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Space Ghost Kid
Posted Jun 10, 2003
March 12, 2010
8-Bit Austin
— I think I'll use this map to get to Datapop 2010
March 11, 2010
Preview of Sword & Sworcery EP for the iPhone
— looks unlike anything I've ever seen
Sitby.us
— essential iPhone-optimized site for SXSWi session planning
Danc on the release of Ribbon Hero
— turning Microsoft Office into a game, with competition against your friends
(via)
March 10, 2010
"Play" by David Kaplan and Eric Zimmerman
— avatars as Russian nested dolls
(via)
Chatroulette Map
— I think I'd rather not know, thanks
(via)
Steamshovel Harry
— not sure how I missed this one last year, metagaming with music by Brad Sucks
El Fin Del Mundo by Alberto González Vázquez
— there's so much I love about this, I can't quantify it all
(via)
March 9, 2010
Wired Reread, blogging the best ads from '90s-era Wired
— also, the complete SPIN archives are on Google Books
Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg perform Lazy Sunday live
— for the first time, backed by The Roots
Adam Savage's pursuit of the perfect Blade Runner gun replica
— related: his quest for the perfect replica Maltese Falcon and dodo skeleton
The Panic Status Board
— the instant feedback made work more game-like
March 8, 2010
Valve ports game library and Steam service to Mac
— Portal 2 will be released for Mac simultaneously with PC, along with "all of our future games"
Maciej Ceglowski on the discovery, loss, and rediscovery of the cure for scurvy
— fascinating story of bad science and the unintended effects of new information
March 7, 2010
8-Bit NYC, Brett Camper's videogame map of New York
— he's using Kickstarter to expand to 15 other cities worldwide
Sleep Is Death, Jason Rohrer's new conversational two-player game
— watch the slideshow for details; I just wish it was on the web instead
Obama appoints Edward Tufte to advise on stimulus transparency
— "Maybe I'll learn something."
PS22 Chorus sings Phoenix's Lisztomania
— I love how expressive they are
Echo Nest and SCHED's guide to SXSW Music
— very nicely done, uses Echo Nest's recommendation engine
GameInformer's Portal 2 exclusive cover story
— scans, since it's not on GameInformer's site yet; Valve hired the TAG: The Power of Paint team right out of Digipen
March 5, 2010
Cal Henderson on gaming probability in World of Warcraft
— he's collected 118 pets, some of which only drop 1 in 10,000 attempts
March 4, 2010
LiveJournal rewrites outbound links with affiliate codes
— looks like the regex was a bit greedy
NYT on Chinese "human-flesh search engines"
— very similar to the H+ article on the topic from last year
YouTube launches auto-captioning for all videos
— a free, automated audio transcription service based on YouTube should be viable now
OK Go's "This Too Shall Pass"
— Rube Goldberg machine built by Synn Labs in Los Angeles
Roger Ebert starts subscription service
— $4.99 for a year, goes up to $5.00 on April 1
March 2, 2010
Yelp's official response to the business extortion accusation
— nicely lays out the case against the conspiracy theories
2:38 PM
LOST IT HARD AT WORK
2:38 PM
Oh jeez, lol.
2:49 PM
We have a winner!
5:22 PM
IT even has the beginining of the basketball game at the end!!!
7:02 PM
So have we found the Space Ghost Kid yet? Who's doing the interview? Who's coordinating the fund raiser?
This guy obviously needs a Tablet PC.
9:21 PM
Gee, is he going to sue too?
10:07 PM
yet another reason I love cartoon network
10:53 PM
God, Adult Swim is seriously the best thing on TV. I didn't know Andy Merrill was this talented!
7:40 AM
HAHA! Excellent work.
Say, I've heard there are plenty of remixes of the SWK on the net ... something with Frank Sinatra music, something w/ Roy Orbison etc ... does anyone know where those are located?
8:25 AM
Some Fan dedicated an entire site to him. How big is the Star Wars Kid going to get?
2:39 PM
http://thehub.getduffed.com has one with some music put to it, its kinda funny
12:41 PM
I like to sniff dirty cats.
And yes, Adult Swim rules.
7:16 PM
I heard a few weeks ago they showed the Star Wars Kid on the big scoreboard at Pac Bell Park in San Francisco when the Giants played the Diamondbacks.
8:39 AM
This guy is totally crazy!! I love the way you guys made him look so funny. I wish I could do something so stupid to make me money!
11:46 AM
hhahaha! funny as fuck!
7:17 AM
So did the SWK get the money/loot or not?
7:47 AM
I'll post an update a little later this week all about it.
9:13 AM
Ann, I visited your site and it was phenomenal! :)
9:23 AM
funny.. make him a hero as I doubt he will sue anyone.
9:15 PM
That wa definately the ebst I've seen. I love Space Ghost and Adult Swim and all that good stuff, its just perfect.
10:47 AM
videos
10:48 AM
http://www.jedimaster.net
6:20 AM
Did you post that update yet?
11:16 AM
Petition to get SWK in Episode III:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Ghyslain/petition.html
12:27 AM
Does anyone know where I could download the Space Ghost Kid in an mpeg format?