Interesting Links, May 14, 2012

Here are links I found interesting on May 14, 2012:

Badass of the Week: Nikola Tesla – How Tesla is so amazing.
Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived – The Oatmeal nails it again — and blasts Edison in the process.
PolitiFact | Letter from a Rachel Maddow fan – Rachel Maddow criticized Politifact and a fan (of hers) set her straight.
George Lucas pushes low-income housing option – "Filmmaker George Lucas is pushing forward with plans to build low-income housing at Marin County's picturesque Grady Ranch, a vow of his that was widely dismissed as an insincere attempt by the billionaire to thumb his nose at complaining neighbors." Bravo, Mr. Lucas. This is what these NIMBYs deserve.

Interesting Links, April 21, 2012

Here are links I found interesting on April 21, 2012:

Facts, 360 B.C.-A.D. 2012 – Intelligently written: a sad look at the life and death of Facts.
Chronicling Mitt’s Mendacity, Vol. XIV – Romney lies to make himself look better and to make Obama look worse. Yes, this is politics as usual for the GOP, but the sad thing is that too many people believe what he and others say without checking the facts. Rachel Maddow points out several more instances of Romney's lies and offers links to the truth of the matter in each.

Here are links I found interesting on April 5, 2012:

Mitt Romney Attacks President Obama In Speech To Newspaper Association of America – "I know you are, but what am I?" I guess he can't do any better than that.
Trojan-Downloader:OSX/Flashback.I – Check for and remove the OSX/Flashback.I trojan on a Mac. I went through this and found that my system was clean. Follow these instructions on your Mac to make sure it's clean, too.

Here are links I found interesting on April 1, 2012:

The HD HERO2: 2x as Powerful in Every Way – It's videos like this that make me want to get out and live life. And yes, I know it's an ad for a camera. But to me, it's an ad for seeing the world and doing the things most people are too lazy or afraid to do. LIVING life to its fullest and beyond.
A Quantum Theory of Mitt Romney – This is, by far, one of the funniest and smartest things I've read in a long time.

Here are links I found interesting on March 29, 2012:

iTunes Connect – Use this link to set up an iBookstore publishing account.
Wind Map – If this is real, it's very cool.
Stay Classy, Catwoman – "Newt Gingrich will never be President and the only one who doesn’t seem to know this is Newt Gingrich."
An Exercise in Seeing… – Taking a close look at the ordinary.