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2017/09/30 #

  • Strudel.js - Lightweight component framework, ideal step up for developers comfortable with jQuery who want to move on to something elsestrudeljs.org #

  • ES6 Promises - Patterns and Anti-Patterns - Are promises really any better than callbacks?medium.com #

  • This Unreal Engine Generated Face Almost Escapes The Uncanny Valley And It's Freaking Us Outdigg.com #

  • The Incredible Speed With Which A Leopard Can Take Down An Animaldigg.com #

  • Guys Find Fish Frozen Solid In The Act Of Eating Another Fishdigg.com #

  • Declarative state and side effects management for popular JavaScript frameworkscerebraljs.com #

2017/09/23 #

  • mongoist - node.js module for mongodb built with async/await in mind, that emulates the official mongodb API as much as possiblegithub.com #

  • joi - Object schema description language and validator for JavaScript objectsgithub.com #

2017/09/19 #

  • How To Mix Up A Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster From 'Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy'digg.com #

  • World Wide Web Consortium abandons consensus, standardizes DRM with 58.4% support, EFF resignsboingboing.net #

2017/09/18 #

  • The year network television lost its grip on culture, according to Emmy dataqz.com #

  • Here's One Man's Grand Plan On How To Handle The North Korea Threatdigg.com #

2017/09/13 #

  • Just The Good Stuff From Tuesday's iPhone Eventdigg.com #

  • Instead of fixating on a fight between capitalism and socialism, imagine innovating a future economy that transcends old binarieswww.fastcompany.com #

2017/09/12 #

2017/09/10 #

  • Boiling Water + Liquid Nitrogen = Cool Water Vapor Explosionsdigg.com #

  • Bodies of 'hundreds' of children buried in mass gravewww.bbc.com #

  • Earthrise is a photograph of the Earth and parts of the Moon's surface taken by astronaut Bill Anders in 1968, during the Apollo 8 missionen.wikipedia.org #

  • Overview Effect - the sensation astronauts have when given the opportunity to look down and view the Earth as a wholewww.dailyoverview.com #

2017/09/08 #

  • What one Alabama town’s attempt to secede from its school district tells us about the fragile progress of racial integration in Americamobile.nytimes.com #

  • Sacked model - 'All white people benefit from racism'www.bbc.com #

  • In South Korea, children of mixed race can be called "mongrels" - But Han Hyun-min didn't let racism stop himwww.bbc.com #

  • Man dead after running into flames at Burning Manwww.msn.com #

  • Addiction in the US - She turned to Google for help getting sober - Then she had to escape a nightmarewww.theverge.com #

  • Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage used to be in a punk band called Whizzywww.nme.com #

2017/09/07 #

  • 30 Hollywood Classics Streaming for Free in the Public Domainwww.vulture.com #

  • Dude With A Perfect Sports Announcer Voice Commentates On Video Game Glitchesdigg.com #

  • The Node.js World Is Imploding - Another Programming Community Is Having A Meltdown Due To Festering Sexismtheoutline.com #

  • Hack Siri And Alexa - Hackers can take control of the world’s most popular voice assistants by whispering to them in frequencies humans can’t hearwww.fastcodesign.com #

  • London no longer most expensive place to buy beerwww.bbc.com #

2017/09/06 #

  • Critical Path CSS Generator - Internal CSS Style Sheet Generator for the above the fold content.www.sitelocity.com #

  • A Super Strong Microburst Wind Just Blowing Trees Overdigg.com #

  • What the Industrial Revolution Really Tells Us About the Future of Automation and Workm.cacm.acm.org #

  • European court rules companies must tell employees of email checkswww.reuters.com #

  • Waking up from The Dream™ - An immigrants perspective about DACAmedium.com #

  • What Would It Take To Manufacture A Planet?digg.com #

  • Oliver Struempfel - New World Record Holder For 'Most Beer Steins Carried At Once'digg.com #

  • The Norwegian who's been to 445 English football groundswww.bbc.com #

  • John Motson - Commentator to end BBC football career after 50 yearswww.bbc.com #

2017/09/04 #

2017/09/03 #

  • If you’re a startup, you should not use React (reflecting on the BSD + patents license)medium.com #

  • What's The Longest Possible Road Trip You Could Take?digg.com #

  • Why Your Grief Over a Celebrity’s Death Feels So Realwww.vice.com #

  • Guy On Electric Skateboard Races Woman On Electric Wheelchairdigg.com #

  • This Human Centipede Race With A Bull Is Just Bonkersdigg.com #

  • Technologies can contain dangerous biases and assumptions and we're only beginning to understand the consequencesnewrepublic.com #

2017/09/01 #

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