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July 26, 2010
— they call it the “biggest leak in intelligence history”; more from the NYT #
— anti-patterns for game design #
— not an extension, the download is a Firefox build #
— 8-bit synth in an electronic organ, don’t miss the video via Hackaday #
July 22, 2010
— culled from Wikipedia entries, edited, and fleshed out with original interviews #
— Ian Bogost’s Facebook game about Facebook games #
July 21, 2010
— a screenwriter deals with a very unusual break-in at his office, and how he might pitch it as a show via jwz #
— free iPad app creates a personalized magazine of your friends’ FB/Twitter links #
July 20, 2010
— in response to their critical Jessi Slaughter posts and a post yesterday taunting them #
— Washington Post’s two-year investigation into federal use of private contractors after 9/11 #
— how it was developed and how they work via Slashdot #
— see Folklore.org’s evolution of MacPaint and the long, great oral history #
— Sofia Coppola tells the story of trying to track him down for Lost in Translation #
July 17, 2010
— from Tom Taylor, who ships; journalist Bobbie Johnson’s response and Tom’s followup #
July 16, 2010
— as he grows, he eventually becomes completely immobile #
— rendering sound effects from physics simulations, from this year’s SIGGRAPH #
— F. Scott Fitzgerald writes like H.P. Lovecraft, who writes like Edgar Allen Poe #
— top 100 free books summarized by Microsoft Word into 10 sentences #
— very happy they won’t be shutting down Freebase via Hacker News #
July 15, 2010
— for example, hotter photos were much more likely to be outdated according to EXIF tags via darrenbarefoot.tumblr.com #
— he found several blocks of WordPress code #
— but will it be better than The First $20 Million? #
— the debate about the GPL and derivative works may finally go to court #
July 14, 2010
— brilliant marketing campaign; in a meta moment, the actor responds to himself via buzzfeed.com #
— the Twitter Fail Whale was originally an elephant #
— going to the gym might not help long stretches of inactivity #
— Dan Brown!? I’ll take comfort in knowing Shakespeare writes like butt via MetaFilter #
— and no anonymity, they’ll post with the name on their credit card via Marco Arment #
July 13, 2010
— months in the making, their new wall-painted animation is a brief history of the world #
July 12, 2010
— a five-minute zen game that takes an unexpected turn, or two via Indie Games+ #
— multiplayer game about resilience and positive thinking via Alice Taylor #
— I think I’m just a sucker for games with vocals by the developers #
— golf game played by guessing the popularity of Twitter searches #
— increasingly hilarious thread, everyone thinks their method’s “right”; over or through the flap, sit or stand to wipe, fold or crumple #
— illustrated by comic greats, American Splendor published for over 30 years #
— Scratch-like programming for non-programmers #
July 9, 2010
— Randy outlined some of the issues with losing anonymity #
— Kobayashi couldn’t compete this year because he wouldn’t sign an exclusivity contract #
July 8, 2010
— by the visual designer behind Little Big Planet via @kevmaguire #
July 7, 2010
— related: This American Life’s A Little Bit of Knowledge via @revgeorge #
— composited into a long tracking shot of a wall, incredibly well done via MetaFilter #
July 6, 2010
— they all join in at the end #
— Blizzard’s lifting anonymity to try to stem abusive behavior #
— highly recommended reading; you can still buy the book at Amazon via Rock Paper Shotgun #
— Reddit user photoshops the illusions into popular optical illusions #
— I fully expect these to be sampled on the next Frontalot album #
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