Trent Reznor comments on OiNK shutdown — he was an active member (via) #

Marc Andreessen on Open Social — the post-dated press release offers more info, with URLs that aren't live yet #

Jail finds — flotsam abandoned in books from a jail's lending library (via) #

Fan-made plush Portal Companion Cube — also: Cake! (via) #

Ben Brown on Consumating's ill-fated points system — aligning desired behaviors with point rewards is difficult to do and has unintended consequences (via) #

Anil Dash comments on Apple's jab at Windows users — he calls them out for arrogance and inaccuracy #

Jenn Frank on Arcade Attack — insane 1982 "documentary" about pinball versus videogames, with video #

The Tall Stump — first place and audience winner of the 4th Casual Gameplay Game Design competition #

Oink.cd, the #1 site in the world for waffle recipes — I love those guys #

Apple left the Blue Screen of Death easter egg in Leopard's final release — I'd seen this in the alphas, but I'm impressed they kept it in #

The Superest — two artists compete by drawing superheroes that cancel out the power of their opponent's previous hero (via) #

Shintaro Kago's brain-damaged manga, lovingly translated — NSFW for sex and violence, but don't let that stop you; it's a fascinating deconstruction of comic form (via) #

Vented Spleen's comic about living with Crohn's disease — one of the best 24 Hour Comic Day comics I've ever seen (via) #

Matt Haughey on classical as the future of music — related: Alex Ross in the New Yorker on the rise of classical music online #

Daily Telegraph interviews OiNK founder — also, he's been answering questions in IRC #

Little People art installation at the Nuart — when I first saw it, I thought they were tilt-shift photos; more on his Flickr page #

Interactive Fiction Database — newly launched, including community moderation tools, recommendations, and a browser plugin for launching games (via) #

How Dopplr generates colors for every city — it's lovely bits like this that make Dopplr so great (via) #

DJ Rupture defends OiNK in wake of its shutdown — he found his entire discography traded online, but found it reassuring #

Nelson Minar on Techcrunch's misuse of "off the record" sources — "you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" #

Video: BBC report on the OiNK raid — inaccurate, but interesting; nobody paid subscription fees, and voluntary donations covered costs #

MTV interviews Jonathan Coulton about Portal song — interesting trivia: Valve had the option of using Ben Folds, but went with Jon #

Wired's How Manga Conquered the U.S. mini-comic — 10-page PDF, start from the last page and work your way back (via) #

OiNK shut down, 24-year-old creator arrested — very sad, it was one of the strongest online communities; also, saying it's "lucrative" is a flat-out lie #

How the identity of Violent Acres was unmasked — good detective work, brought on by her anonymous personal attacks against other bloggers (and their kids) #

USPO rejects Amazon's one-click patent after reviewing blogger's prior art — Peter Calveley's persistent efforts were chronicled on his blog #

Jonathan Coulton on his work with Portal — spoilers; if you haven't played Portal yet, trust me and buy it #

I Played Through Episode Two Holding A Goddamn Gnome — the hypnotizing power of game achievements (via) #

Call and Response — repeating ad jingles in overlapping intervals builds a droning soundscape #

Wired News interviews StSanders about his Shred videos — including a quote from Steve Vai #

Gabe & Max's Internet Thing — share your thoughts with up to 10 people using The Online Blogopolis! (via) #

Vimeo adds HD videos — I'm floored by the quality #

Pillar — Flickr in-jokes galore, and now #1 on Explore #

What single book is the best introduction to your field for laypeople? — brilliant Ask Metafilter thread showcases the diversity of the community #

Zappos brings customer to tears (in a good way) — the only way a shoe store could thrive online is with insanely incredible customer support like theirs (via) #

Hype Machine redesign launching soon — cute, they're waiting until they have 10,000 people viewing the page at once #

People Getting Punched Just Before Eating — reading the comments (never a good idea), it looks like Andy Samberg's pretty divisive #

Video: Font talk with Pat Sajak and Vanna White — hmm, Vanna uses Arial and Helvetica (via) #

New York Mag's cover story on Gawker and "the rage of the creative underclass" — long rant, with a response by Denton (via) #

Introducing Penelope Frances Trott — congrats, Ben & Mena! #

Details on Brütal Legend, new game from Psychonauts creators — metal-themed game starring Jack Black, Rob Halford, and Lemmy #

Ze Frank's "A Social Network for Two" — we could lie about our ages and customize our pages #

Followup on the Mutating Pictures project — the hive mind is great at drawing samurai faces #

Covering cancer in Funky Winkerbean — interesting to see how the fans respond to serious issues in the Sunday funnies #

GameSetWatch's highlights of the 2008 IGF entries — most of these games sound insanely good #

Breath Wars — Flickr's slightly more disgusting followup to Faceball #

Interactive Fiction Comp '07 entries released — IF author Emily Short is publishing reviews as she plays them #

The Believer interviews Adrian Tomine — long, good interview #

Sony Bravia ad borrows from Kozyndan? — after seeing the ad, I assumed they were involved #

Details on the Threadless retail store — much more on Flickr (via) #