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2013/11/30 #

  • Japan’s plan to supply all the world’s energy from a giant solar power plant on the moon qz.com #

  • Viral content is going to be a terrible business model pando.com #

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

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

  • 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 #

  • 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 #

  • Remy Sharp - Optimising your devtools workflow by using watch expressions and live-update remysharp.com #

2013/11/27 #

2013/11/23 #

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

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

2013/11/22 #

  • Germany threatens to jail Carl Malamud for making the law available for free boingboing.net #

  • Sarah Silverman on Changing Her Comedic Identity and How the Real Housewives Inspire Her Deepest, Darkest Material www.vanityfair.com #

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

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

  • Medical marijuana patients outed by Health Canada metronews.ca #

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

2013/11/20 #

  • Dynamic tangible display renders 3D data in physical form boingboing.net #

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

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

  • Bob Dylan - Live a rolling stone interactive video - pretty amazing watch several times video.bobdylan.com #

2013/11/18 #

  • 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 #

  • 5 Advanced Javascript and Web Debugging Techniques You Should Know About techblog.badoo.com #

  • Secure, Free, Incremental and Instant Backups for Linux grepular.com #

  • Bloomberg News Suspends Reporter Whose Article on China Was Not Published www.nytimes.com #

2013/11/17 #

  • 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 #

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

  • 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 #

  • Roll your own Dropbox with BitTorrent Sync on Amazon EC2 samglover.net #

2013/11/16 #

  • 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 #

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

  • 21 JavaScript Parts I Struggle To Remember tech.pro #

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

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

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

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

  • What happened when my co-founder quit the night before our YC interview brandonb.cc #

2013/11/13 #

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

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

  • In Lavabit Appeal, U.S. Doubles Down on Access to Web Crypto Keys www.wired.com #

2013/11/09 #

  • Why Cruise Ships are My Favorite Remote Work Location tynan.com #

  • 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 #

  • 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 #

2013/11/06 #

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

  • Jerry Garcia on The Acid Tests - PBS Blank on Blank series boingboing.net #

  • 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 #

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

  • 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 #

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