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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 20120104

Google: Android 4.0 ‘Holo’ theme to be mandatory on all devices with Android Market

via Engadget

Google is rightfully proud of its native theme in Ice Cream Sandwich. Dubbed Holo, it’s intuitive, functional and — dare we … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120104

Daytum, One Year Later

via Cool Hunting

One year ago we posted about Daytum, Nicholas Felton’s iPhone app and website for tracking and visualizing personal data. While … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120103

Preserving Tesla’s Wardenclyffe facility

via Boing Boing

Spider Robinson writes in with an account of a visit to Wardenclyffe, Nikola Tesla’s facility at Shoreham, NY, near the north … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120103

Belarus bans browsing foreign websites

via Boing Boing

The government of Belarus has passed a law that makes it a misdemeanor for citizens to browse websites hosted outside of the … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120103

Keep The Spark Alive With BeCouply’s Epic Date Night Subscription Service

via TechCrunch

Imagine a candlelit dinner, a private art gallery tour, and round-trip black car service for you and your significant other. … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120103

What it’s like for a mathematician

via Boing Boing

It’s hard to explain the experience of expertise. That’s why one of the first things they teach you in journalism school is to … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120103

Missing portion of Obama Hope poster revealed

via Boing Boing

From Demand Progress President Obama just signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law despite startling provisions … Read More >>

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Shishavac Automates Your Hookah Habit

via Gadget Lab

According to the Wikipedia entry, smoking a shisha (or hookah) is sooo 16th century. Fire, smoke, water, trees and … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120103

Pod2g Releases Details Of How Corona Untethered Jailbreak Works On iOS 5.0.1

via Redmond Pie

Although Chronic and iPhone Dev teams will rightfully take a share of the plaudits for releasing utilities enabling an … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120103

I Will Follow You: Making A Marriage Last In 140 Characters Or Less

via Fast Company

As Rubert Murdoch and (a fake) Wendi Deng became Twitter’s newest celebrity couple, veteran tweeters Katy Perry and Russell … Read More >>

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