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May 18, 2009
— Phil Dhingra highlights the best from a massive Reddit thread #
— it would’ve been more fitting if she’d plagiarized from Twitter instead #
May 17, 2009
— amazingly, I’ve never read the correct translation before #
— defies description, the most intensely weird game I’ve ever seen #
— they have no robots.txt at all; Google isn’t parsing their Javascript, so Google can only see what’s served statically from their results #
May 16, 2009
— I find this kind of thing absolutely fascinating #
— though they claim it’s for “consistency,” which is absurd; on second thought, I think Paul Ford’s right, it’s just Wolfram culture #
— Ze’s second video for Buzzfeed, I’m hoping he’ll keep making more #
— selling the packaging without the music; also, NPR’s streaming the album via Boing Boing #
May 15, 2009
— tracking how many of the original sites are dead or acquired; or, in the case of WebJay, both via O'Reilly Radar #
— reminds me of the golden era of Games Magazine via Magnetbox #
— after watching the screencast, I’m much more excited about tonight’s launch #
— one-hour free documentary about online collaboration and participatory government via Boing Boing #
May 14, 2009
— Zen game released in two versions: the Atari 2600/Amiga Joyboard and the iPhone #
— charting cast member frequency, average appearances, and celebrity cameos via buzzfeed.com #
— a short film by Lonely Sandwich; donate to the best interview show around and get a Mustache TV #
— absolutely stunning animated 3D pixel-ish art via kanyeuniversecity.com #
— related: giant collaborative Etch-A-Sketch from Siggraph 2006, projected on a giant screen via Hackaday #
— write chiptunes in C or Ruby with a surprisingly readable syntax #
— one of my favorite people, always doing interesting things #
— social network and gaming community managers could learn from one another #
— some gems in the comments, including this site dedicated to Radiohead slashfic #
— his ten-part series of blog posts breaks down how it’s made #
May 13, 2009
— I think I’d be inclined to listen to salesmen and missionaries if they brought snacks #
— more interesting than the “gameplay” is that it allows anonymous messages between users #
— Rob Cockerham made a laser-engraved wooden Kindle #
— this 2004 LA Times article explains the background, but skipped details of the theft via jwz #
May 12, 2009
— you just lost The Game #
— everything’s better with lens flare via Delicious #
— a nice companion to Twitter Search, looking forward to seeing how it evolves #
— built on the Newswire API, it could use some analytics to gauge importance, like word count or clickthroughs via Delicious #
— I never knew the creator of the famous Alice video made more Alice songs #
— hilarious hack controls Super Mario Bros. with a guitar, singing, clapping, and drums #
— painstakingly compiled from this massive, wonderful thread via Delicious #
— using humans to gauge sentiment, something it’s hard for computers to do correctly #
— new meme: #robotname is your mother’s maiden name and last 4 digits of your SSN #
— hard to believe it’s been five years since I first identified him via @altrot #
May 11, 2009
— using Chinese characters to send 210 bytes in 140 UTF-8 characters via Nelson Minar #
— overall, it did better than most sci-fi; the comments reminded me of The Onion’s take on the film via Kottke #
— he grabbed every “just landed in…” query, extracted locations, and mapped the results with Processing #
May 10, 2009
— featuring The Wire’s Sen. Clay “Sheeeiiiit” Davis as Little Mac’s trainer, Doc #
— algorithmic guess of good/bad days based on news, stocks, and UK weather #
— the wonderful video offers a revealing glimpse into his home and collections via Adam Kempa #
May 9, 2009
— Goonies never say die! #
— skip to 2:20 of the video to see them play Tetris by squishing mud around via itp.nyu.edu #
May 8, 2009
— interviews with Patton Oswalt and Daily Show/Colbert Report writer/producer Ben Karlin #
— falling down a rabbit hole of celebrity and sincerity via Fimoculous #
