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News Science

Panera’s Hidden Menu

Bookmark this in your head. If you must eat at a fast food joint, Panera Bread will sell you a salad or egg bowl that has no bread in it. How agnostic of them.

Access into Panera’s Hidden Menu :: Articles & Tips :: MyPanera

You may have heard of our Hidden Menu launch in New York City in November of last year. The biggest piece of feedback we received was around when the Hidden Menu would be available in all of our bakery-cafes. And since there’s no better way to celebrate the New Year than with you, our best customers, we’ll ring in the New Year together by expanding our Hidden Menu nation-wide – starting today.*

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Entertainment News

Everyone loves Minecraft

Here’s a cool video with kids explaining the Minecraft experience. It’s not surprising–Minecraft is generating lots of money.

Gamasutra – News – Video: Kids explain why they play Minecraft

A filmmaker manages to capture the unique, pure appeal Mojang’s Minecraft has for its younger players in less than two minutes. It’s an inspirational reminder that sometimes, uncomplicated fun is enough.

Mojang revenue hits $237 million in 2012

We already knew that 2012 was a particularly legit year for Minecraft maker Mojang, what with its principle product being purchased over 15 million times and everything, but now we have a better idea of what success like that translates to in dollars. Well, technically in krona and then translated again into dollars, but whatever.

Overall, Mojang’s revenue for 2012 tallied up at SEK 1.5 billion, or $237.84 million at current exchange rates, according to GamesIndustry’s translation of Swedish publicationIT24. Nearly half of that revenue (SEK 640 million/$101.48 million) was derived from the collection of license fees. Meanwhile, pre-tax profits were reported at SEK 580 million ($91.96 million), although no post-taxes/net income figures were provided.

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News Psychology

How to win friends an influence people most effectively

It’s simple: remind people of their freedom. Make you case and then add, “but you are free to choose for yourself.” This rings true to me as a father. An ultimatum, when I indulge in one, is likely to be met with resistance. If I manage to make a request that’s clearly optional, I’m much more likely to get what I want.

The One (Really Easy) Persuasion Technique Everyone Should Know

It’s supported by 42 studies on 22,000 people and it’s the easiest, most practical persuasion technique available.

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Entertainment News

CPA – “Whimsy”

I listened to this whole album and it’s pretty good.

Full Album Premiere: CPA (melodic punk) – “Whimsy”

Today we’re pleased to bring you an exclusive album premiere of California skate-punk act CPA and their new full-length album “Whimsy.”

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News Programming

Useful open source

Here are a few open source projects I stumbled on recently that I thought might be useful. I’ve been trying out ThinkUp because it might be useful to me in a way that was not intended by design. Rather than a reporting engine, it could be a stand-alone tool for pulling social data to be re-used on another Web site.

HybridAuth, Open Source Social Sign On PHP Library

HybridAuth enable developers to easily build social applications to engage websites vistors and customers on a social level by implementing social signin, social sharing, users profiles, friends list, activities stream, status updates and more.

ThinkUp: Social Media Insights Platform

With ThinkUp you’ll get the detailed insights you need to learn what’s working, and what you can do even better.

howler.js – Modern Web Audio Javascript Library – GoldFire Studios

Browsers have come a long way over the years, and we are now able to achieve amazing results using all of the great new technologies often referred to as HTML5. However, generally speaking, audio still sucks.  So, we decided to create our own library and open source it. This library works great for games, but it can work just as well for any other audio-related web app.

PieCrust — A static website generator and lightweight CMS.

PieCrust is a static website generator and lightweight CMS that’s all managed with text files. No complex setup, databases, or administrative panels. Simple, beautiful, and yummy.

Laravel – A Clean & Classy PHP Framework

Laravel is a clean and classy framework for PHP web development. Freeing you from
spaghetti code, Laravel helps you create wonderful applications using simple, expressive
syntax. Development should be a creative experience that you enjoy, not something that is
painful. Enjoy the fresh air.