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April 4, 2014
— hope I’m doing this right #
— currently funding on Kickstarter #
— gorgeous Escher-inspired game for iOS #
— Eric Meyer shares an unthinkably painful moment, as he’s done since his daughter got sick #
— the robot arm sounds are strangely comforting #
April 3, 2014
— as Rarebit says, a sad victory #
April 2, 2014
— “Do-It-Yourself. With lots and lots of help.” #
— analyzing 1,615 films released from 1990 to 2013, looks at effects on budget and revenue #
April 1, 2014
— 80 comics legends interviewed, including Bill Watterson; out now on iTunes, VHX tomorrow #
— community-policed with escalating repercussions via @RossFloate #
— first update in four years #
— the creator of Meanwhile and Fleep’s dark new webcomic; subscribe on Patreon #
March 31, 2014
— I’m floored that Brendan Eich hasn’t explained or apologized for his Prop 8 donation by now #
— Google kicks off Internet Jackass Day with style #
— more information on SCOTUSblog #
— shot-for-shot remake of a 1955 Tom & Jerry cartoon using Touhou game characters via @ironicsans #
— composer David Kanaga’s GDC talk on music and games via @PurpleMFTW #
— Ben Purdy explains how he made it in 48 hours #
— the timelapse gives you a sense of how insane this is #
March 28, 2014
— when your dad works at Dreamworks via MetaFilter #
— in most cases, parody still requires permission in the UK #
March 27, 2014
— Facebook’s Julie Zhuo responds #
— incredibly deep look into the development of Threes, and the clones spawned from it #
— crowdsourced Twitch play as a new game mechanic #
— artist Jen Lowe put her heartbeat on the Internet, with a 24 hour lag via CreativeJS #
— browse Facebook on your Rift, today #
— Linux administration is so unsexy, but I’m incredibly glad I taught myself what little I know #
— a new writing platform #
March 26, 2014
— Zoe Keating also updated her revenue stats #
March 25, 2014
— “I definitely want to be a part of VR, but I will not work with Facebook.” #
— a remake of the McSweeney’s piece using stock footage, created as an ad for stock footage #
— a very restrictive license, but an interesting historical artifact #
— it happened on September 30, but they were charged yesterday #
— a three-year-old tries the Oculus Rift #
— Mozilla’s new CEO invented Javascript, but also helped fund anti-gay marriage legislation; his statement was pretty bad #
— try it on a touchscreen; by Lullatone and Jono Brandel #
— the Internet is perceived as both an archive and ephemera via @textfiles #
March 24, 2014
— Chrome extension visualizes your browser history as favicons #
— VC-funded fanfic platform, would be great if they let fans pay writers directly #
— distribution of road orientations by city #
— Max Temkin elaborates, “how people find out about your art is inseparable from the art itself” #
— the same group that tried to blackmail Meetup #
— the L.A. Times’ Ken Schwencke on his bot that writes articles based on USGS earthquake reports #
— The Verge on the Oculus Rift-based art project to swap perspectives #
— Joe Sabia indexed 1,300 cultural references from all nine seasons of The Office by creation date #
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