SpaceX Dragon docks with the ISS.

Equally interesting: International Docking Standard

Am I the only one that finds console dev hardware fascinating?

yvynyl:

It’s so hard to know what to post in times like these. As the news burst upon the social web a few hours ago, my initial impulse was to click reblog or RT or post up a quick #RIP.  I’m not sure what our human impulse is, but I kinda hate how this type of tragedy makes for tweets-cum-cocktail party fodder. Why do we all want to break tragic news to one another? Another notion to be ‘first’ in a lightspeed world. I gasp at my own trigger finger, its easy pull. I’m beginning to think that when death comes ‘round for one of our best, something more thoughtful is in order.  Something more reverent.

I remember the first and only time I saw the Beastie Boys perform.  It was the summer of 1998 at the Torhout-Werchter Festival in Belgium - they wore their orange jumpsuits and whipped the massive festival crowd into a frenzy. I remember thinking, “wow, I’m 30 feet away from greatness right now. This is epic.”  They were truly magnetic performers, but what was most impressionable then was what they said between songs. This was at the height of MCA’s Tibetan freedom activism, and I recall thinking how bad-ass it was that he was able to stand on a stage in front of tens of thousands of people and use his voice for justice in the world - among these party boys, these punk rockers.

Adam Yauch was a great man, an inspiration to me and many. May he rest in peace.

thefader:

RIP ADAM YAUCH

colossal loss of a truly positive force in the world

buzz:

jayrobinson:

From Ken Segall’s new book, Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple’s Success:

Steve’s idea was to do a Willy Wonka with it. Just as Wonka did in the movie, Steve wanted to put a golden certificate representing the millionth iMac inside the box of one iMac, and publicize that fact. Whoever opened the lucky iMac box would be refunded the purchase price and be flown to Cupertino, where he or she (and, presumably, the accompanying family) would be taken on a tour of the Apple campus.

Steve had already instructed his internal creative group to design a prototype golden certificate, which he shared with us. But the killer was that Steve wanted to go all out on this. He wanted to meet the lucky winner in full Willy Wonka garb. Yes, complete with top hat and tails.

God, I wish this had actually happened.

(Source: reddit.com)

I hacked this together over the past few days, it adds basic Rdio controls to Quicksilver.

I don’t think executives at HBO are dumb, but chances are they are legally tied to cable networks for distribution.

meganamram:

Recently, Paula Deen has admitted that she’s had Type II Diabetes for years. Accordingly, she’s putting out a cookbook of healthy food. Here are some excerpts!