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November 17, 2008
— also: first-person coverage on Twitter and YouTube, like this freeway on fire and aftermath #
— best chocolate cookies ever, the Tim Tam Slam is a chocolaty revelation via Delicious #
— through a hack, it even works in IE 6 #
November 14, 2008
— from the creator of Passage #
— he thought he was killing a few bees, but ends up annihilating an entire colony via MetaFilter #
November 13, 2008
— I knew how to save, link, and change the default, but the embedding hack was new to me #
— lazyweb, please build a converter that creates folding patterns from an uploaded image #
— here’s an interview with the director #
— I won’t miss it; they hurt a lot of good people and interesting projects in the quest for pageviews via Fimoculous #
— here’s a screenshot in case it goes away #
November 12, 2008
— maybe Palin was too busy reading every newspaper to actually read a blog #
— I wish more newspapers would link to YouTube videos #
— I first linked to Brandon way back in March 2006 #
— the collective response was spontaneous and virtually identical around the world via Delicious #
— in his investigative report, he turned over four months of data-gathering to the colo, who sut them down #
— a gripping look at who foresaw and acted on the mess via Kottke #
— lovely design, this could easily be adapted to the US via infosthetics.com #
— hard to believe, but with practice, it’s possible to sprint via tigsource.com #
— the first one seems inspired by You Suck at Photoshop, no? via GameSetWatch #
— Dorothy’s slowly been categorizing all her possessions #
— this comment explains the drama between aXXo and other competing groups #
— 100,000 copies with the headline “Iraq War Ends” post-dated July 4, 2009 #
November 11, 2008
— “this is where things in Cloverfield happen okay” via Delicious #
— brilliant use of search data; get a flu shot before it gets to your state! via @googleblog #
— if “Sort by Date” appears to be missing, check your ad blocker #
— after two years of filming, he sold all his equipment on the same forum #
— classic documentary with music by DJ Shadow #
— written in the first person, more than 38,000 people have followed its adventure via Delicious #
November 10, 2008
— a must-read with a sad ending via Kottke #
— I’m testing it out by throwing some Japanese blogs into a special non-English group #
— the Android phone executes all typed text, so don’t text “rm -rf /” to a friend #
— built on App Engine with CC-licensed photos on Flickr, with clever YouTube interstitials via Google Blogoscoped #
— for example, see Barack Obama or Star Wars Kid; I need a Greasemonkey script to pull this into Wikipedia proper #
November 8, 2008
— one customer in the store recorded the madness via Maximum Fun #
— a jetpack-powered sackboy readjusts all the falling pieces via Tom Armitage #
November 7, 2008
— includes a history of Conway’s Game of Life via Jay Is Games #
— lovely Flash animation by the creator of Cursor*10 via Jay Is Games #
— interactive games where the artist acts as parser, drawing the results of the community’s actions via Delicious #
— no mention of Apple, but still a refreshing approach via Fimoculous #
— this behind-the-scenes photo gives you a sense of the scale via Kottke #
— the earnestness of this comment made me giggle via buzzfeed.com #
— science grad students do interpretive dances on their obscure thesis topics #
— also, the Zelda theme; surprisingly deep for a $1 app #
— the story keeps getting stranger #
November 6, 2008
— completely OCD net research, tracing them all back to a huge Texas dating franchise via MetaFilter #
— help repair the damage from the election cycle with a small gesture #
— Gary V. responds to the King of All Dead Media #
— I promise to stop posting about politics soon, really via MetaFilter #
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