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wabrandsma writes, quoting Apple Insider "The technology, detailed in a patent awarded to Apple on Tuesday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, deals with so-called 'access inputs' that determine what apps, device services, and functions can be accessed by a user. Apple's U.S. Patent No. 8,528,072 for a 'Method, apparatus and system for access mode control of a device,' describes a system that creates user access modes guarded by predetermined gesture inputs." Reading the patent, it appears Apple managed to patent allowing access to some programs without a passcode from the lock screen of a device while protecting others, so e.g. you can quickly swipe to make a phone call or control your music, but have to enter a code to read your email or access your word processor documents.

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Hard-hitting questions from the March 29, 1903 edition of the New York Times.

Sock It to Me, the Portland-based designer and manufacturer of fun and funky socks for men, women and kids, is hosting its 7th Annual Design A Sock Contest to benefit the Arts in Portland’s Public High Schools. Portlanders of all ages and artistic abilities are invited to participate by submitting their unique sock design for consideration in Sock It to Me’s next collection. For each sock design submitted Sock It to Me will donate $1, with a maximum total donation of $15,000, as an Art Grant for Portland Public High Schools. In addition to helping out the schools, entrants will also have their chance to win $1000 cash and have their winning design manufactured and worn by Sock It to Me customers around the world.

Entrants can submit their unique design by downloading the design template here and submit their design electronically or mail it to the Sock It to Me office by 3pm on September 20th. On September 27th Sock It to Me will post the top 30 designs on their Facebook page and the public will vote for their favorite. So get cracking all of you would-be sock designers! I saw and voted on the finalists last year and I have to say there were some really creative ones.

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From the wickedly creative mind of artist and author E.B. Hudspeth comes a series of illustrations depicting mythological beasts in the meticulously labeled style of anatomy textbooks.

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Markdoc:

Markdoc is a lightweight Markdown-based wiki system. It’s been designed to allow you to create and manage wikis as quickly and easily as possible.

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OnlyMrGodKnowsWhy

Decor made from reclaimed groceries is the best kind of decor!

The store has a fresh floor, decor made from reclaimed wood and, of course, groceries.

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whoa, exciting!

9/10 7:00pm Thompson House Newport
7:00 PM Crispin Hellion Glover’s Big Slide Show Part 2
Crispin Hellion Glover performs a one hour dramatic narration of eight different profusely illustrated books. The images from the books are projected behind Mr. Glover during his performance. Then at 8:00 PM, the film, “It is Fine. Everything is Fine.” followed by a Q&A forum and book signing. Tickets are $20 available online or in cash at the door (recommended).

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For most Americans, life expectancy continues to rise—but not for uneducated white women. They have lost five years, and no one knows why.

Programmer Steve Losh has written a lengthy explanation of what separates good documentation from bad, and how to go about planning and writing documentation that will actually help people. His overarching point is that documentation should be used to teach, not to dump excessive amounts of unstructured information onto a user. Losh takes many of the common documentation tropes — "read the source," "look at the tests," "read the docstrings" — and makes analogies with learning everyday skills to show how silly they can be. "This is your driving teacher, Ms. Smith. ... If you have any questions about a part of the car while you’re driving, you can ask her and she’ll tell you all about that piece. Here are the keys, good luck!" He has a similar opinion of API strings: "API documentation is like the user’s manual of a car. When something goes wrong and you need to replace a tire it’s a godsend. But if you’re learning to drive it’s not going to help you because people don’t learn by reading alphabetized lists of disconnected information." Losh's advice for wikis is simple and straightforward: "They are bad and terrible. Do not use them."

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RT @isaach: "journalism"

It's not much, but it's what I can do:

I promise not to attend PAX, ever again, in any capacity.

I promise to advise my peers and colleagues not to attend PAX, ever again, in any capacity.

I promise to help organize / build / support new institutions and communities, to try to replace PAX and counter its owners' poisonous influence on its fans.

I can't promise that my actions will matter. They probably won't matter. But that's partly the point of a promise.

ABC News

Former Mont. teacher could get more prison time after prosecutors appeal 30 ... Fox News BILLINGS, Mont. – A former Montana high school teacher sent to prison for 30 days over the rape of one of his students could face more time behind bars after prosecutors appealed the case to the state Supreme Court. Attorneys for the state and Yellowstone ... Prosecutors appeal Montana teacher's rape sentenceMemphis Commercial Appeal Judge orders new hearing in Rambold rape caseBillings Gazette Convicted Mont. rapist could face more prison timeAnchorage Daily News Reuters -KULR-TV -Daily Mail all 141 news articles »

Okay, Please Tell Me!

First aired in 1998, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! (WWDTM) is a weekly, hour-long, quiz show on the radio produced by NPR (National Public Radio) and WBEZ Chicago, broadcast on more than 600 stations around the country. WWDTM's hook is its whip smart humor and irreverent spin they put on the news and culture, led by fast-talking host Peter Sagal who puts three panelists through the ringer with various quizzes that test their knowledge and ability to detect fake news. WWDTM tapes in front of a live audience in Chicago, it goes on the road where cult followers attend tapings, hosts an annual live event at Chicago's Millennium Park, and even has the Fathom Events treatment where it is simulcast in movie theaters across the U.S.. This week, the Peabody Award-winning show introduced a new logo designed by Boulder, CO-based Michael Casebolt.

After taking in all of our feedback, Casebolt came up with a clear winner: the 'newsclamation point' icon. Well, that's what we like to call it anyway. It cleverly represents the show at its core, while also being bold and unique enough to stand alone.

NPR blog post

This project clearly breaks my main criteria for a review: it's not big. It's the identity for a radio show. Not the radio station. Not the parent company of the radio station. The identity for one hour's worth of a show with relatively minimal mainstream appeal. But you know what? The process and the story — although I prefer to pretend I didn't read this line, "We asked them each to develop a series of logo comps and, eventually, we selected one skilled designer," here — and the result is far more spirited, for lack of a better word, than much of the big-company stuff we tend to show.

It's not the most revolutionizing logo and it has its issues — when made small, the dummy copy on the icon gets all mushed, and, when made big, the rounded strokes generated by Adobe Illustrator where vector points meet or end are too obvious and not sanded off visually as they should be — but it has a concept behind it, and it's a single color logo, and it's flat, and it's an exclamation point! I also like that this is a job anyone of us could get, not just an unattainable airline or mass consumer product. And it's a good time for this redesign too, given the extinction rate of newspapers: had they waited another two or three years to do it no one would understand what kind of artifact the exclamation point is made out of.

Rockstar Games' upcoming Grand Theft Auto V is guaranteed to move units, but the developers aren't resting on their laurels in their attempt to build the most comprehensive crime world yet. Take the voice acting — rather than traditional professionals, Rockstar is using "actual, real gang members" where possible.

After the regeneration at Christmas, we'll almost certainly be waiting a while for the 12th Doctor's first adventures. Benedict Cumberbatch's people insist he isn't going to be in J.J. Abrams' Star Wars. Marvel Studios reveals tons about Thor: The Dark World. Plus it's reshoot time for Mad Max: Fury Road. Spoilers!

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Cover of the April 16, 1921 issue of La Vie Parisienne.

Amazing! This sundial is digital in that it shows the time with digits, but it's not electrical:

Like a digital clock, the digital sundial displays the current time using digits. In the true tradition of all sundials, the device is purely passive - it operates without electricity, and has no moving parts. Instead, the sunlight is cast through two cleverly designed masks in the shape of numbers that show the current time of day. The sundial is available in two versions, for use in either hemisphere. Placed on the inside of a south-facing window (north-facing in the southern hemisphere), the sundial can be read through the horizontal mirror. The display updates every 10 minutes, and gives a remarkably accurate record of the time during the daylight hours.

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actegratuit:

Bing Liu, bleu Marigold

jtotheizzoe:

This 1944 infographic on electromagnetic radiation makes your chart of electromagnetic radiation invalid.

Courtesy of the fine folks at Lawrence Livermore, you can tour the 10,000 x 6,958 pixel version to your heart’s content. Do it. You can’t overdose on this kind of cool.

Best thing since the XKCD radiation dose infographic.

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Minecraft comic series by 

Alexander Diochon

This is a really cool take on how Minecraft would work ‘realistically’. Love it!

Hooooooooooooooooooooly fuck that’s awesome.