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January 7, 2009

NYT profiles R, a powerful language for stats computing and infoviz

— Brendan says it’s “both brilliant and insanely quirky,” which sounds about right #

Twitter hacker explains how he compromised celebrity accounts

— just like yesterday’s MacRumorsLive hack, a weak dictionary password was to blame #
January 6, 2009

The Perils of Zero-Gravity Videography

— Matt Harding discovers hard drive-based camcorders don’t work in zero-gravity via Sippey #

Screenshot: 4chan hacks MacRumorsLive during Apple keynote

— the 4chan thread shows how they found the admin interface, password hashes, and finally cracked a user’s password #
January 5, 2009

xkcd's Guide to Converting to Metric

— even Liberia and Myanmar are mostly metric, compared to the U.S. #

Crowdsourcing an Ethical Dilemma

— Dolores Labs uses Mechanical Turk to answer the Trolley Problem #
January 3, 2009

Stamen's Mike Migurski on extreme programming vs. interaction design

— the linked interview is great #
January 2, 2009

Jason Scott on the closure of AOL's online communities

— like physical evictions, there need to be laws protecting community data in the event of closure #

JPG Magazine to stop publishing, turn off website

— with only three days notice; here’s the response from Derek and the JPG community #
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