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April 6, 2009
— they thought they were watching a new reprint of Wrath of Khan, until Nimoy himself broke the news #
— the latest release added a new Mozilla-based browser, fixed Hulu streaming, and Pandora support #
— home video includes 20 minutes of Romero playing a pre-release version of Doom via @dbarefoot #
— Last.fm’s MapReduce in an 160-line Bash script via Delicious #
April 5, 2009
— living in the shadow of a famous brother; also: a day in the life of a Goomba via auntiepixelante.com #
April 3, 2009
— interesting that Archive Team is already working on crawling the TinyURL db #
— fortunately, there were no sharks nearby #
— inspired by Samberg, the unpunched guy is Dan Paladin via GameSetWatch #
— “how dare anyone take a photograph of my home without my consent?” #
— explains each recommendation and lets you steer suggestions by shifting tag weights or popularity via musicmachinery.com #
April 2, 2009
— clever way to instantly diagnose PCs for the virus, unless they’re on a proxy #
— resolves 13 different URL shortening services, so no more mystery links from Twitter #
— instant Hadoop cluster, pay only what you use #
— more on tilting and the crooked cartridge trick; hundreds of variations on YouTube, mostly from Nico Nico Douga via Delicious #
— “It was our Manhattan Project” via rc3.org #
— unfortunate timing, the community’s still suspicious via @textfiles #
April 1, 2009
— a more flexible, cross-platform SelfControl; can block Google Reader but allow Google #
— not a joke, though the early reviews are pretty bad via MetaFilter #
— simulates a Pitchfork music critic, and the demo actually works #
— what Google would look like if run by SEO jerks; add or remove any result #
— amazingly, it actually works with real anaglyph red-blue glasses #
— warning: not safe for anyone #
— poking fun at the criticism they received for Best Gig Ever #
— add “flip=1” to any YouTube URL #
— Internet Jackass Day in effect #
March 31, 2009
— the first movement’s free, the other two are a steal for $0.99 each via LiveJournal #
— don’t miss the attention to detail in the signage #
— action, dialogue, and each character’s thoughts in separate columns via Boing Boing #
— glimpse into the increasingly sophisticated iPhone warez scene #
— this is like Matt’s dream realized #
— just spotted this myself, the spam equivalent of ANSI art #
— don’t read how it works until you’ve played a little via MetaFilter #
March 30, 2009
— inexplicable clip from the alternative monster movie, Big Man Japan via @youtubereviewed #
— click each image to see the before and after photos #
— the Achron gameplay videos are hurting my brain #
— he also highlighted his favorite meta films, songs, and TV series #
— the new book came out Wednesday; his Fox News appearance was bizarre #
— 64,410 photos visualized in Processing #
— a social experiment populated by lolkidz, trolls, and confused people like you via buzzfeed.com #
March 28, 2009
— in the past, Twitter’s renamed fakesters like Cliffy_B, Richard Dawkins, and Henry Rollins #
March 27, 2009
— decision trees, informed by machine learning and user contributions #
March 26, 2009
— worth the loading time via Delicious #
