O HAI FRENDZ, and music with Atsuko Chiba, Flanch, and a new Nils Frahm.

News:

• Big Mac, a view on Fort McMurray and the tar sands industry (from 2013).
• Online tracking: A 1-million-site measurement and analysis, via HN.
  • See EFF's Panopticlick too.
• Evolution of an accidental meme, on content mutation & spread. Via waxy links.
• Keiichi Matsuda's hyper-reality.
• Practical Engineering taught me about Mechanically stabilized sand.
• Bandcamp, downloads, streaming, and the inescapably bright future, hats off. Honest, reliable, no-nonsense, and the Bandcamp Weekly is an endless source of ☀ 😻 🍒.
• Ticketbastard owes you money... but you have to do business with them to get it.