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Movie Monad is a Simple Linux Video Player Built with Haskell
▻http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/12/movie-monad-simple-linux-video-player-haskell

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Movie Monad is a simple GTK video player for Linux. Admittedly you probably aren’t on the hunt for a new video player (what with there being plenty of players already available) but it never hurts to be aware of options. And Movie Monad, which is written in Haskell and uses GTK and Gstreamer, ticks the deliciously […] This post, Movie Monad is a Simple Linux Video Player Built with Haskell, was written by Joey Sneddon and first appeared on OMG! Ubuntu!.

A Linux File Manager Built Using Electron
▻http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/08/jumpfm-electron-file-manager

We’ve written about plenty of Electron apps, from music players to e-mail clients, code editors and chat tools — but the following tool the first Electron file manager we’ve come across! It’s called JumpFM and it’s described as a ‘minimalistic dual pane file manager for Linux’. The developer of the app cites fman, a cross-platform Qt file manager, and Exa, a terminal tool that […] This post, A Linux File Manager Built Using Electron, was written by Joey Sneddon and first appeared on OMG! Ubuntu!.

The Most Insane Lego Machine I’ve Ever Seen
►http://gizmodo.com/5944472/the-most-insane-lego-machine-ive-ever-seen

Built in his house by Lego genius Akiyuki over the course of two years, for a total of 600 hours of construction time, the machine has staggering dimensions: 17 modules that process 500 balls for a length of 101.7 feet (31 meters) at a rate of one ball per second. The total size is 5 by 21 feet (1.5 meters by 6.5 meters).

But this is not just about its crazy size. It’s about what this thing does. The modules are pure genius. Some of them should have their own video, like the archimedes screw or the basket shooter.

►http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sUtS52lqL5w#