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December 11, 2004
— when you start moderating content, you become liable for it #
December 10, 2004
— purchased at an estate sale, and posted on Flickr #
— mixing advertising with content is always bad, even for individuals #
— compare to these billboards by EA Canada and Google via Brett O'Connor #
— painting on $1 bills, more here #
— typing “p” returns “paris hilton” via Kottke #
— brilliant use of the Amazon API; they also made Amazon Card Wars via b3ta #
— to work on a grassroots journalist project #
— real-time autocompletion of search keywords as you type via webmasterworld.com #
December 9, 2004
— or: how to turn “no comment” into 650 words #
— most unnecessary remake since Gus van Sant’s Psycho via Todd Dominey #
— including a free ROM of the unreleased Gameboy Color version via Simon Carless #
— models of the male body distorted in proportion to brain activity via Eyebeam #
— Apple switches the default Netscape for Mac homepage via Jason Cosper #
— make GTK apps look like native Windows programs via Nelson Minar #
— nothing new here, but I got quoted a couple times #
— Dimebag Darrell was gruesomely murdered #
December 8, 2004
— brilliant find; Joey has a download of the entire book via emptybottle.org #
— including a gorgeous dump of all fonts and images on the iPod via Todd Dominey #
— flagrant stupidity got them shut down; Boing Boing has reader comments about it via Boing Boing #
— I expect someone to call Google anti-semitic any minute via Kottke #
— the last few paragraphs of this story are heartbreaking via Jake Ortman #
— 22-song mashup of songs with whistling; I could only name eight of them via deadparrots.net #
— MP3 clips of each; their plundered covers page is great, too via adampsyche #
— as Matt said, don’t just read the news, make it #
December 7, 2004
— history of the Air Pirates Funnies Mickey Mouse copyright case via Jason Cosper #
— Greg Knauss should donate Metababy.com to them #
— using iPodder, Blogdigger, and WMP10 or Doppler #
— load times are awful, but the memory stick may make homebrew gaming easy #
— fear, money, competition, and deadlines all stifle creativity via Kottke #
— it felt clunky last time I tried; time to try again, I guess via Airbag Industries #
— their official site is great too, but in Japanese #
— may you dream of raw fish #
— there’s a realistic mockup, but it feels like a fake to me #
— unlike the Gameboy DS, the PSP uses open standards for wireless networking! via Slashdot #
— more about the campaign #
December 6, 2004
— with tons of videos and photos via evilavatar.com #
— some outstanding speculation and research here for any fan of the series #
— mash-up tutorial with Tracktion, but applies to other software too via Todd Dominey #
— track clickthrough traffic from individual webpages #
— I’m sure I’ll find a use for this someday via simiandesign.com #
— a good list that points to this Mefi member’s great list; see also #
— the 3,600 musicians surveyed embrace the Web and 36% support legalizing P2P; view the full report via Delicious #
— are they trying to lay claim to the generic term “blogger”? via Jason Cosper #
— Merlin designed the very nice site for the Long Winters via MetaFilter #
— crippled multiplayer mode requires a US game cart for every player via Slashdot #
— spoiler-rich 660MB download via Joystiq #
