I have talked about human filters and my plan for digital curation. These items are the fruits of those ideas, the items I deemed worthy from my daily reading. These items are a combination of tech business news, development news and programming tools and techniques. You will note that some of the formatting has changed, and that is due to the change in my process. Formatting, and the information presented, is likely to change a bit as I develop my new process.

• An engine of destruction: The anatomy of a low-end Android phone
• Moto X vs. iPhone 5 vs. Galaxy S 4: By the numbers
• Bayesian Analysis of Normal Distributions with Python
• WordPress 3.6 “Oscar”
• I’m Really Tired. It’s A Good Thing.
• Pale Blue Dot | XKCD
• The Daily Six Pack: August 2, 2013
• Check out the Mars rover these two girls built in their garage
• Your Metrics Are Bad and Why “Data Driven” Isn’t Enough
• A rich new JavaScript code editor spreading to several Microsoft web sites
• OAuth of Fealty: Resignation beyond sorrow on the Facebook Platform and beyond
• Erlang for Java Developers
• An Introduction to Java 8 Compact Profiles
• Some More on Strangulation inside Tomcat
• ECMAScript 6 Modules: What Are They and How to Use Them Today
• The “Other” Interface: Atomic Design With Sass
• Entrepreneurship in the samurai tradition
• Double Shot #1171
• FBI Can Remotely Activate Android Smartphone And Laptop Mics, WSJ Reports
• How to take on a large Django project
• 10 Common Mistakes Java Developers Make when Writing SQL
• Dew Drop – August 2, 2013 (#1,598)
• Infrastructure upgrades with Chef

I hope you enjoy today’s items, and please participate in the discussions on those sites.