A Penguin in the Orchard

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This is the biggest update Instapaper has ever had in one version, and I’m proud to finally show it to you.

It is a very impressive update. Full featured native sharing to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinboard, and Evernote. You can browse for your Instapaper using friends on Facebook and Twitter and easily subscribe to the things they “like” (formerly “starred”). There is a new Editor’s Picks section featuring some of the best curator on the web (A group I, surprisingly, was not included in). Even a much improved in-app web browser. 

This is one of those times when I could not imagine how an app I thought was so perfect could be greatly improved upon but then the developer goes and gives me things I had no idea I even needed. 

I’m not sure about the iPhone updates. Minimalism has always been the forte of Instapaper, but the new interface adds some new buttons within the reading area. I’d prefer that that area, in particular, remain unchanged.

(Source: patrickrhone)

“What we’re seeing with Stuxnet is the first view of something new that doesn’t need outside guidance by a human - but can still take control of your infrastructure. This is the first direct example of weaponized software, highly customized and designed to find a particular target,” he said. “The implications of Stuxnet are very large, a lot larger than some thought at first… It’s the type of threat we’ve been worried about for a long time.”

via The Atlantic

Today, Carl Drews, a software engineer with the National Center of Atmospheric Research has parted the waters again — this time with a computer.

via NPR