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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 #
— handy links to the popular app permission dashboards #
— “writhe in pain and dislodge the eagle!” #
January 1, 2012
— fun jQuery plugin for scrolling effects; related: Impress.js #
— free service from Codecademy sends an interactive coding lesson to you weekly via twitter.com #
December 31, 2011
— sadly, no published U.S. works will enter the public domain until 2018 #
— any list that starts with Paul Ford is solid, in my book #
— concerned more hands will dilute the game’s unique voice #
— two years of editing, with scenes from 30 different films via Michael Heilemann #
December 30, 2011
— some really amazing work, and nearly all of it open-source #
— with some handy alternatives in the comments via twitter.com #
— the mispelled misspelled encyclopedia via tumblr.thedailywh.at #
— “looking back, I feel I really did embody the role of little brother” via tumblr.thedailywh.at #
— to avoid getting taxed as “dolls,” rather than lower for “toys”; story starts at 2:50 in the audio via Boing Boing #
— splitting time between music and comedy #
December 29, 2011
— ITV refused to air it via MetaFilter #
— more shifting attitudes on copyright and reuse #
— and Back To The Future II #
December 28, 2011
— related: YouTube’s reaction to the Gamer Girl Manifesto #
December 27, 2011
— don’t miss the questionable apology, just posted #
— as always, thoughtful writing and selection via twitter.com #
— Mike open-sourced the code #
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