Waxy.org is the sandbox of Andy Baio, an
independent journalist and programmer living in
Portland, Oregon. I created Congratulations to my good friend, Crazy Uncle Joe Utsler, for successfully impregnating his wife. Nice work, stud!
Virile Uncle Joe
Posted Aug 5, 2002
August 27, 2008
Larry Lessig on McCain's technology policy
— he argues McCain's taking a strong stance against Internet growth in the US
The inspiration behind Guns n' Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle"
— great origin story
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Introducing the Chinese to fortune cookies
— from the full article, "they always think it's contamination of some sort"
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iPhone password useless; allows full access to contacts, email, and web
— not mentioned: you can dial any number with the "Emergency Call" button
YouTube on letting copyright holders make money from infringing videos
— they're automatically detecting cam video; only 10% of detected videos are blocked by the rights-holder
August 26, 2008
Soulja Boy on getting his Myspace account hacked by 4chan
— they did it for the lulz
Aza Raskin on Mozilla's Ubiquity
— extremely powerful add-on, like Quicksilver for the whole web; more in the tutorial
The untold story of Lucasart's two cancelled Full Throttle sequels
— with concept art, sketches, and prototype screenshots
Rihanna takes on the Numa Numa song in T.I.'s "Live Your Life"
— this is the actual single, not a fan-made mashup; what's next, a duet with Tay Zonday?
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August 25, 2008
OpenTape, open-source Muxtape clone
— nicely designed but requires PHP hosting, ruling out most Muxtape users
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Brian "Boom Goes the Dynamite" Collins back on the air
— he's got a reporting job and he's improved since college, but that's not saying much
Aviary's How to Draw Anything in One Step
— step 1: draw a dog
Burning Man's Black Rock City on Flickr Maps
— nice implementation
X Girls Y Cups
— I'm going to pass on "7 girls 3 cups," thanks
AIGA designs a better ballot
— amazing how awful the original is; "Vote for Not More Than One (1)"
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Tris, free Tetris clone for iPhone, pulled over copyright claim
— it's hard to compete with free; will they C&D TetoTeto, too?
Hands On A Hard Body, full-length documentary from 1997
— 24 Texans compete in an epic endurance contest to win a truck, last one standing wins
August 24, 2008
10 Zen Monkeys interviews Mat Honan on "Barack Obama Is Your New Bicycle"
— great interview with the backstory and repercussions of the site
August 23, 2008
Approval Ratings: The Public vs. McCain
— fan-made campaign ad, which is way more effective than Obama's new negative ads
YouTube Comment Snob, Firefox extension hides idiotic comments
— customizable filter based on spelling errors, punctuation, and capitalization; the result is stark
Lenticular portraits of YouTube memes
— meme artifacts left behind in real-life places
Richard Nixon's Piano Concerto #1
— a story related to one of the best videos buried in that Metafilter post
Metafilter's collection of US presidential campaign commercials from 1958-1998
— use the play icons to watch the videos inline
MySQLGame, multiplayer database manipulation game
— very odd use of SQL statements as a proof-of-concept game UI
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August 22, 2008
Chromeo goes to Daryl Hall's house
— occasionally awkward but mostly awesome, I really love this format
Foxkeh Dance, celebrating 10 years of Hampsterdance and Mozilla
— could only be better if they used the original sound clip instead of the dance remix from 2000
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4:17 PM
It's a tough job, but somebody had to do it.
11:05 PM
And lord knows, none of my attempts succeeded. Congrats!
2:24 PM
I've reviewed your work Anil, and I have some diagrams I'd like to show you...
2:36 PM
That makes babies!?!?
I'm stopping RIGHT THE FUCK NOW.
10:29 AM
no way...you're telling me joe did it...with a girl? my money's on the aliens. this baby is gonna be an alien baby. trust me.