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March 30, 2012
— in other Jordan Mechner news, The Last Express is coming to iOS later this year via killscreendaily.com #
— Facebook page devoted to breaking their layout; related: tweets that break Twitter #
March 29, 2012
— it already supports identifying mood, smiles, gender, and glasses #
— love their promo video #
— a rising tide lifts all boats #
— “celebrity explorers” is an inevitable trend as space and ocean exploration tech advances #
— funny how “foodie” has become a derogatory term for some crowds #
March 28, 2012
— surprisingly difficult, nobody seems to have accurate dates #
— related: his analysis of Downton Abbey’s language #
— beautiful video from PBS’s Off Book series #
March 27, 2012
— including a long story from someone who was fictionalized in Like Crazy #
— deconstructing one of my favorite iOS games #
— if this makes sense to you, and you live in PDX, you should come to the screening tomorrow #
— automatically follows and unfollows everyone in the pool to a random person daily #
— Tasty Labs’ new project to tag your friends and find like-minded people; here’s me #
— “don’t join a company whose values are opposed to your own” #
— love the 8-bit remix of the Eurovision performance #
— interesting free PC/Mac multiplayer game, attack an opponent with rhythm #
March 26, 2012
— love the user reviews #
— warning: book spoilers in the screenshots #
— 38 games inspired by TMBG’s Apollo 18, with every Fingertips game requiring only one move #
— “Beat It” audio resynthesized using only samples from nature recordings; more algorithmic remix here via makematics.com #
— built with socket.io by Brandon Lockaby #
March 24, 2012
— “You have no friends.” #
— block your friends’ Facebook apps from accessing your personal information #
— Watch out guys, we’re dealing with a badass over here #
— algorithmically-composed sonnets using tweets #
March 21, 2012
— speaking of Robin Sloan, his newly-released essay-as-free iPhone app #
— reminds me of Robin Sloan’s stock and flow #
— gorgeous, stylized CC-licensed map tiles using OpenStreetMap data #
March 20, 2012
— on “lifestyle” businesses and the risks of taking funding #
— Jonas Lund made a Chrome extension that clones his browser; watch him surf until noon tomorrow #
— Wreck and Salvage remakes the Big Lebowski swearing supercut using the porn parody #
— selling it himself as a $5 DRM-free digital download; built by VHX.tv #
— snippets of txt pulled from the net circa 1988-1994; also on Twitter #
— love everything about this via twitter.com #
March 19, 2012
— playful real-time walkthrough using The Code Player; make your own! #
— entire 71-minute dance film set to Girl Talk’s All Day, filmed in NYC and funded on Kickstarter #
— live coding d3 sketchpad based on Bret Victor’s Inventing on Principle; click a number and hold the alt key #
— new blog of interesting games by VVVVVV’s Terry Cavanagh #
— searching Twitter for mentions of the current time, every second via Kottke #
— 3D-printable adapters between ten popular construction sets; join Lego to Duplo to Tinker Toys to Lincoln Logs via twitter.com #
March 18, 2012
— Matthew Baldwin’s personal anecdote about Mike Daisey, and why personal matters #
March 16, 2012
— just download it, connect it to Twitter, and wait; one of the most intriguing games I’ve ever played #
— including the oddball 3DS screen #
— “Listen up youngsters: this is how successful theft is accomplished.” #
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