Archive for August, 2013

The NSA Is Commandeering the Internet – Bruce Schneier – The Atlantic

Monday, August 12th, 2013

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/08/the-nsa-is-commandeering-the-internet/278572/

Would you post your DNA on Facebook? – MarketWatch

Monday, August 12th, 2013

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dna-the-last-frontier-for-privacy-2013-08-10?mod=wsj_share_tweet

‘Dot-com,’ the Most Ubiquitous Suffix on the Internet, Was Almost … ‘Dot-cor’ – Megan Garber – The Atlantic

Sunday, August 11th, 2013

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/08/dot-com-the-most-ubiquitous-suffix-on-the-internet-was-almost-dot-cor/278455/

World’s Most Influential Thinkers Revealed | MIT Technology Review

Sunday, August 11th, 2013

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/518026/network-analysis-reveals-worlds-most-influential-thinkers/?utm_campaign=socialsync&utm_medium=social-post&utm_source=twitter

Edward Tufte forum: Artful Feynman Diagrams

Sunday, August 11th, 2013

http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0003oo

Hatnote Listen to Wikipedia

Saturday, August 10th, 2013

Hatnote Listen to #Wikipedia: A way to see the editing in realtime http://listen.hatnote.com/#nl,ja,en,ar,as,pa

http://listen.hatnote.com/#nl,ja,en,ar,as,pa

Genome Mosaicism—One Human, Multiple Genomes

Saturday, August 10th, 2013

cites Abyzov et al.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6144/358.summary

Crab Nebula: Video shows gas cloud expanding over time.

Saturday, August 10th, 2013

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/08/01/crab_nebula_video_shows_gas_cloud_expanding_over_time.html

A Hankering for Hybrids – NYTimes.com

Saturday, August 10th, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/03/business/a-hankering-for-hybrids.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&pagewanted=print

The suburbs are dead — and that’s not a good thing – Salon.com

Saturday, August 10th, 2013

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/03/the_suburbs_are_dead_and_thats_not_a_good_thing/