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 » 'Butt Plug' Scultpure Removed After Vandals Attack
The 80-foot inflatable sculpture causing a stir in Paris due to its uncanny resemblance to a butt plug, has been removed after being vandalized Friday night. The controversial piece of artwork was titled "Tree," but many onlookers were offended by what they saw as something with a decidedly more vulgar connotation than the Christmas tree it was supposedly inspired by See … [Link]
Mashable » Will.i.am Unveils Slick Video Ads for Puls, Reveals Zaha Hadid Designs
Following the release of Will.I.Am's wearable device on Wednesday, the music artist turned tech entrepreneur launched a series of slick video ads showing off the device operating in a wide range of situations The 10 videos posted on YouTube, which focus mostly on the style and functionality of the Puls device, are short, powerful and illustrate why a pop music … [Link]
Slashdot » Robot SmackDowns Wants To Bring Robot Death Matches To an Arena Near You
Business Insider profiles Andrew Stroup, Gui Cavalcanti and Matt Oehrlein, who are trying to get off the ground a robot competition league, called Robot SmackDowns. The idea, as you might guess from the name, is to showcase violence and drama to draw on the crowd-appeal of wrestling, NASCAR, and monster truck rallies: this is definitely not Dean Kamen's FIRST — … [Link]
Mashable » The Sincerity Machine Is a Typewriter That Only Writes in Comic Sans
Comic Sans has long been the red-headed stepchild of the font world. But one artist says the typeface may not be as bad as everyone thinks. Pittsburgh-based artist Jesse England created the Sincerity Machine, a typewriter that only types in Comic Sans, to prove his point. See also: Check Out These Well-Known Logos Rendered in Comic Sans England insists that … [Link]
Slashdot » JavaScript and the Netflix User Interface
CowboyRobot writes Alex Liu is a senior UI engineer at Netflix and part of the core team leading the migration of Netflix.com to Node.js. He has an article at ACM's Queue in which he describes how JavaScript is used at Netflix. "With increasingly more application logic being shifted to the browser, developers have begun to push the boundaries of what … [Link]
Mashable » 'I am Liberian, Not a Virus': Video Fights Stigma Against People From Countries Battling Ebola
At some point over the last few months, fear of Ebola began to far outpace the spread of the actual disease. That's reportedly led to a growing prejudice against people from West Africa, the area most affected by Ebola this year Liberian-American television host Shoana Clarke Solomon said her 9-year-old-daughter has had to deal with such prejudice at her school … [Link]
Mashable » iPad Photographers, Flickr Has Finally Come to iPad
If Apple's new photo-friendly tablets aren't satisfying enough, iPad photographers just got another tool to up their game. Photo-sharing platform Flickr rolled out an update Saturday, adding a long overdue iPad application that is iOS 8 and iPad Air 2 ready. See also: A Look Back at Flickr's First 10 Years The latest version of Flickr has been optimized for iOS … [Link]
Mashable » Bishops Scrap Welcome to Gays in Sign of Split
VATICAN CITY — Catholic bishops scrapped their landmark welcome to gays Saturday, showing deep divisions at the end of a two-week meeting sought by Pope Francis to chart a more merciful approach to ministering to Catholic families. The bishops failed to approve even a watered-down section on ministering to homosexuals that stripped away the welcoming tone of acceptance contained in a … [Link]
Geek Culture » as October whizzes by, here's some Forum Tidbits!
The Famous Druid says I will see you again in 25 years… and sees some undeads, … GrumpySteen says it's been forever since he posted a music video, … TheMoMan shared some Lunar eclipse photos, and wow, Xanathine post-doc'd and had a kid! [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » The Anatomy of Movies [Comic]
[Source: John Atkinson – Wrong Hands] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » What Pixar REALLY Taught Me [Pic]
[Via GU] [Link]
Slashdot » Snapchat Will Introduce Ads, Attempt To Keep Them Other Than Creepy
As reported by VentureBeat, dissapearing-message service Snapchat is introducing ads. Considering how most people feel about ads, they're trying to ease them in gently: "Ads can be ignored: Users will not be required to watch them. If you do view an ad, or if you ignore it for 24 hours, it will disappear just like Stories do." Hard to say … [Link]
Mashable » Canada's Experimental Ebola Vaccine to Begin Clinical Trials Overseas
Canadian officials will ship an experimental Ebola vaccine to the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday to start clinical trials in humans, the country's government announced Saturday. The WHO has lined up 250 people in Kenya, Gabon, Germany and Switzerland who will receive a dose of the vaccine from the 800 vials that Canada plans to send, according to … [Link]
Mashable » HBO, ESPN and CBS: Why the Sudden Influx of Online Subscription Services?
Cord cutters just had their best week ever. Television, an industry that usually moves at a glacial pace, suddenly appears to be hurtling toward unbundling. In less than two weeks, some of the most influential content companies in the media industry announced plans to sell an Internet-based service directly to subscribers See also: Are Cord-Cutters Killing Cable Companies? Not So Fast … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » 12 Star Wars Fans Who The Force Wasn’t Exactly With
Midichlorian count = 0. [Buzzfeed] [Link]
Slashdot » Florida Supreme Court: Police Can't Grab Cell Tower Data Without a Warrant
SternisheFan writes with an excerpt from Wired with some (state-specific, but encouraging) news about how much latitude police are given to track you based on signals like wireless transmissions. The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that obtaining cell phone location data to track a person's location or movement in real time constitutes a Fourth Amendment search and therefore requires a … [Link]
Mashable » After Ravaging Bermuda, Hurricane Gonzalo Swirls Toward Newfoundland
Bermuda survived Hurricane Gonzalo with no reported casualties, but some of the island suffered a shellacking from which they will now have to recover, as the weakening storm races on toward Newfoundland, Canada. Officials are working to get power back to some 28,000 homes. There are around 36,000 homes on the island. See also: Atmospheric Quirk Made 1934 Drought the Worst … [Link]
Slashdot » Apple's Next Hit Could Be a Microsoft Surface Pro Clone
theodp writes "Good artists copy, great artists steal," Steve Jobs used to say. Having launched a perfectly-timed attack against Samsung and phablets with its iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, Leonid Bershidsky suggests that the next big thing from Apple will be a tablet-laptop a la Microsoft's Surface Pro 3. "Before yesterday's Apple [iPad] event," writes Bershidsky, "rumors were strong … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Famous Film Scenes Recreated in LEGO [Video]
A fun brick film featuring various cult movie scenes recreated in LEGO. Enjoy! [Morgspenny Productions | Via Neatorama] [Link]
Mashable » Cautious Optimism Over Nigeria's Kidnapped Girls After Cease-Fire
ABUJA, Nigeria — People in the hometown of more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls are cautiously optimistic about news of a cease-fire with the Islamic extremists who abducted their daughters six months ago. "We don't know how true it is until we prove it," said Bana Lawan, chairperson of Chibok Local Government Area. "We will know the negotiations were successful when … [Link]
Mashable » Darren Wilson's Testimony Reveals His Account of Michael Brown Shooting: Report
In the tense weeks following the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, details regarding Wilson's side of the story have remained unclear, until now Wilson claims that he was pinned to his vehicle while struggling with Brown over the officer's gun, according to unnamed government officials briefed on the federal civil-rights investigation The New … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » 2D Role Playing Game Logic: Locked Doors [Comic]
[Via Dueling Analogs | Reddit] [Link]
Slashdot » Ask Slashdot: Stop PulseAudio From Changing Sound Settings?
New submitter cgdae writes Does anyone know how to stop PulseAudio/Pavucontrol from changing sound settings whenever there is a hardware change such as headphones being plugged in/out or docking/undocking my laptop ? I recently had to install PulseAudio on my Debian system because the Linux version of Skype started to require it. Ever since, whenever i dock/undock or use/stop using … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » The TARDIS: Much Smaller on the Outside? [Video]
A Mini TARDIS! That’s so cute! I just started Series 5, so I have a bit of catch up to do, but I can’t wait to reach the episodes with the 12th doctor! [BBC] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » 10 Interesting and Little-Known Facts about Super Mario Bros 3 (NES) [Infographic]
Here are 10 interesting and little-known facts about Super Mario Bros 3 for the Nes as compiled by Redditor TestZero. If you’re reading this from the front page, I’ve included the 9 other facts after the “read more” link below. 
[Source: TestZero] [Link]
Slashdot » Researchers Scrambling To Build Ebola-Fighting Robots
Lucas123 (935744) writes U.S. robotics researchers from around the country are collaborating on a project to build autonomous vehicles that could deliver food and medicine, and telepresence robots that could safely decontaminate equipment and help bury the victims of Ebola. Organizers of Safety Robotics for Ebola Workers are planning a workshop on Nov. 7. that will be co-hosted by the … [Link]
Mashable » 15 DIY Halloween Costumes You Can Make With Duct Tape
Duct tape comes in so many colors and patterns, you can make just about anything with it From elaborate DIY ensembles to finishing touches, a roll of duct tape can work wonders when it comes to taking your costume the extra mile — no sewing skills required. See also: 26 DIY Halloween Costumes You Can Create With Cardboard Be prepared to … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Secret spaceplane due to land
What is it doing up there? A robotic, top secret US spaceplane is due to land this week, after a record-breaking 22 months in orbit 
[Link]
Mashable » Crazy Ebola and ISIS Quotes From Politicians Up for Election in 2014
A select number of politicians with a shiny Senate seat on their minds want their constituents to know that Ebola and the Islamic State are coming for them, and that people should be very afraid. But before voters lock themselves inside and board up their homes, those politicians would like constituents to please cast ballots for them in next months' midterm … [Link]
Slashdot » Direct3D 9.0 Support On Track For Linux's Gallium3D Drivers
An anonymous reader writes Twelve years after Microsoft debuted DirectX 9.0, open-source developers are getting ready to possibly land Direct3D 9.0 support within the open-source Linux Mesa/Gallium3D code-base. The "Gallium3D Nine" state tracker allows accelerating D3D9 natively by Gallium3D drivers and there's patches for Wine so that Windows games can utilize this state tracker without having to go through Wine's … [Link]
Mashable » Photographer Captures the Teenage Years of Two Transgender Girls
Mandy and Eva are two girls living in the Netherlands. They lead separate lives, but are connected by the fact that they were both born males, and photographer Willeke Duijvekam documented their journey. For six years, Amsterdam-based Duijvekam photographed the two girls from their preteen years through their late teens. Duijvekam said she has always been drawn to photograph people who … [Link]
Slashdot » India Successfully Launches Region-Specific Navigation Satellite
vasanth writes India has successfully launched IRNSS-1C, the third satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), early on October 16. This is the 27th consecutively successful mission of the PSLV(Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle). The entire constellation of seven satellites is planned to be completed by 2015. The satellite is designed to provide accurate position information service to users … [Link]
Mashable » Nurse on Flights May Have Had Worse Case of Ebola Than Previously Thought
DENVER — A nurse who was on flights between Dallas and Cleveland and who later tested positive for Ebola may have been at a more advanced stage of the illness than previously thought, according to the president of Frontier Airlines. Barry Biffle emailed employees Friday about the findings by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He said the CDC has … [Link]
Mashable » New Program Will Test Air Traffic Control for Drones
How do you keep small drone aircraft safe in the world's busiest national airspace? One idea is to have them use cellphone networks to feed data back to an air traffic control system made just for drones. A startup called Airware is working with NASA on a project exploring how to manage the swarms of commercial drones expected to start appearing … [Link]
Slashdot » The One App You Need On Your Resume If You Want a Job At Google
HughPickens.com writes Jim Edwards writes at Business Insider that Google is so large and has such a massive need for talent that if you have the right skills, Google is really enthusiastic to hear from you — especially if you know how to use MatLab, a fourth-generation programming language that allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementation of … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Amazon Deal of the Day: 61% Off Klipsch Image S4i Rugged In-Ear Headphones – $38.99 + FREE Shipping
For today’s edition of Deal of the Day, Amazon has the Klipsch Image S4i Rugged In-Ear Headphones (Available in 5 colors) for just $38.99 plus free shipping. That’s 60% off on the headphones’ regular list price of $99.99. The Image S4i Rugged earbuds utilize tough rubber moldings and an all-weather design to protect the legendary Klipsch sound from Mother Nature’s … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » You Should Stop Playing Games [Comic]
[Source: Hobo on Memecenter | Like Hobo on Facebook | Via] [Link]
Mashable » The Most Popular Halloween Costumes of 2014 on Amazon
This year's most popular costumes include an evil Disney queen, a good Disney queen, a banana and a tuxedo-donning dog. According to data provided by Amazon, these costumes prove that the big trends of 2014 crossed demographics: both women and men favor superheroes, and Disney box-office successes are beloved across ages. See also: 15 Stylish Ladies to Follow on Pinterest Once … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Boston Layer-Lapse: A Beautiful “Layered” Time-Lapse Look at Boston [Video]
Photographer Julian Tryba takes a unique approach to time-lapse videography by creating a video that integrates different layers of time-lapse footage, all happening at different times but at the same location, into a single scene. From Julian Tryba: Traditional time-lapses are constrained by the idea that there is a single universal clock. In the spirit of Einstein’s relativity theory, layer-lapses … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » The Hobbit (The Whole Thing) Retold in 72 Seconds With LEGO [StopMotion Video]
If you think that Peter Jackson’s version of “The Hobbit” is way too long, so here one that is 33,000ish seconds shorter. [BrotherhoodWorkshop] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Psycho Soup: An Awesome Musical “Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel” Remix by Pogo [Video]
I haven’t heard anything this good from POGO in a long time! From POGO: Psycho Soup is a track I made using sounds from the Borderlands games and original music I created with Sylenth1 in Ableton Live. I spent around 4 weeks extracting sounds from the game files, applying hacks to the game to disable the HUD, slow time and … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Light beacons let map app talk to blind people
A museum in Delhi has installed a new infrared navigation system to help visually impaired people find their way with audio directions 
[Link]
Mashable » Your 10 Biggest Fears, According to Yahoo
Warning: This post contains potentially disturbing or triggering images and video. The Internet is quite literally a fear factory. Yahoo shared the top 10 phobias its users searched for over the past month, just in time for Halloween. (Which reminds us, there is such a thing as fear of Halloween, called "samhainophobia." So that's fun.) See also: 25 Kickass Costumes for … [Link]
Mashable » K-Pop Concert Planner Dead in Apparent Suicide After 16 Killed at Show
SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean man involved in planning an outdoor pop concert where 16 people were killed after falling through a ventilation grate was found dead Saturday in an apparent suicide, officials said, as doctors treated eight others facing life-threatening injuries from the disaster. The man, 37, an employee of the Gyeonggi Institute of Science and Technology Promotion, … [Link]
Slashdot » NSA CTO Patrick Dowd Moonlighting For Private Security Firm
First time accepted submitter un1nsp1red (2503532) writes Current NSA CTO Patrick Dowd has taken a part-time position with former-NSA director Keith Alexander's security firm IronNet Cybersecurity — while retaining his position as chief technology officer for the NSA. The Guardian states that 'Patrick Dowd continues to work as a senior NSA official while also working part time for Alexander's IronNet … [Link]
Mashable » Hurricane Gonzalo Batters Bermuda for Hours
HAMILTON, Bermuda — Hurricane Gonzalo crushed trees, flattened power lines and damaged Bermuda's main hospital during an hours-long battering. It was the second time in less than a week that a powerful storm has hit the tiny British territory. The storm's center crossed over Bermuda during Friday night and its winds and heavy surf were still whipping at the island early … [Link]
Slashdot » Cisco Exec: Turnover In Engineering No Problem
alphadogg (971356) writes The engineering reorganization currently underway at network giant Cisco Systems is intended to streamline product development and delivery to customers. That it is prompting some high profile departures is an expected byproduct of any realignment of this size, which affects 25,000 employees, says Cisco Executive Vice President Pankaj Patel, who is conducting the transformation. "People leave for … [Link]
Mashable » ExxonMobil Blasts Divestment Advocates Who Are Happy to Strike a Nerve
ExxonMobil blasted fossil fuel divestment advocates as "out of step with reality," in a recent blog post. Activists, who want nonprofit institutions such as universities and churches to dump their stock in fossil fuel companies, celebrated in response by interpreting Exxon's criticism as a sign that recent divestment victories are troubling energy companies Exxon's blog post published last week came amid … [Link]
Slashdot » New Music Discovered In Donkey Kong For Arcade
First time accepted submitter furrykef . writes Over 33 years have passed since Donkey Kong first hit arcades, but it still has new surprises. I was poking through the game in a debugger when I discovered that the game contains unused music and voice clips. One of the tunes would have been played when you rescued Pauline, and two others … [Link]
Mashable » Fitbit to Display New Allergen Warnings to Sidestep Recall
Fitbit has avoided another recall of its products by agreeing to inform buyers that the Fitbit Flex may contain nickel, an allergen. The warning, as first reported by the New York Times, prompted the Consumer Product Safety Commission to not recall the Fitbit Flex It also comes after the maker of fitness wearables recalled millions of its Fitbit Force product earlier … [Link]
Mashable » Watch All 10 'Halloween' Movies in 2 Minutes
If you realize that as October passes by, you don’t have the time or emotional fortitude to watch every single installment of the Halloween series, YouTube channel CineFix has your back. They summarize all 10 movies in two minutes in the animated clip, above, including Jamie Lee Curtis' inexplicable return from the dead, the often-forgotten fact that Paul Rudd was … [Link]
Mashable » Apple HomeKit Likely Won't Launch Until Next Year
Apple wrapped up its big product announcements for 2014 this week with the arrival of new iPads, iMacs and OS X Yosemite software. CEO Tim Cook made it pretty clear on stage that the company is done with its major news for the year, and industry insiders tell Mashable the same thing. So if all is said and done for 2014, … [Link]
Mashable » Thousands March in Mexico to Demand Justice for Missing Students
Thousands of protesters shut down major streets in Acapulco, Mexico on Friday, demanding the safe return of 43 students from a rural teaching college who went missing on Sept. 26. See also: Questions Remain Over Missing Students as Protests Escalate in Mexico A caravan of more than 20 buses from the college joined other protesters from the state's teachers' union for … [Link]
Slashdot » Facebook 'Safety Check' Lets Friends Know You're OK After a Major Disaster
rtoz (2530056) writes Facebook has launched a new Tool called "Safety Check." The Facebook Safety Check tool will notify your friends so that they know you're OK after a major disaster. In times of disaster or crisis, people turn to Facebook to check on loved ones and get updates. "During a major disaster, Safety Check will help you: Let friends … [Link]
Mashable » LA Porn Industry Halted After HIV Scare
The Los Angeles porn industry has ground to a halt after a local trade association called for a pause in production following a HIV scare. The moratorium, prompted by the industry's Free Speech Coalition on Wednesday, is set to run through Monday. An actor on a set outside of California may have been infected with the virus, which can lead to … [Link]
Mashable » Oscar Watcher: Take a Flyer on Likely Academy Favorite 'Birdman'
LOS ANGELES — Our Oscar Watcher series continues this week with Birdman — and yes, we've been throwing around the words "must see" a lot here, but trust You must see this for two reasons: 1. It's going to get a bunch of major nominations, and 2. It's unlike any movie you've ever seen, and hearing your friends try to explain … [Link]
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