Sunday, June 23, 2013

5 New Articles on MakeUseOf

Cool Websites and Tools [June 22nd 2013]
More Than Search: 5 Things Google Has Done For The World
Play Practically Any Interactive Fiction Game With Spatterlight for Mac
What You Need To Know About Watching Blu-Ray On Linux
If Superheroes Were Flags

Cool Websites and Tools [June 22nd 2013]

Posted: 22 Jun 2013 09:31 PM PDT

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More Than Search: 5 Things Google Has Done For The World

Posted: 22 Jun 2013 07:30 PM PDT

Google has come a long way since starting up as a rinky-dink search engine that played second fiddle to what Yahoo! had to offer. If you're the average person, you're probably using Google in some way every single day. It may sound dramatic, but Google is a huge part of our lives. It's good to know that the company isn't necessarily evil, either.

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Play Practically Any Interactive Fiction Game With Spatterlight for Mac

Posted: 22 Jun 2013 01:30 PM PDT

Text-based adventures aren't exactly top sellers today. They haven't disappeared, however - a massive online community creates, plays and discusses these games. Unfortunately, when you download a game, it's not immediately obvious what you're supposed to do with it. Spatterlight is an attractive app that opens Inform, TADS and almost any other format of interactive fiction – all with the sort of typography the '80s didn't offer and that makes it an app that every interactive fiction fan should install.

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What You Need To Know About Watching Blu-Ray On Linux

Posted: 22 Jun 2013 11:31 AM PDT

If you've been using Linux back since DVDs first came out, you might remember just how long it took before DVDs were somewhat supported. Heck, even now, if you want to play an encrypted DVD, you'll need to add an extra repository and install a few extra packages just to be able to replay them with barely acceptable quality. Once Blu-Rays came out, it wasn't a surprise that it was going to be a while before they would also be supported under Linux.

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If Superheroes Were Flags

Posted: 22 Jun 2013 09:30 AM PDT

If superheroes were flags, I'd totally live in the Republic of Batman. I'm sure some will agree that designing a flag isn't an easy task -- so when Artist Fabian Gonzalez had to come up with fifty, I'd say it deserves some appreciation. This artwork may be purchased from Society6, and is available as an art print, stretched canvas, t-shirt, hoodie, throw pillow and tote bag.

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