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Two slots just opened up for the balance of June on our advertising network, The Deck. We’ll do a nice price for an advertiser who can pull the trigger quick.

This is the ad network used by The Loop.

Today, consumers, businesses and schools use Google Apps to get stuff done from anywhere, with anyone and on any device. Quickoffice has an established track record of enabling seamless interoperability with popular file formats, and we’ll be working on bringing their powerful technology to our Apps product suite.

Mat Honan drops some knowledge about the latest Facebook idiocy making the rounds.

Donating your old discs to CDSweep will help advance cutting-edge scientific research into the causes and treatment of autism and provide the fast-growing number of affected individuals with the gift of hope. You can even request that your CDs be digitized and sent back to you as MP3s for free.

The Atlantic:

Of all the noises that my children will not understand, the one that is nearest to my heart is not from a song or a television show or a jingle. It’s the sound of a modem connecting with another modem across the repurposed telephone infrastructure. It was the noise of being part of the beginning of the Internet.

Thanks to Daring Fireball for the link.

Headed to WWDC next week? Leave your business cards at home for shimming tables. Take Meechu with you on your iPhone and connect to all the cool people you meet quickly and easily. When you meet someone, open Meechu and … Continued

The latest comic from Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of Tech.

Ryan’s son Tyler missed school to see his dad introduce the president, so Obama wrote him what just may be the best absence note ever collected by a 5th grader. Try punishing the kid for truancy now.

A look at the process behind the design of the user interface for the computers in The Avengers, along with the tools of the trade.

Imagine being RIM and your office is located on Innovation Dr.

I’d like to thank iStorage for sponsoring this week’s RSS feed on The Loop.

The ultimate file manager for iOS. Connect, browse and edit your files in the cloud.

A look at how Facebook turns your personal “Likes” into ads.

For people with mild OCD we’re always trying to make sure the volume level is set at an even number – say 14 or 28. Some people need it to feel even “more even” at 10 or 20.

It’s amazing how many times we do this — set the volume based on a number instead of how it sounds. But what happens when your new car doesn’t show you the volume level?

Steve Jobs’ six appearances at the D: All Things Digital conferences have been compiled and are now available for download as video or audio podcasts.

Dan and Jim read the tea leaves from Tim Cook’s D10 interview. They also discuss Facebook phone rumors, guitar pedalboards, and more!Sponsored by KAYAK, Sourcebits, and MailChimp.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation calls iOS a “crystal prison.” Ridiculous.

A very nice Apple-like product.

Brent Simmons looks at the way Web sites display ads and how it relates to Facebook.

I definitely want this.

Facebook’s stock value took another slide in Tuesday trading as investors bet on the stock’s future performance.

24/7 Wall Street:

For the second year in a row, 24/7 Wall St. examined the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s report on life satisfaction in the developed world. Economic prosperity, health and a strong social support network continue to correspond highly with happiness. Once again, the United States fails to make the top 10 happiest nations in the world, while countries like Australia, Israel and all of the Scandinavian nations do.These are the happiest countries in the world.

Before you read the article, take a guess where the US falls in the list.

Ultimate file manager for iOS. Connect, browse and edit your files in the cloud.

CNET:

On May 27, 1937, a brand new bridge opened to the public for the first time. Connecting San Francisco to its northern neighbor, Marin County, the new bridge — controversial at the time — became one of the most photographed man-made projects in history. The Golden Gate Bridge is now a worldwide icon, and this Sunday, it turns 75.

We usually hate slideshows but there are some fantastic pictures of the beautiful Golden Gate Bridge included here.

Smithsonian:

Chicken is the ubiquitous food of our era, crossing multiple cultural boundaries with ease. With its mild taste and uniform texture, chicken presents an intriguingly blank canvas for the flavor palette of almost any cuisine. Long after the time when most families had a few hens running around the yard that could be grabbed and turned into dinner, chicken remains a nostalgic, evocative dish for most Americans. When author Jack Canfield was looking for a metaphor for psychological comfort, he didn’t call it “Clam Chowder for the Soul.”How did the chicken achieve such cultural and culinary dominance?

An interesting, if not very detailed, look at how the chicken became such a staple of our diets.