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May 18, 2011
— Nick Bilton and Mat Honan respond, with two very different approaches #
— sleep on them to learn by osmosis via FlowingData #
— fascinating reboot of the Terminal using WebKit and node.js via twitter.com #
May 17, 2011
— streaming’s easier than piracy #
— Fabrice Bellard’s stunning hack lets your browser run Linux #
— take that, Ebert! via MetaFilter #
— part of his brilliant Kill Math project; his ability to communicate math with design is amazing #
— quality type on a pay-what-you-like model #
— sound advice for anyone just getting started in their field; listen to it here #
— impressive mashup viz using HTML5 and CSS3 #
— with the generous help of John Carmack #
May 16, 2011
— he calls it “the most dangerous open-source project ever created”; value’s doubled in the last month, here’s a good primer #
— projecting a near-future where lawsuit bots are commonplace #
May 14, 2011
May 12, 2011
— dead simple videoconferencing for up to four people #
— very promising start to a new blog by Frank Chimero #
— while it loads, watch the short film about the project and the gallery of user creations #
May 11, 2011
— the most impressive HTML5 game I’ve seen; Nelson has more details via Nelson Minar #
— “Zynga has created a magical place in FarmVille where my fans can come play” via MetaFilter #
— play Monkey Island in your browser #
— 3D papercraft infographics via infosthetics.com #
May 10, 2011
— so far, 23,322 IP addresses have been identified by their ISPs #
— my personal favorite, courtesy of the FBI #
May 9, 2011
— love the John McClane one #
— “Counter-Terrorists Win.” via Alice Taylor #
— make your own using Sparkblocks #
— I wonder if this is why so few people seem to care about preserving their digital past #
— Keith Urbahn’s original tweet had 300 replies/retweets in the first three minutes via geekosystem.com #
— great list; I’ve used 11 of these and they changed the way I work via Pinboard #
May 6, 2011
— UK charity making complete PCs the size of a USB thumbdrive for $25 each via O'Reilly Radar #
May 5, 2011
— one procedural poem a day via twitter.com #
May 4, 2011
— clever one-button game, playing as a spike trap in love #
— he died yesterday of cancer, way too young #
— NYT commenters were asked to mark sentiment on a grid via FlowingData #
— both spread quickly after bin Laden’s death, with interesting origins #
May 3, 2011
— a 12 GB dump of 490,000 rescued files via twitter.com #
— anonymous riffing on one photo per day using Google Images searches #
May 2, 2011
May 1, 2011
— maybe Beatles 3000 isn’t too far-fetched #
April 30, 2011
— an experiment with anonymous, communal Twitter accounts anyone can post to via @cshirky #
— parsed phrases from a subtitle file, then strung them together with Popcorn.js #
— MIT can’t sell the shares or participate in management, but will receive dividends #
April 28, 2011
— nearly 600k people pledged over $53M so far, 85% goes to successful projects #
April 27, 2011
— good news is they’re keeping it alive; bad news is they’re deleting all data from people who don’t migrate #
April 26, 2011
— loving the new album, stream it here #
— that explains the week-long downtime; passwords, billing info, and probably credit cards were taken via Make #
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