Weekly Filet #169: The Nightmare on Connected Home Street. And more.
«I wake up at four to some old-timey dubstep spewing from my pillows. The lights are flashing. My alarm clock is blasting Skrillex or Deadmau5 or something, I don’t know. You see, my house has a virus again.»
→ The Nightmare on Connected Home Street (Wired)
In case you needed a reminder of how good Wikipedia is at assembling the first draft of history: Check the comprehensive overview on the Malaysia Airlines incident in Ukraine that happened less than 24 hours ago.
→ Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (Wikipedia)
A new interview with Edward Snowden I recommend watching. Wait for his reaction when asked if he uses Google. Later today, a longer version of the interview will be released.
→ Edward Snowden: «If I end up in chains in Guantánamo I can live with that» (The Guardian)
I guess you know that, basically, everything is the new black. Add this superblack to the list: «Vantablack» is blacker than anything ever produced by humans before.
→ Blackest is the new black: Scientists develop a material so dark that you can't see it... (The Independent)
Gaza, Ukraine, not to forget about Syria, Iraq and Egypt – if you need a breathing pause from all the grim news, go read some of Austin Kleon's wonderful Newspaper Blackout Poems. He regularly posts new ones, so watch for updates.
→ Newspaper Blackout (Austin Kleon)