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September 3, 2004

Waxy.org 'Via' Links Aggregator

— very meta! read his justification for the hack via Delicious #

How to view and control your TiVo over the web

— with video and audio over Quicktime streaming server via pvr.blogs.com #

Ed Felten fact chects Wikipedia

— including the entry on himself #

Ico sequel announcement next week?

— the Japanese Sony site is counting down via Joystiq #

Bigha's Jasper laser

— incidentally, it’s one of the cleanest retail sites I’ve seen via 37signals.com #

MP3.com on Microsoft's four new digital music initiatives

via Magnetbox #

What's wrong with digital music stores?

via Magnetbox #

Cher's Hexadecimal Clock

via b3ta #

Baby name ideas from the Lord of the Rings

— Treebeard, Wormtongue, and Farmer Maggot are all nice via wherethreadscomeloose.com #
September 2, 2004

Software group falsely accuses Interactive Fiction archive of pirating Doom 3

— doom3.zip is a 114kb freeware DOS game from 1988 via Delicious #

Image: The Words Republican and Democratic speakers used

— lovely chart design from the NYT #

37signals web design tips for Christmas retailers

— good usability tips via Dave Shea #

PVR Blog on XM Radio and Time Trax

— XM walks away from a huge opportunity #

Apache rejects Sender ID spec

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Creative Commons search beta

via Battelle Media #

Paul Ford's "Screenscraping the Senate"

— converting the government to RDF via Kottke #

The Omegathon Collection gaming contest at PAX

— to win, you need to win rounds of DDR, Halo, Doom, Mario Kart, and more #

Hostess Twinkies Sushi

— also: Twinkie-misu, Twinkie Tacos, and Twinkie Kebobs via Delicious #
September 1, 2004

Second Life's in-world tribute to Burning Man

— including a massive player piano #

"The Apprentice 2" profiles on Friendster

— more fake Friendster marketing, since their profiles don’t have any real friends #

MSN Music beta preview

— sneak a peek at Microsoft’s answer to iTunes via Glassdog #

Smoking Gun takes on Photostamps

— Milosevic and Kaczynski now on official U.S. postage via Glassdog #

Banner Ads Invade Gamespace

— including automatic downloads of new ads via secretlair.com #

Kick Ass Kung-Fu

— EyeToy-like game installation, with a great video demo via Delicious #
August 31, 2004

BBC on political commentary in video games

via Joystiq #

MP3: Maciej's audioblogging manifesto

— listen to this now, it’s absolutely brilliant #

Disney's social software for vacation planning

— Magical Gatherings is a Windows app with networking features via Delicious #

Brand mapping the presidential candidates

— what brands do Bush/Kerry supporters associate with their candidates? via Delicious #

Mac sightings in the movies, with makes and models

— obsessive “computers in media” lists are fun #

Fictional passwords and passcodes in movies

— not a long list, but a nice idea #

BBC rereleasing Hitchhiker's Infocom game online with illustrations

— you can play it online right now, with hints and a walkthrough via Simon Carless #

MovableType 3.1 released

— also: the MT Contest Plugin Pack and the new Professional Network via q.queso.com #

GBA price drops to $80

— Nintendo DS will launch on November 11th at $179 via Game Tab #

Engadget's interview with Jack Valenti

— also: Ed Felten’s debunking of the former MPAA head via Boing Boing #

Apple says new iMac G5 will run Doom III

— look for the last sentence under “A Place for Everything” #

Amon Tobin making soundtrack for next Splinter Cell game

— excellent choice for ambient gameplay via Simon Carless #

Adaptive Path's Extreme Usability series

— a clever Burning Man parody by Mule Design via Jeff Veen #

President Bush's nicknames for friends and foes

via The Morning News #

Friendster fires Joyce Park for blogging

— this is an unbelievably stupid move on their part via Boing Boing #
August 30, 2004

What if Simpsons characters mated?

— surprisingly good fan drawings via MetaFilter #

Ask Mefi poster performs mystery guitar riff, gets song identified

— neat trick, it’s like a manual search engine for music #

Liberated Games launches

— commercial games officially released for free by their creators via Slashdot #

NYT on eBay promoting dropoff stores

— great service, but 30% is a serious cut #

Collin Brooke on Wikipedia's reputation

— a Syracuse professor’s take on the controversy via Delicious #

Woman's skin grows over wedding ring

— impressive, but it’s no match for dad’s kidneys via @bijou #

History of the Apple.com homepage

— I linked to the 1995 version via Airbag Industries #

Scalable headlines in Flash

— here’s a funny side effect of the technique via Anil Dash #

Wikipedia's List of fictional companies

— also: fictional video games, brands, radio stations, and much more #

A Lesson Is Learned, a beautiful web comic

— surreal, but very funny via Jason Cosper #

Analysis of an artificial meme

— tracking of a small meme through social groups via Alf Eaton #
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