Surgical Book Sculptures by Brian Dettmer
News
Apple sold more iOS devices in 2011 than all the Macs sold it in 28 years.
"Rosetta Code is a programming chrestomathy site." Each page describes a programming concept or task, then lists how it's implemented in dozens of programming languages. Useful for learning a new programming language, especially if you're already familiar with how to do it in another language.
Pirate Bay: The RIAA Is Delusional and Must Be Stopped
Social apps 'harvest smartphone contacts'. While this may not come as a surprise to many, the fact that apps such as Twitter and Instagram will take the addresses from your contacts list and store them, sometimes unencrypted, has become enough of a story that two members of the US congress have sent a letter to Apple about its apps and how they access personal data.
Entertainment
Tetris plus Minesweeper = Tetrisweeper. A moves left, D moves right, W and E rotate, S drops. Click to uncover, shift-click to flag.
Merchandise
Das Model S Professional Keyboard Brings the Clickety-Clack to Your Mac
Reading & Discussion
21st century car thieves could switch from car jackings to car hackings
Debunking the NASA million dollar space pen urban myth
Get It and Forget It: Smartphone Users' Fickle Taste for Their Apps: People with iPhones or Android phones may download a lot of apps, but they tend to use very few of them after a while.
Our Internet Safety Obsession Is Bad for Children
Why the Patent System Doesn't Play Well with Software: If Eolas Went the Other Way
Your heartbeat could be your password
Resources & Tools
Booktype is an open source platform to write and publish print and digital books. It features collaborative editing and has no license restrictions on the content, which can be delivered for a variety of screen and print formats. If you're going to collaborate on a book, this is the way to do it.
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