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June 28, 2005
— the guitarist of the band is blogging, too via Populicio.us #
— a response to the Court’s recent unraveling of property rights via Ryan Gantz #
— an excellent example from the Betamax era; Sony would’ve failed the Grokster test via Delicious #
— more search engine humor from Philipp Lenssen #
— what the key players in game legislation have to gain, from the excellent Game Politics blog on (gasp!) Livejournal via pressthebuttons.com #
— the short films are brilliant; “I like to sue people! I’m litigation Cosby, you see.” via Boing Boing #
— as always, he’s witty and humble and essential reading #
— blurring the lines of the Betamax decision via Delicious #
— very funny, I wonder what the unused fields are for #
— I’ve always suspected places like this exist in the real world, too via Hackaday #
— commentary from Rebecca and Matt, and a list of other blogger shills; even USWeb’s blog got in on it via Matt Haughey #
— the wanderlust is a great snapshot of where people want to visit #
— expect a very GUI look and feel to try to outshine Gmail via blog.searchenginewatch.com #
— reorders search results based on past searching history; a step in Google’s plan to fight spam via Battelle Media #
— the massive Keyhole upgrade with businesses, driving directions, and 3D buildings via Battelle Media #
— plug the CD box into a USB port, remix tracks with a pencil via @musicthing #
— their Podcast Directory is very impressive #
— claims Intel coerced hardware industry to avoid AMD via Slashdot #
June 27, 2005
— essential Japanese weirdness #
— several other people confirmed this behavior #
— “Critics are enchanted with Bewitched!” #
— they both played the characters since Disney’s first Pooh short in 1968 #
— brilliant Photoshop thread inspired by Nike’s borrowing of Minor Threat album art #
— unanimous decision finds technology services liable for its users’ infringement #
— human body falling through a bubble landscape #
— I’ve tried the beta; great design and fun to use #
— based on VLC, no less #
— retrieve photos tagged with the last five artist names listened to via Flickr #
June 26, 2005
— web meme gets own MTV show, and it’s surprisingly funny #
— interviews with nearly everyone involved; so very good, read this now #
— online gambling is technically illegal in the U.S., but nobody seems to mind their $600m earnings in 2004 #
June 25, 2005
— they left out the death ray from Real Genius via Populicio.us #
— very strange; refers to “newspaper marketers” and “those annoying site registrations” #
— he’s collected about 700GB of podcasts so far #
— some of the best I’ve seen via Simon Carless #
June 24, 2005
— gorgeously designed Ajax-style browser for Del.icio.us via Delicious #
— using legal loopholes to make a statement; you can’t keep a good dissident down via Populicio.us #
— the code is available, too via MetaFilter #
— technically, it’s not theft; it’s illegal duplication via Slashdot #
— Perl scripting from a GUI, without even knowing Perl via Delicious #
— more importantly, they’re allowing 10,000 API calls monthly for individuals via Slashdot #
— they say that I linked to it first; go me! #
— keep your code clean by using CSS selectors to apply JS functions #
— The Smoking Gun digs through L. Ron Hubbard’s FBI file #
June 23, 2005
— it’s like the MegaPenny Project, only delicious! #
— never trust a religion that hooks you up to lie detectors #
— won’t somebody think of the children? via Boing Boing #
— yeah, it’s about that strange via secretlair.com #