The Frankencamera is an open-source (code and hardware design) digital camera from Stanford. It will let you run arbitrary code on the platform controlling aperture, focus, shutter and so on and then process the results as you want.

“Depth in defense” is how TypeKit serves its fonts. They know no DRM will stop the most determined hacker but a few lines of frustrating defense will stop the casual hacker and most importantly make it an “explicit and intentional act.” Also interesting how they inline the fonts and compress all JS.

Post-medium Publishing. The title says it all. Publishers used to sell paper (newspapers and books) and plastic (CDs), not content. Now the medium is free (the web) and selling content is hard.

First & 20 is a list of screenshots of iPhone home screens from various luminaries. Here is mine.

Congratulations to the TSSG lads involved in the FP6 MORE project. Worth watching the embedded video.

Photograph space for $150. I’d love to do this with Leah when she is older.

Journalists (mainly UK) on Twitter.

Notational Velocity is a very clever note taking app. Start by searching, only make a new note if no existing note matches.

CoRoT-7b is a rocky planet orbiting another star, the first such extrasolar planet to be found (others have all been gas giants.) CoRoT-7b orbits its star in under one Earth day and is very, very hot on the side that permanently faces its star.

Surprised at how far ahead South America is over Africa in this broadband connection map. (via Mícheál Ó Foghlú)