Can an animated GIF become a family heirloom? Maybe.

Source: A Machine To Hand-Crank Your Animated GIFs | Co.Design | business + design

“Advanced Power” automates the process of finding sites vulnerable to data theft.

Source: Botnet forces infected Firefox users to hack the sites they visit (updated) | Ars Technica

 

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Using a magazine for scale, this App lets you virtually design a room, then buy the furniture.

Source: This Crazy App Turns A Magazine Into An Interior Design Tool | Co.Design | business + design

Taking discarded junk and turning it into sculptures isn’t exactly new, but these fantastic sculptures from Edouard Martinet have something that most don’t

Source: Convincing Animal Sculptures Made from Old Junk

Researchers create proof-of-concept software to show how standalone computers can communicate via built-in speakers and microphones.

Source: Malware jumps ‘air gap’ between non-networked devices – CNET

Source: Gift Guide: The complete guide to home music production on your iPad or Mac | 9to5Mac

A passenger on a United Express plane fell asleep during a recent flight and woke up in the dark, locked aboard the aircraft. He thought he was dreaming, he told the ABC affiliate in Houston.

Source: Sleeping jet passenger is overlooked, locked aboard plane – LA Times

Source: Shittens, The Mittens That Protect Hands From Poop Now Available

Oh! “Darling” emulator illustrates complexity of bringing Mac software to Linux.

Source: OS X apps run on Linux with Wine-like emulator for Mac software | Ars Technica

Hey, great news, everyone. It’s finally starting to warm up, which means it’s almost time to open up those swimming pools. And we’d recommend you get to the pool quickly, before all of the other swimmers contaminate it with fecal bacteria.

Source: Bring Your Own Chlorine! CDC Finds 58% of Pool Water Has Traces of Poop – The Wire