Waxy.org is the sandbox of I added a miniblog to my site, which will be a list of interesting links as I find them. Subscribe to the RSS feed, if you like. If you like this blogging style, Cameron posted many other great examples.
Low-Threshold Miniblog
Posted Oct 9, 2003
May 24, 2013
Jay Silver's TED talk on turning everyday objects into computer interfaces
— the creator of Makey Makey, which I highly recommend
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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
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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
Google Poetics
— common human search queries as poetry
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Jessica Hische on typography
— great overall primer for selecting type
It's Not About the Nail
— "stop trying to fix it"
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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
May 20, 2013
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
4:18 PM
I like it! Thanks.
4:19 PM
I also like it... however, are you going to have comments like many other miniblogs?
4:22 PM
I don't think so. I don't expect much discussion about the links, since they're so fast and furious. Plus, most people will probably just visit them via RSS instead of from my homepage.
10:19 AM
like the miniblog, however safari displays it odd for me. for some reason i think you're a mac guy, so maybe this is just a problem on my end? great work.
1:40 PM
Hey, Andy -- there's some display badness in Firebird 0.6 (Windows).
9:25 AM
it's all better now. thanks.
3:33 PM
I manage mine with MovableType, which works very well. No need for Javascript messiness.