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May 22, 2009
— over 500 submissions in a year, some highlights #
May 21, 2009
— the most bizarre Javascript obfuscation I’ve ever seen #
— some very upset Adam Lambert fans, #9 is my personal favorite #
— he has the best sources of anyone in the industry, I’ll bet this is dead-on accurate #
— I loved seeing how it was made, from the first test animations to the final shoot via The Morning News #
— not much there yet, but centralized data is good #
— note that Stanza, eReader, and Amazon’s Kindle app all allow the same book via @nevenmrgan #
— only 75 pages a week, easy! #
— someone found a business model for lip dubs #
— I’m finding this very, very late, but every entry made me laugh via Delicious #
May 20, 2009
— don’t bother trying to grok it from the text, just watch the screencast #
— also, Yahoo released the huge GeoPlanet/WOE placename database under a CC license #
— check out the demos, including these racing cubes #
— the Guggenheim and Fallingwater are first, continuing the LEGO Architecture series of landmarks #
— he painted the HOPE poster and the AP photo it was based on; whoever C&Ds him first wins via fffff.at #
— now there’s no excuse not to buy it #
May 19, 2009
— their games seem to be weaving a larger narrative arc in the same fictional world #
— tweaking the genre’s cliches, it quickly shifts from 8-bit platformer to art game via tigsource.com #
— getting closer to the Babel fish #
— dedicated to finding the most self-important, egotistical tweets #
— clever, a digital collage without Photoshop via Delicious #
— great comments from Wired employees past and present, including Chris Anderson, Leander Kahney, Steve Silberman, and Brian Lam #
May 18, 2009
— last month, the New York Observer interviewed Michael Gregory about the series via buzzfeed.com #
— a 42-second short film via nickm.com #
— Phil Dhingra highlights the best from a massive Reddit thread #
— it would’ve been more fitting if she’d plagiarized from Twitter instead #
May 17, 2009
— amazingly, I’ve never read the correct translation before #
— defies description, the most intensely weird game I’ve ever seen #
— they have no robots.txt at all; Google isn’t parsing their Javascript, so Google can only see what’s served statically from their results #
May 16, 2009
— I find this kind of thing absolutely fascinating #
— though they claim it’s for “consistency,” which is absurd; on second thought, I think Paul Ford’s right, it’s just Wolfram culture #
— Ze’s second video for Buzzfeed, I’m hoping he’ll keep making more #
— selling the packaging without the music; also, NPR’s streaming the album via Boing Boing #
May 15, 2009
— tracking how many of the original sites are dead or acquired; or, in the case of WebJay, both via O'Reilly Radar #
— reminds me of the golden era of Games Magazine via Magnetbox #
— after watching the screencast, I’m much more excited about tonight’s launch #
— one-hour free documentary about online collaboration and participatory government via Boing Boing #
May 14, 2009
— Zen game released in two versions: the Atari 2600/Amiga Joyboard and the iPhone #
— charting cast member frequency, average appearances, and celebrity cameos via buzzfeed.com #
— a short film by Lonely Sandwich; donate to the best interview show around and get a Mustache TV #
— absolutely stunning animated 3D pixel-ish art via kanyeuniversecity.com #
— related: giant collaborative Etch-A-Sketch from Siggraph 2006, projected on a giant screen via Hackaday #
— write chiptunes in C or Ruby with a surprisingly readable syntax #
— one of my favorite people, always doing interesting things #
— social network and gaming community managers could learn from one another #
— some gems in the comments, including this site dedicated to Radiohead slashfic #
— his ten-part series of blog posts breaks down how it’s made #
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