December 22, 2003
The 8bits of Christmas
— holiday chiptunes made on the NES, Vic-20, C-64, Atari 2600, Gameboy, and more #
Huge 6.5 earthquake hits San Simeon, CA
— I felt it 200 miles away in L.A., and other people felt it in S.F. #
Neo-Nazi inventor of Sea Monkeys and X-Ray Specs, dead at 77
— Harold Von Braunhut was a strange man #
Screenshots and Movies from 1989's The Wizard
— the female lead is Jenny Lewis, the lead singer of Rilo Kiley! #
Five-film Narnia series to be filmed in New Zealand
— with effects by Peter Jackson's Weta Workshop #
MUTE, new P2P app protects privacy
— routes all search and download traffic through peers, hiding your IP address #
Maciej's essay on the Wright Brothers and their patent war
— the patent system has been stifling innovation for 100 years #
Online gamer in China wins virtual property theft lawsuit
— spent two years and $1,210 amassing virtual WMD #
PETA to distribute anti-fur flyers to kids
— no longer raising awareness, they're only alienating now #
Gillmore excited about BitTorrent meets RSS
— here are a couple torrent feeds for jam band and anime fans #
Gawker, Gizmodo, Fleshbot redesign with borrowed code
— Denton responds in the comments with IM logs, you decide #