Pretty cool TED talk about how smart materials can one day make our buildings behave more like biological systems in terms of dealing with the cold/hot/wind.

A couple of interesting articles this morning, one about [why you should not use MySQL](http://grimoire.ca/mysql/choose-something-else) (i particularly love the expression "Mysql development and administration causes brain damage, folks...") and a...

Here's an Automator service to [resize an image into several sizes](/files/workflow.zip). Unzip and copy the package "Multiple Sizes.workflow" to your **~/Library/Services** folder and you will get a new entry on the finder services context menu. Just...

Nokia has [released the files](http://www.slashgear.com/nokia-releases-3d-case-printing-files-for-lumia-820-18265821) that allow anyone with a 3D printer to create protection cases for its Lumia 820 phone.

In my opinion, that's a really smart move:...