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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 20110518

This Is A Piranha Plant USB Keychain For Today’s Stylish Man

via CrunchGear

As an adult man, you have many responsibilities and one of those responsibilities is to look great. How can you look great? By … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110518

Lingodroid robots develop their own language, quietly begin plotting against mankind

via Engadget

It’s one thing for a robot to learn English, Japanese, or any other language that we humans have already mastered. It’s … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110518

RecognizeMe unlocks your jailbroken iPhone using your face, anyone else’s (video)

via Engadget

We don’t often jailbreak our iPhones to test apps, but a facial recognition unlock tool seemed a worthy excuse, so we gave it … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110518

Senate bill would require warrant for e-mail, cloud searches

via Ars Technica

Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) proposed sweeping … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110518

Report: PSN password resets exploited, accounts compromised again

via Ars Technica

Just two days after the PlayStation Network was restored after a near month-long … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110517

Tiny Artificial Eardrum Could Make Your Headphones Safer And Better

via CrunchGear

One of the problems of in-ear headphones, though they often have excellent sound, is that they block all movement of air inside … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110517

Daily Show mocks FCC’s Baker for taking Comcast job

via Ars Technica

The antics of FCC officials don’t generally make their way into the mass media, but … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110517

Canadian copyright group pushes for levy on memory cards

via Engadget

As even non-Canadians may recall, there was a big issue in the country a few years back over a so-called “iPod tax” (something … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110516

Microsoft And Baidu To Partner A Big Search Deal In China To Take On Google [REPORT]

via Redmond Pie

Looks like Microsoft is on a roll these days, after acquiring Skype for a whooping $8.5 Billion, reports in Chinese press now … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110516

Science reveals what you need to do to talk people into anything [Psychology]

via io9

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