Of course ads are what people enjoy most on Facebook. So now we bring you: auto-play video ads. You’re welcome. 😀
Links
Facebook Tracks Messages You Never Sent
Remember the message you wrote on Facebook, but never hit “send”? … Well Facebook certainly does … “for research purposes” :/ … and don’t think the other ad-financed networks do any better.
Explaining Shell Commands
Let explainshell.com explain your shell commands and let it look up arguments and flags. 😀
Forensic Architecture
Forensic Architeture is an interesting research project analyzing target sites of drone strikes from publicly available information. They remodel and reconstruct the architectural features of those sites and provide necessary context for human rights violation investigations carried out by UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights (UNSRCT) Ben Emmerson.
Struggles of a Systems Programmer
James Mickens has probably written the most hilarious essay about the struggles of a systems programmer. xD
Universal Surveillance Justification
You have your own invasive surveillance program? The EFF has created an online tool for generating justification statements using real quotes that are so broad and nonsensical that they can be used to justify just about anything. 😀
An ABC for Baby Linguists
Ingenious: An ABC for Baby Linguists
Thanks @atopal
Sequel Pro
A friend recommended Sequel Pro as a GUI for MySQL databases. After trying it out for a day I must say I’m pleasantly surprised. 🙂
Google’s Shell Style Guide
If you find yourself writing Shell scripts have a look at Google’s awesome style guide.
Infinite Jukebox
If you like a song and wish it was longer … enjoy the Infinite Jukebox.