Play Nice

Fancy-Pants General web Hound [github/etsy] is a super fast source code search engine. Reactor [github/shimshamsam] is a micro reactive programming library for JavaScript. texgen.js [github/mrdoob] is a procedural texture generator. And FancyTabBar [github/marvelapp] is an expandable, customizable tab bar for iOS. Reddability Design Reddit has made some huge design changes that have made the site the most attractive on the web. Just kidding, they just upped the text size a bit [reddit/changelog]. Tailor [trytailor] is an iOS app to automate screenshot stitching. Hapi Feet SitePoint Up on SitePoint, we have a look at common mistakes interviewees make. Then Craig Buckler examined Microsoft’s new browser, Project Spartan, and discussed whether the app could help the company leave behind the horrors of IE. Then there is a look at developing mobile apps with Meteor’s Cordova integration. And a guide to securing web apps via OAuth integration using Hapi. Down to Business News/business Here’s a good cause for you to consider supporting: The James Golick Grant for Women in Computology [jamesgolick.bitmakerlabs], in honor of a prolific, influential and caring developer. Slack bought screensharing/calling app Screenhero [slackhq], and will be integrating the functionality into their main app. If you use Slack, you can now use Screenhero for free. Amazon is launching a new calendar and email service for businesses [arstechnica]. So now your toilet paper orders and your conference call scheduling can be handled by the same company. Makes sense. Here’s a solution to group brainstorm annoyance [gv]. Play Nice Off-topic FoldingCoin [foldingcoin] is like Bitcoin, except “miners” earn money by using their computers’ spare processing power to fold proteins and maybe help cure disease. Mapiful [mapiful] makes beautiful posters out of maps of your favorite places. Alfred Remote [alfredapp] is a companion iOS app for Alfred on the Mac, allowing you to perform actions on your Mac by tapping an icon on your iPhone or iPad. Here’s Andy Baio on why the Internet Archive is living up to Google’s original promise [medium/message]. Finally, here’s a fascinating look at how one popular game is acting as a giant behavior laboratory, with the company  League of Legends looking at ways to make people behave themselves. That's it for us, we'll be spend the rest of the day "conducting research" on LoL. GL HF.