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January 19, 2012
— using word lists from Wikipedia; some great responses so far via jwz #
January 18, 2012
— updated constantly; more Republicans now oppose it, but Democrats still support it 40-34 #
— essential Lessig lecture on “striking at the root” to fix government via codinghorror.com #
— hands down, the fairest and clearest explanation of the goals and risks I’ve seen for the layperson #
— and saved future lives, thanks to the international donor drives #
— including cropping out credits #
— or why SOPA is a bad idea #
— hoping some of them channel their anger into picking up the phone #
— the root cause of SOPA/PIPA is the corrupting influence of money on Congress #
— “to solve this particular problem, Congress merely has to do what it does best: nothing” #
— “our web means more that lawyers, lobbies, and lies” via Laughing Squid #
— the video says it all #
— great video from Reddit’s Alexis Ohanian on stopping SOPA/PIPA, and a handy tool to make calls #
— love that he says he’s pirated constantly, but that this is the wrong way to address it #
— awesome research and charts from Horace Dediu #
— nice graph work by Fred Benenson using Slurp 140, Google Refine, R, and Cytoscape #
— well played, BuzzFeed #
January 17, 2012
— an automated supercut machine, it uses a locally-hosted film collection and caption transcripts via thecreatorsproject.com #
— Wikipedia, Reddit, Boing Boing, and others are all going dark tomorrow in protest; join them #
— tongue-in-cheek guide to measuring hipster cities based on used bike listings via twitter.com #
— smoothest game I’ve seen so far, how it was made; related: Command and Conquer via twitter.com #
— Bootstrap 2.0 is shaping up nicely #
— I always liked Jerry, I hope he starts something new #
— Joshua Schachter’s repurposed his lifehack site into a daily email #
— delightfully surreal co-op elevator simulator; watch the gameplay video #
January 16, 2012
— Lionel Ritchie recreated with film clips #
— missed this while I was out last week, some fantastic investigative work starting with unique user-agent/IP combos #
— another brilliant genre-bending cover from Andy Rehfeldt; related: Justin Bieber as death metal #
— try scrolling; the 3D header doesn’t contain any images via twitter.com #
January 15, 2012
— Netflix only had four of the top 100, less than half the previous year #
January 14, 2012
— the Universe, Google, and LulzSec are featured prominently via Kottke #
January 10, 2012
January 9, 2012
— amazing look back, don’t miss the interactive stats post with nearly $100M pledged last year #
January 7, 2012
— commissioned interactive fiction by Andrew Plotkin, with in-game objects available as MakerBot-printable designs #
— reboot sequences from retro GUIs via Daring Fireball #
January 6, 2012
— finally, I can process National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project Sensor and Environmental Data Records! #
— CNN was the only network to mention it, once via twitter.com #
January 4, 2012
— from a wonderful Tumblr of fanfic inspired by everyone’s favorite spambot #
— my favorite mathemusician working one of the best online learning resources via Hacker News #
— bizarre story of an ad buy gone awry and the self-flagellation that followed via Daring Fireball #
January 3, 2012
— the responses are hilarious #
— bizarre policy, I wonder what else they’ve ordered destroyed? #
— dead-simple utility for recording audio and getting a link, perfect for MTurk tasks #
— using a Kinect, head-mounted display, Wii remotes, and treadmill for navigation #
— sadly, appears to be a rendered fake for a viral ad; but it’s very doable #
— this should be an Internet law: “Anything we want to be true we can find online.” #
January 2, 2012
— yo dawg; related: Narcissus, a more practical take on the same idea via twitter.com #
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