Waxy.org is the sandbox of Andy Baio, an
independent journalist and programmer living in
Portland, Oregon. I created The Transfiguration of Harold Maines is a documentary about a man with a dream: to become a horse. Not sure what to think about this, except that there must be a market for films catering to the human-equine transformation fetishists. At any rate, the trailer is very odd. (Hat tip to the sorely-missed Mister Pants.)
The Transfiguration of Harold Maines
Posted May 29, 2003
July 24, 2008
Amir's Super Mega Burn
— anonymity can turn anyone, even superfans, into superjerks in no time flat
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The Balcony Is Closed
— Roger Ebert on Gene Siskel and the end of "At the Movies"
The Onion's Random Roles with Teri Garr
— like Random Rules, this format teases out insights and anecdotes from interview subjects
July 23, 2008
Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'
— remarkably prescient article from January 2001
Jeffrey McManus runs the numbers on Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
— Joss Whedon himself confirmed the estimates were close
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QA Deathmatch
— bug reporting as a multiplayer game
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Fox News affiliate tries product placement with fake McDonald's iced coffees
— even if it's a morning show, this is a huge credibility hit and creates new conflicts of interest
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GameBridge, Jabber/XMPP bot for Z-Machine, MUSH, and other text games
— nice list of text adventures on the Jabber bot
I-Fluid, PC game pilots a water droplet through a kitchen
— with a nice be-bop soundtrack
July 22, 2008
43 Folders on iPhone security
— is the time saved for convenience worth the potential hassles of identity theft?
Baby's First Internet
— "It doesn't matter what you say, just publish it twelve times per day."
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July 21, 2008
Something Awful tries the 5-minute microwave chocolate cake recipe
— don't miss the handy microwaved huevos rancheros recipe
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July 20, 2008
Multiplayer Minesweeper
— brilliant collaborative game, but only takes one jackass to ruin everyone's fun
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Cliche Watch: Pushing over the Leaning Tower of Pisa
— many more in Pisa Pushers on Flickr
July 18, 2008
The Quirkbook
— Rands polls Twitter for everyone's odd quirks and mildly OCD mannerisms
Jane McGonigal on Werewolf at Foo Camp 2008
— ideal strategies, a sneaky all-villager variation, and the impact of the werewolf metaphor
Google interviews the creators of WarGames
— great trivia about the making of the film and its impact on tech culture
July 17, 2008
Logan Aube's Hockey Night theme
— Something Awful goons tweak an online contest with funny results
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July 16, 2008
Sean Tevis is running for Kansas State Representative, XKCD-style
— help a computer geek defeat the incumbent, a hard-right, anti-privacy Creationist; he's trying to get 3,000 to donate $9 each
How to Fake Being a Wine Snob
— there might be supertasters out there, but most people are just faking it
The Economist responds to Freakonomics co-author's pasty/pastry mixup
— tasty response to this original post
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Mike Arrington interviews Evan Williams at Foo Camp
— great interview; thoughtful questions and brimming with information, without the sensationalism
Rick Trooper
— The Empire rolls you.
Mocha VNC Lite, free VNC client for the iPhone
— link opens in iTunes; like others, I'm hoping an SSH client is next
Annalee Newitz on Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog
— exceeds the hype; the site's been down all day, so I just bought the season in iTunes for $3.99
July 15, 2008
The Sound of Young America Live interviews Ze Frank
— strange interview, but talks about the end of The Show and current projects; see also: Jay Smooth from Ill Doctrine
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Defender of the favicon
— staggering hack puts a playable Defender clone in your browser's 16x16 favicon; Firefox and Opera only
Twitter officially acquires Summize
— search.twitter.com is now live
July 14, 2008
Deep Note, the Guitar Hero bot
— it got 820k points and 98% playing Through the Fire and Flames; amazingly, some humans can still beat it, for now
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Unofficial RSS feed of newly-added App Store applications
— until Apple adds their own, I've been keeping tabs using this
8:39 AM
hey great site... i don't think this is a real "documentary"... its clearly a "mocumentary" (you can tell from the obvious 'sitcom' dialog and the fact that at the end of the trailer it even says "staring:..." the names of a bunch of actors but nobody named "Maines"...
pretty funny though... thanks for the link!
hm
7:14 PM
I believe!!!!!
7:12 AM
I am a Maines, I am one of seven. I have three sisters and three brothers. Both of our parents are gone. Our Dad killed himself with a gun, and our Mom died of bad lungs from smoking for thirty some odd years. She died in 1999 and Dad died in 1962. His name was Malvin Maines, and Mom's name was Marion Rager, Maines.
5:41 PM
I am the director/creator of "The Transfiguration of Harold Maines". I would be happy to discuss this film and the ideas behind it if anyone is interested. Thank you to the host of this site for the link to our website.
Jared W. Johnson
10:56 AM
I hope they come out with Harold Maines for Playstation 2.
7:21 PM
We'll definitely have to work on that. It could be like a Mario Bros. where you chase mushrooms around. Eat enough and you become a horse!
12:49 PM
What future projects can we expect from Midsummer movies? And what's up with that lady up above? Does she think this is a genealogy site or is she connected with the movie somehow?