Nelson's Linkblog 2013-06

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Hydrological map of Canada

Beautiful print rendered

2013-06-29 maps • hydrology • rivers

Lara Croft, twink

Delicious game, should be true.

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

Fun dynamic visualization

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

Experimental web protocol, UDP based

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

The Criminal NSA

Mass US surveillance of Americans is simply not legal

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

TauDEM tutorial

How to do hydrographic analysis of DEM data

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

Louisiana voter test

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

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

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

DynamicMapsEngineLayer

Google Maps launches client side vector processing

2013-06-27 maps • vectormaps • googlemaps

NSA spying on US email

The idea NSA is international only is long since gone.

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

Opera cert stolen

Intrusion at the browser manufacturer, some bad news

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

Democracy in Texas

Citizens pack the legislature building to defend abortion rights

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

SkyMall + shady company

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

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

Just Enough SVG

Nice intro to using SVG, particularly for D3

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

Download YouTube, Vimeo, and other videos. Quite capable

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

Popular Fanfic on GoodReads

It's not all garbage!

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

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

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

Google/Zagat debacle

Gossip about a screwed up acquisition

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

Gateway app to rape culture

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

ESRI Shapefile code in Python, no dependencies

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

Quickmeme caught gaming Reddit

Vote bots, infiltrated moderator account, what a mess

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

Browser password stores

Not safe from malware

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

A real thing that really existed

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

Google's new interview thoughts

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

2013-06-20 interviews • google • tech

Mt.Gox suspends withdrawals

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

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

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 water • india • well • architecture • stairs • steps

third party search engine for Vine videos

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

Ghostery business model

Ad tracking blocker sells aggregate stats to ad companies

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

Code for America fellowships

Applications open until July 31

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

Password agent, particularly good for groups

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

To Heaven by Subway

Lovely 1938 article about Coney Island

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

Summaries of terms of service for web sites

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

One button free Linux box, for 35 minutes

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

Whistleblower welcome in China

Editorial from official government media

2013-06-15 china • oped • snowden • nsa • 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 rivers • maps • dailymail • me • nelson

Leaflet + Nominatim

Add search to open source maps

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

Web Mercator history

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

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

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

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

Twitter's defense of user privacy

How @amac and Twitter resist government snooping

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

Details of how Yahoo got forced in to PRISM

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

Towel folding robot

Crazy bit of autonomous robotics. Dainty!

2013-06-14 robots • folding • ai

US corps work for NSA

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

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

Snark on stock photography

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

Rubio hates fags

Republican sponsor of immigration bill is a bigot

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

Checkerboard Hill

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

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

Jade HTML templates

Clean approach for HTML5

2013-06-13 javscript • html • template

Coursera's backbone stack

Nice roundup of Javascript technologies

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

What's inside Barbie?

Artist turns Barbie into an anatomical model

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

IAmA James Bamford

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

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

Schneier on Snowden

Direct, simple editorial saying the NSA misconduct needs investigation

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

Google Glass teardown

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

Training young fascists

Children kick a woman at a Russian gay pride parade

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

Classic Movies in Miniature Style

Movie posters done in an Ottoman art style

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

New California Water Atlas

Project for open mapping of CA water

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

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

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

Simple map compositing by Stamen

2013-06-10 maps • stamen • design

Details on NSA's program to spy on China

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

Mike Bostock's 2013 Eyeo talk, in transcript form

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

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 nsa • privacy • courage • whistleblower

alternate malloc, fast under concurrent allocation

2013-06-08 malloc • performance

ops code for OpenStreetMap

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

A naughty poem from 1673

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

We need whistleblowers

Bruce Schneier's comments on recent NSA revelations

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

Stamen Mars map

Interesting 3d map with a slippy-like UI

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

NSA + US Internet companies

Yet more surveillance

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

NSA domestic surveillance

Confirmation of civil liberties abuse

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

Google's awful reviews

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

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

Geo for Bootstrap

Reskin your modern website with a vintage touch

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

Etsy - The Recruit

amusing recruiting video

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

TopoJSON Distillery

Handy little web tool for creating TopoJSON

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

Discreet frisk?

Sometimes Metafilter gets batshit-insane questions

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

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 • seanparker • facebook • wealth • nouveauriche

Arya reacts to Red Wedding

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

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

The terrible secret of Tom Bombadil

An alternate interpretation of Tolkein

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

Open Data Stack Exchange

Great topic for a stack exchange

2013-06-02 data • opendata • maps