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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 #
— you might as well not have existed via scribbling.net #
— excellent summary of the events; screencaps on Wikileaks, discussion on Reddit #
— update: Valve’s Doug Lombardi said it’s false via Alice Taylor #
— related: TIGSource’s bootleg demakes contest #
September 16, 2008
— a staggering 99% of boys and 94% of girls, and half of teens surveyed played a game yesterday; read the full report #
— what do you wish would happen by the end of today? #
— that’s a sentence I never thought I’d write via jeffrubinjeffrubin.com #
— the 1980s Christian ska band is very real #
— coming soon; eight months in development with a new storyline, NPCs, and longer than the original via Rock Paper Shotgun #
— a dedicated site for their YouTube transcription experiments, hopefully soon expanding beyond political videos via Fimoculous #
— extensive recursion; see more on Flickr #
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