October 30, 2012
Disney acquires Lucasfilm for $4B, new Star Wars coming in 2015
— includes ILM, Skywalker Sound, and LucasArts; Leia is now a Disney princess #
Anil Dash liveblogs the Apple Special Event
— with help from Paul Ford; love the new Klout integration in iTunes #
Wired profile on Peter Molyneux and @PeterMolydeux
— the parody Twitter account inspired Molyneux to leave Microsoft #
Glenn Fleishman's story of appearing on Jeopardy
— some of the best bits in the comments; watch the ending #
ViolentAcrez interviewed on CNN, apologizes and blames Reddit
— not mentioned: his maimed award was for "Worst Reddit", only after he flipped out #
Creepshots returns disguised as lesbians and fashionistas
— beyond immature; Predditors is back online too, doxing Creepshots users #
Circa, news app released for iPhone
— a more structured approach to news aggregation, allowing you to follow story updates #
Gawker outs a popular Reddit moderator/troll
— more background from /r/subredditdrama, part one and two #
District court rules book scanning is fair use
— a smackdown against the short-sighted Authors Guild #
Marco Arment launches The Magazine
— I'd love to see something like this as a platform, helping indie writers get paid #
NYT on the patent wars
— interesting perspective from a patent reviewer; don't miss the video feature #
Senate candidate's World of Warcraft hobby used against her
— the Republican propaganda site is a glimpse of future political campaigns to come #
Guilded Youth
— interactive fiction weaving between 1980s BBS and a real-life adventure; creative use of Vorple for IFComp 2012 #
Looper writer/director releases free in-theater commentary track
— clever way to boost repeat viewings #
Entertainment Weekly ad contains a fully-functioning 3G Android phone
— only showing CW tweets seems like an incredible waste; make it interactive! #
Adventure Time fans make fictional Card Wars game real
— like the Journey to the Center of Hawthorne project, Reddit is great at catalyzing fan creation (via) #
Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore launch party
— Robin Sloan's interviewing incredibly interesting people live; buy the book! #
YouTube fixes ContentID appeals, now requires DMCA filing
— a huge step to fix a broken process I've written about repeatedly #
Teenage Engineering lets customers 3-D print their own replacement parts
— the first commercial electronics company to freely release part designs on Shapeways #