"I don't think distrust is what this poll really measures. I think what they're measuring, rather, is the level of free-floating, self-congratulatory offendedness. Their poll shows this narcissistic feigned indignation is on the rise."

"I thought it would be great idea to compile a list of the best I found on the internet and in this article will stick to the free attractive paper textures. Stay tuned for more styles of free high-res textures in the future to produce more awesome effects in your design."

"To get to the point where we can design systems to take advantage of complex physical interactions will require an taking a new look at how the fields of kinesthetics, anthropometrics and optical flow , relate to interface design. These fields will be as important to designers as information architecture and form giving are today."

"The world's first Bluetooth wireless webcam is just 2½ inches tall and made specifically for Mac users. Stream video and stereo audio wirelessly to your favorite apps."

"This quine turns 45 degrees when executed; thus, it will come around when executed eight times (see below). You can make it any-degree turn by giving an integer as an command-line argument." mind = 'blown'

I agree: it is much easier to invent stuff in your head than to deal with actually designing, printing, and iterating. The latter results in something that works, though.

If you're the type who goes in for minimalist design and uses their desk to hold up a computer and type on, you will probably want one of these desks.

"In 2010, anyway, this is my own personal vision of informatic technology at the service of the full range of human desire and complexity. Not a word of it is intended as a “solution” to what are inevitably and correctly local social or political challenges…but it is intended to give people everywhere better tools with which to join such struggles. I hope you find it useful, and invite you to subject its claims and assumptions to the same skepticism I’ve applied to other visions of ubiquitous technology."

"a recycler that attaches to your MakerBot and recycles milk jugs into filament."

Does what it says on the box, apparently.

"You get a cow. You can click on it. In six hours, you can click it again. Clicking earns you clicks. You can buy custom "premium" cows through micropayments (the Cow Clicker currency is called "mooney"), and you can buy your way out of the time delay by spending it. You can publish feed stories about clicking your cow, and you can click friends' cow clicks in their feed stories. Cow Clicker is Facebook games distilled to their essence." This bit jumped out at me, also: "In social games, friends aren't really friends; they are mere resources. And not just resources for the player, but also for the game developer, who relies on insipid, "viral" aspects of a design to make a system replicate."