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November 30, 2009
— scenes of NYC getting destroyed in film, set to Rhapsody in Blue via Kottke #
— Arrington claims Fusion Garage decided to sell it without them; I’d like to hear their story #
November 29, 2009
— the amount of work here just hurts my brain via Adam Kempa #
November 27, 2009
— too bad, it was shaping up to be a great read #
November 25, 2009
— a ton of research boiled down into simple charts; see also: Kottke’s explanation of how it’s made #
— the best gaming podcast interviews Desert Bus for Hope, plus a lovely Olly Moss poster #
— agree with the commenter, it’s unfortunate they’re not contributing to OpenStreetMap #
— a massive privacy breach, Declan McCullagh’s trying to find the source; Reddit users are discussing the interesting ones #
— ported by Michael Rennie, source is on Github #
— installed from a webpage, swipe controls, and works offline; 3GS only, older iPhones are too slow #
— related: 8bitcollective visits CSIRAC, a digital computer that made music in 1951 #
— was hoping for Neil himself, but this is a great impression #
November 24, 2009
— he’s on a work furlough, tweeting during the day and serving his sentence at night #
November 23, 2009
— best explanation I’ve seen of why it’s exciting and how it works #
November 22, 2009
— search or watch Nicovideo without registration via Indie Games+ #
— including support for time travel and flaming tire tracks #
November 20, 2009
— the anonymous author turned out to be April Winchell, collector of audio oddities #
— a world without a local filesystem and apps; also, the Chrome UI concept video via Daring Fireball #
— funny, Tumblr feels more like beer than wine to me #
— Keith Schofield’s surreal video and insane treatment were inspired by FFFFOUND and Reddit, but maybe too explicitly via MetaFilter #
November 19, 2009
— starting with some partner channels, but auto-timing is available to everyone today #
— they were recently added to Excel #
— a subtle change, but a big improvement #
— he’s the last of the original Ludicorp team to go via twitter.com #
November 18, 2009
— don’t miss the product photos #
— from last February, but new to me; I didn’t know the Axiom had three passenger classes #
— warning: very offensive and sexist, but the attention to 16-bit detail by director Jérémie Perin is incredible #
— Expert Labs debuted at Web 2.0 today, funded with a $500k grant from the MacArthur Foundation #
November 17, 2009
— this gets second-place for quirkiest Android bug via Hacker News #
— his style of comedy usually makes me uncomfortable, but this made me laugh #
— they’re switching to DHT instead #
November 16, 2009
— Brooke was part of the early UK blog scene #
— his SAP prototype looks like great ambient fun via Alice Taylor #
— nothing new here, but good overview with a wonderful closing anecdote from Cactus #
— “more than that, it’s a war against the web as an interoperable platform” #
November 14, 2009
— along with a torrent with 51,000 MIDIs rescued by Archive Team #
— there were about 1,000 #mathowielove tweets in 24 hours #
— only six people in the world knew, she only told her parents yesterday via MetaFilter #
— great discussion, and it’s hard not to see where both are coming from via Maximum Fun #
November 13, 2009
— I’m with Marco, the only fix is allowing external apps, but it’s unlikely via Daring Fireball #
— “Luckily, I speak l33t.” #
— hard to say if life-threatening situations are funnier than public humiliation #
— the shorteners will provide regular backups and hand over data on closure, though TinyURL’s conspicuously missing #
November 12, 2009
— simple game with trivia scraped from Wikipedia entries #
— sounds like the English analogue of Amusement I was hoping for #
November 11, 2009
— if you’re in NYC next week, go see them perform live #
