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August 31, 2006
— and post all the photos to Flickr via Matt Haughey #
— deathmatches in famous architecture; download it here via Todd Dominey #
— the ongoing UK documentary series interviews the same group of adults every 7 years since age 7 #
— at my last job, dealing with mistaken Comcast and Verizon blacklists were the norm #
— he doesn’t want to do the Myspace salute; won’t somebody think of the children #
August 30, 2006
— amazing story of calling ghost BBSes, and a great tip for using Vonage for dialup via Boing Boing #
— here’s a good overview;s is YouTube’s biggest star a viral marketing effort or just kids havnig fun? via Fimoculous #
August 29, 2006
— this is brilliant and cruel; what else can you tell me about this offer? via Delicious #
August 28, 2006
— part of Myspace’s big numbers are attributable to terrible site design via Boing Boing #
— and, surprise! two-way integration with Upcoming #
— increasing the number of events by 3000% overnight, plus pretty pictures and nicer event pages #
August 25, 2006
— shut down by Microsoft on Youtube, now living on Google Video for the moment #
— create and destroy a virtual server farm in seconds with an API call; Amazon is doing the most innovative work in the entire industry #
— also, five warning signs; most interesting are gelato and the flight patterns of visual artists via Delicious #
— no non-Nintendo launch titles will have online play? #
— I’d be terrified of crushing someone’s legs #
— hard to believe it’s a coincidence; maybe a staff writer watches The Show via Fimoculous #
August 24, 2006
— outstanding index of available homebrew apps and games for the NDS via Digg #
— a possible partnership with Nylon via Fimoculous #
— not unlike Sand via Delicious #
— a fascinating story of two very different mathematic personalities; more from Kottke via Kottke #
— this basically summed up my day #
August 23, 2006
— obscure Nintendo DS references on t-shirts make me happy #
— from scroll-like “labels” in 12th century paintings to modern comic strips; also: the Early Comics Archive via Adam Kempa #
August 22, 2006
— reviewers avoid 7.7 and 7.8 scores #
— “We Are the World”-style commentary on music piracy; “even Lars Ulrich knows it’s wrong” #
— video mashup of Bush singing “Imagine,” with a nod to Lou Reed #
August 21, 2006
— full speed OpenGL/DirectX running natively on the Mac would mean I’d never buy a PC again via Digg #
— removing positive portrayal of cigs in Tom and Jerry, Scooby Doo, and The Flintstones #
August 20, 2006
— bad UI, but great conversation with Will Wright, David Jaffe, Cliffy B, and Harvey Smith #
— which restaurants are open in your area, right now? #
August 19, 2006
— stop-motion animation of retro arcade games played out with household objects #
— people like Mike inspire me; Fundrace, OGLE, Pizza Party, VGMap, and reBlog are all wonderful #
August 17, 2006
— visual tool for screen scraping websites into XML and doing neat things with it #
— even more than Arcade, I’m eagerly awaiting Get Lamp #
— I’m interviewed along with the rest of the staff; follow along on the archives #
August 16, 2006
— hyperviolent fun with copyright violations circa 1986; cameos by Mickey Mouse, Blondie, Nazis, and Richard Simmons via Delicious #
— I love that company; how many other businesses would write a public expose on payola review sites? #
— also: ColecoDS now has sound and saving #
— “Bruce Schneier can straighten out an elliptic curve with nothing but his teeth” #
August 15, 2006
— sharing the games will be challenging, but it’s a great move that other consoles should try to top #
— famous websites without identifying text or graphics; how many can you name? #
— AOL employees digging Weblogs, Inc. stories in a coordinated effort to get to the frontpage #
— College Humor, yes, but also Vimeo, Busted Tees, and others via cheesedip.com #
— there’s a fine line between eccentric and insane via stereogum.com #
— the Teams feature is the most interesting; social networks will eventually be built into the OS via feeds.feedburner.com #
