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July 15, 2006
— democracy isn’t pretty #
— playable art inspired by Space Invaders and woven Oriental rugs via Boing Boing #
— the design is nice, but they’re forcing bidirectional friend connections; the new Last.fm client handles all the plugins automagically #
— chess boards, keyboards and Go #
— wonderfully coherent, prescient, and distinctly Ze via George Hotelling #
— pb breaks down blog tool usage for ORblogs #
— combined with the Hotwired closure, this is too much to take; I hate you, Lycos #
— harsh, but there’s a certain beauty and elegance to this #
July 14, 2006
— star de la campagne publicitaire Switch de Macintosh #
— when was it sold? this is a sad end to one of the first great websites #
— create your own personal timeline of stories, photos and video, like this one via Delicious #
July 13, 2006
— absolutely insane Japanese game; gameplay footage starts at the 2:05 mark #
— Fellini meets Eminem; Youtube Mirror #
— short answer is Friday and Saturday, but the rest of the stats are just as interesting #
— documentary of the National Staredown Competition #
— pick the three hot people to prove you’re human #
— winner of this year’s Mashup Pit best mashup contest #
July 12, 2006
— more insane domino object stacking from the Japanese show devoted to it #
— unbelievable; a Commodore online service from the ’80s, reverse engineered and put online for use with C64 emulators! via coudal.com #
— random household objects and media stacked into one long line of dominoes #
— maybe he’s getting nostalgic because Wired magazine and Wired News are in love again #
— except that “200” is longer than “ok” #
— I feel insignificant; a good companion piece to this #
July 11, 2006
— even without the asteroids, it’s addictive via Darren Barefoot #
— killjoy via Leonard Lin #
— Anil collects every Zidane remixed animated GIF into a single video; funny! #
— after reading that, don’t miss the happier ending; thanks for making me cry at work, Jason via Kottke #
— though Stewart’s case study for Flickr shows that Hitwise has some accuracy issues #
— shine on, you crazy diamond via Delicious #
— stumbled on this from the comments on Matt Haughey’s classic photo #
July 10, 2006
— I missed this ballsy cut-up interview from 2003, y’know what I’m saying? #
— Waferbaby’s oddball animated series, now CC licensed #
— so sad, but almost inevitable; will Amoeba and Rasputin’s be around by the end of this decade? #
— 8 of the top 20 YouTube videos right now are versions of the Zidane headbutt via @crystaltips #
— I love a conspiracy theory as much as anyone, but the film’s premise smells iffy via Delicious #
— hmm, I should get some of those kidney stones just to have dreams like this #
— it feels natural; even the dog cooperated via Kottke #
— terrifying young kids on Saturday mornings #
July 9, 2006
— profanity recognition in Spectrum 48k adventure games; worth it just for vintage screen grabs via racketboy.com #
July 8, 2006
— does this mean the mayor of Kipling, Saskatchewan appear in a movie with Corbin Bernsen? via Digg #
July 7, 2006
— he’ll be speaking at the California Extreme pinball and arcade game show in San Jose tomorrow #
— and the runner-ups are good, too via Fimoculous #
— those crazy 6A kids have been doing nice work lately; [this is good] #
— built on the high-performance DJabberd framework #
July 6, 2006
— if this makes no sense, consider yourself lucky #
— he worked at Audiogalaxy and has seen this from multiple sides; you can hear the internal conflict via Delicious #
— “nobody thinks long and hard about music and what it means to them and then ultimately decides to listen to Toby Keith” #
— not sure I buy the “high-res” angle; at what resolution does promotion stop and piracy begin? #
— I wish translation tools were good enough to make Japanese web surfing realistic for me via Airbag Industries #
