Scott Hanselman

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• Amazing fake London Underground signs. Someone put a lot of effort into these.
• Powerful split-composite photos showing relatives as one individual. The power of genetics.
• A dad dresses his 5 year old to recreate photos of the Old Masters like Vemeer and Rembrandt. Brilliant.
• The 2014 Gates Annual Letter is out. Take some time and really dig into this one.
• John Schneider's father died. These photos captured how he felt just hours after he learned.
• Preme is a utility that promises to speed up how you switch windows on Windows. I'm not sure how I feel about the wacky UI, but it has some powerful ideas!
• Newsflash - Bitcoins can be income and income is taxable. Duh.
• You think you're a geek? Real geeks build their own test labs and personal clouds in their houses with their own money.
• This woman filmed her self for 100 days as she set out to lose weight.
• The new Ms. Marvel comic has a Muslim Pakistani-American teenager, the first Muslim character to star in a monthly solo series at Marvel.
• This really should be the only thing you are referring to when you say, "Big Data".
• Unblock US is a clever way to access content that may be blocked outside your geographic area.
• @BlackGirlsCode wins first place and $50,000 grant in the AzureDev community campaign
• Check out my new "What's new in Windows 8.1 - The Missing Instruction Manual" youtube playlist.
• How to speed up iOS 7 on an older device.
• Someone bought Douglas Adams's Mac IIfx and almost didn't realize it.
• Want a Nest? You could always build your own thermostat with Open Source.
• On finding a low-memory browser.
• Could we use the Internet to find out of there are any Time Travellers living amongst us?
• How hard could it be to correctly emulate a SNES with today's hardware?
• There is no way I'm going to climb Mt. Hua Shan. No way.
• Do you delete email for a living? Sure you do. Here's your new Resume.
• The LEGO Simpsons house is coming. Yes, I've already preordered.
• If you fall asleep while in the presence of President Obama, this is what will happen. You have been warned.

Scott Hanselman

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About Scott

Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.

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