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November 9, 2005

Flash: eBaum's World Sucks

— it may be flamebait, but at least it’s entertaining #
November 8, 2005

Digg.com set to overtake Slashdot in Alexa traffic rankings

— pretty amazing, especially considering the timeframe via Digg #

Yahoo Pirate Maps and Radar

— using Flash filters and transforms to make a new look and feel via Digg #
November 7, 2005

Mainstream Media Meltdown II

— Chris Anderson updates his media stats #

Grokster shuts down network

— the final chapter in the settlement, if not for the ongoing aftermath #

FlickrFS

— Linux virtual filesystem that ties to Flickr for grabbing and posting photos via Jeremy Zawodny #

MySpace threats shuts down San Antonio high school

— the school’s reaction is puzzling; shouldn’t they be grateful the information spread so quickly? #

Risk on Google Maps

— the next version will attempt multiplayer via Digg #

Aimi.cn

— a Chinese 43things clone; this goal made me laugh #
November 6, 2005

Google adds Creative Commons license search

— like Flickr, the ability to filter website by usage rights is wonderful #

Kottke on My Dirty iPod

— I’ll let him link to it, since it’s explicit NSFW #

NYT tech columnist on the future of Yahoo

— whoa, with a mention of Upcoming #
November 5, 2005

Dave Cassel's 100 Greatest Internet Moments

— some serious nostalgia, mining the early web for memes and culture #

Something Awful on honest game titles

— the first one is brilliant, but they’re all good #
November 4, 2005

Best privacy policy ever

— the Malevole text generator slips into production #

Japanese blogger poisons mother in homage to killer

— with translated excerpts from her blog #

White Stripes cover Tegan and Sara on new EP

— nice homage, but the original is much better; judge for yourself via pitchforkmedia.com #
November 3, 2005

MySpace starts record label

— sounds like a natural extension of the buyout via MetaFilter #

Rasmus Lerdorf's PHP tutorial on the new Yahoo geocoder

— for me, the geocoding platform is just as important as the new maps UI via Delicious #

Google Desktop 2 launches

— with support for user-created plugins via Jeremy Zawodny #

Alisa Viejo teen murderer posted on Something Awful, Anandtech, others

— he was about shotguns on SA, then killed his neighbors and himself three days later #

Amazon Mechanical Turk

— develop questions that can only be answered by humans, make money answering them #

Fark makes violent videogames friendly

— my favorites are Duck Hunt, Pac-Man and Postal via pressthebuttons.com #

Cafepress copyright police shut down parody t-shirts for non-existent drug

— the Panexa site is great, too via Matt Haughey #
November 2, 2005

Yahoo! Maps beta

— developers have already built some neat apps, including the outstanding MashUpcoming #
November 1, 2005

BitTorrent for Dummies

— it doesn’t get much more mainstream than this via corante.com #
October 31, 2005

Sony CD installs DRM rootkit?

— malware that hides itself and impossible for almost everyone to remove via Slashdot #

NBC News to broadcast online

— for free in its entirety, with past shows archived historically via therawfeed.com #

Apple sells 1 million videos in first 20 days

— considering the limited library, this is impressive via Digg #

Upcoming.org on the TiVo

— using Galleon, a wonderful open-source media browser #
October 27, 2005

Archie goes goth

— totally dismal and excellent #

Flickr adds photo printing!

— by mail, or pick them up at your local Target store for one hour printing via Flickr #
October 25, 2005

Google Base launching soon

— an open database of structured content #
October 24, 2005

President Bush cease and desists The Onion

— for using the presidential seal #

Newsweek on the Boondocks animated series

— the Adult Swim premiere is on November 6; here’s an early review via Simon Carless #

Katamari Damacy individual level speedruns

— video runs for every main level of the game #
October 23, 2005

Video: Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?

— follow along with the indie rock all-star lineup #

Video: Romance of the Jedi

— Episode III remixed as a gay love story #
October 22, 2005

Paul Stamatiou's good review of Flock

— learn about the developer preview before you try it out via Delicious #

8-Bit Star Wars

— Episode IV as a pixelized animated GIF via Delicious #

Details on Jason Scott's next documentary about text adventure games

— from the creator of the wonderful BBS Documentary #
October 21, 2005

Ask Mefi finds an address in 1939 Vienna

— within minutes, Ask Mefi finds grandfather’s Nazi-era apartment and hand-written documents via Matt Haughey #

Matt Mullenweg leaves CNET

— he’ll be working on WordPress full-time; congrats! #
October 19, 2005

AMASS, permanent storage for Ajax apps on the client side

— store 100k without user permission on the client using Flash via Delicious #

DVD Jon joins Michael Robertson at new startup

— nicely timed with the WSJ profile earlier #
October 18, 2005

Time interviews tech pundits on future of technology

— Tim, Esther, Clay, and a host of other familiar names; I like Moby’s closing quote via blogebrity.com #

Video: First music video shot on cell phones exclusively

— they recorded footage at half-speed to work with the 10 frames per second limit via Fimoculous #

WSJ profile on Jon Johansen

— Wikipedia has a nice list of DVD Jon’s projects via Digg #

Suck.com on Wordprocessor.com

— disturbingly accurate pitch from October 1996, just over nine years ago via Sippey #
October 17, 2005

Fortune's long profile on BitTorrent

— history and some details about the new business #
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