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December 31, 2011
— sadly, no published U.S. works will enter the public domain until 2018 #
— any list that starts with Paul Ford is solid, in my book #
— concerned more hands will dilute the game’s unique voice #
— two years of editing, with scenes from 30 different films via Michael Heilemann #
December 30, 2011
— some really amazing work, and nearly all of it open-source #
— with some handy alternatives in the comments via twitter.com #
— the mispelled misspelled encyclopedia via tumblr.thedailywh.at #
— “looking back, I feel I really did embody the role of little brother” via tumblr.thedailywh.at #
— to avoid getting taxed as “dolls,” rather than lower for “toys”; story starts at 2:50 in the audio via Boing Boing #
— splitting time between music and comedy #
December 29, 2011
— ITV refused to air it via MetaFilter #
— more shifting attitudes on copyright and reuse #
— and Back To The Future II #
December 28, 2011
— related: YouTube’s reaction to the Gamer Girl Manifesto #
December 27, 2011
— don’t miss the questionable apology, just posted #
— as always, thoughtful writing and selection via twitter.com #
— Mike open-sourced the code #
December 26, 2011
— song-by-song breakdown with supporting videos; watch Down from the Mountain on YouTube #
December 24, 2011
— a pixelized fireplace for PC/Mac #
December 23, 2011
— “Don’t cry, Disney owns the rights to that emotion.” via twitter.com #
December 22, 2011
— great feature on the all-volunteer preservation effort via nickm.com #
— brief open letters to unnamed inventors via twitter.com #
— tons of inspiring stuff in here; related: their top 10 iOS projects #
— six-minute pixelized animated short using transcripts from the Manning/Lamo chats via Boing Boing #
— the copyright notice is a nice touch via twitter.com #
— NYT highlights stories of lost loved ones from its readers #
December 20, 2011
— still, one of my favorite games about games #
— related: David Carr’s interview with Louie on his web experiment #
— fascinating to see how different industries have been affected, from board games to comics #
December 19, 2011
— love the comment from Amazon’s Jeff Barr #
December 16, 2011
— his final essay reconsidered “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” via twitter.com #
— Giles Turnbull takes @replies, RTs, and favs offline #
December 13, 2011
— $200k in profit in the first three days, $500k sales so far #
— loving his series for Boing Boing #
— new project by Aaron Koblin #
— Googlers should know how to use a proxy by now #
— some of the year’s best long-form journalism #
— I’m guessing pilots won’t be forced to turn them off during take-off and landing #
December 12, 2011
— I don’t particularly trust Megaupload, but this is clearly an abuse of the DMCA #
— safe for work, estimates what percentage of Google Images results for a phrase are NSFW via r/geek #
— Street View as a first-person shooter via Kottke #
— $5 DRM-free, money goes directly to him; he did a great IAmA #
December 11, 2011
— he argues that they’ll never be profitable, as a result #
— Tumblelog tracking visions of technology’s future #
December 10, 2011
— search public BitTorrent downloads by IP address; TorrentFreak interviewed the creators #
