Contributed by Julian Moffatt and Wil Alambre over the course of June 29th…

• 'Biohackers' mining their own bodies' data

  Bio-hacking is something I could totally get into. Maybe not to this extent, but data is data is data. The more you know!

• Google Chrome Freezing and Crashing New Mac Notebooks

  While Google has disabled some of Chrome's GPU acceleration on an emergency basis as it seeks to deploy a permanent solution, the company has also filed a bug report with Apple as such issues should not be able to cause an entire system to freeze or crash.

• Canada Day 2012 Closures

  Access Winnipeg provides a handy list of what will be open and what will be closed this Canada Day long weekend.

• iPhone is 5 Years Old Today!
  

  Nice retrospective of Steve Jobs launching the iPhone. Saying that it was ahead of its time is a gross understatement. Some companies are still trying to catch up (RIM, we are looking at you).

Contributed by Wil Alambre and Julian Moffatt over the course of June 28th…

• Google+ History API

  A new API will let you add past statuses, updates, purchases, pictures, and more to you personal Google+ timeline from a variety of social and mobile services.

• Run Android Apps on Mac

  Bluestack released the first public alpha of its Android App Player capable of running on OS X. Test drive a fixed set of curated apps for this release, but eventually BlueStacks will let you select from over 400,000 Android apps.

• Louis CK is going on the road

  I'm a big Louis CK fan. He is on tour (no Canadian dates ... yet) and is selling all the tickets himself, directly through his website. I want ALL artists, performers, entertainers and other ticket sellers to do this. If you are near one of Louis' shows, buy a ticket and go see him. You won't be disappointed.

• Scientists set to show how they hacked into Stephen Hawking's brain

  This is pretty cool. The wide ranging applications for medical, scientific and personal use are awe inspiring. Equally terrifying is the though of government using something like to prove guilt, intent and/or future plans. Regardless, come on future!

• The Most Amazing Bowling Story Ever

  Wow. For anyone who has ever dedicated their life to something and come up just short, you will be able to relate. Read it.

• Do E-Books Make It Harder to Remember What You Just Read?

  Interesting read. I am hoping to enjoy some "light reading" on the iPad in the next week or two and will watch for this phenomenon.

• Someone is Coming to Eat You

  Great article about what makes Apple, and indirectly other great companies, tick. Never look back. Change the game as others are learning to play. If they catch you, it is too late. Go read it!

Contributed by Julian Moffatt, Max Chiriac, and Wil Alambre over the course of June 26th…

• How Do You Settle a Tie at a Track Meet?

  Fun thing of the day, a tie at an Olympic qualifying track meet. A for-real, dead-even finish. Read on for more details.

• How Authentic Jobs is Using Pictos Server for icons

  Another neat "icons as a font" how-to-article. This time using Pictos Server. This will be explored in the very near future.

• Tuts+ Premium Account Security Compromised

  Add to the "badly implemented security" pile, Tuts+ has been compromised. If you ever used their service, commence password resetting on all other services that used the same email address / password combo. Yet again, a service like ItsMeSecurity.com or 1Password is what everyone should be moving too.

• A new HTTP Error status code has been proposed

  451 HTTP Error status code aimed at shining a light on web censorship

• Sublime Text 2.0

  I’m pleased to announce that Sublime Text 2 has graduated out of beta, with 2.0 now available for your text editing pleasure.

Contributed by Julian Moffatt and Wil Alambre over the course of June 25th…

• 'Twisted' beams wirelessly transmit 2.5 terabits of data per second

  I want this technology in my house now. Hurry up science!

• How to use Preview in OS X Lion to digitally sign documents

  I did not know this. I have been using other programs and never thought of Preview. Switching to this method right now.

• A Link Is Not Copyright Infringement

  "The Supreme Court of Canada has already ruled against attributing defamation to such links and now the Federal Court has concluded that links cannot be said to constitute unauthorized copying," kinda like I'm doing here.

• Winamp's Woes

  Cyrus Farivar walks us down memory lane with a good article detailing how the greatest MP3 player eventually undid itself.

Contributed by Julian Moffatt and Wil Alambre over the course of June 22nd…

• Inside Minority Report's 'Idea Summit,' Visionaries Saw the Future

  Remember the movie Minority Report starring Tom Cruise? Did you know that they pulled the top scientist of the day into a think tank before production? Wired gets some awesome quotes from some of those minds that attended. Worth the read.

• Endangered Language Project
  

• Satellite Eyes

  A simple Mac app that automatically changes your desktop wallpaper to the satellite view of where you are, right now.

Contributed by Wil Alambre, Max Chiriac, and Julian Moffatt over the course of June 21st…

• Facebook Introduces Subscriptions and Local Currency Pricing

  Facebook seems to be phasing out "credits" in favour of using real currencies. Is this a move to creating a Facebook "payment platform"?

• Bloody Saturday

  A graphic novel about the Winnipeg General Strike, written by Red River College student Adam Campbell, and illustrated by his sister Carly. Available for free through Kindle until June 23rd.

• Symbolset is available for preorder
  

  Symbolsets are semantic symbol fonts. They work in modern browsers and anywhere OpenType features are supported. "Standard" font is available for preorder fo 50% and "Social" font is coming soon,

• The Science Of Skin Color And Vitamin D

  Quick little read on evolution, skin pigment and Vitamin D. Perfect to kick off summer!

Contributed by Wil Alambre and Julian Moffatt over the course of June 20th…

• Monster University, teaser trailer
  

• Photo Shoot Food vs Eat It Now Food
  

  McDonald's takes us through the differences between the food in their photos vs the food in their stores. Good question. Great answer.

• Game of Thrones Attack Ads

  Mother Jones has a great set of spoof ads based on the modern day attack ads of political parties. I laughed.

• The Songs Of The Summer, 1962-2012

  NPR has the biggest hits of the summer from the past 50 years. Worth a listen as we kick of sumer 2012!

Contributed by Wil Alambre and Julian Moffatt over the course of June 19th…

• Microsoft Surface
  

  Microsoft announced yesterday that they are building their own tablet(s), running Windows 8 Metro and with a very clever keyboard/cover.

• Transplant Manitoba Launches!

  has just had a face lift courtesy of your friendly neighbourhood web developers and their intrepid side kick, guppy design. Look for a project write up coming shortly.

Contributed by Dwayne Kristjanson and Wil Alambre over the course of June 18th…

• X-Tag

  A neat look into the future of HTML customization. Unfortunately, while it looks like this code works fine in all the latest browsers, until the W3C approves it in the standard, it won't validate.

• Bill C-11 Passes

  Michael Geist talks about the controversial bill, digital locks, and public engagement on copyright.

• FunnyJunk Lawyer Sues Two Charities

  Charles Carreon is suing the National Wildlife Federation and the American Cancer Society. Seriously, when you start suing charities in federal court, its probably time to step back and consider whether or not you're being a huge dick about the whole thing.

• Listen to Smashing Pumpkin's upcoming album "Oceania"

  Free streaming of the upcoming album. And available for pre-order.

• Readability Scraps Payment System

  Readability’s publisher payment plan was an attempt to find a better way of paying for content. And it didn't work. Very little money to individual publishers, and most of them didn't even bother to claim it.

Contributed by Ross McDowall, Wil Alambre, and Julian Moffatt over the course of June 14th…

• World's first 'tax' on Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7

  Though we don't necessarily agree with a tax, we do agree that the extra work involved in making things work for obsolete, non-compliant browsers can be extensive and expensive.

• Pocket Planes

  The new iOS game by "Tiny Towers" creators, Nimble Bits, is now available for download.

• Santa Monica Resets Parking Meter System

  Oh crap. I hope this doesn't catch on. But given that it is tied to revenue, I can't see it not becoming common. As life goes, finding a parking spot, that still has older style spot meters and there is time remaining to be one of the universe's little karmic gifts.

Contributed by Ross McDowall, Max Chiriac, Julian Moffatt, and Wil Alambre over the course of June 13th…

• Awesome Lego Key Holder
  

  I'm a minor lego geek. This is just plain cool, not to mention useful!

• What iOS 6 Mobile Safari Offers Front End Devs

  iOS6 is in beta now. If you are interested to see what is new in Mobile Safari follow the link. Among long awaited features are better debugging tools and file upload (finally!!!)

• Hands on with the Retina MacBook Pro

  This is the review I was looking for. The screen options under the display settings look awesome. These settings are going to be a HUGE thing for the visually impaired as well. Since we might be moving down from 17" MBPs, which are no longer made by Apple, my worry was the diminished screen real-estate. I'm still going to go test the hell out of one at the Apple store in the next few weeks, but I'm closer to being sold than I was Monday.

• Last Exit To Nowhere

  Brilliant idea of making shirts not of the movies, but of the brands within the movies. Would order some in a heart beat were it not for the exchange rate and shipping costs.

• Wordpress 3.4 Released

  If you use Wordpress, go!

Contributed by Wil Alambre and Julian Moffatt over the course of June 12th…

• 129,000%

  A digital author has a bit of a reality check when he wrote and self-published a travel book through Amazon, iBooks, B&N, and others.

• Without A Blindspot

  Dr. R. Andrew Hicks used a mathematical algorithm to design a driver's side mirror with 45 degrees of view, no blindspot, and almost no visual distortion.

• A robot to jog with? Soon!

  I'm still having a ton of fun with Zombies, Run! on my iPhone. However, once that is done, I'm signing up for a drone pace coach!

Contributed by Wil Alambre and Julian Moffatt over the course of June 11th…

• Bureaucrats Fight Over Postal Codes

  Treasury Board wants to release postal code info online for free. Canada Post, a Crown Corporation responsible for maintaining postal codes, currently charges a minimum $5,500 a year for the info.

• Seeking Academic Edge, Teenagers Abuse Stimulants

  Is this what it has come too? Maybe we should start drug testing academic applicants too? We are taking things waaaaay too seriously these days.

Contributed by Ross McDowall, Wil Alambre, and Max Chiriac over the course of June 8th…

• I want to live on the space station for a day

  Time lapse video of the earth from space at night. What a light show!

• Facebook App Center

  Think of it a curated set of iOS and Android application recommendations based on your usage, interest, and friends. Since app discovery is one of the biggest hurdles for mobile owners and app developers, this might turn out to be a big deal.

• Hack the Cover

  For cover aficionados - here is a nicely put together essay by Craig Mod. Follow the link to read about current trends in cover designs.

• Foursquare 5.0

  The location check-in application gets another user interface overhaul. This iOS app has been a great example of an application getting simpler and more enjoyable to use with every update.

• Post-Itable

  My next desk.

• CSS WG Allows Browsers to Unprefix CSS Animations

  Hopefully this will curtail some of the vendor nonsense that's been happening, like Opera implementing other browsers' prefixes.

• The Lively Morgue

  The New York TimesTimes recently launched a Tumblr site dedicated to sharing and archiving millions of historic photographs that might not have been seen and enjoyed otherwise.

Contributed by Julian Moffatt over the course of June 7th…

• From scrubbing floors to Ivy League: Homeless student to go to dream college

  Here is a little dose of inspiration for you. The human spirit is amazing. Read the story of Dawn Loggins.

Contributed by Dwayne Kristjanson and Wil Alambre over the course of June 6th…

• R.I.P. Ray Bradbury

  Science fiction author Ray Bradbury has died. He was 91.

• Thirty-One

  Pre to postmortem: the inside story of the death of Palm and webOS.

• A Cautionary Tale Of Social Media

  How following Mad Men backfired for the real Jaguar.

Contributed by Wil Alambre, Max Chiriac, and Dwayne Kristjanson over the course of June 5th…

• E3 "Watch Dogs" Debut Gameplay
  

• E3 "Last Of Us" Gameplay Trailer
  

• E3 "Tomb Raider" Trailer
  

• Internet Explorer for Xbox

  This fall Microsoft is planing to release Internet Explorer for Xbox. Now you will be able to surf the Internet using your voice.

• Google Acquires Quickoffice

  We're expecting them to use this to improve the Google Docs experience on the iPad.

• E3 "Simcity" Gameplay Trailer
  

• Willow Glass

  "The result is a scratch-resistant, bendable sheet that measures 100 microns thick, about the same as a sheet of paper."

• Transit of Venus

  If you want to see our sister planet travel across the face of the sun, today's your last chance until 2117. There will be a Transit Viewing event at Assiniboine Park today from 5 pm to 10 pm. Make sure you wear proper eclipse glasses before looking at the sun, though.