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February 8, 2011
— 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 #
— found on Know Your Meme’s monthly review via knowyourmeme.com #
— based on the brilliant webcomic written by a five-year-old boy #
— Alexander Chen turns the NYC subway system into an HTML5 string instrument #
— browser versions of each initial game in the series are fine; sequels and iPad port are not #
January 28, 2011
— good context at Reddit and Metafilter, and Xeni has a great roundup; liveblogging at the NYT and Guardian #
— modeling a president’s chances based on historical approval ratings #
January 27, 2011
— “an action unprecedented in Internet history” via twitter.com #
— dumping 64,000 posts into their public shared database; read ntoll’s intro to FluidDB #
January 26, 2011
— the first episode covers BBSes and the first web-based social networks via twitter.com #
— it hit one million copies sold two weeks ago #
— love the a cappella music and effects via Cal Henderson #
— Guido Tamino wants the world to send things to his inkjet printer via creativeapplications.net #
— skipping all existing middlemen to show his film city-by-city at $70 a ticket #
January 25, 2011
— the speech is basically a geek call-to-arms #
— time for me to update my Boing Boing stats #
January 24, 2011
— looks great in full screen #
— the legendary FPS converted to a single-pixel line #
— one guess what film they referenced for their tests #
— useless fact: 224 Wendys checked in at a Wendy’s last year, but only one’s a mayor #
January 23, 2011
— categorizing each phrase by present vs. future tense and subject matter on a timeline via twitter.com #
January 22, 2011
— posted in 2007, but somehow, I’ve never seen these before today via buzzfeed.com #
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