A Czech developer built this speech synthesizer that runs right in your browser

Here are three links worth your time:

A Czech developer built this mouth synthesizer that runs right in your browser. Be sure to turn your sound on. (1 minute watch + interactive app)
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spent years and $10 million to put together a massive open dataset about US government spending, which he launched this morning (6 minute read)
Going from "What is Blockchain?" to building a blockchain, in less than an hour (7 minute read)

Thought of the day:

"I'm pretty much convinced that if you want a team to go fast, a feeling of momentum is more important than a sense of urgency." — Elisabeth Hendrickson