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October 26, 2011
— as suspected, another judge found that the claims of extortion were unfounded #
— the protestor, an Iraq veteran, is in critical condition with a skull fracture #
— produced by Kirby Ferguson from Everything Is A Remix; please write to Congress to stop this awful bill #
— quite likely the best book trailer ever #
October 25, 2011
— gorgeous learning thermostat created by leaders of the iPod design team #
— Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner brings two eras of natural-language processing together #
— more of a brutally hard platformer than a metagame, but well made #
— he coined “artificial intelligence,” and invented Lisp and garbage collection; The Robot and The Baby from 2001 is worth reading #
— some stats pulled from the 10,975 messages from fans and friends via FlowingData #
October 22, 2011
— Grant Achatz was interviewed about the concept and creative menu via stellar.io #
October 21, 2011
— and again, only a week’s notice to save everything? really? #
October 20, 2011
— immaculate fan-remastered BBC broadcast, download the album #
— are shared linkblogs and all shared/starred posts really getting deleted with only a week’s notice? #
October 19, 2011
— much clearer images than the bootleg video of the live demo #
— bundling together 300+ indie games too small to warrant the $95 IGF entry fee via twitter.com #
— Aaron Koblin wrote about it; try hitting “H” for the control panel via twitter.com #
— incredibly creepy use of the Facebook API; Jenna Wortham interviews the creator #
October 18, 2011
— Caterina Fake on how founders propagate culture in their own image #
— “Like ducks? Jotly will show you big and little ducks!” via subtraction.com #
— Backgammon II, a racing game with WEPONS #
— audience tries to solve puzzles with real actors in a scene; related: Action Castle via Rock Paper Shotgun #
— see also: their analysis of how trending topics work, using OWS as an example via twitter.com #
— “Right now, Generation X just wants a beer and to be left alone.” via twitter.com #
— takes an argument and synthesizes 30 seconds of audio in only 138 bytes via twitter.com #
— “Google and Facebook would have you believe that you’re a mirror … but we’re more like diamonds.” via ReadWriteWeb #
October 17, 2011
— neat visualization built on the community-powered Whitburn project #
— 467 people don’t understand regular expressions #
October 12, 2011
— related: charts explain why they have reason to be angry #
October 11, 2011
— grading the nonsense written on mostly safe-for-work classroom scenery #
— the same power struggle fueling the Occupy protests #
— pitch perfect parody, I’m not sure most listeners would notice until the 4-minute mark #
— must-read piece on interactive infovis, with a playful header #
— “I cannot think of a worse fate: hearing something worse than John Mayer when you have to click on a link that says John Mayer.” #
— emotional, thoughtful look at the failure of PMOG and The Nethernet, his browser-based MMO #
— Ben Brown and Katie Spence’s awesome new pixel editor with built-in sharing #
— a year old, but new to me via r/videos #
— at a current rate of $100M pledged per year; by comparison, the NEA’s budget is $154M #
October 10, 2011
— “the waves of grain on the stolen land, theft is as American as a Cola can” #
October 9, 2011
— instant dubstep remixes, just add Echo Nest #
October 8, 2011
— see also: ToneCraft, by the same creator #
October 7, 2011
— if you’re of South Asian descent, please get swabbed; Seth Godin’s giving $10k to whoever donates #
October 6, 2011
— I also liked this simple musical tribute #
— the volunteer-run open-source project is the definitive source for global tz info #
— amazingly, I’d never heard this version #
— on the former Gizmodo editor’s contentious and regretful relationship with Steve Jobs #
October 5, 2011
— here’s to the crazy ones #
