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February 24, 2009
— that would’ve made The Whitburn Project much easier, but I wonder how their licensees feel about it? #
February 23, 2009
— sequel to the best single-player cooperative game I’ve ever played; see also: Chronotron via Indie Games+ #
— the best conference scheduling app ever returns; related: their API for all event and user info #
— strategy revealed, from Ricky Gervais’s Extras #
— the author’s a long-time Metafilter user and apologizes here, while people keep finding more #
— 5GB of all 1,053 free MP3s from this year’s showcasing artists #
— I love these guys; the original article was updated with some weak backpedaling #
— it’s difficult to know which factors to model, and the criteria can be very subjective #
February 20, 2009
— some of these are lovely; here’s mine #
— busy guy; he’s the drummer for A Perfect Circle, The Vandals, and Devo #
— “a collection of humorously edited footage” #
— this is a must-play for Mac/PC, the game gets increasingly clever and complex #
— the Bulgarian nuclear control panel is gorgeous #
— the story behind this tweet making the rounds #
— great advertising for Mint, and reveals that Quicken’s growth must be pretty flat #
— very impressive; like their other tools, any public illustration can be forked at any revision #
— indie geeks love bands (especially duos), while the mainstream loves young solo artists #
February 19, 2009
— a very entertaining five-minute presentation from Ignite Portland #
— the game was released on the PS3 today for $5; Panic is selling the official shirts #
— it analyzes sky photos added to the Astrometry group, and tags them with celestial bodies #
— Evan Roth’s free PDF book is brilliant too, blending technology and art in clever ways #
— Yelp’s response, which I completely agree with; someone needs to record a sales call to settle this #
February 18, 2009
— “someone else — not you, someone smart — will win instead, or you can change your mind” #
— the essential abandonware site is abandoned; thanks for the memories, Sarinee via MetaFilter #
— here’s Boxee’s blog post; that’s a great way to drive Boxee users back to BitTorrent #
— an urban explorer finds an abandoned caravan in the woods via MetaFilter #
— crushed finger after two magnets with 700 lbs. of force came within 20 inches of one another via Hackaday #
— this is the best idea I’ve seen for making money off the site, with more here #
— someone needs to do Two Solitudes for the Twitter era with @replies #
— game about playing games, inspired by Japanese reality show about playing games #
— best quote: “like you were going to write Finnegans Wake on someone’s wall or some shit?” #
February 17, 2009
— early cut of the anti-copyright documentary’s third part; see part 1 and part 2 on Google Video via torrentfreak.com #
— while I’m sure Mark means well, Facebook’s lawyers are still overreaching via Delicious #
— they spend four pages in backstory, leaving the interesting personal stuff for the last page via Nelson Minar #
— inspired by Dan Meth’s charts, Darren Levy fulfilled my Lazyweb request #
February 16, 2009
— I’d love to see a version redone using ratings from Rotten Tomatoes #
— their coverage is great; also, their writeup of the press conference #
— or: how to ruin an Oscar pool via Fimoculous #
February 15, 2009
— airing in HD for the first time tonight via Fimoculous #
— I find this much more usable than the homepage via Fimoculous #
February 13, 2009
— BitTorrent trackers don’t host any infringing material, but clearly aid infringement; should be an interesting trial #
February 12, 2009
— the most coherent explanation and how Twitter resolved it #
— Charlene Lam’s Petals and Britta’s watercolor map are particularly nice via Mike Migurski #
February 11, 2009
— yes, it’s supposed to look like that via Snarkmarket #
— it’s up to 5 terabytes of new uploads per day, with no signs of slowing #
— it’s like Lolcats narrated by a 6-year-old girl via buzzfeed.com #
— take a photo, discover the font instantly via swiss-miss.com #
— I’d like to see someone doing serious scifi in 5-10 minute shorts, like Twilight Zone for YouTube #
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