Terrifying Botany and Oscilloscope Playing Music

Terrifying Botany

• Dendrocnide moroides. "It is the most virulent species of stinging tree". Virulent species of stinging tree‽ Australia is terrifying.

Sometimes Terrifying Zoology

• The Ark In Space. "A compendium of creatures"

Computing

• Ars: GPU Clustering and Password Cracking

• Grabcad: "Free 3D CAD models from a community of mechanical engineers". The licensing rules are not immediately apparent.

Linux

• Command Line tool lists
  • Some useful Open Source Terminal Apps
  • Reddit discussion on the above
  • Long list of Linux terminal tools
• SparkleShare: "an Open Source (self hosted) file synchronisation and collaboration tool and is available for Linux distributions, Mac, and Windows."

History

• Reddit Ask Historians Thread on Pirates

• The Generals book review

• Mississippi State and Loyola-Il's race barrier breaking basketball game

Blogging/Internet Discussion

• "Danger Will Robinson". Primarily for "Oppression is deeply connected to our need to protect." Really damn insightful statement, I think.

• Response to a racist

• The Top Saved Comments and Posts of Reddit. Mmmm, meta.

• "How I Learned to Check Mine Instead of Making Fun of People’s Grammar on the Internet"

• The Morning News. "n online magazine of essays, art, humor, and culture published weekdays since 1999. In addition to our features, each day includes our morning and afternoon headlines, with links to the most interesting news items, articles, and oddities around the web."

Estimation

• xkcd on Model Rocket Powered Spaceships

Physics

• Topological Insulators

Literature

• The Lord of the Rings Family Tree Project

• Binding a hardback

Civil Liberties

• National Counter Terrorism Center expands datamining and data aggregation powers

Music

• Dave Grohl's Documentary Sound City

• Oscillofun: Music that, with an oscilloscope, is its own music video

Aviation

• Solar Impulse Solar Powered Plane

Making

• Solidoodle: 800 dollar 3D printer

• Wooden Titan 2 and Space Capsule Ornaments