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October 25, 2004

Google Answers on how to whistle loudly

— you just put your lips together and blow, hard! #

Correlating "cool cities" with blogging culture

— he uses Meetup, Upcoming.org, and Craig’s List as sources in his study #

Ask Mefi on overly accurate domain names

— growing list of one-page domains via Delicious #

Amazon adds uploading of user's product photos

— user generated media to complement user reviews via Jeremy Zawodny #

Foxylicious

— easily integrate your Delicious bookmarks into Firefox via Delicious #

Fun World, abandoned Disney World mod for GTA Vice City

— the Half-Life 2 engine would be perfect for a Disneyland mod #

Snopes on the Beach Boys' recorded sex sounds

— including an MP3 excerpt from 1969’s “20/20” album #
October 24, 2004

Something Awful's Misinterpreted Movie Posters

— if movie titles were the literal description of the poster via b3ta #

I'm Feeling Spendy

— put in a price, find a random Amazon product; another version here via b3ta #

Ashlee Simpson's disastrous SNL performance last night

— she walked off after the wrong lip-sync track was played, more details #
October 23, 2004

XM Radio launching wearable receiver next week?

— I’m sure people would pay for an XM-aware MP3 player via Simon Carless #

Forbes' list of top-earning fictional characters for 2004

via Simon Carless #
October 22, 2004

Flickr now lists related tags

— unbelievable, we were just talking about this idea today #

Socks the Cat, unreleased SNES game

— yes, that’s Bill Clinton on the cover via Simon Carless #

Video game censorship on the NES

— a history of Nintendo’s ridiculous content changes #

Some truly awful political chart design

— someone get them this book, stat! #

The Children's Scientology Pageant

— an all-kid ensemble humorously acts out the L. Ron Hubbard story via LiveJournal #

Video: Lie Girls

— phone sex parody of the Bush administration via Delicious #

Crash Ballet contest winners

— Coudal readers set NASA crash videos to music via 37signals.com #

LED Porn

— nicely designed and photographed via 217.172.178.173 #

Gizmodo's outstanding analysis of DVD's successor

— they predict a clear win for Blu-Ray over HD DVD via Nelson Minar #

Google volunteer translators strike back

— the message is perfect for CAPS LOCK DAY via Philipp Lenssen #

TODAY IS CAPS LOCK DAY

— RANDOM SILLINESS FROM THE MEFI PEANUT GALLERY via emptybottle.org #

Video: Conan O' Brien show on outsourcing

— they send a writer to an India tech support center via Octopus Dropkick #

MP3: Cisco System's "Peter Packet" theme song

— why does Cisco needs a kid’s section, anyway? via Phil Fibiger #

Extend Bluetooth by a mile

— hack a 2.4GHz antenna onto your Bluetooth adapter via Hackaday #

Japanese commercials for a tilt-sensitive Wario Ware

— there are six more on the second page via Simon Carless #

Defective Yeti's Joke roundup

— there are some great ones in the comments #
October 21, 2004

Yahoo Image Search upgrades to one billion images

— their advanced search makes finding, say, wallpaper-size b&w photos easy #

SvN notes an unusual coincidence

— Google and eBay both earned $805.9 million in 2004 Q3 #

Bush and Kerry living together in the Sims 2

— also featuring cameos by Saddam, Osama, and John Edwards via MetaFilter #

Regret the Error

— a new blog covering media retractions via 37signals.com #

Ghouls with Attitude

— 51-song mix of rare Halloween songs via Boing Boing #

Threading related blog posts together with sparklines

— more on Tufte’s sparklines, or word-size graphics via Delicious #
October 20, 2004

NYT commentary on Jon Stewart's Crossfire appearance

— a great breakdown of why it was so satisfying #

Google saves Australian hostage

— if they used Ask Jeeves, he’d be dead by now #

Bar Bot, a beer drinking robot

— it begs for beer money, and then orders a drink before socializing via linkbunnies.org #

Slashdot's outstanding interview with Neal Stephenson

— his answers are verbose, like his writing via freecherrypy.org #

Sun and Intel geek tattoos

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October 19, 2004

Jandek played a live set in Glasgow

— the enigmatic musician’s first public performance, ever #

E! Online's interviews the creators of Nick Nolte Diary

— regardless, it beats the crap out of his official site #

Forbes on the Apple/U2 deal and custom black iPod

— Bono is visiting our office right now, no joke #

Business Week on Bugmenot and Mirrordot

— Matt’s corrections and Adrian’s unused interview exposes the reporter’s biases #

Flash: Treasure Box

— surreal exploration game, in the style of Samorost via Octopus Dropkick #

Bling Bling Medallion, the most branded object in the world

— here’s a closeup of one section via Things Magazine #

Jason Scott's detailed review of The Last Starfighter musical

— the big finale is a song called “Caves of the Heart (The Battle)” via Simon Carless #

Video: Jon Stewart comments on the "Crossfire" appearance

— the Washington Post has Crossfire’s response via Jason Cosper #
October 18, 2004

Gmail begins signing outgoing mail with DomainKeys

— adopting the standard would eliminate spam for good #

Flash: Collaborative fridge magnets

— the emerging behaviors here are fascinating via Graham Leuschke #

Half-Life 2 to ship on November 16

— more than a year late, but I’m still very excited #
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