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I wonder what other fields (eg. plumbing, lighting, bulldozing) would look like if that field’s tools were as amenable to homebrew improvement by their users as programming tools are. I guess that’s what we’ll do with 3D printers, provided they don’t get legislated out of existence.

• Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos augmented-reality maps - The live mapping of the cellphone video onto the current frame is amazing.

• UI Screen Shooter - Use UI Automation to take screen shots at the exact same places repeatedly for multiple devices.

• Behind The App: Twitteriffic 5 - In case you thought this kind of thing was easy or simple.

• Before Us is the Salesman’s House - Database performance art using eBay’s impressive transactional records of our culture.