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August 10, 2011
— an obsessive SNES dev writes about his quest for perfect, but slow, emulation via twitter.com #
August 9, 2011
— one-minute remakes from the Fake Film Fest, the winner sweded Scott Pilgrim #
August 8, 2011
— check the balance on Twitter; it hit Techcrunch and is now mostly empty #
— ultra-violent Saved By The Bell parody with the cast of Final Destination 5 #
August 5, 2011
— there are very valid reasons why people choose pseudonyms for display names #
— nice glimpse into how, and why, projects are moderated and featured #
— I’m a fan of the subgenre of disposable things made into permanent objects #
— college journalism class ditches digital for manual typewriters, developer fluid, and paste-up #
August 4, 2011
— the show continues to inspire, despite its flawed physics #
— excellent metagame about free will and video games; if you’re on Windows, use the Desura installer #
— the sad truth is that his abnormal, but justified, behavior makes him a bigger target of suspicion #
— be sure to click the red button at the bottom for the twist ending #
August 3, 2011
— incredible chance to get the best of the indie gaming scene in one swoop; Braid, Machinarium, VVVVVV, Osmos, Cogs, Minecraft, and more #
August 2, 2011
— a no-graphics, music-based, physical jousting game for groups using motion controllers #
— Levi Asher’s story of riding the dot-com boom and bust at Pathfinder and iVillage #
— funded on Kickstarter, the 68-page magazine and website were produced entirely in 48 hours from submissions #
— not tool-assisted, this is one of the most impressive runs I’ve ever seen #
— “I realized about a year ago that I couldn’t have a complete thought anymore.” via smarterware.org #
— reminds me of Meme Scenery via Ze Frank #
— fingers and all via jwz #
— short “Everything Is A Remix”-style video commissioned by CNN #
August 1, 2011
— “malicious virus; Install;” #
— the Jurassic Park episode with Weird Al is particularly great #
— that’s one well-prepared bowler #
July 29, 2011
— academic paper proposes SQL queries backed by a Mechanical Turk engine via O'Reilly Radar #
— don’t miss James Bridle’s thinking behind it #
— Roombas, recommenders, and financial algorithms terraforming the Earth via FlowingData #
July 28, 2011
— from the always-excellent What Things Do #
July 27, 2011
— his last tweet: “you cannot arrest an idea” #
— companies are trying to clone Kickstarter and the iPhone without understanding why they work #
July 26, 2011
— deep in the uncanny valley, dolls that looks exactly like you #
— related: Street Show, a dead drop for art in NYC via todayandtomorrow.net #
— love the Owen Pallett, Frankie Rose, and Real Estate covers #
— Mike Guppy replaces classic art with marching ants selections #
July 25, 2011
— meant to be listened to, not read #
— the chart that should accompany every article on this topic via twitter.com #
— gender-swapped episode featuring Neil Patrick Harris as Prince Gumball #
July 23, 2011
— don’t miss the ridiculous reveal of the redstone circuits at the 2:10 mark via r/Minecraft #
July 22, 2011
— even if you’ve never seen the original, watch this now; I want this treatment for every meme via twitter.com #
— obsessively-compiled, he concludes it was deliberate; that Duke Nukem map is neat, but I prefer the N64 version #
— Letters of Note reposts Bill Gates’ 1995 memo about the future of networking via lettersofnote.com #
— unscientific, but interesting; like Clay, my Google+ followers are rapidly catching up with Twitter #
— awesome to see roguelikes get some mainstream attention #
July 21, 2011
— torrent of 18k pre-1923 scientific papers released by an Aaron Swartz supporter via twitter.com #
July 20, 2011
— even the employees think they’re working for Apple via Kottke #
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