FTA: By analyzing a public data set called the “Death Master File,” which contains SSNs and birth information for people who have died, computer scientists from Carnegie Mellon University discovered distinct patterns in how the numbers are assigned. In many cases, knowing the date and state of an individual’s birth was enough to predict a person’s SSN.

Digg-like site for iPhone dev articles

SOAP client generator for Cocoa/Objective-C

Open-source firmware that enhances the video capabilities of the Canon EOS 5d Mark II (not that I gots one of them…)

I assume everybody (all three of you) are as transfixed by the goings-on in Iran as I am. Here's a paper that analyzes election data and finds support for the idea that the Ahmadinejad's faction stole the election. Obviously the Iranians didn't need the paper to see the plain truth.

Ah, nostalgia. Maybe things really were simpler back then.

Millenium Falcon: Wow, that took a long time, I bet
AT-AT with bride/groom figurines: Commenter got it right. Groom is Admiral Ackbar? IT'S A TRAP!

Cool live view of iTunes app store downloads, shown at WWDC

Not just any collection of pictures of diamond-shaped road signs. Don Knuth's collection of pictures of diamond-shaped road signs.

Opinions on XML parsers for the iphone

Is that Cameron's house? Yes, yes it is. I think they got the Ferrari out of the ravine, though. Bummer.

"It’s nowhere near what it will be, but OH MY TOASTY GOD, our government is now committed to making public data available in open formats to anyone who wants it. As if it were normal!" –David Weinberger, writing on http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/