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October 31, 2006
— the finished product is 38,240 blocks standing six feet tall; it cost over $900 wholesale! via Flickr #
— I didn’t see that one coming #
October 30, 2006
— fascinating read about collusion between Google and the major media companies #
— The Sims was partially inspired by his daughter’s dollhouse and his own house burning down #
— they’re releasing a comic book after every episode with additional backstory; clever! #
— 3D fabrication of freehand drawings in space via Slashdot #
— wonderful breakdown of the many ways to die in Nethack #
— excellent BBC documentary on Blade Runner, with an unreleased scene at the 40:00 mark via jwz #
October 29, 2006
— collection of phone phreak voicemail messages from 1990; glimpse into a quirky subculture #
— identity aggregation; still way too hard to use, but a step in the right direction via abstractdynamics.org #
— it took me a second to realize how this was a phishing attack #
— blaming a web programmer for inadequate airport security #
— 0 bids via Simon Carless #
October 27, 2006
— a mirror of the art site from 2001; background drama here via Slashdot #
— South Park, Colbert, and Daily Show clips removed en masse via Fimoculous #
— throw these in a geek gym with Doom treadmills via Matt Haughey #
October 26, 2006
— Strong Bad’s Trogdor and Dethklok hand-in-hand with Buckethead and Voivod #
— yay! drinks are on Ben and Mena #
— tons of great stuff here #
— beyond Google Earth, this CSV of lat-long coordinates for 55,00 Wikipedia articles has tons of potential; thanks, Tom #
— the new company will follow a similar philosophy to Robot Co-op and 37 Signals #
October 25, 2006
— incredible type built with trees, wire, and clouds; more here and here via justinspace.com #
— a children’s book I adored when I was little #
— Web 3.0 will look like this #
— the default behavior for 2.0’s tab UI was frustrating, but this cleared it up in 15 seconds #
October 24, 2006
— Al seems completely lost, but it makes the clip that much better #
— take that, brain! via Slashdot #
— the most popular distributor of grey market and import gaming wares #
October 23, 2006
— not the most tech-savvy guy, it seems via Fimoculous #
— Digg-style site promoting the best Japanese videos on YouTube, like this Pocky commercial via mutantfrog.com #
— graffiti on the window of a closed video store #
— Ziff-Davis opens up the vault, offering free PDFs of every issue from December 1981 to November 1992! via 4colorrebellion.com #
— using the Nintendo DS as an interface for mixing live video performances; watch the video for a demo via pixelsumo.com #
October 22, 2006
— directed by Michel Gondry, this is my favorite music video of all time #
— insane pranksters accost strangers on the streets of San Francisco in the 1960s; also: official homepage and some video #
October 20, 2006
— Metafilter user blogs during a 90 day sentence in jail via Nelson Minar #
— 89 year old man gets 18 years in prison; I wrote about the fatal accident from the scene #
— wonderfully weird find; this gallery is safe for work, if you’re curious #
October 19, 2006
— infinitely better, with Flash video, better navigation, and licensed content from MTV #
— once upon a time, we had a coherent, thoughtful President #
October 18, 2006
— Def Jam’s really throwing their weight behind her; love the Tetris video, though via onosendai.info #
— an updated version of vintage illustrated card toys, made by Metafilter and Flickr members via Delicious #
— this could set the precedent for a wave of lawsuits against web video sites #
— private beta, but interesting extension of their community #
— remote social printing for friends and family; absolutely brilliant idea, but especially for photos #
— “we are upset at Windows for not being more hardy against such viruses” #
— hardcore World of Warcraft junkie breaks his addiction and writes about it via Nelson Minar #
— #1. “What if the Internet turned into a Were-wolf?” #
