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The Flag of Equal Marriage is an evolving protest flag for equal marriage rights in the US. It includes one star for each state which recognizes and performs same-sex marriages. We want to see the Flag of Equal Marriage with all 50 stars lit up to match the American flag.

These are brilliant.

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In your iTunes End User License Agreement:

You also agree that you will not use these products for any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, the development, design, manufacture or production of nuclear, missiles, or chemical or biological weapons.

It’s amazing how many things I miss in these license agreements.

Much respect Chicago.

Kickstarter’s headed to the Great White North.

A 77-year-old Boston Bruins fan has revealed that the team gave her tickets for life when she said she couldn’t afford them anymore.

Great story.

Dan and Jim discuss Jim’s review of OS X Mavericks and they get into the overall design, the iCloud Keychain, iWork, and the Calendar. Later they discuss Windows 8.1 updates and talk about the changes to the Xbox One policies. Afterwards they get into their current favorite acoustic guitars, the therapeutic effects of strumming versus picking, their early experiences learning guitar, and more.

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I must have these bottles.

Jim Dalrymple (The Loop) and Tom Hall (DOOM, Commander Keen) join Moisés to talk about the future of TV, content, and connected devices in the context of WWDC, E3, and how we like to consume content. Featured interview: Acorn Media VP of Digital Jen Linck.

Many of us were too tired of the short, bloggy content that often tasted like a day old popcorn left outside on the porch. We all yearned for a deeply reported, insightful and contextual and nuanced bit of writing. And thus began the long form resurgence. It is enjoyable to read such pieces, but lately I am seeing a lot of stories that long form, because long form is new new thing to do.

Do anything because it’s the “new” thing is wrong. However, whether short blog posts or long form content, if it’s done well, it can be enjoyable.

Richard Matheson, acclaimed and prolific horror, fantasy and science fiction writer, has passed away at age 87.

Jeff La Grua, a former U.S. Marine, gathered these rules together from around the Web, updated them a bit and sent them to me. I like these rules very much.

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Important men’s grooming advice from a man with a thick, luxurious beard.

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Gizmodo:

it’s hard to imagine that iconic landmarks like the Golden Gate Bridge or the Empire State Building ever didn’t exist. In the same way we take these buildings and bridges for granted, we also rarely consider what cities were like before—or during—their construction.

These kinds of photos always fascinate me.

It’s funny to watch a Google employee try to tear Gruber down, especially when he totally misses the points Gruber was making.

This is just disturbing. He better hope he never comes around my daughter.

J Kenji Lopez-Alt offers tips on how to use a beer cooler to get your steak the perfect temperature inside.

If Apple was found guilty, it would “send shudders through the business community” by condemning the ordinary negotiations that companies undertake to enter new markets, the company’s lawyer, Orin Snyder, said on the last day of the trial.

“We submit a ruling against Apple on this record sets a dangerous precedent,” Snyder said.

We have some great articles in The Loop Magazine Issue 4, including a story from Greg Howard about some time he spent on the road with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes.

Brad McCarty talks about our unending thirst for technology; Steven Aquino looks at Accessibility and how it affects him; Dermot Daly on his first computer; Joe Rossignol talks about how sci-fi thoughts of how the world would work have become reality; and David Caolo talks about his first band and doing things for the love of it.

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The Loop Magazine has been updated fixing a items for users. Among the biggest changes is a fix for some international users that saw the app crash on launch; Issues and cover art will now download in the back; accessibility features have updated; and a number of performance improvements were made.

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Nobody touches my man roses.

Very sad, he was a great actor.

Stephen Hackett argues that Apple’s developer NDA is worse than useless because so many people ignore it, but still feels like he should honor it.