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June 5, 2005
— this broke my brain, but not as much as the Best Optical Illusion Ever #
— “4.8 times more patriotic” via Rob Cockerham #
— Tama reports on the bootleg DVD found in Bali, with timecodes removed and laughably bad menus #
— in the last paragraph, an interesting lead points to PowerPC emulation #
— contest to write a Rails app in 24 hours; my favorite entries include Clockwork, Tackboard, Friendr, Space Tag, and Nutrient #
June 4, 2005
— Teller had no comment via Simon Carless #
— looks like Scoble is the only individual blogger in their default feeds #
— also, 95 percent of laptops now support wireless via peterme.com #
— the X-Rom isn’t as good as the EZ-Flash II, but it’s well worth the money via gbaemu.com #
— which sites are dead from the 2000 Webbies? via Philipp Lenssen #
June 3, 2005
— they sent a C&D to a guy hosting a movie that he made via Boing Boing #
— proximity-aware IM client for Windows laptops with wifi via Simon Carless #
— might threaten hardware sales once someone gets OS X running on cheap PCs via tbray.org #
— Halfbakery came up with the idea in 2001, with a better product name #
— they can use the photos to see all furnishings and alarm systems via Glassdog #
— see also: Pietro’s excellent tag cloud analysis using the tool via Delicious #
— everybody’s goin’ off the deep end; I’m mirroring the video. via MetaFilter #
— they report Cruise is an Operating Thetan 6, meaning he can leave his own body and read people’s minds via Defamer #
— useful if you can travel back in time to when blue boxes worked via Delicious #
— short film created from 65,000 photocopied screenshots from 300 feature films; from the creator of Copy Shop via b3ta #
— tries to launch a flare, lights parachute on fire instead; more here via b3ta #
— eh, PCs will always be better for certain game genres via Slashdot #
— the original 1953 film strip is great, too #
— one of my favorite indies goes super mainstream #
— there are still books of 1000 stamps on sale at eBay #
June 2, 2005
— read this immediately #
— like a reverse robots.txt, tells Google what to index and what’s been updated recently; also, note the Creative Commons license #
— very early, but a great idea; could be used for community building via @crystaltips #
— it could couble as a baby monitor for parents on vacation without their kids #
— good for hiding advanced functions from clients via Pete Ashton #
— $100, cheap via Kottke #
— Greasemonkey script to help you stop mindlessly web surfing via Delicious #
— frustrating, but addictive bouncing game via Populicio.us #
— a look at Google’s internal tools for evaluating their search results quality; Flash movie via Philipp Lenssen #
— might as well add it to your e-mail and comment blacklists now via electrolicious.com #
— history of bizarre vintage McD’s ads, with video via The Morning News #
— themes bubbling under in indie gaming projects via Simon Carless #
— instant, free wiki spaces for groups or individuals #
June 1, 2005
— other interesting information about the Greasemonkey clone for IE via feeds.feedburner.com #
— perfect for low end, while the high end moves to fiber #
— video and audio of the Jeff Tweedy/Larry Lessig talk via Matt Haughey #
— sadly, still only works on the Japanese 1.0 firmware #
