What to read this weekend

• Can you turn algae sludge into shoes? There is one company that thinks so.
• No one should use software that runs slow. That’s why we need fast software, which makes it a good software, argues Craig Mod.
• Remember John Allen Chau, the American missionary who was killed in a remote island in the Bay of Bengal? Here is what really happened.
• Who can’t hate Big Papi? Even this Yankees fan can’t dislike the Red Sox slugger. So, why was David Ortiz shot in his native Dominican Republic? Was it mistaken identity, or is there something more sinister? Sports Illustrated tries to find out and gets even more confused.“
• How Scorned Women and a Casanova Cop Caught L.A.’s ‘Dine-and-Dash Dater.’” This is so good.

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