This month
Why The Global System is Killing Trust - Global Guerrillas
Trust is an essential building block of any economic and social system. Systems that attempt to operate without it inevitably fail. A loss of trust typically preceeds a collapse in legitimacy.
amoffat/pbs - GitHub
PBS is a unique subprocess wrapper that maps your system programs to Python functions dynamically. PBS helps you write shell scripts in Python by giving you the good features of Bash (easy command calling, easy piping) with all the power and flexibility of Python.
January 2012
Small But Digital - The MidiBus
russss/Herd - GitHub
Herd is a single-command Bittorrent-based file distribution system, based on Twitter's Murder. It was designed for pushing code out to a number of production systems. You can probably use it for other things. Herd requires no extra Python modules on the destination system as it ships around its own (lightly modified) copy of BitTornado.
Meri Media
360degrees
jQuery HTML5 Uploader
December 2011
AjaXplorer
Appsify.me | iPhone apps. No coding required.
AjaXplorer
Appsify.me | iPhone apps. No coding required.
GitHub - Social Coding
Five Old Subway Maps Worthy Of Framing: Gothamist
New York City's subway system didn't always have a Massimo Vignelli-designed map (published by the MTA between 1974 and 1979), and the ones that came before it were surprisingly just as gorgeous (well, if you avoid the late '60s). You can revisit a massive collection of subway system maps right here—and click through for some of our favorites, dating back to the beginning, 1904. (h/t to Brooklyn Based, for Tweeting this 1955 map)
Montreal Metro Buttons/Macarons – Spacing Store
a set of 25 one-inch buttons that replicate the unique tile designs and public art installations found within Montreal’s Metro system.
The Internet, innovation and learning - Joi Ito's Web
The Internet isn't really a technology, it's a belief system - a philosophy.
THE HUMANITARIAN IMPACT ON PALESTINIANS OF ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE WEST BANK
November 2011
BigCam :: Overview
BigCam is a full-frame CMOS camera built around a FillFactory IBIS4-14000 sensor. The camera is constructed of openly available components, the designs and software are open source, and the mechanical form factor integrates into ThorLabs' 60mm cage system.






