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May 13, 2009
— I think I’d be inclined to listen to salesmen and missionaries if they brought snacks #
— more interesting than the “gameplay” is that it allows anonymous messages between users #
— Rob Cockerham made a laser-engraved wooden Kindle #
— this 2004 LA Times article explains the background, but skipped details of the theft via jwz #
May 12, 2009
— you just lost The Game #
— everything’s better with lens flare via Delicious #
— a nice companion to Twitter Search, looking forward to seeing how it evolves #
— built on the Newswire API, it could use some analytics to gauge importance, like word count or clickthroughs via Delicious #
— I never knew the creator of the famous Alice video made more Alice songs #
— hilarious hack controls Super Mario Bros. with a guitar, singing, clapping, and drums #
— painstakingly compiled from this massive, wonderful thread via Delicious #
— using humans to gauge sentiment, something it’s hard for computers to do correctly #
— new meme: #robotname is your mother’s maiden name and last 4 digits of your SSN #
— hard to believe it’s been five years since I first identified him via @altrot #
May 11, 2009
— using Chinese characters to send 210 bytes in 140 UTF-8 characters via Nelson Minar #
— overall, it did better than most sci-fi; the comments reminded me of The Onion’s take on the film via Kottke #
— he grabbed every “just landed in…” query, extracted locations, and mapped the results with Processing #
May 10, 2009
— featuring The Wire’s Sen. Clay “Sheeeiiiit” Davis as Little Mac’s trainer, Doc #
— algorithmic guess of good/bad days based on news, stocks, and UK weather #
— the wonderful video offers a revealing glimpse into his home and collections via Adam Kempa #
May 9, 2009
— Goonies never say die! #
— skip to 2:20 of the video to see them play Tetris by squishing mud around via itp.nyu.edu #
May 8, 2009
— interviews with Patton Oswalt and Daily Show/Colbert Report writer/producer Ben Karlin #
— falling down a rabbit hole of celebrity and sincerity via Fimoculous #
— entertaining and mildly-NSFW charts and graphs, including this purity test #
— like a platonic glory hole via Laughing Squid #
— don’t miss his interactive version using OpenStreetMap #
— I hate to say it, but I agree with Fortuny that it was stretching copyright law #
May 7, 2009
— surprisingly, 21% of all posts were original reporting; see also: churnalism in British papers #
— some local bloggers are digging far deeper than newspaper journalists via Mike Migurski #
— my money’s on Slaughter Shack, starring Will Arnett as “Eagleheart” #
May 6, 2009
— manipulate the words and characters to progress the story; from the creator of I Wish I Were the Moon #
— I just gave $40; he narrowly lost last year because of dirty tricks and a huge influx of GOP money #
— hopefully, marking the end of one of the longest vaporware projects of all-time #
— 1975 composition from the creator of the Music Animation Machine #
— like YouCube, half the fun is making your own #
— each person submitted a video performing in B flat major, which can be mixed at whim #
— uses Adobe Reader Mobile, so no more conversion by email or $0.15/MB delivery fees #
— fun with liquid physics, designed by the artist behind Gish and Coil #
— the dot and dash were just a shorthand for suggesting badges and pins via MetaFilter #
— it’s a testament to the team that the community’s still so active and vibrant #
May 5, 2009
— new animation with music by Andrew Bird via Maximum Fun #
— insanely clever, refresh to change angle and distance; also check out Refresh Hero, Refresh War, and just Refresh #
— his anecdotes on Conan about complaining passengers were all about himself #
— exploring the physiology of shrinking men, giant bugs, and E.T.; from 2003, but new to me via Tom Armitage #
May 4, 2009
— the Game Developers Conference organizers commissioned a playable text adventure about the show #
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