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Den enda som satt kvar var mamma

OverTheGeicoE writes "Over a month after Sen. Rand Paul announced his desire to pull the plug on TSA, he has finally released his legislation that he tweets will 'abolish the #TSA & establish a passengers "Bill of Rights."' Although the tweet sounds radical, the press release describing his proposed legislation is much less so. 'Abolition' really means privatization; one of Paul's proposals would simply force all screenings to be conducted by private screeners. The proposed changes in the 'passenger Bill of Rights' appear to involve slight modifications to existing screening methods at best. Many of his 'rights' are already guaranteed under current law, like the right to opt-out of body scanning. Others can only vaguely be described as rights, like 'expansion of canine screening.' Here's to the new boss..."

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The Glassboard 2.0 launch counts as one of the best days in my career — we had way more downloads than I expected, and people liked the app.

I had setup an “inessential” board and posted the invitation code, so we were able to talk with people as they were checking out the app. Having that immediate contact with new users was energizing and loads of fun.

(The “inessential” board is still there. If you’d like to check out the app, get the iPhone or Android version and enter the invitation code rovhy. And post a picture or say hello.)

We also had some nice press and mentions. Jenny (one-sixth of Sepia Labs) spent a couple days at WWDC after-hours and people were eager to show her that they were already using Glassboard. Friends have said that they like it and use it, which means a lot to me.

The app has been featured in Google Play for the last week, so we’ve been getting a ton of Android users lately. I’m proud of Nick Bradbury (Glassboard for Android author) and of our team.

Next Steps

While I can’t go into details, we’re working on a few things. The list is probably obvious.

1. We’re working on making money. We have a plan — we know what to do — and now it’s a matter of making it so. I don’t expect any part of it to be surprising. The main things: we’re not going to start showing ads, and we’re not going to start trying to make money by selling or analyzing your private data.

2. We’re working on the web app. It’s still in beta. There’s a cat silhouette in the upper-left corner of the app. Because it’s beta.

3. We’re working on the mobile apps. There are bugs to fix and features to add — and we continue to polish.

For me personally this mostly means a return to coding. I spent most of the Glassboard 2.0 development time outside of Xcode, working on mockups and graphics. I wrote a little code just before the launch, but now I’m coding full time.

Which feels great. I love coding. (But I also loved doing the graphics. I think I love being able to switch between the two.)

In fact, the whole things feels great. Every startup is a risk — and this one is riskier than many, since privacy is a fundamental part of the app and the outside world can’t see in, not in the way you can with Twitter and Instagram and similar apps. (And it’s not like an RSS reader where there’s a never-ending supply of content. Other people have to use the app to make it useful.)

But it looks like it’s working despite the risk — the app is doing very well.

The basic interaction — posting statuses, comments, pictures, videos, locations, files — has been proven to work on Twitter and Facebook and similar places, and I believe it’s the future of working together. (It sure beats email!) I can’t say for sure that Glassboard itself will be the app that everybody uses, but we’re on the right road.

And I’m excited.

Mexico revokes permits to build a controversial mega-resort in Baja California after environmentalists warned it could damage a nearby coral reef.

MojoKid writes "Did you know that the FCC hasn't updated its guidelines regarding maximum radiation levels in mobile devices since 1996? FCC chairman Julius Genachowski is apparently aware of this, because he's looking to launch a formal inquiry into the matter. In a statement that was recently circulated, the FCC isn't exactly concerned that current standards are too lax, but it makes sense to periodically review standards for an industry that changes and evolves so rapidly and dramatically. There has been much debate in recent years about the potential danger of radiation from cell phones, and although there has been some study on the subject, there is not yet a general consensus on whether there is a real danger from mobile device radiation, and if there is, what the acceptable levels might be."

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Det tunisiska inrikesministeriet upphävde i kväll det nattliga utegångsförbud som gällt i flera delar av landet efter våldsamma kravaller tidigare i veckan.

USA kommer inte längre att deportera unga illegala immigranter.

Femhundra kilo koppartråd har stulits ur ett förråd på ett industriområde i Degerfors.

Sparrowvsrevolution writes "In the wake of confirmation that the U.S. government was involved in the creation of Stuxnet and likely Flame, a look over job listings on defense contractor sites shows just how explicitly the Pentagon and the firms that service it are recruiting offense-oriented hackers. Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, SAIC, and Booz Allen have all posted job ads that require skills like 'exploit development,' have titles like 'Windows Attack Developer,' or asks them to 'plan, execute, and assess an Offensive Cyberspace Operation.'"

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Unit Generator Based Sound Synthesizer

The Patagonian coastline, in Argentina, is witnessing the arrival of the first pods of right whales.

War crimes court hands down total of 142 years in prison to soldiers who executed hundreds of Muslim Bosniaks in 1995.

Narkolepsidrabbade får ersättning - men inte alla.

alphadogg writes "Linux developers will soon have a chance to compete for prizes of laptops and smartphones, thanks to Canonical's announcement this week of the Ubuntu App Showdown contest. Developers will have from June 18 until July 9 — a total of three weeks — to create an app using Canonical's Quickly development tool, which combines Python and GTK into a single Ubuntu-centric package. The resulting apps will be judged by a five-member panel, with the developers of the top three receiving new Nokia N9 smartphones."

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