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Friday Links #314

Programming

• wooorm/retext
• Cosmos - C# Open Source Managed Operating System - CodeProject
• Protractor - end to end testing for AngularJS

• [W2UI 1.4 Released

  JavaScript UI - w2ui](http://w2ui.com/web/blog/12/W2UI-1.4-Released)

• DailyJS: Simplifying Conditional Statements with Is
• The Basics Of ES6 Generators
• Introducing PSBuild - an improved interface for msbuild.exe in PowerShell
• Spotify’s Design Lead on Why Side Projects Should Be Stupid
• NFileCache - Home
• Web Components Catalog - Component Kitchen
• Trumbowyg : a lightweight WYSIWYG editor
• jStorage - simple JavaScript plugin to store data locally
• The future of ngmin and ng-annotate · Issue #93 · btford/ngmin
• ConstraintJS
• Deprecating the switch statement for Object literals
• Chalk.js
• TPL DataFlow Debugger Visualizer extension
• bevacqua/rome
• Create high-performance mobile UIs with Famo.us

• [Chocolatey Gallery

  Chocolatey 0.9.8.27](http://chocolatey.org/packages/chocolatey)

• spmjs
• Regularjs - Home

• [Icon System with SVG Sprites

  CSS-Tricks](http://css-tricks.com/svg-sprites-use-better-icon-fonts/)

• [A Compendium of SVG Information

  CSS-Tricks](http://css-tricks.com/mega-list-svg-information/)

• kevin-montrose/Jil
• musicForProgramming();

• [Microsoft will merge separate versions of Windows into one unified operating system

  The Verge](http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/22/5928219/microsoft-will-merge-windows-into-one-os?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter)

• [paint.net 4.0.3 is now available

  Paint.NET Blog](http://blog.getpaint.net/2014/07/22/paint-net-4-0-3-is-now-available/)

• Ten CSS One-Liners to Replace Native Apps ∙ An A List Apart Blog Post
• Paper Elements Sampler
• tkambler/bonegular

Applications

• Cloud9 Blog
• CSS Stats
• With Poncho, Custom Weather Alerts That Say When to Pack an Umbrella - NYTimes.com

Science and Technology

• ESA prepares IXV concept spaceplane for maiden flight

• [In 20 Years, Most New Cars Won’t Have Steering Wheels or Pedals

  Autopia

  WIRED](http://www.wired.com/2014/07/in-20-years-most-new-cars-wont-have-steering-wheels-or-pedals/)

• [A simple explanation for awe-inspiring sandstone arches

  Ars Technica](http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/07/a-simple-explanation-for-awe-inspiring-sandstone-arches/)

• Adding a HUD to your car: three options - SlashGear

On the Web

• The Imitation Game trailer shows brilliant portrayal of Alan Turing - SlashGear
• New technique could boost internet speeds tenfold

• [Amazon Fire Phone Review by Walt Mossberg

  Re/code](http://recode.net/2014/07/22/can-the-amazon-fire-smartphone-take-on-iphone-and-samsung/)

• [Introducing Our First Sci-Fi Special Issue For The iPad

  Popular Science](http://www.popsci.com/article/science/dispatches-future-sci-fi-ipad)

Stuff I Just Like

• Batman And The History Of The Batsuit
• Watch a watch being made - Boing Boing

• [101-Year-Old Citizen Scientist Has Called In Weather Observations Every Day For 84 Years

  Popular Science](http://www.popsci.com/article/science/101-year-old-citizen-scientist-has-called-weather-observations-every-day-84-years)

Favorite Tweets

• My favorite Mythical Man Month story: a team in which each developer bought the manager a copy of MMM. So he could read it faster. - Peter Seibel