Extenuating Circumstances

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for July 13th from 15:50 to 00:03:

• [toread] Why People Really Love Technology: An Interview with Genevieve Bell – Atlantic Mobile –
• [toread] Gamasutra – Features – Persuasive Games: Wii Can’t Go On, Wii’ll Go On –
• Jawbone Up review (2012) | The Verge – The Fuelband is better than the Up (2012) because it does less.
• [toread] My so-called larp: learning to love in a world without men | The Verge –
• Protestant Gadget Ethic | Spectre Collie – It's review like this that make the iPad Mini hard to resist.
• [toread] Alan Sepinwall on the origins of ‘Lost’ – Grantland – The Revolution Was Televised
• [toread] "Which is another way of saying that Facebook is George Costanza’s worst nightmare: It enforces, second by second, the collision of worlds." | MetaFilter –
• [toread] danah boyd | apophenia » Facebook and “radical transparency” (a rant) –
• I’m getting sick of making excuses | HD mini lite (Pro) – iOS is like the rage-shake etch-a-sketch model of what we fucked up designing computers for the last couple of decades.
• [toread] Making Gangnam | Polygon –
• Who’s the Shop Steward on Your Kickstarter? | Josh MacPhee | The Baffler – "Since Internet infrastructure is relatively inexpensive, the costs of running a website that doesn’t produce or distribute any material goods is limited. The scaling up of web traffic doesn’t translate to an equal scale-up in costs, and at a certain point, costs max out, and profit skyrockets." Pinned mainly for this bullshit.
• [toread] Collective Intelligence | Conversation | Edge –
• [toread] Gaming Made Me: Fallout 2 | Rock, Paper, Shotgun –
• [toread] The Brain in the Machine: I.B.M’s Compass : The New Yorker –
• [toread] Windows 8 — Disappointing Usability for Both Novice & Power Users (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox) –
• [toread] You Can’t Say That on the Internet – NYTimes.com –
• [toread] Strange Horizons Fiction: Algorithms for Love, by Ken Liu –
• [toread] Marco Rubio Interview – GQ December 2012: Politics: GQ –
• "Paper Menagerie" – Ken Liu – Cried like a baby.
• [toread] An eye on sci-fi |Books |chinadaily.com.cn –
• [toread] How Dan Houser turned Grand Theft Auto into a cultural phenomenon | Media | The Guardian –
• [toread] Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like. –
• Hey, Rush Limbaugh: ‘Starting an Abortion Industry’ Won’t Win You Female Voters | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone – "There's been a lot of hand-wringing among conservatives of the Rush/Hannity school in the last few days, a lot of concern about this outreach question, and honestly, the tone of the discussion is beginning to sound like the last days of a failed 1950s marriage. The husband who's gone all day at work comes home and throws his hands up in the air in mock frustration: what do you want from me, another Cadillac? Another fur coat? I just got you new shoes last week!"
• [toread] Quotes –
• [toread] They Cracked This 250 Year-Old Code, And Found a Secret Society Inside | Danger Room | Wired.com –
• [toread] When the Nerds Go Marching In – Atlantic Mobile –
• [toread] If you wouldn’t like living that way (in the lowest status slot in the pecking order), you’re doing it wrong. | MetaFilter –
• [toread] Seriously. | MetaFilter –
• [toread] A Review of New Activity-Tracking Bands From Nike and Jawbone – NYTimes.com –
• [toread] Christian Conservatives Failed to Sway Voters – NYTimes.com –
• [toread] The CIA Burglar Who Went Rogue | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine –
• [toread] Ken MacLeod – Socialism and transhumanism –
• [toread] Pamie » How I Might Have Just Become the Newest Urban Legend –
• [toread] The Washington Monthly – The Magazine – Obama’s Game of Chicken –
• [toread] The Washington Monthly – The Magazine – Obama’s Game of Chicken –
• [toread] Was the Internet just an accident? | Scott Jenson –
• [toread] Restaurant Review – Guy’s American Kitchen & Bar in Times Square – NYTimes.com –
• [toread] Almost Being There: Why the Future of Space Exploration Is Not What You Think | Wired Science | Wired.com –
• [toread] Is Siri really Apple’s future? « counternotions –
• [toread] The BBC is a force for good – the Newsnight affair is an aberration | John Ware | Comment is free | The Observer –
• [toread] Columbia Journalism Review – Behind the News –
• [toread] Shellshocked | TPM Editors Blog –
• [toread] Inside Team Romney’s whale of an IT meltdown | Ars Technica –
• [toread] Secrets, Schemes, and Lots of Guns: Inside John McAfee’s Heart of Darkness –
• [toread] What Romney Lost by Garry Wills | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books –
• [toread] A brander newer blog – daverupert.com –
• [toread] New York Subways Find Magic in Speedy Hurricane Recovery – NYTimes.com –
• [toread] A Message From Beyond – NYTimes.com –
• [toread] A Short Lesson in Perspective –
• [toread] The Heart Grows Smarter – NYTimes.com –
• Wall Photos | Facebook – @hondanhon: RT @nuclearmuseum: 67 years ago today… at 05:29:45 the first atomic devise exploded. It is known as the Trinity test. It created a… http://t.co/80QHuL5t
• Nest Happy Homes – YouTube – @hondanhon: Hey there big happy house fellas: https://t.co/6xEtXSOh
• About Gone Home | The Fullbright Company – @hondanhon: This weekend, I'm going to be checking out an early build of Gone Home, from the team at @fullbright. Excited! http://t.co/a4UenF4W