Friday Links #255
17 May 2013Programming
babelfor.net
Microsoft Simplicity Strategy
Codeblock.js by Filepicker.io
PostSharp Blog | Announcing PostSharp 3 RTM
AngularJS for jQuery Developers | Art & Logic Blog
JavaScript Regular Expression Enlightenment - Tech.Pro
Welcome – Polymer (another JS framework from Google)
Automatic Figure Numbering with CSS Counters | Codrops
Overwhelmed by JavaScript Dependencies | Secret Weblog
Paul Irish on Chrome Moving to Blink ∙ An A List Apart Blog Post
One ASP.NET: Nancy.Templates for Visual Studio - Scott Hanselman
An AngularJS CRUD using Azure Mobile Services | Michel Salib’s Blog
Building a Spreadsheet in 20 Minutes with Angular.js — Thomas Street
How to customize Twitter Bootstrap to fit your web design - CodeProject
Meet the new Windows Dev Center - Windows Store for developers - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
Modern Garbage Collectors under the Hood - General Programming - Articles - Articles - GameDev.net
Applications
Start Menu Reviver
Task Manager in Windows 8 Now More Advanced
Science and Technology
NASA’s Kepler Spacecraft May Be Finished | Popular Science
At Long Last, an Affordable Electric-Vehicle Charger | Autopia | Wired.com
Neil deGrasse Tyson’s remake of Carl Sagan’s ‘Cosmos’ headed to Fox in 2014 | The Verge
Autonomous X-47B Jet Fighter Makes Historic First Launch From An Aircraft Carrier | Popular Science
University of Illinois Develops a Battery That Holds 2,000 Times More Power & Charges 1,000 Times Faster
On the Web
TED Teams Up With PBS for Education Program - NYTimes.com
Google Expected to Start a Competitor to Spotify - NYTimes.com
See Wikipedia Edits As They Happen Around The World On Real-Time Map
Google overhauling flagship search with “Answer, converse, anticipate” | Ars Technica
Stuff I Just Like
All of Star Wars: Episode IV retold in a one-minute animation
Innovative 10-Pound Track Bike With 3D Printed Lugs Is Rideable
Iron Man 3: The Liberation of Tony Stark - Christopher Orr - The Atlantic
Mos Espa | A Photographer Rediscovers The Crumbling Remains Of Tatooine
Favorite Tweets
Neil deGrasse TysonVerified account@neiltyson
Not that anybody asked, but the symbol “lb” for pound comes from an abbreviation of the constellation Libra, the scales.
Nick Landry @ActiveNickThe #GoogleIO keynote was so long because it was actually directed by Peter Jackson. #io13
I only use one app on my #BlackBerry #PlayBook, and it’s an exclusive not available on #iPad or #Android. It’s called “Paperweight”
Jessica Kerr @jessitronFrameworks usually help to solve the creator’s problems #geecon
Daily Atheism @AtheistQ“No opinion should be protected from criticism simply by virtue of being religiously held.” -Richard Dawkins