Droplr -
S3-based file-sharing application for the Mac.
CloudApp -
Another S3-based file-sharing app for the Mac. Can’t see that there’s much difference between them — which pretty much means I’m not likely to chose either.
“Since the X-wing’s proton torpedo may have affected the subatomic structure of the Death Star, there is a high probability that no one reading this post will touch a member of the opposite sex tonight.” — Astronomer: Star Wars Explosion More Realistic Than Star Trek Explosion: Other than the reflexive heteronormativity, the funniest thing I’ve read on the Internet today.
Energy Weapon Specialist (by Ryan Palser) Extraordinary craftsmanship: replica laser rifle and A3-21 plasma rifle from Fallout 3.
via comicbookresources.com, via Warren Ellis. RED, starring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, and John Malkovitch. Oh yes. Going to be a good one.
benw:
Would this really be so bad?
Checkboxes, bitches.
- When you create an app, it should declare which permissions it actually requires to function (disabled, ticked checkbox) and which it desires by default (ticked checkbox.)
- Everything not required is optional/user definable.
- Permission to posting a tweet is separate from other, private profile writing operations, since it’s so socially destructive.
- Apps would never be allowed to require posting permission (if denied, they fall back to generating a URL the user can use to manually post through the Twitter website.)
- I think this also makes the permissions/capabilities copy clearer. Bonus.
For the love of God, Twitter: DO THIS!
The 'Little Orphan Annie' Cliffhanger Finale Is Completely Insane. -
He’s not wrong. Holy sweet merciful Moses Mary Jones. (via Catriona)
Hackers Wirelessly Crash Car's Computer At Highway Speeds -
The new work by teams from the University of South Carolina and Rutgers tried a different tack: spoofing the wireless sensors in wheels used by tire pressure monitoring systems, required in all new U.S. vehicles since 2008. The researchers didn’t find a wide-open door so much as the security employed by a 1920s speakeasy: once they learned the secret knock, the unidentified test car’s controls let them in no questions asked. The team sent fake warning messages from 40 meters away, and in another experiment, got the test car to flash a warning that a tire had lost all pressure while beaming the signal from another car as both drove 68 mph.
(Via Jalopnik)
Well, that was depressingly inevitable.
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