Enough Plumbers — expanded version of Enough Marios (via) #

YouTube explains "fair use" option for disputed videos — publishers can then decide to file a DMCA request; apparently not new, but new to me (via) #

Android OS running on the iPhone — impressive hack #

White House releases open-source code — their contributions back to Drupal; I love this #

Useless Fliers — related: Josh Millard has ideas (via) #

Testing the limits of YouTube's fingerprinting system — research from April 2009 (via) #

Akihabara, open-source HTML5 pixel game toolkit — the demos are an impressive range of genres and all work on iPad/iPhone #

How an Apple employee lost the iPhone 4G prototype — I feel bad for the guy; no mention of who found it, how Gizmodo acquired it, or media ethics #

Poto & Cabenga — clever one-button game for the Gamma 4 design compo #

New York Magazine's cover story on the NYC tech scene — Kickstarter featured on page 5 and the slideshow #

PlayPen — like a wiki for pixel art, evolving into a collaborative adventure game #

Roger Ebert believes videogames can never be art — I completely disagree with him, along with nearly every commenter #

Will It Metablend? — don't try this at home #

Hey, Guys! — related: We've Got Company (via) #

DAN the MAN — platformer-inspired animation, but the stereotypes sparked some debate (via) #

Library of Congress acquires entire Twitter archive — related: Google adds Twitter archive search #

Stupid Fight on Twitter — compare the language skills of the last 100 replies to Twitter celebs (via) #

Nieman Lab on the results of Gawker's comment moderation experiments — hiding less trusted commenters leads to higher quality comments and more activity #

Nate Silver takes on NYC neighborhood livability — like his election work, distills an incredible amount of data into something readable #

Google to open-source On2's VP8 codec for HTML5 video — Chrome, Firefox, and Opera will support; Safari and IE are less certain #

I Am Free Enterprise — shoot for your dreams, everyone #

Star Wars Uncut's "The Escape," five-minute teaser — first look at the finished project to remake Star Wars in 15 second increments (via) #

Flash CS5 to support limited HTML5 canvas export — outputs in Adobe's SVG-like FXG format, with a JS library to display in a canvas element (via) #

Phil Gyford's "Infographic" — the new animated GIF #

Giant Bomb adds elaborate quests system — nicely done, though it's having some unintended side effects; I made a screencast of a simple subquest #

Katsu's virtual tagging of Picasso's Girl Before A Mirror at MoMA — related: F.A.T.'s iPhone app for virtual graffiti overlays #

Pixels by Patrick Jean — 8-Bit NYC is contagious (via) #

South Park takes on Facebook and Farmville — Chat Roulette makes a cameo #

Penny's Computer Book, Inspector Gadget wallpaper for the iPad — a close runner-up to Fingerspoo #

Gizmodo's iPad review as a personal journal — the best I've read so far, with a great video by Joel Johnson closing it out #

Particle You — like a digital pin art toy, requires Flash 10 (via) #

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Game — amazing 8-bit remake #

2D Boy's Ron Carmel makes a "Suck Goo" level for WarioWare D.I.Y. — the creation tools are powerful, but sharing is limited; friend codes and only two slots #

Hunch's Twitter predictor game — forgot to link this when it came out, it uses your Twitter network to guess your preferences #

The GET LAMP interactive fiction panel at PAX East — incredible lineup of text adventure history and modern IF #

Math teacher's April Fools day shadow prank — more live/recorded video interaction in his Halloween lecture (via) #

Wikileaks releases classified US military video — American air strike killed 12, including two Reuters reporters, leading to a military coverup #

"Hello, My Future Girlfriend" AMA on Reddit — all grown up, insight into what it feels like to become an unwilling meme #

pCubee — head-tracked, perspective-correct cubic display #

Gizmodo's list of essential iPad apps — I really had no idea the launch lineup was this strong #

Heather Champ leaves Flickr — end of an era, she's starting a community consulting company with Derek #

John Gruber on open vs. closed tech culture and the iPad — a response to some of Cory's concerns; Joel Johnson takes on the rest #

How a Fish Almost Destroyed My Childhood — from Hyperbole and a Half, one of my favorite new bloggers #

Play Adventure with voice recognition — works over phone or Skype (via) #

Quake 2 ported to HTML5 — compiled to JS with Google Webtoolkit, uses WebGL, Canvas, HTML 5 audio, local storage, and WebSockets #

Thinkgeek's iCade prank arcade for the iPad — particularly cruel, because it's an awesome idea that needs to exist #

Bieber or Die — Justin Bieber buys Funny or Die #

A real person, a lot like you — great writing from Derek Sivers #

MOON8 — 8-bit cover of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon #

Snopes debunks the Scarface school play — the YouTube user's profile and favorites were a nice touch #