Waxy.org is the sandbox of 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 3, 2009
Brandon Boyer on Treasure World, DS game that turns wifi hotspots into collectible treasure
— to play the game, you have to explore the real world
TweetCraft, in-game Twitter client for World of Warcraft
— supports uploading screenshots with TwitPic
(via)
Augmented reality iPhone London tube station finder
— I really could've used this last week
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Sour's "Hibi no Neiro," crowdsourced music video
— choreographing 64 fans with webcams
(via)
Slate's Chris Wilson tracks 10,000 random YouTube URLs for 30 days
— 3% hit 1,000 views, more than I would've expected
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Pinboard, Maciej Ceglowski's lightweight del.icio.us clone
— on the roadmap: "Get acquired by Yahoo and slowly grow useless"
Donkey Kong easter egg discovered 25 years later
— created by DadHacker and discovered by Don Hodges, two of my favorite gaming nerds
Newspaper Club
— building a customizable newspaper printing service in 60 days; they're using InDesign as the backend
Kevin Kelly's Death Clock in Futurama
— this might seem morbid to some, but I find it inspiring
July 2, 2009
Paul Lamere's Coolness Index
— are female singers uncool?
Kickstarter's Big Day
— 13 projects ended on July 1, raising an average 188% of their goals
Anil Dash on Malcolm Gladwell's criticism of Chris Anderson's Free
— I read through Gladwell's New Yorker piece twice, and the arguments seem petty and off base
72-year-old retired boxer beats up knife-wielding knucklehead
— the inane Facebook photos make this story even more delicious
July 1, 2009
Pez sues Burlingame Museum of Pez for copyright infringement
— so disappointing
RIAA wins lawsuit against Usenet.com
— judge rules Betamax case doesn't apply; every other Usenet provider is next
June 30, 2009
EveryBlock releases source code
— it was a requirement of their funding from the Knight Foundation
Hype Machine detects cheating on charts, names names
— one of the bands responds in the comments and gets schooled by Anthony
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Ze Frank on black, white, and shades of green
— I'm loving this series
China bans gold farming, real-world sale of virtual goods
— Eurogamer estimates 1 million Chinese gold farmers with worldwide trade worth more than US$10 billion annually
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The Pirate Bay sold to publicly-traded Swedish gaming company
— Brokep's statement is delusional; being acquired will almost certainly kill the site
Michael Rubin's "Droidmaker" book now available for free download!
— authoritative 518-page history of Lucasfilm, the creation of Pixar, and much more
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June 29, 2009
Jason Rohrer interviewed about "selling out" to make iPhone and ad games
— he recently switched from free, open-source games; also, EA claims Spielberg's LMNO isn't cancelled
How the NYT kept their reporter's Taliban kidnapping off Wikipedia for seven months
— they collaborated with Jimmy Wales directly to freeze the entry; NPR asks if it was ethical
(via)
David Fincher may direct Facebook film, adapted by Aaron Sorkin
— possibly starring Michael Cera or Shia LaBeouf as Zuckerberg; this sounds familiar
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Quarrygirl's undercover investigation of non-vegan ingredients used at L.A.-area vegan restaurants
— outstanding blog reporting, with industrial food testing from 17 different restaurants and research into suppliers
June 28, 2009
James Barnett's oil paintings of landscapes from video games
— looking at the paintings, I felt like I'd actually visited those locations in real-life
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WSJ interviews Brenda Brathwaite about "Train," a board game about the Holocaust
— not all games need to be fun
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June 27, 2009
How Rob Manuel accidentally started a Michael Jackson moonwalk flashmob
— I'm in London right now, and I've seen several massive vigils and tributes on the streets
(via)
Top teams join forces to win Netflix Prize
— check the leaderboard for the first score to break the 10% improvement threshold
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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...