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February 8, 2010
— 1987 short film finally digitized by a fan; cameos by James Randi, Andy Warhol, and Whodini #
— geek all-star remake of the comic on the Discovery Channel ad #
February 6, 2010
— “YOU ARE THE STUPIDEST WEBSITE IN STUPIDTOWN BECAUSE I WANT EVERYTHING FREE RIGHT NOW!” #
— turntablist-inspired game samples Alice in Wonderland and music by Gorillaz, Beck, Death Cab for Cutie, and Spoon via Boing Boing #
February 5, 2010
— simplicity, not brevity #
— raising money for another year of publication #
February 3, 2010
February 2, 2010
— you might also like Beulah & the Hundred Birds, also built on Flixel #
— very personal interview and great performances inspired by Charlie Poole #
February 1, 2010
— everything is amazing, nobody’s happy #
— see also: Racing Pitch #
— songs built from samples of people in emotional distress #
January 31, 2010
— 38% of my favorite songs are in C via musicmachinery.com #
January 30, 2010
— the search_tracks method sounds amazing #
— even if the policy’s dumb, this isn’t the way to handle it #
January 29, 2010
— from Charlie Brooker’s News Wipe via Laughing Squid #
— way more fun than it should be via Google Blogoscoped #
— true to the spirit of the original, though more polished #
— 155 people carried him 9.4 miles in below freezing temperatures via Boing Boing #
January 28, 2010
— the single smartest essay I’ve read about the iPad yet #
— new music apps, cocktail-style gaming, and more complex game genres #
— “Who wants flowers when you’re dead? Nobody.” #
— I’m concerned it’ll shift creation to consumption; even the iPhone was better on that count #
January 27, 2010
— gauging altruism and how priming changes behavior #
— starts at $499, unlimited AT&T 3G for $30/month; see Gizmodo’s roundup and hands-on #
January 26, 2010
— uses some best guesses from the NYT as an example, though 60% seems insanely optimistic #
— thoughtful and cleverly designed via Marco Arment #
— cliche watch from editorial cartoons and the funny pages #
— the first recommendations service worth using #
— the iPhone app blog I’ve been waiting for, carefully curating underrated gems from the App Store #
— new-to-me 1991 pilot starring Adam West, created by Conan O’Brien and Robert Smigel #
— no ownership over music, just recouping costs and splitting profits with the artists #
— the inmate was serving time for killing a man with a sledgehammer; a new trend? #
— a voracious reader, each book takes him at least 5 hours to scan, OCR, and proofread #
January 25, 2010
— he’s writing and directing in the live-action movie, but will only cameo via jeffrubinjeffrubin.com #
— control the ball via Boing Boing #
— riffing off the Google Search Stories ads #
— I’m waiting for real-time music visualizations like this via Snarkmarket #
January 23, 2010
— Terry Cavanagh’s brilliant new platformer built around a single game mechanic #
— don’t miss the second and third videos via Kottke #
January 22, 2010
— Pandora-style playlists based around an artist #
January 21, 2010
— more amazing data diving #
— maybe a nonprofit focused on archiving individual authors? Archive.org’s wonderful, but it’s darkweb #
— “I’ve acquired 99 predicaments, but a wench is not one of them” via Delicious #
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