Morning Linkage (Apr 17)

Because a Titan Missile silo east­ern Washington is the ultimate
loca­tion for a hack­er camp. (click around for photos):
http://www.toorcamp.org/content/introduction

More inter­est­ing ques­tions about how the oceans work. In this case how
long does it take an ocean to rise. (not sure of the cred­i­bil­i­ty of
the web­site but the jour­nal cit­ed is legit):
http://www.openthefuture.com/2009/04/the_sea_level_rise_mystery.html

Silly tech for today — tweets, morse code, and ambi­ent lighting:
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/04/16/tweetlite-flashes-tw.html

Illustrations and ani­ma­tion pro­duced from paper constructions:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnykelly/

Our new space tele­scope is com­ing on-line:
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/first-light-kep.html

Nice sum­ma­ry of the pro­pos­al for lim­it­ed “high-speed” rail in the USA:
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/04/obama-lays-out.html

People agree­ing to hav­ing their cars tracked and hacked because they
are poor and untrustworthy:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/17/sales-booming-in-rem.html

Shipping con­tain­ers are the lat­est archi­tec­tur­al cliche:
http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/this_just_inbox_new_puma_vs_new_nike_vs_new_adidas_13183.asp

A gig­gle in hon­or of the end of Passover:
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/04/16/haminal-plush-tinned.html

Try to fig­ure out how this was done before you click through to Instructables.
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/04/how-to_vertically_stacked_flow.html

more next week