9. > Stardust

   Stardust, is a story about Voyager 1 (the unmanned spacecraft launched in 1977 to explore the outer solar system).

   Do yourself a favor and watch it in fullscreen.

   via Brain Pickings

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10. > Combining Python and AppleScript

    Dr. Drang:

    Basically, I just want one or two wrapper functions around Python’s subprocess module that will allow me to

    1. Write an AppleScript as a Python string.

    2. Run it from within my Python program.

    3. Collect any output it generates.

    Me too. Thank you Dr. Drang. Why didn't someone ...

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11. > The Mix Tape

    Aaron Mahnke:

    That’s the beauty of the mix tape: it required you to sort and rank and chose. Songs that you enjoyed and loved did not make the cut in favor of songs you loved more.

    Before I even became a father I knew that my children would never ...

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12. > Iain Broome Reads from A is for Angelica

    I've long been a fan of Iain Broome. For one, he's got a cool name¹. His blog has been in my RSS reader for years and I'm a regular listener of his podcast.

    When his debut novel A is for Angelica was available for pre-order, I ...

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13. > High Resolution Mandelbrot in Obfuscated Python

    This is crazy. Compact Python code to render the Mandelbrot set that itself is shaped like the Mandelbrot set. I have no idea how it works, but it's really freaking cool. I changed the resolution to 7200x4800 and let it run overnight.

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14. > The Problem with iOS

    I'm apparently having a Michael Schechter love-fest this week:

    I know I'm a power user, I get that most people don't care about these kinds of things and that this clearly isn't affecting sales, but it's disappointing that Apple seems determined to limit other applications ...

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15. > The unlikely persistence of AppleScript

    Another thing that everyone's seen already (because it's Gruber and he's writing in Macworld):

    The details of what I use it for don't matter so much as the bottom line, which is that AppleScript allows me to add my own features to the apps I use ...

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16. > AppleScript Helpers

    Other, more popular, people have linked to these already this week, so I'm mostly putting them here as a note to myself.

    JSONHelper - an easy way to work with JSON in your AppleScript, should you be into that kind of thing.

    LocationHelper - use Location Services from within AppleScript. I ...

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17. > Limited Edition Hobbit Notebooks

    The one good thing to come out of the new Hobbit¹ movie is the cool tie-in merchandise. For example, these Hobbit Moleskines from ThinkGeek.

    As both a Tolkien nerd and a notebook addict I of course bought one of each. But I don't know if I'll ever ...

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18. > A Modern Space Cadet

    Steve Losh tries to recreate the Space Cadet keyboard using modern hardware and software:

    ...tinkering around and seeing how far you can push things is fun (sometimes)!

    Oh my. So much nerdy awesomeness in this post. Definitely some useful things to pull out and try. Now if only I used ...

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