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

Posted on 20110922

Five Folding Knives

via Cool Hunting

The token tool carried by boy scouts and mountain men the world over, a pocket knife is a useful device to have whether in a … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110922

Awesome: Real-Life Electric Tron Lightcycle

via Gadget Lab

Custom chopper builders Parker Brothers have managed to pull the Tron lightcycle out of its CGI home and into the real world. … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110922

How Many Slaves Are Working For You?

via Fast Company

A new website and mobile app looks at your purchases and determines the amount of forced labor that’s gone into everything you … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110922

The Evolution of the Facebook Profile [PICS]

via Mashable!

At Facebook‘s f8 conference in San Francisco on Thursday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a major overhaul of the … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110922

Facebook Employee Reveals Killer Facebook Music Feature In Deleted Tweet

via TechCrunch

Facebook Music is launching tomorrow. This, everyone knows. But not everyone knows exactly how it will work, since Facebook … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110922

A New Product Discovery Site Emerges, With A Killer Domain And $1M In Funding: Get.com

via TechCrunch

Finding the product that best fits your specific requirements is not always an easy feat, not even on the Web. Get.com recently … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110922

Anti-malware hardware has the potential to make it illegal and impossible to choose to run Linux

via Boing Boing

It’s been years since the idea of “trusted computing” was first mooted — a hardware layer for PCs that can verify that your OS … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110922

China: Awesome gentleman builds homemade flying contraption powered by eight motorcycle engines

via Boing Boing

Local farmer Shu Mansheng starts the engines of his self-designed and homemade flying device before a test flight in front of … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110922

Squid extract bridges human / machine divide, cyborgs to become very real

via Engadget

If we ever manage to capture a live giant squid, researchers at the University of Washington are going to have a field day. … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110922

Windows 8 ditches ’80s BIOS boot for streamline UEFI

via Engadget

Every time we reboot our computers, that scrolling code takes us right back to the days of War Games and Tab. Bringing us … Read More >>

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