Waxy.org is the sandbox of At $2, the Fun Pass is an awesome deal. At $1.50? Unbeatable.
I guess Caine should've worked out a harder-to-crack checksum.
The Fun Pass Is An Awesome Deal
Posted Apr 11, 2012
May 22, 2013
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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Clipping Magic
— remove backgrounds from a browser
May 16, 2013
Nintendo claims ad revenue over fan-made YouTube videos
— Minecraft was offered the same deal and turned it down
How index cards inspired Google's new UI design
— it's all over the upcoming Maps redesign
May 15, 2013
Google adds sending money to Gmail
— no fee for Google Wallet funds or bank transfers, 2.9% for credit/debit
Recurring Developments
— visualization of Arrested Development in-jokes
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Kevin Poulsen on Aaron Swartz's StrongBox project
— curious that it didn't launch with Wired first
May 14, 2013
Social Roulette
— 1 in 6 chance of deleting your Facebook account and all posts
The Atlantic on Chris Hadfield return from the ISS
— his Space Oddity cover is just amazing
May 10, 2013
GeoGuessr
— teleport to a random place the Street View Car's been, and guess where you are
May 9, 2013
Who is Kickstarter for?
— $400k pledged to 2,200 other projects by the Veronica Mars/Zach Braff first-time backers
Hyperbole and a Half on depression, part two
— 19 months later, a followup to her last post
11:20 AM
that's kind of jerky.