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March 6, 2009
— related: Mike Davidson’s great piece on saving newspaper journalism, while letting print die via Fimoculous #
— if you don’t have something nice to say #
March 5, 2009
— like an augmented reality SketchUp via kk.org #
March 4, 2009
— great comic in a crummy, Flash-only format #
— about as horrible as you’d imagine, every song is on his profile page #
— I had no idea they’d gotten so far; as of last week, it also supports WADs #
— the best of the demoscene, merging algorithmic art and music #
— serious YouTube crate digging; the acapella track used on Just A Lady only has 198 views via @ohhaveyouseenthis #
March 3, 2009
— a tale told in miniature #
— three different pandas, each with their own taste in Flickr photos #
— mapping the cultural shorthand for confusing languages via Kottke #
— old, but new to me; I love the more recent photo of the Napa Valley site #
— great research, finds that individual editors at blog portals make a huge difference #
— bookmarklet converts any page to an Instapaper-like readable layout #
March 2, 2009
— when Internet-to-TV memes collide #
— Britney, Green Day, and Nickelback cheated; Metallica, Weezer, and Led Zeppelin kept it real #
— retro computing geeks open-source a cleaning formula to turn yellowing plastics white again via @textfiles #
— the NYT asked me to rewrite my entry for today’s paper; my first byline in a national newspaper! #
— other links in their navigation go straight to Flickr, YouTube, and Facebook #
March 1, 2009
— the Barack impersonator is YouTube’s own Alphacat #
February 28, 2009
— one complaint, and they’ve killed six years of work via timemachinego.com #
— Parry Gripp is a genius; take that, Monteiro #
February 27, 2009
— in other news, I’m old via MetaFilter #
— the new book offers a glimpse of his sketchbooks via Maximum Fun #
— only 55 days short of their 150th birthday #
— interactive blamestorm from a laid-off developer #
— absolutely invaluable for my Economist research, for translating text in password-protected forums #
— inspired by xkcd via Boing Boing #
— finally out of copyright hell after being quoted $220,000 for clearing the eleven 1920s songs she used via Boing Boing #
February 26, 2009
— featuring data extracted from Dr. Cameron Marlow #
— from Laughing Squid’s roundup of videogame-themed music videos via Laughing Squid #
— how he’s tried to prevent bad links, bad comments, and bad people #
February 25, 2009
— great news, he’ll be the announcer and comic foil instead of Ed McMahon-like sidekick #
— originally released as Zen Bondage in 2005 by the PC demoscene group Moppi #
February 24, 2009
— the private beta was a blast, but their server’s are exploding today and the plugin’s still Windows-only #
— the creator’s nice about it, but how could he think that this was okay? #
— Jorn points out that several people created helper utilities #
— his radio show was canceled so he’s moved to the web, and he seems to get it #
— Tetris: “player must break apart a giant rectangle, sending the pieces into space” via Offworld #
— 36,128 total links, with Techmeme on top via O'Reilly Radar #
— insert USB thumb drive into kiosk, get Oscar nominated films; this has potential for legal uses, too #
— the comments on Flowing Data point out some of the flaws #
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