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August 30, 2010
— previously: the Gorey covers #
— this also doubles as a Kickstarter project idea generator #
— Hornby wrote all the lyrics for Folds’ new album via buzzfeed.com #
— an HTML5 music video for Arcade Fire with some fun geo integration #
August 29, 2010
— like musical chairs for pixels via Hacker News #
August 28, 2010
August 27, 2010
— they had to win a game of Rock Scissors Paper to get their choice #
— convert YouTube videos to MP3s with surprisingly deep transcoding options #
— every one of these shorts gets me more excited for the full-length film #
August 26, 2010
— an adorable encounter with the owners of the Costanza house #
— prototype device ambiently shows a family’s collective mood via crackunit.com #
— a better-written short story with a similar theme as “Where Am I?” #
— short sci-fi story from 1978 about where consciousness resides via MetaFilter #
— map of the top million websites’ favicons, sized by popularity via Laughing Squid #
August 25, 2010
— from Ted Rall’s awesome daily comic blog from Afghanistan; start here and page forward #
— Tumblr devoted to undiscovered Youtube videos #
— though it’s not nice to throw turtle shells at passing bicyclists #
August 24, 2010
— unusually well-done mashup via jwz #
— the last official member of WilPower #
— Sony exec rejoined the Stooges after 30 years #
— devastating satire by the Onion via Maximum Fun #
— the entire film is now viewable, 473 15-seconds clips recreated by fans #
— voice actor searches for himself in the virtual world of Red Dead Redemption #
August 23, 2010
— and without breaking the tamper-evident seals via Boing Boing #
— the well-loved chain is owned by Germany’s Albrecht family #
— addictive new iPhone game, along with The Incident and the free Piczle Lines #
— Josh Millard slows down 24 popular songs, Justin Bieber-style #
— Adam Mathes’ new thing browses the web with images; I like the Infovis category #
— I also enjoyed Liferaft: Zero, though it’s much more difficult #
August 22, 2010
— documentary about the NYC chiptune scene; at $34, the DVD/t-shirt combo is a steal via GameSetWatch #
— Stamen and SimpleGeo’s JS library for gorgeous vector visualizations on map tiles via Nelson Minar #
— the heap sort sounds like a 1960s sci-fi sound effect via Nelson Minar #
August 18, 2010
— “At this point, I think he’s just fucking with us.” #
— children born just after the cutoff date are 25% less likely to be diagnosed as those born just before via @gnat #
— photos of stuff the same distance from the WTC as the “Ground Zero Mosque” via @mathowie #
August 14, 2010
August 13, 2010
— you really need to zoom in to appreciate the detail #
August 12, 2010
— translate obnoxious business jargon back to non-douchey English #
August 11, 2010
— the Flickr acquisition had a halo effect too, but it was ultimately short-lived #
— watch him build Springfield Elementary in the Kickstarter project video #
— a collaboration with Radiolab via Daring Fireball #
— with home video and interviews with the team; from a new documentary about the demoscene via twitter.com #
— I like to think they danced their way out via Slashdot #
— incredibly useful application recreates any photo using tiny, naked pixel men via creativeapplications.net #
— their publicist advised them to specifically target TechCrunch #
— a sound legal analysis without the handwringing #
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