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Data Visualization: Longest Distance To A McDonald’s In The US

So, I set out to determine the farthest point from a Micky Dee’s – in the lower 48 states, at least. This endeavor required information, and the nice folks at AggData were kind enough to provide it to me: a complete list of all 13,000-or-so U.S. restaurants, in CSV format, geolocated for maximum convenience. [...]
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Synthetic Biological Machine Competition

Last year’s winners included bacteria that could produce electricity, e.coli that could hunt and kill other pathogens, and yeast that could give beer high levels of resveratrol. Synthetic biology has been called the science of the 21st century. Rewriting the genetic information of micro organisms can allow scientists to create new genetic machines that can perform [...]
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Warning: Twitter Virus/Phishing Direct Message Ploy Active Today

Just saw this upon starting up TweetDeck this morning.  Looks like some folks are getting a virus which then sends out DMs saying “rofl this you on here?” regarding an alleged funny video featuring the recipient.  The link leads to a spoofed Twitter site where unknowing folks may enter their Twitter credentials and where the [...]
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“Best Camera” App for iPhone

Best Camera [iTunes link] is a collaboration between professional photographer Chase Jarvis and iPhone dev firm Übermind. The app gets its name from Jarvis’s book “The Best Camera is The One That’s With You,” a collection of photos taken all over the world by Jarvis with his iPhone. The US$2.99 app features 14 useful filters and [...]
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