Control Structure #19: Quill Plant Waffle

After making something that would make a skunk gag, Andrew and Chris with guest Kyle Schaplowsky talk about recent happenings with Python, Google, Aaron Schwartz's legacy, Linux, bacon, P2P, password storage, uncanny valleys, games, arcane keystrokes, and more.

Links

• Updates: GravityLight, lighting for the developing countries
• Algae Lamp Absorbs 200-Times More Carbon Dioxide Than Trees, Doesn’t Require Electricity – TechEBlog
• Ohio Prosecutor Indicts Punxsutawney Phil — Daily Intelligencer
• Those crazy Buckeyes | the Andrew Bailey
• Planet Explorers by Pathea Games — Kickstarter
• A Dongle Joke That Spiraled Way Out Of Control | TechCrunch
• Python wins trademark dispute, rival stops calling itself “Python” | Ars Technica
• Networks of South Korean banks, broadcasters hit in cyberattack | Ars Technica
• The Best 404 Error Pages Of All Time – Business Insider
• Oops! You bwoke it.
• The Bacon-Wrapped Economy | Feature | Oakland, Berkeley & Bay Area News & Arts Coverage
• Ubuntu tapped by China for national operating system • The Register
• amy wilentz | Google Killed Me
• The Google shutdown parade continues; next up: site-blocking in search | Ars Technica
• Google – Products
• Sweden axes new word after Google intervenes – The Local
• Coding Horror: Why Ruby?
• Motion Picture Association: The Cloud Is A Threat To Us And The Best Response Is Censorship | Techdirt
• Journal’s Editorial Board Resigns in Protest of Publisher’s Policy Toward Authors – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Aaron Swartz case an issue in Mass. Senate race – News – Boston.com
• Rather Than Fix The CFAA, House Judiciary Committee Planning To Make It Worse… Way Worse | Techdirt
• Arena.Xlsm Released! | Cary Walkin.CA
• Hire talent, not five years with Java | | ?- BlogName = _.
• BitTorrent Live
• OpenID Foundation website
• OAuth Community Site
• Mozilla Persona: A Better Way to Sign In
• What makes a hash function good for password hashing? – Cryptography Beta – Stack Exchange
• Storing Passwords Securely
• Storing User Passwords Securely: hashing, salting, and Bcrypt
• How To Safely Store A Password | codahale.com
• How I became a password cracker | Ars Technica
• Uncanny valley – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• BestBuy’s Great Potential | Ryan Rampersad
• Win7: how do I move user folder to a different drive – Microsoft Community
• How will Stack Overflow succeed where The Hyphen Site didn’t? – Meta Stack Overflow
• 7-Zip
• Coding Horror: International Backup Awareness Day

Music

• Jamendo – Intellectuel by Matthew Tyas
• Bump Foot – Releases – foot132
• Podcast Fantastic
• Kyle Gabler’s Portfolio: World of Goo Soundtrack
• dma-sc exocooper

This episode of Control Structure has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #66: CS #19 — Not Kentucky!

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