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Jennie Lamere was the only woman to present at a Boston hackathon. She won it.

An anonymous reader writes "While complementing Debian APT/DPKG, Canonical is now developing their own package format. The new package format has promised highlights of having no dependencies between applications, each package would install to its own directory, root support wouldn't always be required, and overall a more self-contained and easier approach for developers than it stands now for Debian/Ubuntu packages. The primary users of the new packaging system would be those distributing applications built on the Ubuntu Touch/Phone SDK. The initial proof-of-concept package management system is written in Python and uses JSON representation." This quote from the post by Canonical's Colin Watson bears repeating: "We'll continue to use dpkg and apt for building the Ubuntu operating system, syncing with Debian, and so on."

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This infographic shows the hard truth for anyone in their late 30s or younger: Everything has been more difficult for you, and it’s just getting worse.

When Amanda Berry called 911 after being held captive for 10 years, the Cleveland dispatcher didn’t keep her on the line until police came—but quibbled over her address and rushed to get off the phone.

Texans are being warned to be careful while gardening after the discovery of giant African land snails.

Pearl Cantrell’s love of bacon is so strong that the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile made a stop through town last week to wish her a happy birthday, all because she told a local news station her amazing secret.

“The Modern Motorcycle Diaries” is a video that documents the ambitious Pan-American motorcycle journey of Alex Chacón, from his hometown in Texas, to the southern tip of South America, to Alaska—a 75,000 mile adventure that took him over 500 days to complete. From the journey’s start in November 2010, Chacón meticulously documented his experiences in photos and a series of videos. He also used the trip to raise funds for Children of Uganda.

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Lafayette continues to be a top draw for tourists among Louisiana destinations | The Advertiser | theadvertiser.com:

Studies in 2012 by the state tourism office showed Lafayette reaped $427 million from domestic visitors the previous year, fifth among parishes in the state, trailing Orleans, Jefferson, East Baton Rouge and Caddo parishes. He said 3,300 jobs locally were linked to tourism; tourism-related payroll increased 1 percent to $67.2 million.

By the end of the second quarter of its fiscal year, Disney Interactive was once again the media conglomerate's only unprofitable sector, reporting a $54 million operating income (read: pre-tax) loss for the three month period ending March 31, 2013. This is, however, a 22 percent year-over-year improvement when compared to Q2 2012's reported operating income loss of $70 million.

Disney contributes the loss to "growth at our Japan mobile business from a licensing agreement that started in February 2012 and lower acquisition accounting expense at our social games business." No mention is made of Junction Point Studios, which Disney closed in January after lackluster sales of Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, or of the company's forthcoming game/toy platform Disney Infinity.

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A man named Brandon tries out a roller coaster simulator in the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset while standing, and nearly takes out a computer monitor in this video uploaded by ibarakiprefecture.

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As part of the 2011 Art on Track festival, Joe Baldwin and noisivelvet temporarily transformed a Chicago Transit Authority railway car into an awesomely lush and verdant garden.

“With native plants covering the seats, windows and floors of the subway car, the mobile garden brought a welcome splash of colour to the urban transit system. The rail transport oddity ran for five hours around Chicago’s downtown loop. Meanwhile, Joe Baldwin, a UIC Art and Design graduate, continued to seek funding for his open-air public transit garden.”

Photos by noisivelvet.org

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49ers reach stadium naming rights deal with Levi's:

The future home of the San Francisco 49ers will be called Levi’s Stadium.

“SCR 23, by Sen. Conrad Appel (R – Jefferson Parish) if adopted, will formally impose a funding cut in the Gifted and Talented program by reducing the funding allocated through the state’s minimum foundation program or MFP. This proposed re-configuring of designated funding would seriously affect the services received by the students in the Gifted and Talented program.”

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““I feel bad for him, because I know he would be much happier if he could just come out.””

- Margaret Cho: ‘John Travolta Is Like Oscar Wilde Gay’

In today’s installment of “What’s New in the New 52,” DC Comics Editor-in-Chief Bob Harras introduces readers to Cheshire, teased as a character from Jason Todd’s past who’ll soon appear in Red Hood and the Outlaws “to shed a little bit more light” on the character’s origins. However, unveiling of the character design created a little confusion in the comments section, as Cheshire has already been introduced to the New 52.

Created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez, Cheshire debuted in 1982′s New Teen Titans Annual #2 as a mercenary who frequently the team, but she eventually fell in love with Roy Harper, and the two had a child. Over the years, she was affiliated with the Secret Six and Deathstroke’s Titans, but that was all before DC’s 2011 relaunch.

Skip ahead to the May 2012 solicitations for Grifter #9, which teased the first appearances in the New 52 of Deathblow and Cheshire. And she did appear, too — apparently in numerous issues — although she was only ever referred to in the stories as Niko.

So either there are two Cheshires leaping around the DC Universe, or the now-canceled Grifter has been the subject of the one of the New 52′s first retcons.

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a baby carriage that doubles as a fryer ! Fry all your chicken in one portable, easy baby carriage!

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How Neil Gaiman did away with the "clanky clanky steampunk" Cybermen:

When he was a child, Patrick Troughton was his favorite Doctor, and he particularly remembered the second Cyberman episode, “The Moonbase” — how quiet and sneaky the Cybermen were. “I was terrified of them, much more scared of them than I was of the Daleks, because they were quiet, and they slipped in and out of rooms.”

So even though Gaiman liked the look of the “clanky clanky steampunk Cybermen,” he knew their time was over, and it would be fun to make them more scary.

In fact, in Gaiman’s original script, you never hear the Cybermen at all, except when they thump their chests — but the production team changed it, and the Cybermen actually do make a fair amount of noise in the aired version of Gaiman’s episode. But still, he feels as though he’s made them a much more menacing monster again, so that the next time they appear, people will be much more perturbed.

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