Anyone who works as a freelancer these days has to be at least a bit familiar with techie things. But it isn’t just that. When I was a kid and those vaguely SF puppet shows were on the television and all the other kids wanted to be Greg Gogetem or Steve Savetheuniverse, I wanted to be the guy in a white coat and glasses called Doc or Brains. Here are some technology-related feeds I find useful and/or entertaining.
Geek Culture
Power2U! Built-in device charger (review)
Ever wish you could recharge your iPhone or iPad without hogging a three-prong receptacle? Well the Power2U is just what you are looking for. Newer Technology's' Power2U AC/USB Wall Outlet is an in-your-wall solution for conveniently powering and charging all sorts of USB devices. It's just like your standard electrical outlet, with two sockets, only it also features two USB charging … [Link]
Thirsty Cat drinks with his head.
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Slashdot
NASA Pulling Out of ESA-led ExoMars Mission?
astroengine writes "It's a strange irony that to afford the expense of space exploration, international collaboration is often sought after — spreading the cost across several international partners means the biggest space missions may be accomplished. And yet in times of austerity, national budgets balk at the prospect of investing in international projects like ExoMars. Sadly, that's exactly what … [Link]
Moglen: Facebook Is a Man-In-The-Middle Attack
jfruh writes "In an email exchange with privacy blogger Dan Tynan, Columbia law professor Eben Moglen referred to Facebook as a 'man in the middle attack' — that is, a service that intercepts communication between two parties and uses it for its own nefarious purposes. He said, 'The point is that by sharing with our actual friends through a … [Link]
The Joy of Tech
JoT 1649: What Zuckerberg could do with his Facebook Fortune.
With bonus Twilight Zone reference! Click here to visit the comic. [Link]
JoT 1648: Facebook: Buy, sell, or hold your belly?
Advice for the stock-lorn. Click here to visit the comic. [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News
Digitals: A Musical Ode to Information Overload
One day I got an email, an sms, a phone call, a Facebook message and two tweets all within about 5 seconds of one another. This video is a re-manifestation of my brain’s interpretation of that event.[Via The Awesomer]Related posts:Michael Jackson: Information OverloadA Musical Ode to 11-11-11 [Video]Microsoft Releases 3 New Bing Ads: Search Overload [Link]
Amazon Deal of the Day: 33% Off Kinect Sensor with Kinect Adventures + Gunstringer + Fruit Ninja: $99.99 + Free Shipping
For today’s edition of Deal of the Day, Amazon has the Kinect Sensor with Kinect Adventures, Gunstringer, and Fruit Ninja for just $99.99 + free shipping. That’s 33% off the package’s usual retail price of $149.99.Kinect™ for Xbox 360® has games you can really get into. Now includes Fruit Ninja Kinect, The Gunstringer, and Kinect Adventures for a limited time, so … [Link]
New Scientist – Online News
Today on New Scientist: 6 February 2012
All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: the revolution will be tweeted and robotic walking stick lends users some balance 
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3D printer provides woman with a brand new jaw
Sculpting an entire replacement jawbone that's both fully functional and biocompatible is seen as a breakthrough for 3D printing 
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Bad Science
These Guardian / Independent stories are dodgy. Traps in data journalism.
Here’s an interesting problem with data analysis in general, and so, by extension, data journalism: you have to be careful about assuming that the numbers you’ve got access to… really do reflect the underlying phenomena you’re trying to investigate. Today’s Guardian has a story, “Antidepressant use in England soars“. It’s much more overstated in the [...] [Link]
“Bad Science” is £2.49 on Kindle for the next week
Briefly: I thought this was a pricing error, but it turns out it’s deliberate, so… My book is £2.49 on Kindle for the next week or so. When it’s this cheap you might as well use it to test the Kindle app on your phone (I’m a massive Kindle dork, it helps me get more [...] [Link]
Pogue's Posts
Things That Were Once Amazing
David Pogue is amazed that people are still amazed at children's tech prowess. It's too bad there's no List of Things That Were Once Amazing, but Are Really Kind of Old News at This Point, he says. It would be a handy clip-and-save document that you could review, perhaps to avoid unwittingly embarrassing yourself at the next cocktail party. [Link]
Look, Ma, No Hands! Operating a Laptop With Eyes Only
Tobii, a Swedish company, is demonstrating eye-tracking software that really rocked my world. Imagine reading a Web page or Word document on the screen and the page scrolls automatically, gracefully and effortlessly as you proceed through the article. The system knows where your eyes are and how fast you're going. [Link]
O'Reilly News and Commentary
#Ebook Deal/Day: Hadoop: The Definitive Guide – $19.99 (Save 50%)
Get "Hadoop: The Definitive Guide" today and save 50%!This sale ends at 2:00 AM 2012-02-07 (PDT, GMT-8:00). [Link]
#Ebook Deal/Day: Programming Interactivity, 2nd Edition – $19.99 (Save 50%)
Get "Programming Interactivity" today and save 50%!This sale ends at 2:00 AM 2012-02-06 (PDT, GMT-8:00). [Link]
Wired Top Stories
A Rose by Any Other Name Might Smell as Sweet, But it Would Probably Be Larger
The JS1K contest seeks the web's smallest, most impressive JavaScript experiments. This year's love-themed entries include a remarkable 3D rose rendered with less than 1k of code.
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Rdio's Android Player Gets a Much-Needed Update
The subscription-based streaming music service has just released a completely redesigned Android app that fixes all of the little annoyances.
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ProgrammableWeb
30 APIs Used in 7 Days: LinkedIn, CloudMine and Wikipedia
This past week 19 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 30 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include Clicky, CloudMine, Ergast, Idescat, Library of Congress Prints & Photographs, PubNub JavaScript Push, SHOUTcast Radio and Teambox. The most often used APIs this week are DonorsChoose, Google Maps and … [Link]
Today in APIs: Most Retweets Ever, Newt’s API? and 6 New APIs
Twitter is now reporting the real number of retweets in the Twitter API, which means we now know how crazy the retweet counts go on celebrity tweets. And did Newt Gingrich lose in Florida because he didn’t have an API!? Plus: 6 new APIs. Twitter Operating At Full Retweet Count Capacity As the social network most known for brevity, Twitter is … [Link]
Lifehacker: top
Mashable!
Mac For Translators
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