Entries from May 2011 ↓

• Lost And Found – The Rumpus.net
• Normalize CSS : necolas/normalize.css @ GitHub
  Normalize.css is a customisable CSS file that makes browsers render all elements more consistently and in line with modern standards. We researched the differences between default browser styles in order to precisely target only the styles that need normalizing.
• What’s Killing Your Wi-Fi? – Slashdot
  What’s killing your wifi? Tools for figuring out what’s wrong with your wireless network
• Better Text Analysis With Saplo’s New API
  ReadWriteHack: Better Text Analysis With Saplo’s New API
• Carl’s Little Stillfugue | Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most…
  "Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the…"
• Gem Versioning and Bundler: Doing it Right « Katz Got Your Tongue?
• How to Clear Floated Elements with CSS | Think Vitamin
• You Are Solving The Wrong Problem « Aza on Design
  #leanstartup story via @mikeloukides: Key to human powered flight was building a plane that couldd be repaired quickly
• Gretchen Morgenson: The ‘Reckless’ Origins Of The Financial Meltdown : NPR
  RT @mbrokering: Gretchen Morgenson: How ‘Reckless’ Greed Contributed To Financial Crisis |

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• Where Netanyahu fails himself and Israel – The Washington Post
  RT @imran: "#netanyahu will be remembered only as a person before the person who made peace – a comma in history"
• Hunewill Guest Ranch
  @michaelmuchira #50Kings was held at the Hunewill Ranch in Bridgeport, CA @TheMan organized a group of us to go
• 50Kings – a set on Flickr
  My photos from the #50Kings cattle drive last week It was a blast. More and
• 50Kings – a set on Flickr
  My photos from the #50Kings cattle drive last week It was a blast. More and
• Cattle Drive – a set on Flickr
  My photos from the #50Kings cattle drive last week It was a blast. More and
• Log In – The New York Times
  Fascinating article about conjoined twins sharing a mind The world is full of wonders
• KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR by Lisa Randall | Kirkus Book Reviews
  Congrats to @lirarandall on review of her forthcoming book: "A tour of subatomic physics that dazzles like the stars"
• Worst ever carbon emissions leave climate on the brink | Environment | The Guardian
  Carbon emissions at a new all time high, despite goals to reduce them. Bad news via @tweetmeme
• This Time Lapse Video of the Very Large Telescope At Work is the Coolest Thing You’ll See Today | Popular Science
  Astonishing time lapse video of night sky as seen by Very Large Telescope array in Chile good stuff starts about 40 sec
• Slim3
  "Slim3 is a full-stack MVC framework optimized for Google App Engine/Java, and you can use Slim3 as just a datastore framework, too." Claims to support global transactions between multiple entity groups.

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• Grand Rapid responds to declining city charge with lip dub YouTube Internet video
  | Mail Online
  Here’s a bit more about the making of the video via @carlmalamud Now THIS is #gov20, citizen participation FTW!
• YouTube
  – ‪The Grand Rapids LipDub (NEW WORLD RECORD)‬‏
  Love it. Grand Rapids responds to Newsweek article calling it a dying city with a boisterous YouTube video Heartwarming
• FDA Sued To Stop Antibiotic Abuse On Factory Farms – Slashdot
  Yes! FDA Sued To Stop Antibiotic Abuse On Factory Farms We need to save antibiotics from extinction 🙂
• After Combat, the Unexpected Perils of Coming Home – NYTimes.com
• preview of oblong’s mezzanine system on Vimeo
  Mesmerizingly seamless sharing of digital information. RT @kjhollen: Oblong’s new Mezzanine system:
• Drawing on the iPad: 12 touchscreen styluses reviewed Review | Accessories | iOS Central | Macworld
  @joe_hill Rather, capacitative stylus.
  I have the Griffin.
• Women’s Policy Institute – womensfoundca.org
• Log In – The New York Times
  Agree. RT @mikeloukides The US hasn’t "binged," it’s given robber barons a free ride. That’s different.
• Clustering in Ruby – Colin Drake – colinfdrake.com
• …the deadline – What I Learned In Joplin
• FT.com / FT Magazine – Lady Gaga takes tea with Mr Fry
• Ads Implant False Memories | Wired Science | Wired.com
• What Really Keeps Poor People Poor | JonBischke.com
  Good insight: "Poverty is not deprivation. It is isolation." via @pahlkadot

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• The Best Chocolate Mousse of Your Life Under 5 Minutes : Cafe Fernando – Food Blog – chocolate mousse recipe – herve this – Chocolate
• Shortcut Manager – Chrome Web Store
  Customize shortcut keys; Assign any Javascript code or browser actions to any key strokes.
• Celebrities in the Renaissance
• Why I’m excited about joining Singly « We’ll see | Matt Zimmerman
  So delighted to see @mdzimm joining @singlyinc Adds another great team member to a great project!
• I know I’ve been talking about the potential of…
  RT @bryce News from the Future Friday- Kinect powered conference calls / This is one of those "whoa" moments
• Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus – An online thesaurus and dictionary of over 145,000 words that you explore using an interactive map.
• Medicare and Mediscares – NYTimes.com
• sytsew_27-5-2011_13aweb | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
  RT @bateman2012: @timoreilly not only in the us. This has been in spain. Today. just check #bcnsinmiedo hashtag
• Don Tapscott: G8 and the Internet: Sarkozy Messes With a Good Thing
  I agree with @dtapscott: G8 and the Internet: Sarkozy Messes With a Good Thing
• Ovaltine, Vegemite Banned in Denmark – FoxNews.com
• The best science fiction books | Books | guardian.co.uk
• The U.S. Postal Service Nears Collapse – BusinessWeek
• Compound offers pain relief without the complications : Nature News
• "Literally Unbelievable"

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• To-day’s news, comments and reviews from The Manchester Guardian 1821 Edition
• Why White Men Should Refuse to Be on Panels of All White Men – Media – GOOD
• Who benefits when New York upgrades its ‘user experience’? | Capital New York
• Simplify with Objectify: a lightweight persistence framework for AppEngine « TurboManage
• Using GWT RequestFactory with Objectify « TurboManage
• Official Google Research Blog: More Google Contributions to the Broader Scientific Community
• Availability in Globally Distributed Storage Systems
• Official Google Research Blog: Building resources to syntactically parse the web
• Google Public Data Explorer
• A link between climate change and Joplin tornadoes? Never! – The Washington Post
• How To Use Correlate, Google’s New Data-Mining Tool, To Help Your Business
  How To Use Correlate, Google’s New Data-Mining Tool, To Help Your …
• Southern hairy-nosed wombat found in Victoria – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  Yay! RT @sciencenewsgeek: I know @allinthemind will like this story. Southern hairy-nosed wombat discovered in Victoria
• Writing Kit · Unitasking at its finest
• Gitbox — version control app for Mac
• curiosity counts – Scientists unveil the most complete map of the…
  Scientists reveal the most complete map of the universe ever created
• One Per Cent: Google Correlate passes our severe weather test
  Google Correlate passes our severe weather test.Try it with your own real-world data!
• Watch Movies Online for Free – Clicker
  Another place to find out which movies are available where online:
• Mac Defender: Pay attention but don’t panic | Antivirus & Security | Macworld
• Partnering with EMC to Bring Data Scientists into the Fellowship | Code for America
  Great to see @EMCcorp partnering with @codeforamerica to take advantage of data science for gov
• BBC Nature – Giant water bug photographed devouring baby turtle
  Giant water bug photographed eating a baby turtle and a snake.
• HTML5 Canvas
  – O’Reilly Media
  RT @OReillyMedia #Ebook Deal/Day: #HTML5 Canvas – $15.99 (Save 50%) w/code DDM94
• YouTube
  – ‪まるです３。 -I am Maru 3.-‬‏
  This kitty video might as well depict a coder’s workday: Happy birthday, Maru.
• Mobile apps and the quiet handling of data – O’Reilly Radar
  "Just because it’s in your pocket doesn’t make it private." Why the UDID lets developers know more than cookies do
• Sign up for two important (and free) TOC webcasts – O’Reilly Radar
  Next week’s 2 free TOC webcasts feature 5 publishing startups & eReader trends: Register now. #toccon
• How You Can Spot A Republican: A Joke
  Recycled political joke with a lot of truth to it. #whybothpartiesfail
• BBC News – Egyptian pyramids found by infra-red satellite images
  Space archaeology uncovers lost pyramids via @slashdot

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• Student finds Universe’s missing mass | Science Blog
• There’s a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says | Danger Room | Wired.com
• BBC News – Political prisoner: ‘I owe Amnesty International my life’
• 140-character micro-resumes change job applications in China – TNW Asia
  RT @TheNextWeb: 140-character micro-resumes change job applications in China by @francistan on @TheNextWebAsia
• 2011 finalists « Best Illusion of the Year Contest
  Best optical illusion of the year contest. via @slashdot
• Members of Congress Get Abnormally High Returns From Their Stocks
  Algorithmic evidence of systematic insider trading by members of Congress. Not a smoking gun, but interesting.
• Enhanced Cryptex by pbloom – Thingiverse
  A nice example of the kind of things people make with a 3D printer. Peter Bloom’s cryptex for a friend:
• Make: Online | The Knot Zoo
  RT @randydeutsch: I’m sorry, but this is just to fabulous to pass up: The Knot Zoo from Make magazine @OReillyMedia
• USA.gov: The U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal
  RT @opba: Get inspired to Make it work by @timoreilly and @ystrickler at the LOC digital preservation partners meeting …

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• paulirish/html5-boilerplate – GitHub
  starting html/css template.
• Summify – A link between climate change and Joplin tornadoes? Never!
• Twitpic – Share photos and videos on Twitter
  Finally made it to Hunewill Ranch for 50 Kings cattle drive. Cell signal about 2 miles away. Amazing scenery
• Web Start Women

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• Boy Or Girl? 4-Month-Old Being Raised Genderless | Babys First Year Blog
• Baboon Culture

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• 25 Abandoned Soviet Monuments that look like they’re from the Future | Crack Two
  Awesome images. RT @pkedrosky Abandoned Yugoslavia monuments that look like they’re from the future –
• PLA Develops First Person Shooter With US Troops as Targets – Slashdot
  Chinese Army Develops First Person Shooter With US Troops as Targets
• Future of Web Apps Vegas 27th – 29th June 2011 | Schedule
  RT @fowa: Very excited to announce that @timoreilly will be joining us on stage at FOWA Vegas!
• Joe Wikert’s iPadHound Blog: Hitpad
  RT @jwikert: Hitpad is another great (and free) news and trending tool for your iPad app arsenal:
• Maharaja Indian Cafe – Now Open – Austin, TX
• Umair HaqueEudaimonicsRedesigning Global Prosperity.
  RT @umairh: (The Numbers Behind) The Opulence Bubble:
• Smart Pajamas Monitor Patients With Sleep Disorder – Slashdot
  Smart Pajamas Monitor Patients With Sleep Disorders Shades of The Graduate: "Sensors, my boy, sensors!" #quantifiedself
• 500px is Photography
• Windows® Internals, Fifth Edition
  – O’Reilly Media
  RT @MicrosoftPress #Ebook Deal/Day: Windows Internals, 5th Edition – $27.99 (Save 50%) w/code DDW5E
• The Technium: Makers on Parade
  Makers on Parade: @kevin2kelly’s encomium to this year’s #makerfaire San Mateo. Detroit, NYC later this year
• Twitpic – Share photos and videos on Twitter
  Life-size mousetrap game at #makerfaire. Kickstarter campaign to bring it to schools
• The Lifesize Mousetrap’s 2011 tour powered by VEGETABLE OIL! by lifesize mousetrap — Kickstarter
  Life-size mousetrap game at #makerfaire. Kickstarter campaign to bring it to schools
• Twitpic – Share photos and videos on Twitter
  Citiblocks look like they are going over big with the kids at #makerfaire The power of simplicity
• Twitpic – Share photos and videos on Twitter
  Citiblocks look like they are going over big with the kids at #makerfaire The power of simplicity
• Twitpic – Share photos and videos on Twitter
  Amazed to find the US Patent and Trademark Office at #makerfaire. They are paying attention to DIY innovation!

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• Chrome Experiments – "Google Body" by Google
• Locus Online News » 2010 Nebula Awards Winners
• How God is managing the 2011 rapture – The Oatmeal
• How Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s arrest awoke a dormant anger in the heart of France’s women | World news | The Observer
  How Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s arrest awoke a dormant anger in the heart of #France’s #women – fascinating
• Open science: a future shaped by shared experience | Education | The Observer
  Hey! I’ve got a piece in today’s Observer about the open science movement:
• A New Patent Application from Apple Introduces us to a Breakthrough Platform Independent Word Processor – Patently Apple
  Apple patent for word processor & other apps in the cloud w/ platform independent layout & font metrics (Could be huge)
• Publish 2 May Have Just Solved The Web-Print Publishing Problem | paulbalcerak.com
  "Publish 2 May Have Just Solved The Web-Print Publishing Problem" | paulbalcerak.com /Interesting
• Mobile Reading REALLY Comes of Age — An Information-packed Slide Deck Worth Viewing « The Scholarly Kitchen
  Lots of good stats in this presentation on mobile devices and e-reading:
• Is graphene a miracle material?
• Straight Talk On Fixing Health Care: The Innovator’s Prescription – Steve Denning – RETHINK – Forbes
  Clayton Christensen weighs in on #healthcare: The Innovator’s Prescription Love Peter Drucker’s insight quoted here
• Congress Just Sold You Out: Leadership Plans To Extend Patriot Act For Four Years With NO Concessions | Techdirt
  Congress Just Sold You Out: Leadership Plans To Extend Patriot Act For Four Years With NO Concessions #needsoversight
• Log In – The New York Times
  NYT review of "Join The Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform The World" – (this is what I just purchased)
• Blenheim Ginger Ale, Blenheims Ginger Ale : Blenheim Shrine
• Jay McInerney: The rich and powerful in handcuffs: one of the great sights of New York –
  Commentators, Opinion – The Independent
  Jay McInerney sez the rich and powerful in handcuffs is one of the great sights of New York.
• Warner Bros. Forced To Fight For Fair Use – Slashdot
  As they used to say "What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander." Warner Bros now forced to fight for fair use
• makerfaire – Flickr: Search
  #makerfaire photos on flickr
• Empathy in shades of grey « Mind Hacks
  Empathy in shades of grey: Scientific American has an insightful and beautifully written article asking whether …
• Combating addiction: Can a vaccine stop drug abuse? | The Economist
  Is it possible to vaccinate people against addictive drugs? The Economist on a possible meth vaccine

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