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February 6, 2008
— this whole series is pretty great #
— watch the screencast of Dentrassi, their to-do list that runs entirely in a feed reader #
— word on the street is Yngwie Malmsteen complained about being mocked; parody is protected speech! #
February 5, 2008
— I want a magic CNN-style “Breaking News” on Twitter determined by algorithm; related: Twitterverse #
— he mentions a deleted plot device that would’ve cleared it up; also: no mention of jwz’s post #
— I’m impressed by the research; Cracked is dominated by Digg-bait, but it’s adapted well to the current web #
— overlapping multiple versions of the same TV news story via itp.nyu.edu #
— I love this kind of thing #
— over a year in the making, he moved it from his basement to a 2,400 square foot building #
— I started tearing my hair out at level 12; enjoy yourself! via marcoullier.com #
— no shades of purple via Andre Torrez #
February 4, 2008
— a perspective I’ve never heard, from a well-respected documentary filmmaker on geek subculture #
— as E says on their site, the NFL doesn’t sell ads in 1-second increments; nice try! via @musicslut #
— highlight the text with your mouse; good for propaganda! #
— see also: eloquent and heartfelt endorsements by Michael Chabon, xkcd, and Larry Lessig; do the right thing, America. #
— 6 tracks of vocals and instrumentation to tweak alongside the video via Nelson Minar #
— “And we reach out for the lever in the dark, Get a sticker for our shirts as we head into the sun, Proudly bearing the mark” #
February 3, 2008
— related: another vintage computer fan who bid for the same auction #
— new digital magazine by Mark Frauenfelder and Mr. Jalopy, powered by Yahoo/Adobe PDF ads via Eliot Phillips #
— my drum kit came from Sweetwater, also wrapped with a handful of candies; I love stories of great service #
— congratulations, you two! beautiful and fitting name #
— “actors say the darndest things” via kevan.org #
— hearing this, I’m even more excited about the She & Him debut #
February 2, 2008
— old, but new to me; I’d love to see this extended to other sites #
February 1, 2008
— custom type personifying each animal; sketches of the process on Flickr via John Martz #
— real-time Twitter search, very well done #
— best I’ve seen so far, and not just because he quotes me at the end #
— “owing to unavoidable data corruption, all Upcoming.org events must be reinstalled monthly” #
— they’re culling FOAF/XFN links from the web; here’s an example of passing my FriendFeed URL to their My Connections app via techcrunch.com #
— holy crap; the press release from Redmond #
— winning Half Baked idea suggests turning North Korean-style mass displays into human logic gates #
January 31, 2008
— linking to this only because I love their style; I completely forgive their growing pains via laughingmeme.org #
— 207 people freeze at the same second and stay still for five full minutes via Laughing Squid #
— they know more about us than average Americans know about Chinese politics, but not much more via The Morning News #
— the YouTube video was viewed 1.2 million times, making this a very successful viral hoax #
— nice visualization of everywhere Dopplr users visited last year via Eliot Phillips #
January 30, 2008
— EveryBlock made it redundant, so he’s shutting the influential site down #
— big spoiler warning; literally, a very big spoiler #
— including Metafilter, StumbleUpon, Del.icio.us, and many more; also: I’m blogging daily on the main site now! #
— the 2008 tag cloud is slightly more predictable via George Hotelling #
— new video from the same group that made Human Space Invaders, Pole Position, and Pong #
— no logins required, just simple Oscar goodness #
— with screengrabs from each film via The Morning News #
— from Justin Roiland, the creator of House of Cosbys; warning: offensive language via jakoblodwick.com #
January 29, 2008
— if that whole acting thing doesn’t work out, they should tour #
— 18-year-old posts thread about high-speed driving, dies in massive wreck later that night #
— and weirdly, both the Simmons and Tufte links are worth experiencing #
— great roundup from a lexicographer on the multiple theories of the word’s origins #
— in aggregate, those MP3 bloggers have pretty good taste #
— surprisingly effective, updates every five minutes #
