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Record Store Day – R.E.M. Unplugged

REM Unplugged from Record Store Day on Vimeo.

I oarked just as the store opened, walked in just after the last person who had waited in line entered, and snagged the only copy of R.E.M. Unplugged that the store had.

I was back in my car and on the road again within three minutes.

So… my first and last Record Store Day was a rousing success!

How I Became a Lego Designer

MAKE has a story on How I Got My Job as a Lego Designer. If I had known that was a thing, I may have beat him to the punch… Gosh I loved playing with Lego as a kid.

How Americans Die

How Americans Die.

It's a nice presentation. With some surprising information on suicide in particular.

Bokeh in a Cell Phone Camera

Yeah, on Android. It's a bit of a neat trick, since they can't exactly have a very big aperture, but it seems to be "okay."

Wearables

Yawn.

Aside from notifying me when I can't hear or see my phone (or feel it), I don't see much point in wearables.

And I rarely wear a watch.

Being Less of a Jerk about Faith

I'm writing the gist of this in the future by a few days. I just had a conversation with someone I respected. He equated - because his religion compels him to - homosexuality with child molestation. He steadfastly believes that homosexuality is 100% choice, and is never biological. He's quite firm on that point.

I no longer consider this person someone with whom I wish to speak.

So given that background, I read Anil Dash's piece on being more tolerant, or less of a jerk, with interest.

Memories of Steve

Memories of Steve, by Don Melton.

I'm not going to quote anything. Just go read it.

Understanding Heartbleed

This is about the simplest - and one of the best - explanations available: xkcd: Heartbleed Explanation.

How to Coil Cables

Funny Software Bugs

Michael Tsai with a short list of Funniest Software Bugs. The first is quite good…

Ultimate Guide to Solving iOS Battery Drain

The Ultimate Guide to Solving iOS Battery Drain

If you do nothing else, do step 1.

Bad Facebook. Bad.

Silicon Valley TV Show

iWork Updates (5.2, 2.2)

The Second iWork ’13 Update introduces a lot of nice things.

Hopefully, this indicates that iWork is not languishing as it did for many years.

fnd.io

Michael Tsai shares a tip about searching the iTunes store via Alex Heath. A LaunchBar shortcut for it is: https://fnd.io/#/search?mediaType=all&term=*.

This is a Generic Brand Video

Pretty much pegged it.