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Aircraft

• Project Zero Electric Tiltrotor

Biology

• Rotary Jawed Shark brings whole new meaning to phrase "saw tooth"

Books

• DIY Book Scanning
• Calculus For Infants
• Lauren Ipsum. "A story about computer science and other improbable things. Laurie is lost in Userland. She knows where she is, or where she's going, but maybe not at the same time. The only way out is through Jargon-infested swamps, gates guarded by perfect logic, and the perils of breakfast time at the Philosopher's Diner. With just her wits and the help of a lizard who thinks he's a dinosaur, Laurie has to find her own way home."

Clocks

• WWVB. "WWVB is the station that radio-controlled clocks in most of North America use to synchronize themselves."

Computing

• Write Yourself a Scheme in 48 Hours. Writing a Scheme interpreter in Haskell quickly. Intended as an introduction to Haskell.
• "Best Practices for Scientific Computing"
• "WAT". Humorous interpretation of violating the principle of least surprise.
• "Duke Nukem 3D Code Review"
• Analyzing Haskell for Performance
• Boxen. "a framework for managing almost every aspect of your Mac."
• asm.js. Javascript as assembly language for compiler targetting.
• Evolving Game AIs using Genetic Algorithms. Reddit discussion
• Forth Warrior. Programming puzzle game. "Forth Warrior is a game of programming, stabbing and low cunning. "
• OpenBLAS. GotoBLAS (ridiculously fast linear algebra code) opensourced.
• XINU. Teaching OS in 8k lines of code..
• Primordial C Compiler written by Dennis Ritchie
• Resurgence in Neural Networks
• Zero Install. "Zero Install is a decentralised cross-platform software installation system available under the LGPL. It allows software developers to publish programs directly from their own web-sites, while supporting features familiar from centralised distribution repositories such as shared libraries, automatic updates and digital signatures. It is intended to complement, rather than replace, the operating system's package management. 0install packages never interfere with those provided by the distribution."
• Reddit Discusion on Hypercomputation

Math

• GAP. "Groups, Algorithms, Programming - a System for Computational Discrete Algebra"
• Emacs Calc has a variety of language modes including C and LaTeX.
• Project Euclid. "Project Euclid's mission is to advance scholarly communication in the field of theoretical and applied mathematics and statistics. Project Euclid is designed to address the unique needs of low-cost independent and society journals. Through a collaborative partnership arrangement, these publishers join forces and participate in an online presence with advanced functionality, without sacrificing their intellectual or economic independence or commitment to low subscription prices. Full-text searching, reference linking, interoperability through the Open Archives Initiative, and long-term retention of data are all important components of the project."
• Recursion Theoretic Hierarchies. Hypercomputation related
• "From Set Theory To Category Theory"

Science

• PeerJ. "PeerJ makes access to research free to all and affordable to publish for academic authors & their institutions."

Internet Memes

• The Harlem Shake

TED

• iO Tillett Wright.
• Tyler DeWitt: Exciting, accessible science
• Cesar Kuriyama. "One Second Everyday".
• "You Should Learn to Program"

Electric Cars

• Super Electric BMW E9
• Kerfluffle Over Tesla S test drive. Another test drive by CNN.

Derbys

• Space Derby

Meteorites

• "Meteor Explodes Over Russia Injuring Hundreds". Wiki page

Political Viewpoints

• Dan Carlin's Common Sense: "Pie-In-the-Sky Cynicism" Dan Carlin addresses education and citizenship in an accerlating technological society. Yeah, he's swinging towards singularity. He just said "exponential change".

Interwebz

• ISBN to BibTex converter

Porn

• "Deep Inside: A Study of 10,000 Porn Stars and Their Careers". Probably should be treated as Not Safe For Work

Letters

• "I love my wife. My wife is dead.". Richard Feynman

Brainz

• Viewing 3D movie fixes 67 year old man's lack of stereovision
• "Brown University creates first wireless, implanted brain-computer interface"

Chess

• Ward Farnsworth's Predator At the Chessboard: A Field Guide to Chess Tactics. Awesome guide to chess tactics.

Truth

• The Washington Post's TruthTeller. "The goal of Truth Teller is to fact check speeches in as close to real time as possible."
• Gapminder. "'Fighting devastating ignorance with fact-based worldviews everyone can understand.' Gapminder is a non-profit venture – a modern “museum” on the Internet – promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.

Magicomedy

• Kyle Eschen. Dry. Funny. Magical.

Dogs

• Zoe does acrobatic tricks and maybe sorting?
• Dognition. "Dognition now makes it possible to bring this science home and unlock your own dog's mysteries and abilities."

Depressing

• "'Imagine the Worst Possible Scenario': Why a Guantanamo Prosecutor Withdrew From the Case"
• US AG Eric "Holder does not rule out drone strike scenario in U.S."

Robotics

• Gazebo is a multi-robot simulator for outdoor environments.
• 3 Doodler. Freehand 3-D printer/sketcher. Could it be modded into a print head for an automated 3-D printer.

Music

• Kathleen Edwards.
• AWOLNation's "Sail"

Philosophy

• "The Deep Insights of Alan Kay"

Linguistics

• International Phonetic Alphabet

Materials

• Ars Looks To Test UltraEverDry

Potato Cannons

• Nucler Potato Cannon. Manhole cover accelerated to ~5 times escape velocity by small nuclear detonation.

History

• Mississippi Department of Archives and History Maps on Flickr

Spaceflight

• NASA Online Trajectory Analysis

Space

• Earth At Night From Space