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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 20110907

Native Instruments Maschine Mikro just wants to make the world dance, forget about the price tag

via Engadget

Besides looking like the illuminated dance floor in our favorite club, the Maschine from Native Instruments also inspires … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110906

Import Photos From Facebook, Flickr, Photobucket And Instagram To Google With This iPhone App [VIDEO]

via Redmond Pie

Touted as the Big G’s answer to Facebook, the early buzz surrounding the fast rise of Google+ died out almost as quickly as it … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110906

Daedalus Touch Gets Big Update, Now My Favorite iPad Text Editor

via Gadget Lab

Daedalus Touch — the writing app I keep in my iPad’s dock — has received a big update which adds new features … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110906

Hawaiian Shirts Lower Japanese Energy Use

via Fast Company

Japan has a simple way to save energy: Make every day casual Friday.Illustration by Paul DarraghRyotaro Kishi ditched his … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110906

Japan: A freaky field guide to mythical beasties of Tokyo

via Boing Boing

Matt Alt penned a guide to Tokyo’s legendary animals and mythical beasts (not to be confused with yokai). Chip Boles did the … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110906

Amazon’s 7-Eleven lockers are very real, very gray, slated for Friday activation

via Engadget

After an arduous expedition that must’ve lasted hours, an intrepid frontiersman in the Seattle area has finally unearthed … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110905

Speculative fiction, and the art of predicting the future

via Boing Boing

John Schwartz has a nice piece in today’s New York Times on science fiction as a tool for predicting the future: The dirty … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110905

Bankers will take $5 trillion from American economy over the coming decade

via Boing Boing

How to succeed by failing: be a banker. From CNN World: For the American economy – and for many other developed economies – the … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110905

“Rude” gestalt optical illusions

via Boing Boing

Look closely. This isn’t your dad’s rabbit-duck illusion. “Rude Illusion Parade” (forgetmori) Read More >>

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Posted on 20110904

Nodes, Sensors, and Internet Access at the Bottom of the Ocean

via Singularity Hub

On September 1st the 274-foot Naval research vessel Thomas G. Thompson pulled into Newport, Oregon. Its crew of researchers, … Read More >>

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