Schneier on the Internet Court of Public Opinion

Bruce Schneier: "The Court of Public Opinion Is About Mob Justice and Reputation as Revenge"

4D Printed Objects 'Make Themselves'

I, for one, welcome our self-creating 4D printed overlords.

[Off topic] Hsieh Forbes OpEd on Fertility Panic and Freedom

[Off topic] Yesterday's Forbes (2/27/2013) published my latest OpEd, "Freedom, Not Fertility, Is The Key To A Thriving Economy".

I respond to some conservatives fretting about America's low birth rate, and discuss why it's not the government's job to promote any specific lifestyle (e.g., single vs married or childless vs. multiple-child marriage).

How many unique English tweets are possible?

How many unique English tweets are possible? (Via Rand Simberg.)

3D-printed Plastic Car

"The first 3D-printed plastic car is as strong as steel and half the weight"

Scientist Proposes Marriage with Physics Paper

"Scientist Proposes Marriage with Physics Paper". (Via Charlie Martin.)

Autopsy of a Dead Social Network

"An Autopsy of a Dead Social Network". (Via Ryan Sager.)

How Pickpockets Work

Video: "How Pickpockets Work"



(Via Amy Alkon, who notes that the video is in Dutch but the scenarios demonstrated don't really require translation.)

Rats as Landmine Detectors

Trained rats as landmine detectors. (Via M.H.)

Dangerous Pads And Helmets?

"Do pads and helmets increase rather than prevent football injuries?"

Streaming And Spyware Are Killing Music Piracy

Alex Knapp: "Streaming And Spyware Are Killing Music Piracy"

Computers Making Scientific Discoveries

Slate: "What if technology makes scientific discoveries that we can't understand?"

Vaportini

"The Vaportini: A Cocktail Inhaled, Not Stirred"

College Chess Recruting

The competition between colleges to recruit for chess stars. (Via Tyler Cowen.)

Onion-like Real Headlines

I'm both hysterically amused and horrified by this collection of real-life Onion-like headlines.

Don't Drink That Water

Slate: "Which diseases can you catch from drinking water that’s had a corpse floating in it?"

Cast of Ant Colony

Cast of an ant colony. (Via @supatrey.)

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Who owns Sherlock Holmes?

"Who owns Sherlock Holmes?"

Fork by Dave Jilk

My friend Dave Jilk has written a clever short SF story, "Fork". As he says, it's not about utensils.

8 New Punctuation Marks We Desperately Need

"8 New Punctuation Marks We Desperately Need"