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November 30, 2006
— synchronized videos, Brady Bunch style #
November 29, 2006
— “comics are in everything” #
— silly machinima using Wii Sports’ Bowling #
— clock composed of Flickr photos via infosthetics.com #
— CBS hated the use of jazz, ordinary kids, and the central themes of materialism and faith #
November 28, 2006
— but why? it seemed to be a successful niche community #
— turn the table on those bastard triangle ships #
— frankly, I’m surprised they lasted this long #
— he worked on the original site and has an interesting insider view of the original’s failure #
November 27, 2006
— I guess that means a Y: The Last Man adaptation won’t be happening soon #
— skip straight to 1:45; Atene claims the original audition was never actually sent in via Andre Torrez #
— Nintendo anticipated this by placing obvious warnings and reminders in the games #
— zoomable version of the whiteboard epic, leaked for the world to see via Philipp Lenssen #
— finally, a human face behind the C&D, instead of nastygram lawyerbots #
November 26, 2006
— behind the recent surge of Captcha-like image spam via Simon Willison #
— new documentary explores the half million Chinese making their living earning virtual currency via Simon Willison #
— incredible resource; you could spend weeks exploring any one of these projects #
November 21, 2006
— detailed reviews of every entry linked in the comments #
— Wired Magazine’s late profile of the Lonelygirl fad is still an interesting read, with new details of the beginning #
— as always, this will become the ultimate source for year-end best-of lists over the next six weeks #
— EC2 enables all sorts of interesting niche businesses via Delicious #
— also, they pushed the oft-requested Guest Pass feature #
— “I wonder how your little genius came up with that toe tapper” #
November 20, 2006
— Adam Cadre’s wiki reality via MetaFilter #
— sweaty hands and a faulty strap are hazardous to your living room #
— from a very rare TV special he hosted in 1969 #
— meanwhile, David Cross and Johnny Marr covered it live #
November 19, 2006
— more oddball regulatory singing here #
— friends create WarioWare-like game for newlywed gamers, with video! via tvinjapan.com #
November 16, 2006
— story of a computer programmer who dropped out of tech to be a bike courier via 37signals.com #
— new tools let users clone any object or avatar without permission, creating clone wars in Second Life #
— flipping sensationalist reporting on its head #
November 15, 2006
— at least partly because of his 10 Zen Monkeys interview #
November 14, 2006
— they obsessively track down Amanda Congdon, Rocketboom, Dave Winer, Nick Denton, and call Nick Douglas on his cellphone #
November 13, 2006
— Alexa’s Web Discovery and Amazon Earworm are two of the best corporate blogs #
— tracking abuses of the silent panel gag in the Sunday funnies via The Morning News #
— the blog everyone here won’t admit they read; also: 10 Zen Monkeys interview with Nick #
November 10, 2006
— what a relief via joi.ito.com #
— “Your Mom Rated E for Everyone” #
— brilliant hack, with a printable pattern PDF via Make #
— another first person story of an unwitting victim; also, a look behind the scenes #
— the inevitable followup to this Ask Metafilter question from a friend of one of the guys #
November 9, 2006
— corporate America takes on U2’s “One”; painful to watch in its sincerity #
— they hit 16,777,216 comments, the upper limit for a mediumint in MySQL #
— sounds painfully awkward via Boing Boing #
— good look at what gets stories to the Digg homepage, but doesn’t cover everything #
