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August 28, 2008
— the “human flesh search engine” tracked her down to the fifth floor of a FoxConn building in Shenzhen #
— she’s been blogging and podcasting the whole trip #
— “Thanks… for that.” via Matthew Baldwin #
August 27, 2008
— he argues McCain’s taking a strong stance against Internet growth in the US #
— great origin story via Fimoculous #
— from the full article, “they always think it’s contamination of some sort” via Boing Boing #
— not mentioned: you can dial any number with the “Emergency Call” button #
— they’re automatically detecting cam video; only 10% of detected videos are blocked by the rights-holder #
August 26, 2008
— they did it for the lulz #
— extremely powerful add-on, like Quicksilver for the whole web; more in the tutorial #
— with concept art, sketches, and prototype screenshots #
— this is the actual single, not a fan-made mashup; what’s next, a duet with Tay Zonday? via perezhilton.com #
August 25, 2008
— nicely designed but requires PHP hosting, ruling out most Muxtape users via Delicious #
— he’s got a reporting job and he’s improved since college, but that’s not saying much #
— I’m going to pass on “7 girls 3 cups,” thanks #
— amazing how awful the original is; “Vote for Not More Than One (1)” via 37signals.com #
— it’s hard to compete with free; will they C&D TetoTeto, too? #
— 24 Texans compete in an epic endurance contest to win a truck, last one standing wins #
August 24, 2008
— great interview with the backstory and repercussions of the site #
August 23, 2008
— fan-made campaign ad, which is way more effective than Obama’s new negative ads #
— customizable filter based on spelling errors, punctuation, and capitalization; the result is stark #
— meme artifacts left behind in real-life places #
— a story related to one of the best videos buried in that Metafilter post #
— use the play icons to watch the videos inline #
— addictive Flash game from the maker of Bloons #
— very odd use of SQL statements as a proof-of-concept game UI via MetaFilter #
August 22, 2008
— occasionally awkward but mostly awesome, I really love this format #
— very, very similar to Daytum, but supports OpenID and a mobile/email interface #
— could only be better if they used the original sound clip instead of the dance remix from 2000 via Delicious #
— a mini-comic written by Hope Larson and drawn by Bryan Lee O’Malley via Delicious #
— pushing the edges of color, type, patterns, weights, and cuts; download the PDF via Delicious #
— private beta service from Nicholas Felton, author of the Feltron Annual Reports via Fimoculous #
— I love this talk, great reading for both game and web geeks via Delicious #
August 21, 2008
— mildly NSFW; I love the sharp distinction between hip-hop and everything else via Mike Migurski #
— 23,000 words! also, don’t miss Steve Fulton’s earlier feature on Atari’s roots #
— a Panic co-founder weighs in with a thoughtful criticism and defense via benfry.com #
— very minimalist, stripped of labels and axes via infosthetics.com #
— some heartfelt predictions from Ian Rogers #
August 19, 2008
— long New Yorker tale of the arrest of a serial imposter via Delicious #
— making the painful playful #
— a fourth, simply called SSH, was added yesterday #
August 18, 2008
— also, how they research current and archival video via Matt Haughey #
— Adrian was still wearing makeup from his cover shoot when we ate deep-dish last month #
August 16, 2008
— I could spend all day looking at these #
— also presented at SIGGRAPH: Face Swapping #
— insanely cool video tech demo; don’t miss the sign removal at the 6:00 mark via Daring Fireball #
— he solicited feedback from people who pirate games, with hundreds of replies via Alice Taylor #
