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August 24, 2005
— lots of good thoughts and predictions #
August 23, 2005
— thoughtful reply; this is a subtle issue that people are only now becoming aware of #
— Skype must be freaking out right about now; here’s a review #
— using their Jabber-based IM with your Gmail username #
— odd bit of investigative journalism turns up the owner, web host, and spammer of a bestiality site; Joey has more via Jeremy Zawodny #
— read about this on my last day at Foo Camp, but couldn’t get a quote from anyone there via Matt Haughey #
August 22, 2005
— the talk.google.com domain resolves, too via Digg #
— lovely work, great typography #
— Slashdot thread on the quality of the code with comments by Carmack himself via itplaysquake.com #
— project to decode Captcha images; more info in this article via Delicious #
— thieves using Bluetooth phones near locked cars to find laptops to steal via Delicious #
— which includes Rotten Tomatoes via Digg #
— this storyline is hilarious; Cellphone, Digit, Download, and Miss Laptop! #
— the sidebar seems a bit obnoxious #
— the first comment made me laugh #
August 20, 2005
— “your living is costing the movie industry five billion a year!” #
August 18, 2005
— insanely bizarre benefit recording with an all-star indie rock lineup #
— remixing Kanye West with Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds via Octopus Dropkick #
— very impressive alternative to CitySearch; some of the highlights #
— take that, Brittanica via Sean Bonner #
— gorgeously designed Ajaxy sticky notes website #
August 17, 2005
— funny hack via Hackaday #
— my friend Maya’s insanely detailed notebook drawings; more obsessiveness in her Flickr stream #
— a part of history that could be lost forever #
August 16, 2005
— your guess is as good as mine #
— feels strange, but casual users will love this #
— six years later, still a great game we play at work regularly #
— it’s no Nutrigrain, but it made me laugh via Delicious #
— collaborative list of applications people use; like Del.icio.us for software #
— they’re petitioning Apple to support WMA in iTunes, rather than releasing DRM-free audio #
— nicely designed shopping site for buying and selling handmade stuff via Boing Boing #
— wow, Waxy Links is #60; read about who was excluded via Populicio.us #
— a healthy homebrew community keeps the platform alive, despite the lack of good games via @crystaltips #
— still catching up from last week’s vacation #
August 15, 2005
— film about two guys crossing America on a Segway via Digg #
— and, just as important, they added full search #
— I guess I could ask Dave in person on Friday at Foo Camp #
— use the arrow keys to evade the dots; I can’t get past level 8 #
— he speculates they could one day offer country-wide free wifi via Digg #
— apparently, she wasn’t happy with Jon Brion’s production; stream a new track via stereogum.com #
— as promised, Jason started uploading the raw interviews from his excellent documentary via Slashdot #
August 8, 2005
— I’m taking the week off; in the meantime, try Populicious or my favorite sources for links #
August 7, 2005
— the original Wired article said 57%; new research shows closer to 25% #
August 6, 2005
— crazy hack; watch the videos #
— a rebuttal to Cory Doctorow’s essay #
— OSx86 project claims it’s not fake, but it’s currently slow and unstable #
August 5, 2005
— MP3s of a fake interview album and some good station identifiers #
