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October 25, 2008
— I love when the Gray Lady comments on Internet memes via Fimoculous #
— turning “Yes, We Can” into “Yes, We Did” #
October 24, 2008
— 2.4GB partial snapshot reviewed for offline use by schools via lifehacker.com.au #
— my $2 was well-spent; be warned he’s a bit backed up #
— beautiful work from the Infochimps guys via Kottke #
— left-leaning blogs only found it newsworthy when discredited #
— Friday procrastination fodder #
— the sensors recognize and give extra points for “intense brute force” via Indie Games+ #
— reuniting the friends that created the short film that launched a nationwide catchphrase #
— the rest of her Tenori-On covers are great, too via tomorrowmuseum.com #
— generates a unique avatar from your name; Philipp Lennsen’s entry in the 24-Hour Application Challenge #
— exorbitant AACS fees make small runs impossible, doubling budgets for broken copy protection #
— gorgeous type experiment made from photos of electrical cable lines #
— the film’s finally done, and much of the raw footage is available for remixing #
October 23, 2008
— some good suggestions in the comments, along with some idiotic strawmen #
October 22, 2008
— just keep unzipping via Delicious #
October 21, 2008
— a promising startup killed, at least partly, by bowing to the no spec crowd #
— mittens with metal dots for use with iPhone touchscreens via Mike Migurski #
— also, why are four of the top five finishers at a women’s marathon male? #
— my sister found tiny people living in her broccoli #
— bonus points for gratuitous violence, points off for technical inaccuracy #
— one-year-olds make surprisingly good balding comedians #
October 19, 2008
— you know, like del.icio.us and burri.to #
October 17, 2008
— the parodists love Twitter because it’s quick, concise, and you can grow a network quicky #
— I believe in religious tolerance, until it affects video game release schedules #
— as fun as these sites are, trying to build a business on copyright infringement is just dumb #
— software that enables hurt feelings and awkwardness via Delicious #
— both are very, very funny; Obama starts at 11:00 #
October 16, 2008
— $60/year removes ads, increases limits, priority uploading, and limited HD embeds #
— the writer asked me on Tuesday about the meme’s origins, so I’m a little bummed I didn’t get credit via buzzfeed.com #
— “for all the intense gloom surrounding the newspaper and magazine business, this is actually a golden era for journalism” via Sippey #
— Randall Munroe wins handily via MetaFilter #
— the intro’s interminable, but it picks up from there; and if you never played the first one, get to it! #
— I think it’s worth watching the original encounter that inspired McCain’s “spread the wealth” line of attack via oblomovka.com #
October 15, 2008
— amazing how fully-formed it launched, with the same voice that would make it so successful via blog.topherchris.com #
— word usage statistics and clouds, with parts of speech and word pairs; Atom feeds available for the whole dataset via Delicious #
— no mudslinging in this campaign #
— from the same people the Take On Me video #
— if media companies attack Usenet indexing services that host no files, Usenet servers can’t be far behind #
— his ability to play was used as a measure of the surgery’s success via MetaFilter #
— helping convert gamers to creators is good for everybody via tigsource.com #
— solid tutorial; for this kind of thing, I’d also consider Freebase #
— reacts to sensory input from the microphone and accelerometer #
— if you think that plant’s really blogging, then I have a bridge to sell you #
— the Z-Machine object tree as musical instrument; don’t miss the MP3 of him playing Zork via crummy.com #
— if you haven’t, spend a little time reading about his methodology to understand how he’s totally changed the game #
October 14, 2008
— totals for each candidate by state or ZIP code and lookup by donor name, with JSON, XML, or serialized PHP output via Mike Migurski #
— the NYT digs into their archives to find some striking parallels to today’s credit crisis #
— uncensored images from James Cauty’s show are now online and prints are for sale via blog.topherchris.com #
— draw a line to explore the news, branch lines to see related stories and excerpts via FlowingData #
