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February 2, 2009
— every new console followed similar trends, except for pinball; here’s the second part of the series #
February 1, 2009
— 4,320 frames painstakingly animated by Jason Scott, online for the first time via ascii.textfiles.com #
— don’t miss the sonification of the Dow Jones compared to the growth of the porn industry #
January 31, 2009
— love the augmented reality HUDs #
January 30, 2009
— Hicks’s retelling of the appearance; his mom’s appearing on the show marking the 15th anniversary of his death #
— I’ve been loving it lately; it’s like Give Me Something to Read for audio #
— Lazyweb: turn this into a Twitter aggregator with music and popularity info from Last.fm; update: Google Spreadsheets is having issues #
— bookmarks may be permanently lost, updates here #
— that STD-tracking Facebook app sounds like Lia’s Sickr concept from Worst Website Ever #
— nobody but the reporter called the police, and it took three 911 calls and 24 hours for them to arrive #
— starting today, 2,000 people worldwide will be building free games in only 48 hours #
— a former employee explains how the scam works in detail #
January 29, 2009
— tying together head tracking with background subtraction #
— like iTunes U, but with complete transcripts, course materials, and web-based video via mattiasgeniar.be #
— from the creator of Palin Song #
— I think its Hello World program is more listenable than the one for Fugue via MetaFilter #
— like Blueful, another playful experiment with storytelling on the web via decontextualize.com #
— quite possibly the only iPhone app that mentions Laplace transforms and blob detection via Delicious #
— note that you can rotate the blocks via MetaFilter #
— compare this to her chart of Pitchfork’s Top 100 #
— their audio fingerprinting project finally surfaces with elegantly-designed tools #
January 28, 2009
— first episode explores the recent death of EGM; RSS feed is here via driph.com #
— did you know the Dept. of Homeland Security meets in the old barber shop? #
— it’s sad, even a maligned site like Pets had a tremendous amount of potential if done right #
— it took two hours to download the whole paper at $5/hour for Compuserve service via @adrianholovaty #
January 27, 2009
— if you’re near NYC, their hack day next month should be great #
— nice alternative to the YouTube channel via dalasverdugo.com #
— Justin also recently released I Hardly Knew Her, a minimalist Flickr browser via MetaFilter #
— collaboration with Common and Urban Outfitters; this isn’t very Microsoft-like via Daring Fireball #
January 26, 2009
— trust me and just follow the links via grandtextauto.org #
— contribute your own audio to the geographical soundscape #
— it’s like Visual Acoustics, inverted #
— this won’t last long via Delicious #
— with z-code, even via Offworld #
— I have a strange feeling Cracked will get the last laugh #
— more elaborate than Pac-TXT, with a map and better writing #
January 25, 2009
— Andre Torrez scratches an itch with App Engine #
January 23, 2009
— weak captchas, but still impressive; the author explains why cracking reCAPTCHA is much harder, with more discussion on Reddit via Delicious #
— shockingly well done, doesn’t require a Twitter password #
— a $1 app unlocks the Japanese keyboard, along with 461 picture characters to confuse your friends via Cal Henderson #
January 22, 2009
— along with the first part, some of the best research on Internet culture I’ve ever seen #
— for the flipside, see Jason Scott’s argument against the cloud #
— over 170 code samples for eight APIs #
— Dolores Labs asks Mechanical Turkers to rank the top 200 users, and plotted the results #
— Daniel Bogan’s interviewing writers, coders, and musicians about their computer setup via Daring Fireball #
— brilliant example of database-backed journalism #
— the Mac-savvy team found PCs “outfitted with six-year-old versions of Microsoft software” #
— like the geek version of a Virgin Mary sighting, in a steering wheel, trash can, vacuum, faucet, bathroom door, or toilet #
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