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December 27, 2008
— is Jonatan the most prolific game developer alive? #
December 26, 2008
— hosted on Bandcamp, and now with the solo piano track used in each song #
— love the idea, but too clunky for everyday use via Delicious #
December 24, 2008
— also: Gamasutra’s top 5 indie games #
— lo-fi zombie shooter in 4k of Java via Delicious #
— they just passed through Kazakhstan; also tracking on Google Maps and in 3D on Google Earth #
December 22, 2008
— I didn’t realize they expanded into non-Scumm engines last year, including the Sierra AGI games #
December 20, 2008
— they’ve been adding rare concept art and unseen videos daily #
— meta-game where unlocking achievements is the goal via Delicious #
December 19, 2008
— incredible work, from FlowingData’s best infoviz of 2008 via FlowingData #
— lovely visualization using Venn diagrams for keyword relationships #
— “by the year 2100, Santa will be a genetically-engineered cyborg half-Yeti who can transform himself into a pure datastream” #
— one company registered Class of 2013 groups for 250+ colleges; the CEO responded in the comments #
— from the Universal Record Database, an open alternative to Guinness for stupid human tricks #
— their blog and Hall of Fame shows off the power of the apps #
— the consensus is it’s the best, most fully-realized game released so far #
— they talk about music, their new album, and their creative process at SNL #
— allowing community contributions and expanding this to the whole country would be brilliant #
— here’s video of it in action, and the development blog from conception to its Monday premiere via ascii.textfiles.com #
December 18, 2008
— structured data from Yahoo! Search, Flickr, Delicious, Upcoming, and more using a SQL-like syntax #
— print the puzzles out, solve them, and scan it with your webcam via Delicious #
— he argues that a free market’s focus on performance eventually makes degrees irrelevant via givemesomethingtoread.com #
— I spoke to him earlier today; this is why his Infocom article for Wired was postponed #
— it’s unfortunate that Google Map Maker is competing with OSM, rather than contributing to an open web #
December 17, 2008
— plus, a much larger player for HD videos #
— I’ll leave it to you to figure out how to use both #
— first court papers ever served on a social networking site? via Delicious #
— try the “Download” link if the stream isn’t working; related: Phat Knits #
— aggregating popular articles from major newspapers and magazines via Delicious #
— the most impressive GH video I’ve ever seen; he won the Guinness record in May via Alice Taylor #
— I’d love to see the same thing for Movable Type #
— rumored back in February, sounds like CHTV stretched into a full show #
December 16, 2008
— “We want access to everything, we want it now, and we want it for free.” via Delicious #
— animated tribute to the EFF’s amazing work this year #
— watching the fullscreen output from Ableton Live is strangely hypnotic via Fimoculous #
— she was in Taipei when she got the call; her last Flickr blog post about The Commons was just posted yesterday via Mike Migurski #
— documentary about his obsessive research, now archived at the University of the Arts London #
December 15, 2008
— I think I should change my logo #
— Wired has more screenshots, mostly taken from the adorable official site #
December 14, 2008
— the demo video gives a great overview of the software, created for her thesis at MIT via Leonard Lin #
— Nerf Herder’s lead singer is making minute-long pop gems inspired by YouTube culture via gawker.com #
— add “Yakety Sax” to any YouTube video via Delicious #
— the Metafilter thread mentions more, including Dave Couiler #
— the best music video community nominates their picks for their yearly awards #
— breakable Christmas lights, too #
December 13, 2008
— very slow once the ball gets big, but how could I not buy this? #
— love the selections, not fond of the un-weblike layout that’s hard to link to #
— very clever, the narration reminds me of Night of the Cephalapods #
— from Gizmo!, a 1977 documentary about oddball inventions via Nelson Minar #
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