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October 21, 2004
— Google and eBay both earned $805.9 million in 2004 Q3 #
— also featuring cameos by Saddam, Osama, and John Edwards via MetaFilter #
— a new blog covering media retractions via 37signals.com #
— 51-song mix of rare Halloween songs via Boing Boing #
— more on Tufte’s sparklines, or word-size graphics via Delicious #
October 20, 2004
— a great breakdown of why it was so satisfying #
— if they used Ask Jeeves, he’d be dead by now #
— it begs for beer money, and then orders a drink before socializing via linkbunnies.org #
— his answers are verbose, like his writing via freecherrypy.org #
October 19, 2004
— the enigmatic musician’s first public performance, ever #
— regardless, it beats the crap out of his official site #
— Bono is visiting our office right now, no joke #
— surreal exploration game, in the style of Samorost via Octopus Dropkick #
— the big finale is a song called “Caves of the Heart (The Battle)” via Simon Carless #
October 18, 2004
— adopting the standard would eliminate spam for good #
— the emerging behaviors here are fascinating via Graham Leuschke #
— more than a year late, but I’m still very excited #
— Table 5 talks about using the market to predict elections #
— it’s been downloaded at least 500,000 times in three days #
— Lessig’s new project freely hosts political videos on Archive.org via Leonard Lin #
— CNN’s Tucker Carlson vs WKRP’s Mr. Carlson via Ryan Gantz #
— under the new “Fleshbot Films” title via The Morning News #
October 17, 2004
— James Kochalka, Peter Bagge, Evan Dorkin, and more via Simon Carless #
— free alternative to Xbox Live and PS2 online play #
October 15, 2004
— rumors say Half-Life 2 is gold, as well! #
— Disney wants to profit from the public domain, while keeping its own work from it #
— uses the Musicmobs community to recommend music #
— remember that the next time you ‘rm -rf /’ #
— the CNN transcript is jaw-dropping, here’s the video #
— even my Radeom 9700 Pro is showing its age via Slashdot #
— t-shirt reproductions from movies and TV, but mostly just Real Genius for now via Boing Boing #
October 14, 2004
— French audio with English subtitles, you can read the release NFO here via Joystiq #
— from the Memex and EIES to wikis and Del.icio.us via Slashdot #
— happy fluffy dinosaurs via linkbunnies.org #
— interactive maps of eye movements reading news webpages via Kottke #
— a huge announcement, many details in Rael Dornfest’s overview via George Hotelling #
October 13, 2004
— Slashdot and Wired News are convinced it’s real via Delicious #
— just because they met online, that makes it an “Internet Suicide”? #
— he’s able to operate a PC with his brain with 70% accuracy via Slashdot #
— Richard crunches some numbers for A-list bloggers #
— the archives are priceless #
October 12, 2004
— surreal goodness, but does it sell cars? via Delicious #
— some good screenshots of the tribute #
— with hedcuts of Ben and Mena! via Delicious #
— everything looks like the Tiki Tiki Room via MetaFilter #
