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Linkage: May 9th, 2012 to May 13th, 2012

Kuroshio Sea – 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world
Video of the "Kuroshio Sea" tank in Okinawa, Japan. The ultimate fish tank screensaver.
Hold Off On Proposing Solutions – Less Wrong
I need a "Jump to Conclusions" mat.
Now You Know: Hotels Inject Banner Ads Into The Wi-Fi They Charge You For | TechCrunch
Can we please get everyone on SSL sooner rather than later?
Fix It, The Repair Manifesto
Some folks in .nl opened up a bunch of "Repair Cafes" where you can take in broken stuff and have it fixed.
Adirondack Foods: Violet Jelly | The Adirondack Almanack
Quickie on making jelly from wild violets.
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Linkage: April 29th, 2012 to May 9th, 2012

Ten Thousand
Great advice on how to deal with people not knowing things.
Improving HTML5 Canvas Performance – HTML5 Rocks
Summary of current canvas perf trickery
New York’s (now lost) native parrot
"Five million years is a good run. It's just tough when it ends on a hat."
linux – How can I copy a (big) directory over another changing only the files that differ? – Super User
Handy when svn_load_dirs decides to go belly up.
Karl’s Badges – Porky – foursquare
I just unlocked the Level 3 "Porky" badge on @foursquare! Sweet!
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Linkage: April 20th, 2012 to April 26th, 2012

Google selling SketchUp?
Wonder what this means for the free version going forward.
SketchUp renderings…You Have Options
I had no idea you could use rendering plugins for Sketchup. Some of the demos are just jaw dropping.
COFFER on Vimeo
Wonderful integration of old and modern.
Cubism.js
Horizon charts in D3
The design of a signage typeface
The backstory on Wayfinding Sans Pro, a new signage font.
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Linkage: March 29th, 2012 to April 17th, 2012

QArt Codes
Sticking pictures in QR codes. Neat.
Marks of Civilization : The Work Itself
"One thing has not changed. Civilization still needs a reckoning to remind itself why it is worth carrying on, to continue struggling against the inevitable forces that cut us all down."
Is Sugar Toxic? – NYTimes.com
Fascinating read on sugar.
Interview: C++–A Language for Modern Times
The language that refuses to die
Banksy on advertising
“You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.”
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Linkage: March 26th, 2012 to March 29th, 2012

Boioioioioinggg!
Sweet little ATV robot that can jump like a sand flea
The Continuous Partial Attention Generation
Mike's thoughts on what watching looked like a few generations ago vs now
Entertaining retrospective on the libertarian-fantasy-clusterfuck that was SeaLand and HavenCo
"Ladies and gentlemen, the datacenter"
ASP.NET MVC, Web API, Razor and Open Source
Wow, ASP.NET is going open source, using Git, and potentially taking contributions from the community. Interesting times.
Woodcut Maps: Handcrafted wood-inlay maps, designed by you.
Seems to having load issues, but very cool veneer-based maps, built from a Google map.