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2013/11/30 #

  • 01:14:00 -05:00 Japan’s plan to supply all the world’s energy from a giant solar power plant on the moon# qz.com

  • 05:11:00 -05:00 Suddenly, Upworthy Clones Are Everywhere And Millions Of People Are Reading Them# www.businessinsider.com

  • 05:17:00 -05:00 Viral content is going to be a terrible business model# pando.com

  • 06:46:00 -05:00 Backlift enables designers and front-end developers to build and launch a website using Dropbox as the backend# www.backlift.com

  • 07:18:00 -05:00 Backlift, The YC-Backed Back-End Service For Front-End Developers, Launches A/B Testing Service# techcrunch.com

  • 12:39:00 -05:00 Facebook use 'can reveal if you're a psychopath' - posting about prostitutes, decapitation, pornography and butchers means your a psycho# www.thelocal.se

2013/11/29 #

  • 02:08:00 -05:00 Kinematics is a system for 4D printing - The system provides a way to turn any three-dimensional shape such as dresses into a flexible structure using 3D printing# n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com

  • 04:36:00 -05:00 Node.js at PayPal - our web applications are moving away from Java and onto JavaScript and node.js# www.paypal-engineering.com

  • 04:52:00 -05:00 Remy Sharp - Optimising your devtools workflow by using watch expressions and live-update# remysharp.com

2013/11/27 #

  • 01:13:00 -05:00 New TLDs have arrived - Here’s what you need to know# www.opensrs.com

  • 01:47:00 -05:00 This man made a movie about his small penis# nypost.com

  • 02:04:00 -05:00 NSA spied on 'radicalisers' porn surfing so as to discredit them, reveals Snowden# www.theregister.co.uk

  • 05:41:00 -05:00 Gay Pride Parade Kiev Photos - Gay pride parades in Kiev look different from what we see in other big cities of the world# englishrussia.com

  • 08:34:00 -05:00 Michelle Steilen shows off her Bones Bearings# boingboing.net

  • 08:44:00 -05:00 Jury: Newegg infringes Spangenberg patent, must pay $2.3 million# arstechnica.com

2013/11/25 #

  • 10:17:00 -05:00 Sarah Silverman On Jonah Hill's Roast Jokes: 'It Hurt, But I'll Defend It.'# digg.com

  • 11:49:00 -05:00 Revenge porn is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to cyber-domestic abuse# arstechnica.com

  • 13:02:00 -05:00 News Anchor's Epic Rant Against Snow-Covered Patio Photos# digg.com

2013/11/23 #

  • 02:52:00 -05:00 This Starship Enterprise Of The Sea Will Launch Its Exploration In 2016# www.fastcoexist.com

  • 02:58:00 -05:00 Mad Men with party horns in lieu of cigarettes# boingboing.net

  • 03:11:00 -05:00 The exponential growth of Bitcoin value explained# bitcoinowl.com

  • 03:31:00 -05:00 Ison: The comet of the century - Astronomers hope that on 3 December a comet will appear on the eastern horizon# www.bbc.co.uk

  • 04:44:00 -05:00 Science Museum London to sell MakerBot products and "3D: printing the future" exhibition on display through February 2014# www.makerbot.com

2013/11/22 #

  • 00:41:00 -05:00 Rollerball pen draws conductive circuits# boingboing.net

  • 00:47:00 -05:00 Germany threatens to jail Carl Malamud for making the law available for free# boingboing.net

  • 01:20:00 -05:00 Sarah Silverman on Changing Her Comedic Identity and How the Real Housewives Inspire Her Deepest, Darkest Material# www.vanityfair.com

  • 01:40:00 -05:00 A Topless, Chainsaw-Wielding Ukrainian Woman Chopped Down A Crucifix To Protest Pussy Riot# motherboard.vice.com

  • 01:54:00 -05:00 The incredible story of Marion Stokes, who single-handedly taped 35 years of tv news# www.fastcompany.com

  • 10:56:00 -05:00 Medical marijuana patients outed by Health Canada# metronews.ca

  • 11:07:00 -05:00 Face-o-Mat: absolutely delightful faux-automatic portrait machine# boingboing.net

2013/11/20 #

  • 05:23:00 -05:00 Dynamic tangible display renders 3D data in physical form# boingboing.net

  • 05:43:00 -05:00 How Three Decades of News Coverage Has Shaped Our View of the World - Interesting maps showing the distortion news coverage creates# www.theatlantic.com

  • 05:50:00 -05:00 Obama’s Secret Attempt to Ban Cellphone Unlocking, While Claiming to Support It# www.slate.com

  • 13:06:00 -05:00 Bob Dylan - Live a rolling stone interactive video - pretty amazing watch several times# video.bobdylan.com

  • 13:55:00 -05:00 The Antique Phonograph Music Program Podcast# www.wfmu.org

2013/11/18 #

  • 01:26:00 -05:00 You can't beat politics with technology, says Pirate Bay cofounder Peter Sunde - urges people to dispel their political apathy to prevent the emergence of a new Stasi-style era of oppression# www.wired.co.uk

  • 01:33:00 -05:00 5 Advanced Javascript and Web Debugging Techniques You Should Know About# techblog.badoo.com

  • 01:55:00 -05:00 Secure, Free, Incremental and Instant Backups for Linux# grepular.com

  • 01:59:00 -05:00 U.S. Agencies to Say Bitcoins Offer Legitimate Benefits# www.bloomberg.com

  • 02:09:00 -05:00 Bloomberg News Suspends Reporter Whose Article on China Was Not Published# www.nytimes.com

2013/11/17 #

  • 01:50:00 -05:00 The First Time With... Matt chats to Kim Gordon, formerly bassist, vocalist and guitarist with Sonic Youth, about key first musical moments in her life (Radio 6)# www.bbc.co.uk

  • 02:48:00 -05:00 Brewed free in catalonia - In Catalonia, booming local microbrews are just another way for people to express their independence# roadsandkingdoms.com

  • 11:31:00 -05:00 It happened to me: i'm living like i'm in the victorian era -- from corsets to washing bowls to writing in liquid ink# www.xojane.com

  • 19:06:00 -05:00 Roll your own Dropbox with BitTorrent Sync on Amazon EC2# samglover.net

2013/11/16 #

  • 03:52:00 -05:00 When a Guy is Bullied, He’s “Not a Man.” When a Female is Bullied, She’s “Just a Woman.”# www.slate.com

2013/11/15 #

  • 03:00:00 -05:00 Do We Live in the Matrix? Tests could reveal whether we are part of a giant computer simulation# discovermagazine.com

  • 04:06:00 -05:00 21 JavaScript Parts I Struggle To Remember# tech.pro

  • 04:33:00 -05:00 JavaScript Beyond the Web - The internet of connected things# www.sitepoint.com

  • 06:35:00 -05:00 Punk episode of BBC current affairs TV show (1977)# boingboing.net

  • 11:17:00 -05:00 Upworthy - The Internet's latest viral wizard matches smart technology and lily-white earnestness to market "stuff that matters" online# www.theatlantic.com

  • 11:36:00 -05:00 Kids To People Who Are Afraid Of Gays: 'If I'd Have Gotten A Bunch Of Microscopes, Would I Be Gay?'# www.upworthy.com

  • 11:53:00 -05:00 A Marine Was Assaulted - Her Commander Said She Deserved It For Wearing Running Shorts# www.upworthy.com

  • 12:15:00 -05:00 EFF: Stop Secret Copyright Treaties - Tell Congress to Stand Up For Users' Rights# action.eff.org

  • 12:28:00 -05:00 What happened when my co-founder quit the night before our YC interview# brandonb.cc

2013/11/13 #

  • 00:34:00 -05:00 Netflix ditches Webkit to roll out slick new UI for smart TVs, Roku boxes and game consoles# gigaom.com

  • 00:35:00 -05:00 Occupy Wall Street activists buy $15m of Americans' personal debt before abolishing it# www.theguardian.com

  • 17:45:00 -05:00 Why Japanese Web Design Is So… Different# randomwire.com

  • 18:07:00 -05:00 In Lavabit Appeal, U.S. Doubles Down on Access to Web Crypto Keys# www.wired.com

  • 18:11:00 -05:00 'Killer robots' ban must be part of Geneva talks, says campaign group# www.theguardian.com

2013/11/10 #

  • 02:17:00 -05:00 Your personal underwater 'drone'# www.cnn.com

  • 02:26:00 -05:00 Salvador Dali’s photograph of 7 naked women shaping a skull# awesomenator.com

  • 04:32:00 -05:00 Born on this day in 1940, David Edward Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow, founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party# en.wikipedia.org

  • 14:22:00 -05:00 Power Plants and Other Vital Systems Are Totally Exposed on the Internet# www.wired.com

2013/11/09 #

  • 02:59:00 -05:00 Why Cruise Ships are My Favorite Remote Work Location# tynan.com

  • 17:22:00 -05:00 Cafe Oto, London - Guitarists Kim Gordon, from Sonic Youth, and Bill Nace play noisy experimental music to promote the album Coming Apart# www.visitlondon.com

  • 17:44:00 -05:00 Kool Kickstarter Project - The Electric Loog is a small, electric 3-string guitar kit designed to make it fun and easy to play music# www.kickstarter.com

2013/11/08 #

  • 01:58:00 -05:00 Stackdock: Blazing Fast Docker-as-a-Service with SSDs – for $5# blog.copper.io

  • 02:13:00 -05:00 Cornel University Research Paper - Majority is not Enough: Bitcoin Mining is Vulnerable# arxiv.org

  • 02:23:00 -05:00 Australian bitcoin user TradeFortress says site hacked, $1 million in virtual currency stolen# www.abc.net.au

  • 02:27:00 -05:00 Man-made earthquakes are becoming a real problem# www.geek.com

  • 04:29:00 -05:00 Hands-on with the Xbox One: Kinect, interface, and OS impressions# arstechnica.com

  • 12:52:00 -05:00 Powerful Portraits of Secluded Cultures on the Brink of Extinction# www.mymodernmet.com

2013/11/06 #

  • 00:25:00 -05:00 We’re About to Lose Net Neutrality — And the Internet as We Know It# www.wired.com

  • 00:38:00 -05:00 Jerry Garcia on The Acid Tests - PBS Blank on Blank series# boingboing.net

  • 00:43:00 -05:00 As Bitcoin Hits New All-Time High, Analyst Explains Why It Has Come Back From The Dead# www.businessinsider.com

  • 01:05:00 -05:00 We Work Remotely is the best place to find and list jobs that aren’t restricted by commutes or a particular geographic area# weworkremotely.com

  • 01:37:00 -05:00 Here's The Cool Lesson That Was Delivered To Teach Twitter Engineers About Personal Finance# www.businessinsider.com

  • 01:51:00 -05:00 Alfred Russell Wallace - The Man Science Forgot - Animated story video about the other guy to discover natural selection# digg.com

  • 16:38:00 -05:00 Liam Morgan uses snowboarding techniques while skateboarding down some of the long, steep, twisting roads in the coastal canyons of Los Angeles# boingboing.net

2013/11/03 #

  • 06:29:00 -05:00 I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb# needwant.com

  • 06:30:00 -05:00 Europe's spies work together on mass surveillance# www.reuters.com

  • 06:30:00 -05:00 A series of challenges to help you get your hands dirty with MongoDB, one of the world's fastest growing NoSQL database technologies# www.talentbuddy.co

  • 09:45:00 -05:00 Latest Snowden Leaks: Everyone Is Spying On Everyone and Sharing It# motherboard.vice.com

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