Control Structure #9: The Next Thing From Apple

Chris and Andrew talk about Aaron Swartz: his life, accomplishments, and legacy. Followed by copyright and patent reform, jQuery, traveling, a gravity powered light, backups, and data recovery.

Chris and Andrew talk about Aaron Swartz: his life, accomplishments, and legacy. Followed by copyright and patent reform, jQuery, traveling, a gravity powered light, backups, and data recovery.

News:

Remember Aaron Swartz
Aaron Swartz commits suicide – The Tech
“We’ve lost a fighter”: Hundreds gather to mourn Aaron Swartz | Ars Technica
Former Reddit co-owner arrested for excessive JSTOR downloads | Ars Technica
Feds go overboard in prosecuting information activist | Ars Technica
The Truth about Aaron Swartz’s “Crime” « Unhandled Exception
The Case Against Aaron Swartz Was Complete Garbage | Techdirt
How the Legal System Failed Aaron Swartz–and Us : The New Yorker
Lessig Blog, v2
Anonymous Appears To Have Hacked MIT Website, Leaves Swartz Tribute | TechCrunch
Aaron Swartz Plea Deal Reportedly Rejected Days Before His Death
In the Wake of Aaron Swartz’s Death, Let’s Fix Draconian Computer Crime Law | Electronic Frontier Foundation
“Aaron’s law,” Congressional investigation in wake of Swartz suicide | Ars Technica
Lawmakers slam DOJ prosecution of Swartz as ‘ridiculous, absurd’ – The Hill’s Hillicon Valley
Carmen Ortiz, U.S. Attorney, Under Fire Over Suicide Of Internet Pioneer Aaron Swartz
BBC News – US employee ‘outsourced job to China’
Exclusive: CBS forced CNET staff to recast vote after Hopper won ‘Best in Show’ at CES | The Verge
The Exceptional Beauty of Doom 3’s Source Code
Two US power plants infected with malware spread via USB drive | Ars Technica
System restore: how archivists salvaged 1,500 volumes of digital art from Sandy’s floodwaters | The Verge
Fedora 18 finally arrives | ZDNet
jQuery Blog » jQuery 1.9 final, jQuery 2.0 beta, Migrate final released
jQuery Blog » The State of jQuery 2013
Wikivoyage -€“ Free travel information around the globe
Pittsburgh – Travel guides at Wikivoyage
Google Lat Long: Never ass-ume
Kerosene lamps face gravity-powered usurper | Ars Technica
DMCA Nonsense: Your Default Login Page Is A Ripoff Of Our Default Login Page! | Techdirt
The Volokh Conspiracy » Republicans Briefly Repudiate 40 Years of Tougher Copyright Laws
Republican staffer fired for copyright memo talks to Ars | Ars Technica
Still smarting from SOPA, Congress to shy away from copyright in 2013 | Ars Technica
Sony Issues Bob Dylan Recordings to Keep European Copyright – NYTimes.com
Seldo’s Tumblr, Another awesome US immigration experience
Ars Q&A: Silicon Valley Congresswoman talks the 2013 tech agenda | Ars Technica
Daniel Cook – Google+ – Hard problems in game development
Python: The Dictionary Playbook – Amir Rachum
Imran Nazar: Let’s Build a JPEG Decoder: Concepts

Music:

Younnat – Radar – His Name is Radar
Frozen Silence – Sky (first five tracks)
LukHash – ALPHA

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