Courier Rising, Fox Falling, And Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.

Microsoft Patent Shows Off Awesome Project Microsoft Killed Already

Jesus, Microsoft, we were already crushed when you killed of Courier. Now you have to throw it back in our faces with the patents? You don’t really love me, Steve Ballmer. You just keep me hanging on. [Microsoft News]

China’s Cracking Down on Bloggers

In other news: China Is a Vastly Populous Country. China Holds a Massive Amount of US Treasuries. China Is Shaped Like a Whoopie Cushion. Other Obvious Things About China. [LA Times]

New, Smaller EV Chargers Should Be Relevant Right in Time for Newer, Smaller EV Chargers

This Japan-only prototype should be hitting US shores right about when you’re finally ready to plunk down a few thousand yen for that 2016 Nissan Leaf, by which point cars will be powered by our minds. [TechCrunch]

Fantastic Mr Fox

Bliss. Just bliss. Happy weekend, all. [DailyMail]

Left Behind is our daily collection of chaff things we didn’t think was quite good enough to post on its own, and why.