Trixie, Greasemonkey for Internet Explorer
— closed source and, in my mind, somewhat unnecessary (via) #
O'Reilly roundup of BBC Backstage mashups with Google Maps
— see also: gMapTrack, a tool to easily create custom Google Maps like this one #
Christmas Day With My New Girlfriend's Family As a Circa-1982 Text-Based Computer Adventure Game
— I wouldn't mind reading an entire book in this format #
Concerned, a comic made with the Half-Life 2 engine
— if you've played the game, this is funny (via) #
Ex-FBI official states he's Deep Throat
— he denied it to Slate back in 1999, but he's been the likely culprit for years #
Videocrab's E3travaganza
— entertaining photos and stories from E3 2005, including the classic gaming exhibit #
Phrack publishes final issue
— end of an era; I've been reading the hacking e-zine since 1991 (via) #
Ringtone beats Coldplay to top of UK charts
— it's a dance remix of a ringtone mixed with Axel F; the video #
All Consuming joins the Robot Co-op
— how did I miss this last week? a natural move for Erik and company (via) #
JWZ on the Royal de Luxe parade
— massive French marionettes with beautiful backstory; see the insanely cool photos and video #
Fabricating video game objects in real life
— uses HijackGL; I'd love to see sets of videogame object miniatures like this #
Blake Ross's roundup of college newspapers link farms
— including, sadly, my alma mater's daily newspaper #
MP3: Interview with Mark Frauenfelder and Carla Sinclair
— they cover the history of Boing Boing, from zine to Xeni #
Blake Ross digs up link spam on the Stanford Daily site
— there are many spam blog entries linking to Stanford Daily with the "diet pills" keyword, too #
Yahoo! Mindset
— brilliant idea, a slider moving from commercial to non-commercial web results (via) #
Wikitrivia adds categories and images
— a little quirky, but I got 8 out of 10 in the Blogs category #
NYT on falling box office attendance
— they blame DVD sales, PVRs, video-on-demand, video games, and the Internet #
Mike Doughty busks outside his own Seattle concert
— one of my favorite live performers, this should be a good EP #
Andrew Leonard commentary on Star Wars BitTorrent busts
— hit this link after viewing the page to read the whole story #
E3 Underdogs 2005
E3 isn’t the best place to find innovative new games, largely because it’s a massive marketing event driven by “sure-thing” multimillion dollar blockbusters and movie/TV franchises. But every year, there are a few underdogs that somehow make it onto the show floor, along with a couple inspiring big-name titles.
Last year, Namco gave an obscure Japanese title called Katamari Damacy a tiny space in the back of their booth. I fell in love, and dubbed it the Best of Show in my 2004 Oddball Roundup. Katamari ended up being the biggest cult hit of the year.
With that in mind, a little late, here’s a roundup of my favorite underdogs from this year’s E3. (G4TV has their own video underdog roundup. For a more mainstream roundup, try 1UP’s detailed list of the best games at E3.)
Podcasting Star Wars: Winer vs. Curry
— silly little drama, but don't miss Winer's MP3 response; he sounds heavily stoned #
All Threadless shirts $10 until June 6
— three of my all-time fav are in stocks: Goatse (safe for work), The Internet, Pirate #
Worst web application you've ever seen
— unbelievably bad UI scraped from a mainframe terminal app (via) #
Homeland Security busts Elite Torrents
— they say it's the first criminal action in the US against a BitTorrent tracker #