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.
ProgrammableWeb
23 APIs Used in 7 Days: Amazon, Facebook, Flickr, Google Maps, Google Wave, Twitter and Yahoo
This past week 24 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 23 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include Google Wave and Tweetmeme. The most often used APIs this week are Google Maps, Twilio and Twilio SMS. And the most commonly used types of APIs were Social (5 … [Link]
Gowalla’s Write API: the Experience is Distributed
Location-sharing service Gowalla is preparing to launch its long-awaited write API (our Gowalla API profile). The move could makes its platform as desirable as its main competitor, FourSquare. With it, comes the need to relinquish a bit of control of the user experience, something Gowalla has considered an important factor of its success. ReadWriteWeb quotes the Gowalla mailing list: Gowalla developer … [Link]
O'Reilly News and Commentary
Processing and Arduino in Tandem – A Free Live Online Course, Aug. 31 – Sept. 28
Create your own drawing and animation software – and learn basic programming and electronics skills at the same time. This engaging 5-week online course introduces you to two simple tools: Processing, a programming language for visual thinkers, and Arduino, a hardware platform for working with electronics. You'll learn how to use these tools together to build something useful right away. … [Link]
Cloud Independence with Dasein Cloud – A Free Live Webcast – July 30 @ 10am PT
Happening Today – Dasein Cloud is an Open Source Java API that enables write-once, run against any cloud programming. With Dasein Cloud, you can run the same application across any number of supported clouds without any need for a recompile. This developer-oriented webinar will demonstrate how to get started building cloud-independent applications on top of the Dasein Cloud API. We … [Link]
Wired Top Stories
Biometric and Other Locks Fail to Foil Hackers at DefCon
LAS VEGAS — It wouldn’t be DefCon without a noted lock hacking team demonstrating the gross insecurity of some of the latest security locks, such as a biometric lock that could be easily cracked with a paper clip.
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Do Not Call List Tops 200 Million, Some Still Ignore It
The Federal Trade Commission announced a milestone this week: its Do Not Call registry has just passed 200 million numbers. It's quite amazing that any of this came to pass, really.
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Geek Culture
Forum Tidbits for a long weekend!
Callipygous thought Inception was dreamy, … Ashitaka digs Big Bang Theory, and does a Ping Test, … Mr. Geek 2U spills The War of 2010, … GrumpySteen shares Morgan Freeman: The Vampire Years, … while the MoMan leaks So does this constitute Treason? [Link]
Guy walks across America…
Oooo… that makes me want to drive across the States again! via Twittier via Mashable! [Link]
The Joy of Tech
JoT 1423: Benevolent dictatorship VS malevolent freedom.
A diabolical honeypot, oh my! Click here to visit the comic. [Link]
JoT 1423: Beware of leaking teenagers.
Watch out parents! Click here to visit the comic. [Link]
New Scientist – Online News
Gene variant role in Parkinson's uncovered
An RNA fragment known to be implicated in Parkinson's has been shown to cause the death of neurons in the brains of fruit flies 
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Google tracks political allegiances
Search engines provide a rough and ready way to map political relationships 
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Geeks are Sexy Technology News
Keyboard Optical Illusion [PIC]
[Source: XKCD]Related posts:Optical Illusion GirlfriendThe Eclipse of Mars [Optical Illusion]Optical Illusion: False Curvature
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Keyboard Optical Illusion [PIC]
[Source: XKCD]Related posts:Optical Illusion GirlfriendThe Eclipse of Mars [Optical Illusion]Optical Illusion: False Curvature [Link]
Pogue's Posts
At Snopes.com, Rumors Are Held Up to the Light
David Pogue interviews David Mikkelson of Snopes.com, where Internet veterans go to get the truth about online rumors. [Link]
Q&A: Rumors, Cyberbullying and Anonymity
David Pogue talks to John Palfrey, Harvard Law School professor, co-director of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and author of "Born Digital." [Link]
Bad Science
Boris Johnson and his innovative trial methodology
Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, Saturday 31 July 2010 It’s the near misses that really make you want to shoot your own face off. This week the Centre for Policy Studies has published a pamphlet on education which has been covered by the Mirror, the Mail, the BBC, the Telegraph, the Express, the Guardian, and more. [...] [Link]
Podcast on government response to SciTech NHS homeopathy report
I zipped off this quick podcast from my phone on Monday and put it on my secondary blog, which I run for scrappy stuff. People seemed to like it a bit so I’m reposting here. There’s more audio stuff coming, a bit of video too, and I’ll work out good feeds and iTunes stuff over [...] [Link]
Slashdot
Reading Terrorists' Minds About Imminent Attack
An anonymous reader writes "Imagine technology that allows you to get inside the mind of a terrorist to know how, when, and where the next attack will occur. In the Northwestern study, when researchers knew in advance specifics of the planned attacks by the make-believe 'terrorists,' they were able to correlate P300 brain waves to guilty knowledge with 100 percent … [Link]
China Pushes Real Name System For Online Games
oxide7 writes "Starting from August 1, Chinese Internet users will have to register using their real names for playing online games, China Daily reported on Saturday. The regulation, issued by the Ministry of Culture on June 22, is said to be part of a nationwide campaign to improve management of the virtual gaming industry and protect minors from unwholesome content. … [Link]
Codswallop
How to Create Personalized Invitations Using Word and Excel
If you have ever had to hand write a whole bunch of invitations then I am sure you have had the thought “There has to be an easier way”. Well, if you have Microsoft Office then you are in luck! Here is how you can create and print your own personalized birthday party invitations in Word from a list of … [Link]
A Test Drive in a Prototype Electric-Only Car
Let me tell you how I ended up test-driving an electric car today. Yes, an electric car running on a battery and electric motor. Not gasoline or diesel. Not even a hybrid. It all started last month when the company that will market these cars, Better Place, opened its visitor center to the public, and I decided to go there … [Link]
Lifehacker
Walmart Bests Whole Foods in Blind Taste Tests [Saving Money]
In a series of blind taste tests performed by The Atlantic's Corby Kummer, he found, to his surprise, that much of Walmart's new locally-grown fruits and vegetables taste just as good as (and… [Link]
Put Together a Rock Solid Home Tool Kit [Tools]
A well-stocked toolbox is indispensible for DIY projects and home repairs. Use this guide to select versatile and dependable tools that will help you with a lifetime of projects. For starters,… [Link]
Mashable!
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