pinboard July 30, 2010

• Make: Online : Detroit is the freedom to make things… by Bethany Shorb
  Nice piece. RT @dalepd Detroit is the freedom to make things. Bethany Shorb in Making Detroit series. #makerfaire
• Twitter / Mattt Thompson: Watched
  Watched "The Unforeseen", a documentary about the effects of urban development on Barton Springs. Must-see for any Austinite.
• It’s our duty to delve into the Wikileaks debate – The Irish Times – Fri, Jul 30, 2010
  It’s our duty to delve into the Wikileaks debate Good perspective on open source intelligence
• FBI access to e-mail and Web records raises fears – Yahoo! News
  FBI access to e-mail and Web records raises fears (AP)
• Film | The Streets of Ambitiousness | Compare the Meerkat
  Today new movie is make grand internet premiere! Grab bucket of salty popcorn-roaches and make way to website!
• Lunar triple sunset | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
  RT @jamesoreilly RT @legalnomads Amazing lunar triple sunset, via @badastronomer:
• Revolutions: A free book on probability and statistics with R
  A free book on probability and statistics with R – #rstats /via @paulblaser
• OSCON 2010 Report – Open Blog – NYTimes.com
  RT @ginablaber Love that New York Times hearts OSCON 🙂 ,
• Twitter / Jon Winokur: I write plays because dial …
  I write plays because dialogue is the most respectable way of contradicting myself. TOM STOPPARD #writing #writegoal
• Twitter / John Siracusa: Things that are making me …
  Things that are making me feel old today: #7 Explaining to people why radio buttons are called radio buttons.
• What is Gov 2.0? – CBS News Video
  RT @gov2events Watch this: @timoreilly explains what Gov 2.0 is on CBS News. #gov20 #g2s (I aso talk @codeforamerica)
• DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #44: How You Get Unstuck – The Rumpus.net
• Mind Hacks: Booty calling
  Booty call science. Thank you @NoahWG for this study of pure joy.
• Cephalopods In Love
  "Cephalopods In Love", a heartwarming stop-motion animation by @tiadoran
• DIY Kitty Crack: ultra-potent catnip extract – Boing Boing
• Agent Obvious for iPhone and iPod touch on the iTunes App Store
  I just read all the tips in the free AGENT OBVIOUS iPhone app. Writers, you need this
• Backyard Brains
  Just had a fascinating demo of at #makerfaire can do camp – neuroscience for everyone
• Welcome to mtelliottmakerspace.com
  Fascinating conversation about urban farming and making tools for small farmers w Jeff & Patrick
• Benetech Jobs in Palo Alto, CA | JobScore
  RT @gcapiel Come do work that matters at Benetech. We’re hiring Java devs and QA automation engineers –
• Searching Earmarks Isn’t Actually That Hard – Sunlight Labs: Blog
  Searching Earmarks Isn’t Actually That Hard via @EllnMllr Increasingly disappointed with gov transparency efforts
• Stieg Larsson becomes first author to sell 1m ebooks on Amazon | Alison Flood | Books | guardian.co.uk
  Stieg Larsson first author to sell more than 1 million #ebooks on #Kindle via @slashdot
• YouTube – April 5th: Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Kris Kristofferson
  "April 5th"
• Armed with Science
  Panel on Makers and the military here at #candocamp Detroit. Check out the Armed with Science blog also tardec.army.mil
• Poster | Joey Roth
  Charlatan, Martyr, Hunter – brilliance from @joeyroth (via @swissmiss)
• Laurie Santos: A monkey economy as irrational as ours | Video on TED.com
  Neuroscientist Laurie Santos & her "monkeynomics" experiments show why we’re as irrational as monkeys
• If you were hacking since age 8, it means you were privileged. « Restructure!
  "If you were hacking since age 8, it means you were privileged" via @laurelatoreilly
• A Deeper Kind of Joblessness – Umair Haque – Harvard Business Review
  RT @pahlkadot We need high-quality demand, says @umairh, to have real jobs. And meaning in our lives, says I. Must read
• makerfaire.com: Maker Faire
  At the Make Can Do Camp at Eastern Market in Detroit, heading into #makerfaire weekend at the Henry Ford Museum.

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