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February 29, 2012
— or: why cable is the new landline #
— one of the most addictive games I’ve ever played, a brilliant one-button rhythm game #
— they play pretty well for mindless killing machines #
February 28, 2012
— Tom Armitage’s physical book of Pinboard bookmarks and the code to make your own #
— the source is on Github; I loved his making-of photos #
February 27, 2012
— some solid advice from inspiring, independent people #
— yay! all my Kickstarter dreams are coming true #
February 26, 2012
— editing this year’s nine Best Picture nominees to eight minutes of profanity #
— written in Entropy, a programming language that decays variables as it runs #
— Terry Cavanagh’s sadistic 24-hour game for Pirate Kart V #
February 25, 2012
— the legendary computer programmer appeared on Letterman in 1986 via r/geek #
— amazing 35-minute chat; related: they added new rewards to the Double Fine Adventure #
February 23, 2012
— some great Internet detective work #
— from the creator of Achievement Unlocked; love the memetastic ending #
February 22, 2012
— hack six levels and get a t-shirt, and maybe a job #
February 21, 2012
— grabbing the loudest point is surprisingly useful for spotting choruses #
— $316,000, cheap; take that, Fleur de Lys #
February 20, 2012
— Adrian Hon plays with the absurdities of copyright law via Boing Boing #
February 17, 2012
— learn to code while playing puzzles; related: Code Hero #
— 4chan for moms; anonymous, ridiculously active, and often brutally honest #
— simple app that I’ve wanted for ages, spawned from Paul Irish’s Lazyweb issue tracker #
— shave, pilot a UAV, play videogames, sing One Vision, and contemplate your actions #
February 16, 2012
— nice JavaScript library for rendering ANSI art #
— they use oDesk contractors to moderate flagged material #
— moving much further in the direction of iOS #
— final episode of the absolutely essential film series; go support Kirby’s new project #
— finally, multiplayer flailing #
February 14, 2012
— finally, the data journalism article that everyone wanted after the Path debacle #
— “60. Yell it over your shoulder as you are pushed into the squad car.” #
— new skins span multiple eras of console gaming #
— Adam Ellis’s photo conversation from Vegas to New York #
— an imaginary airship piloted by an AI autopilot based on real weather patterns; follow it on Twitter #
— amazing talk that gets increasingly amazing; I want that code editor and iPad app #
February 13, 2012
— a silly one-room YouTube adventure #
— like a frenetic take on Matthijs Vlot’s Hello #
February 12, 2012
— a near-immediate response to SomethingAwful’s campaign #
— HTML5 pixel art video using the Soundcloud API via blog.dianakimball.com #
February 11, 2012
— or: why some songs give us chills and provoke an emotional response #
— a response to DHH’s post on the non-“startup” startup #
— incredible fan-made compilation of archival commentary on Raiders of the Lost Ark #
February 10, 2012
— “Why would VEVO pirate content? Because it was easier than getting it legally.” via Marco Arment #
— Ohio’s lax laws on personal zoos leads to tragic results via Boing Boing #
— “did you hear? the death-rattle of a million middle men” #
