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  1. The Node Beginner Book » A comprehensive Node.js tutorial

    A nice walk-through of basic Node.js stuff for a beginner like me.

  2. Don’t Make Me Steal

    Very interesting. Some of the points annoy me (what is “cinema price”?, why on earth is “I can download nearly every movie ever made” a condition of not stealing one movie?) but interesting. (via @jamesbridle)

  3. Tumult Hype

    HTML5 authoring tool, for making animations, interactive thingummies, etc. $50. Hadn’t seen it before, looks good for complex stuff. (via Daring Fireball)

  4. Maelstrom - Arion Games | RPGNow.com

    I never played a game of this RPG but I remember really liking the system. It seemed somehow more “realistic” than a lot of RPGs. Now available as a PDF for $10.

  5. Interpreting Black and White, Part I

    I really like the differences in how people treated the same black and white photo.

  6. Backbone.js Wine Cellar Tutorial — Part 1: Getting Started

    Looks like a handy tutorial for using the Backbone JavaScript framework.

  7. Adventures (in code) - Alastair Coote • I had no idea how to make custom maps, so I learnt by doing. You should too.

    Nice overview of how to get custom maps made with TileMill up and running. (via Infovore)

  8. ‘Militant secularisation’ taking hold of British society, says Lady Warsi | World news | The Guardian

    When an absence of something — a null-state, no religion, an appreciation of the world as it actually is — is branded as “militant secularisation”, you’re being a little crazy. I wouldn’t say you were a “religious extremist” but, well, you know.

  9. Trevor Kavanagh learns a hard lesson about human rights and due process « Richard Wilson’s blog

    This is what I thought (only written much better) when I read about Trevor Kavanagh’s whining about the arrests of Sun journalists this morning. Live by the sword… (via @matlock)

  10. High Scalability - High Scalability - Tumblr Architecture - 15 Billion Page Views a Month and Harder to Scale than Twitter

    Amazingly detailed description of how Tumblr scales. I don’t understand half of this but it sounds exciting. (via @simonw)

  11. Ralph Lauren Purple Label

    Taking apart a $4,625 Ralph Lauren coat. Fascinating, and I’d love to read more things like this.

  12. Open Mike: Grumpy’s World

    I love this exchange. It’s like dialogue from a play or movie that I would be enthusiastic about.

  13. Recliner Chairs | Scandinavian Comfort Chairs

    These don’t look beautiful (scroll down for the varieties) but having tried one, they are very, very comfortable.

  14. A Case Against Using CoffeeScript ☃ Ryan Florence Online

    I’ve never used CoffeeScript, but I just enjoy reading nicely-written articles about code like this. (via Dotcode)

  15. Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 211, William Gibson

    I finally got round to reading this interview. Good stuff.

  16. Standing Ovation Model

    A nice simple explanation.

  17. Threshold model - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    For the references to Mark Granovetter’s model. Again, can’t find a good, simple explanation.

  18. Index of dissimilarity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    It’s proving surprisingly difficult to find good, clear, illustrated summaries of these things.

  19. Schelling segregation applet

    Demonstration of the Schelling segregation model. (I am currently wading through a thicket of Java applets and it feels like the 1990s.)

  20. The Social Graph is Neither (Pinboard Blog)

    From last year, a great read about how ever more closely modelled versions of our social networks don’t create as interesting a community as a simple forum (to drastically simplify the argument).

  21. Why French Parents Are Superior by Pamela Druckerman - WSJ.com

    This crazy “French method” of parenting… isn’t it also known as “common sense”? if this is supposed to be eye-opening I now understand why so many small kids seem to do whatever they like. (via Kottke)

  22. Local councils have right to say their prayers, says Eric Pickles | Society | The Guardian

    Wow, I had no idea lots of councils have (Christian) prayers as part of their meetings. Nuts. it’s like living in America.

  23. Vim anti-patterns | Arabesque

    More handy little vim tips to try and lodge in my brain. (via Infovore)

  24. People Here Actually Show Their Livestock - The Morning News

    This is very simple but very lovely. There should be more of this. I’d like to read more unsensational, kind stories about what people around the UK are doing, for example. (via @gilest)

  25. Disqus/gargoyle - GitHub

    Adding feature switching to Django projects.

  26. Online Education

    Some interesting, free online courses from Stanford University. I may give the Model Thinking one a whirl. Starts this month. (via Monevator)

  27. Adactio: Journal—Image-y nation

    One way to do responsive images on web pages for different-sized devices which is very reminiscent of the old LOWSRC images which I’ve been thinking about recently. (via Infovore)

  28. Reveal: jQuery Modal Plugin from ZURB - ZURB Playground - ZURB.com

    Because I forget the name of this and it’s a very nice, easy-to-set-up and restyle pop-up window plugin.

  29. Sample IT policies, disclaimers and notices | Business Link

    Privacy policy, website terms and conditions, etc. (via mildlydiverting)

  30. Google Trends: “peak oil”

    Peak Peak Oil.