Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-13

hatch

July 24, 2011

NASA scientist finds evidence of alien life – Aliens exist, and we have proof http://yhoo.it/ePclv6 #
Surly Brewing Selling DIY, â€œOpen Sourceâ€ Beer http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=203378 #
The Star Wars Craft Book by Bonnie Burton http://bit.ly/fTJV2P #
Amazon’s Hiring Spree Will Fill 1.7 Million Square Feet of Office Space in Seattle [eMoney] http://bit.ly/gz9BRR #
Adobeâ€™s Wallaby Canâ€™t Jump Very High “Everything Adobe does is designed to extend the life of its legacy Flash” http://bit.ly/fzeK2b #
Hollywood Openly Wants to Turn Netflix Into a Cesspool of Shitty Movies You Don’t Want to Watch [NetFlix] http://bit.ly/hVTTas #
Newspapers Hope Readers Will Throw Money Over theÂ Wall http://t.co/rODRXFI #
Music Publishers Settle With Limewire; Afraid To Have To Prove They Actually Owned Copyrights In Question http://bit.ly/f0CXie #
How Much Money Does It Take To Kill Net Neutrality? http://bit.ly/fYqTNF #
Dear Hollywood: It’s Time To Realize Artificial Scarcity Is Gone… And That’s A Good Thing http://t.co/nSpJg5R #
(Founder Stories) Stack Exchangeâ€™s Joel Spolsky On How SEO Makes The Internet Worse http://bit.ly/dGyCW7 #
Google reacts to Japanese tsunami with a Person Finder tool http://engt.co/dK5mlM #
This Beer Bag for Bikes Is Perfect for Cycling Alcoholics [Desired] http://bit.ly/eeZZm7 #
The Changing Way That Math Is Taught To Children http://bit.ly/eGsSrA #
Milestone: The Web (Finally) Surpasses Newspapers As Source for Americans’ News http://bit.ly/fFngcn #
Al Franken Warns Of â€˜Outright Disasterâ€™ Over Net Neutrality http://t.co/hAy6pzX via @paidContent #
What Would Happen If Napster’s Co-Founder Owned Warner Music? http://bit.ly/hjfCZ7 #
William Shatner explains what microprocessors are and do… from way back in 1976 http://engt.co/gY96SS #
Apple Accused of Slowing Web Apps to Benefit App Store http://bit.ly/ed9r33 #
The Five Best Cord Cutting Devices (Plus One Bonus!) http://bit.ly/gGG6su #
8-Track Piracy Is Killing The Music Business…. In 1976 http://bit.ly/icPNa6 #
An Open Letter to Jon Bon Jovi On Whatâ€™s Really â€œKilling The Music Businessâ€ | iLounge Backstage http://t.co/KuvdVoe #
120 Minutes Returns To MTV (w/host Matty Pinfield), Presumably Bringing Music With It http://bit.ly/h2Txcr #
â˜… Why the Nitro JavaScript Engine Isnâ€™t Available to Apps Outside Mobile Safari in iOS 4.3 http://bit.ly/hsdW1d #
Netflix Original Content Is Much More Than A Strategy Shift – It Could Shift An Industry http://bit.ly/gBVxXn #
Bob Woodward Blames Google For ‘Killing’ Newspapers http://t.co/LyIBZQZ #
‘Supermoon’ Rises: Biggest Full Moon in 18 Years Occurs Saturday Night http://yhoo.it/eAADu5 #
RSA hacked, data exposed that could ‘reduce the effectiveness’ of SecurID tokens http://engt.co/f3nxU8 #
Donâ€™t Bet Big. Little Bets Are The Ones That Turn Into Billion-Dollar Ideas http://bit.ly/gyDZgd #
“Geek Cake FAIL” http://t.co/W3a2Vc7 via @FAILBlog #
Amazonâ€™s Android App Store Launches: Test Drive Apps Directly From Your Browser http://bit.ly/fZ2WgM #
NYC judge rejects Google books settlement http://apne.ws/fCmMga #
Am I Violating The DMCA By Visiting The NYTimes With NoScript Enabled? http://t.co/DvKbSds #
London School Of Economics: No, Piracy Has Not Killed The Music Industry (But The Industry Has Certainly Changed) http://bit.ly/gr1X5o #
Audible.com Audiobooks Now Available On Kindle http://bit.ly/eFgf92 (nice work everyone!) #
Record Industry: Limewire Could Owe $75 Trillion â€“ Judge: â€œAbsurdâ€ http://bit.ly/girHKA #
Tim Wu Tries to Save the Internet [Voices] http://bit.ly/dYz6lJ #
To the “person” who pushed every button in every elevator in my office building; thanks for making me miss my train & finding your $10 #
Hollywood Continues Its Plan To Kill Netflix http://bit.ly/gM2Uz3 #
What Bill Gates Could Learn from Chris Rock http://pulsene.ws/17zCx #
Awesome seats! Can’t wait for the game! (@ Prudential Center w/ 29 others) http://4sq.com/eXphG2 #
I just unlocked the “Swarm” badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/eANMFV #
HOW TO: Land a Job at Amazon http://pulsene.ws/153ud #
Amazon Beats Apple And Google To Cloud-Based Music Storage/Streaming http://pulsene.ws/18pFN #
Debunking The Claim That Bad Things Happen When Works Fall Into The Public Domain http://bit.ly/hymUiH #
The Cloud Will Be Your Hard Drive, Despite The Record Labelsâ€™ Greed http://pulsene.ws/17Efw #
Death to the Shiny Disc [Voices] http://pulsene.ws/191dm #
An Open Letter to the Big Music Labels: Pipe Up, Please! [MediaMemo] http://pulsene.ws/19ykj #
How Did the New York Times Manage to Spend $40 Million on Its Pay Wall? http://bit.ly/ezEO9Z #
Do You Remember 1986?: Albums Celebrating Their 25th Anniversary, Pt. 2 – List Of The Day http://yhoo.it/ietPZs #
April Fools 2011: The BigÂ List http://t.co/X35eOeC via @techcrunch #
Why Amazon Is the New Digital Media Alpha Dog http://pulsene.ws/1aCGK #
College Speaking Fees Gone Wrong: Rutgers Paid Snooki More Than Toni Morrison http://pulsene.ws/1apv3 #
The 4 Seasons of Seattle Weather – The Oatmeal http://t.co/VvDlKkV via @Oatmeal #
Truck Drivers Told They Need To Pay A Licensing Fee To Listen To Music While Driving http://bit.ly/es5uHs #
Ben Horowitz: The Next Big Thing Will Be a Surprise [Voices] http://bit.ly/dWkFbS #
Data Defined [Infographic] http://bit.ly/hZETyq #
Amazon, Music, And A Sunny Forecast For The Cloud http://pulsene.ws/1bgRi #
E-Books: The New Frontier for Content Farms by @audreywatters http://t.co/vipXmu0 via @RWW #
Software Development and the Myth of Progress [Voices] http://pulsene.ws/1ct5g #
RT @favbrowser The History of Web Browsers (Picture) http://t.co/S7wOFwb #
This USB Cartridge Could Turn Your Analog Camera Digital [Desired] http://bit.ly/dGLXY9 #
@Zaddyman @favbrowser I’m not sure why NCSA Mosaic is missing? in reply to Zaddyman #
JavaScript Passes Java in Popularity in Open Source Knowledge Base http://pulsene.ws/1cgOD #
Estimate: In Two Years, Streaming TV Will Be An $800 Million Business for Netflix and Hulu http://pulsene.ws/1dfwT #
Why Websites Are Slow & Why Speed Really Matters [INFOGRAPHIC] http://pulsene.ws/1d5b4 #
Three phone tips for antisocial people that hate phones http://pulsene.ws/1dIeC #
Snoozing And Losing: A Blockbuster Failure http://pulsene.ws/1dDuE #
Celebrating 20 Years of Linux [INFOGRAPHIC] http://pulsene.ws/1dPxw #
What Would the Music Industry Look Like if Napster Never Existed? [CHART] Are you kidding me? http://pulsene.ws/1eRp7 #
Music Sales Not Totally Terrible This Year [MediaMemo] To counter my last tweet http://pulsene.ws/1eIEB #
Star Wars: The Musical http://t.co/XWsNUT3 (via @gadgetboy) #
What happens when we run out of water? http://pulsene.ws/1fyKl #
Here’s Why Amazon’s Ad-Supported Kindle Is The Future Of Gadgets http://t.co/DVjsq1f via @businessinsider #
Amazon Responds to Music Industry Concerns Over Cloud Drive: MP3 Sales Are Up http://pulsene.ws/1hhfg #
Let’s Hack Education with Data (and a Contest from DonorsChoose) http://pulsene.ws/1h7bR #
Will Book Publishers Ever Be Irrelevant? http://pulsene.ws/1h76Q #
Google Reportedly Frustrated With Record Labels, May Pare Down Rumored Music Service http://pulsene.ws/1ikkp #
Automatically generate regular expressions with Txt2re http://pulsene.ws/1iW1P #
What Spotify Can Learn From Record Store Day http://bit.ly/foPomW #
What App Developers Want: Letters To Steve Jobs And Larry Page http://pulsene.ws/1ksYw #
E-Book Sales Surpass Print: Is This a Win or a Loss for the Publishing Industry? http://pulsene.ws/1l2Gz #
Why Google Should Buy The Recording Industry http://bit.ly/hOwhiQ #
How to fix any computer http://t.co/rwjbY2Z via @Oatmeal #
Apple and the TV industry – http://t.co/dJk2WGd #
How HTML5 Is Influencing Web App Development http://bit.ly/hvrd5G #
Star Wars Episode V Retold in Iconoscope http://t.co/a33o2UJ #
Your iPhone Is Tracking Your Every Move http://bit.ly/hyFqqC #
If Chewbacca Had A Petâ€¦ http://bit.ly/erswnv #
Alex Levinson on the iPhone Location-Tracking File http://bit.ly/eRMjt5 #
Engineering a real-life Star Wars AT-AT http://j.mp/ebRfKo @gadgetboy Favorite line: “If we just build an AT-AT that looks cool…” in reply to gadgetboy #
RT @mashable Volkswagen’s The Force Ad Lampooned by Thor [VIDEO] http://t.co/PunfhZC #
The Health Effects of Being Seated All Day http://bit.ly/gcNnlY #
What Is a Book? The Definition Continues to Blur http://pulsene.ws/1ob7W #
“Hey! Ho! Appreciating The Ramones” by Rob O’Connor http://bit.ly/fJR3kQ #
Etymology http://xkcd.com/890/ #
Lego-inspired helmet concept protects your brain, reads comics so you don’t have to http://t.co/D567vGb via @engadget #
Coding Horror: Working with the Chaos Monkey http://bit.ly/hTRGSP #
How To Perfect Your French Press Coffee Technique [Coffee] http://bit.ly/f6W1P8 #
Star Wars Darth Vader Dark Side Coffee http://bit.ly/gSJ881 #
Yahoo Sells Delicious To YouTube Founders http://bit.ly/kEW1gV #
@gadgetboy @glemak I agree, cool, but wait for the price drop. Plus, the maintenance is not a selling point. Go single speed instead. in reply to gadgetboy #
40 Pictures Of Arcades In The ’80s: http://t.co/V3AOYPz (via @BuzzFeed) #
Overthinking Star Wars | The Economics of Death Star Planet Destruction http://bit.ly/mTZryY (via @gilhova) #
“Netflix’ popularity has a negative effect on the movie piracy rates in the US” by @rwwmike http://t.co/1zzMrV1 #
â€œ@gadgetboy: Old School (cc @fruhlinger) http://t.co/56Jlkazâ€ Hey! That’s my shirt! #
Nine surprising uses for beer http://t.co/wMPq3rA #
Subscribed to wearefoals http://bit.ly/k1BRnb #
Subscribed to freelancewhalesmusic http://bit.ly/mjjcJK #
I’m not really hip (obviously) (@ Terminal 5 w/ 102 others) http://4sq.com/mtmu8L #
The Mathematics of Whether Han Shot First or Second http://bit.ly/mOD4Ea #
The Star Wars Prequels Epically Summed Up In 2 Minutes Using LEGOs http://bit.ly/k7PJp3 #
‘’till Luke said ‘BE STILL!’ and tamed them with the old mind trick" http://t.co/8PNSs6O via @JimJeroo #
When Copyright And Contracts Can Get In The Way Of Art http://bit.ly/iIK73c #
Yum! (@ Libretti’s) http://4sq.com/iUt8q0 #
Amazon Cloud Player Quietly Begins Working On iOS Devices! http://bit.ly/kPBfQ8 #
RT @consumethis1st Notes on Food Culture: Ridiculous Kids Foods http://bit.ly/l17jT4 #
This is terrible: “Belgian cyclist Wouter Weylandt dies in crash during 3rd stage of Giro d’Italia” http://bit.ly/iTtlCR #
AC/DC Says Their Songs Will Never Be Available For Download; Rest Of Internet Laughs http://bit.ly/l6s760 #
How Many Times Will Skype Be Acquired For Too Much Money By Big Tech Companies With Little Strategic Synergies? http://bit.ly/izMzKt #
Star Wars Fail Whale http://bit.ly/ldBZ25 #
Angry Birds gets a web version, coming to Chrome Web Store http://engt.co/jczDV5 #
Industrial robots do Star Wars better than Lucas http://engt.co/mJdQ7K #
Audible Launches the Audiobook Creation Exchange http://t.co/VrSwHUe (Press) Come see us @ http://t.co/43inEsZ #
Subscribed to AudibleACX http://bit.ly/jufDjG #
Recording the On Digital Media Podcast with @gadgetboy @ccalder and @chialinsimmons http://odmcast.com #
A 1986 road documentary shot from the inside the last Black Flag tour ever http://bit.ly/m1iqVT via @gadgetboy #
JEFF BEZOS: Here’s Why He Won http://bit.ly/iRmd21 #
Linux Emulator in JavaScript? http://bit.ly/k7ruqX #
Netflix Now The Largest Single Source of Internet Traffic In North America http://bit.ly/jaMp9G #
SLR Camera Simulator | Simulates a digital SLR camera http://t.co/plQO3wg via @gadgetboy #
Huge bummer! Postponed: Elvis Costello at The Wellmont Theatre – Montclair – NJ – May 18, 2011 http://bit.ly/jBSIDD #
Bummed that the Elvis Costello show is canceled, but the food is yummy at Hat City. (@ Hat City Kitchen) http://4sq.com/k4HqPf #
I’m at Louise & Jerry’s (329 Washington St, Hoboken) w/ 2 others http://4sq.com/mPILUI #
Here to see Dave and Della Valle (@ Maxwell’s w/ 13 others) http://4sq.com/mSFEGQ #
What If Every eBook Was Its Own Social Network? http://bit.ly/mj1fKi #
A Glossary of 170 Beastie Boys Lyric References By The AV Club http://bit.ly/ixU80d #
Hey @WellmontTheatre when is the 5/18 @ElvisCostello show going to be rescheduled? Very bummed http://bit.ly/jBSIDD #
The best Oprah emails to Opera (the browser) http://bit.ly/iip1DT #
New enhancements to ACX.com – Audiobook Creation Exchange Blog http://bit.ly/j37Mhv #
Audio Book Sales Climb In Spite Of Competition | http://t.co/ZN7HaAr (via @MrLikesalot) #
Meet Facebook, the Webâ€™s Social Entertainment Operating System http://bit.ly/izTqeA #
Microsoft Blaming “Piracy” Rather Than Basic Economics For Its Struggles In China http://bit.ly/mjHziG #
@fruhlinger sounds interesting. Have any links to share? in reply to fruhlinger #
@fruhlinger sweet. Thx! in reply to fruhlinger #
Weezer Covers Radiohead’s ‘Paranoid Android’ http://bit.ly/jmQeVH #
Sync: Why is it Still Not Solved? http://bit.ly/j2WUAz #
Google Apps To Pull Support For Firefox 3.5, Internet Explorer 7, And Safari 3 http://bit.ly/m4Zw6H #
Introducing schema.org: Search engines come together for a richer web http://bit.ly/lD5aW4 #
@gadgetboy sweet! When are you going to start building one for J? in reply to gadgetboy #
Star Wars on TV? http://t.co/YdLPesJ (cc @gadgetboy) #
Star Wars Muppet Action Figures http://bit.ly/iLrU93 #
See you in SEA (@ Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) w/ 36 others) http://4sq.com/lkL2e4 #
JSON Activity Streams Spec Hits Version 1.0 http://bit.ly/melKdb #
I’m at Pike Place Fish Market (86 Pike Place, Seattle) w/ 3 others http://4sq.com/jHY6nD #
Record Labels, Once Again, Freak Out About Anyone Making Their Content Useful http://t.co/Y3tKPZe #
I’m at Amazon – SEA20 (Phase 1a) (440 Terry Ave N, Terry and Republican, Seattle) http://4sq.com/iCDd5l #
The Cloud http://xkcd.com/908/ #
I’m at Brave Horse Tavern (310 Terry Ave N, btw Harrison & Thomas, Seattle) w/ 4 others http://4sq.com/kbTz0M #
Going home (@ Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) w/ 50 others) http://4sq.com/m5U01a #
Star Wars Imperial March on #googledoodle http://goo.gl/doodle/CVfh5 (cc @gadgetboy) #
Permanence http://xkcd.com/910/ #
Apple vs. Amazon vs. Google – Apple victory isn’t a foregone conclusion http://t.co/cc3PEVh #
Contest Asks People To â€œDraw The Internetâ€ http://bit.ly/j3wJAr #
Why I love and hate having a smartphone – The Oatmeal http://t.co/sUcmFXL via @Oatmeal #
Boba Fett As A Civil War General http://t.co/9bVcx2U (via @ccalder) #
Go the **** to Sleep read by Samuel L. Jackson (free @audible_com) http://bit.ly/koVo2h #
Helping homeowners harness the sun http://bit.ly/kaQHBY #
Recording the On Digital Media Podcast with @gadgetboy and @ccalder http://t.co/hAmL2ha #
9 Everyday Tech Tools Made Possible By 100 Years Of IBM http://bit.ly/lf05oy #
How geeky is this? R2-D2 and C-3PO discovered in Raiders of the Lost Ark http://bit.ly/mFQXKq #
Is [cardboard] the future of bicycle helmets? http://t.co/mAAMe6f via @londoncyclist #
Check Out This Amazing Picture Of A 1956 Hard Drive http://bit.ly/lpipJb #
The Technium: The Clock in the Mountain http://t.co/cBstocl #
Vintage Steve Jobs Video: “Focusing Is About Saying No” (AAPL) http://bit.ly/jBnMWe #
How Dadâ€™s Music Indicates What You Listen To Today [INFOGRAPHIC] http://bit.ly/jeQZ4w #
Malcolm Gladwell advocates being late http://usat.ly/meVL8I #
Performance is a Feature http://bit.ly/mbiPCh #
Why Apple’s Subscription Terms Are A Lose-Lose-Lose http://bit.ly/l82UgZ #
Bicyclingâ€™s gender gap: Itâ€™s the economy, stupid http://t.co/vzUsnsY via @grist #
Recording the On Digital Media Podcast Live w/ @gadgeboy, @ccalder and @chialinsimmons http://t.co/eJbFKIE #
How do you know when it’s done? http://bit.ly/mHWgMs #
Video of 35 Musicians Covering Radioheadâ€™s â€œParanoid Androidâ€ http://t.co/HBoDh5s #
Why Flurry Got It Wrong On Mobile Apps Vs. Web Browsers http://bit.ly/iQPcTt #
Fair use isnâ€™t much good if you canâ€™t afford it http://bit.ly/jGE6WN #
Why Are New York Bagels the Greatest? It’s Not the Water [Science] http://bit.ly/m27SIA #
What Go the F to Sleep’s success says about parents: 4 theories http://t.co/b1L9jqh #
Article about Audible’s ACX Audiobook Marketplace by @thorntonmatt via @digibookworld #dbw http://t.co/1kzPfld #
Prince: Digital Music Has A Different Impact On Your Brain http://bit.ly/lez9z0 #
Just a Few Talking Cars Could Eliminate Gridlock by @itskeithbarry http://t.co/grTFbja (cc @susanodonnell8) #
SocialBicycles Bike Sharing Is Now A Kickstarter Project http://bit.ly/mmDwuL #
Google+ Project: Itâ€™s Social, Itâ€™s Bold, Itâ€™s Fun, And It Looks Good â€” Now For The Hard Part http://bit.ly/it5cMe #
Google Swiffy Converts Flash to HTML5 http://bit.ly/kBsFKM #
Internet predictions from 1982 http://bit.ly/kpdXIh #
Star Wars Dogs http://bit.ly/kQ0ANR #
Star Wars: The Blueprints http://t.co/b9UuaF6 (via @gadgetboy) in reply to gadgetboy #
Clever Audiobook Ads Feature Book Characters Marching Into Ears: http://t.co/UQvdTuo #
How to Promote Your ACX Audiobook: One Author’s Plan: http://t.co/1TaDvTg (via @acx_com) #
Where to watch the Tour de France 2011 online http://bit.ly/lBopn5 #
Seth Godinâ€™s Imprint Bundles E-Book With 200 Free Songs http://t.co/K7cDpuo via @paidContent #
There goes my weekend: Lego Star Destroyer: 50-Inches Long, 3,000 Pieces http://t.co/NDOoikw (via @gadgetboy) in reply to gadgetboy #
“With television you just sit, watch, listen. The thinking is done for you.” http://bit.ly/kwN1WV #
LEGO Album Covers http://bit.ly/kpzCxR #
How Can I Breathe New Life Into My Old iPhone (or iPod touch)? via @Lifehacker http://t.co/OEJrfOe #
Google Maps-powered training bike simulates Tour de France, refuses to speak English http://t.co/2sw1cUO via @engadget, @martoon #
Darth Hairdryer http://bit.ly/lf8K6H #
Cloud Wars! Amazon Cuts Prices To Counter An Apple Service That Hasn’t Launched Yet http://dthin.gs/qlQmHh #
Say What? Thanks To Digital Music, Album Sales Up For The First Time Since 2004 http://bit.ly/n0lQHa #
HTML5 vs. Native Apps: the Google Plus Thread http://bit.ly/nTSmcc #
Robots for Everyone: Getting Kids Interested in Programming with Legos http://bit.ly/qBm5mg #
The Dark Side Wins: Lucasfilm Shuts Down Star Wars Fan Movie Marathon http://bit.ly/oi94Fk #
I’m at Maplewoodstock 2011 http://4sq.com/pTar7v #
The history of DOS http://bit.ly/oQ99wS #
Facebook Scam Pretends to Connect You With Video Calling [WARNING] http://on.mash.to/no5bxw #
Turntable.fm Lets Users Play D.J. to Virtual Crowds – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/pMp3CR (via @MrLikesalot) #
Google’s First eReader Looks Just Like The Original Kindle (GOOG) http://bit.ly/p2MSwS #
Map of America as Seen by a New Yorker http://bit.ly/qgRfIE #
TV Tells Kids Fame is the Most Important Thing in Life, Study Finds http://aol.it/qDng5D #
I’m at Yale Terrace Block Party (West Orange) http://4sq.com/mTakSa #
Took my cracked frame to @HighGearCycley. Hope @Gary_Fisher & @TrekBikes still honor the lifetime warranty http://t.co/3FKcZqM #
The Internet of Things [Infographic] http://bit.ly/nQTR56 #
@Gary_Fisher thanks for the DM. Huge fan! Been riding your bikes for years. Looking forward to continue the trend. #
Amazon rolls out textbook rentals for Kindle, promises discounts up to 80 percent http://t.co/XWjfJWI via @engadget #
This Lightsaber-Wielding Robot Tracks Your Movements Like a Sith Lord [Video] http://bit.ly/nwGGw2 #
Standards http://xkcd.com/927/ #
Recording the On Digital Media Podcast with @gadgetboy and @ccalder http://t.co/hAmL2ha #
Project Cartoon: How Projects Really Work (version 1.5): http://t.co/6Dma0An (from the archives) #
Amazon Says Harry Potter E-Books Will Be Available On Kindle http://bit.ly/rjN3vv #
10 Things You Didnâ€™t Know About Amozon http://t.co/dzZf4oQ #
I’m at Hiigh Gear Cyclery (20 Main Street, Millburn) http://4sq.com/oVpIGJ #
More Americans Are On Facebook Than Have AÂ Passport via @techcrunch http://t.co/fHpO5Og #
Twenty-Seven Members of the 27 Club – List Of The Day by Rob O’Connor http://t.co/ZM3FhUf #
Yesterday the #TdF climbed Alpe d’Huez and it was painful. Earlier MT Bikers went down Alpe d’Huez and it was insane http://t.co/Om2ijxT #