US military uses 8-inch floppy disks to coordinate nuclear force operations

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/25/us-military-uses-8-inch-floppy-disks-to-coordinate-nuclear-force-operations.html

Still have any 8" floppy disks laying around? Maybe you're cut out for a DoD job!

Don’t Build Your Social Media House on a Rented Lot

http://michaelhyatt.com/rented-lot.html

More examples about what I've been preaching for a while. You're a squatter on #socialmedia sites.

10 Ways to Design Your Site for Accessibility

https://www.ostraining.com/blog/coding/accessible-sites/

Ten basics on building #accessibility into your website.

The #1 Developer Service for File Uploads

https://www.filestack.com/

Service to store and transform any files, especially images. Good API: 

Two-hundred-terabyte maths proof is largest ever

http://www.nature.com/news/two-hundred-terabyte-maths-proof-is-largest-ever-1.19990

Though thorough, 200Tb of #math proof is unsatisfying, as who will ever verify it?

11 Mind-Blowing Copywriting Hacks To Improve Your Website

http://www.jeffbullas.com/2016/05/04/11-mind-blowing-copywriting-hacks-improve-website/

Excellent #SEO tips for #blogging:

5 JavaScript “Bad” Parts That Are Fixed In ES6

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/5-javascript-bad-parts-that-are-fixed-in-es6-c7c45d44fd81#.6dk869bv2

Some bad things in #JavaScript are fixed in the new #es6. But do they give rise to more badness?

Review: DeepSQL outruns Amazon Aurora

http://infoworld.com/article/3068597/data-center/review-deepsql-outruns-amazon-aurora.html

The race for high-performance #MySQL clones heats up with DeepSQL.

Small Business Survey 2016: Marketing & Customer Retention Trends

https://www.bellycard.com/resources/customer-retention-marketing-insights/

Nicely done research about #smallbusiness marketing trends for 2016. #Loyaltyprograms are big.

Containers 101: Linux containers and Docker explained

http://infoworld.com/article/3072929/linux/containers-101-linux-containers-and-docker-explained.html

Good introduction to what #containers are, especially #docker.

7 Google Analytics Features You Didn’t Know Existed

https://www.semrush.com/blog/7-google-analytics-features-you-didn-t-know-existed

I've been using #googleanalytics for a while and got my GA IQ, some of this was new to even me.

Crying

http://www.robinwe.is/explorations/cry.html

A year's worth of crying, graphed for various #visualizaitons.

How New Long-Range Radios Will Change the Internet of Things

https://medium.com/@dconrad/how-new-long-range-radios-will-change-the-internet-of-things-ed8e6b5e367f#.ry0i5svs8

Interesting piece about a new class of #telemetry #radios: Low-Power Wide Area Network radios, or LPWAN

Bootstrap's Popularity Has Grown 1,000% in 3 Years

https://www.ostraining.com/blog/coding/bootstrap-popularity/

Good piece from @SteveBurge about the rise of #bootstrap over the years.

Website Hacked Trend Report – 2016/Q1

https://blog.sucuri.net/2016/05/sucuri-hacked-report-2016q1.html

Sucuri's report on hacked websites. Guess which #opensource #CMS is far and away #1? #WordPress

Content Creation Hacks: How to Quickly Produce Valuable Content

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/content-creation-hacks-how-to-produce-valuable-content-quickly/

Some #shortcuts to creating #socialmedia content quickly:

The origin of countless conspiracy theories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88_C-fogY40

Video introduction to #ramseytheory and why we see patterns in #chaos.

CSS Purge Saving the web 1kb at a time

http://www.csspurge.com/

Are #css files getting out of hand? This site makes a good case and shows ways out #webdesign:

Blockchain Goes Beyond Crypto-Currency

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-19/built-for-bitcoin-blockchain-goes-beyond-crypto-currency

Real-world examples of how the #blockchain can be used in systems other than #cryptocurrency.

Travis CI Test and Deploy with Confidence

https://travis-ci.org/

An alternative to Jenkins for #CI. Good hooks to #github and S3.

How an Award Winning Food Blogger Used Trello, Todoist and Zapier to Grow Traffic 10x

https://zapier.com/blog/wordpress-trello-editorial-tutorial/

Good overview of the complete workflow of #blogging: generating ideas, research, writing, sharing.

A Comprehensive Introduction to Grids in Web Design

http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/a-comprehensive-introduction-to-grids-in-web-design--cms-26521

Nicely illustrated intro to using grid frameworks in #webdesign.

Chromebooks outsold Macs for the first time in the US

http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/19/11711714/chromebooks-outsold-macs-us-idc-figures

#chromebooks outsell macs in the US thanks to the strength of the K-12 market. Count the old PCs converted and it's significant.

Looking for Life Around Red Giant Stars

http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=35633

apparently there could be habitable zones around red giant stars. like Saturn's neighborhood?

Behind the Biggest Bitcoin Heist in History: Inside the Implosion of Mt. Gox

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/19/behind-the-biggest-bitcoin-heist-in-history-inside-the-implosion-of-mt-gox.html

Not the complete story of the fall of MtGox yet, but more info about how poorly run it was. #bitcoin

14+ Tools for Bloggers

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/14-plus-tools-for-bloggers/?utm_source=digg

A very thoughtful collection of #blogging #tools. Not the usual hap-hazard listicle.

Spritz - reading reimagined

http://spritzinc.com/

I took speedreading in high school, didn't do much. Spritz looks like it might actually work. #reading #lifehack

Backblaze releases billion-hour hard drive reliability report

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/228497-backblaze-releases-billion-hour-hard-drive-reliability-report

60k drive, 5MM days, which #harddrive is most reliable? Mostly Hitachi.

What’s a DNVB? Only the future

https://medium.com/@dunn/digitally-native-vertical-brands-b26a26f2cf83#.kmynpa2qr

Interesting piece by the CEO of bonobos. The Digitally Native Vertical Brand, the next phase of #ecommerce?

apertus° AXIOM Beta ... an introduction

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/apertus-axiom-beta-introduction-rexor-

Good history of a new #openhardware #camera. Will be interesting to see how it competes.

21 hot programming trends -- and 21 going cold

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3039935/application-development/21-hot-programming-trends-and-21-going-cold.html?nsdr=true

21 #hotornot programming trends. By and large, I agree. #php7 is hot, btw.

Colonels of Truth

http://www.damninteresting.com/colonels-of-truth

long but interesting read about the colorful and sometimes shady history of Col. Sanders. #history

Billetspin tops

http://www.billetspin.com/home/

$75 for bespoke spinning tops? Yes, the look cook, but am I missing something? #toys

How VR Is Creating a New Market and Community For Level Design: Pointless Places

http://thegrue.com/how-vr-is-creating-a-new-market-and-community-for-level-design-pointless-places/

Pointless places? #VR is creating new artists for imaginary landscapes:

The German Tank Problem

http://www.futilitycloset.com/2016/03/16/german-tank-problem/

Great article on practical #statistics from WWII. Similar to Ron Thistead's work:

Ten Steps to Better Public Speaking

http://hintjens.com/blog:107

10 steps to better #publicspeaking from someone who it seems has been through the school of hard knocks.

Viewport Unit Based Typography

http://zellwk.com/blog/viewport-based-typography/

nicely-done #tutorial on #viewport-based #typography.

Micro-financing poverty-stricken communities can lead to increased debt levels, suicide, study finds

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-19/micro-financing-impoverished-families-can-lead-them-to-debt/7260334

For all its well-meaning, #microfinancing cottage industries in impoverished areas can lead to much harm: 

D3 Data-Driven Documents

https://d3js.org/

interesting #JavaScript library for #data display, reminiscent of JQuery.

Your Summer Guide to Spotting Rare, Wild Blimps

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/your-summer-guide-to-spotting-rare-wild-blimps

Blimps captured my attention when I was a boy. Tried designing the as a kid. Here's all that's left:

Starting a Business with Laravel Spark

http://www.sitepoint.com/starting-a-business-with-laravel-spark/

I did a brief overview of #pagekit at the last Atlanta Joomla meetup. Here's a micro-business addon:

Amazon now has a programmable Dash Button for the IoT

http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-now-has-a-programmable-dash-button-for-the-iot-13439996/

#IoT takes a step forward with #Amazon button that looks like their Dash buttons. You can program it. Battery life and Availability not included.

Review of Amazon Machine Learning

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3045273/analytics/review-amazon-puts-machine-learning-in-reach.html

Review of #AWS #machinelearning. Compares with Azure, etc. Pretty interesting:

Typography Handbook

http://typographyhandbook.com/

Detailed discussion of #typography in general, but especially as applies to the web. #fonts #webdesign.

Contribute to Joomla via GitHub

http://extensions.joomla.org/blog/item/how-to-contribute-to-joomla-through-github

some #CMS systems claim to be #opensource, but aren't anxious to merge in fixes from the field. Not so #Joomla, here's how:

10 social media automation tools

http://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2015/02/infographic-social-media-tools-that-will-massively-improve-your-business.html

10 #socialmedia #automation tools to help create and monitor content:

Local SEO roundup

https://www.pickaweb.co.uk/blog/local-seo-expert-roundup/#ns

Flowchart/infographic on local #SEO from several experts. Probably a bit much for one graphic, but still informative.

Tube Headphone amp for Raspberry Pi

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1815752970/hybrid-tube-amp-for-the-raspberry-pi?ref=nav_search

Coolest add-on board for the #raspberrypi I've seen yet. #tube headphone amp!