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July 19, 2004

Flash: Megaman vs. Ghost n' Goblins

— perfect fan-made mashup of the two classic NES games via Delicious #

BLT-scented candles

— I’m hoping for bacon-scented perfume next via adampsyche #

Dunstan redesigns 1976 Design

— awe-inspiring attention to detail via Matt Mullenweg #

Obsessive collection of prop and scenery photos from David Lynch's "Mulholland Dr."

— from this impressive fan site, including location renderings via sixdifferentways.com #

Engadget on the survival of Netflix

— “open up or die” via Delicious #

MIT review of Japan and America as two "cultures of piracy"

— you can rent CDs in Japan? via Delicious #

Flash: The Incredibly Evil Machine

via wherethreadscomeloose.com #

1961 monster-movie trading cart set

— also: monster flip movies, Weird-Ohs, and many others via wherethreadscomeloose.com #

New Yorker on government-funded cosemetic surgery for soldiers

— 496 breast enlargements from 2000 to 2003 via Greg Allen #
July 18, 2004

NYT on Jeopardy master Ken Jennings

— also: the Christian Science Monitor on Jeopardy and pub trivia via peterme.com #

Background on the Pioneer 10 probe's plaque

via freecherrypy.org #

Jon Haddock's "Cartoon Violence" resin figures

— traumatic events rendered in the style of early 1930s cartoons via @destinyland #

Doom 3 for the SNES

— hmm, not as impressive as the preview screenshots via Nelson Minar #

MMORPG subscriber growth stats

— Final Fantasy XI is number one with a bullet via Nelson Minar #

Video: Dance, Voldo, Dance

— choreographed dance machinima performed with Soul Calibur via Leonard Lin #

Eric Meyer on political parties

— the flaws of a two-party, black-and-white nation via jogin.com #

Artist paints giant Google screenshot

— I like the idea of folding up web sites via Kottke #

The Chaos of English Spelling

— or why voice synthesis is hard via Delicious #

Newsweek's profile of the new iPod

— also: the companion puff piece on the iPod’s success via Graham Leuschke #
July 17, 2004

Background on the immersive "A.I." movie net game

— more information about the game via Delicious #

U.S. Orkut users upset at Brazilian takeover

— there are nearly twice as many Brazilian users than American #

Image: Newsweek cover with Steve Jobs and the new iPod

via Gizmodo #

Trac, open-source project management

— combined software tracking, revision control, and wiki via Delicious #

Apple rumored to launch new iPods on Monday

— thinner and cheaper? via Gizmodo #

Ask Metafilter on Internet addiction

— I’m addicted to information #

Wired profile of eDonkey

 #

Electric Etch-a-Sketch hack

— controlled by a PC mouse via Slashdot #

An Artificial Brain with 20 Billion Neurons

via brainoff.com #
July 16, 2004

Toshiba to unveil TV-capable laptop

— whoops, make that “labtop” via Mike Elgan #

I/O Brush, video-enabled drawing toy

— watch the demo to see how cool this is via Delicious #

Hilary Duff prank calls your friends

— choose a name, message, and phone number #

Blockbuster Rentals beta

— the rental retailer takes on Netflix via Matt Jacobs #

IMWatching, stats on your buddy list

— stalk your friends over time via Delicious #

Flash: Eskiv game

— I got a high score of 140 via Jake Ortman #

271 UK TV commercials from the 1980s

— download ’em all in one giant torrent via b3ta #

Wired News on Cameron Diaz's Fleshbot cease-and-desist

— lawyers are the bane of the free Internet #

Tutorial to creating isometric pixel art

— draw in the style of eBoy via Delicious #

Alice's Adventures Under Ground

— Charles Dodgson’s the precursor to Wonderland via Delicious #

Smoking Coins

via wherethreadscomeloose.com #

Debate on news website registrations

— BugMeNot is just routing around damage via David Ely #

Video: Escher-inspired Audi commercial

— read more about the production via Octopus Dropkick #

Free Shell Accounts

— learn Unix without a commitment via Delicious #

What the President is Not

— as taken from his public statements, but one’s missing via Kottke #

Microsoft buys Lookout

— I’m with Sippey, this seems like an unusual buy via sippey.com #

The Business of Social Avatar Virtual Worlds

— problems with creating virtual worlds like Habitat, There, and Second Life via Nelson Minar #
July 15, 2004

Matt's idea about letting friends correct your site

— using trusted networks, why not? #

How to Sell the Same Startup Twice

— sell for $80 million, buy back at $2 million, sell again for $70 million #

Ground Zero typo caught after two years

— never forget via memewatch.com #

Possible Follow-up Songs for One-Hit Wonders

via Kottke #

Java: The Shape of Sound

— neat visualization for any uploaded MIDI file via MetaFilter #
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