Geek Links — July 28, 2010
Posted on July 29, 2010 by Chris Nelson
Making up for the slim pickings last week, we’ve got a boatload of goodness this week. Numerous articles on Patent problems, wikileaks, programming languages, facebook privacy, Japan phenomena, zombie Dick Cheney, and much much more. Enjoy!
Patents/Politics/DRM
- Study About IP On The Human Genome Shows That Patents Hindered Innovation
- Spam Filtering? Patented! 36 Companies Sued
- Richard Stallman’s Mono and DotGNU patent concerns
- Google bows to China’s censorship demands
- BP photoshops fake photo of crisis command center, posts on main BP site
- Adam Savage and “The RFID Censorship Question”
- New gov’t rules allow unapproved iPhone apps
- US government legalizes iPhone ‘jailbreaking,’ unlocking
Wikileaks
- Why the World Needs Whistleblowers | Wikileaks founder on the importance of leaking secrets
- Wikileaks releases massive set of Afghan war files
- Afghan War Diary, 2004-2010
- Explosive Leaks Provide Image of War from Those Fighting It
- Afghanistan war logs: Wikileaks founder rebuts White House criticism
- View Is Bleaker Than Official Portrayal of War in Afghanistan
- Afghanistan: The war logs
- Video: How to read the Afghanistan war logs
Programming
- Silicon Valley Code Camp — you must attend
- Google Web Toolkit JavaScript Vs hand Crafted JavaScript benchmark
- Do I really want to be using a language where memoize is a PhD-level topic?
- The story of Mel
- Remix this Game
- C verses c++
- Reading From a Webcammathnathan
- C++, Does it Suck?
- What’s wrong with C++
- Donald Knuth • My interest in graphs and my first experience of a computer
- Try Haskell! An interactive tutorial in your browser
Linux
Security/Privacy
- New Google Maps Mashup Exposes Chatroulette User Locations
- How To Spam Facebook Like A Pro: An Insider’s Confession
- Mafia Wars CEO Brags About Scamming Users From Day One
- AOL Proudly Releases Massive Amounts of Private Data — old but relevant
- Rebooting Responsible Disclosure: a focus on protecting end users
- WPA Cracker
Science
- The Science Barge
- Google Moon
- The Titanic in 3-D
- Heart Device Keeps Dick Cheney Alive, but Takes Away His Pulse
- How to Speak a Language That Your Robot Will Understand
- WARNING: 3D Video Hazardous to Your Health
- Self-Referential Aptitude Test
Commentary
- Amusing Ourselves to Death by Stuart McMillen — be sure to check out the links at the bottom as well
- They Will Steal Your Idea. They Cannot Steal What Really Matters.
Tech
- Twitter users most followed by readers of Hacker News
- Electronic Alchemy at Noisebridge Hacker Space
- George Dyson at the birth of the computer
Apple
- New Apple Magic Trackpad Is Here
- iPad Owners Are ‘Selfish Elites.’ Critics Are ‘Independent Geeks.’
- Apple grants ABC unprecedented access to its secretive “black labs”
- Funny decal pokes fun at iPhone antenna woes
- Apple Donates MacPaint Source Code To Computer History Museum
- MacPaint and QuickDraw source code
Web
- Think Vitamin » Emotional Interface Design: The Gateway to Passionate Users
- Chatroulette collecting IP addresses, screenshots
- Block Posters – Create large wall posters from any image!
- How A 17-Year-Old Craigslist-Swapped An Old Phone For A Porsche
- Multi-city craigslist notifications via RSS!
Japan
- ‘Hikikomori’ bedroom hermits should be regarded as national crisis
- Kinokuniya USA says ‘no more’ to anime pin-up magazines
- The puzzle of Japanese web design
- Japanese TV shows rule
Smartphones
- 10 Cool Asian Cell Phone Features You Can’t Have – Yet
- Japan in a Cell Phone League of its Own
- At Least Motorola Admits It
