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November 4, 2004

More details on the MPAA's pending lawsuits against movie filesharers

— they posted several press releases about the actions #

Sales in virtual goods top $100 million

— Castranova added up auction sales to get the lowball estimate #

Postal Service agrees to cross-promotion with USPS

— bizarre terms of the band name’s settlement #

Fox reporting that Ashcroft is resigning

— also, they’re saying Colin Powell may be leaving too #
November 3, 2004

Mario Quilt

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Canada 2.0

— this made me laugh #

Mikester's background on today's Boondocks strip

— their long lead times cause them to sidestep timely news #

Electing to Leave

— a reader’s guide to expatriating on November 3 via The Morning News #
November 2, 2004

Visualizations of five years of Plasticbag blog postings

— looks like Processing is a good environment for infoviz via Delicious #

Cartoon Network airing same Harvey Birdman episode 24 times tonight

— to encourage people to watch something more important via Delicious #

Andy Baio hates Slurpees

— he’s referring to my very first entry; you should read the rest of Otto’s site #

Eagle Scout shoots, kills atheist

— don’t miss the last sentence of the article via Greg Allen #

An hour-by-hour guide to election results

— also: what to watch for on election night #

Eminem's Mosh video is hammering the Internet Archive's gigabit connection

— it’s been downloaded about a million times from them alone via Boing Boing #
November 1, 2004

Music.com, login-free music database

— a great alternative to the still-sucky AMG redesign via Airbag Industries #

Asian Mack, iTunes Music Store-centric blog

— good idea, also implemented here as a community site #

Spam torrents appearing on Suprnova

— spammers forcing users to jump through hoops to unlock encrypted files #

Andy Tannenbaum built the Electoral Vote Predictor

— wow, the Minix creator and tech legend is the brain behind the site via Nelson Minar #

Tivo's Hot 100 of Season Passes

— at the bottom is their weekly top 25 most-recorded shows via Fimoculous #

Flash: Hammond Flower

— interactive Hammond B3 organ synthesis via Delicious #

Friendster Pachinko

— try someone well connected like Xeni (023680) via Delicious #
October 31, 2004

Flickr's Squared Circle group

— try the slideshow via Flickr #

Snopes on the rapidly spreading Texas vote mishap

— I’ve seen several friends mention this already #

Slashdot trolls hack the Dremel homepage

— subtle hack, click the “Pumpkin Carving Kit” link at the bottom via Simon Carless #

Economist's overall view of the changing music industry

— how they’re trying to adapt #
October 30, 2004

Simon Carless on the Fragdolls controversy

— exposing Ubisoft’s Monkee-style manufactured girlgamer clan #

NYT on Nick Nolte Diary

— Greg Allen mentions my role in the site’s fast spread #

Printable vintage Star Wars masks

— Forbes posted their annual collection of celeb masks, too via Boing Boing #
October 29, 2004

"The Incredibles" merchandise

— a staggering list compiled by Alan via kokogiak.com #

Flash: Nucleus game

— I beat the game (final password is mtfpfd) via b3ta #

Conqwest, large-scale touring treasure hunt

— employing phonecams, semacode, and giant animal balloons via cheesedip.com #

Flash: Nintendogs for the Nintendo DS

— Marc says it’s a $200 Tamagotchi; here’s another DS trailer #

Video: Internet Archive's DIY book scanning robot

— direct link to the streaming Quicktime via Simon Carless #

Spazz Wheelchairs

— inappropriate product naming via adampsyche #

Raffi is spidering radio station playlists

— one crappy Boston station played only 71 unique songs in one day via Nelson Minar #

National Geographic on Evolution

— Q: Was Darwin wrong? A: NO. via q.queso.com #
October 28, 2004

Upcoming.org's most popular events and metros

— NYC is, by far, the most active on the site #

Brown Paper Tickets

— impressive DIY ticketing site could break the Ticketmaster monopoly via scottandrew.com #

Grand Theftendo

— amazing homebrew port of Grand Theft Auto III to the NES! via forevergeek.com #

2004's Scariest Halloween Costumes

— Florida’s touchscreen voting, Lynndie England, Nader, and more #

Lots of Toes

— from the always-good Jogchem #

Cluster Ballooning

— also: the tragic story of Larry Walters via The Morning News #
October 27, 2004

Tron, the 12-Minute Rock Opera

— featuring Brendon Small of Home Movies fame on guitar via Defamer #

Flickr users cover tonight's lunar eclipse

— instant reporting, just add community via Delicious #

New font to be used on US highway signs

— Clearview is a bit Meta-like #

Secret Service visits a Livejournal user

— blog rule #36: never say you’re going to kill the president via Jeremy Zawodny #

Milner's Descriptive Atlas from 1850

— fascinating and pioneering information design via wherethreadscomeloose.com #

I'm Not That Adam Levine

— phone messages meant for the lead singer of Maroon 5 #

Ashlee Simpson-branded iPod

— the karaoke edition #

GTA San Andreas to beat game sales record

— at $225m, it would be the biggest opening week across all media; Spider-Man 2 was only $192m #
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