June 25, 2012
Facebook switches all users to facebook.com email addresses
— idiotic, especially since all emails from non-friends end up in the Other black hole #
Ars Technica feature on the rise and fall of Winamp
— including interviews with members of the former Nullsoft team #
Jonathan Coulton on the future of music, 3D printing, and scarcity
— a reaction to Emily the intern and the resulting kerfuffle #
Kickstarter releases detailed stats page, updated daily
— finally, a feature every Kickstarter knockoff won't try to copy #
First Person Tutor
— a proofreading FPS, part of the experimental 7dfps game challenge; some other highlights #
Trailer for Perspective, a crazy first-person puzzler
— taking some of the Fez gameplay mechanic into a first-person shooter #
Owning Your Own Words
— good discussion with Anil Dash, Gina Trapani, Paul Ford, Mathew Ingram, and Winer by proxy #
Satellite Eyes
— Mac freeware changes your desktop to the satellite imagery of your current location #
Joshua Topolsky on the Microsoft Surface tablet
— a first step away from useless concept videos, and towards bringing R&D to the real world #
Origami artist sues over abstract paintings of unfolded designs
— ongoing battles over the definition of transformative fair use #
Progression of an animated scene from Tangled
— live-action reference shots, layout, lighting, and more #
FunnyJunk lawyer files suits against The Oatmeal, IndieGogo, National Wildlife Federation, and the American Cancer Society
— the redacted complaint is up on Carreon's site; I love part 26 #
PBS Off Book's tribute to the animated GIF
— I recommend just playing this full screen all day today #
Jay Smooth on sexist gamer dudes
— 12 hours left to back Anita's project; in case you somehow missed it, the awful backlash and media response #
Technology Review profile on Cameron Marlow and the Facebook Data Team
— they're doing great work, I just wish they had an RSS feed; here it is #
Pattern analyzing the chord structures of 1,300 songs
— I'd love to see an app that always suggests what chord to play next #
Reddit user's ten-year Civilization II war spawns a following
— fanfic, comics, and attempts to resolve the war at the new subreddit #
The Complete Dan Harmon Channel 101 Canon
— including the incredibly meta "Exposure" and "ChooseYourOwnSelectAVision.TV" #
Indie Game: The Movie available to stream or download
— go buy it! essential viewing, perfectly captures the anguish from developing a long-term project #
Jonathan Lethem's "My Internet"
— I love the idea of a commerce-free private Internet; reminds me of invite-only communities I belong to #
Cindy Au on the "Take My Money, HBO" campaign
— want a revolution? don't give your money to HBO, give it to creators #
Reddit users collaborate to make the Community 8-bit game real
— the lead dev is taking submissions for assets from their sub-Reddit; download it #
FM Towns Marty
— NSFW Tumblr focused on strange Japanese game screenshots from the NEC PC-88/PC-98 and FM Towns Marty #
New trailer for Disney's Wreck-It Ralph
— the top YouTube comment nailed it, it's like Who Framed Roger Rabbit for video games #
The Ballad of the Psychotropic Robots
— free procedurally-generated audio-visual thing for Windows #
Washington Post on the fall of CNET founder Halsey Minor
— very sad; Halsey himself purged much of his Wikipedia entry in April #