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July 26, 2008
— isn’t it against the utilities’ best interest to provide tools to monitor and reduce usage? #
— the classifier for identifying stupid comments; try the demo on random Digg comments via MetaFilter #
— from King Lear to Blade Runner via jeffrubinjeffrubin.com #
— selections from a vintage IBM sales presentation; I want a t-shirt of several of these slides via LiveJournal #
— charming animated primer on computers for IBM, music by Elmer Bernstein via LiveJournal #
— shouldn’t they make an exception for people known primarily by their aliases, like Frank Black or Jello Biafra? #
— with 11 songs re-recorded with their new singer discovered on YouTube via Delicious #
July 25, 2008
— they’ve hired Flickr’s George Oates to act as an ombudsman #
— bigger than a breadbox #
— I like Nathan and Tyler’s the best #
— now would be a good time to watch the Last Lecture again #
— from growers to brokers to dispensaries to clients via Delicious #
— short film explores a unified theory of Tarantino films via MetaFilter #
— they failed the Expert level one-third through the song via Delicious #
July 24, 2008
— he discusses Rock Band, Portal, Bionic Commando, and voicing the monsters in I Am Legend #
— anonymity can turn anyone, even superfans, into superjerks in no time flat via Andre Torrez #
— Roger Ebert on Gene Siskel and the end of “At the Movies” #
— like Random Rules, this format teases out insights and anecdotes from interview subjects #
July 23, 2008
— remarkably prescient article from January 2001 #
— Joss Whedon himself confirmed the estimates were close via Andre Torrez #
— bug reporting as a multiplayer game via Delicious #
— even if it’s a morning show, this is a huge credibility hit and creates new conflicts of interest via Boing Boing #
— nice list of text adventures on the Jabber bot #
— with a nice be-bop soundtrack #
July 22, 2008
— is the time saved for convenience worth the potential hassles of identity theft? #
— “It doesn’t matter what you say, just publish it twelve times per day.” via Nelson Minar #
July 21, 2008
July 20, 2008
— brilliant collaborative game, but only takes one jackass to ruin everyone’s fun via Indie Games+ #
— many more in Pisa Pushers on Flickr #
July 18, 2008
— Rands polls Twitter for everyone’s odd quirks and mildly OCD mannerisms #
— ideal strategies, a sneaky all-villager variation, and the impact of the werewolf metaphor #
— great trivia about the making of the film and its impact on tech culture #
July 17, 2008
— Something Awful goons tweak an online contest with funny results via Delicious #
July 16, 2008
— help a computer geek defeat the incumbent, a hard-right, anti-privacy Creationist; he’s trying to get 3,000 to donate $9 each #
— there might be supertasters out there, but most people are just faking it #
— tasty response to this original post via MetaFilter #
— great interview; thoughtful questions and brimming with information, without the sensationalism #
— The Empire rolls you. #
— link opens in iTunes; like others, I’m hoping an SSH client is next #
— exceeds the hype; the site’s been down all day, so I just bought the season in iTunes for $3.99 #
July 15, 2008
— strange interview, but talks about the end of The Show and current projects; see also: Jay Smooth from Ill Doctrine via Fimoculous #
— staggering hack puts a playable Defender clone in your browser’s 16×16 favicon; Firefox and Opera only #
July 14, 2008
— it got 820k points and 98% playing Through the Fire and Flames; amazingly, some humans can still beat it, for now via Hackaday #
— until Apple adds their own, I’ve been keeping tabs using this #
— unconfirmed, but definitely seems likely #
— the fictional dot-com is called Land Shark, but they never explain what they do via Fimoculous #
— built using Walkscore, Google Maps, and Processing #
July 11, 2008
— no scrobbling from your iPod, but an outstanding streaming player via Kottke #
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