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Friday Links #307

Programming

• n3-charts
• ng-inspector for AngularJS

• [Prefill Your Own Forms in Dev

  CSS-Tricks](http://css-tricks.com/prefill-forms-dev/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)

• [Accessing Visual Studio Online from YOUR Azure Account - Now we can with this new PaaS offering

  John V. Petersen](http://codebetter.com/johnvpetersen/2014/06/03/accessing-visual-studio-online-from-your-azure-account-now-we-can-with-this-new-paas-offering/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CodeBetter+%28CodeBetter.Com%29)

• Visual Studio CTP now available - The Visual Studio Blog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
• Git Blame: Git 2.0
• AngularJs ng-cloak Problems on large Pages - Rick Strahl’s Web Log
• Apple Releases Swift, a High-performance High-level Language for iOS and OSX
• Gmail Sending Limit - How Many Emails Can I Send Per Day
• Digging into Angular’s Controller as syntax
• A first-person engine in 265 lines

• [Announcing Xamarin 3

  Xamarin Blog](http://blog.xamarin.com/announcing-xamarin-3/)

• Automatic optimization of images, CSS and JavaScript
• Closing over the loop variable is just as harmful in JavaScript as it is in C#, and more cumbersome to fix - The Old New Thing - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
• Hide your header on scroll - Headroom.js

• [Using basic and tween transitions in d3.js

  4waisenkinder](http://4waisenkinder.de/blog/2014/05/11/d3-dot-js-tween-in-detail/)

• [Adding Analytics to Azure Web Sites

  Azure Friday

  Channel 9](http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Azure-Friday/Adding-Analytics-to-Azure-Web-Sites)

• [Adding Web Tests to an Azure Web Site

  Azure Friday

  Channel 9](http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Azure-Friday/Adding-Web-Tests-to-an-Azure-Web-Site)

• [Microsoft Endpoint Production for Azure

  Azure Friday

  Channel 9](http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Azure-Friday/Microsoft-Endpoint-Production-for-Azure)

Applications

• Chrome Releases Faster, More Stable 64-Bit Builds for Windows
• Opera 22 for Windows and Mac released today, with new themes and silent updates - Opera Desktop - Opera Software

Science and Technology

• Researchers design a new structure that absorbs all sound – ScienceDaily

• [Infiniti’s New Steering System Is a Big Step Forward -Unless You Love Cars

  Autopia

  WIRED](http://www.wired.com/2014/06/infiniti-q50-steer-by-wire/)

• Raydiance’s R-Cut system promises “new paradigm” in high-tech glass fabrication
• Researchers create flexible wires that could double as batteries
• ALMA upgrade to supercharge event horizon telescope, astronomy’s ‘killer app’ – ScienceDaily
• A new way to make laser-like beams using 1,000 times less power – ScienceDaily
• Chemical element bromine is essential to life in humans and other animals, researchers discover – ScienceDaily
• Ford to lighten the steering load with Adaptive Steering system

On the Web

• Google Online Security Blog: Making end-to-end encryption easier to use
• Your car is a giant computer - and it can be hacked - Jun. 1, 2014

Stuff I Just Like

• [Loop Portraits:Romain Laurent Reveals His Tricks

  Photojojo](http://content.photojojo.com/inspiration/loop-portraits-romain-laurent/)