Todays Hot Hiking Walking and Camping Advice: February 2012

Wednesday 29 February 2012

Evi Can Stay in App Store if Developer Changes the UI, Source Says

According to a person with direct knowledge of the matter, the Evi digital assistant app will not be booted from the iTunes App Store as long as the app's developer makes changes relating to the software's user interface.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/evi-ui-the-problem/

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Lego Friends Robotics Lab, Now Roboticized

I disagree with those who hate on Lego’s Friends line precisely because those sets are not the culmination of the creative process of building with Lego, but instead are the beginning. Case in point, 17-year-old Anika Brandsma of the Netherlands added actual automation to her Lego Friends Olivia’s Invention Workshop (#3933) model with the help [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/lego-friends-robotics-lab-now-roboticized/

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Dork Tower Wednesday

Read all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad. Find the Dork Tower webcomic archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website.

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/dork-tower-wednesday-79/

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NPR will be "fair to the truth"

NPR's guidelines promise an end to "he said, she said" journalism that tries to be fair to both sides of an issue. From now on, the network will ask its reporters to be fair to the truth: "In all our stories, especially matters of controversy, we strive to consider the strongest arguments we can find [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/npr-will-be-fair-to-the-trut.html

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Report: Evi Will Be Booted From App Store Because It?s Too Close to Siri

Siri clones, watch out. True Knowledge, which develops a Siri copycat named Evi, reportedly got a call from Apple saying it was ?going to pull Evi from the App Store? because the app was too similar to Apple's digital assistant.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/report-evi-siri-app-store/

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Twitter Brings Promoted Tweets and Accounts to Mobile Apps

Will Twitter users revolt, as they did with the dickbar, bolting to other apps or networks? Will lightly targeted advertising so innocuously displayed actually be effective at capturing user attention? Or is this finally the next step in Twitter's evolution from fun feature to rock-solid future business?

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/02/twitter-promoted-mobile/

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The tweets that homeland security spooks look for

Joel Johnson found that the Department of Homeland Security's list of Facebook and Twitter search terms was not in an easily-available public format, "curiously embedded as an image of text" in a PDF to prevent indexing. He fixed it. [Animal]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/the-tweets-that-homeland-secur.html

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Clever assemble-yourself toys and models made with laser-cutters

Artifacture Studios is a maker shop based near Dallas, TX (I met the founders at a recent speaking gig at U Texas at Arlington) that does pretty amazing stuff with laser-cutters. They are probably best known for their laser-cut Eiffel Tower models, ornate models of the iconic building cut from stiff card that use cunning [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/clever-assemble-yourself-toys.html

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Tuesday 28 February 2012

Video Visionaries OK Go: Innovation Fueled by Creative Collaboration

Video killed the radio star. It’s an adage that was popularized in the 1980s following the advent of music television and the eponymous hit by the Buggles. For a few short decades, video enjoyed a particularly creative rise, peaking with massive artistic efforts such as Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Pink Floyd’s The Wall. Soon after, [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/ok-go-creative-collaboration/

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Video Visionaries OK Go: Innovation Fueled by Creative Collaboration

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/ok-go-creative-collaboration/

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Machete Order: A New Way to Watch Star Wars

I have a confession to make: my kids (ages 8 and 5) haven’t watched Star Wars yet. I’m sure many of you think this is much too late ? as one parent in this helpful PSA says, “It’s never too early to introduce your child to Star Wars.” In my defense, my older daughter is [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/machete-order-star-wars/

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Breaking Good: how to synthesize Pseudoephedrine (Sudafed) From N-Methylamphetamine (crystal meth)

Genius scientific paper* of the day: "A Simple and Convenient Synthesis of Pseudoephedrine From N-Methylamphetamine, by O. Hai and I. B. Hakkenshit." (PDF). A response by annoyed Sudafed users to the onerous demands by pharmacies for ID and tracking, due to the fact that this helpful and common over-the-counter drug can be used to manufacture [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/scientific-paper-of-the-day-h.html

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HTC Announces Three New Phones Running Ice Cream Sandwich

HTC announced three Ice Cream Sandwich-powered smartphones at Mobile World Congress Sunday, sending a bold message to the world that Android 2.3 will no longer be tolerated in high-end handsets. Besides including Google’s most advanced mobile OS, HTC’s new “Series One” phones will feature Beats audio technology, and rear-facing cameras with RAW image support. The [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/htc-announces-three-new-phones-running-ice-cream-sandwich/

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Nerdy birdhouses

Etsy seller NirdHaus (AKA Ben Mayer) sells nerdy birdhouses and Christmas ornaments based on classic video-game and movie designs. NirdHaus is a safe place where crafts and general geekery unite to form an amalgam of excellence. All pieces are hand-painted by me, Ben Mayer, and are infused with a healthy dose of unashamed love. From [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/nerdy-birdhouses.html

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Nokia 808 PureView is a 41-megapixel Camera Phone, But Hold Your Excitement

by Katie Scott and Nate Lanxon, Wired UK There have been four new phone launches from Nokia at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, but it is a smartphone that includes a 41-megapixel camera sensor that raises the most eyebrows. At face value, this sensor puts the Nokia 808 PureView in a league above all cameraphones [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/nokia-808-pureview/

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Monday 27 February 2012

Video: The Pinky Show, "The Desert is Quiet"

[Video Link] Hard to explain this web series. Cats. Philosophy. Emptiness. Best to just watch. (via Andrea James)

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/video-the-pinky-show-the-d.html

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Make Your Date With Jon Stewart

Living in New York City, we try to make the most of what the city has to offer. We hit the museums often, try out new restaurants when we can, and take in the occasional Broadway show. One thing that never occurs to us to do is go see a taping of a TV show, [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/dailyshow/

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Board Game Review: The Game of Life Zapped Edition

Overview: It’s time to embark on that great journey known as Real Life. Will you go to college or straight into a career? Want to have lots of kids or even more schooling? Hasbro’s new “Zapped” edition of The Game of Life introduces a new twist: it uses an iPad as the spinner and for [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/game-of-life-zapped/

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Geeks Among Us ? From Research Lab to High School Classroom

GeekMom has had fun bringing you our new series, called Geeks Among Us. You’ve learned about an archaeologist, an empowered girl, and a pretty cool website for the eternal young adult. Our next installment introduces you to a cancer research scientist who left the lab, and decided to make an impact on others in a [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/geeksamongus/

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The Everything is a Remix theory of creativity

Kirby Ferguson, creator of the absolutely outstanding Everything is a Remix series, explains his theory of creative inspiration, remix, and cultural commons, citing some of history's best-loved "individual" creators and explaining how what they did was a remix, an extension and a part of the work that came before them. 2011/08 Kirby Ferguson (Thanks, Avi!)

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/26/the-everything-is-a-remix-theo.html

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Board Game Review: The Game of Life Zapped Edition

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/game-of-life-zapped/

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Kim Jong-Un got a Gun

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un aims a rifle at the Sporting Bullet Factory, built in 1996 at the order of the North's late leader Kim Jong-il. The factory produces "sporting bullets" for developing military sports. Its exact location is undisclosed. Undated picture released by the North's KCNA news agency in Pyongyang, on February 23, 2012. [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/24/kim-jong-un-got-a-gun.html

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Posable Plushie Tentacles!! New From Steve Jackson Games

Steve Jackson Games is one of our favorite game companies. Not just because they make great games or because it’s the part-time home for GeekDad favorite�John Kovalic, but because every so often they do something so far out there that you can’t help but stand up and applaud them. Such is the case with the [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/posable-tentacles/

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Sunday 26 February 2012

Free Code Friday: Win Freakyforms for the Nintendo 3DS

We’re back again, faithful readers, with another Free Code Friday sponsored by our friends at Nintendo of America. Last week we wowed you by giving away five free download codes for eShop exclusive Pushmo, and this time around we’re treating five more lucky winners to complementary copies of another phenomenal 3DS title. Freakyforms: Your Creations, [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/free-code-friday-freakyforms/

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Rangefinder iPhone case

Photojojo's iPhone Rangefinder case clips onto your iPhone, making it look like an iPhone inside a case that looks like a bit like a rangefinder. It's compatible with Photojojo's magnetic fisheye, wide-angle/macro and tele lenses: you can get it with a full set for $99. [via This Isn't Happiness]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/24/rangefinder-iphone-case.html

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How to Do Stop-Motion Animation on a Budget

Learn how to make fun stop-motion movies with your kids, without spending Hollywood money.

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/how-to-do-stop-motion-on-a-budget/

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We don't own the news we break

MG Siegler complains that the Wall Street Journal failed to credit him when covering a story he earlier scooped at TechCrunch: Apple Acquires Chomp. The Wall Street Journal Is Fucking Bullshit Earlier today, I broke some news. I don?t typically do this anymore given my new job. But from time to time this will happen. [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/24/we-dont-own-the-news-we-brea.html

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Apple Gives Shareholders More Input; Will Facebook Get the Message?

Shareholders want directors and executives who are publicly accountable, who represent the interest of every investor, not just the founder or themselves.

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/02/apple-gives-shareholders-more-input-will-facebook-get-the-message/

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Google to Oust Motorola Mobility Chief, Replace With One of Its Own: Report

Google spokeswoman Niki Fenwick declined to comment on the report, as Motorola's acquisition has not been closed.

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/02/google-motorola-sanjay-jha/

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Kim Jong-Un got a Gun

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/24/kim-jong-un-got-a-gun.html

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Geo-Location, Geo-Location, Geo-Location: The Tragedy of Lightsquared

If you’re thinking of investing in anything that might disrupt the business plans of the established brands in the tiny club of American telecommunications businesses, keep this in mind: Logic is for losers. The recent LightSquared debacle is the latest, saddest episode in a long string of stories signaling that upstart investors should look outside [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/02/pipeline-crawford-telecomm-goliath/

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Saturday 25 February 2012

Rangefinder iPhone case

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/24/rangefinder-iphone-case.html

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Wired Opinion: The Geek Shall Lin-herit the Earth (Or at Least The NBA)

Even geeks who got picked last in gynm class are caught up in the story of Jeremy Lin, the unlikely NBA star who seems to come from nowhere. Sure, performing well in the country?s media capital on what had been a losing team helps. And of course, an easily pun-able surname helps spread the word. But none of these explain why I ? and many of my fellow geeks ? love him so damn much. Here's why ?Lin is a validation of our worldview: Ignore expectation, follow the data.

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/02/opinion-ohanian-geek-shall-lin-herit/

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Posable Plushie Tentacles!! New From Steve Jackson Games

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/posable-tentacles/

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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Feb. 25

Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/agad022512/

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Coming Soon: Transformers Prime Season 1 on Blu-ray / DVD

Season 1 of Transformers Prime is coming out on DVD and Blu-ray next month, so Shout Factory has provided a few clips for your viewing pleasure. Like the Darkness Rising mini-series that kicked off this reboot, the show captures some of the feel of the original cartoon, but with a somewhat darker tone and a [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/transformers-prime-preview/

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Pipeline | Geo-Location, Geo-Location, Geo-Location: The Tragedy of Lightsquared

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/02/pipeline-crawford-telecomm-goliath/

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Betty White: A 90-year-old Action Hero

When I told my teenagers I would be flying to California in February as part of a press junket about The Lorax movie and would get to meet and interview some of the stars, one name jumped out at them. No, not Zac Efron or Taylor Swift. Betty White. “Ohmigod, Betty White rocks,” exclaimed my [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/bettywhite/

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Friday 24 February 2012

Google to Oust Motorola Mobility Chief, Replace With One of Its Own: Report

Google spokeswoman Niki Fenwick declined to comment on the report, as Motorola's acquisition has not been closed.

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/02/google-motorola-sanjay-jha/

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Posable Plushie Tentacles!! New From Steve Jackson Games

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/posable-tentacles/

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Ballad of the Virginia mandatory transvaginal ultrasound

Jonathan Mann has devoted today's song-a-day entry to the notorious Virginia transvaginal ultrasound. He notes, "As I was writing this song, the Virginia house passed a bill which still mandates ultrasounds within 24 hours of an abortion, but thankfully, they left out the transvaginal part. I still think the songs stands, though." More Jonathan Mann [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/23/ballad-of-the-virginia-mandato.html

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Belt-driven Devon Tread watches

New in the Watchismo Vault collection, the $17,500 Devon Tread watches, which use a cunning system of belts and optical sensors to keep and display the time. No, I don't have $17.5K to drop on something like this, but if you asked me to imagine what a $17.5K watch should look like, it would be [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/23/belt-driven-devon-tread-watche.html

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Futuristic Toronto ARG raising money on IndieGoGo

Trevor sez, ZED.TO is a transmedia adventure that invites audiences to join the ranks of a biotech corporation called ByoLogyc. They're innovative and design-minded, they're the Apple of an emerging technological market, and they're working on a product that will change the lives of all involved... The project pulls from the domains of tangible futures, [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/23/futuristic-toronto-arg-raising.html

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Canada doesn't belong on the US piracy watchlist, along with 70% of the rest of the world

Michael Geist sez, In what has become an annual rite of spring, each April the U.S. government releases its Special 301 report - often referred to as the Piracy Watch List - which claims to identify countries with sub-standard intellectual property laws. Canada has appeared on this list for many years alongside dozens of countries. [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/23/canada-doesnt-belong-on-the.html

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Goats webcomic book IV: the Kickstarter edition

Jon Rosenberg, creator of the entirely demented Goats webcomic sez, "Just wanted to let you know that it looks like I'm going to be able to do a fourth Goats book, and I'm doing it without a publisher -- this one is going to be wholly funded by the readers themselves. The Goats Book IV [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/23/goats-webcomic-book-iv-the-ki.html

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C-Level: Enterprise and Steak Dinners ? The Top 10 Ways to Become Truly Social

I?m concerned that the social transformation we keep hearing about has a couple of glitches. First, our collective understanding of what it means to be a social enterprise needs to be re-defined. What does it mean to be social? The second issue is that if we continue to act in a socially uninformed and uninspired [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/02/opinion-clevel-seidman-social/

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Thursday 23 February 2012

Microsoft, Google and Netflix want to add DRM-hooks to W3C HTML5 standard

A proposed anti-copying extension for the WC3's standard for HTML5 has been submitted by representatives of Google, Microsoft and Netflix. The authors take pains to note that this isn't "DRM" -- because it doesn't attempt to hide keys and other secrets from the user -- but in a mailing list post, they later admitted that [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/23/microsoft-google-and-netflix.html

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Lessons Learned From Risk Legacy, Part 2

So, last week I shared some thoughts about sequels and expansions inspired by Risk Legacy, the idea that they exist because of our human tendency to want more of the same. We want change without too much change: rewards without risk, so to speak. But because we can’t agree on the desired degree of change, [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/lessons-risk-legacy-2/

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Crowdsourcing As A Service: Citizen Reporters, Mystery Shoppers and Intelligence Gathering

Engagement Media Technologies makes mobile apps and backend services for three very different industries: citizen journalism, retail brand engagement, and intelligence and security operations.

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/02/crowdsourcing-as-a-service-citizen-journalists-mystery-shoppers-and-intelligence-gathering/

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Every opening of Beethoven's "Eroica" symphony

[Video Link]. YouTube viewer comment: "I liked the? part where they played the opening chords of the symphony." (thanks, Joe Sabia!)

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/every-opening-of-beethovens.html

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Exoskeleton Legs Promise Superhero Strength

Filmmaker and exoskeleton enthusiast James Cameron must be beside himself right now. RB3D’s Hercule exoskeleton legs will soon be available to help humans lift heavy items — and possibly fight off angry aliens in the event of a xenomorph invasion. The legs are a joint venture between French company RB3D, the French Directorate General Armaments, [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/exoskeleton-legs-promise-superhero-strength/

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Ooky ceiling lamp

Daniel Ritthanondh's "Barnacle Ceiling Lamp" is a tribute to the decor in the game Half Life, an altogether ooky bit of ceiling sculpture. Not yet available for sale, but Ritthanondh advises that a limited run will be forthcoming. Barnacle Ceiling Lamp! (via Neatorama)

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ooky-ceiling-lamp.html

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TOM THE DANCING BUG: Super-Fun-Pak, with Tim Tripp, Time Traveller, and MORE!

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Wednesday 22 February 2012

How Patent Battles Threaten the Simple Act of Unlocking a Phone

Unlocking a smartphone is perhaps its most basic function. It's a no-frills feature, but an important one. And yet over the past six months, the simple act of unlocking a phone has grown absurdly controversial.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/smartphone-slide-to-unlock-google/

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Luigi Anzivino: Science of Magic

As I recently posted, my colleagues and I at Institute for the Future hosted a conference late last year where we presented our new map, titled A Multiverse of Exploration: The Future of Science 2021. The map focuses on six big stories of science that we think will play out over the next decade: Decrypting [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/21/luigi-anzivino-science-of-mag.html

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The Future of Reading, From Avant-Garde Poetry to Sportscenter

We're reading everywhere, not just in books and magazines or on e-readers and tablets.

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/02/reading-poetry-to-sportscenter/

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Anonymous video threatens Canada's domestic spying minister with embarrassing disclosures

In this YouTube video, someone in Anonymous garb has threatens a massive, embarrassing document dump for Vic Toews, the Canadian MP and Public Safety Minister whose domestic spying bill will require ISPs to log information on Canadians' Internet use and to turn that to police and appointed inspectors over without a warrant (and which immunizes [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/21/144816.html

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Tokyoflash's Kisai Stencil watch: telling the time with negative space

Tokyoflash's latest Kisai watch is the Kisai Stencil, based on a concept design submitted by a math teacher named Heather Sable. It uses "negative space" to draw the numbers, a display that is cryptic at first but is easy to read at a glance once you've figured out the knack of it. I found that [...]

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Oprah's 3rd hand

The January 2 issue of New Idea Australia revealed something surprising! (Via Photoshop Disasters)

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HOWTO make animatronic cat-ears

Karen sez, "Instructables user abetusk has designed her own animatronic cat ears." Holy awesomely cute. I mean keee-yooo-te. I saw the demo video for the neurowear "necomimi" brain controlled cat ears and I thought they were pretty awesome. I'm just starting to learn electronics and I thought a fun project to start out would be [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/21/howto-make-animatronic-cat-ear.html

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Foxconn Raises Pay of Factory Workers

Ever since Wired reported high suicide rates at Chinese iPhone manufacturer Foxconn in 2011, the company — and Apple — have been under public pressure to improve pay and working conditions at the factory. On Friday, Foxconn announced pay increases of 16 to 25 percent for its factory workers, with the exact amount tied to [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/foxconn-raises-pay-of-factory-workers/

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Tuesday 21 February 2012

Catching Up on Thunderstone: Thornwood Siege and Heart of Doom

While you’re eagerly awaiting the arrival of Thunderstone Advance, I’ll catch you up on the last two expansions from the original series. These both came last summer, when I was in the middle of a major move and had to pack up my games for way too long, so I never got around to reviewing [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/catching-up-on-thunderstone/

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Science fiction apocalypses live on stage in New Hampshire

John Herman sez, "I am producing 'An Evening of Apocalyptic Theatre' in Portsmouth, NH. Nine plays, nine visions of the end -- including new works by Hugo and Nebula award winning science fiction author James Patrick Kelly and best selling author of The Great Typo Hunt, Jeff Deck. A couple argues in a bomb shelter [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/20/science-fiction-apocalypses-li.html

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Birth control is safer than pregnancy: Day 1 at AAAS 2012

It's that time again. Maggie is back at the largest science convention in the Western Hemisphere for four days of wall-to-wall awesomeness. Each day, she'll tell you about some of the cool things she learned watching scientists from all over the world talk about their work. Check the bottom of each post to find links [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/18/birth-control-is-safer-than-pr.html

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Skifcha = cat + wub

Skifcha, who has a Facebook page and may be seen in its full glory at xgabberx's Vimeo, is now available in stereo. There are more adventures. [Thanks, Joel!]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/18/dramatic-skifcha.html

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Whitney Houston movie yanked from Netflix streaming (Updated: happened before death)

Streaming rights to the Whitney Houston movie The Bodyguard were revoked at Netflix after her death. According to a Netflix rep quoted by Dan McDermott, the production company (Warner Bros., per IMDB) "saw an opportunity to make really a very large amount of money on the DVD sales of her movies". UPDATE: Netflix says its [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/20/whitney-houston-movie-yanked-f.html

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Das Model S Professional Keyboard Brings the Clickety-Clack to Your Mac

As I’m writing this post, I pretty much don’t have to worry about doing a word count ? or more accurately a character count. That’s because I’m writing it using a soon-to-be released Das Keyboard Model S Professional for Mac and my wife can hear every single key I hit. Like most Mac users (of [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/das-model-s-professional-keyboard/

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Spirit of Innovation Challenge Student Finalists Announced

A few days ago, the finalists for the the 2011-2012 Spirit of Innovation Challenge were announced. This competition is geared towards high school students who want to apply STEM concepts (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) towards global challenges with an eye for marketability. Finalists will be presenting their ideas to scientists, industry leaders and experts [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/spirit-of-innovation-challenge-finalists/

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Whitney Houston movie yanked from Netflix streaming

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Monday 20 February 2012

Skifcha = cat + wub

Skifcha, who has a Facebook page and may be seen in its full glory at xgabberx's Vimeo, is now available in stereo. There are more adventures. [Thanks, Joel!]

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Gadget Lab Podcast: Mountain Lion, Android Phones and a Scary Set of Knives

� �� This week on the Gadget Lab podcast, the gang talks about Apple’s latest software announcement, two new Android phones and a set of outdoorsy knives. First up, products editor Michael Calore and staff writer Mike Isaac talk about the newest Mac desktop OS, OS X Mountain Lion. Currently available in a limited developer [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/podcast-os-x-android-knives/

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Ultimate Ears 700 New Layout

Check out our new layout at http://ultimateears700.org or Ultimate Ears 700 Noise Isolating Earphones

Oh my God, entertainment industry people are still pitching for SOPA

You'd think that the proponents of SOPA[1] would give up that legislative dead parrot's ghost. But they're still doing the rounds on radio and in print, claiming that millions of Americans were 'duped' into opposing their harmless little internet censorship law. The fresh (!) talking points go like this: Wikipedia, Reddit, Boing Boing and others [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/17/oh-my-god-we-are-still-havin.html

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Frank Zappa explains the decline of the music industry

Here's Frank Zappa explaining what went wrong with the music industry -- it all went sour when the clueless, cigar-chomping old guys hired hippies who "understood music" to do the picking. Frank Zappa explains the decline of the music business (Thanks, amanicdroid!)

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/19/frank-zappa-explains-the-decli.html

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Vintage European soap packages

Over at Accidental Mysteries, a delightful collection of Vintage European Soap Packaging. (Thanks, Randall de Rijk!)

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Birth control is safer than pregnancy: Day 1 at AAAS 2012

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/18/birth-control-is-safer-than-pr.html

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Review: Rory?s Story Cubes: Actions and Voyages

The original version of Rory’s Story Cubes, done by The Creativity Hub (home of Rory O’Connor and Anita Murphy), has been around for a while. I reviewed it a couple of years ago, along with the second set, Actions, which was then only available overseas. Now Rory’s Story Cubes: Actions is available in the United [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/rorys-story-cubes-2/

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Qwikster Rebaptized: Netflix?s Name Game With Disc-Only Subscriptions

Qwikster clearly wasn't the answer, but at least it began to address the right questions.

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/02/netflix-dvd-subs/

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Sunday 19 February 2012

Foxconn Raises Pay of Factory Workers

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/foxconn-raises-pay-of-factory-workers/

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Mountain Lion vs. Windows 8: Two Paths to Platform Convergence

Now that Apple's offered a sneak preview of OS X Mountain Lion, we can begin to compare it with Windows 8. Both OSes draw inspiration from, and aim to integrate with, mobile devices. Each OS faces the same basic challenge, but approaches the problem with different strategies.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/mountain-lion-vs-windows-8-two-different-paths-to-platform-convergence/

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The GeekMoms Podcast #15 Feed the Monster and NEW GeekMom Book Club!

GeekMom Nicole Wakelin talks to Kristin Fitch, CEO and Co-Founder of ZiggityZoom.com�about how she started this family oriented website with her Mom.� You’ll hear what got her started, some of the challenges of running the site, and about the wonderful things you can find there, including an adorable app for kids called Feed the Monster. [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/geekmompodcast/

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Data viz: whom did the UK government invite to emergency talks about the health reform bills?

Dr Ben "Bad Science" Goldacre sez, "I did a really sophisticated and complex data visualisation. I think you might enjoy it. There's definitely a pattern in there, I just need to decide what statistical tests will best extract the signal from the noise." Who is, and is not, invited to Cameron's emergency NHSbill summit? A [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/17/data-viz-who-did-the-uk-gover.html

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Bruce Schneier's Liars and Outliers: how do you trust in a networked world?

John Scalzi's Big Idea introduces Bruce Schneier's excellent new book Liars and Outliers, and interviews Schneier on the work that went into it. I read an early draft of the book and supplied a quote: "Brilliantly dissects, classifies, and orders the social dimension of security-a spectacularly palatable tonic against today's incoherent and dangerous flailing in [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/17/bruce-schneiers-liars-an.html

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Add it Up: Crunching Numbers for Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Jeremy Lin

What do Netflix, Amazon Prime, iPhone sales, and Jeremy Lin all have in common? They're all up against the law of large numbers.

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/02/numbers-apple-amazon-netflix/

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Gadget Lab Podcast: Mountain Lion, Android Phones and a Scary Set of Knives

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/podcast-os-x-android-knives/

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White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" performed on things found in a laboratory

The Blast Lab at Imperial College, London, is a place where scientists study how explosions affect the human skeleton, and try to find ways to mitigate some of those effects. As you can imagine, this involves blowing stuff up fairly regularly and The Blast Lab is a pretty loud place. But the team of students [...]

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Saturday 18 February 2012

Bruce Schneier's Liars and Outliers: how do you trust in a networked world?

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9 Things Parents Should Know About The Secret World of Arrietty

The latest from Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli is yet another enchanting tale for families to enjoy together.

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/the-secret-world-of-arrietty/

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Why Apple Didn?t Include Siri in OS X Mountain Lion

Apple's latest OS X update, Mountain Lion, adds a slate of new features, nearly all derived from iOS 5. There's one big omission, however: Siri, Apple's voice-controlled virtual assistant, does not make the migration from mobile to desktop.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/no-siri-mountain-lion/

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Add it Up: Crunching Numbers for Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Jeremy Lin

What do Netflix, Amazon Prime, iPhone sales, and Jeremy Lin all have in common? They're all up against the law of large numbers.

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/02/numbers-apple-amazon-netflix/

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Apple Plant Conditions Better Than Others, Auditor Says

The Fair Labor Association commented on Apple manufacturing partners’ labor practices on Thursday, recognizing their standards as “way above average of the norm.” “The facilities are first-class,” FLA president Auret van Heerden told Reuters after visiting partner manufacturer Foxconn in Shenzen, China. “The physical conditions are way, way above average of the norm.” FLA’s recent [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/apple-labor-conditions-fla/

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On writing fiction with voice-recognition software

Justine Larbalestier, a very good novelist with very bad RSI, has written a great post called "Why I Cannot Write a Novel With Voice Recognition Software." In it, she explains why machine-based speech-to-text software isn't sufficient for fiction. I think that if I absolutely lost the use of my hands and had no other choice, [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/on-writing-fiction-with-voice.html

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Record industry lobby attains chutzpah singularity

IFPI, the international recording industry lobby, has gone on the offensive to save ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, an unprecedented international copyright agreement negotiated in secret (so secret that even Congress and the European Parliament weren't allowed to see it). In recent weeks, popular protests against ACTA have grown, and many nations are pulling back [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/record-industry-lobby-attains.html

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Friday 17 February 2012

Fun Weekend Coding Marathon Benefits Charity

When I was studying engineering, I took a couple of introductory programming courses (Pascal – yikes!) that were required. For one of them, I have a fond memory of one particular assignment given by the instructor for extra credit — he broke those of us who wanted to try for it into teams of four [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/fun-weekend-coding-marathon-benefits-charity/

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iPad Photo Frame Is Hit and Miss

We don’t record video of our family all that often, but we do take pictures — a lot of pictures. The problem is that, as with many people, they are locked away on the computer and rarely seen. I’d been planning to buy an electronic picture frame for some time but it wasn’t until I [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/ipad-photo-frame/

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Apps for Kids interview on New Hampshire Public Radio

Virginia Prescott of New Hampshire Public Radio interviewed me today about the Apps for Kids podcast that my daughter Jane and I do each week. With developers pumping out an estimated 2,000 applications daily for use on smart-phones and tablets, reviewers and web-critics are keeping busy sorting out what?s worth downloading, and what?s worth squat. [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/apps-for-kids-interview-on-new.html

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"Putting the Fun Back in Infrastructure" - Maggie speaking in Vancouver

I'm going to be speaking on Monday, February 20th, at the meeting of the British Columbia Sustainable Energy Association, starting at 7:00 pm. My presentation will focus on the North American electric grid—where it came from, how it works today, and how it affects what we can and can't do in the future. I'll be [...]

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Why Facebook Is Missing From Apple?s New Desktop OS

Facebook is the dominant player in social media, but its direct integration is nowhere to be found in Apple's desktop and mobile operating systems. It's a glaring omission considering Facebook updates are a simple drop-down menu choice in Android and Windows Phone.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/apple-osx-facebook-twitter/

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Makego: An App for Open-ended Play

Makego turns your iPhone into a car. This new app from Chris O?Shea, a British artist and designer, is a great digital toy for children because it takes the screen and encourages it to be something else. O’Shea’s commitment to inventing new approaches that explore play, human behavior, and engagement through interaction design and the [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/makego-app/

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HOWTO fight cheating by promoting authentic learning

Writing on 21k12, Jonathan Martin offers up a thoughtful response to the "plague of cheating" in secondary and postsecondary education. The right way to reduce cheating is to make education about more than test-scores and extrinsic measures, he argues. Cheating will only go down when students are told that they are in education to accomplish [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/howto-fight-cheating-by-promot.html

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Martin Amis's guide to arcade games

In 1982, famed author Martin Amis published a book about arcade games: Invasion of the Space Invaders. He's since become reluctant to discuss this curiosity, which poses the question--why? Was it rendered silly by gaming's progression from the cutting-edge to mass entertainment? Was it written only for a quick buck? Alas, the right answer is [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/martin-amiss-guide-to-arcade.html

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Thursday 16 February 2012

Amazon?s Prime Directive: No Standalone Subscription Video For Now

The integration Prime offers across Amazon's product lines is simply too important to the company's whole business.

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/02/amazon-prime-standalone-video/

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Prospecting for wind

Before the Lights Go Out is Maggie's new book about how our current energy systems work, and how we'll have to change them in the future. It comes out April 10th and is available for pre-order now. (E-book pre-orders coming soon!) Over the next couple of months, Maggie will be posting some energy-related stories based [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/prospecting-for-wind.html

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Uncharted: Golden Abyss for the PS Vita Is a Lot More Than Running and Gunning

Uncharted: Golden Abyss delivers in spite of considerable pressure and competing expectations. Although at times it threatens to lose its way amongst a tick box approach to balance and touch screen controls, good design and interesting characters make this an essential new chapter in the Uncharted series. While I’m more than happy with Uncharted 3: [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/uncharted-golden-abyss/

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Apple?s Foxconn Auditing Group ?Surrounded With Controversy,? Critics Say

Following ongoing public outcry and organized protests at Apple stores last week, Apple has announced that an organization called the Fair Labor Association is conducting independent assessments of worker conditions inside the factories of Foxconn, its manufacturing partner in China. Some are celebrating the move and the proposed transparency of the FLA's results, but others are dubious of the FLA's track record.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/apple-foxconn-investigations/

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Solo on a tiny drum kit

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Help Spider and Jeanne Robinson's daughter fight cancer

Terri Luanna DaSilva is the daughter of science fiction writers Spider and Jeanne Robinson. Readers will remember that Jeanne died of cancer in 2010. Now the family has been visited by cancer again: Terri has Stage IV metastatic breast cancer -- and a two-year-old daughter. She's fighting it, and Spider is asking his fans and [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/help-spider-and-jeanne-robinso.html

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"Normal" people aren't the only ones who matter online

"Large group of smiling business people. Teamwork." by Kurhan. Courtesy of Shutterstock If you want to understand why Silicon Valley startups keep tripping into privacy-related PR disasters, you could not do better than reading this attack on online privacy from Silicon Alley Insider editor Matt Rosoff. Each time [a data breach] happens, bloggers and privacy [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/normal-people-arent-the.html

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