.com #

• Dispatch from Black Rock City: "The pigs are here" at Burning Manboingboing.net #

• I Went to Corey Feldman's Birthday Partywww.vice.com #

• Merge design, print & promo - Ottawa Print shopwww.printshopscanada.com #

2013/08/21 #

Today’s links:

• David Miranda's lawyers nastygram the UK governmentboingboing.net #

• Here’s how Beats Music is curating its subscription servicegigaom.com #

• RV Drivers Can Tow Using Their Full Ontario Class G Licencewww.passthewheel.com #

• Canada - Ontario Driving Licence Typeswww.mto.gov.on.ca #

• Party at the NSAboingboing.net #

• NSA files: why the Guardian in London destroyed hard drives of leaked fileswww.theguardian.com #

• Argument: When losing is winningboingboing.net #

• In a Washington sports bar, patrons with pot are living the high lifewww.latimes.com #

• Salary Negotiations Tip: Rule #2/5m.youtube.com #

• Loyalty and Layoffsheartmindcode.com #

2013/08/20 #

Today’s links:

• Tech industry slips into a surprising slumpwww.latimes.com #

• Al Jazeera America readies for launch with bold 'real news' formulawww.theguardian.com #

• The International Olympic Committee Can't Keep Dodging This Simple Questionwww.buzzfeed.com #

• Groklaw shuts down over email snooping - "the Internet is over for me"www.groklaw.net #

• Burning Man drone rulesboingboing.net #

2013/08/19 #

Today’s links:

• Why I Left Googlemedium.com #

• Game of Drones video: Shotgun vs. Droneboingboing.net #

• Pete Doherty: he's opened a shop in Camden marketwww.theguardian.com #

• What if the president lied to us?www.salon.com #

• Quickly navigate your filesystem from the command-linejeroenjanssens.com #

2013/08/18 #

Today’s links:

• Interview with Marc Maron about comedy and his podcastboingboing.net #

• WTF with Marc Maron Podcast - Episode 415 - Simon Peggwww.wtfpod.com #

• Marijwhatnow? A Guide to Legal Marijuana Use In Seattlespdblotter.seattle.gov #

2013/08/17 #

Today’s links:

• The Secret Behind America's Only Mile High Club Airlinepriceonomics.com #

• Banksy's anti-BP dolphin rideboingboing.net #

• Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" reenacted with librariansboingboing.net #

• Letters of Note: People simply empty outwww.lettersofnote.com #

• Arc - Virtual Machines in the Browserblog.grunseid.com #

• Terms And Conditions May Apply (2013) - "This documentary should be mandatory viewing for everyone who uses the internet."tacma.net #

• Europe’s marijuana capital isn’t Amsterdamwww.globalpost.com #

2013/08/16 #

Today’s links:

• The Presurfer: Man On An Edge: What It's Like to Be A Window Washer In New York Citypresurfer.blogspot.com #

• The Innovation of Loneliness: short film based on Sherry Turkle book 'Alone Together'boingboing.net #

• NSA Spying: The Three Pillars of Government Trust Have Fallenwww.eff.org #

• Dutch ebook sellers promise to spy on everyone's reading habits, share them with "anti-piracy" groupboingboing.net #

• Dive Into HTML5 - By Mark Pilgrim + the Communitydiveintohtml5.info #

2013/08/15 #

Today’s links:

• The Internet’s Verbal Contrarianwww.nytimes.com #

• Can You Diagnose a Manic Episode on Twitter?nymag.com #

• How to: Secure Erase your Solid State Drive (SSD) with Parted Magicwww.youtube.com #

• Vintage Vice, a playlist of old-timey songs of drugs, sex, and boozeboingboing.net #

2013/08/14 #

Today’s links:

• FileShredder Securely Deletes Files from Your Maclifehacker.com #

• How to Make Yourself Indispensable at Worklifehacker.com #

• New Features of Firefox Developer Toolshacks.mozilla.org #

• IamA Guy who quit his job, sold his car, moved out and bought a one-way ticket to Africa. I spent the next year and a half traveling across the entire continent, mostly overland and solo. AMA! : IAmAwww.reddit.com #

• Turn Alfred into the Ultimate Notes Managermac.appstorm.net #

• The NSA Is Commandeering the Internet - Bruce Schneierwww.theatlantic.com #

• How to Survive Doomsday, According to a Prepperdoomsdaycastle.kinja.com #

• Secret Garden of Survival: How to grow a camouflaged food forestwww.amazon.com #

• Maps of the world made with spirographsboingboing.net #

2013/08/13 #

Today’s links:

• NSA Uses Super Fun Game to Help Its Analysts Spy On Everyonegawker.com #

• Imprisoned by Innovationwww.nytimes.com #

• Man with OCD Blows Internet Away with Hauntingly Stirring Love Poemgawker.com #

• I Can't Stop Watching This Cute Dog Play Fetch With Himselfgawker.com #

• Revealed: Elon Musk Explains the Hyperloop, the Solar-Powered High-Speed Future of Inter-City Transportationwww.businessweek.com #

• Russian highway - Truckload of gas cylinders explodes 39 timesboingboing.net #

• INJECTABLE OXYGEN KEEPS PEOPLE ALIVE WITHOUT BREATHINGtechandfacts.com #

• Using Fargo to linkblog and tweetbsoist.smallpict.com #

2013/08/12 #

Today’s links:

• Jacob Appelbaum: You broke the Internet - We're making ourselves a GNU onem.youtube.com #

• You broke the Internet - We're making ourselves a GNU one - Christian Grothoff, Carlo von Lynx, Jacob Appelbaum and Richard Stallmangnunet.org #

• Top 4 Record Smarter Shopping Tipswww.vouchercodes.co.uk #

• Tips For Buying Used Vinyl Recordsmusicmessenger.hubpages.com #

2013/08/11 #

Today’s links:

• 3D Printing Will Explode in 2014 When Key Patents Expiremashable.com #

• Showterm - record terminal sessions and upload to the webshowterm.io #

• MASSIVE ATTACK V ADAM CURTISwww.bbc.co.uk #

• HOWTO over-under cable-coiling for less tangles and longer-lived wiresboingboing.net #

2013/08/10 #

Today’s links:

• Stephen Fry: The Daily Mail and Lord Dacre appeasing againstephen-fry-me.tumblr.com #

• Adam Curtis: BUGGER - tales of secret service incompetencewww.bbc.co.uk #

• The best Vines of 2013videos.digg.com #

• Rolling Stone: Jerry Garcia: 1942-1995www.rollingstone.com #

2013/08/09 #

Today’s links:

• Tweet Button with Icon onlydev.twitter.com #

• Her: Spike Jonez's new filmboingboing.net #

• Schneier on Security: Restoring Trust in Government and the Internetwww.schneier.com #

• Stolen computers arrive back at nonprofit - with apology notenews.cnet.com #

2013/08/08 #

Today’s links:

• Kickoffboost: Explore thousands of just launched productswww.kickoffboost.com #

• Words - It’s almost impossible to imagine a world without words - But this hour, we try to do just thatwww.radiolab.org #

2013/08/07 #

Today’s links:

• Sex, lies, and subtweets: Ohio high school tormented by Twitter gossipwww.theverge.com #

• How To Track Anything With Google Analytics Event Trackingwww.youtube.com #

• Sterling's "The Ecuadorian Library" vs civil liberties groupsboingboing.net #

2013/08/06 #

Today’s links:

• Google burger: Sergey Brin explains why he funded world's first lab-grown beef hamburgerwww.theguardian.com #

• Kissyfaceawkwardfamilyphotos.com #

• Unexpected Ballers: Mormons In The Hood Schooling These Dudes In A Basketball Gamewww.youtube.com #

2013/08/05 #

Today’s links:

• XKCD - FedEx Bandwidthwhat-if.xkcd.com #

• Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masterswatch.ecstasyoforder.com #

• MODERAT - milkvimeo.com #

• The Blast Shack - Geek Empire - Bruce Stirling (2010)medium.com #

• Bruce Sterling: The Ecuadorian Library or, The Blast Shack After Three Yearsmedium.com #

• Audio-Technica AT-LP120 USB turntable Reviewwww.youtube.com #

• DJ Booth Review: Audio-Technica AT-LP120-USB Professional Vinyl DJ Turntable HD-Videowww.youtube.com #

• JAY Z "Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film"www.youtube.com #

2013/08/04 #

Today’s links:

• Oversight: the future of bland, corporate ubiquitous surveillanceboingboing.net #

• All Is Lost - Official Trailer Premiere (2013) - Robert Redford Moviewww.youtube.com #

• ChaMonstaffffound.com #

• Cursedffffound.com #

• Every reform movement has a lunatic fringeffffound.com #

• Molly Drug Facts - MDMA Ecstasy Health Informationwww.refinery29.com #

• Telltale Language Reveals Who Is Keeping a Secretblogs.scientificamerican.com #

• 11 Occasions That Don't Call For A Selfiewww.buzzfeed.com #

• The Royal Prank: The Story Behind The Worst Radio Stunt In Historywww.buzzfeed.com #

2013/08/03 #

Today’s links:

• UK phone companies turned a profit by shoveling customer data into GCHQ's mawboingboing.net #

• Alice on a ladder, reaching for a book tattooboingboing.net #

• FBI pays for malware so it can spy on us with our phones and computersboingboing.net #

• Why Russia Turned Against The Gayswww.buzzfeed.com #

• Interns in the Age of the Employment Selfienymag.com #

• Skateboarder Bob Burnquist's Backyard Dreamlanddevour.com #

• Car hacking code released at Defconnews.cnet.com #

• Top 10 Parenting Hackslifehacker.com #

• Tracking Twitter Buttons in Google Analyticswww.napkyn.com #

2013/08/02 #

Today’s links:

• German animation explains the evils of ubiquitous surveillanceboingboing.net #

2013/08/01 #

Today’s links:

• Chromecast, Simply and Cheaply, Flings Web Video to TVswww.nytimes.com #

• Fargo Print Previewxangelo.ca #

• Introducing Outline Search for Fargoxangelo.ca #

• Intro to Fargo scriptingscripting.smallpict.com #

• DaveNet: Men Stay Silentscripting.com #