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April 30, 2009
— he made the video himself for about $150; click the icon on the bottom-right for subtitles #
— a closer view of the gameplay towards the end of their screencast #
— in other Flickr news, George Oates joined the Internet Archive and Rev. Dan Catt’s off to the UK #
— soundboard recordings of “People Get Ready” and “I Ain’t Superstitious” #
April 29, 2009
— gorgeous animated evolution of browser UIs, plus greeked versions of popular Google sites #
— he seems to be missing the self-consciousness gene #
— look up health code violations at dinner and which street you’re likely to get mugged on the way home #
— sold for $3.5 million to Geocities, vested to $100M in Yahoo stock by 2000, and bought back for $10,000 #
April 28, 2009
— incredible detail in the high-res versions, you can almost read his notes #
— announced right before the Wolfram Alpha demo via infosthetics.com #
— still unclear which one, but I’m not sure it matters; he’s the king of fair use #
— best resignation ever, from the creator of ROM CHECK FAIL, who’s gone full indie #
— algorithm surfaces trending links culled from YouTube and Google Reader via Battelle Media #
— fed up with YouTube’s most popular, they built an elegant community site via Delicious #
— they seem to prefer capital Rs and As via Boing Boing #
April 27, 2009
— Paul Lamere breaks down the brute force hack, optimized to crank out 200 votes per minute #
— in 48 hours, Archive Team’s already saved over 200,000 Geocities sites #
— “Do what you do best and link to the rest.” #
— white polygons in the videos represent faces that were detected but unmatched #
— up until his last failed jump, which inspired Happy Days to jump the shark #
— holy cow, this is amazing; if you’re a fan of Vectorpark, try and buy this immediately via @les #
— YouTube and Facebook may lower video quality for certain countries #
— also: Miegakure, an experimental game in four dimensions via leapfrog.nl #
— interesting spin on their broken poll; “Doubting the results is kind of the point.” via Delicious #
April 26, 2009
— it caught me by surprise #
April 25, 2009
— back with a new design, including real-time search, permalinks, and news photos via Magnetbox #
April 24, 2009
— I vanquished the crab lord with a mere 238 deaths via Indie Games+ #
— every location is in Victoria, Australia via subtraction.com #
— another human-made disaster averted via @tedr #
April 23, 2009
— injecting some serendipity to Hulu, now it just needs channels and a TV Guide #
— someone call the Archive Team #
— he asked five computer science students to modify Stella, and the results are fuzzy gold via grandtextauto.org #
— though I suspect money’s more of an incentive for porn than in game development via GameSetWatch #
— Stag Dot is a gorgeous alternative to pixel fonts via Kottke #
— inspired by Dowd’s dumb interview; Geoff Manaugh and Rex argue the media’s threatened by new writers, again #
— don’t miss Katie Couric at 1:20 via @mathowie #
April 22, 2009
— with its badges and other incentives, it encourages a particular style of social behavior #
— inexplicable, until you read this note from David Horvitz via beebo.org #
— “saving the planet through sheer laziness” or maybe not #
— they were funny and graceful under idiocy #
April 21, 2009
— with slight modifications, I think this class would be a massive hit via Kottke #
— Space Quest, Police Quest, and Leisure Suit Larry so far; here’s how it all works via Offworld #
— great 20-minute talk covering the history and best practices of data visualization #
— don’t miss his presentation, explaining why Twitter is like CompuServe mail #
