waze Proud to announce our partnership with Smart Sun and Voyager in the Philippines:
bit.ly/17hArhL
verge NASA is funding the development of a robotic spider that builds spaceship… in space vrge.co/178h86z
@shirkencrackle — “I want to be just like Michael Schumacher. A racist.”
@kennethgyu it’s not that much cheaper. It’s like, one or two games cheaper. :/
Nintendo inexplicably makes 2D version of the 3DS, called the 2DS—theverge.com/2013/8/28/4667…7 (why wouldn’t one just turn off 3D on a 3DS?)
roytolentino Dear Students: If lessons aren’t clear, ask questions in class/consultation. Don’t wait till the exam to admit your confusion. #BuhayGuro
100 games just got greenlit on Steam. Awesome! steamcommunity.com/games/765/anno… (looking forward to Black Annex, Dysfunctional Systems + a few others)
godsavethebean 24 Ways The Future Japan Imagined In 1970 Was Better Than What We Got buzzfeed.com/donnad/ways-th… via @MildlyAmused
HecklerForever Janet Napoles personally went to Malacañang to collect the promised P10 million. (“,)
govph At 9:37 p.m this evening, Janet Napoles surrendered to President Aquino: gov.ph/2013/08/28/sta…
(For the record, I was actually talking about Tumult Hype, which does seem pretty cool—blog.tumult.com/2013/08/20/int…V )
Me: Have you seen this new HTML5 app?
@levi_io: Oh, like DreamWorks?
“Huh? Did ya mean Dreamweaver or Fireworks…?”
“Yes.Amazed you got it…”
Yet another parallax JS library, but this one is pretty cool —wagerfield.github.io/parallax/h (try it on your iPhone/iPad, and tilt!)

xor Ugh, Facebook’s transparency report requires login. Screenshot of entire report attached. pic.twitter.com/Zfsl1lntH9
schwa @stroughtonsmith Unity3D is the new Flash.
@glencharles actually medyo messy siya, haha. I hope it helps!
@glencharles did you get my DM? :)
minutephysics I just realized that “footage” (as in, video footage) probably comes from “feet of film”. Which means it’s kind of an anachronism.
Also guilty of this. xkcd.com/1254/
“I’ll reply later.” — Famous last words. (You’ll totally forget.)
travisbeacham When characters we love die..tmblr.co/ZWVW5stCcnGJUH
Paging @wilhansen_li, your services are needed— One million cockroaches flee China farm:abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/clas…t via@ABSCBNNewss
Man, I dun goofed.
“I Forgot My Phone” —youtube.com/watch?v=OINa46…j (yup, guilty as charged. probably you too.)
unconed HN commenter complains that my site doesn’t force you to watch the intro for inner pages. Yes, I believe we have come full circle.
why are so many things happening this weekend
@glencharles cool cool. so are you working on another idea?
@glencharles may project ka na? haha
Wow, Steve Ballmer is leaving Microsoft in 12 months. The end of an era. microsoft.com/en-us/news/pre…
@glencharles good luck and enjoy, dude! haha
suchitagarwal This is how all deploys happen at Twitter vine.co/v/heaOxhb3w5p
What’s making the floods worse in Manila—newsinfo.inquirer.net/472215/whats-m…B (Great read. Hope someone makes a well-documented public study. + infogfx!)
shailagarde “@mlq3: Illustration by Paolo Alcazaren: why it floods in Metro Manila and most PH urban areas tmblr.co/Z42vXyRBJETI #floodph” @feannekitty
Back to School.

andy_hop They’ve finally found out why it takes 3 tries to plugin a USB. pic.twitter.com/AfjbphiC13
After acquiring Waze, Google is integrating accident reports into Google Maps, and Google data into Waze.
google-latlong.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/new-fe… —whoo!
ABSCBNNews Makati suspends classes until Friday bit.ly/171xfow #walangpasok
@wilhansen_li yeah I was talking to Thomas about it last night. I was also up past 3 editing with the AMAZING NEW SATELLITE IMAGES <3
@syk0saje creepy
RT @idiot: How To Build a “Beautiful” Logo In 3 Shapes: sitepoint.com/build-a-beauti… — Yeah. “Beautiful.”
(that’s what she said. #imsorry)
Wacom releases pressure-sensitive stylus for iPad —intuoscreativestylus.wacom.com/en/3 (that tip looks fat. wonder how it compares to the Jot Touch?)

Movie projectors: 35mm film vs. Digital, side by side —m.imgur.com/a/0DvSZi (via reddit.) also, TIL movies are 100+ GB in the theater.
lourddv Dear media: the term “TUBIG-BAHA” is stupid and redundant. In context: ano pa ba ang bumabaha ngayon— marshmallows? Confetti? Mais? Bigas?

RizalGov Cainta is now 80% underwater. They are in need of reliefs and donations. Kindly send it to Cainta Municipal Hall pic.twitter.com/MCVoNWXrmc

MMDA RT “@OngVicoy: Look what happened to SCTEX. 😔😣 pic.twitter.com/7jUPqMv3QE” #mmda
I thought the rains had finally let up a little, but… nope. It’s back.
Why Silicon Valley funds Instagrams, not Hyperloops jerzygangi.com/why-silicon-va… — Great read. A lot of startup-culture isn’t actual innovation.
(well, actually I’m pretty sure I’m excited. not sure if I want to play it, though… ;)
Sequel to Amnesia: The Dark Descent (yes, the freakishly scary indie horror game) out next month! store.steampowered.com/app/239200/ not sure if excited
ADMUSanggu College-level classes ARE suspended tomorrow, Tuesday, August 20 2013, in compliance with the Quezon City LGU…. fb.me/6kdKeiA0y
DepEd_PH SAN JUAN CITY | #walangpasok - Classes in all levels in San Juan suspended tomorrow, August 20, 2013. | via @jvejercito @pcdspo
riklomas Hey guys, I made something over the weekend to help beginner programmers use Twitter APIs: twitcher.steer.me
ANCALERTS BREAKING: La Mesa Dam on red alert as of 2:00am

Sunday lunch with family. Awesome pizza at projectpieph! @ Project Pie instagram.com/p/dJh54Ahk8X/

ellievhall Benedict Cumberbatch to paparazzi: “Go photograph Egypt and show the world something important.” pic.twitter.com/l0ADTHnZOU
mrsunlawyer Kung pwede lang sanang lahat tayo wag munang magbayad ng buwis hangga’t di napaparusahan yang mga lintek na kasabwat sa #PDAFScam na yan.
humble In just 25 minutes, the Humble Origin Bundle has become the fastest bundle to reach $100,000 in sales!
@tomslominski too bad it’s mostly Windows-only. ;) was also hoping for Sim City, but I can’t really complain. Bought anyway.
Oh, they’re giving all of their share (EA) to charity. I guess I have to take that back, then.
Really, @humble? An EA bundle? Good thing I love Mirror’s Edge/Burnout… (Also, redeeming Origin games on Steam, ha!humblebundle.comsE
WeldPond Encryption less secure than we thought. Cryptosystem analysis have made a math assumption that turns out to be wrong. mit.edu/newsoffice/201…
@xtauymatiao @meggykawsek @kennethgyu @richtuason @escawing everyone’s welcome to swing by the office anytime. we (I) have new toys!

dukope The save system in Papers Please supports branching from any day. Might be overkill. #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/Y3uLjBZdvC
ANCALERTS Typhoon Labuyo exits mainland Luzon, now over West PH Sea | via @jekkipascual #LabuyoPH
ANCALERTS Quezon City suspends classes in all levels (public & private) for Monday, Aug. 12 #walangpasok

ecshowalter Now it is legit.
MLA has announced proper form for citing tweet in an academic paper. pic.twitter.com/MqndMSg8RD”
If you like Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyojin, you might like this awesome cover/mix of Guren no Yumiya —youtube.com/watch?v=6V5BK3…D

mark_e_evans Cool pic: Undersea cables are all sheathing. The internet flows on a 3 strands of FiberOptics bit.ly/15SKSXN pic.twitter.com/SYyUSzVzdz
@_kyleyamamoto Thanks! Kinda wish I could code/build something that automates folding, but I guess that’d defeat the purpose.
Paper cranes, 250 of 1000. —vine.co/v/hhDuiFiTE7r0

Cranes. 15% complete. instagram.com/p/cw8HxfBk_u/
“We Already Know What Kind of Newspaper Owner Jeff Bezos Will Be” —coreypein.net/blog/2013/08/0…S
Well, there goes this morning. (FA-ID 101.1 D students — please check your email. :)
Amazing demo: Oculus Rift cover shooter with leaning, blind fire, body tracking—theverge.com/2013/8/6/45950…w ok, I need to get a Razer Hydra now.
arstechnica John Carmack leaves id software for CTO post at Oculus VR ars.to/15NI9yL by @KyleOrl
.horse is here and the internet will never be the same vrge.co/13jnakl via @verge // Yes, we totally needed a .horse top-level domain
@glencharles yes, finally! haha. It looks much more decent on the iPad too
Twitter just got nice two-factor auth implementation. Yay security! blog.twitter.com/2013/login-ver… (I never got SMS verification to work, anyway.)
RandomOutput I get being smug if you predicted Ouya wouldn’t do well, but lets stop hating on the team that’s been working their asses off.
moorehn Guardian columnists point out Bezos is the best thing that could have happened to WaPo: theguardian.com/commentisfree/… and theguardian.com/media/greensla…
@chantily mwah
jensterjuice Jeff Bezos buys The Washington Post for $250 million in cash engt.co/1eo7ykz via @engadget
worrydream Can’t stop thinking about this. “The tools we employ at once *extend and limit* our ability to conceive the world.” geocalc.clas.asu.edu/pdf/OerstedMed…
Court of Appeals declares Fort Boni part of Makati, not Taguig. abs-cbnnews.com/business/08/05… uh. do not want
gabemercado BGC suddenly finding out that it was in Makati all along is like Luke finding out Leia was his sister after kissing her.
Ewwwwwww.
Two packages arriving today! I love getting packages. (except for the part where I have I pay customs, but eh.)
Sleep. How to sleep?
@ibba @thatsmydoing I thought you guys would like this —getfinn.comT …though they don’t ship outside Europe :(
Web Tracing Framework from Google—google.github.io/tracing-framew…Q Pretty nice. Useful for those webGL/canvas/js-heavy web apps. Bonus: WTF acronym
@quickcast — Free, simple, three-minute screencasts.quickcast.ioA Publishing, short URLs, and open-source. What’s not to like?
newsycombinator Creator of xkcd Reveals Secret Backstory of His Epic 3,990-Panel Comic wired.com/underwire/2013…
IndieCade The Oculus IndieCade VR game jam starts today! Ready…GO! #VRJam @oculus @IndieCade tmblr.co/ZvXnLwrFDzr6
Tonight, I learned to ride a bike farther than 10 meters, without falling. Yay! Thanks @kennethgyu @thatsmydoing @meggykawsek @ibba
New hole-in-the-wall find — Cucina ni Bunso, along Scout Lozano near Tomas Morato. Really great food! :)

I was wondering why PhilPost’s package tracking was down this week..philpost.gov.phx7 pic.twitter.com/76ou2PLXIVXIV
ibogost Facebook asked me for more detail after yesterday’s “feedback.” Here’s what I wrote: bogost.com/blog/oauth_of_…
I hate worrying about things I can’t control. Unfortunately, they’re also the things I can’t ignore. #dramaaa
@wilhansen_li @thatsmydoing hahahaha yeah I just saw this
Just sad: Samsung detects benchmark apps on the Galaxy S4 to “cheat” results, inflate numbers—anandtech.com/show/7187/look…O (why buy one, again?)
@tomslominski can’t have both a cheap/thin-and-light laptop and a nice gaming rig. Unless you buy two machines, I guess.
Another GPU hack over Thunderbolt, on a MacBook Air—macrumors.com/2013/07/30/11-…t (I’d love to see external graphics products, like external HDs)
chronic I think @UnthreadedJB is one of the funniest methods to release a jailbreak so far. instead of teasing, act obnoxiously fake until release.
vogon most unexpected thing in the #xkeyscore deck is the way it mentions decrypting VPN traffic as if it’s a thing an analyst does before lunch
0xabad1dea Here you have it. Finally. Documentation about NSA tools to query actual web site transactions theguardian.com/world/2013/jul…