LOST reimagined as a Lucasarts adventure game
— if this existed, it'd be 120 hours of gameplay where 95% of the puzzles had no solution (via) #
Exit Path
— addictive runner inspired by Portal and Canabalt, from the creator of Achievement Unlocked; try the multiplayer mode #
Kevin Kelly's 1997 list of quotes from the first five years of Wired
— "predictions of the future are really just predictions of the present" #
Smokescreen, a Flash player in Javascript
— don't miss the Strongbad demos; Simon breaks down how it works, with reformatted source #
Ken Jennings' anatomy of a Wikipedia hoax
— in fact, the founder of Orange Julius never invented an inflatable shrimp trap or pigeon shower #
Super Mario Bros. Crossover creator commentary
— he announced this week he's adding Ryu from Ninja Gaiden #
Nifflas releases FiNCK
— devious free platform puzzles inspired by SMB 2, from the genius behind Knytt and Saira #
1983 Naked Eyes Song Was A Burt Bacharach Remake?
— strangely disorienting and anachronistic, like hearing Biz Markie's "Just A Friend" as '60s soul #
Jeff Rubin's Unanswered Lost Questions
— all the answers are in the mystery box, and you can't have it (via) #
Sean Bonner on the near-death of Metblogs
— people are pledging to keep it alive, and they may be saved #
Short film on the making of 48HR Magazine
— "The most powerful thing in the universe is a whole bunch of people paying attention to the same thing at the same time." (via) #
The Facts In The Case Of Dr. Andrew Wakefield
— 15-page comic about the discredited link between autism and the MMR vaccine #
Hurt Locker producer calls downloaders morons who belong in jail
— "I hope your family and your kids end up in jail" #
Superbien's video projection onto mapped blocks
— when I first saw this, I thought it was CGI (via) #
Ask Metafilter saves two Russian students from NYC sex traffickers
— Internet heroes save the day in real-life #
First synthetic cell created
— subject of an embargoed Science story and cover of the new Economist #
Typekit and Google announce open-source collaboration
— see Google's free font directory and the new Font API and WebFont Loader #
Girl Talk's Feed the Animals sample visualizer
— using my sample list, HTML5 audio, and iTunes web service #
Newzbin closes down
— keep in mind, they only indexed metadata for Usenet binaries, not hosting files #
4chan's moot raises $625k for stealth startup
— "reimagine what an image board should be today using the current technologies available" #
NYT's chart of Facebook privacy settings
— privacy policy's longer than the US Constitution; also, the evolution of Facebook privacy #
Panic loads Apple //e Grandaddy music video source using an iPad
— feels like WALL-E connecting to EVE #