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Friday Links #303

Programming

• ng-Fx
• n3-charts
• How to use PJAX with Nancy
• What’s New in the .NET Framework 4.5, 4.5.1, and 4.5.2
• Cloud Power: How to scale Azure Websites globally with Traffic Manager - Scott Hanselman
• DailyJS: Declarative Animations with AniJS
• Introducing Microsoft Avro
• AngularJS Promises - The Definitive Guide - CodeProject

• [Managing billing and saving money with the new Azure Portal

  Azure Friday

  Channel 9](http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Azure-Friday/Managing-billing-and-saving-money-with-the-new-Azure-Portal)

• [Speculations on Universal Windows Applications and beyond

  Gunnar Peipman](http://gunnarpeipman.com/2014/05/speculations-on-universal-windows-applications-and-beyond/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gunnarpeipman+%28Gunnar+Peipman%27s+Programming+Blog%29)

Applications

• Google Maps Adds Better Navigation, Offline Maps, and Tons More
• Could Google’s Test of Hiding Complete URLs in Chrome Become a Standard? - HotHardware

• [Updating OneDrive: Five New Features You Asked For

  OneDrive Blog](http://blog.onedrive.com/five-new-features-you-asked-for/)

Science and Technology

• [Scientific computings future: Can any coding language top a 1950s behemoth?

  Ars Technica](http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/05/scientific-computings-future-can-any-coding-language-top-a-1950s-behemoth/)

• [Astronomers Create First Realistic Virtual Universe

  www.cfa.harvard.edu/](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/)

• Cree aims to make fluorescent tubes obsolete with LED T8 series

Stuff I Just Like

• Sada hubless bike folds down to the size of an umbrella
• Artist uses 282,000 matchsticks to build scale model of the ISS

Favorite Tweets

• You know ur a woodworker when you choose your lunch meat based on how useful the container will be for finishing. http://t.co/SKzZ82zVOP - Marc Spagnuolo