Our Secret Stash of Stuff (21 photos)

Just what does our stuff say about us? Do we secretly stash a pack of cigarettes in our purse, even though we’ve told everyone we’ve quit? Do we keep a weathered book in our bag, you know,…

Gearbox's first smart toy is a robotic ball...



Gearbox’s first smart toy is a robotic ball that you can move by tilting your phone in the direction you want the ball to roll.

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Happy Git Commits

Brandon posts on how they are using happy git commits at Collective Idea. Love it.

A Bus You Can Drive Underneath (10 pics)

When you’re driving on busy city streets, there’s nothing more frustrating than being stuck behind a huge gas-guzzling bus.

Over in China, Shenzhen Huashi Future Parking Equipment company…

OpenGem: Easy Access to a Gem's Source and Documentation

If you install the OpenGem, you’ll have two handy commands available:

  • gem open rails will open the gem’s source code in an editor of your choice, and
  • gem read rails will open a browser…

Open Studio is more than a little office for...



Open Studio is more than a little office for visual communication in Düsseldorf, Germany. Their attitude is overwhelming: open, friendly and professional.

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★ An Improved Liberal, Accurate Regex Pattern for Matching URLs

Back in November, I posted a regex pattern for matching URLs. It seems to have proven quite useful for others, and, even better, based on feedback from those who’ve used it, I’ve since improved it…

I think anit-forism is probably a kind of snobbishness.
Dave Thomas (@pragdave)
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