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October 31, 2004

Flickr's Squared Circle group

— try the slideshow via Flickr #

Snopes on the rapidly spreading Texas vote mishap

— I’ve seen several friends mention this already #

Slashdot trolls hack the Dremel homepage

— subtle hack, click the “Pumpkin Carving Kit” link at the bottom via Simon Carless #

Economist's overall view of the changing music industry

— how they’re trying to adapt #
October 30, 2004

Simon Carless on the Fragdolls controversy

— exposing Ubisoft’s Monkee-style manufactured girlgamer clan #

NYT on Nick Nolte Diary

— Greg Allen mentions my role in the site’s fast spread #

Printable vintage Star Wars masks

— Forbes posted their annual collection of celeb masks, too via Boing Boing #
October 29, 2004

"The Incredibles" merchandise

— a staggering list compiled by Alan via kokogiak.com #

Flash: Nucleus game

— I beat the game (final password is mtfpfd) via b3ta #

Conqwest, large-scale touring treasure hunt

— employing phonecams, semacode, and giant animal balloons via cheesedip.com #

Flash: Nintendogs for the Nintendo DS

— Marc says it’s a $200 Tamagotchi; here’s another DS trailer #

Video: Internet Archive's DIY book scanning robot

— direct link to the streaming Quicktime via Simon Carless #

Spazz Wheelchairs

— inappropriate product naming via adampsyche #

Raffi is spidering radio station playlists

— one crappy Boston station played only 71 unique songs in one day via Nelson Minar #

National Geographic on Evolution

— Q: Was Darwin wrong? A: NO. via q.queso.com #
October 28, 2004

Upcoming.org's most popular events and metros

— NYC is, by far, the most active on the site #

Brown Paper Tickets

— impressive DIY ticketing site could break the Ticketmaster monopoly via scottandrew.com #

Grand Theftendo

— amazing homebrew port of Grand Theft Auto III to the NES! via forevergeek.com #

2004's Scariest Halloween Costumes

— Florida’s touchscreen voting, Lynndie England, Nader, and more #

Lots of Toes

— from the always-good Jogchem #

Cluster Ballooning

— also: the tragic story of Larry Walters via The Morning News #
October 27, 2004

Tron, the 12-Minute Rock Opera

— featuring Brendon Small of Home Movies fame on guitar via Defamer #

Flickr users cover tonight's lunar eclipse

— instant reporting, just add community via Delicious #

New font to be used on US highway signs

— Clearview is a bit Meta-like #

Secret Service visits a Livejournal user

— blog rule #36: never say you’re going to kill the president via Jeremy Zawodny #

Milner's Descriptive Atlas from 1850

— fascinating and pioneering information design via wherethreadscomeloose.com #

I'm Not That Adam Levine

— phone messages meant for the lead singer of Maroon 5 #

Ashlee Simpson-branded iPod

— the karaoke edition #

GTA San Andreas to beat game sales record

— at $225m, it would be the biggest opening week across all media; Spider-Man 2 was only $192m #

Wil Wheaton plays a news reporter in GTA San Andreas

— the rest of the voice talent includes George Clinton, Chuck D, Ice-T, James Woods, David Cross, Axl Rose, and Charlie Murphy! via Simon Carless #

Video: Super Mario Ice Capades from 1989

— starring Jason Bateman, Alyssa Milano, and Mr. Belvedere as Koopa; more info via Boing Boing #

President Bush election site blocking non-US visitors

— banning his overseas supporters seems like a bad move via Boing Boing #
October 26, 2004

Kaki King's Playing with Pink Noise

— very good acoustic guitar noise #

Billboard debuts Top Ringtone charts

— the global ringtone market was $3.5 billion in 2003!? #

Howard Stern drops in on FCC head Michael Powell's radio interview

— it’s at 32:20 in the heated and excellent MP3 #

Glucoboy

— children’s glucose meter for the Gameboy Advance via Boing Boing #

Super Mario-playing Lego robot

— man, Engadget is finding really great stuff lately via Engadget #

XM MyFi, portable XM Radio receiver

— at $350, it’s way too expensive via Engadget #

iPod Photo

— 60 GB of music and photo storage for $600, plus AV out via Engadget #

Guns return to Disneyland's Jungle Cruise

— the guns even had their own urban legends via John Walkenbach #

Sony PSP on the cover of Newsweek

— the cover headline is “Saving Sony” via Joystiq #

Sim Horror, a massive haunted house in Second Life

— the game world continually rewards creativity #

NYT's unfocused article on web memes

— it feels like it was thrown together overnight #

Republican insider e-mails accidentally sent to georgewbush.org

— his real site is .com, not .org via The Morning News #

TextArc, Java applet visualization of large texts

via Ethan Marcotte #

Legendary DJ John Peel, RIP

— sad day; this site has MP3s of songs he played #
October 25, 2004

MP3: Wired Magazine's Creative Commons CD

— download the free and legal torrent, here’s a track list via Simon Carless #

The Web's Favorite Words

— googling “my favorite word is *” #

Spinalcat, amazing DIY optical turntable made with a CueCat

— don’t miss the photos and the 83-page thesis PDF via Jason Cosper #

Apple adds game trailers

— but only for Mac games, which isn’t much via Delicious #
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