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Friday Links #335

Programming

• Turf.js
• Mozilla Research — Projects — mozilla.org
• Shape Security Labs: Announcing the Shift JavaScript AST Specification
• Pallette
• Path Finding Benchmark In Various Languages
• CSS Link Pseudo-classes
• PureBasic - The Perfect Cross-Platform & Native Development Language - CodeProject
• Jeremy Bytes: Git Integration in Visual Studio 2013

• [NCrunch Blog

  Engine Separation and VS2015 Integration](http://blog.ncrunch.net/post/Engine-Separation-and-VS2015-Integration.aspx)

• [Bug Fix Update to JetBrains .NET Tools is Available

  JetBrains .NET Tools Blog](http://blog.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2014/12/22/bug-fix-update-to-jetbrains-net-tools-is-available/)

• exercism.io
• Eskimo - rapidly create Node.js powered MVP’s
• Espion – Automated headless browser for scraping the web
• Scriptcs gets new REPL commands and is now better than ever - StrathWeb
• DailyJS: Node Roundup: 0.10.35, Prettiest, Artisan Validator
• How the Grinch stole array.length access

Applications

• TypWrittr Is a Simple, Distraction-Free Writing Webapp

• [Virtual Writing Tutor

  Check English Grammar and Spelling Online](http://virtualwritingtutor.com/)

• WiseStamp Adds Email Signatures to Inbox by Gmail
• Mathematician Suggests New Way Get To Mars On A Budget

Science and Technology

• 6 things I learned from riding in a Google Self-Driving Car - The Oatmeal

On the Web

• Cool Tools – Forecast.io

• [Sony, Google Will Stream “The Interview”

  Re/code](http://recode.net/2014/12/24/sony-plans-to-stream-the-interview-on-its-own-site-and-on-googles-play-and-youtube/)

Stuff I Just Like

• Everything That’s Wrong With Disney’s Frozen
• The Scientology Christmas Catalog Is Totally Insane

• [How Colorado Keeps 9,000 Miles of Highway Clear of Snow

  WIRED](http://www.wired.com/2014/12/colorado-keeps-9000-miles-highway-clear-snow/)

• 5 Strange Offbeat Posts That Will Make You Go WTF!

• [The Great Emu War: In which some large, flightless birds unwittingly foiled the Australian Army

  Running Ponies, Scientific American Blog Network](http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/2014/08/04/the-great-emu-war-in-which-some-large-flightless-birds-unwittingly-foiled-the-australian-army/)

• On this day long ago, a child was born who, by age 30, would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton b. Dec 25, 1642, Neil deGrasse Tyson