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May 8, 2009
— entertaining and mildly-NSFW charts and graphs, including this purity test #
— like a platonic glory hole via Laughing Squid #
— don’t miss his interactive version using OpenStreetMap #
— I hate to say it, but I agree with Fortuny that it was stretching copyright law #
May 7, 2009
— surprisingly, 21% of all posts were original reporting; see also: churnalism in British papers #
— some local bloggers are digging far deeper than newspaper journalists via Mike Migurski #
— my money’s on Slaughter Shack, starring Will Arnett as “Eagleheart” #
May 6, 2009
— manipulate the words and characters to progress the story; from the creator of I Wish I Were the Moon #
— I just gave $40; he narrowly lost last year because of dirty tricks and a huge influx of GOP money #
— hopefully, marking the end of one of the longest vaporware projects of all-time #
— 1975 composition from the creator of the Music Animation Machine #
— like YouCube, half the fun is making your own #
— each person submitted a video performing in B flat major, which can be mixed at whim #
— uses Adobe Reader Mobile, so no more conversion by email or $0.15/MB delivery fees #
— fun with liquid physics, designed by the artist behind Gish and Coil #
— the dot and dash were just a shorthand for suggesting badges and pins via MetaFilter #
— it’s a testament to the team that the community’s still so active and vibrant #
May 5, 2009
— new animation with music by Andrew Bird via Maximum Fun #
— insanely clever, refresh to change angle and distance; also check out Refresh Hero, Refresh War, and just Refresh #
— his anecdotes on Conan about complaining passengers were all about himself #
— exploring the physiology of shrinking men, giant bugs, and E.T.; from 2003, but new to me via Tom Armitage #
May 4, 2009
— the Game Developers Conference organizers commissioned a playable text adventure about the show #
— automated Twitter bot searches NPR’s news archives for context for current news stories #
— each portrait pulls in data from Flickr, Delicious, Twitter, and Last.fm via Delicious #
— “This is perfectly sufficient.” #
— he has some interesting ideas about shifting perspective in first-person and God games #
May 3, 2009
— maybe this is his way of keeping up with Fallon #
— if The Wizard of Oz spanned my lifetime, then Dorothy just met the Tin Man via MetaFilter #
May 2, 2009
— “If it piles up, we post it.” #
May 1, 2009
— best explanation of what it does, and doesn’t do, along with a good roundup of links #
— you can read NoScript’s deceptive rebuttal; cheating ad blockers only makes users angry via Delicious #
— the developers were featured in this week’s great WSJ article on new business models for gaming #
— free update for all existing users #
— amazing story about obsolete media preservation; start with the AP report and LA Times article, and work your way back via MetaFilter #
— in case you need to know how to say “in flagrante delicto” in ASL via Delicious #
— SLiVeR’s jaw-dropping Eric Johnson cover recorded on a real NES #
— currently running as a huge gatefold in Wired UK, prints are available with both directions via schulzeandwebb.com #
— J-Walk notes that the threat of torture is a fundamental concept of hell #
— his local comic shop’s iPhone integration lets you build a pull list waiting for you in the store #
— a hot mess, algorithmically beat-matched into a 12-minute collage with the Echo Nest remix API #
April 30, 2009
— oddly, none of the music in his presentation appears to belong to Warner #
— also: Twitter’s admin section was hacked yesterday and screenshots were leaked; always interesting to see internal tools #
— using the internal digital compass via @mattcutts #
— reminds me of this room-sized 3D demo, where you can see the subject’s reflexes kick in #
— “The most nesasary step to useing the computer is learning to program.” via Delicious #
— “I find it bonkers, by the way!” via @anildash #
