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May 1, 2005

Longhorn preview screenshots

— hideously ugly and a usability nightmare via Digg #

Controversy over Creative Commons partnership with marketing firm

— more on Lessig and BzzAgent #

Yahoo Traffic Conditions in RSS

— some interesting possibilities here #

Gamespot's hands-on preview of Shadow of the Colossus

— the new PS2 game by the team that made ICO via Simon Carless #
April 29, 2005

Der Spiegel grills Tom Cruise about his Scientology beliefs

— Steven Spielberg catches some heat, too via Simon Carless #

Flickr's Creative Commons photo browser

— another great source for free and legal photos #

Designline, design timeline

— animated GIF of every step of the contruction of a new CSS-based blog design via Delicious #

Flash: Smart Stick Adventure, maze of death

— perfect Friday Flash fun via The Morning News #

Goatse shirt, now for sale

— safe for work #
April 28, 2005

Amazon redesigns, down to only two tabs

— if you’re not seeing it, here’s a screenshot #

Bush signs law cracking down on prerelease file sharing

— anyone sharing even one copy of an unreleased film, software program, or music file could be sentenced to up to three years in prison via Slashdot #

No Internet Explorer bundled with new Apple OS

— if you’re so inclined, Ars Technica has a massive 20-page Tiger review #

Apple sued over "Tiger" name, injunction could prevent launch

— questionable timing on Tiger Direct’s part #

Fan remixes of NIN's Garage Band track

— 274 remixes, but none of them as good as The Ghost That Feeds via filmrot.com #

Wal-Mart uses DMCA against parody website

— they cited copyright infringement against the Carnegie Mellon student #

The Hype Machine

— a well-executed MP3 blog aggregator via Delicious #

GBA homebrew game contest winners, pre-order the cartridge for only $12

— this is a steal; the list of 10 winning games is in the Jan 23 news update #

Rare mixes, bootlegs, and pirate radio from the mid-1980s

— transferred from mix tapes into MP3 format for download via Delicious #

1970s concert photos on Flickr

— some of these are outstanding via Flickr #

Marc Hedlund on "bud vase" features

— creating passionate users with small personal touches via Matt Haughey #
April 27, 2005

Mystery of the Mario Paint Song

— a strange tune that appears in Nintendo games from 1992 on, with MP3s and a backstory via Delicious #

Art group installs viewing platforms at L.A. gated communities

— hilarious; I bet they’re removed by tomorrow via lablogs.com #

Infinity launching listener-produced commercial radio station

— submit audio files online, they review and play them on AM radio via downhillbattle.org #

Matt's Recumbent Bike

— silliest Flickr pool ever; the original image via Paul Bausch #
April 26, 2005

IHT redesigns to 1024 pixels wide

— following WaPo’s 1024px redesign, but both only have ads in the right-hand area via Todd Dominey #

Slashdot adds ads to their RSS feeds

— blecch #

Kottke on "A Whole New Internet"

— expanding on Andre’s original thoughts #

Disney developing Pirates of the Carribean MMO

— I’m still waiting for Disneyland in Half-Life 2 #

Rosie O'Donnell's Flickr photos

— she also moved her Blogspot blog to her own domain #

Pixel mural from Masters of Magic for MS-DOS

— creative, retro, and obscure; I love this kind of thing #

Make a ring out of a coin

— technically illegal, or is it? via Hackaday #

How big is Jesus?

— JWZ runs the numbers via Delicious #

MP3: Audio from Jeff Tweedy and Lawrence Lessig's "Who Owns Culture?" presentation

— 45 MB of goodness via Fimoculous #

Retro-style RPG based on Columbine massacre

— extremely offensive; don’t shoot the messenger via monkeyfilter.com #

UC Berkeley professor exaggerated laptop scary story

— shocking! via Delicious #
April 25, 2005

TVTorrents closed down

— they make reference to a costly settlement via Delicious #

Chris Ware to self-publish future work

— including new issues of Acme Novelty Library! via Delicious #

Photos from "I Am 8-bit" gallery exhibition

— looks like photos of every artwork via Simon Carless #

Comparing blog links to major newspapers

— as a percentage of their print circulation, Christian Science Monitor is the most blog-friendly via Kottke #

Edward Tufte closing "Ask E.T." forum

— for someone so brilliant at information design, the design of the forums is lacking; whoops, this was from 2004 #

Dangerous Hacker!

— too good to be true, but I’m hoping via Delicious #

Adrian's Greasemonkey compiler

— turn any Greasemonkey script into a standalone Firefox extension #
April 23, 2005

Matt finds video of a TV networks' emergency drill

— an entire terrorist black plague scenario, with experts, eyewitnesses, and reporters in the field #

Japanese Pepsi promotion with tape rolls of Super Mario Brothers levels

— and a lovely collection of bottlecaps; or buy the tapes and caps on eBay via Ethan Marcotte #
April 22, 2005

Bastard Tetris for Linux console

— algorithmically chooses the worst possible bricks as you play #

Neat idea for combining Google Maps satellite view with A9's storefront view

— someone please do this via Delicious #

Flash: Guess-the-Google

— wonderful game based on Google Images collages via Delicious #

Congress confuses file sharing with manslaughter

— explosive headline, but these draconian lawmakers are in the industry’s pocket and they need to be stopped via Delicious #

The New Pope condemns rock music

— he hates the Eagles, so he can’t be all bad; original Times UK article from 1996 #

Katamari Damacy 2 co-op play

— plus, a much better split-screen mode via damnedmachines.com #
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