Congressional budget cuts threaten open government websites
— Sunlight Foundation gives some ways to help #
Creepy, Windows/Linux app maps locations from shared online photos
— like Firesheep and Please Rob Me, making stalking user-friendly only makes the world worse #
G4TV admits to manipulating Reddit
— more sock puppets in the news: the Koch Bros. with Wikipedia, and the US military with social media networks (via) #
Anil Dash consults an expert on the actual dangers of radiation exposure
— "risk of harm is a function of both dose and dose rate" #
37signals profiles Coudal Partners
— how they moved from client work to projects like Field Notes, Jewelboxing, and The Deck #
I Can Has Cheezeburger acquires Know Your Meme in seven-figure deal
— a headline I never expected to see #
Leonard Lin's SXSW 2011 postmortem
— agree with everything in here; related, Gruber's similar conclusions #
Data Science Toolkit
— handy collection of web services, bundled as a self-contained VM or Amazon AMI #
Microworld, short 1976 film about microprocessors
— narrated by William Shatner; project this on the walls at your next geek event #
Rob Beschizza's compilation of classic arcade game deaths
— he made the lo-fi "Mad World" remix by tweaking a MIDI file in Reason #
Sword & Sworcery released for iPad
— if you have an iPad, you really, really want to buy this immediately; here's a review #
Brandon Boyer's GDC microtalk on the games he loves
— incredibly passionate talk, every game he mentioned is worth seeking out #
Real-time visualization of Firefox 4 downloads
— how it works, with open code; oh, and the browser's pretty great too #
Wired Magazine's feature on Kickstarter
— great article spotlights the manufacturing projects created by the community #
Stephan Tillmans' Luminant Point Arrays
— photos of tube TVs at the moment they're switched off (via) #
GDC releases classic game postmortem videos
— a goldmine: Out of this World, Maniac Mansion, Raid on Bungeling Bay, Prince of Persia, Populous, Pitfall!, Pac-Man, Marble Madness, Elite, Doom, and Bejeweled (via) #
The Brother IntelliFax 2800 App Store
— Wonder-Tonic's winning pitch for this year's Worst Website Ever at SXSW #
EveryBlock launches first major redesign
— as a first-time homebuyer, I've come to really love EveryBlock's hyperlocal feeds #
Ze Frank replays The Show
— for the fifth anniversary, he's now doing daily commentary about each video #
Albert Wenger on the NYT's pay fence and Kickstarter
— I'd be much more excited about the NYT's plan if it was around benefits vs. limits #
Bloomberg feature on the history of Twitter
— good interviews, covers the early Blogger and Odeo days (via) #
Notch shares some of his pre-Minecraft games
— success is rarely overnight; like Ze, it takes feedback and iteration over time #
SMBC on old computing and the snug blanket of nostalgia
— his NYC book launch on May 8 donates all proceeds to DonorsChoose #