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gameological: Is there something about Austin that makes it a thriving scene for indie developers? We talk to a handful of local creators about the Texas capital’s indie community.
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sfmoma: Image: Christine Wong Yap, Positive Sign #6 (Nine Elements of Flow), 2011.
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personalfactory: Expired patents turned into design files for 3D printers “If you look at the figures in older patents, the 19th century patents are really beautiful. They’re really works of art,” said Galese to New York Times. Now with 3D printing these items can be brought to life showing the brilliant ideas of the past.…
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It’s not easy being the odd person out. Sometimes, hanging in situations where we’re the only ones from our ethnic group can get weird, sad or even hilarious. NPR’s Code Switch Team is looking for your “I was the only…" stories. Holler at them on Twitter or fill out this form to tell your story. (via…
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fylatinamericanhistory: Distribution of Spanish-speakers in the continental United States, as of 2011. From the United States Census Bureau. Full report: New Census Bureau Interactive Map Shows Languages Spoken in America. You can play around with the interactive map here.
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technoccult: Photo: cogdogblog Suburban Decay One could argue that the resurgence of our cities does not necessarily portend the fall of the suburbs. But while many cities have been benefiting from an influx of wealth, the suburbs have been suffering a rise in poverty. From 2000 to 2010, the number of poor in the suburbs…
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theatlantic: Soccer Isn’t for Girly-Girls? How Parents Pick the Sports Their Daughters Play Unlike masculinity, multiple forms of femininity are seen as acceptable by parents and by children, so it’s not surprising that different gender scripts emerged for each of the three activities. The names of these different gender scripts—“graceful,“ “aggressive,” and “pink"—all came from…
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Baseball’s owners prey on this reality. They want to benefit from steroids in the development of talent, and then excoriate those same players when caught on US shores. It’s a context that speaks to the imperial arrogance at the heart of the game. It’s a context right in front of our faces that we are…
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Trying to feed live weather data into game, Tommy Hoffman for SWEAT
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Calibrating game space for a play test