Friday Links #339
25 Jan 2015Running a little behind this week. Having too much fun at the X Games.
Programming
- Web Tools Weekly Issue #79 (Tool Tips, Sass, Images, JS Utils)
- Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Technical Preview 2: Get It Now! - Thurrott.com
- Gitlet
- lightning-viz.org
- Project Spartan and the Windows 10 January Preview Build
- DirectX 12 - DirectX Developer Blog
- Matter.js - a 2D rigid body JavaScript physics engine
- James Long
- Polly wanna fluently express transient exception handling policies in .NET? - Scott Hanselman
- Is JavaScript getting worse?
- MSDN Blogs
- Diagnostic Tools debugger window in Visual Studio 2015 - Microsoft Application Lifecycle Management
- Sharpening Developer Productivity with ReSharper – Visual Studio Magazine
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[WorkFlowy Feature: Import Outlines from Microsoft Word and Plain Text WorkFlowy Blog](http://blog.workflowy.com/2015/01/19/workflowy-feature-import-outlines-from-microsoft-word-and-plain-text/) - Markdown in Visual Studio Online - Microsoft Application Lifecycle Management
- New handy Visual Studio extensions - part 2
- Speed up the XAML editor in Visual Studio - Visual Studio Tips and Tricks
- Exploring Angular 1.3: Go fast with $applyAsync
- btford/angular-markdown-directive
- hya-wave
- First Floor Software
- Diet.js
- Windows 10 announcements on Jan 21, 2015 - Jennifer Marsman
- Why Riot?
- Negating Predicate Functions in JavaScript - A Drip of JavaScript
- Bump to v3.0.0 - lodash/lodash
Applications
- Amazon launches eTextbook creator - MobileRead Forums
- Microsoft + Android: Next Lock Screen - Thurrott.com
- Lastpass Is Now Available as a Dedicated Mac App
- Twitter’s “While You Were Away” feature arrives for all - SlashGear
Science and Technology
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[In a Fight Between a Pilot and his Aircraft, Sometimes the Rocket Plane Wins Popular Science](http://www.popsci.com/sometimes-rocket-plane-wins) - Mini Power Is The Smallest Portable Smartphone Battery Charger YetBit Rebels
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[Amazon Echo review: listen up The Verge](http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/19/7548059/amazon-echo-review-speaker?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter) - Laser-generated surface structures create extremely water-repellent, self-cleaning metals – ScienceDaily
- MarsNews.com :: NewsWire for the New Frontier
- Hands-On with Microsoft HoloLens - Thurrott.com
On the Web
- Free Magic Tricks Learn Cool Coin And Card Tricks
- America’s best-selling cars and trucks are built on lies: The rise of fake engine noise - The Washington Post