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November 10, 2009
— like the Two of Us short film, Beatles alternate-history fiction inspired by this SNL sketch #
— huge embeddable font collection, reasonably priced, and very well executed #
November 9, 2009
— Flickr photos in the style of The Big Picture via Delicious #
— also used by Flickr, this cements the CC-licensed WOE data as the web’s placename database via Delicious #
— mashup of Beatles solo albums with a backstory; related: Stephen Baxter’s short story, The Twelfth Album via MetaFilter #
— “Six drawings per movie, in sequence, no movie stars” via The Morning News #
November 8, 2009
— nonprofits carefully balancing effective marketing and donor expectations #
November 7, 2009
— available where you’d expect; sounds like common Windows network utilities with a simple interface #
— 48.5% of young black men without a high school degree; 3.6% of college-educated white women over 25 #
November 6, 2009
— powered by Viewtronics, Peter Nitsch’s gorgeous new Flash 10 ANSI viewer via Delicious #
— one of my favorite geeks joins one of my favorite companies #
— huge announcement, along with the recent free release of Unity Indie #
— Kai’s Power Tools in real-life via @Pentadact #
November 5, 2009
— as expected, looks incredibly great via Kottke #
— Greg Knauss finds one small piece of the historical web #
— JS compiler, along with Google’s huge widget library via Hacker News #
— great comments with some missed opportunities; “You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to The Taxi Driver?” #
— impossible to guess, but look at all the pretty colors #
— a lapse of judgment from both American Airlines and an employee who cared too much #
November 4, 2009
— from issue 6 of Amusement, the incredible French gaming culture magazine via GameSetWatch #
— insane pop culture video mashup #
November 3, 2009
— sad photo series, reminds me of the dot-com carnage photos #
— first episode of Jesse Thorn and Adam Lisagor’s Kickstarter-funded video series on clothing #
— looks fantastic and worth buying via Delicious #
— incredibly creepy, like videogames leaking into the real world via Leonard Lin #
November 2, 2009
— told through annotated conversations from 1993 via Hacker News #
— I wonder which edits managed to stay in the longest without detection #
November 1, 2009
— for the fifth year, he’s collected every costume name; this year, “nothing” spiked to #2 #
— here’s a more serious attempt at Primer’s timeline #
October 30, 2009
— extremely minimalist interpretations of 12 different games #
October 29, 2009
— it measures your smile and stabs you if you’re not smiling sufficiently via Boing Boing #
October 28, 2009
— needs an angry Dutch gorilla #
— the Facebook team should allow an email veto, or at least require better documentation via Hacker News #
— don’t miss the breakdown by OS and country via bytejacker.com #
— impressive set of interviewees, directed by Jesse Dylan of Yes We Can fame #
— coloring overhead maps based on the dominant colors of photos taken on the ground via FlowingData #
October 27, 2009
— the masks that grown-ups wear #
— 14 of the 24 nominees are playable online; Emily Short has a list of reviewers, as well as her own #
— if you want to know which areas of big companies are being ignore, watch for spam taking over #
October 26, 2009
— MySQL 5.1 with automated backups #
— new to me, love the sound; if you like that, try his chap-hop medley via justinsomnia.org #
— related: the Christian Science Monitor is finding success after killing their print edition via Daring Fireball #
— interesting, though cynical, perspective of the underlying mechanics #
— they should add a heart monitor that triggers star power when things get intense #
— a little module with content from your Reader subscriptions and Gmail contacts #
— if you haven’t already, buy it for PC, Mac or Linux #
— don’t miss the video at the bottom showing a conversion via jwz #
