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The personal website of Alex Weber

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Mostly links from around the web, presented with quotes and commentary. Sometimes I write long-form pieces too.

Posted on 20110809

Storytree Wants Families To Spin, Share, And Save Good Yarns

via Fast Company

After Google+, does the world need another online community? Storytree thinks it does and offers a site to help family members … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110809

Facebook Updates Your News Feed: Introducing Topic Groups

via Mashable!

Facebook has started grouping status updates by topic, in the hopes that the update will help make sense of your News … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110808

HOWTO sound Canadian

via Boing Boing

Writing for the OED, Stefan Dollinger (director of the Canadian English Lab, University of British Columbia at Vancouver) … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110808

Chromium’s experimental touch UI demoed on video, made for meaty fingers

via Engadget

Google was pretty adamant at I/O that Chrome OS would not be coming tablets, but that hasn’t stopped its open-source cousin … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110808

MiniDock

via Cool Hunting

For iPhone or iPod users frustrated with hard-to-reach outlets or finding space on messy counters, look no further than … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110808

The One Rule

via Rands In Repose

When it comes to working at your computer, there is only one rule: context switches are horrifically expensive. Let’s talk … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110808

Nordstrom Allows Passers-by to Paint their Display with Light

via TAXI Daily News

[Click here to view the video in this article]

Nordstrom’s flagship store in Seattle did something different for their … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110807

China Gains On Google in Driverless Car Race With 177 Mile Road Trip (video)

via Singularity Hub

The race is on. Last month China cut their driverless car loose for a fully automated, 177 mile (286 km) […] Read More >>

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Posted on 20110807

Pixel-Perfect Plywood Portraits

via Gadget Lab

Tomi of Finland (no, not that one) cuts these amazing pixelated pictures from plywood using nothing but an electric router. … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110807

Welcome To The Panopticon

via TechCrunch

And so it begins. Carnegie Mellon researchers recently combined Facebook profile pictures and PittPatt’s facial recognition … Read More >>

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