Singapore’s insatiable appetite for sand to use to expand its island’s territory has led to a worldwide boom in illegal sand-mining, run by criminal gangs who are responsible for the destruction of entire islands in the Pacific rim. Read the rest
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Sandwars: the mafias whose illegal sand mines make whole islands vanish
They were the first company to dabble in a laughably crude version of the surveillance business-model, aggressively collecting your address every time you bought batteries so they could get into the direct-mail racket. Read the rest
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Bankrupt Radio Shack will sell the customer data they promised to keep private
Well played, Ben Burst . Well played. For those of you who aren’t tweens, boy pop band One Direction lost a member yesterday: Zayn Malik. This abrupt breakup hit their fans right in the feels. [via Reddit ]
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“We are just there to lend our support and grow contractually obligated beards, ” says Mark Hamill on filming Star Wars: Episode 7. ( BBC News )
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Mark Hamill on the new Star Wars
It was invented by Thanom Chakkapak in the seaside town of Si Racha—that sauce, however, isn’t quite the same as the stuff you know and love.
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On the Origins of Sriracha
DashCon2014 , a gathering of tumblr users and celebrities, “descended into chaos” this weekend , with the chaos including an alleged $17, 000 friday night shakedown by the Marriot-owned hotel.
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"Tumblr convention" a total disaster
From our friends at adafruit: “Celebrate the 20th anniversary of that classic gaming device by building your own with 3D printing and DIY electronics from adafruit. The 3D printed enclosure ( files here ) will house all the components and you can print it in your favorite color. Find out how to assemble and program this project by checking out the guide on the adafruit learning system.
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Make a PiGRRL – Raspberry Pi Gameboy
Amazon will be America’s #2 retailer in no time at all, but Wal-Mart is in a league of its own.
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Amazon enters retail top 10
Over at Smithsonian , Gregory Maguire reads through an early script of The Wizard of Oz by Noel Langley: Read the rest
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Early Wizard of Oz script
At Tested , exploring the origins of a keyboard symbol familiar to Apple computer users. Turns out it traces back to Borgholm castle in Sweden. In Sweden, the shape of the castle became a symbol used in street signs to indicate a point of interest or attraction. [via Buffer ] Read the rest
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Where does the Apple ‘command’ icon come from? Would you believe… a Swedish castle?