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August 23, 2009
— lovely cut-out art direction, I want to play a game in this universe #
— like a real-life PC demo #
August 22, 2009
— very clever barcode design uses out-of-focus photos shot from a distance via realtimerendering.com #
— Rolling Stone profile of a young, blind phone phreaker via Hacker News #
— using passwords from a Christian university, they’ve been posting fake entries on Facebook #
August 21, 2009
— go vote for his SXSW panel, while you’re at it via sippey.com #
— they argue it’s the lack of official support that stifled growth via Hacker News #
— the original treasure hunt had a bitter ending via timemachinego.com #
— this should make real-time news reporting much more viable #
— these screengrabs show a striking similarity #
— collect them all! don’t miss the hand-drawn map #
— guide to new music for the layman, written by a 57-year-old convert #
August 20, 2009
— plus, 94% less likely to make you want to gouge your eyes out via niemanlab.org #
— just gorgeous via Cal Henderson #
— fully functional backup created by a fan #
— incredible quality; did you know they had a Space Bar? via Boing Boing #
— aggregating tweets that rhyme, compiled into an ever-growing poem with 344,000 verses via Delicious #
— too much focus on “news” and not enough context #
— like Pastebin with a built-in compiler/interpreter; examples: Hello World, 99 Bottles via Cal Henderson #
August 19, 2009
— elegant Flash game inspired by architectural blueprints and diagrams via Jay Is Games #
— barcode visualization of “how the Internet sees you” #
— he treated his online presence like a temporary sand mandala; don’t miss the song #
— still no clues why he killed his blog, Twitter, Hackety Hack, Why’s Poignant Guide, Shoes, Try Ruby, and more #
— live jazz improvisation using classic SNES sample sounds #
— staggering amount of love put into an online store #
August 18, 2009
— if websites were cartoon characters via r/pics #
— I’ve wondered this myself, the effects of a microcelebrity culture aging #
August 17, 2009
— Nilsson tribute with songs by Martha Wainwright, Andrew Bird, DeVotchKa, and Nada Surf #
— Bygone Bureau wrote a great behind-the-scenes feature about the album #
— wow, congrats to the team #
August 16, 2009
— 21GB dump of 873,671 torrents on the site, packaged by a user concerned about the sale #
August 15, 2009
— from 17 million withdrawn domains in June 2008 to only 58k last month via Boing Boing #
August 14, 2009
— from Y2K to swine flu #
— imagining the real-life locations where Tetris’s blocks and Sonic’s gold rings were made #
— a travelogue in comic format with video via MetaFilter #
— with a quiet three weeks’ notice to developers via O'Reilly Radar #
— asked about Associated Repress, the AP’s lawyer said that I’m “wonderful” #
— drag to rotate the objects #
— Processing competition with submissions limited to only 200 characters #
— if you’ve ever dealt with PACER, you’ll know how vital this is #
August 13, 2009
— don’t miss TempBot and Tetra Vaal; District 9 is 95% positive so far #
— more of his captures on his site #
— 87 points on the first try via @bpm140 #
August 12, 2009
— timelapse of the photography, Photoshop, and magazine design via Daring Fireball #
— great discussion of the difficulties and appeal of rhythm games via Fimoculous #
