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July 31, 2008
— tag combos still work perfectly, so I’m happy #
— their speech-to-text transcription gets a public trial in limited fashion on their You Choose section via Fimoculous #
— incredibly thoughtful and well-reasoned defense of a mildly controversial children’s book via Matt Haughey #
— Matthew Walker’s cover is fantastic; Lucas Gonze contributed a MIDI score and guitar tab to work with via nymag.com #
July 30, 2008
— stealthy startup I’d keep a close eye on #
— every frame of the video is composed of hundreds of individual thumbnails #
— Lore Sjoberg interviews R. Stevens about the switch via timemachinego.com #
— also: the 1957 version of 12 Angry Men is on YouTube in its entirety via MetaFilter #
— I’ve linked to his kill screen work before; someone get this guy an RSS feed! via MetaFilter #
— those College Humor guys are on a roll #
— the locals were extremely tolerant and were only chastised by other Americans via Delicious #
— creating HITs now requires no programming; just pick a template and upload a CSV with the values #
July 29, 2008
— 45 presenters summarize their talks in 30 seconds; I’d love to see this before every conference #
— NY Mag identified the restaurant, saying he worked there for six years via MetaFilter #
— SF Mag’s long profile piece on Tara Hunt and Chris Messina’s public breakup; Tara’s take #
July 28, 2008
— solid suggestions that would lead to a massive short-term decrease in comments, for the better #
— almost uniformly goofy, I’ll still miss it #
— a 98-year-old widower with no short-term memory, but a great sense of humor via latimesblogs.latimes.com #
— he hit his goal in 24 hours and raised a staggering $95k in two weeks, 8 times his old-guard opponent #
— funny, even the cop agrees with this one #
— “I’m a God! I have breathed life into my pants!” #
— not surprisingly, plasma TVs, computers, and game consoles are the worst via infosthetics.com #
— cameos from Woz and Scully; don’t miss the “Vista Mac” at 2:20 and the stock chart at 6:02 via friendfeed.com #
July 27, 2008
— update: bandwidth exceeded, so I’m mirroring it via Delicious #
— reminds me of Flickr’s screenshot battle, but they never deleted photos #
July 26, 2008
— isn’t it against the utilities’ best interest to provide tools to monitor and reduce usage? #
— the classifier for identifying stupid comments; try the demo on random Digg comments via MetaFilter #
— from King Lear to Blade Runner via jeffrubinjeffrubin.com #
— selections from a vintage IBM sales presentation; I want a t-shirt of several of these slides via LiveJournal #
— charming animated primer on computers for IBM, music by Elmer Bernstein via LiveJournal #
— shouldn’t they make an exception for people known primarily by their aliases, like Frank Black or Jello Biafra? #
— with 11 songs re-recorded with their new singer discovered on YouTube via Delicious #
July 25, 2008
— they’ve hired Flickr’s George Oates to act as an ombudsman #
— bigger than a breadbox #
— I like Nathan and Tyler’s the best #
— now would be a good time to watch the Last Lecture again #
— from growers to brokers to dispensaries to clients via Delicious #
— short film explores a unified theory of Tarantino films via MetaFilter #
— they failed the Expert level one-third through the song via Delicious #
July 24, 2008
— he discusses Rock Band, Portal, Bionic Commando, and voicing the monsters in I Am Legend #
— anonymity can turn anyone, even superfans, into superjerks in no time flat via Andre Torrez #
— Roger Ebert on Gene Siskel and the end of “At the Movies” #
— like Random Rules, this format teases out insights and anecdotes from interview subjects #
July 23, 2008
— remarkably prescient article from January 2001 #
— Joss Whedon himself confirmed the estimates were close via Andre Torrez #
— bug reporting as a multiplayer game via Delicious #
— even if it’s a morning show, this is a huge credibility hit and creates new conflicts of interest via Boing Boing #
— nice list of text adventures on the Jabber bot #
