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January 16, 2009
— naturally, the staff reporters covered the announcement of the paper’s sale in detail #
— the community saw right through it, in their own unique way; does editorial integrity apply to LOLCats? via Delicious #
January 15, 2009
— found on Urban Prankster, edited by Improv Anywhere’s Charlie Todd via urbanprankster.com #
— as game hardware increases from the NES to Wii, Mario’s gravity is getting closer to reality via Tom Armitage #
— Justin obsessively researches a family recipe back to the 1940s via Andre Torrez #
— they’re also generating these annual reports for every Dopplr user via Kottke #
— the site’s original cofounder vows to build a replacement after it’s closed for good via Fimoculous #
— though nothing really beats the powers of Section 8 #
January 14, 2009
— and they’re ending development on Jaiku and open-sourcing the code #
— hell, I didn’t even know five of them via geekologie.com #
— the Zork franchise is being revived as a browser-based MMO from the creator of Trukz #
— he estimates about 23% of the userbase is active and connected, about 1.2M people via O'Reilly Radar #
— they’re doing some interesting community stuff, mixing wikis with traditional game journalism via Andre Torrez #
— they printed 1,000 copies of a newspaper filled with tweets, blog posts, and miscellaneous writing from last year #
— much more chaotic with nearly twice the memes, including Badger Badger and Leeroy Jenkins cameos #
January 13, 2009
— one of the harder songs has a 29/16 time signature #
— the lengths they went to avoid detection were pretty incredible #
— now that the whole thing’s up, well worth checking out; all 50 top albums are streamable #
— “strange, this site never finishes loading” via theflashblog.com #
January 12, 2009
— the NYT seems like the only paper that’s innovating like a high-tech startup #
— like the New Numa and Hamsterdance 2, you can’t recapture the magic #
— since the strangeness last year, they’ve started moving to a broader Most Popular algorithm #
January 11, 2009
— they claim 1,000 Google searches produces as much CO2 as an average car driving 0.6 miles #
January 9, 2009
— one of my favorite multiplayer distractions drops the restrictions for free players #
— like 8% of all white males, I’m red-green colorblind and encounter these accessibility issues often #
— good luck getting even a single row #
— unfortunately, they only made the pilot #
— though it doesn’t tow you back to the start if you veer off the road, like the original #
— I like the student-submitted one much better #
— amazingly, it’s beatable; inspired by The Last Days of Dr. Wily? #
— the vintage video was the first home movie named to the National Film Registry #
— a great idea marred by a huge lapse of judgment by the dev team, who act in the promo video via Delicious #
January 8, 2009
— if you have a PC, you need to try this; it’s only a ten-minute time commitment, but so worth it via Indie Games+ #
— over 10,600 people have been unfriended so far via Andre Torrez #
— more on her site, including the story behind the work #
— somehow, I missed several of these; every link is worth reading #
— I really hope there’s a contingency plan to keep this amazing work online in case things go bad #
January 7, 2009
— I wonder if Thinkgeek has this problem with Customer Action Shots #
— how long will it take the Prince to roll up a room with random paths and an Arduino? #
— the screencast explains how the plugin subtly changes the pages you read via Boing Boing #
— the images are free for personal, non-commercial use, so I’m confused why Google agreed to restrict them in this way #
— the final trailer shows how far last year’s IGF grand prize winner has come; related: the iPhone version #
— Gary Hustwit’s followup to Helvetica via Daring Fireball #
— looking forward to Blueberry Garden and Night Game #
— looks like a job for the Archive Team #
