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June 16, 2008
— Derek Powazek’s new venture with HP Labs; upload a PDF and you pick the markup #
— the app was leaked and SomethingAwful’s been having fun with it; official trial’s out tomorrow #
— the app works perfectly, if you can get past the potential privacy issues #
June 15, 2008
— Myspace’s official policy requires girls to submit visual proof to remove impostors via Fimoculous #
— charting length of the top 50 films for each decade #
June 14, 2008
— his category was cut from the broadcast and he lost to Perez Hilton, who didn’t even show #
— see contributions to Python, Apache, Postgres, and Eclipse over time via Delicious #
— not only are they removing alt.* entirely, but they’re only keeping seven hierarchies #
— starring Mark Hicks himself; the first meme to become a full-length film? #
June 13, 2008
— clever mnemonic for remembering the US presidents with syllables for the number of terms #
— reload for more; related: complete dialogue of over 10,000 Garfield strips via MetaFilter #
— one of seven new Flash hacks on Paul Neave’s redesigned site via b3ta #
— J.J.B. Buckmaster’s enormous left hand via Delicious #
— abnormally high-quality typefaces this month via Delicious #
June 12, 2008
— from the always excellent Katie Beaton via Mike Migurski #
— truly hideous, I hope this doesn’t stick #
— as suspected, it was promoting a Russian film #
— more “long photos” and a brief how-to in the full set via Nelson Minar #
June 11, 2008
— when candy design goes horribly wrong #
— spoiler: don’t forget about Lep n’ tha Hood #
— “it’s trying to avoid the inevitable” via b3ta #
— lovely word clouds generated from supplied text #
— remember to pause between sentences #
— see also: the Bomomo drawing toy #
— play a character playing the game; related: The Sims Playing The Sims via Delicious #
— “things in society that are in plain sight, but still remain hidden” via Things Magazine #
— nicely summarized research on feedback and incentives in online communities via laughingmeme.org #
June 10, 2008
— if you rip your car, just get it a change of clothes #
— sending out mass emails about their downtime via Delicious #
— built with the Flash API via Digg #
— inflammatory headline aside, some thoughtful paranoia from Nicholas Carr #
June 9, 2008
— don’t miss Band at the 40 minute mark; also, Sippey hits the big time showing Six Apart’s killer Typepad app via Laughing Squid #
— holding up surprisingly well, better than refreshing MacRumors or Engadget #
June 6, 2008
— some good comments about the ethics of griefing in the comments #
— Pentagram did nice work, though the buttons seem a bit too low contrast via Delicious #
— hard to believe it’s real, but multiple confirmations that it’s aired on TV via GameSetWatch #
June 5, 2008
— impossible to tell which were paid placement, but this is an impressive list #
— great post about the Washington Post being held back by their print editions and mindset via Matt Haughey #
— starts at about 1:10; best remix ever #
— it built a child, and the child built a grandchild; more on the project via Boing Boing #
— 360 users are most hardcore, playing an average 2.7 hours daily, but everyone else is close #
— the most elaborate models available so far #
June 4, 2008
— he insists the post-Rapture email service is real, and their blog backs up the claim #
— for everyone wondering why many wait to commit, this is some great context #
— they use Roman, Arabic, Greek, or Cyrillic letters resembling the Japanese characters #
— smells like desperation #
— some great quotes from big names, but only scratches the surface; also, I hope they fix the broken MP3 links #
