Month: July 2012

These are my links for July 31st, 2012 through August 1st, 2012:

• 5 reasons Myspace is making a comeback –
• Digg is Back With New App and Site Re-Launch –
• What Does Siri Know About the iPhone 5? [VIDEO] –
• Guy Adams back on Twitter after Olympic tweet scandal –
• Vacuum-Packed Couples: Preserving Love In Plastic and Photographs –
• Michael Phelps Breaks Record for Most Olympic Medals –
• How Americans Are Working Around NBC’s Olympics Blockade –
• The Director Of ‘The Matrix’ Is Now A Woman –
• Twitter Apologizes for Suspending Critical Journalist’s Account –
• World’s Largest Write-On Map –
• Verizon Settles With FCC, Must Allow Third-Party Tethering –
• Jane Austin And Other Literary Classics To Get ‘Fifty Shades’ Treatment –
• Samsung to Apple: iPhone Was Only an Inspiration –
• ZappBug: Startup builds business baking bed bugs –
• Approved: The First Swallowable Electronic Devices –

These are my fantastically selected links for July 31st, 2012 from 10:30 to 15:31:

• Romney to Announce VP Through an App. Where’s the Innovation? –
• Scientists Prove Buckyball Cages Don’t Let Anyone Out –
• Jerry O’Connell Searches for Mitt Romney’s ‘Lost Taxes’ [VIDEO] –
• 48 Years of Inspiring Moon Photography –
• November 1926: Why Men Will Always Be Better at Sports Than Women –
• Facebook Timeline Coming to Most Members by the Fall –
• Blake Shelton Killed A Turtle And Bragged About It On Twitter –
• Mission Control Will Know The Mars Rover Has Landed When They Hear WILL.I.AM –
• China Sets Sights on Arctic and Moon, Universe to Follow –
• Readying for Curiosity’s Grand Entrance, William Shatner Narrates NASA’s New Video –
• You Need To See This Inspirational Letter A Pixar Filmmaker Wrote To Middle School Students –
• Blackout Leaves Up to 700 Million Indian Citizens Without Power –
• WordPress SEO Plugins, Post Penguin –
• Farewell, Hotmail: Microsoft previews Outlook.com, ending longtime webmail brand –
• Consumer Reports for geeks: New ‘Decide Score’ uncovers the best and worst products –
• Church Of Scientology Produces Entire Magazine Attacking The New Yorker –
• Polish City Pays Beautiful Tribute to World War II Uprising Victims [VIDEO] –
• Black Widows Invade New York –
• Video: A Retro-Sci-Fi Tour of Mars Rover Curiosity’s Awesome Chemistry Lab –
• Twitter Actually Told NBC About Banned Journalist’s Tweet [UPDATED] –

These are my links for July 30th, 2012 through July 31st, 2012:

• HootSuite Now Lets You Create Storify Posts, Save to Evernote –
• Magners funds Maccabees music video in Vevo partnership –
• 12-Year-Old Girl Works to Restore a Car in Time for Her 16th Birthday –
• It could be one of two things –
• Goodbye, Gmail Video Chat. Hello Google+ Hangouts –
• Here’s the Man Who Started #NBCFail –

These are my fantastically selected links for July 30th, 2012 from 17:22 to 19:07:

• Amtrak Gets on Board With E-Tickets –
• Lawmakers Want to Put an End to Online Ammunition Sales –
• Nike’s New Strobing Glasses Enhance Athletes’ Visual Acuity and Sensory Skills –
• Meanwhile, Yahoo’s VP Of North American Sales Just Quit (YHOO) –
• Zombies Take Over The Streets Of NYC In Protest Of Dish Satellite’s Decision To Drop AMC –
• Gone, Daddy, Gone: Go Daddy CEO is Out –

These are my fantastically selected links for July 30th, 2012 from 13:24 to 16:17:

• 8-Bit Olympics Wins Gold for Old School Awesomeness [VIDEO] –
• Is This What it Takes to Market Vodka? Pitchmen Pose as Window Washers –
• Facebook meets Excel: Microsoft seeks patent on social networking inside spreadsheets –
• A Somber Place for Celebration –
• Instagram surpassed 80 million users: Marketers sharing visual content have growing audiences –
• After Flop, Olympic Diver Tom Daley Outs Hateful Troll on Twitter –
• How the U.S. is Winning the Gold in Buffoonery in London –
• Japan Sends Fish to the International Space Station –
• Arcade Owner Confirms On Reddit: Yes, Claw Machines ARE Rigged –
• Facebook Upgrades Photo Viewing, Sharing –
• Just A Week From Landing, Mars Rover Curiosity Makes Final Course Corrections –
• Images Prove Apollo Mission Flags Still Standing on Moon –
• Lies They Teach in School Book –
• City Council Speaker Quinn Wants Lone NYC Chick-fil-A To GTFO –
• The 2000-2004 North American Drought was the Worst in 800 Years –
• Journalist Suspended From Twitter for Tweeting NBC Email –
• Distracted Driving App Could Lead to Safer Roads –
• Swiss Olympian Expelled From Games for Racist Tweet –

These are my fantastically selected links for July 30th, 2012 from 12:00 to 12:30:

• HP Laptop Accidentally Ships With Testing Video Intact –
• Paul Allen megayacht to aid recovery of British warship’s lost bell from 1941 sinking –
• Geotail Satellite Still Sending Back Crucial Information after 20 Years of Service –
• Civilian Drones to Search for Downed Power Lines During Blackouts –
• Mini Crime Scene Tape –

These are my links for July 29th, 2012 through July 30th, 2012:

• 5 brands that are Instagram superstars –
• Kickstarter Project Is a ‘Smartwatch’ for Your Smartphone –
• Weekly output: broadband, favorite gadgets, competition, Mountain Lion, miniaturization, location awareness, IP addresses –
• ‘Fund Me Maybe’ Is Tech World’s Parody of ‘Call Me Maybe’ [VIDEO] –
• A stream of unconsciousness –
• Not Tracking Social Media ROI is Your Fault –
• Record-Setting Electric Plane Flight Almost Didn’t Make It [VIDEO] –
• Scientists Uncover Giant Prehistoric Sperm Cache –
• Pirate Bay Damages Will Not Trickle Down to Artists –
• Twitter Doghouse Lets You Temporarily Dump Annoying Tweeps –
• Professor Suggests Dumping Algebra From Curriculum Entirely –
• For Wil Wheaton’s 40th Birthday, We Declare it “Non Esse A Verpum!” Day –
• Improving your condiments –

These are my links for July 27th, 2012 through July 28th, 2012:

• Amazon Sales Tax — What it Means for You –
• Cuisinart ICE-45 Soft Serve Ice Cream Maker –
• On Reddit, Rapists Say They’re Sorry –
• Rumor: Apple Potentially Considering Twitter Investment –
• Hallucinating body flowers –
• Bob Costas Led A Moment Of Silence At The Opening Ceremony After The IOC Refused –
• Unanimous is not an option –
• If ‘A Space Odyssey’ Were Remade as a Hollywood Blockbuster –
• Please, NBC and IOC, Learn How to Share the Olympics –
• James Bond and the Queen Parachute Into the Olympics [VIDEO] –
• The Biggest Fanboy In Silicon Valley Just Paid $20K For Lunch With Joss Whedon –

These are my fantastically selected links for July 27th, 2012 from 13:00 to 18:30:

• What The 2012 Olympics Could’ve Brought To NYC –
• No, sources don’t get to approve quotes or drafts –
• Yes, The ‘Happy Birthday To You’ Song Is Copyrighted—And Its Owners Will Earn Royalties Until 2030 –
• South Korean Artist Prepares to Launch His Homemade Satellite Into Orbit –
• ‘Tumblr the Musical’: Coming to a Dashboard Near You [VIDEO] –
• Cray supercomputer tackles age-old dilemma of how to make ice cream more delicious –
• Here Is Every ‘Harry Potter’ Chapter Illustration Compiled Together –
• AMC Cancels ‘The Killing’ –
• Dane Cook Sparks Outrage With Aurora Shooting Jokes [VIDEO] –
• MashTags: Share Your Funniest #90sTweets –
• Jeremy Renner Paid A Stiff Penalty For Popping The Wrong Pill Before A Flight –
• Cat in the Hat is back in first-ever Dr. Seuss iPad coloring app –
• Photo –
• More Tweets Sent Each Day This Year Than Entire 2008 Olympics –
• Google Admits Failing to Delete Street View Data –
• Here’s Where The Joker Was In ‘Dark Knight Rises’ –
• Hubble Sees Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 4700 –
• Non-Human Consciousness Exists Say Experts. Now What? –
• NYPD Transit Cop Body Slams Kid in Sunset Park Subway Station –

These are my links for July 26th, 2012 through July 27th, 2012:

• This Original Spider-Man Cover Is Now The Most Expensive Piece Of Comic Art In History –
• Harvey Weinstein Wants To Get Scorcese & Tarantino Together To Discuss Violent Movies –
• Samsung Outsells iPhone, Breaks Shipping Records –
• Epidemiological Algorithm Scans Your Tweets, Can Predict You’ll Get The Flu Next Week –
• Amazon’s Jeff Bezos donates $2.5 million to support same-sex marriage measure –
• Business Insider Is Looking For A Community Intern –
• Smartphone Clocks Could Keep Precise Time By Syncing With Fluorescent Lights’ Flicker –
• CONFIRMED: Pop Music Is Too Loud And All Sounds The Same –
• Interpublic profits drop 2.7% to $99m –
• Guinness appoints Cybercom to digital strategy in Western Europe –
• Only 30 Of The 264 World Leaders On Twitter Do Their Own Tweeting [STUDY] –
• Two kinds of unique –
• Show Your Kids the World WithLittle Passports –
• Photo –
• ‘Advanced Pimpin’ on Facebook Derails Woman’s Legal Case –