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May 4, 2009
— automated Twitter bot searches NPR’s news archives for context for current news stories #
— each portrait pulls in data from Flickr, Delicious, Twitter, and Last.fm via Delicious #
— “This is perfectly sufficient.” #
— he has some interesting ideas about shifting perspective in first-person and God games #
May 3, 2009
— maybe this is his way of keeping up with Fallon #
— if The Wizard of Oz spanned my lifetime, then Dorothy just met the Tin Man via MetaFilter #
May 2, 2009
— “If it piles up, we post it.” #
May 1, 2009
— best explanation of what it does, and doesn’t do, along with a good roundup of links #
— you can read NoScript’s deceptive rebuttal; cheating ad blockers only makes users angry via Delicious #
— the developers were featured in this week’s great WSJ article on new business models for gaming #
— free update for all existing users #
— amazing story about obsolete media preservation; start with the AP report and LA Times article, and work your way back via MetaFilter #
— in case you need to know how to say “in flagrante delicto” in ASL via Delicious #
— SLiVeR’s jaw-dropping Eric Johnson cover recorded on a real NES #
— currently running as a huge gatefold in Wired UK, prints are available with both directions via schulzeandwebb.com #
— J-Walk notes that the threat of torture is a fundamental concept of hell #
— his local comic shop’s iPhone integration lets you build a pull list waiting for you in the store #
— a hot mess, algorithmically beat-matched into a 12-minute collage with the Echo Nest remix API #
April 30, 2009
— oddly, none of the music in his presentation appears to belong to Warner #
— also: Twitter’s admin section was hacked yesterday and screenshots were leaked; always interesting to see internal tools #
— using the internal digital compass via @mattcutts #
— reminds me of this room-sized 3D demo, where you can see the subject’s reflexes kick in #
— “The most nesasary step to useing the computer is learning to program.” via Delicious #
— “I find it bonkers, by the way!” via @anildash #
— he made the video himself for about $150; click the icon on the bottom-right for subtitles #
— a closer view of the gameplay towards the end of their screencast #
— in other Flickr news, George Oates joined the Internet Archive and Rev. Dan Catt’s off to the UK #
— soundboard recordings of “People Get Ready” and “I Ain’t Superstitious” #
April 29, 2009
— gorgeous animated evolution of browser UIs, plus greeked versions of popular Google sites #
— he seems to be missing the self-consciousness gene #
— look up health code violations at dinner and which street you’re likely to get mugged on the way home #
— sold for $3.5 million to Geocities, vested to $100M in Yahoo stock by 2000, and bought back for $10,000 #
April 28, 2009
— incredible detail in the high-res versions, you can almost read his notes #
— announced right before the Wolfram Alpha demo via infosthetics.com #
— still unclear which one, but I’m not sure it matters; he’s the king of fair use #
— best resignation ever, from the creator of ROM CHECK FAIL, who’s gone full indie #
— algorithm surfaces trending links culled from YouTube and Google Reader via Battelle Media #
— fed up with YouTube’s most popular, they built an elegant community site via Delicious #
— they seem to prefer capital Rs and As via Boing Boing #
April 27, 2009
— Paul Lamere breaks down the brute force hack, optimized to crank out 200 votes per minute #
— in 48 hours, Archive Team’s already saved over 200,000 Geocities sites #
— “Do what you do best and link to the rest.” #
— white polygons in the videos represent faces that were detected but unmatched #
— up until his last failed jump, which inspired Happy Days to jump the shark #
— holy cow, this is amazing; if you’re a fan of Vectorpark, try and buy this immediately via @les #
— YouTube and Facebook may lower video quality for certain countries #
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