Feeder's Digest - June 24

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The NSA proof font

With all the recent talk about PRISM and the data governments have been collecting about individuals, many internet users are no doubt concerned about their privacy. But what if there was a way to prevent governments hi-tech software from reading what you write?

Designer and former NSA contractor, Sang Mun, had been thinking about creating "a disruptive typeface". The idea was to create a font that when read by text scanners, as used by government, the information contained would misdirect the scanners or provide no information at all.

Mun's font, called ZXX, takes it's name from Library of Congress codes that designate the language in which a book is written. ZXX means the material would contain 'No Linguistic Content'. A perfect name for a font that doesn't provide any usefull information.

ZXX can be downloaded from Mun's website.

Reporter gets tongue tied, swears on camera

It happens to the best of us. You're trying to say something and the words just don't come out.

That's exactly what happened to a local news reporter in the United States. Lindsay Nadrich, a reporter for KHQ Spokane, was presenting a story about strawberries when she got a little tounge tied.

Nadrich reacted by having a rant and swearing on camera. But somewhere in the editing process the rant was included in her final story.

But the question many are asking, is will she now be fired and then go on to make an appearance on Letterman like former News Anchor A.J Clemente.

Timelapse videos get the hyperlapse treatment

Everyone loves a good timelapse video. Filmmakers and news companies love to use them to illustrate a change in time.

But what happens when you mirror a timelapse video of your ride on a Japanese monorail?

Well Vimeo user darwinfish105 did just that, and the result is something akin to a scene from Star Wars.

How the pros might put their bikes on a car for transport

We've all seen people driving cars that have bicycles sitting ontop of the roof. But have you ever thought about how those bikes got there?

Presumably the everyday cyclist might lift the bike there. But what about the professionals?

Well professional cyclist Peter Sagan demonstrates in a YouTube video how he puts his bike on a car, and it's not exactly conventional.

P.S We do not recommend trying this at home.

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