May 30, 2012
Jason Scott restores Internet Underground Music Archive
— from EFF cofounder John Gilmore's forward-thinking tape backup (via) #
Open Goldberg Variations released
— new recording funded on Kickstarter last year, now released to the public domain #
InstaCRT, fake camera filters turned analog
— sends your photo to a monitor in Sweden, shoots a picture, and sends it back to you #
NTK, 15 years later
— you can subscribe to the retro newsletter that sends you a 15-year-old issue every week #
Isaac's lip-dub proposal
— if this doesn't make you get misty, see a doctor; you might be dead inside #
Star Wars recreated by legendary voice actors
— doing famous characters in every single scene; this is ridiculously fun to listen to (via) #
Serendipitor, an app that creates serendipitous routes
— like oblique strategies for walking directions #
Ill Doctrine on why trolling needs to be legal
— inserting some sanity in a brain-dead proposed bill in NYC #
DIY.org, a community of kids who make
— love everything about this, don't miss the adorable projects #
The Depth Jam
— indie game devs camp out in a beach house for several days to make their current projects better #
19-year-old entrepreneur secretly lives in AOL's offices for two month
— living for $30/month on a couch, free ramen, and Internet access (via) #
Indie Game: The Movie, releasing worldwide on June 12
— the first feature film sold on Steam, and VHX.tv is powering the DRM-free downloads and streams! #
Because We May
— XOXO speaker Ron Carmel's new campaign supporting stores that give artists control over pricing #
SF Weekly profile on Tim Schafer and Double Fine
— I tried so hard to get him for XOXO, but he's a very busy guy #
Leno airs YouTube video without permission, Content ID takes down the original
— fascinating how people naturally assume it's all human, and not machines #
Double Fine announces The Cave, Ron Gilbert's new adventure game
— just like his Maniac Mansion, a cast of multiple characters, but with co-op #
Neil Gaiman's commencement speech
— love the part starting at the 17:20 mark; "the gatekeepers are leaving their gates" #
Metafilter user's "suicide" was a hoax
— great that he's alive, and great that he's banned; the note from his "wife" never smelled right to me #
XOXO Festival is live!
— I'm organizing a huge conference/festival in Portland this September with Andy McMillan; get your tickets quick! #
Jeri Ellsworth's C64 Keytar
— she's working in Valve's new hardware R&D lab on top-secret awesomeness #
Paul Lamere calculates the most musical American cities, per capita
— using the Echonest API and the top 50,000 artists #
Endless, Nameless
— Adam Cadre's new interactive fiction inspired by BBSes and old-school text adventures #
Dan Harmon on getting fired from Community
— a damn shame, this guy's the soul of the show; I can't believe he only owns 10% #
io9 charts how visions of the future changed over time
— tracking how near- or distant-future science fiction is, decade by decade #
How Facebook hacked the NASDAQ button to push an Open Graph action
— "Mark listed a company on NASDAQ" #
NYT visualization of the Facebook IPO vs. historical IPOs
— 60% of IPOs since 2010 have had negative returns so far (via) #
Nekogames' Parameters
— abstract, but shockingly good, casual RPG; figuring out the rules is part of the fun #
Ill Doctrine on hip hop conspiracy theories
— and, more critically, the rise of gangsta rap and incarceration rates #
Trailer for Ed Piskor's WIZZYWIG
— awesome graphic novel inspired by real-life hackers, I highly recommend buying it #