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China hacks NYT
Foreign military vs US newspaper company
2013-01-31 china • nytimes • badtech • hacking
multiprocessing Basics
Nice Python tutorial
2013-01-31 via:kelso • python • multiprocessing • concurrency
Rails / YAML security flaw
The far reaching impact of a basic security design flaw
2013-01-31 security • rails • yaml • badtech • via:mbostock
Lens/Camera sharpness
Interesting use of data from photographers
2013-01-31 photography • photos • cameras • lenses
Mercator Puzzle!
Funny demo of projection distortions
2013-01-30 maps • projections • distortions • funny
Zonebox
A simple time management app for timeboxing
2013-01-30 timemanagement • productivity • via:onethingwell • mac
Infinite Street View
Simple viewer for Google Street View images as flat photos
2013-01-30 maps • google • streetview • cities
Unicode table
Nicely done presentation of all of Unicode
2013-01-30 unicode • table
Modem spectogram
Nice visualization of acoustic modem signalling
2013-01-30 via:hackernews • modem • spectogram
Digg
Redesigned, remarkably good link aggregator
2013-01-30 digg • via:kottke • web • news
migurski/d3map
Alternate D3 map tiles implementation
2013-01-30 d3js • maps • slippy • stamen
Why D3.js is so great
Nice summary of why this Javascript library has been so successful
2013-01-30 d3 • d3js • visualization • javascript
Tweet ping
Real time map visualization of live tweets
2013-01-30 twitter • firehose • realtime • map
Get Big Dick
"Boys --- a real rapid fire machine gun"
2013-01-29 funny • penis • ads • history • guns
Javascript Promises
Simple examples of a new asynchronous Javascript idiom
2013-01-29 async • asynchronous • javascript • via:hackernews
PHP: a fractal of bad design
A summary rant of all the things wrong with PHP
2013-01-29 php • badtech • rant • programming • via:mbostock
Google Map Maker is closed data
The problem with Google's map making
2013-01-29 google • maps • openstreetmap • osm • freedom • opendata
Being general counsel, by @amac
Twitter's amazing in house lawyer talks about the job
2013-01-29 legal • twitter • ethics
Lykovs of Siberia
Isolated family living alone
2013-01-29 sovietunion • russia • hermits • siberia • taiga
Google Maps North Korea
Citizen cartographers, proprietary edition
2013-01-29 openstreetmap • osm • northkorea • maps • google
Instagram vs Vine
It's funny because it's true!
2013-01-29 via:torrez • twitter • instagram • vine • funny • comic
Donuts on I-880
Saturday afternoon, middle of Oakland, major freeway shut down
2013-01-28 oakland • batshitinsane • cars • drifting
jsongeo
Github repository of various useful geographic data files
2013-01-28 geo • gis • json • geojson • topojson
FotoForensics
Online tool to try to detect manipulated images
2013-01-27 photography • photos • photoshop • analysis • jpeg
Newegg vs patent troll
Successfully litigated against a claim to own shopping carts
2013-01-27 patents • newegg • via:hackernews
Technoviking lawsuit
When memes go to court
2013-01-27 via:metafilter • technoviking • youtube • legal
$20,000 space game fight
Major brawl in Eve Online blows up a whole lot of ships
2013-01-27 games • ccp • eveonline • eve • goonswarm
Delphi compiler malware
Interesting virus targets a Windows compiler
2013-01-27 virus • malware • thompson • strangeloop • delphi
Central Valley broadband project
Bringing a big ass fiber cable through lots of rural california
2013-01-26 california • internet • broadband • nevadacounty • cvngbip
@BeijingAir
US embassy's unauthorized air quality monitoring from Beijing
2013-01-26 china • pollution • embassy • beijing
America's housing patterns
Great collection of aerial imagery
2013-01-25 urbanism • architecture • via:metafilter • housing • aerial
A Month with Apple's Fusion Drive
Some data on how it performs
2013-01-25 apple • ssd • storage
forwarding mail to Gmail
Tips on how to not confuse Gmail's spam filter
2013-01-24 spam • gmail • email • forwarding • smtp
Moonpath to Elsweyr
Skyrim fan quests, supposed to be good
2013-01-24 games • skyrim
Cheers from space
Invader's blog; French street artist
2013-01-24 invader • spaceinvader • art • paris • france • streetart
Actual Facebook Graph Searches
Search engines can be creepy
2013-01-23 privacy • facebook • search
Trendnet Exposed
Webcam is insecure by default; here's a map of a bunch of public access cameras
2013-01-22 maps • webcams • security • panopticon
Brewster Engineering
Blog from the New York startup doing better address books
2013-01-22 brewster • code • engineering • blog
New Eden Behind the Great Firewall
Notes from the Chinese version of Eve Online
2013-01-22 games • eveonline • ccp • china
Github blocked from China
Possibly the whole site was blocked to take down a single Javascript file
2013-01-22 freedom • china • github • programming
OldSchoolCool
A surprisingly good Reddit collection of photos
2013-01-21 photos • history • cool
Tron Legacy graphics
Notes from a visual artist
2013-01-21 art • tron • movies • via:hackernews
Why flat design?
Argument that high DPI displays end the need for skeuomorphic chicanery
2013-01-19 design • apple • ios
Subway pls respond
viral anti-advertising
2013-01-17 subway • food • facebook
js.geo wrapup
Nice notes from the Javascript/geography hacking event
2013-01-17 javascript • gis • geo
Is Scientology Self-Destructing?
Detailed investigation into Ideal Org real estate fundraising scams
2013-01-16 scientology • fraud • realestate • via:metafilter
OAuth in Javascript
The MapBox guys just don't stop delivering amazing code
2013-01-15 javascript • oauth • mapbox
Facebook graph search
Overview of Facebook finally doing search
2013-01-15 google • facebook • search
Migurski moving on
Reflections from a former Stamen guy
2013-01-15 stamen • migurski • design • career
Archive.is
Web service for archiving web pages at a specific moment. Handles Javascript
2013-01-15 javascript • archive • web
NGC / IC project
Cleaning and improving an important database of deep sky objets
2013-01-14 astronomy • data • stars • dss
Commonwealth of America
Alternate map based on watersheds
2013-01-14 maps • water • america
Drawing Water
Visualization of watershed flows and usage
2013-01-14 maps • visualization • watershed • water
IAmA a former nuclear missile officer
Fascinating questions for a guy who lived in a bunker with the death of the world at his fingers
2013-01-14 nuclear • airforce • bunker • reddit
Stamen changes
SF's smartest design firm has some turnover
2013-01-14 stamen • software • migurski
Aaron Swartz details
WSJ gets an interview, more background
2013-01-14 aaron • aaronswartz • justice • suicide
Deslidefied HTML
Web tool for turning a stupid web slideshow into a single web page
2013-01-14 content • web • slides • slideshow
Beijing smog pictures
China's own LA!
2013-01-13 pollution • china • beijing
Eric Schmidt looking at things
In the North Korean tradition
2013-01-13 google • ericschmidt • northkorea
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
An unauthorized collection of public domain papers
2013-01-12 science • jstor • academics • publishing • copyright
Lessig on Aaron Swartz
Righteous anger
2013-01-12 aaronsw • aaronswartz • lessig • justice
The HYG Database
A simple list of 120,000 important stars
2013-01-11 astronomy • data
Death Gambling
Crazy China story about gambling on when terminal patients die
2013-01-11 gambling • death • china
SunCalc
Simple overlay on Google Maps showing sun position during the day
2013-01-10 maps • sun • photography • astronomy
Working with Lindsey Lohan
Great story from the set of a microbudget film
2013-01-10 movies • lilo • linseylohan • via:metafilter
MonoGame
open source XNA implementation; used to build .NET games for Macs
2013-01-09 macos • games • mono • .net
When your house is burning down, you should brush your teeth
Particularly poignant web comic
2013-01-09 comic • cats
MCServer
Alternate Minecraft server in C++
2013-01-09 minecraft • games • server
Women as Academic Authors
Great data / visualization
2013-01-08 gender • writing • via:flowingdata • infovis
iOS Google Maps glitches
Interesting analysis of how Google does the rendering
2013-01-08 maps • google • ios
Guide to Reddit
Metafilter user has useful tips for making Reddit better
2013-01-07 reddit • metafilter • community
ASCIIcam
Webcam turned to ASCII art, all Javascript
2013-01-06 asciiart • javascript • cam • hack • fun
PlayOnMac
Another WINE packager for PC games on Macs
2013-01-06 mac • pc • wine • games
Beamer for Mac
Simple way to play video on AppleTV
2013-01-05 appletv • mac • video • via:onethingwell
def tree(): return defaultdict(tree)
a clever bit of Python
2013-01-05 python • via:migurski • code
CartoDB + D3
Nice embracing of D3 by a geo company
2013-01-05 gis • geodata • cartodb • d3 • javascript
Node.js memory leak tools
Ways to track Javascript leaks
2013-01-05 javascript • performance • memory • debugging
Long live IRC
Stats on the Other Internet system
2013-01-04 irc • chat • via:hackernews
Microsoft astroturfing
Some of the dirty PR tricks Microsoft employs
2013-01-04 microsoft • google • pr • ftc • antitrust
Warhol Geldzahler Hockney Goodman
Amazing photo by Dennis Hopper
2013-01-04 photo • art • warhol • hockney
20 Apple ][ games
Great little bit of nostalgia
2013-01-03 games • apple • apple2
Another SSL cert disaster
Turkish authority issues too powerful CA certificates
2013-01-03 ssl • security • badtech • google
Keybindings for D3
easy code
2013-01-03 d3 • javascript • code
Homosockuality
Old network protocol error; sockets had to have different parity on the port number
2013-01-02 funny • gay • network
Kibera life
Narrative of life in a Nairobi slum
2013-01-01 nairobi • kenya • slums • kibera