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August 25, 2008
— I’m going to pass on “7 girls 3 cups,” thanks #
— amazing how awful the original is; “Vote for Not More Than One (1)” via 37signals.com #
— it’s hard to compete with free; will they C&D TetoTeto, too? #
— 24 Texans compete in an epic endurance contest to win a truck, last one standing wins #
August 24, 2008
— great interview with the backstory and repercussions of the site #
August 23, 2008
— fan-made campaign ad, which is way more effective than Obama’s new negative ads #
— customizable filter based on spelling errors, punctuation, and capitalization; the result is stark #
— meme artifacts left behind in real-life places #
— a story related to one of the best videos buried in that Metafilter post #
— use the play icons to watch the videos inline #
— addictive Flash game from the maker of Bloons #
— very odd use of SQL statements as a proof-of-concept game UI via MetaFilter #
August 22, 2008
— occasionally awkward but mostly awesome, I really love this format #
— very, very similar to Daytum, but supports OpenID and a mobile/email interface #
— could only be better if they used the original sound clip instead of the dance remix from 2000 via Delicious #
— a mini-comic written by Hope Larson and drawn by Bryan Lee O’Malley via Delicious #
— pushing the edges of color, type, patterns, weights, and cuts; download the PDF via Delicious #
— private beta service from Nicholas Felton, author of the Feltron Annual Reports via Fimoculous #
— I love this talk, great reading for both game and web geeks via Delicious #
August 21, 2008
— mildly NSFW; I love the sharp distinction between hip-hop and everything else via Mike Migurski #
— 23,000 words! also, don’t miss Steve Fulton’s earlier feature on Atari’s roots #
— a Panic co-founder weighs in with a thoughtful criticism and defense via benfry.com #
— very minimalist, stripped of labels and axes via infosthetics.com #
— some heartfelt predictions from Ian Rogers #
August 19, 2008
— long New Yorker tale of the arrest of a serial imposter via Delicious #
— making the painful playful #
— a fourth, simply called SSH, was added yesterday #
August 18, 2008
— also, how they research current and archival video via Matt Haughey #
— Adrian was still wearing makeup from his cover shoot when we ate deep-dish last month #
August 16, 2008
— I could spend all day looking at these #
— also presented at SIGGRAPH: Face Swapping #
— insanely cool video tech demo; don’t miss the sign removal at the 6:00 mark via Daring Fireball #
— he solicited feedback from people who pirate games, with hundreds of replies via Alice Taylor #
— experiment idea: can random turkers create a compelling narrative? via Boing Boing #
— real-time photos added to Flickr of the sun setting around the world; more from the developer via leapfrog.nl #
— along with HD quality, perhaps why the Chinese have been dominating torrent activity #
— dating back to 2002, very fun to see how it evolved via Justin Mason #
— publishers are trying to shut it down, but having trouble with jurisdiction #
— the largest archive of the lovingly-crafted e-zine, now available on Flickr #
— watch it before next Friday! #
August 15, 2008
— people paying money to be abused #
August 14, 2008
— rotate playing field with your mouse to assemble icons via Alice Taylor #
— “the criminals are innovating faster than the antivirus vendors can keep up” via Justin Mason #
— when an 8-bit VGA image was a show of graphical might; culled from cd.textfiles.com, back from the dead #
August 13, 2008
— or: why updates are even more sporadic for the next 8 days than normal #
— also: the spread Twitter and YouTube over time #
— viewer warning: this is extreme #
— with downloadable games from interactive fiction repositories #
— not as elegant as Adam’s, but a clever alternative #
August 12, 2008
— entertaining rambles about found footage on YouTube via Snarkmarket #
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