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January 27, 2009
— if you’re near NYC, their hack day next month should be great #
— nice alternative to the YouTube channel via dalasverdugo.com #
— Justin also recently released I Hardly Knew Her, a minimalist Flickr browser via MetaFilter #
— collaboration with Common and Urban Outfitters; this isn’t very Microsoft-like via Daring Fireball #
January 26, 2009
— trust me and just follow the links via grandtextauto.org #
— contribute your own audio to the geographical soundscape #
— it’s like Visual Acoustics, inverted #
— this won’t last long via Delicious #
— with z-code, even via Offworld #
— I have a strange feeling Cracked will get the last laugh #
— more elaborate than Pac-TXT, with a map and better writing #
January 25, 2009
— Andre Torrez scratches an itch with App Engine #
January 23, 2009
— weak captchas, but still impressive; the author explains why cracking reCAPTCHA is much harder, with more discussion on Reddit via Delicious #
— shockingly well done, doesn’t require a Twitter password #
— a $1 app unlocks the Japanese keyboard, along with 461 picture characters to confuse your friends via Cal Henderson #
January 22, 2009
— along with the first part, some of the best research on Internet culture I’ve ever seen #
— for the flipside, see Jason Scott’s argument against the cloud #
— over 170 code samples for eight APIs #
— Dolores Labs asks Mechanical Turkers to rank the top 200 users, and plotted the results #
— Daniel Bogan’s interviewing writers, coders, and musicians about their computer setup via Daring Fireball #
— brilliant example of database-backed journalism #
— the Mac-savvy team found PCs “outfitted with six-year-old versions of Microsoft software” #
— like the geek version of a Virgin Mary sighting, in a steering wheel, trash can, vacuum, faucet, bathroom door, or toilet #
January 21, 2009
— covers for imaginary film-to-book adaptations, inspired by Mossy’s movie poster remakes #
— It’s A Wonderful Lifehacker, the Fark Knight, Face/Book/Off, and many more #
— a similar dip happened on Flickr and Last.fm, but Twitter exploded during his oath #
January 20, 2009
— funny, I was with Mat when he twittered from Greens and the mentioned awkwardness ensued #
— short side-scroller built with YouTube annotations #
— instead of Secret Service, the Mall is patrolled by enemy super-mutants #
— some insight into the creative process of my favorite game of 2008; the free soundtrack was just released #
— a fitting finale for their series of news briefs #
— Ill Doctrine on the work ahead #
— five times the normal traffic with only slight delays via Delicious #
— all third-party content’s licensed under Creative Commons and there’s a Twitter account, too via Kottke #
— it pulls data from Google Calendar, iCal, BBC Weather, and Dopplr daily #
January 19, 2009
— the original version of the game inspired the movie 1980s screwball comedy Midnight Madness via snout.org #
— well-written story of how one girl inadvertently launched a 4chan civil war; yesterday, her channel was hacked and videos deleted via Fimoculous #
— Belkin’s CEO responded, saying it was a rogue employee #
— an essential read, she interviewed and observed hundreds of teens across 16 states, tracking the rise of Myspace and Facebook in the process #
January 18, 2009
— this also gives me a chance to point to Kottke’s new redesign; older designs here #
— brilliant, SXSW should replace their official list with this immediately #
January 17, 2009
— update: turns out this is actually pretty expensive #
— hold up, Google has a Data Liberation team!? #
January 16, 2009
— high-quality MP4 files, starting with all Change.gov videos; for everything else, there’s KeepVid #
— used toys are now exempted, but Etsy sellers are rightfully panicking; some endangered toys via businessweek.com #
