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June 7, 2010
— major changes: huge battery upgrade, HD camera, iMovie app, new display, gyroscope, and big OS changes #
June 6, 2010
— papercut Mario with a great and terrible secret via youtube.com #
June 4, 2010
— must be a standard newspaper prop; more examples here via @bartitos #
— not surprising that streaming royalties are significantly less than direct sales via FlowingData #
June 3, 2010
— breaking news from the student newsroom where my mom teaches #
— “the best way to get the public to respect your brand? Have a respectable brand.” via Daring Fireball #
— best coverage I’ve seen, includes interviews with several meme legends #
— complete with Erasure soundtrack; play the original #
— interesting to see which outlets added the citation after being called out via Nelson Minar #
June 2, 2010
— a general-purpose artificial intelligence by Maciej Ceglowski via @flipzagging #
— the Dusty story shows how even when anonymous, you can still be found #
— help him make the last two episodes #
— at least 14.5k users so far this year, netting an easy $20M in a horrible new revenue model #
June 1, 2010
— Firefox extension turns webpages into a playable shoot ’em up #
May 31, 2010
— if this existed, it’d be 120 hours of gameplay where 95% of the puzzles had no solution via 4colorrebellion.com #
May 30, 2010
— Chris Onstad ate your balls via Mike Migurski #
May 29, 2010
— addictive runner inspired by Portal and Canabalt, from the creator of Achievement Unlocked; try the multiplayer mode #
— “predictions of the future are really just predictions of the present” #
— don’t miss the Strongbad demos; Simon breaks down how it works, with reformatted source #
May 28, 2010
— in fact, the founder of Orange Julius never invented an inflatable shrimp trap or pigeon shower #
— he announced this week he’s adding Ryu from Ninja Gaiden #
May 27, 2010
— she tweeted the reporter’s phone number; summary of the story via MetaFilter #
May 26, 2010
— devious free platform puzzles inspired by SMB 2, from the genius behind Knytt and Saira #
— simulated stop-motion inspired by Michel Gondry and R-Type #
— reminds me of someone #
— strangely disorienting and anachronistic, like hearing Biz Markie’s “Just A Friend” as ’60s soul #
— design that smells like old shoes and beer #
May 25, 2010
— all the answers are in the mystery box, and you can’t have it via Kottke #
— weird gem for the DS makes it to the App Store #
— worth it just for the Queen cover #
May 24, 2010
— people are pledging to keep it alive, and they may be saved #
— “The most powerful thing in the universe is a whole bunch of people paying attention to the same thing at the same time.” via powazek.com #
— 15-page comic about the discredited link between autism and the MMR vaccine #
May 23, 2010
— 11-minute short about modern pixel animation via Indie Games+ #
— EchoNest-powered hack makes any song swing #
May 21, 2010
— fun with face tracking #
— “I hope your family and your kids end up in jail” #
— the first playable doodle, with audio! #
— when I first saw this, I thought it was CGI via @lhl #
— Internet heroes save the day in real-life #
May 20, 2010
— subject of an embargoed Science story and cover of the new Economist #
May 19, 2010
— I feel bad for Directed Edge #
— see Google’s free font directory and the new Font API and WebFont Loader #
— view source for an explanation on how it was made #
— they claim confusion with 48 Hours, the news show #
— Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and Flash will all support it #
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