If you haven't already seen it plastered all over your Facebook feed, this is the sweet story of a boy's autistic brother who connects with Drax from Guardians of the Galaxy because neither one understands metaphors. Hey -- metaphors are stupid anyways. Similes are BEARABLE, like steamed vegetables. See what I did there? Man, I wish there was a superhero I could relate to. I guess I'd have to say I'm most similar to Batman. "Because you're an orphan?" No, because neither one of us actually has any superpowers. Thanks to jeff, Ashley and BT, who agree Guardians of the Galaxy is the tits.

This is a short video of Snoop Dogg hosting Plizzanet Earth episode 3, featuring a group of baboons tip-toeing their way across a pond. Also, this one seemed to have a lot more bleeped words than the past two episodes. Presumably because Snoop was revealing top-secret military codewords on late-night TV. "He was cussing." Snoop Dogg? Noooooooo, those were code-words. Trust me, I heard about something similar happening right before World War II. Keep going for the video.

An international team of researchers based in Singapore says the cognitive advantages of exposure to two languages are significant and reveal themselves early on, regardless of the languages spoken.

Inspired by the high proportion of Singaporean children being raised bilingually, they tested the cognitive abilities of 114 six-month-old babies by means of visual imaging and found they were able to recognize familiar images faster than their monolingual counterparts.

When presented with novel images, the bilingual babies paid more attention to the unknown than those being raised in monolingual homes.

The babies were shown a colour picture of either a bear or a wolf, and half the group was exposed to one of the two images until it became familiar to them. The bilingual babies grew bored of the familiar image faster than their monolingual counterparts.

Researchers selected this method as a test of cognitive abilities based on previous research linking increased attention to novel images with increased performance in early education and because visual habitation engages babies' natural curiosity.

Conversely, these past studies indicate that infants who tire of a familiar image rapidly can outperform their peers during early education in the domains of concept formation, non-verbal cognition, expressive and receptive language and IQ tests.

Given the simple fact that bilingual babies encounter more novel words than monolinguals and must pay more attention to learn to communicate effectively, the results are not surprising.

Researchers believe the greater information processing efficiency required in learning two languages at once gives babies the chance to develop skills for coping that will give them the upper hand when it comes to navigating early education.

The study is part of an ongoing birth cohort study of Singaporean parents and children called GUSTO, a tripartite project between A*STAR's Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) and the National University Hospital (NUH).

"This is good news for Singaporeans who are making the effort to be bilingual," says Associate Professor Chong Yap Seng, Lead Principal Investigator for GUSTO.

The study was published in the journal Child Development.

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It's the dream many of us have had ever since we first saw an episode of The Jetsons: a robot that cleans our home without us needing to do so much as make a dust pile for it.

Today, bagless vacuum masters Dyson announced the 360 Eye, a robot vacuum that promises more suction than other models on the market (or at least, the Japanese market, where the product was introduced).

While robot options like Roomba have been around for years (and are beloved by their owners), Dyson plans to change the cleaning game with continuous tracks instead of wheels (for different floor types) and a "brush bar" for as much cleaning as possible.

But that's not even the best part. The true innovation of this vacuum comes from its brilliant answer to the "Omg I forgot people was coming over tonight" problem. Thanks to a smartphone app, you can program the vacuum to start hitting up the rugs from the comfort of your office.

Check out the video above to find a few more of the 360 Eye's advantages — and just why they're calling it the "Eye."

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There was a lot of controversy over the Sochi Winter Olympics both before and during the competition, with allegations of corruption, shoddy construction work, and facilities not being ready for the athletes. However six months after the games ended, Russian photographer Alexander Belenkiy decided to go explore the Olympic site and found it abandoned and desolate. In his own words, Belenkiy said Sochi was a “ghost town”, and a “huge wasteland that’s abandoned.”

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Sugar is everywhere these days, both in the media and in our food. It's currently the "villain du jour," having been the subject of several recent scientific studies, possibly linking sugar to inflammation, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and a host of other ailments. Most of the research concentrates on added sugars, which are the kind of sugars that are added to foods versus naturally occurring sugars, such as the ones in fruit and milk.

However, as with all matters of nutrition, context is important. Sugar shouldn't be shunned altogether; rather looked at in context within the lifestyle and other dietary habits of the person.

To help you better understand the context of sugar in your diet, let's look at the role of sugar in your food, what else you are eating, and the quality of the carbohydrate you're consuming.

What role is added sugar playing in your food?
Most people today consume added sugar in two forms: high fructose corn syrup, which is a combination of fructose and glucose derived from corn; and sucrose, otherwise known as table sugar, which is a combination of glucose and fructose derived mostly from beets or sugar cane.

Other forms of sugars exist on the market -- coconut sugar, brown sugar, brown rice syrup, the list is exhaustive. Sugar obviously sweetens foods, mostly the ones you'd expect -- cakes, cookies, and pies; but it also has a functional role in foods as well. In breads, sugar helps with the rising process. Sometimes, sugar is added to foods for crispness or to help foods brown, and it can also function as a preservative.

In energy bars, sugar improves taste and provides quick energy for activity and recovery. In strenuous sports such as running races longer than 10K or long, difficult bike rides, sugar and other carbohydrates provide energy to continue with intensity. This is an example where sugar can be used with purpose. Sugar gets absorbed by our system faster than other carbohydrates so there is little lag time between consumption and effectiveness.

What is the rest of your diet like?
According to Stats Canada, the average person consumes 26 teaspoons of sugar a day. The American Heart Association is recommending an intake of five teaspoons a day for the average woman, and 9 teaspoons a day for the average man.

The stats show clearly that people are consuming too much sugar, but in a healthy, varied diet, there is room for all types of foods, including those that contain sugar. If your diet is mainly whole unprocessed foods, there is no reason not to have an added-sugar containing food occasionally. Portion-controlled, nutrient-dense foods can contain some added sugar and still be a good choice for snacks.

Balance is what's important when considering what a healthy diet consists of. While it's important to understand that consuming large amounts of added sugars can be detrimental to health, small to moderate amounts of added sugars should not cause any health issues for healthy individuals. It's important to consider as well the other nutrients in the foods that you are eating. Does the food have some sugar in it, but also qualities that are redeeming, such as added vitamins and minerals, protein and fiber? The inclusion of these nutrients also helps to slow the release of glucose into the blood, creating lasting energy vs the quick burn of food without protein and fiber. What other sugar-containing foods are you planning on eating that day? Have you or do you plan to be physically active to ensure a proper balance on energy intake and output?

Where is your sugar-containing food on the Glycemic Index (GI) scale?
Low glycemic means that you will have sustained energy instead of an energy spike and crash. Choosing lower GI foods will give your body a sustained release of carbohydrates for a steady supply of energy, without the blood sugar spikes and plummets associated with higher GI foods. Though sugar spikes will initially give you energy, you'll eventually crash, feeling tired and dazed.

The glycemic of a food is affected by several things. These include whether the food is solid or liquid, refined or less-refined, type of carbohydrate, and whether the food contains a mix of carbohydrate, fiber, protein, and fat to slow digestion and reduce the glycemic response of the body. Blood glucose will rise slowly after the consumption of a low GI food, rather than spiking quickly and then crashing. It is ideal to consume mostly low GI foods, and even those that contain some added sugar can still be low GI if they contain the correct mix of nutrients.

Reducing the total amount of processed foods should be the ultimate goal for everyone, not vilifying and blaming one single nutrient such as sugar for causing disease. Sugar can fit into a healthy diet, one that contains mostly unprocessed, fresh foods including fruit, vegetables, lean proteins, and whole grains. It's a balance that individuals should strive for, not complete elimination of the villain du jour.

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September 1 marks the official start of the annual Taiji dolphin and small whale hunt in Japan, made infamous by the 2009 documentary The Cove. A quota of nearly 2,000 animals has been approved for this season, and Taiji hunters insist that the killing is done in a humane fashion – but the method used involves tethering the animals’ tails then severing the spinal cord of each animal in turn using a metal spike. The metal spike is meant to cause immediate brain death, followed by ‘bleed out,’ but video footage captured over recent years shows animals clearly in severe distress and struggling for their lives. (A 2011 veterinary observation noted one death took four minutes.) Cetaceans are intelligent and closely bonded creatures with complex communication systems – which means the process is anything but humane for the animals still struggling to free themselves as the water fills with the blood of their already slain fellow pod members.

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California just scored a major potential win for the environment last Friday, when the State Senate approved the nation’s first statewide ban on single-use plastic grocery bags. The Senate passed the ban with a 22-15 vote just one day after the controversial bill won approval from the State Assembly. If Democratic Governor Jerry Brown signs the legislation into law by September 30, California’s plastic bag ban will go into effect starting July 1, 2015.

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Why bother with any other sign when one gets the job done?

We were told this would happen, and we're still tickled:

It's the best sign. You make it once, you don't need any other sign for the rest of your life. Agreed, sir. Agreed in full. And this Navy fan agrees with you, too.

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This is the Supersize Bed designed and built by Cecilia Carey and Harry Parr. It looks suspiciously like a giant pack of McDonald's fries. All the fries are actually removable pillows though, so you and a sleepover friend can use them to try to beat each other off the bed like American Gladiators. *thwack!* F*** YEAH, I'M GOING TO THE ELIMINATOR! When reached for comment about the bed, the McDonald's Fry Kids could not be found, because the bed IS McDonalds Fry Kids. DUM DUM DUM! Keep going for a closeup of the fry pillows.

Dammit Doctor, I thought I told you to restock the toilet paper. This is the TARDIS replica that was repurposed as a bathroom by Justin Hoggans of The Warmley Waiting Room Cafe in Bristol, England. It makes the perfect place to take a dump knowing there are people sitting litereally 3-feet away trying to enjoy their tea and biscuits. Will they hear your butt singing? Maybe!

Owner Justin Hoggans said: "It's got everything you need; a toilet, sink, hot and cold water and a hand dryer." "We've got a doorbell we can press in the cafe that makes the sound go off, so we do it when someone's having their photograph taken outside - which is quite often. "The light is operated off a motion sensor so as someone goes into the toilet, the lights inside and on top of the box go on to indicate the toilet's in use."

Neat, but how weird would it be to go in there to take care of some business, only to exit at a different place and time? What the -- did I fall asleep in there again? I used to think it was cool to try to use all the porta-potties they set up whenever they're doing construction on a house. Turns out it's not cool though. Especially if you're in one when it gets hit by a texting driver. It's the memory I use when I need to get myself to puke. Or cry. Keep going for a couple more shots of the intergalactic space and time crapper.

The National Football League kicks off its 95th season on Thursday night when the Green Bay Packers enter the den of the defending Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks and the din created by Seattle's rabid fans (a.k.a. The 12th Man).

This is a wonderful opening matchup (the schedule makers are no dummies). To understate, this game should be fun. And while I would not overstate and suggest that the NFL is desperately seeking a saviour -- Johnny (Football) Manziel, may well come to mind -- it has undeniably been taking considerable flak from all angles of late. And, as such, is a league that could really use a super opener and a sensational season to take the spotlight off all off-field turmoil and put it back on the players, the teams, the games, the sport.

For a league that seemingly ran forever like a well-oiled machine, sans hiccups and without glitches, this off-season was, well, an off off-season. Actually, off the playing field, the league that all other sports leagues aspire to become, has had an off year or two. That is, a couple of years where the NFL has hit pretty much every pothole in the road, and appeared... almost vulnerable. Suddenly the mighty National Football League finds itself festooned with the slings and arrows of outrageous scandal.

Consider: the NFL has had to shell out hundreds of millions of dollars to settle lawsuits by former players who claim the league was not at all upfront and forthright regarding the game's inherent perils, particularly concussions. To boot, there are brain-traumatized ex-players and a flock of legal eagles out there who would tell you that those settlements are but the tip of a very large iceberg.

Last season, of course, a bullying scandal came to light in pro football wherein Richie Incognito, a truly offensive offensive lineman, was (in the words of The New York Times) "found to have engaged in serial harassment" and "a pattern of bullying" against Miami Dolphin teammate Jonathan Martin, who eventually left Miami under "psychological duress." The full story was odious and more than many fans could stomach -- and it was only aggravated and made all the more odious and stomach-turning when assorted old-schoolers stepped up to say that there was nothing wrong with Incognito's aggressive, racist, bullying behavior. In fact, it was commonplace, the norm for many NFL locker rooms.

Speaking of odious incidents -- speaking of tarnishing the golden goose -- in the off-season, Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was involved in a domestic violence incident with Janay Palmer, his then-fiance (they've since married) in Atlantic City. Suffice to say, the incident was ugly, involved Rice dragging an unconscious Ms. Palmer from a hotel elevator, and... was documented by security cameras.

The outcry when Rice was handed a measly two-game suspension for violating the league's personal-conduct policy was both ubiquitous and cacophonous. To the point where last week NFL commissioner Roger Goodell actually apologized for his lenient decision in the Rice case and announced changes to the league's Personal Conduct Policy. From here on, any player violating the policy will receive a six-game suspension. Second-time offenders will be banished for at least one year.

What does all this add up to? A public-relations nightmare. Chinks in the NFL armour. And a need for a little on-field revitalization, if not actual redemption (redemption on these issues will require healing time, and further positive, pro-active measures by the league). Still, there's no denying how some serious feel-good action on the field could well translate into goodwill for a league: look no further than the 1998 home-run race between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa that helped elevate Major League Baseball out of the doldrums into which it sank following labor upheaval in 1994 (a strike that resulted in the cancellation of the World Series).

Finding itself in a little doldrum of its own, the National Football League kicks off its 95th season on Thursday night. Packers at Seahawks. A wonderful matchup. To understate, this game should be fun. But, then, the kick-off of any NFL season is always fun for fans jonesing for a fix of the slickly packaged pigskin product after a bordering-on-unbearable seven-month off-season. Particularly fun as it follows on the heels of controversies that have overshadowed everything.

Everything. With the possible exception of Johnny (Football) Manziel's off-field antics. Manziel: a kid having boatloads of fun with his new-found fame and fortune. Alas, Johnny Football's fun has innumerable super-serious scribes trying their best to turn his antics into but another big, brewing controversy.

Seriously? You've got a team in Washington nicknamed the Redskins and you're fulminating over a young quarterback acting like, ah, a young quarterback. Hey, just imagine for a second if Broadway Joe Namath was navigating New York's social scene in this, the age of social media. In comparison, Johnny Football might actually look choirboy tame.

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In what is arguably the best invention since sliced bread, the Butterup Knife (links to Kickstarter where you can order one for around $11) was designed to easily spread cold butter without tearing your bread to shit. It works by grating a stick of butter into smaller, more easily spreadable ribbons. Alternatively, just jam a stick of butter into a Play-Doh Fun Factory and you can extrude any shape butter you want. Speaking of -- when I was a kid I used to sneak leftovers from the dinner table up to my room to run them through my Play-Doh Fun Factory. Mashed potatoes, steamed vegetables, lasagna, hot dogs -- you name it. Fun fact: all food tastes better if it's shaped like a star. I did the experiments to prove it. The least tasty shape? Turds. Keep going for the Kickstarter video.

Over the years I have worked with hundreds of new entrepreneurs. I often compare starting a business to motherhood -- both involve excitement, joy and complete fear and self doubt as to whether you are up for the job -- be it as a business owner or parent. Here are some pointers for new entrepreneurs.

1. If you build it they will come
While we are scared, because let's face it, your business could bomb, there is also that enthusiasm and passion about your new venture that can foster what I call the "if you build it, they will come" mentality. Oh that it worked that way, but having a website and business cards, usually doesn't quite do it.

2. It takes longer than you think
In fact, it frequently takes much longer than you think for your business to take off and be financially viable. Doing anything for the first time is a learning experience and there are often delays and pitfalls along the way.

3. Make sure you have enough savings
Because it takes longer than you think to get a paid customer through the door, folks often don't set aside enough funds to cover their day-to-day costs for several months. I usually recommend at least six months operating funds just to carry you through.

4. Your estimations may not always be accurate
Frequently the new entrepreneur overestimates the revenue coming in, but underestimates the money going out to start the business. Having a realistic budget helps keep you on track.

5. Who's your tribe?
At the beginning a warm body that can afford to pay for what you offer will do, but in reality, you really need to drill down and be very clear on who your target audience is, because when you do, your marketing (and time) are better spent trying to reach that customer.

6. You don't know, what you don't know
Everything is so new and at times it can be hard to know just what you should be doing next. I remember one newbie confessing that she gets up and hasn't a clue what she should be doing to move her business along. Getting together with other new entrepreneurs helps you feel less alone and you will likely find you are all experiencing that same sense of overwhelm.

7. The buck stops here
If you have started a business after working in say the corporate sector, no doubt you were used to having someone else around to do the photocopying, etc... But when you are a solopreneur and until you can afford to outsource work -- you are it.

8. It can be isolating
If you are used to working with other people, and now find yourself working alone at home, it can be isolating. Look to joining some networks so you get out and meet like-minded people who are on a similar path to you and who can help you find customers.

9. Managing relationships
Your family and friends may be supportive of your new venture (but not always). Spouses, for example, may be wondering just how long it is going to take you to make some real money and may put on pressure for you to go back to a day job. Friends also don't always understand that just because you are at home, you can't drop things to have coffee when it suits them.

10. Believe in yourself
It can be all too easy to get discouraged when the business isn't flowing in the way you expected. My advice is to surround yourself with people who believe in you and encourage you to stay the course. Having an accountability buddy can help you stay focused and on track.

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A Chinese chef was killed after a cobra bit his hand some twenty minutes after severing its head. The chef was preparing snake soup (a delicacy) and was bitten when he went to throw the snake's head away in the trash. Me? I would demanded a lowly busboy do it.

'By the time a snake has lost its head, it's effectively dead as basic body functions have ceased, but there is still some reflexive action.' 'It means snakes have the capability of biting and injecting venom even after the head has been severed.' Residents of the Guangdong province have a long history of enjoying snake meats of all sorts in local culinary dishes. One local said: 'Snake meat is really good for us. It is not so easy to get and is expensive but it has spectacular health benefits.'

Never trust a dead snake -- that's the lesson here. Or sharks. I don't even trust the ones in formaldehyde at the museum. What? You don't know how long they can hold their breath. They could just be waiting for the right time to strike. Same goes for those resin paperweights with the spiders and scorpions inside. Thanks to Jessie, who generally shies away from eating penis-shaped animals. Same, but I will get down on some mushrooms all day every day.

This is slow-motion video of people reacting to getting tazed with a stun-gun. None of them look too thrilled about it. I also included an extended version that shows their friends, who are actually doing the tazing. Although, based on their reactions, I'm going to go out on a limb and say a lot of these folks seem more like frienemies than friends. I can't even begin to count how many of my "friends" I'd like to hit with a stun-gun. It's a lot though. All of them, actually. Plus smash their knuckles with a hammer and make their knees bend the wrong way. Keep going for the videos.

This is the secret treasure room that parents Sarah Goer and her husband gave their son for his fourth birthday. They knew about the secret room connected to his bedroom for years, but kept it hidden from him with a dresser while they had it remodeled to present to him on his 4th birthday. Man, I wish I had a secret treasure room. This kid is lucky. What's he gonna get for his next birthday, a functional rocketship? "You're just jealous." Of course I'm jealous, this kid's only four and has a secret treasure room bigger than my apartment. I can reach the stove from my bed. WHILE SHOWERING. Keep going for a couple more shots of the finished product.

A group of students from North Carolina State University are developing Undercover Colors, a line of fingernail polishes that can detect the presence of common date rape drugs (GHB, Rohypnol and Xanax) by swirling a finger in your drink (previously: drug detecting straws, cups and lip balm). If the nail polish changes color, drugs have been detected. If the nail polish doesn't change color, you just swirled a finger in your drink. A small price to pay for knowing whether or not your date is a potential rapist. Now give me the drink. I'll chug it and still kick his ass twice before I black out. Thanks to Lara, who mentioned hoping they come in metallic colors.

Charles Vacca, 39, died at a hospital after he was shot in the head in an accident at a firing range in White Hills, Ariz. He was showing a 9-year-old girl how to fire an Uzi submachine gun, authorities said.

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A 39-year-old firing range instructor died Monday night at a hospital after he was accidentally shot in the head by a 9-year-old girl, authorities said.

Charles Vacca of Lake Havasu City was an instructor at a firing range in White Hills, Ariz., about 60 miles from Las Vegas. According to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office, he was accidentally shot in the head around 10 a.m.

Vacca had been showing a 9-year-old girl how to fire an automatic Uzi when the accident happened, officials said. The girl pulled the trigger, and the gun's recoil sent it over her head. Vacca was standing next to her when he was shot.

He was airlifted to a hospital in Las Vegas, where he died around 9 p.m., officials said.

The girl's parents were with her at the time of the shooting, officials said. According to the Burgers and Bullets website, which organizes tours from Las Vegas to the range, 8 is the minimum age. The location advertises machine guns, military-style bunkers and specialty weapons.

A call to the firing range's owner was not immediately returned.

The Mohave County Sheriff's office released this video of Vacca and the 9-year-old girl at the shooting range moments before the fatal accident.

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By now, Nicki Minaj's derriere has become as famous as the singer's ability to rap. After making headlines for her "Anaconda" album cover, and teasing photos off her Instagram, the singer released video for the same-titled single early Wednesday morning.

And let's just say if you thought Minaj's choice in album art was risque, you're in for a whole lot more in the NSFW video below.



In it, Minaj wastes no time showing off her assets in everything from a one-piece swimsuit to denim short shorts, to her infamous pink thong, flanked by a group of her backup dancers as she samples Sir Mix A Lot's "Baby Got Back" in the Amazon.

With so much going on, it's possible you may miss out on Drake's cameo in the video. Although the Canadian rapper doesn't sing very much in the video (actually, he doesn't do anything at all other than sit in a chair), Minaj teases him what looks like the lap dance of his life.

Did we mention this video was NSFW?

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PROTIP: Unmute the volume in the lower right corner for the full effect. Or don't for zero effect. This is a Vine video of some guy imitating his video game playing friend's cell phone notification sounds (including just vibrate!) to get him to check his phone. He does good enough to get him to look several times. Eventually, his buddy catches on and dude stops recording before the inevitable ass-kicking. Or maybe he just got yelled at. Me? I would have thrown something. Probably that video game controller. I have anger management issues. Or at least I think that's what my therapist said. Sometimes it's hard to hear him over the sound of me yelling and tearing the books off his shelves. Thanks to zig, who agrees you can't really get mad at the friend who's willing to sit on the floor and watch you play video games all day.

Hey! It’s kinda, sorta the one year anniversary for The Old Reader. I know, some of you have been using The Old Reader since 2012. But the current team took over just a year ago. And now we’re going to celebrate, have some cake, and reminisce.

When we first got involved, there was a lot of mystery about who we were. This blog initially only said that a “a new corporate entity in the United States” was going to take over and improve the service.

We didn’t mean to be so mysterious. We were a new company ourselves. Levee Labs is our web application company. It’s the kind of work we’ve been doing since the late 90’s before starting our own shop a few years ago.

Like most people who used TOR, we were sad when we heard that the founders, Elena and Dmitry, planned to shut it down because the volume of users was overwhelming. However, they were willing to sell the application as long as the new owners had the same values and attitudes along with the technical ability to improve the application’s availability. I like to think we’ve delivered on both.

Our first priority was to handle traffic spikes better. We’ve been building high volume, highly scalable web apps for a long time, so we knew a lot about that particular problem. In the first few months, a lot of what we did was backend stuff to improve the architecture and performance.

Thanks to all of you who hung with us while we moved all of the data 5,000 miles to our new infrastructure.

Next came the new features. We’ve added a number of new social sharing features as well as usability features. Social sharing features like Starred items and Send To allow you you to highlight and share posts from The Old Reader for friends or social media. We also added the bookmarklet feature to send a copy of any web page to your TOR account.

A lot of these are features you’ve all been asking for, while other are just things we think are cool. More recently, we added Spritz to help you read faster. And of course, we have grown the list of apps to make your Old Reader feed available everywhere, as with the most recent, Reeder for iOS and Mac.

Of course, the biggest change was in February when we rolled out Premium accounts for The Old Reader. This was the biggest risk of all, but I am happy to say it has worked out. TOR now has well over a half million users and thousands of Premium users.

Premium isn’t just way to make sure the service is viable for the foreseeable future. It’s what lets us keep the service available without resorting to the ads, feed manipulation, data mining, sponsored content, and all of the crap that pollutes social media and other online services. We’ll also keep rolling out new Premium features to make the service even more valuable. 

Reading this, I am immensely proud of what we’ve accomplished. But know that we’re not even close to done. We’ve got a lot of stuff in the works, big and small. It should be a fun year. 

Now, back to cake.

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This tiny mobile caravan offers micro-quarters on wheels to help unleash your inner bohemian. Powered by an attached bicycle, the 28-square-foot mini dwelling boasts a small bedroom or artist’s studio that the cyclist can tote from place to place. Completely portable and simple, the caravan easily morphs from living quarters, to dining area to art studio before folding into itself for easier transport.

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