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February 15, 2011
— 150 films available today, more added monthly #
— someone forked it on Github and patched some bugs #
— his first game, an experiment in algorithmic music; Rich performed on Kind of Bloop via GameSetWatch #
February 14, 2011
— added to the list of Oscilloscope hacks #
— like Ze Frank and Erik Kastner’s Young Me/Now Me with better production values #
February 12, 2011
— it’s been around since 2009, but the corpus is so huge now, conversations can be uncanny #
February 11, 2011
— I totally forgot he designed the logo #
— “you need to shave the USB ports every couple days” #
— shouldn’t that be “craigthlithp”? via buzzfeed.com #
February 10, 2011
— the fingerprints left on an iPad display after each app via Brandon Boyer #
— “How big is our island?” #
— Toccata and Fugue in D minor performed on four floppy drives via twitter.com #
— free songs from 792 showcasing artists #
— trivia: he says the Huffington Post never paid for MT, which they still use today #
— the torrent holds 172 websites set for closure #
February 9, 2011
— Joel Holmberg mixes the background music from different browser tabs #
— Mechanical Turk workers copying each other’s drawings in a visual game of Telephone #
— a lower-tech version of the scone-buying robot, for $500 instead of $15,000 #
— the happiest Twitter visualization ever via interconnected.org #
February 8, 2011
— sold 125k copies in the first month, by far the fastest selling by both units and revenue #
— more analysis in the article via FlowingData #
— the Babelfish is near, just need a version that translates constantly #
— as always, some incredibly entertaining correlations #
February 7, 2011
— this time, a report on his father’s life reconstructed from artifacts via Kottke #
— trivia: Community creator Dan Harmon also co-created Channel 101 and Heat Vision and Jack #
— it caters to superfans at the cost of pageviews, quite possibly a good thing; my money’s on Rex #
— incredible reporting, centered on screenwriter Paul Haggis’ departure from the “Church” #
February 5, 2011
— Techcrunch has an interview with Ze and more screenshots #
February 4, 2011
— uses Foursquare to learn how to avoid Foursquare users #
— don’t miss the trochee chart, made with this Search Matrix tool #
— Friday Flash fun; also: Cactus’ very weird Hot Throttle #
February 3, 2011
— in case you missed it, here’s a good timeline #
— 93-minute behind-the-scenes film, available free on IMDB via twitter.com #
February 2, 2011
— Python framework for world modeling with the ability to interactively change narrative style #
— seriously hoping Christian Rudder continues updating OkTrends; they deleted a critical post from last April #
— 1958 short story that predated The Running Man and predicted reality TV via tvtropes.org #
February 1, 2011
— worth it just for the wall of sequel title frames; I want that as a screensaver #
— more like evolution than an end; Clive Thompson nailed it, it’s the rise of the long take #
— finding flaws in pseudo-random interactive games designed for print via givemesomethingtoread.com #
— “we’re living in a grand age of micro-smut, a burgeoning empire of lemonade-stand porn” #
— some context from Jonathan Zittrain #
— I can’t decide if Bing’s move is smart or just sad #
January 31, 2011
— gorgeous design; 70% of fees go to publisher you’re reading #
— without question, the best coverage of the Egypt uprising #
— if you’re waiting for an invite, Techcrunch posted screenshots #
— Google and SayNow’s free service to tweet voice messages by phone from Egypt #
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