Wherein I tell you what I found interesting on the web in the last 7ish days. It’s a big internet out there and we can only follow a fraction of it.
I’d love suggestions on interesting articles to add from sites you enjoy reading.
News about Seattle
Dog rides bus solo. It’s pretty adorable. Via The Stranger
Seattle dog rides the bus alone to dog park.
Well this is neat! Maybe I should start a News of the Solar System section.
Elon Musk says maybe a thousand Seattleites will help him colonize mars
Money = power
Does the City of Seattle Give Developers Special Treatment, While Low Income Renters Get the Boot?
News from America
There’s just too much damn parking. Via Seattle Transit Blog
Just because you can’t find a place to park, doesn’t mean there aren’t way to many parking spots
While this highlights a bill in Washington state, this danger to public safety is apparently already law in 8 states.
Republican introduces Ag-gag law in Olympia
This is a big deal!
It’s Official: The Supreme Court will review the Freedom to Marry in 2015
Tech News
This doesn’t surprise me all that much, but it still kind of saddens me.
Facebook likes might eventually lead to the world depicted in Her
Gaming
It feels like personalizing this would be a fun project for a regular gaming group. Via Lifehacker
How to choose the perfect board game
It’s always nice to see new paths of game development and this one looks amazing.
Relativity game development
Other
How movies get their color. Via A.V. Club, No Film School, PetaPixel, Reddit
Colorists- Most appreciated people in post-production
Babies without men, closer than I realized.
We went to the moon, why can’t we make a baby from two eggs yet?
I was stymied by those electrical sockets on my recent trip to Europe, but now I kind of want to switch to the English design. Via Mental Floss
Why England has the best wall sockets on earth
An absolutely amazing piece about the downfall of the Cold War, engaging with clear prose explaining the complicated situations that developed in that time of madness.
T Plus 5: Bombs in Space
Burn it. Burn it with fire.
George Lucas says he originally planned to direct Star Wars VII
So I feel I should add a little commentary to this link. It’s not that I don’t appreciate that Lucas was the creator of Star Wars and brought many technical innovations to the film industry (if not for him there wouldn’t be a Pixar), but the man is a sloppy writer and a boring director. He’s an idea man, but he should leave the details to those with defter hands.
