How I Gave Up Alternating Current | Mostly Harmless
“How I Gave Up Alternating Current” -> “How I offloaded my lifestyle to developing countries.” »
Theft, Lies, and Facebook Video — Medium
Facebook is lying...and cheating...and also stealing in order to be able to call itself #1 in online video »
You May Have Seen My Face on BART — Medium
“You May Have Seen My Face on BART” by @isisAnchalee »
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Designing for Performance by Lara Callender Hogan
I'm thrilled to announce that Designing for Performance is now available for free online »
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Women take a place at the pinball table - Offworld
Today on @offworld Laura takes us inside a women's pinball league. Amazing story! »
Darren Wilson Is Racist, As It Turns Out
Darren Wilson Is Racist, As It Turns Out »
The other reasons F.A.T. Lab died. · GitHub
R.I.P. @fffffat. Immensely proud to have been a part of this collective. Goodbye letters: & »
apple-watch-hero.jpg • Droplr
I’ve had an Apple Watch for 3 months. Here are my thoughts so far. »
Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
What! An open access journal for sociology simulations? This is an @Explorables GOLD MINE http://t.c… »
The Kingdom of Loathing
August's Item-of-the-Month is here! Come dance with us at the fabulous That 70s Volcano! »
Purify for iOS: [Refined] Sneak-Peek - YouTube
My relationship with ad blockers is obviously a bit conflicted. But it's easy to see how nice it could be on mobile »
bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2015/08/little-big-burger-sold-to-north-carolina.html
Hooters, Little Big Burger, it’s all the same thing now (sorta). »
An Open Letter to My White Friends - Life as I Know It
Dear White friends, everyone will need to retake the entrance exam »
Sell Tickets, Create Events & Discover Experiences - Universe
So, just so you know, mails people who run Eventbrite events and tries to make them switch services. … »
The League's Montauk party - Business Insider
A story from an alternate reality where the Nazis won the war. »
jakearchibald.com/2015/if-we-stand-still-we-go-backwards
Should we stop developing the web for a year? Is it getting too complicated? I don't think so htt… »
Glitter
wish these worked like the video on the site (gifs on actual cards) »
bird and moon
New comic about bees. Thanks @bug_gwen for some bug tips! »
DC SHOES: ROBBIE MADDISON'S "PIPE DREAM" - YouTube
Will somebody please make this dirt bike surfing game?? »
Cockney Speak MLE David Beckham Innit - YouTube
Multi-cultural London English »
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How Oregon is taking a leading role in the national tech scene. (Hint: it involves @skipnewberry) »
Silicon Valley Wants To Sell You Co-Living Like It Sold You Co-Working - BuzzFeed News
Today is a good reminder that @nitashatiku is one the best reporters in tech »
Internet Law Is a Garbage Fire, Let's Watch It Burn Together | Motherboard
Color me V STOKED to have @sarahjeong join MB as a contributing editor: The perfect voice for very u… »
Silicon Valley Wants To Sell You Co-Living Like It Sold You Co-Working - BuzzFeed News
Great @nitashatiku unpacking of "co-living" spaces, but I'm 99% sure the lead art is a $$$ Connecticut Ave. condo »
Privacy Lab Tickets, San Francisco | Eventbrite
In the bay area? Interested in online privacy? Come join us at Thoughtworks on August 27th for Privacy Lab! »
A giant inflatable Minion flew loose and caused traffic havoc in Santry
A giant inflatable Minion flew loose and caused traffic havoc in Santry this afternoon: http://t.… »
Review: Three Months of Apple Watch — 512 Pixels
I’ve had an Apple Watch for 3 months. Here are my thoughts so far. »
How I Gave Up Alternating Current | Mostly Harmless
The creator of soylent has seen fit to please the gods of Ha with this further blog post (thanks @waxpancake!) »
Broadly
And we're live! Meet @broadly, the site you thought would already exist by now »
Bizarre moment BBC reporter taps imaginary iPad in his hand - YouTube
BBC reporter signs off news bulletin by swiping on an imaginary iPad. »
DC SHOES: ROBBIE MADDISON'S "PIPE DREAM" - YouTube
Keep watching. This will blow your mind »
R.E.M - Radio Free Europe_So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) - YouTube
R.E.M. "Radio Free Europe" and "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" on Late Night With David Letterman, 1983 »
fffff.at/rip
RIP @fffffat. So many great projects came out of there. Goodbye letter: Thoughts from @kcimc »
Mike Bracken – Leaving government
By me, on my blog: Am off. My last challenge will be to set up digital centre of Govt for next Parlia… »
Lion-killing dentist vs. Donald Trump's sons: spot the difference - Boing Boing
Lion-killing douchebag dentist vs. Donald Trump's two douchebag sons: spot the difference. »
Wow! signal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This looks like a cat walking on someone’s keyboard, but gave me chills. »
David Cameron will publish the financial details and viewing habits of all UK porn-watchers - Boing Boing
David Cameron will publish the financial details and viewing habits of all UK porn-watchers »
genius.it/robrhinehart.com/?p=1331
find my long-form goofing on this dude »
The Apogee MiC: Hands-On Review - YouTube
A quick hands-on video with @haddiebird on the Apogee MiC, an awesome, portable USB mic. »
snpy.tv/1STbXjG
We owe it to our kids to act on climate change. Here's our #CleanPowerPlan. It's the biggest step we've ever taken. »
Wellesley in Tech/Art: Edlyn Yuen ‘09 (@edlynyuen)... | Wellesley Underground
Wellesley in Tech/Art: Edlyn Yuen ‘09 (@edlynyuen) at - WU: Thanks for taking the time to... ht… »
Daily Dose from Joey X
On this day, August 3rd, in 1979: Talking Heads and Sire Records released “Fear of Music” »
Internet Law Is a Garbage Fire, Let's Watch It Burn Together | Motherboard
Internet law is a garbage fire, let's watch it burn together. Also, WELCOME @sarahjeong! http://t.c… »
DeepBeat: What Happens When a Robot Writes Rhymes for Rappers? :: How We Get To Next
We asked a robot to write rhymes for real-world rappers. The results aren't bad! »
swiss-miss.com/2015/08/how-new-york-citys-subway-technologies-are-being-modernized.html
An astounding behind-the-scenes video about the technologies running the NYC subway system. »
5 bizarre board games you should try playing just once - Boing Boing
5 bizarre board games you should try playing just once »
67 donors and gusher of cash change 2016 race - Kenneth P. Vogel and Tarini Parti and Theodoric Meyer - POLITICO
"The 67 biggest donors [to super PACs]...donated 3 times as much as the 508,000 smallest donors combined" »
UK ECHELON journalist: "Snowden proved spies need accountability" - Boing Boing
Journalist who exposed global spy network ECHELON: "Snowden proved spies need accountability." »
Proof-of-concept firmware worm targets Apple computers - Boing Boing
Researchers have created a proof-of-concept firmware worm that targets Macs. #Apple #malware #security »
boingboing.net/2015/08/03/windows-10-defaults-to-keylogg.html
Windows 10 defaults to keylogging, harvesting browser history, purchases, and covert listening »
Hong Kong protesters take to the street in bras: "breasts aren't weapons" - Boing Boing
Hong Kong protesters take to the street in bras: "breasts aren't weapons" »
Apartment Hunting & Commuting Survey
Do you have opinions about apt hunting & commuting? Take my survey & help me research my @Hackbright final project!... »
The Problem We All Live With | This American Life
This week’s @ThisAmerLife episode has me thinking a lot about my own schooling. »
Best podcast episode ever - Mystery Show Case #3: Belt Buckle - Boing Boing
This is correct, episode 3 of @MysteryShow is the best single episode of a podcast ever. »
NSA conducted commercial espionage against Japanese government and businesses - Boing Boing
NSA conducted commercial espionage against Japanese government and businesses #tpp »
fffff.at/rip
R.I.P. @fffffat. Immensely proud to have been a part of this collective. Goodbye letters: & »
Set background svg color in CSS
Ooh, great resource! Sass functions to convert normal SVG code into cross-browser data URIs: Thank… »
You're Worrying About the Wrong Bees | WIRED
This @bug_gwen article clears up a lot of bee misconceptions I didn’t even realize I had. (via @beatricebiology) »
Status Board on the App Store on iTunes
Yes. Status Board 2. New UI. New panels. Multiple boards. And… FREE?! Yes, 6 panels free! ($9.99 for six more.) Go!! https://t.c… »
OMG! First Use of Abbreviation Found in a 1917 Letter to Winston Churchill | TIME.com
This is the first recorded use of "OMG": a 1917 letter from John Fisher to Winston Churchill http://… »
Inside the sad, expensive failure of Google+
The death of Streams will be mourned by far fewer than mourned the untimely death of Reader »
panda eating popcorn
This day will be a good day. Because it's @map day. »
Humanity Still Producing New Art As Though Megadeth’s ‘Rust In Peace’ Doesn’t Already Exist - The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Humanity Still Producing New Art As Though Megadeth’s ‘Rust In Peace’ Doesn’t Already Exist http://t.c… »
Just because you don't know what changes protests have produced doesn't mean changes aren't real
For anyone who doubts what I said in my last video, that our work can move the mountain: (via @shaunking) »
Why women start small businesses on Etsy - Fortune
Women are opening Etsy shops at a much higher rate than they are starting other types of small businesses > »
Inside the sad, expensive failure of Google+
Welp, it's that time of year where we remember Google Reader and its killer »
Ms. Lauryn Hill: Feeling Good - The Tonight Show
Lauryn Hill singing Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good” is transcendent. »
239 Years Ago, Adam Smith Predicted Fury of Seattle Business at CEO Who Pays Workers Well
Adam Smith predicted in 1776 that Seattle CEOs would get *very angry* about well-paid workers: h… »
Intelligence is Never ‘Artificial’ - Cyborgology
"Machine intelligence is not more or less artificial, but more or less autonomous" »
Chilly at Work? A Decades-Old Formula May Be to Blame - NYTimes.com
"The study concludes that buildings should “reduce gender-discriminating bias in thermal comfort”" »
Episcopal Priest on road trip with interracial family shares harrowing story of police harassment
Episcopal Priest w/ interracial family pulled over by police, put in police car. Asked if he had cocaine, etc. http://t.co… »
Training Officers to Shoot First, and He Will Answer Questions Later - The New York Times
Wow. This guy is widely cited across nearly every Use of Force class I’ve ever seen… »
10 Lab-Made Meats, Cheeses And Other Odd Startup Foods | TechCrunch
10 lab-made meats, cheeses and other odd startup foods »
Chinese Textile Mills Are Now Hiring in Places Where Cotton Was King - The New York Times
Rising wages in China and depress manufacturing earnings in US have made it cheaper for some industries »
In Iraq, I raided insurgents. In Virginia, the police raided me. - The Washington Post
Cops spend 60 hrs learning w/ guns. They spend 8 to de-escalate situations. Why @fairfaxpolice raided me by mistake http:… »
Baggywrinkles: A Lubber's Guide to Life at Sea by Lucy Bellwood — Kickstarter
Dangerously close to temporary tattoos in every copy of Baggywrinkles. Mulling over design ideas. »
Eat More Comics! The Best of The Nib by Matt Bors — Kickstarter
The Nib's Kickstarter is almost at goal; please help publish a huge 300 page collection some awesome cartoons! »
The Web We Have to Save — Matter — Medium
Very smart piece that makes me remember my blogging days »
25 Years of Tomorrow by Tom Tomorrow — Kickstarter
Next 32 hours are culmination of 25 years of work--I will be immensely grateful for all RTs and other signal boost. https:… »
Join The Long Now Foundation - Become a Member
Long Now members can watch 12 years in HD; talks by @lessig @tonyhsieh @MazzucatoM @nntaleb @carlzimmer and more »
High Frequency Dating | Mostly Harmless
@danielpunkass @hotdogsladies Ready to be more confused? He's written satire in the past. »
Support Arielle Grimes creating Alternative Games
Gosh if you were donating to my patreon you could be checking out my gorgeous new game... https://t.co… »
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Wellesley in Tech/Art: Edlyn Yuen ‘09 (@edlynyuen) at - wellesleyunderground: WU: Thanks... »
Responsive Field Day
Our first topic announcement: …drumroll… @jensimmons will be presenting, “Modern Layouts: Getting Out of Our Ruts” https://t.… »
Joblint
Writing job ads? »