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July 18, 2009
— staggering amount of research into name etymology #
July 17, 2009
— “does our game make players happy when they play, or just make them sad when they stop?” #
— phone phreaking conference held, appropriately, on a five-hour conference call via ascii.textfiles.com #
— they should remove Fahrenheit 451 next; related: Amazon’s Final Message to Its Creation #
— like Desert Bus meets Track & Field; send me a screenshot if you win via MetaFilter #
July 16, 2009
— “the magazine for people who try to have conversations about science news” via Delicious #
— the artist has been hiding a triforce in the logo illustrations #
— “If the new owners will screw around with the site, nobody will keep using it.” #
— best streaming service ever, the celestial jukebox done right #
— publishing trade secrets and receiving stolen property are both illegal under California law #
July 15, 2009
— from the creators of Nearest Tube #
— 473 fans remaking Star Wars in 15-second chunks via Boing Boing #
— happy birthday, blue; see you on Saturday! #
— and the site’s still invite-only for project creators; related: the five best updates so far #
— insane patent application from Internet crackpot/Pepperdine professor Dr. Elliot McGucken #
— a live, physical visualization of Twitter on ticker-tape #
— he was expecting 200 people for the rumored appearance, which spread quickly through Twitter #
— turn any photo sharing site into a torrent hub via torrentfreak.com #
July 14, 2009
— he posted a deleted scene and other notes on his weblog via Boing Boing #
— unfortunately, most IE6 users simply can’t upgrade #
— insert into {table} (status, username, password) values (“new tweet from YQL”, “twitterusername”, “twitterpassword”) via O'Reilly Radar #
— on his blog, he seems impossibly tone-deaf to community norms #
— familiar tale of lost dreams in Adventureland, animated by Divya Srinivasan #
July 13, 2009
— my Lazyweb request on Twitter turned up exactly what I wanted via lazytweet.com #
— $11, cheap via Boing Boing #
— it’s the top search suggestion for “what” #
— written in 140-character chunks, drafted on Twitter itself via Fimoculous #
— turning music listening into a MMO, with achievements and quests #
July 12, 2009
— the very funny winner of TIGSource’s cockpit competition #
July 11, 2009
— looks like SomethingAwful started the game #
— the photographer lied to the NYT and they pulled the photos immediately #
— someone explain why these guys don’t have a TV deal via Delicious #
— German TV show follows two generations of game innovators around San Francisco #
— I’m waiting for a talk show to start a real-time Twitter sentiment tracker via Maximum Fun #
— over 50% finally go online daily, but only a fraction using IM, blogs, social networks, or watching videos via Snarkmarket #
— the prototyping collective that led to World of Goo and Crayon Physics #
— see also: they’re electing a queen #
— 77% of IE6 users can’t upgrade or change browsers because of work #
— false alarm; he was just spooked #
— may prove useful in certain situations #
— also: Anil thinks this signals a major cultural shift at Google #
— they also interviewed Brad O’Farrell in May #
— augmented reality game performed live; see it in action on Rocketboom #
July 10, 2009
— see the interactive site to see all 2,400 tags #
— including an interview with mathowie; reminder, the global birthday party’s in a week #
— also supports public domain and GNU licenses via Delicious #
— reminds me of Wayne White #
