These are awesome. I learned that aside from the United States, only two other countries in the world do not use the metric system, among other things.
40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
Disney plans to remake the Star Wars expanded universe
Op-ed: Disney takes a chainsaw to the Star Wars expanded universe | Ars Technica.
I’m pretty excited about this, actually. It sounds like they are taking the time to think things through and prepare an official storyline that will become the de-facto canon for the Star Wars universe. I did read the Thrawn triology (the stories that were officially licensed to occur after Return of the Jedi), and they were very good books. I hope they can keep at least some of that story line. However, some of the trash I ready after those books deserves to be forgotten.
Target breach grows to 110 million users
Because I shopped at Target during the window of exposure, I ordered a new debit card from my bank. It is an inconvenience to do so, but after reading about a friend on Facebook who saw purchases made on his card in Russia, and after reading about the hacked customer data from Target being sold in online black markets, I was legitimately freaked out.
Have you ordered a new card yet?
Target ups number of customers affected by data breach to 110 million – Boing Boing.
Find The Perfect WordPress Theme
If you are not a fan of making your own theme, you can use the nifty Find Themes website to pick one that suits your needs. While I have built many a WordPress theme from scratch, on this site, I tend to try out different themes other people have made so that I can learn more about the whole process. Now that I’ve found Find Themes, you may be seeing the theme here change again very soon.
Yavin 4, 1930’s style
Eyes on the Prize
Target’s Nightmare: Credit Card Theft
Important Notice: unauthorized access to payment card data in U.S. stores.
I heard rumblings of this yesterday, and now it seems to be a reality. Worst credit card heist in history, they say. Thought you might wanna know!
I was unfortunate enough to have been to Target during the time period mentioned, so I’ll be ordering a new card ASAP.
Designing Snowflakes
WordPress 3.8 May Come Tomorrow
WordPress 3.8: New Features and What To Look Out For.
I’ve been using the MP6 plugin on this website for quite some time, and now it will be part of WordPress by default. It’s a good bit different from what you may be used to visually, but it is a much easier interface to use. I’m looking forward to it.
Troll level: Expert
Man doing sign language at Mandela memorial was a fake.
“He was basically gesturing. He didn’t follow any of the grammatical rules and structure of the language. He just invented his signs as he went along,” said Delphin Hlungwane, an official South African sign language interpreter at DeafSA. “There was zero percent accuracy. He couldn’t even get the basics right. He couldn’t even say thank you.”