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September 29, 2008
— great stuff; see also: the Whitburn Project, part one and two #
— sometimes, journalism is just picking up the phone #
September 28, 2008
— in-jokes galore, inspired by this logarithmic map of the universe #
September 26, 2008
— video was deleted, here’s my local copy on Waxy #
— based on candidate-related tweets, looks like only 2% of the Twitterverse is conservative #
September 25, 2008
— for sharing S3 buckets with the world; more from the creator #
— regex gone awry via Justin Mason #
— I’m surprised there aren’t invite-only Muxtape clones, flying under the RIAA’s radar via Kottke #
— I love the modded Aero City cabinet #
— the first real-time backchannel on live TV? #
— I’d love to see new comments appear as word balloons in Vimeo Land via leapfrog.nl #
— they claim it’s the first, but this Spanish adventure game came out in July via Kottke #
September 24, 2008
— leaked video, expect this one to disappear shortly; the live feed of him talking to Katie Couric is pretty damning #
— note the one column of blue trying to hold out via buzzfeed.com #
— a strange mix of heartbreak, support, and disgust via beingfamous.com #
— Karlheinz Brandenburg used the 1984 song to help debug the MP3 codec #
September 23, 2008
— in this very important presentation, he examines every single VP in history to see how she stacks up #
— needs more Doc Brown via b3ta #
— thanks for the update, CNN; also, Twitter, Facebook, and single-serving #
— the scale of the Shadow of the Colossus-inspired creature is insane #
— is it just me, or am I seeing more of current net culture leaking into mainstream media? via Digg #
— inspired by the HEMA ad? try dragging the UI elements around at the end #
— finally! not perfect yet, but HopStop must be panicking a bit #
— “I hope your MySpace stays forever… and I hope that your kids find it” #
September 22, 2008
— impressive! now, will someone make it playable with clickable annotations? #
— built on DOSBox, perfect for playing classic DOS games via Flickr #
— detailed demographic study and analysis from Technorati’s index, five parts posted over the next five days #
— based on Moppi’s Zen Bondage for the PC, released in 2005 #
— the author’s writing a political column for Slate; sadly, his background is in nasty SEO software #
— the same group of design pros that attacked the very promising Pixish #
— anus shattering via Airbag Industries #
September 21, 2008
— trains your mind to think in 2D #
— classic, I bought one #
— has any other illegal behavior been this mainstream in history? update: from my readers, alcohol (during Prohibition), speeding, marijuana, and sodomy #
— don’t miss the first two in the series #
— speculative Web 2.0 keynote says fixing overload requires a shift in social norms #
September 20, 2008
— related: someone hacked into the O’Reilly Factor’s admin interface two days ago #
September 19, 2008
— the LED display was added in post-production #
— I could care less about wine, but I absolutely adore this guy #
— they’re doing some interesting things with reputation, like gaining points to acquire new powers #
— her year-long battle’s over, and chose Boing Boing to tell her story because they had the most responsible news coverage #
September 18, 2008
— the mother of all photo-a-day projects, he shot himself front-to-back for 17 years #
— much better than the Seinfeld ads #
— his first entry’s interesting, about his predisposition to Parkinson’s he discovered using 23andme via @mattcutts #
— small, subtle improvements all over; FriendFeed and Yahoo redesigned, too #
September 17, 2008
— I hate to link to Malkin, but this is the definitive story, quoting deleted posts from the original 4chan member who did the hack #
— nicely timed parody from The Onion via scribbling.net #
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