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February 19, 2009
— Yelp’s response, which I completely agree with; someone needs to record a sales call to settle this #
February 18, 2009
— “someone else — not you, someone smart — will win instead, or you can change your mind” #
— the essential abandonware site is abandoned; thanks for the memories, Sarinee via MetaFilter #
— here’s Boxee’s blog post; that’s a great way to drive Boxee users back to BitTorrent #
— an urban explorer finds an abandoned caravan in the woods via MetaFilter #
— crushed finger after two magnets with 700 lbs. of force came within 20 inches of one another via Hackaday #
— this is the best idea I’ve seen for making money off the site, with more here #
— someone needs to do Two Solitudes for the Twitter era with @replies #
— game about playing games, inspired by Japanese reality show about playing games #
— best quote: “like you were going to write Finnegans Wake on someone’s wall or some shit?” #
February 17, 2009
— early cut of the anti-copyright documentary’s third part; see part 1 and part 2 on Google Video via torrentfreak.com #
— while I’m sure Mark means well, Facebook’s lawyers are still overreaching via Delicious #
— they spend four pages in backstory, leaving the interesting personal stuff for the last page via Nelson Minar #
— inspired by Dan Meth’s charts, Darren Levy fulfilled my Lazyweb request #
February 16, 2009
— I’d love to see a version redone using ratings from Rotten Tomatoes #
— their coverage is great; also, their writeup of the press conference #
— or: how to ruin an Oscar pool via Fimoculous #
February 15, 2009
— airing in HD for the first time tonight via Fimoculous #
— I find this much more usable than the homepage via Fimoculous #
February 13, 2009
— BitTorrent trackers don’t host any infringing material, but clearly aid infringement; should be an interesting trial #
February 12, 2009
— the most coherent explanation and how Twitter resolved it #
— Charlene Lam’s Petals and Britta’s watercolor map are particularly nice via Mike Migurski #
February 11, 2009
— yes, it’s supposed to look like that via Snarkmarket #
— it’s up to 5 terabytes of new uploads per day, with no signs of slowing #
— it’s like Lolcats narrated by a 6-year-old girl via buzzfeed.com #
— take a photo, discover the font instantly via swiss-miss.com #
— I’d like to see someone doing serious scifi in 5-10 minute shorts, like Twilight Zone for YouTube #
— some first-hand mythbusting #
February 10, 2009
— Eric Kleptone sources his massive Bohemian Rhapsody mashup #
— he’s been gaming his life for years; every post on his new blog about enjoyment is great via Andre Torrez #
— supposed internal document explaining the Pepsi logo redesign; quite possibly a joke via @revgeorge #
— also, the WSJ tracked down the boy and his father #
— YACHT’s interview ended up causing a big controversy when he admitted to pirating audio software #
— “If we don’t have something original to say, we won’t.” via Delicious #
February 9, 2009
— piracy takes effort so it’s natural, but still amusing, to see the scene get upset over leaks #
— Dan argues the 16-bit era changed the way composers thought about arranging music #
— very inspiring talk, she received a standing ovation #
— using Exchange, wirelessly pushes changes from your Google contacts and calendar #
— after leaving Lifehacker, a “slower pace and a more personal approach to online publishing” #
— I’m a little surprised they didn’t leave the hotel room #
— “All I know is that he didn’t want money. He wanted access.” #
February 8, 2009
— get your towels ready, it’s about to go down via @thelonelyisland #
February 6, 2009
— they added stylized versions of at least 25 Disney characters to the ride #
— demonstrated at TED, these video demos are very clever #
February 5, 2009
— April has the clips with an inline player #
— the only TED video released so far; he unleashes the mosquitoes at 5:06 #
— malicious spam leaking into real life via Hackaday #
— created by Golan Levin, who spoke at TED today; here’s his 2004 talk #
