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August 30, 2013
— Jason Scott and his volunteer team have ported dozens of new systems, including the Mac SE #
August 29, 2013
— brilliant new ANSI art pack via @peter_nitsch #
August 26, 2013
— be warned, can be *very* NSFW at times, though it’s mostly One Direction at the moment #
— like Pole Riders, a perfectly hilarious local co-op game #
August 25, 2013
— supercut of applause from MLK’s I Have A Dream speech, embroiled in copyright battles #
— a very personal comic from Lucy Knisley via MetaFilter #
August 24, 2013
— a short film about life in 2013 via youtube.com #
August 23, 2013
— turning Kickstarter into a MOOC via blurbomat.com #
— the bot posts to @SnowballPoetry twice a day via @revdancatt #
— to me, seems like their editorial strategy is just meant to help people understand what the platform’s for #
— a text game about ?????????? for iOS #
August 22, 2013
— finally finished it; don’t read spoilers, just get it and play it #
August 21, 2013
— in a year, it beat This American Life to become the #1 podcast on iTunes #
— Julian Garnier’s blazingly fast web-based editor for creating 3D shapes in CSS #
— “Share to your heart’s content.” #
— long, important Quinn Norton post on information, authority, and the new political dissent #
— don’t miss his blog post about the decision, and the challenges of coping with success #
— 2-9 are tones, 0 and 1 are day and night #
August 20, 2013
— bot that makes animated GIFs using scenes from The Wire and subtitle files via tinysubversions.com #
— fundamentally misunderstood, I still think the idea holds great promise #
— inspired by Twine, MUDs, and MMOs, you can try it right now #
— fantastic free text, though I wish the hyperlinks were visually distinct #
— responsive by default, flat design with an optional legacy theme #
— the Guardian’s editor reported on this too, but completely buried the lede #
— “There is now no shield from forced exposure.” #
August 19, 2013
— using instant noodles and pickled mustard sales to track population trends in China #
August 18, 2013
— anti-profiling Chrome plugin searches the net randomly, inspired by Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother #
— UK and US authorities blatantly abusing a terrorism law; more from Greenwald #
August 16, 2013
— it was originally called “Armageddon” via Nelson Minar #
August 14, 2013
— I’d switch to stem-cell steak in a heartbeat #
August 12, 2013
— spotting racial discrimination with public crime data #
August 11, 2013
— app to capture terminal activity and easily share it with the world #
August 10, 2013
— Anil Dash’s very believable satire of the tech news cycle #
— one-click Firefox browser preconfigured with Tor and proxy configurations #
— that baby yoga video is, uh, something else #
— more backstory in the Reddit thread via MetaFilter #
August 9, 2013
— “If Instagram is an art museum, Vine is a block party.” via Kottke #
— last year’s IGF winner was the designer’s first game; try it for Windows or the unofficial Mac port #
— bells are additions, strings are subtractions, the pitch is the size of the edit via @caseorganic #
August 8, 2013
— adorable webcomic blending myth and modern #
— file under: our deeply broken intellectual property system #
— the 20th anniversary of the legendary demoscene production #
— Jason Scott was the first to be given all access to film the world’s largest hacker con #
August 7, 2013
— you can call me //djCTRL// from now on via @OKFocus #
— Siri as love interest #
— Craigslist short fiction via @torrez #
