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July 19, 2011
— possibly my favorite episode from The Show #
— or watch him perform it live with a Novation Launchpad controlling Ableton Live #
— another interesting data dump; love the video of every project #
— famous book covers abstracted to the edge of recognition #
— Derek Sivers’ call for Internet civility; short version: don’t be a jerk, we’re all humans here via Laughing Squid #
— hmm, this reminds me of something… #
— unlike his PACER work, JSTOR is all from academic journals; here’s the indictment, which includes details of the physical break-in #
July 18, 2011
— finding the math behind the otherwise mundane via Hacker News #
— shaming sites that store passwords in plaintext via Pinboard #
— impossible game tasks you with reverse-engineering a Tetris playthrough via Indie Games+ #
— the expansion into films and gaming started over 20 years ago #
— clever mechanic, two-player game pits a character against itself via Indie Games+ #
July 16, 2011
— guess the final scene from classic films #
— long, gripping read via hypertext.net #
— “This blog is based on my actual journal kept in 1976.” via MetaFilter #
July 14, 2011
— only companies can survive attacks from rampant patent and copyright trolls via Daring Fireball #
— Matt bought the first site ever linked on Mefi and collected touching tributes from members #
— 25-minute film following a man who loves hugging almost as much as Hawaiian shirts #
July 13, 2011
— Alexis Madrigal pieced together a new profile of Manning via twitter.com #
— reports say 8am EST, open to all preregistered users #
— with a nice Waxy.org shout-out; love the deep recursion in the comments #
— includes discussion on the legality of fanfic via MetaFilter #
July 11, 2011
— the Internet’s native art form #
July 9, 2011
— another must-read missive on the current state of journalism #
— when you’re done, go back Steve’s new sign project #
July 8, 2011
— pass the No No Powder #
— unique robots generated from any text via twitter.com #
— incredibly perfect fit #
— clearing samples for Paul’s Boutique today would lose $19.8M on sales of 2.5M albums #
— Ricky Gervais, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, and Louis C.K. deconstruct comedy #
July 7, 2011
— thousands of audio clips from Obama’s autobiography flawlessly spliced together into an entirely new narrative #
— resize Twitter messages based on posting activity; noisy people get scaled down #
July 6, 2011
— scan QR codes for home delivery #
— if David Lynch made concession stand bumper ads #
July 5, 2011
— the rest are all worth seeing #
— craft beer and animated GIFs go well together via MLKSHK #
— BERG-published comic with character’s thoughts only viewable with ultraviolet light #
July 4, 2011
— laser-cut zoetropes created from animated GIFs #
— insightful interview that veers wildly from the typical novelty angle #
June 30, 2011
— open-source vector graphics framework using HTML5 Canvas; love the examples #
June 29, 2011
— Facebook/Twitter bots that impersonate your own activity via jwz #
— my own history: finkployd, flypdoink, doink, waxpancake #
— in other news, Friendster relaunched as a “social gaming platform” #
June 28, 2011
— get your Google data back out in one central place #
— roll up some voxels, little prince via GameSetWatch #
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