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March 18, 2005
— ripped from the headlines #
— like Google Code, I love the trend of companies open-sourcing their internal tools via Sippey #
— lovely geek folk song, the guy is multi-talented via stopdesign.com #
— a low-tech Turing test #
— famous for 1500 people via Jason Cosper #
— surprisingly tasteful, but how do they look at 9px aliased? via Kottke #
March 17, 2005
— with accompanying audience clips from various concerts #
— this made me laugh, repeatedly #
— animators are encouraged to heavily mod their workspaces #
— first the fake Shuffle and now this; a sign of Apple’s design influence overseas #
— looks outstanding from the screenshots via Jason Cosper #
— the Python source is available, too via Flickr #
— just announced, centralizes their open-source projects and APIs #
— using an iTalk, so slow and without metadata, but I love the spirit behind it via Delicious #
March 16, 2005
— hacking an iPod shuffle into a pair of headphones via Xabi #
— collaborative effort to update Lessig’s essential Code book via Xabi #
— the music industry, flailing to find a way to survive via Anil Dash #
— some unlikely mainstream media coverage via Delicious #
— Greasemonkey script to remove all non-content from BB via Delicious #
— the irony is thick; they argue for pay archives throughout via Delicious #
— Mac app to provide music recommendations by comparing available iTunes shares; uses BitTorrent to transfer profile info around via story.news.yahoo.com #
— someone “leaked” a TV pilot recently by sending me a DV tape in an unmarked envelope #
— insanely expansive scope, simulating every scale from amoeba to galaxies via Simon Carless #
— build and host your own multiplayer games with a Java toolkit! from the brilliant people behind Puzzle Pirates via Simon Carless #
— good for TiVo, but great for Comcast customers because their PVRs suck #
— useful, if you’re stranded on a deserted isle #
— beautiful way of browsing images #
— Mark Pilgrim’s Greasemonkey add-in comments on the autolink controversy; I contend both uses are perfectly legit #
— an alarm clock that hides from you every day after hitting snooze via Xabi #
— Yahoo’s entry into the blog and social networking market, without Flickr or Six Apart? via micropersuasion.com #
— Google’s silly little tribute to OS X via Jason Cosper #
— for drawing attention away from SXSW with popular day parties #
March 15, 2005
— fantasy prediction market for high-tech trends via megnut.com #
— finally seeing the light, and making Macs even more attractive to PC users via Jason Cosper #
— makes perfect sense; “manage your own damn info!” via Jason Cosper #
— thanks to Lars Ulrich, of all people #
— add in any third-party search service into A9 #
— for example, hacks via Xabi #
March 14, 2005
— Technorati tracks 7.8 million blogs, with 30-40k new blogs created every day #
March 13, 2005
— edit the URL to change the letters #
March 11, 2005
— and grants AOL the unconditional right to use your conversations any way they want via Slashdot #
— some of the best graphics I’ve ever seen via Todd Dominey #
— generates an alphabet using Yahoo’s image search API #
— excellent Rube Goldberg chain reaction, in the style of Honda’s Cog commercial via MetaFilter #
— thesis on the history of candy bar wrapper design via Dave Shea #
— tired of getting beat by computers, maybe #
— the surreal Serenace ads are the best via screenhead.com #
— Ofoto and Shutterfly, watch your backs via Kottke #
