Waxy.org is the sandbox of Andy Baio, an
independent journalist and programmer living in
Portland, Oregon. I created This morning, Eliot was constantly flailing his arms around while lying in his playpen. It reminded me of Stan, the used-boat salesman from the Secret of Monkey Island:
Yeah, I'm a geek.
Eliot's Previously Owned Vessels
Posted Nov 12, 2004
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
7:02 AM
Stan was a great guy. Hehe what a game!
7:20 AM
how appropriate....
7:50 AM
Now Eliot needs a mini-sombrero!
9:45 AM
Yeah, it does look like a sombrero. This history of Stan shows that the designers had some difficulty figuring out exactly what's on his head.
10:55 AM
how about making a video that people all over the world can add cool graphics to, and whatnot
11:52 AM
I'm not sure my wife would approve of a lightsaber remix of our baby videos.
12:04 PM
man taht was like the first game i ever played i need tod/l that somewhere
12:26 PM
"Danger, danger! My arms are flailing wildly!"
Random freak-outs are one of the best things about kids.
11:32 PM
real quick anyone know a site where i could d/l the game i remember it and the second one being packaged with a promo deal for pc gamer im sure they cant be that hard to find tried p2p and got nothin' thx
12:33 PM
Matt, you could try a site called The Underdogs (I won't post a link, it might be considered dodgy).
Haha, God I love Monkey. SCUMM was the best thing my 386 ever saw.
3:38 PM
You won't find it on the Underdogs, because Monkey Island was a smash hit. The Underdogs is only for games that fell beneath the radar, and deserved a wider audience.
The complete Monkey Island series is available for only $30 directly from LucasArts. Well worth the money.
4:16 PM
SoMI is my favorite game of all time. Its phenomenal sountrack still holds up. I should make a CD or something...
1:58 AM
"Guybrush Threepwood? What kind of name is that?"
"Well what's your name?"
"Mancomb Seepgood."
I'm pretty sure it's not a sombrero. Looks like a tri-cornered hat thems used to wear back in the ancient times of pirates and ninjas and whatnot.
5:13 AM
Actually, the Mac version is on The Underdogs. Here it is.
1:27 PM
Heh, your Stanimation goes well with track #4 of Hip Hoptera.
6:07 AM
Anothert Stanimation
10:09 AM
Yeah, Eliot needs a mini-sombrero!
4:26 PM
Awww this totally cracked me up (and wouldn't have, as much, four months ago). I know exactly what you mean! (OK, I'm a little behind on reading here, but y'know I've got a lot of arm flailing to keep up with.)
11:32 PM
Stan! haha, takes me back to my childhood... spent mindlessly playing video games
funny how somethings always stay the same...