A Beginner's Guide To Ethereum, The Next Bitcoin

http://digg.com/2017/what-is-ethereum
Introduction to Ethereum, and why it's more than a BitCoin clone. 

Kinetica raises $50 million to provide GPU-powered data insights

https://venturebeat.com/2017/06/29/kinetica-raises-50-million-to-provide-gpu-powered-data-insights/
Machine learning and GPU startup raises $50M

Fighting for jobs in America’s former ‘Sock Capital of the World’

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fighting-jobs-americas-former-sock-capital-world-heesun-wee
Having grown up in "the clothing center of the South", this article hits close to home. 

Linus Torvalds Explains How Linux Still Surprises and Motivates Him

https://www.linux.com/blog/event/lc3-china/20176/6/linus-torvalds-explains-how-linux-still-surprises-and-motivates-him
General interview with Linus about Linux, community and the surprising popularity of git. 

‘I’m a Bitcoin Millionaire’

https://melmagazine.com/im-a-bitcoin-millionaire-2672ca1d1ab7
Interview with a self-proclaimed bitcon millionaire. About what you'd expect: bought early and mined. 

Your first GraphQL API - Pagination

https://www.startutorial.com/articles/view/your-first-graphql-api-pagination
Introduction to GraphQL and pagination.

Create a Contact Form in Laravel that Sends You an Email

https://www.cloudways.com/blog/laravel-contact-form/
Very basic Laravel tutorial on creating a contact form. 

How to Choose a DDoS Protection Service for Your Websites

https://www.sitepoint.com/how-to-choose-a-ddos-protection-service-for-your-websites/
About time! Actual DDoS solutions are on the market. Some hints on choosing one. 

This ring could unlock your car, buy you stuff, and log into your laptop

https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/27/15879792/token-ring-release-announcement-authenticator
So IBM isn't protecting "token ring" anymore? Interesting Type II authentication.

Chaos Makes the Multiverse Unnecessary

http://nautil.us/issue/49/the-absurd/chaos-makes-the-multiverse-unnecessary
Claims that Chaos makes the multiverse unnecessary. We'll see. 

How to Easily Edit Video: A Simple Guide

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-easily-edit-video-simple-guide/
Some hints on using hitfilm express to make videos. 

Ancient wisdom from the neural network

http://lewisandquark.tumblr.com/post/162097037117/ancient-wisdom-from-the-neural-network
Might need to do some more training on this neural network before the unseen wisdom of the ages pours forth.

Who Americans spend their time with

https://www.theatlas.com/charts/HJFYm4uQ-
All's well till the last heartwrenching graph.

One Ethereum trader just made $1,142,400 in seconds, thanks to an epic glitch

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/one-ethereum-trader-just-made-1-140-000-in-seconds-thanks-to-an-epic-glitch-48af7e0ffe49
A very lucky Ethereum trader scored $1M on a trade.

The Great Serverless Showdown

https://headmelted.com/serverless-showdown-4a771ca561d2
Price and features comparison of the major serverless platforms. Hint: Price is very close.

Coding for a serverless future

https://headmelted.com/coding-for-a-serverless-future-f34ae86c6c2
Hints on portability and the serverless future. 

What Would Happen If You Never Used An Alarm Clock?

http://digg.com/2017/never-use-alarm-clock
I don't generally use an alarm clock. Good to hear I'm doing the right thing. 

What Is Snapshot Testing, and Is It Viable in PHP?

https://www.sitepoint.com/snapshot-testing-viable-php/
Interesting take on testing: Snapshot testing, borrowed from the React world. 

Chiropractors are bullshit

https://theoutline.com/post/1617/chiropractors-are-bullshit
Apparently, I'm not the only one with a dim view of Chiropractors.

Laravel Bootstrap Components

https://medium.com/appstract/laravel-bootstrap-components-9b6e9a259a9e
Library to make it easy to use Bootstrap components with Laravel. 

PHP 5.6 Vs PHP 7 – Performance Benchmarks With Laravel 5

https://www.cloudways.com/blog/laravel-5-benchmarks-php-5-6-and-7/
As if enough benchmarks between PHP 5 and PHP 7 haven't been run, another with Laravel. 

Deploying your PHP / apache webapp in under a minute with Hasura

https://blog.hasura.io/deploying-your-php-apache-webapp-in-under-a-minute-with-hasura-16b8d5212117
Sorta like Heroku, we'll see how it runs. 

Exakat PHP code analyzer

https://www.exakat.io/
Exakat is a PHP static code analyzer with both opensource and commercial versions. 

Hello, Laravel? Communicating with PHP through Phone Calls!

https://www.sitepoint.com/hello-laravel-communicating-php-phone-calls/
Remarkable integration between Laravel and Twilio SIP trunks: talking to Laravel. 

How to build your own CMS, and why you shouldn't

https://blog.intracto.com/how-to-write-your-own-cms-and-why-you-shouldnt
These days most people who decide they need to invent their own CMS are crazy. Case in point: 

Accessibility according to actual people with disabilities

https://axesslab.com/accessibility-according-to-pwd/
Interesting collection of tweets from persons with disabilities on their pet peeves of webdesign. 

Plugable Digital USB Microscope with Observation Stand

http://plugable.com/products/usb2-micro-250x/#drivers
home page for the plugable digital microscope

The NSA has open-sourced dozens of security tools

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/the-nsa-has-open-sourced-dozens-of-security-tools-7af99cfe422
OpenSource NSA security tools. I like the Raspberry PI VPN. 

Drop jQuery From Your Bootstrap Project (and Replace it With Vue.js!)

https://dzone.com/articles/drop-jquery-from-your-bootstrap-project-and-replac
Nice intro to replacing JQuery with Vue.js Bootstrap. 

A tiny requestAnimationFrame powered 60+fps lightweight parallax hover tilt effect for jQuery.

http://gijsroge.github.io/tilt.js/
Nice tilt package for JQuery. I may use this in my next class.