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April 21, 2009
— they want to add fees to cover increased usage, but their costs are actually going down #
— an iTunes-like treatment for URLs, combining bookmarks, feeds, and history via Chris Glass #
April 20, 2009
— the puzzle was solved by Steven Bevacqua; the whole issue is great via Fimoculous #
— focusing on flashing letters creates measurable brainwaves via blog.wired.com #
— unfortunately, it’s led to over 100 threats; Rainn’s toned it down recently #
— see also: the Superfluid Skirt via Make #
— in response to my article, they removed the comments/Share links and changed the wording; compare then and now #
April 19, 2009
— you can scrub through it on the official site #
— breathtaking in parts, it’s like watching parkour on a bike #
— the wallpapers are lovely via bytejacker.com #
— Atari 800XL, TI-99/4a, 8″ floppy, 3.5″ hard drive, and HP ScanJet 3C as Freddie Mercury via Delicious #
April 18, 2009
— interesting approach, combining algorithmic design with human filtering #
— he never showed up in court; I wonder if any of the hundreds of others affected will bother #
April 17, 2009
— Little Big Planet levels inspired by Matthew Barney’s Cremaster Cycle; also: Little Big Cremaster 4 via Delicious #
— the best of the demoscene; you can view or download every entry on Pouet via scene.org #
— an exhaustively researched and well-written guide, with gameplay details I’ve never seen before via gameshelf.jmac.org #
— massive 25 terabyte dataset shipped on four 1.5 terabyte drives; get this up on AWS! via anyall.org #
— a year in jail and $3.6M in damages #
April 16, 2009
— here’s the Ruby code and homegrown ASCII tablature that makes it work via Offworld #
— you only control Mario indirectly, skip to 1:00 to see how fundamentally it changes gameplay via Offworld #
— serialized in 12 chapters, surreal online comic from the creator of Bottomless Belly Button via John Martz #
— I love his other work, including a playable Snake on his homepage #
— five years later, these reviews still make me laugh #
— time travel with Photoshop via Delicious #
— a must-read for any fan of the show #
— their @basementdad account, created yesterday, is gaining 700-900 followers per minute #
April 15, 2009
— the NSFW thread on /b/ (cache) is interesting, they’ve shared code for fake account creation #
— they did his taxes for free, because of the “unpleasantness“ #
— custom Windows apps, Perl scripts, and proxies to submit thousands of votes per minute #
— every entry on his site is magic, including his TIME tour, abandoned zoo, stealing books, and thoughts on scrappers via Kottke #
— which, really, they should’ve done in the first place via Daring Fireball #
— though the last photo looks Photoshopped; maybe they’re printing new booklets instead? #
— absolutely beautiful, based on Aldo Cortesi’s original visualizations #
— except that my crazy aunt never donated $10 million to Scientology #
— outrage has its own momentum, even when circumstances change #
April 14, 2009
— their meme database is like a safe for work alternative to Encyclopedia Dramatica via Fimoculous #
— they say it’s strictly internal, debunking Weev’s claims #
— he makes a suicidal game look easy #
April 13, 2009
— not content to just push Moot to the top, they rearranged the results to spell a message #
— for people who take Twitter way too seriously; don’t miss the intro video via Kottke #
— mind-blowing real-time terrain generation in 4,096 bytes; download it via @simonw #
— Joel Johnson’s Boing Boing Gadgets entry became its own site via Nelson Minar #
— remember him? this guy’s skeptical, but it still seems plausible to me #
— and they interviewed me about their #1 video #
— the results weren’t great, but inspired him to make it better #
— including Xzibit’s response to the meme on Twitter #
