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The Great Discontent General web SceneVR [scenevr] allows you to build multiuser 3D scenes using HTML-esque tags and a bit of JavaScript. Tigon [github/caskdata] is an open-source, real-time, high-throughput stream processing framework, in a collaboration between Cask Data and AT&T. DailyJS ran a JavaScript Developer Survey, and here are the results [dailyjs] This is a really interesting article about how the Gmail team managed their memory problems [html5rocks]. Do you like Content? Of course you do. Want to read some rambling Content produced by an algorithm forever? Of course you do [tinysubversions].

Calendar URLs Design Here’s a collection of Flat UI design examples [fltdsgn]. This is a really impressive calendar created in pure CSS [codepen]. Couleurs [couleursapp] is a Mac OS X app to let you pick and tweak any colors on your screen.

Neat SitePoint On SitePoint today, we take a look at some fine Bourbon Refills, to enhance functionality, unlike real bourbon. Then we had a guide to bringing Google’s new No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA system to your WordPress site. As part of our ongoing Christmas promotion, we took a look at the Prelude portable wireless phone charger. Follow the link for a deal on the product! Lastly for this section, we have an article on managing CSS stacking contexts in a “hostile” environment.

Portlandia News/business The Apple iPod antitrust case is over, and Apple won [nytimes], with the jury taking about three hours to settle the case that’s taken 10 years to wind its way through the legal system. Microsoft's new Skype Translator app offers some truly sci-fi features, with people able to speak in their native language and have it instantly translated to that of the listener. Then, here’s Alexis Madrigal with the inside story on how the Uber-Portland negotiations broke down [fusion]. Madrigal could write about stamp collecting and we’d be keen on it. Something is pulsing out methane on Mars, and we’re pretty sure it isn’t us [washingtonpost]. Here’s Gizmodo on the last truly intimate online experience — the chatroom [gizmodo]. Lastly for this section, Buzzminer [buzzminer] looks like a useful way to keep up with the news while you wait for Versioning to arrive.

Hope So Off-topic Hope.ly [create.hope.ly] is a link shortener that benefits charities by adding a small ribbon asking for a donation to any shared link. Really interesting idea. Facebook are posting some really nice help videos. No, seriously. Check out this one on how to edit a post [youtube]. Finally, a bunch of iOS/Mac OS X apps are on sale for Christmas. Here’s a collection for you to keep track of [macstories].