Recaptures

Here’s something that every true hacker knows: doers know a lot better. ¶

Narcissism is on the Rise, and I believe not just in America. This is the thing many so-called ‘liberals’ (in the European right-wing sense) don’t get: late (neo-)liberalism goes way past the economic laissez faire of older days. Since the 1970s or 80s libertarian polics have started to embed very nefarious ideas about merit and individualism; it is extremely tempting for the rich and privileged to embrace a philosophy in which caring for others is considered a bad thing. We are staring at the consequences, yet the belief most people have that they too can become part of the elite and Show Everyone Else The Finger is what keeps the status quo. ¶

On the subject of online courses worth taking, here’s Stanford’s Computer Science 101 (using Javascript) and MIT’s Introduction to Computer Science (if you rather prefer the typographical neatness of Python). Harvard College’s CS50, by contrast, has a more classical approach, relying on C at the start (but eventually spanning other languages). ¶

The Web Right Now, according to The Oatmeal. ¶

I haz Stellar - I’ll post some thoughts on it once I’ve got the time to play a little more with it. ¶

Arri camera menu simulators. If you want to know how the user interface of hundred thousand dollar cinema equipment feels like. ¶

Starships can be lonely places. ¶

Football: a fearless penalty kick (still, if I was the coach I would have that guy substituted); what happens when you mix a little volleyball and a lot of kung-fu. ¶