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DIY Cellphone has the footprint of an ice cream sandwich, definitely doesn't run ICS (h... - 0 views

www.engadget.com/...dia-lab-diy-cellphone-hands-on

diy politics design electronic

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  • Ben Bishop on 25 Apr 12
     
    Another step forward in the "open source ecology" type world. Parts are still relatively expensive, but it's heading in the right direction
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Vatican and Oxford libraries scan ancient works, let scholars stay in their armchairs -... - 0 views

www.engadget.com/...d-libraries-scan-ancient-works

vatican oxford libraries writing literature

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  • Ben Bishop on 21 Apr 12
     
    Grant given to Oxford and Vatican libraries to start digitizing ancient texts including: scan of original Gutenberg bible, ancient Hebrew texts, and Greek philosophy texts.
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Fifth Avenue Frogger brings everyone's favorite roadkill to New York City (video) -- En... - 0 views

www.engadget.com/...yones-favorite-roadkill-to-new

new york city gaming frogger real time fifth avenue electronic

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  • Ben Bishop on 21 Apr 12
     
    Artist uses webcam feed and gps focused on Fifth Avenue NYC to create corresponding cars in Frogger game. So where does the real car end and the Frogger smashing begin...?
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Senate black box bill could see 2015 car models ship with data recorders -- Engadget - 0 views

www.engadget.com/...15-car-models-ship-with-data-r

politics design electronic writing data recorders

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  • Event Data Recorders in all automobiles produced from 2015 and on.
  • legislation still needs to pass the House of Representatives
  • Ben Bishop on 21 Apr 12
     
    Black boxes: not just for airplanes anymore... And these should actually be black.
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Brainy Gamer - 1 views

www.brainygamer.com

gaming culture writing design literature

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  • Ben Bishop on 18 Apr 12
     
    Blod devoted to videogame "archaeology" as Bogost would call it. The site actually suggests reading his book too.
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FAQs | Raspberry Pi - 0 views

www.raspberrypi.org/faqs

computer technology open affordable

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  • Ben Bishop on 17 Apr 12
     
    Small company starts shipping out "Raspberry Pi" a $25 computer that runs a compact version of Linux. Did I mention it's the size of a credit card?
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(1) Comcast no longer... - 0 views

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writing politics net neutrality

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  • Ben Bishop on 17 Apr 12
     
    Netflix CEO gives a brief rant about the Comcast data limit and how it applies (or not) depending on which app you use for your content.
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xkcd: Umwelt - 0 views

xkcd.com/1037

media theory browsing space

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  • Ben Bishop on 11 Apr 12
     
    You can take or leave the comic, depending on your tastes, but the idea of Umwelt and its applicability to our subject matter is fascinating.
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xkcd: s/keyboard/leopard/ - 0 views

xkcd.com/1031

generative writing mad lib digital

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  • Ben Bishop on 11 Apr 12
     
    Just have your computer change one word, and look at all the beautiful chaos it creates...
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Google plugs 14 holes, hands out $47k to security researchers -- Engadget - 0 views

www.engadget.com/...ut-47k-to-security-researchers

google web security

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  • Ben Bishop on 07 Mar 12
     
    Well, they didn't have anyone nag the $1 million prize for a full compromise, but security analysts did find a few things to patch up anyways.
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In private search & browsing | Stop online tracking & malware | Disconnect - 0 views

disconnect.me

web browsing tracking

shared by Ben Bishop on 07 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Ben Bishop on 07 Mar 12
     
    My new favorite Firefox add on that combats all the new privacy stuff unearthed about the big internet titans.
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Know your rights News, Videos, Reviews and Gossip - Lifehacker - 0 views

lifehacker.com/...y-and-what-you-can-do-about-it

rights digital web government politics

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  • Ben Bishop on 28 Feb 12
     
    Some of the ins and outs of copyright law and DMCA.
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Robot scribe threatens the well-being of journalists everywhere | ExtremeTech - 1 views

www.extremetech.com/...eing-of-journalists-everywhere

robot writing uncreative

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  • Ben Bishop on 21 Feb 12
     
    Oh snap... This could be interesting.
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30+ Awesome Free and Open Source Audio Applications List - 3 views

open-tube.com/source-audio-applications-list

opensource software audio

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  • Free and Open Source Audio Applications List
  • Ben Bishop on 19 Feb 12
     
    A list of the heavy open-source hitters for audio playback and editing.
  • Ben Bishop on 20 Feb 12
     
    Sound cloud looks really interesting, but they host all of the content and you just send out links to share it. In order to play content on your page, you need a mess of java script commands and I have no idea how to link that to your content... Guess that's why all the bands pay big bucks to have someone build their site for them.
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B2G - MozillaWiki - 0 views

wiki.mozilla.org/B2G

B2G mozilla os for open web

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  • Mozilla believes that the web can displace proprietary, single-vendor stacks for application development
  • Boot to Gecko (B2G)
  • B2G/Architecture.
  • ...1 more annotation...
  • The UI of B2G is called Gaia and is a collection of web apps. Some design concepts are posted here.
  • Ben Bishop on 19 Feb 12
     
    Mozilla is jumping into the ring with a mobile OS platform. Still in development, but this is the main page for info about the new platform
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HTML5 | Webmonkey | Wired.com - 0 views

www.webmonkey.com/html5

html5

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  • Ben Bishop on 19 Feb 12
     
    Blog for latest updates on HTML5 protocol; it may be tricky, but it is slowly replacing Flash.
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What People Think I Do / What I Really Do | Know Your Meme - 2 views

knowyourmeme.com/...le-think-i-do-what-i-really-do

meme web

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  • What People Think I Do / What I Really Do
  • Ben Bishop on 16 Feb 12
     
    The story, templates, and examples of that meme that has blown up on Facebook recently.
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