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December 8, 2009
December 7, 2009
— $200,000, cheap! don’t miss Branson’s introductory video via Daring Fireball #
— Fusion Garage claims no contract with Arrington existed at all; note that TechCrunch isn’t covering the news at all #
— a peek into the dark and needy side of social media; I just wish he’d left the archives online #
— 400 CPU cluster runs a network capture through 135 million words in 20 minutes via @moxie__ #
— try it here; it’s like a live, expanded version of this Greasemonkey script I love via @mat #
— reminds me of Idiocracy’s Time Masheen (amazingly, not on YouTube) #
December 6, 2009
— good discussion on Zeldman’s entry #
— web-based toolkit for making and sharing hosted JS games; see the platformer tutorial for an example #
December 4, 2009
— directed by Vincent Moon in Paris #
December 3, 2009
— a gaming urban legend confirmed; here’s some audio samples #
— culled entirely from quotes from her published work, interviews, and marginalia #
— great list, wonderful writing, and a 315MB download #
— also, the NYT’s Article Skimmer is a more practical experimental UI for online news #
— lookups are permanently logged but not shared inside Google; 8.8.8.8 is a great IP #
December 2, 2009
— other games I’ve enjoyed recently: The Next Floor, Saut, and Continuity #
— is the lack of transparent accounting due to malice, stupidity, or both? via MetaFilter #
— feels more like he shifted his own priorities, from foreign policy to science #
December 1, 2009
— Pipes makes it hard for them to stop commercial use of the feeds, but this is excessive via Hacker News #
— I liked his comments on designing the Bourne Identity UIs #
— Paranormal Activity was the fastest-rising U.S. query this quarter!? #
— I love seeing his design process #
November 30, 2009
— scenes of NYC getting destroyed in film, set to Rhapsody in Blue via Kottke #
— Arrington claims Fusion Garage decided to sell it without them; I’d like to hear their story #
November 29, 2009
— the amount of work here just hurts my brain via Adam Kempa #
November 27, 2009
— too bad, it was shaping up to be a great read #
November 25, 2009
— a ton of research boiled down into simple charts; see also: Kottke’s explanation of how it’s made #
— the best gaming podcast interviews Desert Bus for Hope, plus a lovely Olly Moss poster #
— agree with the commenter, it’s unfortunate they’re not contributing to OpenStreetMap #
— a massive privacy breach, Declan McCullagh’s trying to find the source; Reddit users are discussing the interesting ones #
— ported by Michael Rennie, source is on Github #
— installed from a webpage, swipe controls, and works offline; 3GS only, older iPhones are too slow #
— related: 8bitcollective visits CSIRAC, a digital computer that made music in 1951 #
— was hoping for Neil himself, but this is a great impression #
November 24, 2009
— he’s on a work furlough, tweeting during the day and serving his sentence at night #
November 23, 2009
— best explanation I’ve seen of why it’s exciting and how it works #
November 22, 2009
— search or watch Nicovideo without registration via Indie Games+ #
— including support for time travel and flaming tire tracks #
November 20, 2009
— the anonymous author turned out to be April Winchell, collector of audio oddities #
— a world without a local filesystem and apps; also, the Chrome UI concept video via Daring Fireball #
— funny, Tumblr feels more like beer than wine to me #
— Keith Schofield’s surreal video and insane treatment were inspired by FFFFOUND and Reddit, but maybe too explicitly via MetaFilter #
November 19, 2009
— starting with some partner channels, but auto-timing is available to everyone today #
— they were recently added to Excel #
— a subtle change, but a big improvement #
— he’s the last of the original Ludicorp team to go via twitter.com #
November 18, 2009
— don’t miss the product photos #
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