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October 9, 2004

Ask PVRBlog

— Matt launches a cousin to Ask Mefi via Delicious #

Goolery, a Gmail-based PHP photo gallery

— obviously, there’s a huge market for a hosted hard drive with a good API via Delicious #

Microsoft Word autosummarizes the second debate

— entire transcript summed up in 100 words #

John Kerry is losing the logo war

— the Bush team has a better visual identity via typographi.com #

Katamari Damacy comic

— has anyone done speed runs of the game yet? #

First look at Bioshock, the new System Shock sequel

via Nelson Minar #
October 8, 2004

Jay Allen joins Six Apart

— they managed to lure him out of Hungary #

Falling for the Podcasting Hype

— this could be huge with MP3 blogs, as well #

Amazon recommending blogs along with products

— people who bought this item also read these blogs… via Michael Heilemann #

Yahoo to launch Overture ads in RSS

— I understand the appeal for publishers, but RSS ads feel slimy #

Baby Snowdeal goes home!

— after 95 days in NICU, Eric’s preemie son is home via Delicious #

64% of people named "George Bush" voting for Kerry

— finally, some original blog research that matters via John Walkenbach #

CDC's Disease Trading Cards

— gotta catch ’em all! via Delicious #

Rumors about the 60GB iPod

— a color screen, photo viewing, and audio/video out? via David Ely #
October 7, 2004

Alter Ego, photo exhibition of gamers and their avatars

— there’s a small gallery of some of the photos via Delicious #

Soldier posting Iraq photos on Flickr

— I fear they’ll get in trouble for this via Jason Cosper #

1UP's history of video game comics

— they forgot Atari Force! #

Video: Compilation footage of stylus-based Nintendo DS titles

— also: the list of American and Japanese launch titles #

Senate shelves Induce Act

— good riddance to bad bills via Boing Boing #

"3 Notes and Runnin'" remix contest nears 150 entries

— every track uses this sample as the single source for all audio #

Gmail Drive shell extension for Windows

— much more usable than the earlier hack #

Help me identify the "Afro Ninja"

— if you know who he is, e-mail me and I’ll give you $50 #

JotSpot Flash demo

— a walkthrough of the newly announced enterprise wiki #
October 6, 2004

37 Signals' Intro to Using Patterns in Web Design

— a simple guide for laying out usable sites #

Video: Extreme Unicycling

— they manage to make unicycles look cool via buzz.bazooka.se #

I Am Learn, blog written by a Perl script

— a cousin of R Robot, created by Peter Cooper via MetaFilter #

Luxology's Modo

— very innovative new 3D modeling app for Mac and Windows via themaxx.com #

How MP3.com identified unknown bands based on user data

— fascinating analysis with insights into music marketing via Delicious #

A Mario Sprite History

— excellent evolution of 2D Mario characters via Delicious #

Ask Mefi on concepts that don't exist in the English language

— this thread developed nicely via Delicious #

Video: Simon Robson's "What Barry Says"

— best animation winner at the 2004 Brooklyn Film Festival via Ryan Gantz #

Image: AOL's new brand identity?

— triangles everywhere! via Jason Cosper #

Plink.org creator taking FOAF app offline

— because there’s no way to opt out of FOAF via Delicious #

How Six Apart got their funding

— hmm, smells like a scam via Delicious #

Image: Best Team Portrait Ever

— warning: this is a bit gross via Jason Cosper #

Insane console collection on eBay

— games sold separately via Delicious #

Six Apart gets second round of VC funding

— from August Capital, Andrew Anker’s former firm #

Cheney mixes up .com with .org, hilarity ensues

— he meant to say this, but actually said this via The Morning News #

Budweiser's new caffeinated beer

— with the awful name “B to the E” via Fimoculous #

New Meetup.com much more flexible

— no more restrictions on venues, dates, or topics #
October 5, 2004

Cameron's VP debate analysis

— Edwards’ “american people” and Cheney’s “fact of the matter” #

Snap.com, new search engine with sortable results

— the live refined queries are nice, but a stupid linking policy via Boing Boing #

Flash: Zoom Quilt

— it’s also available as a slideshow and movie via MetaFilter #

Installing OS X on the Xbox

— using PearPC, of course via Delicious #

Wired on "The Long Tail" of the economics of scarcity

— the biggest money is in the smallest sales via Anil Dash #

Flickr, "So Meta It Hurts"

— photos of Flickr on Flickr, like this one #

Image: Eruption in Progress

— new activity on Mount St. Halen #

DropCash via C# and .NET

— drop-in Dropcash support for your Windows apps #
October 4, 2004

Evan Williams leaves Blogger

— maybe he’ll become a chef, too #

Graphic Novel Review

— a promising new journal that takes graphic novels seriously via longstoryshortpier.com #
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