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Friday Links #294

Programming

• Nine Things to Expect from HTTP/2
• FluentAutomation for automated testing of Web Applications - Scott Hanselman
• nanobar.js

• [Remote Desktop Client with AngularJS and Yeoman

  Minko Gechev’s blog](http://blog.mgechev.com/2014/02/08/remote-desktop-vnc-client-with-angularjs-and-yeoman/)

• Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 and Web Essentials
• New CPU Usage tool in the Performance and Diagnostics hub in Visual Studio 2013
• Jetbrains’ InspectCode result file viewer - Frans Bouma’s blog
• A Jasmine Test Adapter for Visual Studio
• New CodeLens Indicator–Incoming Changes - Microsoft Application Lifecycle Management
• Kicking The Tires on AngularDart
• C# Pad: Run C# Code Online
• TypeScript Becomes Full Member of Visual Studio
• HTML5 Form Validation
• Knockout.js 3.1 Released - Knock Me Out

• [Nimrod: A New Systems Programming Language

  Dr Dobb’s](http://www.drdobbs.com/open-source/nimrod-a-new-systems-programming-languag/240165321)

• HTTP API Versioning Using Nancy
• Javascript without the this - Programming - O’Reilly Media
• The Julia Language
• March 2014 Update - Visual Studio Online “Monaco” - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
• Migrate away from MSBuild-based NuGet package restore - xavierdecoster.com
• Tom DuPont .NET: Use XUnit to Run QUnit Tests

Applications

• [This is Cortana, Microsoft’s answer to Siri

  The Verge](http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/3/5465264/microsoft-cortana-windows-phone-screenshots?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter)

• SeriesGuide Turns Your New Tab Page into a TV Show Calendar
• Introducing Reading View in IE 11 - IEBlog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

Science and Technology

• Nissan’s readies smart rear vision combining mirror, LCD and image processing
• BBC News - New magnetic material could boost electronics
• BBC News - Rise of the human exoskeletons

• [The First Mass-Produced Hydrogen Car

  Popular Science](http://www.popsci.com/article/cars/first-mass-produced-hydrogen-car)

• [A Truck Tire That Self-Inflates When Its Pressure Drops

  Autopia

  Wired.com](http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/self-inflating-truck-tire/)

On the Web

• Inventor who shocked tech world stumped by 43-year patent delay - chicagotribune.com
• Minify and GZip Compress JavaScript & CSS, online tool
• Living a High-DPI desktop lifestyle can be painful - Scott Hanselman
• Chromebooks Don’t Work Offline? Debunking the Myths

Stuff I Just Like

• Up, up and down: The ephemerality and reality of the jetpack

• [Building the ultimate paper airplane, one manila folder at a time

  The Verge](http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/22/5334046/boeing-777-paper-model-photo-essay)

• [The World’s Most Insane Air Race Has Finally Returned

  Autopia

  Wired.com](http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/red-bull-air-race-abu-dhabi/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wiredautopia+%28Wired%3A+Blog+-+Autopia%29)