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March 15, 2004

Jokes cut from SNL's Weekend Update

— appeared in dress rehearsals, but cut from the show for various reasons via John Walkenbach #

Jay-Zeezer, the Black Album meets Weezer's Blue Album

— thanks to the Jay-Z Construction Kit via bestweekever.vh1.com #

ArtRage, freeware painting package for Windows

— very nicely simulates paint on a canvas via cogworks.manilasites.com #

Video: iPod^3 virtual reality of The Shining's Overlook Hotel

— I suspect 3D games will eventually look this good via Things Magazine #
March 14, 2004

Snopes on nameless TV characters

— Colombo, Quincy, Agent 99, Mr. Big, and more #

GBAFrotz, text adventure parser for your GBA

— play Infocom or almost any other IF game #

NYT profile of Kerry Conran, Sky Captain's creator

— watch the oddball trailer via Greg Allen #

Nintendo launching wireless GBA hotspots in Japan

— JoySpot goes live in two weeks at retail locations throughout the country via Slashdot #

Julia Robert busted for crack cocaine possession

— she claims she doesn’t know where it came from! via adampsyche #

Ausdioscrobbler Browser

— Java visualization for their excellent music similarity engine via Delicious #

Dave Johnson's 7-year-old son started a weblog

— “when we got home daddy lock us outside” via Delicious #

The Dunbar Number and Online Communities

— great analysis of the size limits of social groups via Delicious #

Windows OS anime fan art

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March 13, 2004

NYT on the DARPA Grand Challenge results

— Wired has more and Mike Elgan was there #

Insanely fast typing game

— a compelling reason to learn touch typing via Delicious #

Celebrity voice talent with MP3 samples

— highlights include Dan Castellaneta, Marlon Brando, and Debbie Gibson via adrants.com #

U.S. targets hackers for selective military draft

— what a wonderfully awful idea via LiveJournal #

Presidential campaign in The Sims Online

— like any society, The Sims continues to self-organize via Slashdot #

Exercises in Style

— one comic, done 30 different ways #

Everquest Daily Grind

— testimonials from the disgruntled spouses of Everquest addicts via Boing Boing #
March 12, 2004

Sideloading, sending files to remote locations

— I wish this was built into operating systems #

Linux kernel swear counts

— graphing the profanity in the Linux source code over time via memepool.com #

Metafilter Stats updated through February 2004

— I posted my analysis to MetaTalk #

Dangermouse explains how he created the Grey Album

— every element of the background beats and music were Beatles samples via George Hotelling #

Lego remake of Super Mario Land for the Gameboy

— much shorter video by the same guy #

Shot-for-shot Lego remake of Michael Jackson's "Thriller"

— here’s a local mirror of the 35MB WMV via Things Magazine #

Jack Berg Sales, vintage merchandise mint in box

— the Atari shirts, toys, and radios are all great via Things Magazine #

"Golden Tee" tournament fraud exposed

— a team hacked the arcade golf game’s centralized score database to win $20k in prizes #

Nintendo patents handheld emulation, threatens to sue GBA emulator

— good luck with that, Nintendo via Slashdot #

Red Swoosh finally launches

— News.com covers the launch of the ex-Scour crew’s new company #
March 11, 2004

David Siegel's "I ruined the web" article from 1997

— surprisingly good foresight from the creator of the High Five Awards via ReadWriteWeb #

China orders their largest blog service to shut down

— looks like they complied via joi.ito.com #

The Passion of the Curly

— Curly was beaten for our enjoyment via Brett O'Connor #

Boing Boing switches to Movable Type!

— finally, individual archives! #

Why You Should Use Upcoming.org

— btw, I’m launching iCal support later tonight #

Painful XHTML/CSS jokes

— you’ve been warned via Matt Mullenweg #

Starbucks to provide in-store CD burning

— they’re building a new Hear Music store two blocks away, with a Starbucks inside via Gizmodo #

Leaked Nintendo DS handheld spec includes touchscreen, wireless, and 3D

— what, no cell phone, camera or can opener? via Mike Elgan #

Unsolicited advice for the new father

— also: I adjusted Meconium.org to reflect the real definition #

Banned words for the Bush/Cheney sign generator

via The Morning News #

Reverse engineering Marble Madness's design

— see also: the same author’s article on isometric view theory via Things Magazine #

Ad agency spoofs porn sites and webrings for web campaign

— clever marketing, and 100% hot “pot noodle” action via adrants.com #

Tracking social networking in Shakespeare's plays

— meet me in #hamlet, d00d via Slashdot #

Wired News on Salon's survival

— isn’t Wired News struggling to survive, too? #

Demor, an audio-only first person shooter for the blind

— tracks your position and direction you’re facing via Slashdot #
March 10, 2004

Overclosking your Sega Genesis

— sure, but can you overclock an NES for the slowdowns in Metroid? via Slashdot #

Corante on BitTorrent plus RSS

— these unofficial feeds for Suprnova and Torrentz are a great example of “broadcatching” in action #

Writeup of the Orkut launch party

— it was over a month ago, but it’s a good piece via peterme.com #

Major label exec doesn't like being called evil

— also: Magnatune is not evil via Creative Commons #

Orwellian Newspeak Dictionary

— there’s a doubleplusgood modern version, too #
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