Week ending Sunday 2013/12/08

Monday 12:18 · @pkedrosky Short the loonie? [Original, responding to @pkedrosky.]

Monday 19:02 · Jeepers, Seattle looks awfully good. [Original.]

Monday 19:22 · @hdiwan Oh, their NFL American-football team I mean. Which is currently beating up on another good NFL team. [Original, responding to @hdiwan.]

Monday 19:23 · @headius Ace Ventura ftw. [Original, responding to @headius.]

Monday 23:43 · RT @QuantumPirate: I missed an Amazon drone delivery. [Original.]

Wednesday 07:29 · Unsafe pages and how browsers deal with them, in which I name names: https://t.co/twJFylttbl [Original.]

Wednesday 07:57 · Tl;dr: With unsafe content, Safari optimizes for It-Just-Works over security; other browsers differ: https://t.co/twJFylttbl [Original.]

Wednesday 10:09 · Follow up, mobile browsers - Chrome/Android silently suppresses insecure script, mobile Safari just runs it: www.flickr.com/photos/34919093@N00/11209303654/# [Original.]

Wednesday 10:41 · Incredibly useful overview post on the Cambrian explosion of JS single-page-app frameworks: www.funnyant.comhttp/www.funnyant.com/choosing-javascript-mvc-framework/ [Original.]

Wednesday 10:48 · Oh gosh, Demand Media is on the skids. Isn’t that just awful. variety.com/2013/biz/news/epic-fail-the-rise-and-fall-of-demand-media-1200914646/ [Original.]

Wednesday 14:46 · “The agency’s access to carriers’ networks appears to be vast.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-tracking-cellphone-locations-worldwide-snowden-documents-show/2013/12/04/5492873a-5cf2-11e3-bc56-c6ca94801fac_story_2.html #unsurprised [Original.]

Wednesday 16:15 · @mansillaDEV www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2008/11/22/Not-the-Inventor-of-XML [Original, responding to @mansillaDEV.]

Wednesday 16:39 · RT @jennschiffer: I just published “How Node.js is Going to Replace JavaScript” https://t.co/RIv3URSVMD [Original.]

Wednesday 18:14 · Hey @DonDavies, I have to say that Reform Act looks pretty appealing. I think you & the NDP ought to climb on board. [Original.]

Wednesday 19:12 · Someone just bought a Tesla S with Bitcoin. I call that stylish. lamborghininewportbeach.blogspot.ca/2013/12/we-just-sold-our-very-first-vehicle.html [Original.]

Wednesday 21:30 · @rklau I would strongly suggest a look at Rega. And for fun, visit recordplayer.com [Original, responding to @rklau.]

Thursday 09:04 · Another serious run at P=NP: arxiv.org/pdf/1208.0954.pdf [Original.]

Thursday 09:53 · RT @rem: I’m not sure I like this whole “testing” thing. It keeps showing me bugs in my code that I didn’t expect. [Original.]

Thursday 10:33 · DLF strikes again: “Download a copy of your Gmail and Google Calendar data” - gmailblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/download-copy-of-your-gmail-and-google.html [Original.]

Thursday 11:09 · Dear Americans: Whitehouse.gov petition to reform ECPA to require a warrant for email disclosure: https://t.co/qgAoP067Gs [Original.]

Thursday 11:21 · @mezzoblue Telephoning is hard... let’s go shopping. [Original, responding to @mezzoblue.]

Thursday 17:25 · @tiffanyarment Buy a bed for him. What other choice is there? [Original, responding to @tiffanyarment.]

Friday 21:53 · Very decent Bitcoin introduction: www.michaelnielsen.orghttp/www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/how-the-bitcoin-protocol-actually-works/?utm_content=buffer67e6a&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer [Original.]

Friday 22:01 · RT @davidascher: These aren't specifically canadian, but many of these represent life in western Canada as a francophone: t.co/pnUOh… [Original.]

Friday 23:56 · Hah! I currently own the #1 Google search result for: opinionated prime lens. #smallvictories #wontlast [Original.]

Saturday 22:47 · @laurendw Waiting for you with open arms [Original, responding to @laurendw.]

Sunday 15:19 · In Vancouver? Take your kids to the East Van Panto, thecultch.comhttp/thecultch.com/events/east-van-panto/ Lotsa laughs for kids & grown-ups too, I & my 7yr-old loved it. [Original.]

Sunday 15:26 · Dealing ethically with domestic-airspace drones: inessential.com/2013/12/03/ack-ack [Original.]

Sunday 15:31 · Social-media wizardry: www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/shouts/2013/12/oz.html?utm_source=tny&utm_campaign=generalsocial&utm_medium=twitter [Original.]

Sunday 21:01 · Reform Government Surveillance! reformgovernmentsurveillance.com/ Signed, AOL, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo [Original.]

Sunday 21:14 · @mendeh Looks like a typo [Original, responding to @mendeh.]

Sunday 21:15 · Reform Government Surveillance! reformgovernmentsurveillance.com/ Signed, AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo [Original.]

Sunday 21:34 · ♥ Feuerzangenbowle ♥ [Original.]


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