ifttt / Put the internet to work for you.
web service for building custom triggers based on common actions (via)
CAKFA.11: Reflect on Here
incredible new project by Broken City Lab
From $350 million surplus to $774 million deficit in one Ford year
on Ford scare-math. In 2010, Toronto was facing an $821-million deficit, but finished with a $310-million surplus without cutting services.
Ghosts With Shit Jobs
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Facebook and the Epiphanator: An End to Endings?
This was stuck in my Instapaper list for ages. You’ve probably already read it.
Apple Puts Legacy Final Cut Studio Back on Sale
good move
Crimson: Steam Pirates
“An iPad-only steampunk adventure game published by Bungie and developed by Harebrained Schemes, a games company founded by Jordan Weisman, whose past work game players might be familiar with—BattleTech, Shadowrun, and Crimson Skies.” Wow, I really haven’t been paying enough attention to Bungie news these days. Must get this. (via)
Steve Jobs: American Genius
Newsweek cover article
George Lucas Speaks Out Against Altering Films in 1988
yet he added “NOOOOOOO!” to Jedi for the Blu-Ray release
The Technium: Theological Chatbots
brief interview with the creators of the chatbots-arguing video
The Great Tournament of Hip-Hop Beverage Commercials
thanks Beau
Full text of Stephen Lewis’s stirring eulogy for Jack Layton
“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day I can hear her breathing.”
New Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'I'm Thinking Printers'
onion insta-gold
Web Surfing Makes You Work Better, Study Says
bookmark this page for your next yearly review.
Found this in a Chinese dollar store. Behold, Batman's true beginnings
Accessibility vs. access: How the rhetoric of “rare” is changing in the age of information abundance
rare is something people don’t access, as opposed to can’t access (via)
Opposition Leader Jack Layton dead at 61
oh no. so sad.
Stewart Butterfield on the Pressure of High Expectations
leading up to the launch of Glitch
Split Family Faces
amazing (via)
'Breaking Bad' coming to end: Are end dates good for a TV series?
What is the post-cinematic?
Gordon Graff Demonstrates That Vertical Farms Can Actually Work
cool image: a skyscraper that is half covered in plants
The Blackberry Shift: From the executives to the urban poor
fascinating
Mario Shunning IPhones Leads to Growing Discontent by Nintendo’s Investors
how the mighty are falling. Nintendo’s stock price spiked up on rumours there was going to be a Pokemon for iOS, and went back down when they denied it. Did I mention the 3DS price drop after only a few months on the market?
London riots: the underclass lashes out
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