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November 22, 2010
— Panic’s retro Atari covers inspired an actual Atari 2600 game #
— boilerplate text removal and fulltext extraction, open source or as a free API #
— NYT crunches the results from their interactive budget puzzle #
— built with Cinder, a new framework for creative coding via twitter.com #
November 21, 2010
— Pac-Man, Spy vs. Spy, Cthulhu, Lego, and more #
— ten kinds of madness; don’t miss the faces of the giants #
— end of civilization, news at 11 #
November 19, 2010
— tools: a telephone, video footage, Google, linked DNA databases, and obsession #
November 18, 2010
— people may claim to feel safer, but it creates a culture of fear that impacts willingness to fly #
— Peter Weller sends a photo to Detroit’s newest crime fighter #
— gorgeous HTML5 book by Google and Christoph Niemann #
— another gem from Hyperbole and a Half #
November 17, 2010
— using data culled by Wikipedia users via twitter.com #
— the first programmable CPU with embedded livestock #
— or are they dilettantes? NY Mag published a great postmortem by n+1 #
— taking on Willow Smith’s unavoidable hit via twitter.com #
November 16, 2010
— I linked to Jon Rafman’s work last year, but he’s been busy #
— levitating the camera was a nice touch #
— a personal photo and appeal was far more effective than alternatives #
— awesome open-source desktop app for cleaning and filtering big datasets via FlowingData #
November 15, 2010
— a detailed Turing test including in-person observation via Delicious #
— real-time, less structured, and much more social #
— questionably licensed under Creative Commons; sample list, and mirrors at Sendspace and Mediafire #
November 14, 2010
— added to the supercuts list via MetaFilter #
— clever work from the NYT’s interactive team #
November 13, 2010
— Tumblelog of subtle animated GIFs from film #
— created animated GIFs from YouTube videos #
November 12, 2010
— archive of the tweets from Matt Haughey’s brain tumor scare #
— Tom Scott’s dystopic scenario of a meme gone awry #
November 11, 2010
— love the solo at 1:45; I’m also a fan of The Grand Following’s instrumental hard rock cover #
— input binary machine code, output to a line of redstone torches via twitter.com #
— Aaron Meyers’ project lets you make three-frame animated GIFs with your webcam via twitter.com #
— what Rule 34, foodies, and the Amish have in common #
— he’s been publishing new mashups weekly, an informal followup to Thru-You #
— Wired editor Chris Anderson responds in the comments via Delicious #
— illustration of Jack’s clothing changes in The Shining via david.ely.fm #
— plus, an additional $2k for the EFF; Microsoft won’t be happy #
November 9, 2010
— the developers also included an ELIZA clone named “alicia” #
November 8, 2010
— deactivating accounts or deleting every posting regularly, persistence isn’t vital for participation #
— 180 million simple logic questions, an accessible alternative to image CAPTCHAs #
— a Ruby library to destroy video files in interesting ways #
— brilliantly done subtitling platform built on open standards #
November 7, 2010
— server-side implementation of canvas for node.js #
— multitouch gestural 3D sculpting with the iPad via Make #
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