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NYT and Lost Friends

Posted Jan 29, 2003

I'm mentioned in the New York Times for the second time this month, this time in an article from Thursday's Circuits section that covers my Lost Friends page, with a couple relevant quotes from me. Honestly, I'm not a media whore; they contacted me. (Thanks for the head's up, Paul.)

You might remember the author's last column, the first offline mention of Matt Haughey's Ticketstubs project. The "Everyone I've Ever Known" site in the current column was the subject of a Metafilter thread a few weeks ago, and her other columns have also covered subjects that were first posted to Metafilter. Do you have an account there, Pamela?

Waxy Links

May 24, 2013

Jay Silver's TED talk on turning everyday objects into computer interfaces — the creator of Makey Makey, which I highly recommend (via)

Steven Universe pilot — Rebecca Sugar, the artist behind Adventure Time's best songs, starts her own show

The Lonely Island's "Semicolon" — catchy parody of hashtag rap

The Girl Who Turned to Bone — how rare diseases are now treated, and how people support each other online (via)

May 23, 2013

Daily Dot on the pre-history of Tumblr — interviews with the guys behind anarchaia and Projectionist

SIGGRAPH's technical papers 2013 preview — someone show these people how to use Kickstarter

Planet Online — the modern web meets early 1990s children's toy commercials

How does copyright work in space? — Hatfield negotiated a license directly with Bowie, but it's otherwise complicated

Limits & Demonstrations — standalone minigame set in the world of Kentucky Route Zero (via)

Google Poetics — common human search queries as poetry (via)

Jessica Hische on typography — great overall primer for selecting type

It's Not About the Nail — "stop trying to fix it" (via)

LEGO's full-scale X-Wing model arrives in Times Square — a 42:1 scale LEGO model of a LEGO model of a model

May 22, 2013

Computer Beach Party — so bad it's good; don't miss Jason Scott's great backstory and interview with the director

ROM CHECK FAIL — after five years, Farbs' classic retro gaming mashup ported to Flash

Indie developers can't self-publish on the Xbox One — giving in to pressure from partners?

NYT asks Scroll Kit developer not to use their name — asking him to take down the assets is fine, but this is overreaching

Face morphing mirror at Maker Faire — simple idea, great effect

Soylent, the post-food drink, raises $230k in a day — his blog is fascinating and, of course, there's a subreddit

Amazon introduces Kindle Worlds, official licensing for fanfic — John Scalzi notes that Amazon gets exclusive copyright and licensors can use your new elements without compensation

The History of YouTube by the Gregory Brothers — on YouTube's eight birthday

May 21, 2013

Google Glass through a toddler's eyes — reminds me of Among the Sleep with Oculus Rift support

Newsblur redesigns — my pick for a worthy Google Reader successor

You Must Escape — clever echolocation game mechanic, second place in Ludum Dare 26

Dictionary of Numbers — Chrome add-on puts large numbers into human terms (via)

May 20, 2013

Flickr launches major redesign with 1TB free space, new apps — looking pretty great

Marco Arment on the Tumblr acquisition — great early personal history of Tumblr

May 19, 2013

Yahoo approves Tumblr acquisition for $1.1B — the community isn't taking it well; let's hope Yahoo learned from their first billion-dollar mistake

May 17, 2013

Doodal — now you're doodling with portals

Bret Victor on drawing dynamic visualizations — I really wish Bret would independently release some of his work as products

NYT and Lost Friends

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