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January 29, 2008
— I linked to this back on December 7, happy to see it’s getting some attention; play it before reading! #
January 28, 2008
— Philipp interviewed Don MacAskill, who doesn’t believe the autoincremented IDs are a problem #
January 27, 2008
— grab a photo from Flickr and fly around the 3D scene; like Photosynth with a single source via George Hotelling #
— overview of the show including a good 30-second primer on ANSI art #
January 26, 2008
— screen caps of real and fictional arcade game cameos from the last four decades of film via the-inbetween.com #
— don’t miss the video of the results; the well-documented source is available, too via Delicious #
January 25, 2008
— it must be hard for his ex-wife to hear about the new band via MetaFilter #
— Virgil correlates favorite books to SAT scores per college to find smart/dumb books; don’t miss the FAQ via O'Reilly Radar #
January 24, 2008
— he reviewed 104 films that were critical and/or commercial failures via MetaFilter #
— one-button game that keeps sucking me back in, along with Filler #
— $15 from Lulu or $30 hand-signed by Ape Lad #
— the deadline ended today and the entries are great; my faves are 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 #
— she hit $28k in a couple weeks; also: she just commented in the Metafilter thread about her #
— no, not that TED; Internet lunacy, NSFW if you scroll down far enough #
— itchy story behind the creation of his Bedbug Registry #
— I’m afraid I’m guilty of this one; here’s the original book via Delicious #
— unfiltered concerts with great bands on the Paris streets; my favorite music series #
— distributes links to pirated copies through an unofficial blog #
— more info on the project homepage via Digg #
January 23, 2008
— I found myself playing reverse karaoke, humming the guitar parts via Fimoculous #
— an insane 17GB of photos grabbed before they plugged the security hole #
— wonderful local data/news in a gorgeous design; if you live in SF, Chicago, or NYC, pop in your address and dig around via MetaFilter #
— 115,000 fans on Myspace, but only 35,000 first-week sales #
January 22, 2008
— first-world problems; e.g. “$20 to upgrade my iPod touch? screw you, Apple!” via Delicious #
— Jake and Amir make me laugh, and if that’s wrong, I don’t wanna be right #
— the guy’s like the Zelig of the web #
— 100 hours of tape in 80 interviews; I’ve watched some early footage and it’s thrilling #
January 21, 2008
— Portishead, Jack Johnson, and Roger Waters get top billing? strange mix #
— OSX screenshot app makes blogging images much, much faster; watch the demo via @factoryjoe #
— remix of B-Down Brothers’ tribute to MLK from 1986, with a Czech Hall & Oates cover tossed in #
— if you haven’t seen either of those talks, watch them immediately #
— the interview ends abruptly towards the end of the clip #
— only 97 results for “microjournalism,” but the domain’s been taken since 1996 via Nelson Minar #
— puzzle/racing/rhythm game generates 3D playfields from your own music; compare Space Oddity, Mr. Blue Sky, Feist’s Inside and Out #
— I recommend watching the two side-by-side via jasoncosper.com #
January 18, 2008
— pretty rad, allows for free-text searching of their entire place name database #
January 17, 2008
— coded in Assembler with audio from a C-64 SID chip; here’s the source via Rock Paper Shotgun #
— making other laptops feel bad about their physique via Cal Henderson #
— featuring Richard Stallman, holding the laptop in the back via Valleywag #
— downloadable sticker kits for self-righteous designers #
January 16, 2008
— interesting thoughts from a Vampires player in the comments via GameSetWatch #
— Nick Denton has balls, and so does his attorney via Fimoculous #
— some older versions in the comments #
— Jeff Atwood has scans of the original article from MAD #33 in 1957 #
— the creator of Zefrank.org shut the invite-only community down on January 1, exactly one year after it opened #
— like previous years, designer Nicholas Felton presents his life as a corporate report via Boing Boing #
