Category: Day in Links

These are my fantastically selected links for December 16th, 2012 from 07:00 to 12:04:

• NASA Will Livestream Tomorrow’s Lunar Probe Crash –
• Twitter Rolls Out Downloadable Tweets to Select Users –
• Twitter Introduces New Feature to Download All Your Tweets –
• Stephen Colbert visits Google to promote his book, has no idea Google sells books –
• Game on!: Flash Duel: 5-Minute Fight Game in Your Pocket –

These are my fantastically selected links for December 15th, 2012 from 11:05 to 19:33:

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• NASA Video Proves the End of the World Isn’t Coming Soon –
• Bold Poker App Turns iPhones Into Playing Cards –
• Tumblr Users Flock to Mashable Comment Thread –
• Group Claims They Found Children Employed at Samsung Supplier, Which Samsung Obviously Denies –
• Suggestive Samsung Commercial Puts Mrs. Claus on Naughty List –
• United Kingdom Rejects Opt-Out Porn Filter Despite Pleas to Think of the Children –
• A very psychological chocolate –
• “This is not the day” –
• Men’s Rights Redditor Advocates Violence Against Cops — Again –
• Southwest Airlines Owes an Estimated 5.8 Million Alcoholic Drinks to Passengers –
• That Didn’t Take Long: Angry Mob Mistakenly Blames Mass Effect for School Shooting –

These are my links for December 14th, 2012 through December 15th, 2012:

• What Were the Last Words Spoken on the Moon? –
• New Book Claims Geronimo Was Not A Merciless Killer –
• James Cameron Almost Made A Film Called ‘E.T.’ Before Steven Spielberg –
• Kickstarter Transit App Refunds Backers –
• Cop Busted for Buying $15 iPhone From Another Officer –
• Feds predict end times for Colorado River water –
• Leaked BlackBerry Handset Appears to Emulate iPhone’s Design –
• The power of perspective: DigiPen students debut popular mind-bending game –
• Sweet deal: Wal-Mart offering iPhone 5 for $127, third-gen iPad for $399 –
• ‘Mass Effect’ Facebook Page Attacked Because Misidentified Shooting Suspect Liked It –
• Fleas Navidog[via] –
• Proposed Sandy Aid Package Would Help NASA, Smithsonian –
• Origami Self-Closing Stroller Is a Slick Gift for Techie Moms –
• Commentary: Why the downfall of Facebook is more possible than you think –
• Russian Elephants Saved From Siberian Winter by Heaping Helpings of Vodka –

These are my links for December 13th, 2012 through December 14th, 2012:

• Thanks for Nothing: Weirdest Gifts From Co-Workers –
• Marketers seeking deep connections can leverage Facebook –
• 12 Holiday Gift Ideas for Your Girlfriend –
• The Geminid Meteor Shower in Stunning Photos –
• Watch John McAfee’s Latest and Strangest Interview Yet –
• ‘The Guardian’ To Pull The Plug On Its Facebook Social Reader App –
• Facebook Testing Recent Articles Module, Showing Stories Users May Like –
• This Robot Is Going to Space to Keep Astronauts Company –
• Facebook Builds Stronger Bonds Than Twitter, Study Says –
• Wearable Wagging Tail Matches Your Mood –
• U.S. Counterterrorism Agency Can See All Your Files –

These are my fantastically selected links for December 13th, 2012 from 15:08 to 19:36:

• Junk mail eliminator PaperKarma processes more than 1M requests, named one of Apple’s top apps –
• Geminid Meteor Shower Will Peak Tonight, Unnamed Shower May Also Appear –
• Paul McCartney Jammed With Nirvana at 12-12-12 Benefit Concert, Minds Were Blown –
• Behold, the Subtle Greatness of Google Maps for iPhone –
• Jelly Bean Is Coming to Verizon’s Galaxy S III –
• What Parents Need to Know About Facebook’s New Privacy Controls –
• Who Are the “Sexiest Geek Dads in the Galaxy?” –
• Christmas in Redmond: Microsoft employees finally get their Surfaces –
• Sound Tracker Robot –

These are my fantastically selected links for December 13th, 2012 from 03:00 to 13:37:

• Kate Harding Tells Men’s Rights Activists to Go Fuck Themselves –
• Con Ed Says Gebeli Family Won’t Have To Pay $734 Electric Bill –
• U.S. Court Finds iPhone Guilty of Violating 3 Patents –
• This gingerbread Brooklyn is way too amazing to eat –
• University of Iowa Will Now Ask Incoming Students If They Are Gay –
• Gangnam Style Dance Ends in Man’s Death –
• X-rays Reveal Potential Drug Target for Ulcer-Causing Bacteria –
• Google Stock Jumps Above $700 After Maps Returns to iOS –
• 3D Printing Goes Prime Time As Staples To Offer “Easy 3D” Service –
• Samarium Hexoboride Behaves Like a Topological Insulator –
• Can Facebook Make You Fat and Poor? –
• Kindle vs. Nook: Which E-Reader Should You Gift? –
• Police Tase Woman for Buying Too Many iPhones –
• Paul McCartney Replaced Kurt Cobain In A Nirvana Reunion And Courtney Love Isn’t Happy—Here’s Today’s Buzz –
• Smartphones And Social Media – The Everyday Life Of Today’s Connected Consumer [INFOGRAPHIC] –

These are my fantastically selected links for December 12th, 2012 from 01:00 to 17:44:

• YotaPhone Has LCD Front, E-Ink Back, Coolness All Over –
• Study: Calorie-Counting Apps Rev Up Weight Loss –
• Nuclear Weapons, Reactors, and Mining –
• John McAfee Being Extradited to the U.S. –
• People aren’t connecting extreme weather to climate change — at least, not on Google –
• For New Lamps, An Unlikely Energy Source: Gravity –
• Geoengineering expert: Tinkering with climate is tempting, also ‘kind of insane’ –
• Jon Stewart Blasts Michigan’s Right-To-Work Law With An Amazing Union Rap –
• The Pope Just Sent His First Tweet – And It Was From An iPad –

These are my fantastically selected links for December 11th, 2012 from 11:00 to 17:50:

• Why Are Women Writers Still Stuck Behind Pseudonyms? –
• China Fires Officials Who Sanctioned Secret Feeding Of Genetically Modified Rice To Kids –
• Tiny, Convenient Terahertz Microchips Can See Inside Objects –
• Magic Foam Can Be Shot Into The Body To Stop Major Bleeding –
• Here’s Why Gmail and Google Chrome Had Issues Yesterday –
• How did Newark Mayor Cory Booker do on his food stamp challenge? –
• Coding Is 21st Century Literacy –
• Ancient Cooking Stones Help Reconstruct Earth’s Magnetic History –
• Maker Of Oscar & Emmy Statues To Lay Off More Than 1/3 Of Workforce –
• Kindle died? Reuse it as a spatula, toboggan, or chastity belt –
• Diuretic Drug Could Help Treat Autism –
• Checking Facebook at Work Could Be Illegal –
• Norway Begins Four Year Test Of Thorium Nuclear Reactor –
• Twitter User ID Numbers Cross Into the Billions –
• Automated Blackhawk Helicopter Completes First Flight Test –
• For the first time, cities see a drop in childhood obesity –
• Huge Asteroid to Pass Earth Tonight: Watch Online –
• Inc. 500 CEOs More ‘Social Savvy’ Than Fortune 500 CEOs [INFOGRAPHIC] –

These are my links for December 10th, 2012 through December 11th, 2012:

• The most common tablet strategy mistakes –
• Why NFC will be bigger than QR codes –
• Hands On With Instagram’s New Features –
• Nintendo Does The Unthinkable, Publishes Pokédex App For iOS –
• A first: AG sues Florida firm for blasting residents with unwanted text message spam –
• Twitter Adds Instagram-Like Photo Filters –
• Drill Issue Could Threaten Mars Rover Curiosity’s Mission –
• “Happy Holidays” Written on NYC With a Bike and a GPS –
• Here comes the iPhone: T-Mobile beefs up coverage in Seattle, Atlanta, Minneapolis –
• 7 Gifts For The Geeky Kid In Your Life –
• 3D-Printable Guns Face Federal Ban –
• We got a copy of the subpoena Chevron sent a rebellious shareholder –
• Social media content is king, but in-house struggles threaten its crown –
• Stunning time-lapse video of a total solar eclipse –
• Twitter Moves Fast And Adds Photo Editing Capabilities –

These are my fantastically selected links for December 10th, 2012 from 13:10 to 15:04:

• Mount Everest Doesn’t Look That Big From Space –
• Was an Israeli Spy Vulture Found in Sudan? –
• Digging Detroit: The Packard Plant –
• Bizarre Creature Found in 200-Million-Year-Old Cocoon –
• New York’s bike share gets a new new new new new launch date –