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Fascinating to watch.

A good video (albeit SUPER corny) for beginners:

Ars writer Casey Johnston on Why I hate read receipts: The cases above are real, but it's safe to say that most messages are written to be responded to. Therefore, when someone doesn't respond to your message, it can be a blow to your ego. What was wrong with what you said? Too flip? Too […]

Lavabit, email service Snowden reportedly used, abruptly shuts down - Boing Boing.

AllThingsD: "Previous smartphone owners buy Apple iPhones much more than first-time owners," according to Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. "Almost 50 percent of previous owners buy an iPhone, while under one-third of first-time owners buy an iPhone." In other words, as more and more people become "previous smartphone owners," things are looking up. 🙂

Executive version: you can't. The minimum wage in this country is reprehensible. If the minimum wage had kept up with inflation it would be over $10 an hour. If it had kept up with productivity? It would be $21.72. Seriously… wow.

How many can you name without looking at the names of the characters or movies? Famous Guns

Apple's lone-wolf strategy backfires. Gruber adds: In other words, word on the street in Washington is that it's a shakedown, pure and simple. The smart move for Apple would be to just pay up, but that's sad.

Science education vs. high-profile ignorance | Ars Technica In what passes for political discourse in the US these days, state school board hearings provided citizens with the opportunity to accuse the new standards of being simultaneously fascism and socialism. The Courier-Journal quotes a Baptist minister as saying, "Outsiders are telling public school families that we […]

Two useful tools for quickly building charts that are usable within a CMS.

It's a KBase article, and I like it. I also like that you'll be able to BLOCK people in iOS 7.

I wonder if they regret ever putting that out there.

I call fakesies.

I like Southwest - a lot, actually. They are friendly, funny, and don't charge for baggage. I don't like the way they board planes, but it has its advantages, too. This, however, is a sad tale: a Southwest plane crash landed, and then things were stolen from the passenger luggage before being returned. Shame on […]

When you're old, things seem to rush by. Why? Possible answer: because we stop learning. It’s simple: if you want time to slow down, become a student again. Learn something that requires sustained effort; do something novel.