18 Nov 2014

While you were sleeping

Edward H. Carpenter
The Vault
2 min readNov 19, 2014

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Last night on Twitter, I found the following items that may be of interest…

Newsworthy. Yesterday, @SwiftOnSecurity and @Spacekatgal got the ball rolling on rewriting the Barbie “I Can Be A Computer Engineer” story — #feministhackerbarbie — @cfiesler did an awesome remix version, and today, it’s a thing thanks to @kaflurbaleenclick here to add your ‘fix’ or check out the awesome user submitted improvements.

(Note that if you see a bunch of non-Barbie pictures? That’s the Dark Side hacking… And that’s why we can’t have nice things.) But you can help fight the power! Click the “Fix a Page” link on the site, and your rewrite will overwrite one of the lame spam images.

People. If you’re not following these folks, you might want to start: @kaflurbaleen, @cfiesler, @SwiftOnSecurity, @Spacekatgal, @DSSScience, @tonyrobbins, @photographnz, @vladchoc, @thereaIbanksy, @elsua, @zoezeitgeist, @PootDibou, @GirlGoneTravel.

Video. @DSSScience channelled their inner Mean Girls to explain why bad science and baseless innuendo have given aspartame a bad rap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYyLnxmQe38

Books. My Kindle auto-downloaded my pre-order of @tonyrobbins new book — I’ve just started reading, but have listened to a lot of podcasts and this one is going to be worth the price of admission. Already a #1 Best-Seller.

Philosophy.

https://twitter.com/photographnz/status/534177008100462592
https://twitter.com/vladchoc/status/534162198201765888

Destinations. So, I’m thinking Iberia just made the bucket list, thanks to @GirlGoneTravel.

https://twitter.com/GirlGoneTravel/status/534078457127653376/photo/1

Humanism. This is a long, but very worthwhile read; written for young women, but really applies to all ages and genders. Thanks, @PootDibou!

https://twitter.com/PootDibou/status/534803414614810628

Crowdfunding. Well, who couldn’t use one of these? And they just need 41 more peeps to get on-board. I’m in. Via @zoezeitgeist.

Infographics. Here’s one from @thereaIbanksy, via @elsua, whose title, “Chief Emergineer” is worth a follow all on its own…

https://twitter.com/thereaIbanksy/status/534547642135891968/photo/1

That it for today, folks! Sorry for the late post, getting ready to have guests over! That said, if you liked this post, please take a moment to click “Recommend” below, so that other readers can enjoy it too!

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Edward H. Carpenter
The Vault

Author, businessman, athlete, Marine officer, and world traveler. Likes rugby, reading, scuba-diving, and volunteer teaching. Hates liver and sea urchins.