James Kochalka's American Elf is now free!
— he's been drawing a comic nearly every day since May 2002; highly recommended (via) #
RPS reviews Passage, an pixel art maze game about death
— can a game that's only five minutes long make you sad? surprisingly, yes #
Google release chart image generator
— 50,000 images a day? I'd definitely use this for smaller projects #
Inside the "Ron Paul" Spam Botnet
— doesn't explain who paid to send the spams, but a great glimpse into how spambots operate (via) #
Kristin Hersh's thoughts on sustainability
— "You don't have to suck in order to work here, but it helps." #
Kleptones releases "Live’r Than You’ll Ever Be"
— a nonstop mix of greatest hits from a concert earlier this year, with some new songs too! #
Emerging Tech 2008 program announced
— definitely a welcome move away from NowTech and back to its roots (via) #
n+1 Magazine's long profile of Gawker
— the essay that kicked off the editorial shakeup there, but didn't cause it (via) #
Flickr adds photo editing tools
— partnered with Picnik, it's seamless and handles 90% of what I use Photoshop for #
Kristin Hersh on CASH Music
— with subscription and patronage benefits, artists like Kristin can stay independent forever, as long as they have dedicated fans #
IRSeek IRC search engine shuts down after user backlash
— using non-obvious bot names and using Tor to hide the IP addresses was very dumb (via) #
Said the Gramaphone on Brooklyn band Vampire Weekend
— refreshing sound, Sean nails it as Spoon meets Paul Simon's "Graceland" #
Six Apart sells Livejournal to Russian media company
— I guess that answers the question about how Vox fits with Livejournal (via) #
Google bans ads for paid link sellers
— finally! taking money from spammers while banning them from the index was hypocritical #
Square America's The Party
— some photos are NSFW; don't miss the other exhibitions and the wonderful blog (via) #
Airball, an unreleased NES game, now available for sale
— new games for dead systems make me happy; see the detailed review with video (via) #