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February 27, 2009
— in other news, I’m old via MetaFilter #
— the new book offers a glimpse of his sketchbooks via Maximum Fun #
— only 55 days short of their 150th birthday #
— interactive blamestorm from a laid-off developer #
— absolutely invaluable for my Economist research, for translating text in password-protected forums #
— inspired by xkcd via Boing Boing #
— finally out of copyright hell after being quoted $220,000 for clearing the eleven 1920s songs she used via Boing Boing #
February 26, 2009
— featuring data extracted from Dr. Cameron Marlow #
— from Laughing Squid’s roundup of videogame-themed music videos via Laughing Squid #
— how he’s tried to prevent bad links, bad comments, and bad people #
February 25, 2009
— great news, he’ll be the announcer and comic foil instead of Ed McMahon-like sidekick #
— originally released as Zen Bondage in 2005 by the PC demoscene group Moppi #
February 24, 2009
— the private beta was a blast, but their server’s are exploding today and the plugin’s still Windows-only #
— the creator’s nice about it, but how could he think that this was okay? #
— Jorn points out that several people created helper utilities #
— his radio show was canceled so he’s moved to the web, and he seems to get it #
— Tetris: “player must break apart a giant rectangle, sending the pieces into space” via Offworld #
— 36,128 total links, with Techmeme on top via O'Reilly Radar #
— insert USB thumb drive into kiosk, get Oscar nominated films; this has potential for legal uses, too #
— the comments on Flowing Data point out some of the flaws #
— that would’ve made The Whitburn Project much easier, but I wonder how their licensees feel about it? #
February 23, 2009
— sequel to the best single-player cooperative game I’ve ever played; see also: Chronotron via Indie Games+ #
— the best conference scheduling app ever returns; related: their API for all event and user info #
— strategy revealed, from Ricky Gervais’s Extras #
— the author’s a long-time Metafilter user and apologizes here, while people keep finding more #
— 5GB of all 1,053 free MP3s from this year’s showcasing artists #
— I love these guys; the original article was updated with some weak backpedaling #
— it’s difficult to know which factors to model, and the criteria can be very subjective #
February 20, 2009
— some of these are lovely; here’s mine #
— busy guy; he’s the drummer for A Perfect Circle, The Vandals, and Devo #
— “a collection of humorously edited footage” #
— this is a must-play for Mac/PC, the game gets increasingly clever and complex #
— the Bulgarian nuclear control panel is gorgeous #
— the story behind this tweet making the rounds #
— great advertising for Mint, and reveals that Quicken’s growth must be pretty flat #
— very impressive; like their other tools, any public illustration can be forked at any revision #
— indie geeks love bands (especially duos), while the mainstream loves young solo artists #
February 19, 2009
— a very entertaining five-minute presentation from Ignite Portland #
— the game was released on the PS3 today for $5; Panic is selling the official shirts #
— it analyzes sky photos added to the Astrometry group, and tags them with celestial bodies #
— Evan Roth’s free PDF book is brilliant too, blending technology and art in clever ways #
— Yelp’s response, which I completely agree with; someone needs to record a sales call to settle this #
February 18, 2009
— “someone else — not you, someone smart — will win instead, or you can change your mind” #
— the essential abandonware site is abandoned; thanks for the memories, Sarinee via MetaFilter #
— here’s Boxee’s blog post; that’s a great way to drive Boxee users back to BitTorrent #
