Waxy.org is the sandbox of Spent the morning sightseeing in Google Maps 8-Bit, taking snapshots with my handy 1-Bit Camera.
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Sightseeing 8-Bit Maps with 1-Bit Camera
Posted Mar 31, 2012
May 24, 2013
The Girl Who Turned to Bone
— how rare diseases are now treated, and how people support each other online
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
7min
— dead simple timer for the Scientific 7-Minute Workout
Welcome to Google Island
— short fiction by Mat Honan, inspired by Larry Page's comments at I/O
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Interview with a Metafilter troll, ten years later
— randomly, I'd commented in his first post
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