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June 30, 2008
— Resig mentioned this a couple weeks ago, but Aza’s video demo is a must-see #
— wide range, from George Gershwin to Jared Leto via Fimoculous #
— still catching up from vacation, this hit Digg but worth reading if you missed it #
— don’t miss Douglas Rushkoff’s comment about his Pseudo investment #
— then again, it’s free to register and there’s no client via Delicious #
— how about a JOSHUA voice pack next? #
— deliberately or not, the Coen Brothers quote from their early work via Daring Fireball #
— insanely popular with tweens, he has 242k subscribers and a sponsorship deal; here’s an interview #
— animated type via Chris Glass #
— broken vinyl used as train tracks; don’t miss the video via Delicious #
— presentation about clever parsing hacks, several oriented around Twitter via Delicious #
— some insights into what’s attractive about the platform for game developers #
June 29, 2008
— a huge upgrade, with write support and many new methods #
— collection of blogs who never got past their first post via Delicious #
— Jarkko Hietaniemi, you’re my hero #
— I hope niche apps like these move over to App Store via Delicious #
— Rescue: The Beagles looks like fun, and some of the other entries are intriguing via GameSetWatch #
— whether this was a glitch or vendetta, some sort of response would be nice via Fimoculous #
— they spent $60,000 and had 44 performers, including a congressman; sounds like a massive train wreck #
— pure sarcasm, but sums up the shuffling as viewed from the ground via Delicious #
June 28, 2008
— an excellent companion piece to Chris Anderson’s Wired cover story #
— with more unconfirmed ones listed in the comments #
June 26, 2008
— or: why I’m awfully quiet this week #
June 25, 2008
— early paper prototypes for Flickr, Twitter, Vimeo, and others via Delicious #
— in one example, one pixel represents 114 miles via Mike Migurski #
June 24, 2008
— a brilliant primer with some familiar names to Waxy readers, and plenty of new ones #
June 23, 2008
— incredible detail, including the Simpsons house, Moe’s, and much of Springfield via Delicious #
June 22, 2008
— the amount of planning in the how-to is staggering #
— media piracy of all kinds is pervasive and not stigmatized via GameSetWatch #
— hip-hop rivalries in the YouTube age via Fimoculous #
— exactly two years from his first video, Matt returns from a 14-month journey around the world #
— “the majority of respondents shrieked ‘NOOO!'” via jeffrubinjeffrubin.com #
June 21, 2008
— more discipline than sport, this seems truer to parkour values than the over-the-top highlight videos #
June 20, 2008
— one of the smartest guys I know, I’m keeping a close eye on this #
— story of the design process with several photos of prototypes via pvrblog.com #
— all the memes are found, thanks to help from ChopShop #
— this is a great format for interviewing musicians via jonathancoulton.com #
— unfortunately, the bottoms are flat so they don’t stack nicely via Simon Willison #
— wonderful story; I’m not the only one who was reminded of The Little House #
June 19, 2008
— I gave $20 towards the inevitable legal costs; preview it on Hype Machine, partial sample list on Wikipedia #
— MP3s for the entire vinyl LP; I love hearing digital through an analog medium #
— on an Ferranti Mark I in 1951, before Bell Labs and Daisy but after the CSIRAC #
— if you don’t want to be spoiled, just type “about:robots” in the location bar #
— “it costs half a day’s pay to drive your car into the downtown area of a big city” #
— a fun hack, equal parts terrifying and irritating #
— brilliantly funny rewrite of the screenplay #
