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March 20, 2009
— it’s out on iTunes and streaming free on Imeem #
— the entire chapter on urban slang in 19th century London is fascinating #
— expertly done, from the guy who made the 32 Songs in 8 Minutes medley #
— “I won’t miss a design philosophy that lives or dies strictly by the sword of data” #
March 19, 2009
— only six papers grew in the last three years via Delicious #
— IE8 promo asks comedians about the early web #
— generating real-time video and sound signals with a $3 chip #
— hip-hop mashed up with the N64 Zelda soundtrack via Kottke #
— they claim the original paper is the first academic study to use Mechanical Turk #
— “What does IE6 have in common with a Fleshlight?” via Cal Henderson #
— showcase of impressive Javascript effects via @googleblog #
— related: Ars interviewed the juror who used Twitter in the courtroom #
— interspersed with charts and other interesting trivia about the bands #
March 18, 2009
— Alan Taylor gave my favorite talk at SXSW #
— addressing a room full of college journalists, he said Clay Shirky was “full of crap” #
March 17, 2009
— I can totally imagine Detroit turning into a massive artist and net nomad collective via Sippey #
— the biggest announcement of SXSW was in Cupertino #
— Ticketmaster could easily prevent reselling, but they’re happy to take a cut #
March 14, 2009
— the single best essay on the topic I’ve read #
March 13, 2009
— pipes questions to friends-of-friends; works surprisingly well in my initial test #
— the spiritual successor to Dodgeball, but with game-like elements #
March 12, 2009
— five different visualizations, but the real-time map is particularly nice via blog.twitter.com #
— Kate Beaton’s new site for her history-inspired comics #
— NES rock band’s full album with 8-bit music videos for each song #
— Pulitzer-Prize winner journalist looks at a uniquely modern tragedy, when a slip of memory becomes fatal #
— they have the same laugh #
— after six years in prison, the mastermind told Joshua Davis his story for the first time #
— 23,000 followers in 12 hours; pretty geeky for network TV, featuring Engadget on Monday and Diggnation last night #
March 11, 2009
— they’re using speech-to-text to automatically transcribe voicemail #
— built with Processing using the new Spore API via Offworld #
— he broadcasted the ordeal on Ustream and Twitter via buzzfeed.com #
— for some, prosthetics are no longer a disability; she can change her speed and height with augmentation #
— see the pen demo, and “pencasts” shared by the community #
— Aaron Koblin asks 2,088 Mechanical Turk workers to sing parts of “Daisy Bell” without hearing the whole song #
— reminds me of the dessert taxonomy #
March 10, 2009
— also debuting at Etech: Lensley Automatic, the photobooth that Flickrs and tweets #
— like an iPhone with a projector, dangling around your neck and providing context for everyday activities #
— from the creator of the Trilogy Meter #
— use Enter to drop quickly; the result is abstract art via Indie Games+ #
— the Data Store uses Google Spreadsheets for data access #
— filmmaker James Otis tried to call it off after Indian protests and death threats #
March 9, 2009
— 125-page transcription of a week-long brainstorming session with Spielberg, Lucas, and Lawrence Kasdan #
— user-editable, including performances from late night talk shows #
— elaborating on his findings discussed in The Economist #
— city officials said last month’s Pillow Fight cost over $40,000 to clean up #
— surprising they went with a Windows plugin, instead of Flash ARToolkit via techmeme.com #
March 7, 2009
— unlike Twitter Search, this dereferences links from URL shorteners like TinyURL #
March 6, 2009
— the official site resolved their earlier bandwidth issues via twitter.com #
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