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.
Mashable » 12 Shark-Tastic Moments from Discovery Channel's Shark Week Event
Hermosa Beach, Calif. — Getting into a nearly head-to-toe shark costume is tricky business Hands must find their way into their corresponding fin, the wearer's head must pop directly into the open slot in the shark's mouth, and on a muggy, overcast day in Hermosa Beach, Calif., where the Discovery Channel held the first-ever FinFest to kick off Shark Week … [Link]
Slashdot » New NSA-Funded Code Rolls All Programming Languages Into One
An anonymous reader writes "What's your favorite programming language? Is it CSS? Is it JavaScript? Is it PHP, HTML5, or something else? Why choose? A new programming language developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University is all of those and more — one of the world's first "polyglot" programming languages. Sound cool? It is, except its development is partially funded … [Link]
Mashable » Artist Maps Out a Transit System for Westeros
A lost person needs directions as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. Graphic designer Michael Tyznik created a series of maps inspired by A Song of Fire and Ice and Game of Thrones that would transport you across Westeros and Essos on an imaginary railway From Kings Landing to Winterfell, every city is geographically outlined … [Link]
Slashdot » Connected Collar Lets Your Cat Do the War-Diving
MojoKid (1002251) writes "Security researcher Gene Bransfield, with the help of his wife's grandmother's cat, decided to see how many neighborhood WiFi access points he could map and potentially compromise. With a collar loaded with a Spark chip, a Wi-Fi module, a GPS module, and a battery, Coco the cat helped Gene identify Wi-Fi networks around the neighborhood and then … [Link]
Mashable » Turkey Votes for a New President in Historic Election
Recep Tayyip Erdogan will become Turkey's next president, after declaring victory in the country's first-ever direct presidential election Sunday. Erdogan, who is currently Turkey's prime minister, secured 51.96% of the vote, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency. His two main rivals, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu and Selahattin Demirtas, claimed 38.33% and 9.71%, respectively See also: Erdogan Wins High-Stakes Presidential Election in Turkey … [Link]
Mashable » How to Get the Best View of Sunday's Supermoon
Tonight’s the night: When you look up at the sky Sunday evening, you will be able to see the moon at its biggest and brightest all year. The supermoon occurs when the moon becomes full at the closest point in its orbit to Earth, called a perigee full moon. Although there has already been a supermoon this year on July 12, … [Link]
Mashable » 10 Basic Ingredients Every College Kid Needs in Their Dorm
Living in a dorm room can start to feel like a game of Tetris as the school year drags on. Beds get stacked. Organizers get stacked. Anything that can stack eventually will be stacked to maximize space See also: 28 College Hacks You Won't Learn in Class The impossibly cramped living quarters in college can propose a lot of challenges. One … [Link]
Slashdot » Clever Workaround: Visual Cryptography On Austrian Postage Stamps
An anonymous reader writes Have you heard of personalized postage stamps? You pay the value of the stamps plus a fee and the post office prints official stamps usable for postage which show (almost) anything you can put into a jpeg file. An Austrian Tibet supporter found out what 'almost' means. He submitted a picture of the Dalai Lama with … [Link]
Slashdot » Ask Slashdot: Can Tech Help Monitor or Mitigate a Mine-Flooded Ecosystem?
An anonymous reader writes "The dam break which flooded toxic mining sediments into Quesnel Lake, British Columbia will affect the food web of a very important fisheries ecosystem for many years to come. Here is the challenge; I am asking the people here to come up with suggestions for new and inventive ways to monitor and or help mitigate this … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Where the wild things are: Big beasts return to Europe
It's a feel-good conservation story but can Europe's human inhabitants really coexist peacefully with wolves, bears and lynx? (full text available to subscribers) 
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Slashdot » NVIDIA Tegra K1: First Mobile Chip With Hardware-Accelerated OpenCL
New submitter shervinemami writes (starting with a pretty big disclaimer: "I'm an Engineer at NVIDIA.") The latest CompuBench GPU benchmarks show NVIDIA's Tegra K1 running whole OpenCL algorithms around 5x faster than any other mobile device, and individual instructions around 20x faster! This huge jump is because mobile companies have been saying they support OpenCL on mobile devices since early … [Link]
Mashable » Erdogan Wins High-Stakes Presidential Election in Turkey
ISTANBUL — Voters in Turkey hit the polls Sunday for the country's first direct presidential elections — and few had any doubt what the results would be. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the country's longest serving democratically elected leader, defeated his two rivals —Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, a former diplomat, and Selahattin Demirtas, a young politician from the country's pro-Kurdish party — after … [Link]
Mashable » When Life Hands You Lemons, Sell Them on Kickstarter
Image: Maria ScrivanOnce upon a time, Kickstarter campaigns were money-making machines that helped entrepreneurs build their big ideas into booming small businesses. Today, the crowd-funding website helps random patrons of the Internet make $55,000 for potato salad See also: Small Talk Is Now a Relic of the Past This comic from Maria Scrivan illustrates just how simple it is for … [Link]
Slashdot » Wiring Programmers To Prevent Buggy Code
mikejuk (1801200) writes "Microsoft Researcher Andrew Begel, together with academic and industry colleagues have been trying to detect when developers are struggling as they work, in order to prevent bugs before they are introduced into code. A paper presented at the 36th International Conference on Software Engineering, reports on a study conducted with 15 professional programmers to see how well … [Link]
Mashable » 10 Creative Ways to Say Goodbye to Your Pet
Pets are more than just companions — they become family members. And like the death of any relative, losing a pet is painful Many have found comfort and condolence in memorializing late pets. While there are plenty of creative ways to honor them, a company called Celestis set the bar a little higher by soon allow owners to send cremated pet … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Surprise! Keystone XL will make climate change worse
The controversial oil pipeline will boost carbon dioxide emissions by 110 million tonnes per year, far more than the US government claimed 
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Slashdot » Silent Circle's Blackphone Exploited at Def Con
Def Con shows no mercy. As gleefully reported by sites several Blackberry-centric sites, researcher Justin Case yesterday demonstrated that he could root the much-heralded Blackphone in less than five minutes. From n4bb.com's linked report: "However, one of the vulnerabilities has already been patched and the other only exploitable with direct user consent. Nevertheless, this only further proves you cannot add … [Link]
Mashable » 17 Raw Desserts You Can Make Without Baking
Good news for those intimidated by Betty Crocker: It's totally possible to make delicious baked goods without the whole baking part. These sweet recipes will yield cakes, cookies and tarts — and you don't even have to turn on an oven or a microwave. There are tons of raw food dishes out there. In this case, a dish is considered "raw" … [Link]
Mashable » Turkey's PM Erdogan Winning Presidential Election, State Media Says
ISTANBUL — An unofficial vote count indicates Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to win the country's first-ever presidential election in the first round, cementing his position as Turkey's all-powerful leader, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported Sunday. With more than 66% of ballot boxes counted at the time of writing, Erdogan had the support of 54.69% of Turks, … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » The Science Behind Flying in V Formation [Video]
NPR explores the science behind why groups of birds often fly in a V formation while migrating. [NPR] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Confession Under a Lasso of Truth [Pic]
[Source: Texts from Superheroes] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Top 10 NES Games [Video]
The folks from Watch Mojo compiled this top 10 list of their favorite oldschool NES games. What are YOUR top 10 NES games? Let us know in the comments section below! [Daily Motion] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Top 10 Sci-Fi Television Series
What do Kirk and Picard, Mulder and Scully and a whole police box full of Doctors have in common? Check out this compilation of the top 10 sci-fi shows of all time to find out! [Daily Motion] [Link]
Mashable » Love Bites When You're a Shark
Sharks have feelings too. Discovery's annual Shark Week returns Sunday, exposing you to a metric ton of information about our finned friends. From their eating habits to how they care for their young, you'll learn a lot about these giants of the sea. However, you won't hear how sharks handle breakups. See also: How Do the Biggest Sharks in Pop Culture … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Nitro Warriors 2: AFTERBURNER [Stop Motion Action Film]
The chase continues after the epic events of the critically-acclaimed ‘Nitro Warriors – A Stop Motion Animated Film‘ and takes to the skies in ‘Nitro Warriors 2 – Afterburner’ The gadget-laden Ford Mustang finds itself again under hot pursuit as it ducks, dives and rolls from skyscraper to skyscraper to outsmart hoards of police cars, missiles and… giant robots!! The … [Link]
Slashdot » Babylon 5 May Finally Get a Big-Screen Debut
Ars Technica reports that "J. Michael Straczynski will shortly begin work on a rebooted big-screen version of his 1990s sci-fi TV series [ Babylon 5]." From the article: According to JMS's latest announcement, the new script will be targeted at a 2016 theatrical release and will be a reboot of the series rather than a continuation. This is necessary for … [Link]
Mashable » Husband of Kiev Revolution Hero Killed in Battle in Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine – A close ally of Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko and the husband of prominent journalist-turned-activist Tetyana Chornovol, was killed in action in the country’s conflict-torn east on Sunday. Mykola Berezovy, 37, was fighting with the “Azov” battalion, a group of volunteer fighters under the control of the Interior Ministry, against Russian-backed rebels in the town of Ilovaisk some 30 … [Link]
Mashable » Photo Series Reveals the Creepy Truth in 'Mystery Meat'
Chicken nuggets are delicious, but not when you know what's in some of them. Photographer Peter Augustus serves a plate of truth right in front of you. In his photo series, Augustus photographs popular dishes in Western culture alongside the real "mystery meat" — the raw animal part — they come from. Those "all white meat" nuggets don't seem as tasty … [Link]
Mashable » Tony Stewart Expresses 'Sadness' Over Fatal Crash, Skips NASCAR Race
Tony Stewart did not start in NASCAR's Sprint Cup event at Watkins Glen on Sunday, a day after his car struck and killed a fellow competitor who had angrily walked out onto the dirt race track to scold him. Greg Zipadelli, the three-time champion's manager, initially said Stewart was planning to participate in the upstate New York race, which is critical … [Link]
Slashdot » Floridian (and Southern) Governmental Regulations Are Unfriendly To Solar Power
An anonymous reader writes with a link to a story in the LA Times: "Few places in the country are so warm and bright as Mary Wilkerson's property on the beach near St. Petersburg, Fla., a city once noted in the Guinness Book of World Records for a 768-day stretch of sunny days. But while Florida advertises itself as the … [Link]
Mashable » Iranian Plane Crashes After Takeoff, Killing 39
TEHRAN, Iran — A regional passenger plane assembled in Iran crashed Sunday while taking off from the capital, killing 39 and injuring another nine on board, according to a senior transportation official and state media. The IrAn-140 operated by domestic carrier Sepahan Air crashed in a residential area near Tehran's Mehrabad airport. State TV said the plane's tail struck the cables … [Link]
Mashable » 28 College Hacks You Won't Learn in Class
College: A time to learn, sleep and eat ramen noodles or pizza for every meal. Most college students are broke; they survive off of students loans, savings or what little money they can muster on the side, so it's important to live as frugally as possible. See also: 26 Foods You've Been Eating All Wrong Limitations on space and electronics can … [Link]
Slashdot » Chicago Mayor Praises Google For Buying Kids Microsoft Surfaces
theodp (442580) writes "Google earned kudos from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel this week for teaming up with Staples to fund the projects of 367 of the city's 22,519 public school teachers on "begfunding" site DonorsChoose.org. "Everything that you asked for…every project that the teachers put on to help their students learn, exceed and excel here in the city of Chicago, … [Link]
Mashable » Palestinians and Israel Accept Egypt's New 72-Hour Cease-Fire Proposal
UPDATE: 1:04 p.m. ET – Israeli officials said the country has accepted Egypt's Gaza cease-fire proposal, clearing the way for new talks. CAIRO — Palestinian negotiators on Sunday said they had accepted an Egyptian proposal for a new 72-hour truce with Israel, clearing the way for a possible resumption of talks on a long-term cease-fire arrangement in the Gaza Strip. Israel … [Link]
Mashable » 14 Wall Art Ideas for Your Tiny Apartment
What you lack in wall space, you make up for in style. Even though your place reminds you more of a shoebox than a mansion, you can still make it feel like your dream home. Good home decor doesn't need to be jumbo size. See also: 10 Creative DIY Projects for the Unartistic Look around your itty bitty abode. Even the … [Link]
Slashdot » Online Tool Flagged Ebola Outbreak Before Formal WHO Announcement
Taco Cowboy (5327) writes Nine days before the announcement from WHO regarding the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, an online tool had the incident flagged. HealthMap, a team of 45 researchers, epidemiologists and software developers at Boston Children's Hospital founded in 2006, hosting an online tool that uses algorithms to scour tens of thousands of social media sites, local news, … [Link]
Mashable » 10 Really (Ahem) Creative Nike+ Running Routes
Admit it — no one really enjoys running. Thankfully, some dedicated runners have found a way to make it fun By using apps like Nike+ and MapMyRun, which track your path and distance, runners created routes that turn into images on their maps See also: 11 Ways Science Will Push You to Work Up a Sweat Nike+ user Claire Wyckoff documents … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Massive smart light lab tests tech to slash emissions
Copenhagen is the site for a huge experiment in smart lighting that could save money, cut carbon emissions and even alert police to suspicious activity 
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Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Amazon Deal of the Day: Google Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player – $29.99
For today’s edition of Deal of the Day, Amazon offers the Google Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player for just $29.99 instead of the usual $35. If you were looking to purchase a super cheap streaming media player for your television, this is the one to get! Supports Netflix, YouTube, HBO GO, Hulu Plus, Pandora, Plex, MLB.TV, ESPN, Crunchroll, MLS, Crackle, … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Funny Short Movie: Minimus the Gladiator [Video]
The Colosseum, ancient Rome. Enormous, armour-clad gladiators eagerly await their turn to fight and die an honorable death in front of a bloodthirsty crowd. Except for Minimus, the weediest gladiator in history. Minimus is freaking out big time. But can he overcome his fear and meet a hero’s end? [Future Shorts | Via GT] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » LOL: What Would Thor Do? [Video]
A man can invoke Thor thanks to his magical bracelet, but getting the god’s help certainly has its price. [SceneTakeTV] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Google Plus Love + Follow Us! [Comic]
That’s pretty much what Google did when they asked people to have a Google plus account to comment on Youtube. OH, and don’t forget, FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE PLUS. [Source: Owl Turd] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Ultimate Scarlet Witch Cosplay by Mostflogged [Pic]
[Source: Most Flogged | Like "Most Flogged" on Facebook | Photo: Ron Gejon Photography] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Various Fords [Pic]
The only one missing? Indiana Jones as Ford Explorer. [Source: Reddit | Via] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » How Do Languages Change and Evolve? [Science Video]
Over the course of human history, thousands of languages have developed from what was once a much smaller number. How did we end up with so many? And how do we keep track of them all? Alex Gendler explains how linguists group languages into language families, demonstrating how these linguistic trees give us crucial insights into the past. [TED Ed … [Link]
Slashdot » Do Dark Matter and Dark Energy Cast Doubt On the Big Bang?
StartsWithABang (3485481) writes "Back in the 1960s, after the discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background, the Big Bang reigned supreme as the only game in town. But back then, we also assumed that what we consider as "normal matter" — i.e., protons, neutrons and electrons — was, along with photons and neutrinos, the only stuff that made up the Universe. … [Link]
Mashable » Tony Stewart's Car Strikes, Kills Young Driver Walking on Track
UPDATE: 10:20 a.m. ET — Tony Stewart's racing team manager, Greg Zipadelli, just announced that Stewart will not race in NASCAR's Sprint Cup event Sunday at Watkins Glen. Earlier in the day Zipadelli had said that Stewart would drive, despite striking and killing a young competitor in a dirt track race the night before. He said then that the race would … [Link]
Slashdot » F-Secure: Xiaomi Smartphones Do Secretly Steal Your Data
They may be well reviewed and China's new top selling phone, but reader DavidGilbert99 writes with reason to be cautious about Xiaomi's phones: Finnish security firm F-Secure has seemingly proven that Xiaomi smartphones do in fact upload user data without their permission/knowledge despite the company strongly denying these allegations as late as 30 July. Between commercial malware and government agencies, … [Link]
Mashable » The Useful Trick for Finding a Mentor Outside Your Network
I was facilitating a leadership workshop recently when the subject of mentors came up. One participant asked, "How do I find a mentor outside my company who is in leadership? Where would I go to network beyond my current work group?" Finding mentors outside your own company can be a valuable experience because they can provide a level of objectivity that … [Link]
Slashdot » John McAfee Airs His Beefs About Privacy In Def Con Surprise Talk
John McAfee made a surprise appearance at Def Con to talk about privacy: he's for it. Trouble is, he says, lots of companies feel otherwise, and he took the stage to single out "don't be evil" Google: “Google, or at least certain people within Google, I will not mention names because I am not a rude gentleman, would like us … [Link]
Mashable » Books Aside, Was 'Outlander' a Good TV Show?
The excitement over Starz's Outlander was undeniable at last month's San Diego Comic-Con The inaugural panel for the show, based on the popular Diana Gabaldon book series of the same name, was held in a room that fit a little more than 1,000 people. But judging by the line of fans who stood outside the door as the venue quickly filled … [Link]
Mashable » MLB's Hunter Pence 'Still Has a Blockbuster Card'
A delightfully bizarre, endearing, hilarious running joke seemingly sprang out of nowhere among Major League Baseball fans this week. The meme took on a life of its own, and now won't die. More surprisingly still, it keeps being funny This is the story of "Hunter Pence signs," a made-for-the-Internet baseball trolling phenomenon that's now sweeping ballparks wherever Pence's San Francisco Giants … [Link]
Slashdot » Slashdot Asks: Should Schooling Be Year-Round?
Around the world, American schools' long summer break is viewed as an anomaly, and the long summer seems to be getting shorter. While most American primary and secondary schools used to start after Labor Day, more and more of them now open sometime in August (and that's not counting the ones that have gone to a year-round schedule). Some of … [Link]
Mashable » Friend's Death Inspires This Tear-Jerking Dance Routine
Thunder, rain and a whole world of pain Inspired by the death of a friend, Emmy-nominated choreographer Sonya Tayeh channeled her grief through dance. She developed a contemporary routine for Fox's So You Think You Can Dance contestant Zack Everhart, who portrayed her late friend See also: Keith Urban Sings Sam Smith's 'Stay With Me' While J. Lo Slow-Dances Everhart … [Link]
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