{"id":7686,"date":"2013-04-26T09:03:32","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T14:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/openmatt.org\/?p=7686"},"modified":"2019-02-26T12:43:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:43:59","slug":"hotlist-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/hotlist-5\/","title":{"rendered":"16 awesome (and awful) things on the web this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Another collection of amazing things on the web, lovingly gathered by the Webmaker community in our weekly <\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Webmakers\/Community_Calls\">community call<\/a>. What&#8217;s the coolest thing you saw on the web this week? Let us know&#8230; <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/mail.mozilla.org\/listinfo\/memes\">on our &#8220;memes&#8221; newsgroup<\/a>. memes [at] mozillafoundation [dot] org<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>at the start of each weekly <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Webmakers\/Community_Calls\">Mozilla Webmaker call<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>as comments to this post.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"White House Science Fair\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/22\/makerparty2013\/\"><strong>The White House Science Fair<\/strong>.<\/a> Mozilla Webmaker goes to Washington to launch <a title=\"Maker Party 2013\" href=\"https:\/\/www.webmaker.org\/en-US\/party\/\">Maker Party 2013<\/a>. (Can someone auto-tune or Popcorn this Obama clip, please?)<!--more--><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Javier Aguera interview\" href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/entrepreneur\/2013\/04\/22\/javier-aguera-geeksphone-video-interview\/\">Geekphone<\/a><\/strong>. 16-year-old Javier Aguera started Geekphone, which is now <a title=\"Geekphone Firefox OS phone sales link\" href=\"http:\/\/shop.geeksphone.com\/en\/\">selling smart phones <\/a>that run Firefox OS.<\/li>\n<li>How to knit a <a title=\"Knitted Firefox Cover for your phone\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mnmo\/fox_costume\">Firefox costume<\/a> for your Firefox OS phone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crocheted Firefox Phone Cover\" src=\"http:\/\/marcmthompson.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/firefoxcover.jpg?w=300&amp;h=300\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/kevintang\/10-perfectly-paired-songs-gifs\">Buzzfeed does a post made entirely of Popcorn videos<\/a><\/strong>. 10 perfectly paired songs with animated GIFs.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Lego School!\" href=\"http:\/\/m.guardian.co.uk\/education\/2013\/apr\/22\/lego-school-building-learning\"><strong>Lego school<\/strong>. <\/a>Using Lego to teach critical thinking and logic. Wouldn\u2019t you have loved this as a kid?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lego School, Denmark\" src=\"http:\/\/marcmthompson.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/lego-school-010.jpg?w=300&amp;h=180\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Learn how to <a title=\"Fix your gadgets for free\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ifixit.com\/\">fix your own gadgets<\/a> for free<\/strong>. This site shows you how everyday gadgets, how to fix them, and where to find the parts.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Make Blocks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.makeblock.cc\/\">Make Blocks<\/a><\/strong>. Design your own robot and they\u2019ll build it for you. Check the download section for a complete part selection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align: center\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Google Case Study\" href=\"http:\/\/is.gd\/Uq9S4H\">Google I\/O elucidated<\/a><\/strong><b>.<\/b> &#8220;A series of mobile-first experiments and games focusing on touch interactions, generative audio and the joy of discovery. Inspired by the potential of code and the power of play.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/instrument.github.io\/google-io-2013\/article\/home.gif\" width=\"461\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Verbasizer.&#8221;<\/strong> David Bowie developed a <a title=\"App.... App...App... Magic App... App.... App\" href=\"http:\/\/gnoetrydaily.wordpress.com\/2010\/09\/15\/other-tools-more-about-verbasizer\/\">text remixing app<\/a> in the 90s to help create lyrics. (He used it to write \u201dDead Men Don\u2019t Talk.\u201d)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align: center\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportballsreplacedwithcats.com\/\">Sports Balls Replaced with Cats<\/a>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportballsreplacedwithcats.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"I got nothing\" src=\"http:\/\/marcmthompson.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/tumblr_mlq0oxuhjy1sny3y0o1_500.jpg?w=300&amp;h=246&amp;h=246\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anything + Cats = Meme<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Play Station Easter egg\" href=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/aBBGF\">Easter egg in mail from Playstation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"More then meets the eye!\" src=\"http:\/\/marcmthompson.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/ogsoey0.png?w=300&amp;h=145\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><a title=\"Acapella game themes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=4qwKCQ4M2Nw\">Acapella games themes<\/a> from <a title=\"Smooth McGroove's Youtube Page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SmoothMcGroove?feature=watch\">Smooth McGroove<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Dukope page\" href=\"http:\/\/dukope.com\/\">Lucas Pope\u2019s <\/a>beta of &#8220;Papers Please.&#8221; In this retro game, you play as an overworked, underpaid customs agent in the glorious people\u2019s republic of Arstotzka.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align: center\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"What its like to go online after 25 years in prison\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/opinion\/santos-getting-online-after-25-years-prison\/\"><strong>What It\u2019s Like to Get Online After 25 Years in Prison<\/strong>. <\/a>Michael Santos started his own web site while in prison by giving handwritten code to his wife. <em><\/em><em><\/em><em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>State of the web stuff:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"The Internet is Drowning\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/tristanlouis\/2013\/04\/20\/the-internet-is-drowing\/\">The Internet is Drowning<\/a><\/strong>. <em>Forbes<\/em> magazine: <em><\/em><em><\/em><em>\u201cFor 20 years the internet has been open and it is slowly drowning to death. Will you just stand by and let it die or will you dive in and help it out?\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"CISPA passes the house\" href=\"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail\/2013\/04\/23\/299884\/us-house-passes-cispa-online-spying-law\/\">CISPA online spying law<\/a><\/strong> passes the US House of Representatives. Not cool at all. It would give companies the right to spy on communications and submit customers\u2019 personal information to the federal government. More on this <a title=\"Cispa in limbo in senate\" href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/usa\/cispa-limbo-senate-apathy-294\/\">here <\/a>and <a title=\"White house threatens to veto CISPA in current form\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2417849,00.asp\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CISPA\" alt=\"cispa\" src=\"http:\/\/57un.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/cispa.jpg?w=498&amp;h=729&amp;h=438\" width=\"398\" height=\"350\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another collection of amazing things on the web, lovingly gathered by the Webmaker community in our weekly community call. What&#8217;s the coolest thing you saw on the web this week? Let us know&#8230; on our &#8220;memes&#8221; newsgroup. memes [at] mozillafoundation &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/hotlist-5\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[378228],"tags":[343077],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7686"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}