Multimedia professionals rely on solid tools to get the job done, and those tools have typically been Apple’s Mac lineup. But as Apple shifts its focus more to its MacBooks and iPhones, it’s neglected a tiny, but important product: the Mac mini. Source: Multimedia Video Editors Fall Through Gaping Hole in Apple’s Headless Mac Lineup…
My MacBook Pro is over 7 years old now. I’m a software engineer, and I like to do my own design work for small projects. I’m also a fan of photography, and need a machine powerful enoug… Source: I Need a New Mac and Apple Doesn’t Want to Sell Me One | Leaf and Core
The huge potential impact on rich countries of a prolonged loss of electricity Source: The disaster that could follow from a flash in the sky
Kids these days don’t spend money on the same things their parents did Source: 10 Things Everyone Spends Their Money on… Except Millennials | Money
To see the radicalization of young white men, just look at the words coming out of their mouths. Source: What is the alt right? A linguistic data analysis of 3 billion Reddit comments shows a disparate group that is quickly uniting — Quartz
During the minutes during which the sun is completely blocked, observers experience the exquisitely odd and wondrous sensation of solar emissions, both visible and invisible, vanishing right in the middle of the day. Source: A Total Solar Eclipse Feels Really Really Weird | WIRED
Inside the fight against the Digital Millennium Copyright Act–and what designers can do about it. Source: Who Owns Your Stuff? It Might Not Be You
ASMR once occupied a small corner of YouTube. Now, it’s appearing in art museums and ad spots. Source: ASMR, The Internet Subculture Of “Sounds That Feel Good,” Is Going Mainstream
This post was co-written by Jordan Odinsky and Mohit Mamoria. In the past few months, blockchain technology has blown up. While a year ago blockchain was an unknown side note synonymous with Bitcoin, today there are dozens of applications making their way into mainstream media. To many, blockchain is a foreign concept reserved for computer science…
Tesla revealed today that it created what it calls the ‘Tesla Tiny House’ to feature its energy products, like solar panels and Powerwall. The company is bringing the house on tour usin… Source: Tesla creates a ‘tiny house’ to feature its energy products | Electrek
The bacteria in our guts impact nearly everything in our lives, from sleep to disease to diet. Scientists are working with an Amazon tribe to find out how. Source: What our microbiomes say about us – CNN
Robert Sapolsky’s book, ‘Behave: The Biology of Humans At Our Best and Worst’ looks at the connectedness of things Source: Going Beyond Data – On Intuition, Knowledge And The Connectedness Of Things
Germany may soon allow for the sale of parasitic worms as a potential treatment for a range of autoimmune diseases. Source: Parasitic Worm Treatments Could Soon Be Legal in Germany – D-brief
Useful! Source: Why You Should Care About Where Your Tuna Comes From – ATTN:
Many employees have to deal with colleagues and bosses who are rude or abusive. Here are some techniques to make things a little easier. Source: How to Survive a Jerk at Work – WSJ
“I’m pissed and you’re pissed, and that’s kind of cool, because we can be pissed together.” Source: How Not to Die: ‘Stupid Cancer’ Community Helps Angry Young People Live
6 commonly repeated pieces of advice that are simply wrong. Source: Why You Should Ignore Everything You Have Been Told About Passwords | Inc.com
Shifting demography worldwide may present an even bigger risk to big oil than depleting reserves or an oil bust Source: How Millennials Could Bring The Oil Industry To Its Knees | OilPrice.com
Built for — and in — the great outdoors Source: The Bollinger B1 is an all-electric truck with 360 horsepower and up to 200 miles of range – The Verge
On April 2nd 2015 the first hub of biotechnologies in the Indian Ocean was launched, offering a dedicated space for research and development comprising a synergy of laboratories with complementary expertise. CIDP is one of the founding members of this private-public partnership fostering innovative companies. Source: Launch of the Biopark Mauritius | CIDP
If you consider yourself a storyteller, your future looks bright. Source: Storytellers are the future of the US economy — Quartz
Building a solar micro-grid in my bedroom with parts from Amazon Source: $200 solar self-sufficiency — without your landlord noticing.
“The global population is skyrocketing, the climate is changing, and diets are shifting. So how do you tackle the problem of feeding 9… Source: No, We Don’t Need Another Green Revolution – NewCo Shift
Cancer survivor Xeni Jardin says that while she was touched by the outpouring of support for Senator John McCain after his diagnosis of brain cancer, hearing cancer once again described as form of combat continued to bother her. Source: Why cancer is not a war, fight, or battle (opinion) – CNN.com
Source: How Microsoft’s Project Premonition uses robotic traps to zero in on Zika mosquitoes – BRHPC.org
Zillow has backed off from suing McMansion Hell, a blog that highlights architectural atrocities committed by tasteless homeowners on their own houses Source: McMansion Hell revives its hilarious blog after ending legal spat with Zillow
One Y Combinator–incubated startup founder makes the case for “STEAM” over “STEM.” Source: Why This Tech CEO Keeps Hiring Humanities Majors