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 May 23rd from 10:09 to 15:59:

• Marvel Comics creates superhero in honor of hearing-impaired boy | MetaFilter – Amusing just for the responses about Hawkeye.
• Functional MRI in Awake Unrestrained Dogs by Gregory Berns, Andrew Brooks, Mark Spivak :: SSRN – Development of a methodology to collect fMRI images from dogs by using positive reinforcement, without sedation or physical restraints.
• Sit. Down. Stay. Think. Good Dog! | MetaFilter – Metafilter thread on one of the first experiments involving putting dogs in an MRI.
• Microcaching: Speed your app up 250x with no new code – Fenn Bailey – HOWTO: Use nginx with a micro caching (1 second) config to easily increase the performance of your architecture.
• Ninja Prime | makie.me – @hondanhon: RT @makielab: New outfit in the wardrobe: the Ninja! http://t.co/nJ0nIZz5
• Instagram – @hondanhon: It's a geek girls guide. But it's blue. Mixed messages in so many ways. http://t.co/YyW39UYo