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 » Kid throws YouTube 'special' for his first subscriber: His grandma.
Hitting those goals on social media is a momentous occasion for creators. We saw YouTube 'play' buttons awarded to those with record numbers of subscribers. But it's often that first hurdle, having people discover you when you're just starting out, that feels the most importnat — as one kid vlogger has shown in the most meta way possible. Hot on … [Link]
Mashable » Obama tweets sweet birthday note for his 'best VP' Biden
In the most trying times, occasionally a tiny pleasure will pop up to take away the pain, and today that soothing balm is Joe Biden's birthday. Specifically, we're talking about President Barack Obama's warm tweet on Sunday evening wishing his vice president a happy 74th birthday. SEE ALSO: Joe Biden plotting against Trump is the meme America needs Happy birthday, Joe! … [Link]
The Joy of Tech » JoT #2354: Aliens are physics?
LGM might be more like CERNs? [Link]
Slashdot » One Third of California's Trees Are Dead
"There are about 21 million acres of trees spread across California's 18 national forests, and the latest figures show 7.7 million of them — more than one-third — are dead." An anonymous reader quotes the San Francisco Chronicle: California's lingering drought has pushed the number of dead trees across the state past 100 million, an ecological event experts are calling … [Link]
Mashable » Drunk Trump supporter disrupts 'Hamilton' performance
Hamilton shows are now officially the epicenter of frustration in Trump's America. Drunken buffoonery by a Donald Trump supporter at a Chicago performance marks the latest bit of drama surrounding the hit Broadway musical, which has had quite the political weekend since Trump critiqued its cast on Twitter. SEE ALSO: Trump tweeted about 'Hamilton' again and then deleted it To recap: … [Link]
Mashable » Pissed off fans get refunds after disastrous Kanye West show
Ticketmaster is reaching into its pockets after a disastrous Kanye West concert at the Gold 1 Center in Sacramento on Saturday. Fans are furious after West reportedly showed up 90 minutes late to the concert, then ended the show early after a lengthy Kanye West-style rant which involved him saying Beyoncé "hurt" him and asking Jay Z to return his phone … [Link]
Mashable » Chris Hardwick stars in this homemade ‘Star Wars’ trench run
Many otherwise mature adults have dreamed for years of recreating the Death Star trench-running scene from Star Wars: A New Hope. Now our CineFix series, Homemade Movies—with special guest stars Chris Hardwick and Jonah Ray of The Nerdist podcast—shows how that might look. This is an exact shot-for-shot recreation made entirely at home without fancy CGI or visual effects—just a lot … [Link]
Mashable » Little boy proposes to his classmate with his mom's diamond ring
Little Tommy is about as smooth as it gets. While school crushes typically end in disaster after two days, Millie and Tommy are in it for the long haul. When Millie came home from school recently, she informed her parents that a boy in her class proposed to her, ring and all. Millie's parents figured that Tommy had popped the big … [Link]
ProgrammableWeb.com » How Health IT APIs Provide Patient Access to Health Data
The rise of health IT standards and health APIs is going to dramatically change how patients access their data, according to Kyle Murphy over at HealthITInteroperability.
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Mashable » 'Saturday Night Live' takedown of CNN's Trump coverage gets a 'Westworld' twist
Distrust of the media was one of the many storylines that ran through the 2016 presidential election cycle, and CNN wasn't spared by Saturday Night Live in the wake of Donald Trump's election. SEE ALSO: Alec Baldwin responds to Donald Trump's latest 'Saturday Night Live' attack During Saturday's episode, SNL took on CNN's multiple-member political analysis panel — including break-out member … [Link]
Slashdot » Google Opens Real-World 'Google Shops' in Canada
Streetlight writes: Google is moving towards a physical presence in Best Buy stores…mimicking what Samsung has done. Hopefully the "stores" are staffed with competent professionals that know what they're selling and maybe provide some help to those who have purchased Google's hardware and software. Google "is launching a store-within-a-store debuting in North America at select Best Buy locations in Canada," … [Link]
Mashable » Twitter emoji denial has Trump fundraiser fuming
Donald Trump said Twitter, in part, helped him win the election. The president-elect used the tool as a megaphone, spurring hundreds of articles and TV hits a day based on what he fit into 140 characters. His fundraising campaign funneled millions of dollars into Twitter by tapping promoted tweets and other more expensive ad products. SEE ALSO: Donald Trump writes misleading … [Link]
Mashable » Dude eats a 3-pound gummy worm in under 8 minutes
Competitive eater Matt Stonie is back with a horrifying new challenge: a 3-pound gummy worm. Stonie is no stranger to stuffing an unhealthy amount of food down his gullet in record time. He's ranked second in the world by Major League Eating and his YouTube channel is dedicated to his own timed food challenges. Recently, Stonie washed down a 3-pound gummy … [Link]
Slashdot » Humble Bundle Supports The EFF With A LEGO eBook Sale
The EFF is describing it as "a break for your brain." An anonymous reader writes: Humble Bundle has announced a special "pay what you want" sale for four ebooks about LEGO from No Starch Press, with proceeds going to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, or to the charity of your choice. The ebooks include Beautiful LEGO (a compendium of creations by … [Link]
Geek Culture » The making of Bowie's Heroes
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Mashable » Forget Jess: Dave Rygalski is the best 'Gilmore Girls' boyfriend
It might be indelicate to protest in the streets after the Gilmore Girls revival airs on Netflix, but I'm already making signs because I know I won't get the one thing I want: Dave Rygalski. Dave, played by Seth Cohen Adam Brody, dated Lane for a brief, phantasmagoric spell of Season 3, before Brody sold his soul to Fox for The … [Link]
Mashable » 'Fantastic Beasts' can't conjure 'Harry Potter' magic at the box office
Don’t break out the champagne for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them just yet. Hollywood's first return to Wizarding World of J.K. Rowling in five years posted an estimated $75 million at the domestic box office. It's a fine start, especially accompanied by a reported $143.3 million in foreign sales. SEE ALSO: 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' is … [Link]
Slashdot » Spammers Compromised Popular Twitter Accounts Including Viacom And Microsoft Xbox
"A number of popular Twitter accounts suddenly wanted to help you add more followers," joked Engadget. An anonymous reader writes: Early Saturday morning, due to a breach of the Twitter Counter analytics service, the compromised Twitter accounts started posting images touting services that sell Twitter followers. The affected accounts include @PlayStation, @Viacom, @XboxSupport, @TheNewYorker, @TheNextWeb, and @Money (Time's finance magazine) … [Link]
Mashable » Americans are now fighting over where Melania and Barron Trump will live
UPDATE (5:10 p.m. ET): CNN reports that Trump told reporters Sunday afternoon that Melania and Barron will not initially live in the White House but will make the move after Barron finishes his current school year later in 2017. The original story continues below. Americans are now arguing about where incoming First Lady Melania Trump and First Kid Barron Trump will … [Link]
Mashable » Russian bear attempts to play on tiny playground swing
Residents of the Russian town of Kolpashevo spotted a large brown bear trying to use a small swing set in the town's playground. According to The Siberian Times, the bear is actually part of a circus group that was slated to perform in the area later that day. Although it can't be seen on the video, its handler was apparently … [Link]
Slashdot » London's Mayor Wants Volkswagen To Pay $3 Million In Lost Tolls
dkatana writes: Since the U.K. government has done nothing to make Volkswagen pay for Dieselgate, Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, is asking VW to come up with 2.5 million pounds ($3 million) to compensate the city and its residents for the 80,000 diesel cars fitted with cheat devices. "I want to see a proper commitment from them [VW] to … [Link]
Mashable » New York forms special police hate crime unit after Trump's win
As hate crime reports have spiked across the country following the election, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised to do something about it in his Sunday address Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church. He pledged to form a special police unit to respond to the "explosion of hate crimes" in New York state and a legal defense fund for immigrants who fear prosecution … [Link]
Slashdot » A Windows 10 Alternative: Ubuntu-Based Zorin OS Linux Distro
"With a click of a button, you can change the desktop layout to match that of Windows versions and Gnome 3. The Ultimate edition…also features Ubuntu, Gnome 2 and macOS-like layouts." BrianFagioli shares an article about a Linux-based operating system "designed for Windows-switchers." While the company does charge for an "Ultimate" version, the "Core" edition of Zorin OS 12 is … [Link]
Mashable » Kanye West calls out Beyoncé, ends concert early with a mic drop
Just days after defending Donald Trump, Kanye West called out Beyoncé and Jay Z on stage before ending his show early in Sacramento. West went on a Kanye West-style rant on Saturday evening after showing up to a concert 90 minutes late. Three songs into his performance, West stopped the show and went on a rant where he claims Beyoncé hurt … [Link]
Mashable » The 1972 Texas State Fair was bursting with beef, eggs and wild fashion
Image: Texas State ArchivesIn 1887, rival associations merged to create the Texas State Fair & Dallas Exposition, an annual occasion for the farmers, ranchers and business owners of the state to gather and show off their products, and for visitors to enjoy a wide selection of entertainment.After a series of mishaps, the fairgrounds were sold to the city of Dallas, with … [Link]
Mashable » 'Saturday Night Live' creates a safe space in The Bubbgle for life in Trump's America
Saturday Night Live has a happy surprise for the liberal elite: You don't have to swallow four years of a Donald Trump administration after all. Just move to The Bubble, a planned community for like-minded free-thinkers — and absolutely no one else. It's a haven for those that wish to spend the next four years checked out and blissfully unaware … [Link]
Mashable » Mike Pence tries to end the 'Hamilton' drama while Trump stokes the flames
The feud between the Broadway musical Hamilton and Vice President-elect Mike Pence is hopefully coming to a close. According to Fox News Sunday, Pence claims that he was not offended when the cast of Hamilton delivered a statement to him after curtain call at a show he attended on Friday evening. The statement came after Pence was booed by the … [Link]
Slashdot » Google Bans Hundreds Of Pixel Phone Resellers From Their Google Accounts
Hundreds of Google users lost their access to their emails, photos, documents, "and anything else linked to their Google identity," wrote the Guardian last week, reporting on "hundreds of people who took advantage of a loophole in US sales tax to make a small profit on Pixel phones" — and got all of the Google accounts suspended. Long-time Slashdot reader … [Link]
Mashable » Over 100 killed after train derails in northern India
At least 115 people died Sunday in a train wreck in northern India, with rescuers still working to pull passengers from the mangled coaches. An overnight passenger train rolled off the track around 3 a.m. local time near the city of Kanpur. The cause of the derailment is not yet known. SEE ALSO: Uber in talks with Indian Railways to offer … [Link]
Mashable » Sabra recalls hummus that may make you sick
Attention snackers: Put down the carrots. Step away from your hummus. Sabra Dipping Co. is voluntarily recalling dozens of its hummus products because of possible Listeria contamination. SEE ALSO: 6 vegetarian Thanksgiving mains even carnivores crave The Virginia snack maker on Saturday said it identified Listeria at one of its manufacturing facilities, although not in its tested finished products. The hummus … [Link]
Slashdot » Flying Robot Ambulance Finally Takes Its First Flight
What weighs 2,400 pounds, flies 100 miles per hour, and doesn't haven't a pilot? An anonymous reader writes: This week Popular Science remembers a 2007 article which discovered "an amazing machine of the future, almost like a flying car, that seemed plausible but just out of reach" — and reports that it's now finally performed "a full, autonomous flight on … [Link]
Mashable » Alec Baldwin responds to Donald Trump's latest 'Saturday Night Live' attack
President-elect Donald J. Trump's ongoing one-sided feud with a weekly sketch comedy series took on a new wrinkle Sunday morning. The incoming United States president bemoaned Saturday Night Live's "one-sided, biased" (presumably political) leanings in a Sunday tweet. He capped off the blast with a question: "Equal time for us?" SEE ALSO: Trump’s America will also be a new golden age … [Link]
Mashable » The wonderful, weird world of wizard rock
Paul DeGeorge was 26 when he quit his day job. He gave up a full salary, benefits and stock options to write songs about Harry Potter — to tour and produce wizard rock full time.A very niche genre of music, wizard rock describes tunes written about Harry Potter from the perspective of various characters in the stories, most of which are … [Link]
Mashable » This might be the world's quietest library
Located on a deserted beach in China, this library is gorgeous and would be the perfect spot to study to ace any test. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Seashore Library, Nandaihe, Architecture, and China
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Mashable » These sensors turn your drumsticks into a virtual drumkit
‘Freedrum’ is a virtual drumkit that connects to your iPhone and lets you jam anywhere you want. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Drums, Iphone, Technology, and Music [Link]
Slashdot » Red Hat CEO Predicts Open Source Infrastructures With Proprietary Business Functionality
An anonymous reader summarizes the highlights of Fortune's new interview with Red Hat CEO James Whitehurst: A recruiter told Whitehurst the culture at Red Hat was "a little bit like that Blues Brothers movie, when Dan Aykroyd says, 'We're on a mission from God.'" But Whitehurst says geeky passion "makes it a great place to be a part of," and … [Link]
Mashable » How to get the best deal on Black Friday
Consumers spent $626.1 billion during the 2015 holiday season, snatching up Black Friday bargains and Cyber Monday goodies. Most shoppers on the day after Thanksgiving Day likely believed that it was worth getting up early, fighting crowds and waiting in long lines for the sales. But are Black Friday sales really such a bargain? Use these tactics to find out. This … [Link]
Mashable » 7 unexpectedly great moments from Season 7 of 'Gilmore Girls'
Fans probably haven't watched Season 7 of Gilmore Girls lately. Due to a contract dispute with the CW, Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino was not involved with the beloved show's seventh season — and it showed. The dialogue is slower. The plot lines are more contrived (Lorelai and Christopher in Paris, anyone?). Honestly, it's not really the Stars Hollow fans came … [Link]
Mashable » Kate McKinnon and Kristen Wiig making kitten jokes is the 'SNL' sketch you need
Here's Kate McKinnon and Saturday Night Live guest host Kristen Wiig playing with kittens. There are nods to Jill Stein, S&M (but not the way you think) and the musical, Cats. It's the best kind of SNL weirdness. The two comics break again and again as they successfully out-funny one another with increasingly deranged kitten origin stories. It's the SNL … [Link]
Mashable » Gorgeous color postcards capture life in 1899 Tunisia
Souc-el-Trouk, Tunis.Image: Library of CongressThese color postcards of the sun-baked streets and Moorish architecture of Tunisia were created using the Photochrom process, a technique for applying realistic color to monochrome images that predated the spread of practical color photography.Invented by a Swiss printer in the 1880s, the process began with coating a tablet of lithographic limestone with a light-sensitive emulsion, then … [Link]
Slashdot » Why Automation Won't Displace Human Workers
"There was never a job opening for a drone pilot until there was something to fly," writes the founder of market research firm Beagle Research Group, arguing that automation won't inevitably lead society to a universal basic income "free lunch" because new jobs arise when "new capabilities, technical and otherwise, innovate them into existence." Heck, computer programmers had no existence … [Link]
Mashable » Newly discovered spider looks just like a dried-up leaf
In the animal kingdom, sometimes the best survival strategy is to pretend to be something you're not — either to ambush unsuspecting prey or to convince predators that you're not very tasty. And scientists recently discovered a spider that uses a unique masquerade to hide in plain sight. It is the only known spider to have a body that bears an … [Link]
Mashable » 5 articles that'll only make sense to true 'Harry Potter' fans
Over the last few months I've had the sweet, sweet pleasure of rereading all the Harry Potter books. After I'd finished Rowling's series for a second time — and in an attempt to siphon off some of my excitement — I decided to write down my waffling opinions on the books in a series of five articles. SEE ALSO: 17 key … [Link]
Slashdot » Snopes.com Editor on Fake News: Social Media Is Not the Problem
"Honestly, most of the fake news is incredibly easy to debunk because it's such obvious bullshit…" says Brooke Binkowski, the managing editor of the fact-checking at Snopes.com. "It's not social media that's the problem. People are looking for somebody to pick on." mirandakatz shared this article from Backchannel: The problem, Binkowski believes, is that the public has lost faith in … [Link]
Mashable » Alec Baldwin returns as a totally overwhelmed Donald Trump on 'Saturday Night Live'
Donald Trump knows Mike Pence is his ticket to not getting impeached. At least, that was one of the best jokes of this week's Saturday Night Live cold open, which found Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin, back after being MIA last week) taking meetings about cabinet appointments and just being generally overwhelmed at the process of, you know, being president. SEE ALSO: … [Link]
Slashdot » Second Chinese Firm In a Week Found Hiding a Backdoor In Android Firmware
An anonymous reader quotes Bleeping Computer: Security researchers have discovered that third-party firmware included with over 2.8 million low-end Android smartphones allows attackers to compromise Over-the-Air (OTA) update operations and execute commands on the target's phone with root privileges. This is the second issue of its kind that came to light this week after researchers from Kryptowire discovered a similar … [Link]
Mashable » Trump tweeted about 'Hamilton' again and then deleted it
Yup, Donald Trump is still upset about Hamilton. Hours after he first took to Twitter to criticize the cast of Hamilton for delivering a message to Mike Pence, the President-elect once again had some harsh words for the actors. But, this time, he quickly deleted them. SEE ALSO: Lin-Manuel Miranda, George Takei and more call out Trump on his 'Hamilton' tweets … [Link]
Slashdot » Feeding Seaweed To Cows Eliminates Methane Emissions
Dave Knott writes: A Canadian farmer has "helped lead to a researcher's discovery of an unlikely weapon in the battle against global warming: a seaweed that nearly eliminates the destructive methane content of cow burps and farts," reports the CBC. "Joe Dorgan began feeding his cattle seaweed from nearby beaches more than a decade ago as a way to cut … [Link]
Mashable » Amazon's new app will 'see' inside your packages
Amazon is giving its app a new feature to help holiday shoppers keep track of what's in their packages. The company updated its iPhone app with a new feature that uses the phone's camera to help detect what's inside your packages without opening them. SEE ALSO: Amazon's Black Friday deals just kicked into high gear Dubbed, "Package X-Ray," the feature uses … [Link]
Slashdot » Commercial-Mining Drones Keep Getting Attacked By Eagles
An anonymous reader summarizes an article from ABC News: The world's seventh-biggest gold producer has lost more than nine drones because of eagle attacks. "People couldn't believe I was able to get such a good photo of an eagle airborne," complained surveyor Rick Steven at a conference sponsored by the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. "But I didn't… Another … [Link]
Mashable » Massive South Korean protests calling for President Park ouster continue in Seoul
You call that a political protest, America? Take a look at how it's really done. While the U.S. has been mired in its own post-election hangover and all the things it portends for 2017, South Korea's president has remained embroiled in one of the biggest political scandals in the country's history. SEE ALSO: Hundreds of thousands storm Seoul's streets calling … [Link]
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