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Gmail push notification no longer works with Mail on new iOS devicesForecast.io
This might be the best weather site on the internet right now. As developers, we plan to make big use of their API. So great!Ridiculous Fishing
This one is as fun as the name sounds. Worth the $2 to have on your iPhone for sure.Rules of cyberwar: don't target nuclear plants or hospitals, says Nato manual
Looks like the inevitable inclusion of hackers has found its way into the modern warfare playbook. Killing the aggressor states hackers is now fair game if I am understanding this correctly. All things considered, this can't be a comfortable feeling for all people that work on writing code for the military and related parties.
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Like-able Content: Spread Your Message with Third-Party Metadata
"By breaking content down into its natural components, we ensure current and future compatibility and display in a wide range of devices and environments. Third-party metadata schemas, like Facebook’s Open Graph protocol and Twitter Cards, build on this ideal."Cotton Bureau
Making t-shirts used to be hard. Not anymore.\n\n(for our friends at Guppy)Daily Links
Random Access Memories
New Daft Punk album, to be released May 21at, and available to preorder on iTunes.
When TED Lost Control of Its Crowd
Nilofer Merchant writes how the TED brand went from "ideas worth spreading" to "open mic night", and how they're working to recover.Daily Links
Icenium
Cross-platform Mobile Development Tool with cloud-based architecture.Pi's Epic Journey
A fantastic website and a fantastic movie. I was geeking out about the page transitions as I was about the special effects :P
100+ Years of Design Manifestos
"Since the days of radical printer-pamphleteers, design and designers have a long history of fighting for what’s right and working to transform society."Daily Links
Might & Magic X Legacy
the return of an old-school, first-person, turn-based role paying video game series?Why Markup (and Markdown) Matter
"This makes it an exciting time to be a writer: we’re learning how our words go out into the world, and fortifying them for the journey ahead."swissted
Mike Joyce draws from his love of punk rock and swiss modernism, two movements that have (almost) nothing to do with one another...Daily Links
Superhero.js
"Creating, testing and maintaining a large JavaScript code base is not easy -— especially since great resources on how to do this are hard to find. This page is a collection of the best articles, videos and presentations we've found on the topic." Extra points for the great site design and cool theme :P
Ian Hickson on HTML5 DRM
"The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations. The purpose of DRM is to give content providers leverage against creators of playback devices."
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11 Iconic Star Wars Scenes Refreshed With An 80s Twist
Star Wars by way of John Hughes. Brilliant idea. I'm surprised it hasn't been done already!We Should Be Allowed to Unlock Everything We Own
"Who owns our stuff? The answer used to be obvious. Now, with electronics integrated into just about everything we buy, the answer has changed."Programming is Terrible
"A bad programmer talks about bad programming."
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Bulletproof Demos
Filing this under "might be useful in the future".
RasPlex
Just what my Raspberry Pi media centre has been missing. Can't wait to try it out. Bonus: the lead developer is local!
OverAPI
Looking for a cheat sheet for that programming language, API, library, etc? There is a good chance that its in here somewhere!Daily Links
Powering Down Google Reader
Google will be shutting down its RSS reader. Let this be a lesson: pay a fair price for the services you care about.
Allan Savory on How to Green the Deserts and Reverse Climate Change
Of all the TED talks I have watched, this one gave me goosebumps. It is such an obvious observation. This practice really needs to pick up steam and get implemented planet wide. Now we have to figure out how to help.
The Bethesda Store
Finally! Buy some official Fallout and Skyrim gear right from Bethesda! :DInside the New York Times Web Redesign
"No more pagination or clicking Single Page View". If the New York Times can do it, so can you!Coach Claude the Eagle?
Coach Claude the Eagle? According to @visuallizard office crew this is known. Go Jets Go! @nhljets #YWG #NYR twitter.com/julianmoffatt/…
— Julian Moffatt (@julianmoffatt) March 14, 2013
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Greed Is Groupon
Ben Popper writes a feature about Groupon going public in 2011 despite some smart people's very serious concerns.No to NoUI
"We must abandon invisibility as a goal for interfaces; it’s misleading, unhelpful and ultimately dishonest."How to test drive a Camero
Aside from all the legal issues with this one, this is a pretty good prank by Jeff Gordon.