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June 7, 2005
— Canadian police trap thieves and tape the results; I love the irony of the music in this video via Gizmodo #
— how the number on a sample Social Security card came to be used by thousands of people #
— just send a self-addressed stamped envelope #
— when you mess up, it shoots you in the face with a flamethrower via Hackaday #
— we use Eatlunch.at every day at work #
— Xeni Jardin and Sean Bonner head to downtown L.A. to report on the bootleg DVD spy cams #
— probably the biggest torrent site that hasn’t been shut down (yet); their Top 100 is a great snapshot of piracy zeitgeist #
— how do you say “meow” in Chinese? audio clips of onomatopoeia around the world; old, but good via New York Times #
— sad and hopeless attempt to control online dissent via David Galbraith #
— more copyright idiocy via Slashdot #
June 6, 2005
— the whole world is going copyright insane via Delicious #
— less a review, and more of a handy list for your own judgment via Delicious #
— depressing state of affairs #
— Steve Baldwin reviews the websites of the Webby’s 500 judges #
— with audio! we’ll make an exception to this for nationally-broadcast media pranks via Anil Dash #
— I love documentaries about fringe competitions, like Scrabble, spelling bees, and krumping via Airbag Industries #
— niche social bookmarking for DJ mixes only via Jason Cosper #
— to help find booth babes for launch? this baffles me via Simon Carless #
— a guy convinced a clerk to let him walk out with a $2.6 million delivery via Sean Bonner #
— also: Chunk did the Truffle Shuffle for the fans at the Goonies festival #
— I think running Wikipedia mirrors with ads falls under the same shady realm via Delicious #
— automated weighted tag lists using Yahoo’s Content Analysis web service via Philipp Lenssen #
— yes, the Intel rumors are true; MacNN is also posting updates #
— sounds like somebody’s got a case of the Mondays! via The Morning News #
— generate images up to 2048×1536 via Delicious #
June 5, 2005
— the donuts are only good within two minutes of leaving the conveyor; anything else is mediocre, at best via Kottke #
— homebrew games and software for GBA, DS, PSP, and GP32; some amazing stuff here via emuholic.emuboards.com #
— this bookmarklet is handy for MP3 blogs #
— what would children’s art look like if painted realistically? #
— 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 #
