Star Wars Kid, Redux
Posted May 22, 2006
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

Waxy.org is the sandbox of Andy Baio, an
independent journalist and programmer living in
Portland, Oregon. I created 
10:31 PM
I love it. The same zest as the original, but now with a better GUI and more data-destroying potential.
1:11 AM
Oh, mathowie, you lovable scamp.
1:38 PM
Ahhh-hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!
2:07 PM
Heheheheh
8:06 PM
HA!
5:33 PM
I thought thishadto do with the SWK getting an iBook.
4:47 AM
Haha! Reminds me of the scene from Arrested Development.
3:31 PM
Ok that is just stupid ok and what is he doing ok this is VEREY VEREY VEREY STUPID!!!!!!!! ok buh-byes and so long
11:04 PM
What the hell? Is this an ad for how tough the ibook is, or is this somebody that has kidnapped an ibook and showing it being abused?!?!?!
4:05 PM
So, in memory of a fallen former cow-orker, I'm featuring the Waxy.org links blog as one of our top picks this week (not like you need the recognition from me, or anything, but still).
Anyway, Bob (that being his name) really liked the original SW kid video, so I thought that posting a comment to this followup entry was kind of fitting.
Thanks -- Joe
1:54 PM
how is ghyslain?
did u ever find out what he did with the money?
i love him even tho i dont know him, i would love to have a chat with him sometime even though he is 30 something! lol i know i'm strange
8:38 PM
That guy is a classic.
He should get girlfriend....