An Airbnb guesthouse of horrors – The Boston Globe “Sorry about the confusion. Life’s too short for me to give you an explanation. Have a nice time in LA.” “I just know” replaces systematic reviews at top of evidence pyramid“After much research and deliberation, we feel we cannot ignore what a parent or conspiracy theorist […]
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Weekly Web Harvest for 2018-09-30
DeVos’ security detail projected to cost up to $7.7M during the next year – POLITICOThe Marshals Service said the final cost of protection for DeVos in fiscal 2018 was $6.79 million. Dork Money Defeats Dark Money on Twitter: “This 6.5 MB Bloomberg article injects targeted code into your browser and pings back to a suite […]
Weekly Web Harvest for 2018-09-23
The first “social network” of brains lets three people transmit thoughts to each other’s heads – MIT Technology ReviewTogether, these devices make it possible to send and receive signals directly to and from the brain. But nobody has created a network that allows group communication. Until now. World War II bombings weakened upper atmosphere at edge […]
Weekly Web Harvest for 2018-09-16
Vampire squid – WikipediaVampyroteuthis infernalis In the Eyes of the Animalanother experiential animal eye Animal Vision Simulatorsee the world through the eyes of various animals – android phone app Light Work: The Rise of NBA Skills Trainers – The RingerBazzell is a part of a new generation of skills trainers who have utilized social media […]
Weekly Web Harvest for 2018-09-02
Design Thinking Is Fundamentally Conservative and Preserves the Status QuoAlthough it is often advertised as a method that is as innovative as the solutions it promises to produce, it bears an uncanny resemblance to an earlier model of problem-solving, celebrated in the 1970s and 1980s for the superior solutions it was supposed to produce. Called […]
Weekly Web Harvest for 2018-08-26
Google and Facebook Didn’t End Data Privacy – The Atlantic Location data was particularly voluminous, with Android smartphones conveying a user’s position in space more than 300 times in a 24-hour period—even if the user has turned off location history in the device’s Google settings. The study also shows that the “incognito” mode in Google’s […]
Weekly Web Harvest for 2018-08-19
Could ‘explorable explanations’ help tell a new kind of story? – Columbia Journalism Review “I’m a bee,” says Case. “I cross-pollinate fields.” […]
Weekly Web Harvest for 2018-08-12
We took a tour of the abandoned college campuses of Second LifeColleges were among those that bought the hype of the Linden Lab-developed virtual world. Many universities set up their own private islands to engage students; some even held classes within Second Life. Most of these virtual universities are gone –– it costs almost $300 per month to host your own […]
Weekly Web Harvest for 2018-08-05
When You Hear _______, Pay Attention – Hacker Noon… you’re about to fall into a trap and need to pay attention): Might as well do [some extra thing] while we [do the original thing] Fallout 76’s Downright Exciting Plan to Deal With Griefing and Trolls :: Games :: Features :: Fallout 76 :: PasteHoward says […]
Weekly Web Harvest for 2018-07-29
Fostering focus for small screens – Dropbox Design – MediumA nice before/after redesign post with a focus on mobile and simplicity. Hack The Box :: Penetration Testing Labsinteractive learning media […]