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June 23, 2005
— egregious examples of copyright hell; one publisher asked for $10k to clear a ringtone #
— finding the neat stuff in their newly expanded global satellite photos #
— Windows XP installs fine on them, but OS X for Intel won’t install on generic PCs via Slashdot #
— the kids’ gaming site is one of social software’s biggest successes, but nobody’s paying attention via Slashdot #
— Fox News conspiracy theory implies brainwashing #
June 22, 2005
— Slashdot commenter on the reality of this story via Andre Torrez #
— update: Haughey has the video #
— no more swapping memory sticks! huge news for the PSP homebrew scene; more mirrors; how it works via Joystiq #
— Eric Schmidt said it won’t involve direct user-to-user payments via Philipp Lenssen #
— automated photo mosaics using Flickr; it must be hammering their servers, though via Delicious #
— plug your iPod into this weird portable video add-on via Gizmodo #
— quite a community has popped up around the Rails Day contest entry #
— the nudity debate on Flickr rages on via MetaFilter #
— Acrobat sucks so bad, nearly anything else is better via Delicious #
— not to be confused with the outstandingly awesome reBlog project via Delicious #
— recording in the browser is the best feature, I think #
June 21, 2005
— a special issue transported from the future via MetaFilter #
— if you signed up for the announcement, you should get an invite soon #
— where people that type “i am lonely” into Google find solace via MetaFilter #
— turn on ads, and let the pennies roll in #
— surprising results: Yahoo is indexing blogs better than Google #
— starring Sarah Michelle Gellar as the goth Alice in Wonderland, this could be awful via Slashdot #
— he’s coming after your children next #
— though it failed, this kind of media experimentation should be commended instead of ridiculed #
June 20, 2005
— fasinating article about L.A.’s homebrew pinata cottage industry via Boing Boing #
— he’s rumored to have resigned because of the notorious e-mail forward #
— very handy; honey lasts forever via foldedspace.org #
— fill out the survey to view all the lovely charts via Cam Marlow #
— it’s linked from the front page of GoDaddy, too via MetaFilter #
— part of AOL’s antispam blacklist, apparently #
— accept website payments without ever redirecting to Paypal via Todd Dominey #
— Cory Doctorow’s new book, licensed for reuse and available in multiple formats via Boing Boing #
— short and lovely adventure games without words #
— great tutorial for moving any video to the device via pvrblog.com #
— and it uses the Upcoming.org API, too #
— with tons of high-res screenshots of Turner Broadcasting’s upcoming on-demand gaming service; lots of emulated old games via Simon Carless #
— a directory of organized, freely-available music #
— hopefully, this will be a bit more permanent mirror via Boing Boing #
— made with diverse instruments; highly recommended via Simon Carless #
— they weren’t prepared for wiki abuse, apparently via Fimoculous #
June 19, 2005
— related to a lawsuit surrounding ad-sponsored pedophilia chat rooms via Philipp Lenssen #
June 18, 2005
— it’ll be hard for Google to compete with Paypal’s ubiquity, unless they drop fees via Jeremy Zawodny #
— every new technology finds an application in porn #
— jewelry made from electronics and computer components via Simon Carless #
— third-person mod built by students in five months of spare time via Slashdot #
— fun with the cliche of gritty realism via Delicious #
June 17, 2005
— excellent 8-bit music video, reminiscent of Junior Senior’s Move Your Feet via Simon Carless #
June 16, 2005
— I won’t ruin the ending for you #
— this kind of debate is part of what makes Wikipedia so entertaining #