TECH

[|Bathed in smog--Beijing's pollution could cut 5 years off lifespan, expert says]

[|100 Skills Every Man Should Know: The Instructions (With Videos!)]

[|You Need To Learn How To Program--Make a free weekly coding lesson your New Year’s resolution.]

[|Catchphrase Executioner-Bad sex jargon, horrible “occupy” jokes, and other terrible things we said this year.]

NYT: [|As Facebook Aims at Millions of Users, Some are Content to Sit Out]

NYT: [|Online Learning, Personalized--Khan Academy Blends Its YouTube Approach with Classrooms]

NYT:[| Software that Listens for Lies]

[|Google Translate: It Already Speaks as Well as a 10-Year-Old. How Good Can it Get?]

[|How cellphone cameras shape OWS] These videos have helped protesters create their own narratives and hold the police accountable

[|Make a Matchstick Rocket]

[|From Dung Power to Solar Power--How billions without electrical access will benefit from clean energy.]

[|Scientists Turn Brain Activity Into Moving Images]--U.C.-Berkeley researchers tap into technology that may one day allow for rewatching your dreams.

[|Attention Must Be Paid--How the Internet is changing how people listen.] Interesting example of a definition paper.

[|How to light steel on fire]

[|Not Sharing Is Caring--Facebook's terrible plan to get us to share everything we do on the Web.]

[|Is Netflix As Dumb As It Seems?The strange logic of the company's decision to divide itself in half.]

[|Who Killed 3-D]? A box-office whodunit.

[|Great Social Networks Steal--In praise of Facebook's thievery.]

[|In a Race to Out-Rave, 5-Star Web Reviews Go for] $5

[|Are There Hidden Messages in Pronouns? James Pennebaker says computers reveal secret patterns.]

[|Who's Afraid of Digital Natives? Let's not get intimidated by kids and their Internet savvy.]

[|Salman Khan, Founder of Khan Academy--His folksy lectures are revolutionizing how kids learn math and science.] [] []

[|Print vs. Online--The ways in which old-fashioned newspapers still trump online newspapers.]

[|How to Beat the High Costs of Dialing Abroad]

[|Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade]

[|All the President's Memes--Why Obama gets so much love on the Internet.]

[|A soothing voice can change your hormones…but a text message won’t]

[|Being Tony Plush--Finding redemption through Nyjer Morgan's gentleman alter ego.]

Get a Room! [|Is Airbnb a fad, or will it revolutionize the way you travel]?

[|Internet Use Affects Memory, Study Finds]

[|Speaking Up in Class, Silently, Using Social Media]: A small but growing cadre of educators is trying to exploit Twitter-like technology to enhance classroom discussion.

[|Now you can buy groceries using augmented reality, in South Korean subway stations]

[|Google unveils next social network feat] [|Google+ faces uphill climb vs. Facebook]

[|Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts.]: NY Times op-ed.

[|Basic Technology Made Easier, Volume One - _ State of the Art] [|25 More Tech Tips and Tricks]: Another batch of tech tips to save you time and effort. [|Four Ways to Make Your Battery Last Longer]: How to make your iPhone battery last a lot longer? About a minute of maintenance. [|Pogue's Posts]: The latest in technology from the Times’s David Pogue, with a new look.

Cloud Girlfriend: [|I’m Not Real, but Neither Are You]