Nelson's Linkblog 2013-06

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Hydrological map of Canada

Beautiful print rendered

2013-06-29 hydrology • maps • rivers

Lara Croft, twink

Delicious game, should be true.

2013-06-29 funny • games • gay • gender • tombraider

Fun dynamic visualization

2013-06-29 d3 • d3js • javascript • visualization

Experimental web protocol, UDP based

2013-06-29 http • internet • quic • spdy • tcpip • udp • web

The Criminal NSA

Mass US surveillance of Americans is simply not legal

2013-06-28 civilrights • nsa • privacy • snowden • surveillance

TauDEM tutorial

How to do hydrographic analysis of DEM data

2013-06-28 dem • gis • hydrography • maps • rivers • via:bobws

Louisiana voter test

2013-06-28 louisiana • civilrights • discrimination • racism • voting • votingrights • vra

Another Vector map approach; generate SVG on the server, have the client render

2013-06-28 mapbox • mapnik • maps • svg • tilemill • vectormaps • vectortiles

DynamicMapsEngineLayer

Google Maps launches client side vector processing

2013-06-27 googlemaps • maps • vectormaps

NSA spying on US email

The idea NSA is international only is long since gone.

2013-06-27 badtech • email • nsa • privacy • snowden • surveillance

Opera cert stolen

Intrusion at the browser manufacturer, some bad news

2013-06-27 badtech • opera • security • via:hackernews

Democracy in Texas

Citizens pack the legislature building to defend abortion rights

2013-06-26 abortion • democracy • texas • video

SkyMall + shady company

In-flight ad company merges with an alleged reverse-merger pump-n-dump company

2013-06-26 advertising • finance • fraud • skymall • xhibit

Just Enough SVG

Nice intro to using SVG, particularly for D3

2013-06-25 d3js • graphics • html • svg • web

Download YouTube, Vimeo, and other videos. Quite capable

2013-06-25 download • plex • video • youtube

Popular Fanfic on GoodReads

It's not all garbage!

2013-06-25 books • fanfic • goodreads • writing

Obvious company Branch launches a social link sharing thing. It's pretty good.

2013-06-25 branch • goldman • jasongoldman • linkblog • links • obvious • potluck

Google/Zagat debacle

Gossip about a screwed up acquisition

2013-06-25 google • gossip • local • politics • zagat

Gateway app to rape culture

2013-06-25 disgusting • facebook • rapeculture • sexism

ESRI Shapefile code in Python, no dependencies

2013-06-24 esri • geo • gis • python • shapefile

Quickmeme caught gaming Reddit

Vote bots, infiltrated moderator account, what a mess

2013-06-23 ads • fraud • memes • quickmeme • reddit

Browser password stores

Not safe from malware

2013-06-21 badtech • chrome • passwords • security • via:hackernews

A real thing that really existed

2013-06-21 donaldtrump • food • funny • steak • toupee

Google's new interview thoughts

Current head of HR completely turns Google's engineer interview process on its head

2013-06-20 google • interviews • tech

Mt.Gox suspends withdrawals

Biggest BitCoin exchange unilaterally decides you can no longer withdraw US dollars

2013-06-20 bitcoin • fraud • money • usd • via:hackernews

The Summoner's Code

One game company's efforts to turn a toxic community into a fun team culture

2013-06-19 ethics • games • leagueoflegends

Your Brain-Gun: Turn The Safety Off

The power of metaphor

2013-06-18 funny • onion • ted • tedx

Beautiful Indian wells built with steps down to the water

2013-06-18 architecture • india • stairs • steps • water • well

third party search engine for Vine videos

2013-06-18 search • twitter • via:theatlantic • video • vine

Ghostery business model

Ad tracking blocker sells aggregate stats to ad companies

2013-06-18 ads • advertising • cookies • disconnectme • ghostery • privacy

Code for America fellowships

Applications open until July 31

2013-06-17 codeforamerica • government • job • migurski • volunteer

Password agent, particularly good for groups

2013-06-17 authentication • identity • login • password

To Heaven by Subway

Lovely 1938 article about Coney Island

2013-06-17 1938 • coneyisland • newyork • summer

Summaries of terms of service for web sites

2013-06-16 funny • licenses • termsofservice • tos • useful

One button free Linux box, for 35 minutes

2013-06-16 ec2 • linux • server • via:metafilter

Whistleblower welcome in China

Editorial from official government media

2013-06-15 china • nsa • oped • snowden • surveillance

Daily Mail on my river map

Funny how many inaccuracies they can cram in a 50 word article, but any press is good press

2013-06-15 dailymail • maps • me • nelson • rivers

Leaflet + Nominatim

Add search to open source maps

2013-06-15 leaflet • maps • nominatim • openstreetmap

Web Mercator history

the clusterfuck that is the most common map projection in use in the world

2013-06-15 gis • google • googlemaps • maps • projections • via:migurski

couple of months old, but Notch is stuck on the game

2013-06-14 0x10c • games • minecraft • mojang • notch

Twitter's defense of user privacy

How @amac and Twitter resist government snooping

2013-06-14 amac • nsa • prism • privacy • surveillance • twitter

Details of how Yahoo got forced in to PRISM

2013-06-14 badtech • fisa • nsa • prism • privacy • surveillance • yahoo

Towel folding robot

Crazy bit of autonomous robotics. Dainty!

2013-06-14 ai • folding • robots

US corps work for NSA

Details of how companies help out intelligence, well beyond legal requirements

2013-06-14 badtech • microsoft • nsa • privacy • security • surveillance

Snark on stock photography

2013-06-14 funny • getty • photos • via:metafilter

Rubio hates fags

Republican sponsor of immigration bill is a bigot

2013-06-14 civilrights • florida • gay • gayrights • immigration • rubio

Checkerboard Hill

Nice set of photos and history from Hong Kong's infamous old airport

2013-06-13 airport • aviation • hongkong • kaitak

Jade HTML templates

Clean approach for HTML5

2013-06-13 html • javscript • template

Coursera's backbone stack

Nice roundup of Javascript technologies

2013-06-13 backbone • code • coursera • javascript

What's inside Barbie?

Artist turns Barbie into an anatomical model

2013-06-13 anatomy • art • barbie • funny • via:reddit

IAmA James Bamford

America's best investigative journalist on the NSA does Q&A on Reddit

2013-06-13 civilliberties • nsa • privacy • reddit • surveillance

Schneier on Snowden

Direct, simple editorial saying the NSA misconduct needs investigation

2013-06-12 civilrights • nsa • snowden • surveillance

Google Glass teardown

2013-06-12 glass • google • via:hackernews • wearables

Training young fascists

Children kick a woman at a Russian gay pride parade

2013-06-12 fascism • gay • russia • via:reddit

Classic Movies in Miniature Style

Movie posters done in an Ottoman art style

2013-06-11 art • movies • ottoman • via:burritojustice

New California Water Atlas

Project for open mapping of CA water

2013-06-11 california • maps • sotmus • water

Style your own OSM vector tile map and share it, all in the browser

2013-06-10 mapbox • maps • tilemill • vectortiles

Simple map compositing by Stamen

2013-06-10 design • maps • stamen

Details on NSA's program to spy on China

2013-06-10 badtech • china • nsa • privacy • surveillance • us

Mike Bostock's 2013 Eyeo talk, in transcript form

2013-06-10 bostock • d3 • eyeo • visualization

3d printing with garbage

Cheap 3d printers that use recycled materials to make large objects

2013-06-10 3dprinting • prototyping • recycling • reed

Edward Snowden interview

Whistleblower on the NSA, really amazing direct statement

2013-06-10 courage • nsa • privacy • whistleblower

alternate malloc, fast under concurrent allocation

2013-06-08 malloc • performance

ops code for OpenStreetMap

2013-06-08 code • devops • maps • openstreetmap • osm

A naughty poem from 1673

2013-06-08 17thcentury • funny • poem • sex

We need whistleblowers

Bruce Schneier's comments on recent NSA revelations

2013-06-07 nsa • privacy • security • surveillance

Stamen Mars map

Interesting 3d map with a slippy-like UI

2013-06-07 3d • maps • mars • stamen • threedjs

NSA + US Internet companies

Yet more surveillance

2013-06-06 civilrights • google • nsa • surveillance • via:hackernews

NSA domestic surveillance

Confirmation of civil liberties abuse

2013-06-06 civilrights • liberties • nsa • privacy • surveillance

Google's awful reviews

Entice SF people to review restaurants by offering a Chipotle gift certificate

2013-06-06 awful • chipotle • food • google • sanfrancisco

Geo for Bootstrap

Reskin your modern website with a vintage touch

2013-06-05 bootstrap • css • design • funny • twitter • via:hackernews

Etsy - The Recruit

amusing recruiting video

2013-06-05 etsy • hiring • recruiting • software

TopoJSON Distillery

Handy little web tool for creating TopoJSON

2013-06-05 d3 • d3js • geo • geojson • maps • topojson

Discreet frisk?

Sometimes Metafilter gets batshit-insane questions

2013-06-04 batshitinsane • crazy • frisking • guns • metafilter

The network is reliable

Roundup of stories from distributed systems failures

2013-06-04 cap • network • reliability

Sean Parker's wedding

Arrogance of wealth

2013-06-04 bigsur • california • facebook • nouveauriche • seanparker • wealth

Arya reacts to Red Wedding

Actress does a Vine. Game of Throne spoilers, of course.

2013-06-04 actors • arya • funny • gameofthrones • grrm

The terrible secret of Tom Bombadil

An alternate interpretation of Tolkein

2013-06-02 bombadil • books • fantasy • lotr • tolkein

Open Data Stack Exchange

Great topic for a stack exchange

2013-06-02 data • maps • opendata