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November 18, 2009
— from last February, but new to me; I didn’t know the Axiom had three passenger classes #
— warning: very offensive and sexist, but the attention to 16-bit detail by director Jérémie Perin is incredible #
— Expert Labs debuted at Web 2.0 today, funded with a $500k grant from the MacArthur Foundation #
November 17, 2009
— this gets second-place for quirkiest Android bug via Hacker News #
— his style of comedy usually makes me uncomfortable, but this made me laugh #
— they’re switching to DHT instead #
November 16, 2009
— Brooke was part of the early UK blog scene #
— his SAP prototype looks like great ambient fun via Alice Taylor #
— nothing new here, but good overview with a wonderful closing anecdote from Cactus #
— “more than that, it’s a war against the web as an interoperable platform” #
November 14, 2009
— along with a torrent with 51,000 MIDIs rescued by Archive Team #
— there were about 1,000 #mathowielove tweets in 24 hours #
— only six people in the world knew, she only told her parents yesterday via MetaFilter #
— great discussion, and it’s hard not to see where both are coming from via Maximum Fun #
November 13, 2009
— I’m with Marco, the only fix is allowing external apps, but it’s unlikely via Daring Fireball #
— “Luckily, I speak l33t.” #
— hard to say if life-threatening situations are funnier than public humiliation #
— the shorteners will provide regular backups and hand over data on closure, though TinyURL’s conspicuously missing #
November 12, 2009
— simple game with trivia scraped from Wikipedia entries #
— sounds like the English analogue of Amusement I was hoping for #
November 11, 2009
— if you’re in NYC next week, go see them perform live #
— F.A.T./Graffiti Research Lab project lets paralyzed artists draw with their eyes #
— special appearance by guest memeologist, Dr. Al Yankovic via mrgan.tumblr.com #
— the three biggest days, in order, were the 2004 election, 9/11, and the 2008 election via Daring Fireball #
November 10, 2009
— everything here is amazing, from the animations to the playable visualization of Meretzky’s Zork: The Cavern of Doom #
— like the Two of Us short film, Beatles alternate-history fiction inspired by this SNL sketch #
— huge embeddable font collection, reasonably priced, and very well executed #
November 9, 2009
— Flickr photos in the style of The Big Picture via Delicious #
— also used by Flickr, this cements the CC-licensed WOE data as the web’s placename database via Delicious #
— mashup of Beatles solo albums with a backstory; related: Stephen Baxter’s short story, The Twelfth Album via MetaFilter #
— “Six drawings per movie, in sequence, no movie stars” via The Morning News #
November 8, 2009
— nonprofits carefully balancing effective marketing and donor expectations #
November 7, 2009
— available where you’d expect; sounds like common Windows network utilities with a simple interface #
— 48.5% of young black men without a high school degree; 3.6% of college-educated white women over 25 #
November 6, 2009
— powered by Viewtronics, Peter Nitsch’s gorgeous new Flash 10 ANSI viewer via Delicious #
— one of my favorite geeks joins one of my favorite companies #
— huge announcement, along with the recent free release of Unity Indie #
— Kai’s Power Tools in real-life via @Pentadact #
November 5, 2009
— as expected, looks incredibly great via Kottke #
— Greg Knauss finds one small piece of the historical web #
— JS compiler, along with Google’s huge widget library via Hacker News #
— great comments with some missed opportunities; “You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to The Taxi Driver?” #
— impossible to guess, but look at all the pretty colors #
— a lapse of judgment from both American Airlines and an employee who cared too much #
November 4, 2009
— from issue 6 of Amusement, the incredible French gaming culture magazine via GameSetWatch #
— insane pop culture video mashup #
November 3, 2009
— sad photo series, reminds me of the dot-com carnage photos #
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