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'Facebook parenting' is destroying our children's privacy
"On the most basic level, we want to be able to tell our story about our lives. But, in the case of our children, a permanent and public story has already been recorded about them before they have a chance to decide whether they want to participate or even whether the narrative is true to their own vision of self."
privacy  facebook  children 
2 days ago
Romney iPhone app misspells 'America' to Web's delight
"one of the slogans reads, 'A Better Amercia.'"
politics  spelling  funny 
2 days ago
The Hand Glider
Non-capacitive "half glove" to prevent accidental input while writing or drawing on iPad.
ipad  glove 
2 days ago
Rubbernet
"Rubbernet provides real-time monitoring so you can keep an eye on the exact state of your live network connections."
mac  software  network 
2 days ago
Lian-Li designs a moving train PC case
"the design stuffs a fully functioning PC case with hard drive bays, a slim optical drive and USB 3.0 ports into an on-the-move model of a steam engine train"
train  pc  hardware  funny 
2 days ago
Engelbart’s Violin
"Conventional wisdom in the technology community holds that the personal computer revolution gave everyone access to professional-grade computing equipment.  I hold the opposite view: that the very notion of professional equipment has been forgotten in our field (and to my knowledge, in our field alone.)"
5 days ago
OWC Mercury Accelsior PCI Express SSD 480GB Flash Drive Review
"the Accelsior recorded speeds of 682.5 MBps and 642 MBps to write/read, respectively"
ssd  mac  owc 
11 days ago
Technical Q&A QA1734: Allowing OpenGL applications to utilize the integrated GPU
"Starting with Mac OS X Lion, you may choose to run your OpenGL application on the integrated GPU on the Early 2011 MacBook Pros"
cocoa  mac  opengl  gpu 
13 days ago
Illustrator Pen tool exercises
"The Pen tool is a tool that needs patience, and a lot of practice until you really master it. Though this tool is really essential if you want to be able to draw anything, and don't want to be dependent on shape tools. Back in 2007, I wrote an article about it and provided people with an Illustrator document."
adobe  illustrator  pen  tool  tutorial 
21 days ago
New DVD anti-piracy warning now packs double the nag
"...these new screens themselves are still not in the public domain and only the major US movie studios are authorized to use them."
legal  movies  piracy  fbi 
22 days ago
RIM offers developers $10,000 incentive for certified apps
"If you get your app certified on App World and don't earn ten grand in the first year, RIM will cut you a check for the difference."
rim  blackberry  apps 
26 days ago
Draw Something Loses 5M Users a Month After Zynga Purchase
"Even if DAUs sink to zero, they’ve still made their money and left Zynga holding the bag."
zynga  omgpop  drawsomething  business  acquisition  failure  games 
26 days ago
Fan Outrage Apparently Saves Rock Band iOS App
"Rock Band for iOS will remain live – the in-app message users received yesterday was sent in error. We apologize for the confusion this caused."
ea  games  ios  appstore  rockband 
26 days ago
Zynga's New Ad Pitch for Draw Something: 'Draw This Brand'
"Draw Something is inserting advertisers' paid terms into the game for players to literally draw brands"
ads  games  zynga  ios 
28 days ago
Ashton Kutcher’s Popchips Ad Pulled After Racist Outcry
"if you find yourself putting brown makeup on a white person in 2012 so they can do a bad ‘funny’ accent in order to sell potato chips, you are on the wrong course"
popchips  racism  ads  celebrities 
29 days ago
Acura apologizes for seeking 'not too dark' actor
"The sheet's 'role details' read: 'Nice Looking, friendly. Not too dark. Will work with a MAJOR COMEDIAN.'"
acura  ads  racism 
29 days ago
Moai SDK
"fast, minimalist, open-source Lua framework for pro game developers"
games  programming  ios  android  chrome 
4 weeks ago
Rock Band iOS game warns it will stop working this month
"As of now the game is still available to purchase on its official iTunes product page despite the message. The app's description does not appear to warn potential buyers that the game they're paying $4.99 won't work online in less than a month."
ea  games  ios  rockband  appstore 
4 weeks ago
Twitter users who 'just found out Titanic really happened!'
"Guys, the Titanic was real! #mindblown"
twitter  funny  titanic 
6 weeks ago
People Who Don’t Know How to Spell “Cologne”
"Got a new colon today! It's smells great!"
funny  twitter  colon  cologne 
6 weeks ago
ASUS Transformer Prime GPS Extension kit application
"Although the Transformer Prime is not a professional GPS device, as part of our unwavering commitment to customers we are offering all Transformer Prime owners a free external GPS extension kit, called a dongle, which may help improve signal reception and optimize the user experience."
asus  gps  tablet  hardware  dongle  android  funny 
6 weeks ago
Hard drives sorted by price per TB
"Here is a list of hard drive available for sale from Newegg.com, sorted by the price per TB."
hardware  harddrives  storage  newegg 
7 weeks ago
The Elian Script
"An Alternative Writing System Whose Properties Combine the Linearity of Spelling with the Free-Form Nature of Drawing"
art  handwriting  language  writing 
7 weeks ago
Polycode
"Polycode is a free, open-source, cross-platform framework for creative code. You can use it as a C++ API or as a standalone scripting language to get easy and simple access to accelerated 2D and 3D graphics, hardware shaders, sound and network programming, physics engines and more."
programming  games  library 
8 weeks ago
Cfxr
Automatic 8-bit sound effect generator.
games  programming  sound  effects 
8 weeks ago
Priest projects 16 indecent images of men during presentation to parents
"Twenty minutes later he returned, he continued with the meeting and wrapped up by saying that the children get lots of money for their Holy Communion and should consider giving some of it to the church."
religion  funny 
8 weeks ago
snopes.com: Coriolis Force Effect on Drains
Which hemisphere you're in does not affect the spiral of water down a drain.
science  water  myth 
9 weeks ago
JetBlue pilot faces federal charges
"Court documents say Osbon told the plane's first officer, 'We're not going to Vegas' and began giving a sermon. Passengers wrestled Osbon, 49, to the ground after he left the cockpit and sprinted down the cabin screaming and urging everyone to pray."
kooks  flying 
9 weeks ago
Last words
"It has all been very interesting."
history  morbid  death  quotations 
10 weeks ago
New iPad Display Technology Shoot-Out
"The new iPad’s picture quality, color accuracy, and gray scale are not only much better than any other Tablet or Smartphone, it’s also much better than most HDTVs, laptops, and monitors. In fact with some minor calibration tweaks the new iPad would qualify as a studio reference monitor."
apple  ipad  hardware  display 
10 weeks ago
Ask the Duck
"I don't want you to pray to the duck. I want you to ASK THE DUCK YOUR QUESTION."
programming  problemsolving 
10 weeks ago
Objective-C Literals, Part 1
"new Objective-C literals have landed"
programming  objc  mac  ios  cocoa 
10 weeks ago
Skrivr
"Skrivr lets you create a website just by saving textfiles in your Dropbox."
cms  dropbox  markdown  blog 
10 weeks ago
Fu
"Commandlinefu.com is an online repository for recording commandline gems, that you return to again and again. 'fu' is a commandline interface that allows you to harvest the power of internets commandline wisdom."
shell  programming  scripting  cli 
10 weeks ago
Case study: halving size of iPad app with ImageOptim+ImageAlpha
"Disabling Xcode conversion and simply using ImageOptim instead was enough to reduce the application size by almost 30% (33.4MB down to 23.8MB) and halve initial display time in the benchmark"
graphics  ios  optimization  xcode 
10 weeks ago
Ted's Caving Page, with the story of his discovery in a local cave
Spooky caving fiction presented in blog format. An old favorite.
story  fiction  caving  writing 
10 weeks ago
Harold Camping, rapture prophet: 'We were wrong'
"'Events in the last year have proved that no man can be fully trusted,' Harold Camping wrote in a letter Thursday"
kooks  religion  atheism  apocalypse 
12 weeks ago
How I became Amazon’s pitchman for a 55-gallon drum of personal lubricant on Facebook
"Other people start reporting that they’re seeing it, too. A fellow roller derby referee. A former employee of a magazine I still write for. My co-worker’s wife. They’re not seeing just once, but regularly. Said one friend: 'It has shown up as one on mine every single time I log in.'"
ads  amazon  facebook  privacy 
12 weeks ago
Content Manager Assistant for PlayStation®
"Content Manager Assistant for PlayStation® is a computer application that enables data transfer between a PS Vita system and a computer."
mac  playstation  vita  sony  software  backup 
12 weeks ago
In 1731 someone gave to King Frederick I of Sweden the skin and bones of a lion
"In 1731 someone gave to King Frederick I of Sweden skin and bones of a lion, an exotic gift.  The king decided to stuff it.  The only problem was that the taxidermist had never seen a real lion.  And here’s the result."
12 weeks ago
Et Tu, Google? Android Apps Can Also Secretly Copy Photos
"Android apps do not need permission to get a user’s photos, and as long as an app has the right to go to the Internet, it can copy those photos to a remote server without any notice"
privacy  google  android  apple  ios  photos 
march 2012
Teller Reveals His Secrets
"You will be fooled by a trick if it involves more time, money and practice than you (or any other sane onlooker) would be willing to invest."
teller  magic  psychology 
february 2012
"Billion laughs" denial-of-service attack
"The example attack consists of defining 10 entities, each defined as consisting of 10 of the previous entity, with the document consisting of a single instance of the largest entity - which expands to 1 billion copies of the first entity."
security  xml 
february 2012
Chrome YouTube Downloader « Google Chrome Extensions
Adds a download button to YouTube. Seems to work well enough.
chrome  youtube  extension 
february 2012
Apple sold more iOS devices in 2011 than all the Macs it sold in 28 years
"more iOS devices were sold in 2011 (156 million) than all the Macs ever sold (122 million)"
apple  ios  ipad  iphone  mac  business 
february 2012
Google Tracked iPhones, Bypassing Apple Browser Privacy Settings
"To get around Safari's default blocking, Google exploited a loophole in the browser's privacy settings. While Safari does block most tracking, it makes an exception for websites with which a person interacts in some way—for instance, by filling out a form. So Google added coding to some of its ads that made Safari think that a person was submitting an invisible form to Google. Safari would then let Google install a cookie on the phone or computer."
google  web  privacy 
february 2012
Man falls ill eating Heart Attack Grill burger
"the man in his 40s eating a Triple Bypass burger" ... "on a stretcher being wheeled out of the restaurant where patrons pass an antique ambulance at the door and a sign: 'Caution! This establishment is bad for your health.'"
food  restaurant  health  hamburger 
february 2012
In Silicon Valley, Socks Make the Tech Entrepreneur
The stupidest thing I expect to read this week.
valley  startup  culture 
february 2012
Microsoft Store hacked in India, passwords stored in plain text
"Microsoft Store India's landing page was briefly taken over by a hacker group called Evil Shadow Team, who, in addition to putting a new face on Windows products, revealed that user passwords were saved in plain text."
microsoft  security  breach  india 
february 2012
Chrome for Android won't support Flash, Adobe confirms
"While Flash is still supported on Android's current default browser, Google plans to eventually replace that browser with Chrome, effectively signaling the end of mobile Flash Player."
flash  google  android  adobe  mobile  chrome 
february 2012
Why I am an atheist
"The truth has nothing to fear from inquisition. You should demand answers that are intellectually satisfying. And you should withhold your belief if the answers don’t satisfy you."
atheism  religion  essay 
february 2012
Path uploads your entire iPhone address book to its servers
"Upon inspecting closer, I noticed that my entire address book (including full names, emails and phone numbers) was being sent as a plist to Path."
privacy  social  internet  security  path 
february 2012
FBI to monitor Facebook, Twitter, Myspace
See also: http://www.theonion.com/video/cias-facebook-program-dramatically-cut-agencys-cos,19753/
privacy  social  twitter  facebook  myspace  government 
february 2012
Millions Download New Trojan Discovered in Android Market
"the sheer number of downloads, 1-5 million, makes it the most widespread piece of mobile malware found so far this year"
android  google  mobile  malware  security 
january 2012
Vlingo Privacy Breach: Data Sent to Remote Servers Without Consent
"AndroidPit found that every four minutes, Vlingo's voice-recognition app was sending a packet of data to an unencrypted server. The packet contained your GPS co-ordinates, IMEI (unique device identifier), contact list and the title of every song stored on your device."
privacy  android  vlingo  security  samsung 
january 2012
Alaska Airlines removing prayer cards from meal trays after 30 years as complaints increase
"For a long time, Alaska Airlines got more positive comments than negatives ones. But lately, opinion has shifted."
atheism  religion  business  airlines 
january 2012
O2 shares your mobile phone number with every website you visit
"For example, if you open an e-mail which includes references to external images, the mere action of opening the e-mail would divulge your phone number." Whoops!
privacy  o2  mobile  security 
january 2012
Apple's $46 billion sales set new tech record - Jan. 24, 2012
The second most profitable quarter for any American company in history.
apple  business 
january 2012
Apple Reports First Quarter Results (2012)
"Apple broke its previous quarterly records for: revenue, profit, iPhones sold, iPads sold, and Macs sold. Their previous record for revenue was $28 billion; they almost hit 50." -- @gruber
apple  business 
january 2012
KDDI putting ads in the notification bar on Android phones
"Imagine you're walking down the block when, suddenly, your phone goes off. You take it out of your pocket, unlock that sucker and pull down the notification bar to reveal... an ad!"
android  ads  kddi  assholes 
january 2012
RIM’s Balsillie and Lazaridis Step Aside
"Stiff competition from the Apple iPhone and phones using Google’s Android software drastically eroded RIM’s share of the American smartphone market to about 9 percent in the third quarter of 2011 from nearly half the market two years earlier, according to Canalys, a market research firm based near London. The company’s stock price reflected that by dropping about 75 percent in the last year."
rim  blackberry  business  failure 
january 2012
Activating Windows when swapping between Boot Camp and a virtual machine in VMware Fusion
"Even if Windows or other applications have been activated in Boot Camp, they must be activated again when that Boot Camp partition is used in Fusion. However, if the Boot Camp partition is imported later into Fusion as a virtual machine, activation is not required."
windows  vmware  fusion  bootcamp 
january 2012
FBI Megupload Shutdown Cuts Off Users From Personal Files, Business Data
"If employees had stored data on a cloud provider that got shut down, the likelihood of the company getting that data in a timely manner is practically nonexistent, Redmon said."
megaupload  law  piracy  cloud  dataloss 
january 2012
MegaUpload Shut Down by the Feds, Founder Arrested
"The site’s founder Kim Dotcom and three others were arrested by the police in New Zealand at the request of US authorities. MegaVideo, the streaming site belonging to same company, and a total of 18 domains connected to the Mega company were seized and datacenters in three countries raided."
megaupload  piracy  law  cloud  dataloss 
january 2012
At $400 billion, Apple is worth more than Greece - Jan. 19, 2012
"Apple's market cap is higher than the gross domestic product of Greece, Austria, Argentina, or South Africa."
apple  business 
january 2012
DuckDuckGo | Hosts File
Use DuckDuckGo as a search engine in Safari by adding a hosts file override for one of its harcoded search providers.
search  duckduckgo  safari 
january 2012
Heavily Funded Startup Color Trying to Recover From Early Problems, Explains Founder Bill Nguyen
“I’ve got a lot of capital. I’ll figure it out.”
color  startups  awful 
january 2012
$41 Million Startup Color Is Forced Into An Early, Buzzword-Laden Pivot
"Color has '38 employees [who] work in a space with room for 160, amid beanbag chairs, tents for napping and a hand-built half-pipe skateboard ramp.'"
color  startups  pivot  awful 
january 2012
Sex Sells: Color Hopes You’ll Want to Broadcast Your Makeout Sessions and Illegal Pool Parties to Facebook
"A group of hip 20-somethings decides to break into an empty house and have a little pool party. The ad also features a steamy makeout session in the pool, as well as a creepy guy who decides to use Color to broadcast everything to Facebook (without sound, of course, because Color doesn’t do audio)."
color  ads  startups  awful  via:jtyost2 
january 2012
ABC pulls 'Work It' two episodes in
Who greenlit this travesty?
tv  abc  failure 
january 2012
Fever Dream of a Guilt-Ridden Gadget Reporter
"Electronics are our talismans that ward off the spiritual vacuum of modernity. [...] I want to pour gasoline in the ducts and light a long fuse, and watch from the street as it burns and burns and burns."
gadgets  blogging  emptiness 
january 2012
Zappos Hacked: What You Need to Know
"Zappos [...] was the victim of an attack that compromised account information for millions of customers."
security  zappos  breach 
january 2012
Google, what were you thinking?
"Since October, Google’s GKBO appears to have been systematically accessing Mocality’s database and attempting to sell their competing product to our business owners."
google  assholes  business 
january 2012
Hacked!
"Six years’ worth of correspondence and everything that went with it were gone."
email  gmail  cloud  dataloss  security  google 
january 2012
QuickLook plugin for Mobile Provision files
ios  mac  programming  provisioning  codesigning  quicklook  plugin 
january 2012
scriptogr.am
"A simple online tool that converts static Markdown text files located in your Dropbox, into a beautiful web log."
cms  dropbox  markdown  blog 
january 2012
Record mp3: record live audio and get an mp3
"[Click the button] to start recording. We will give you an mp3 you can save, and a link you can share with anyone"
mp3  record 
january 2012
Earth Class Mail
Virtual mailroom, sends you scans of letters you receive.
january 2012
Call Trunk - Call Recording
Record phone calls to Dropbox.
phone  record  dropbox 
january 2012
Acid Attack Hoax "Victim" Bethany Storro Charged with Theft
"She's obviously dealing with some deep internal emotional and psychological problems that we had no knowledge of"
hoax  crime  kooks  racism 
december 2011
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