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June 5, 2008
— starts at about 1:10; best remix ever #
— it built a child, and the child built a grandchild; more on the project via Boing Boing #
— 360 users are most hardcore, playing an average 2.7 hours daily, but everyone else is close #
— the most elaborate models available so far #
June 4, 2008
— he insists the post-Rapture email service is real, and their blog backs up the claim #
— for everyone wondering why many wait to commit, this is some great context #
— they use Roman, Arabic, Greek, or Cyrillic letters resembling the Japanese characters #
— smells like desperation #
— some great quotes from big names, but only scratches the surface; also, I hope they fix the broken MP3 links #
June 3, 2008
— for creators only, not commenters; they also upped the video limit to 1024MB, but still only ten minutes #
— a photo blog featuring huge imagery from the news wire #
— they’re getting quite a bit of mileage out of this shoot #
— taking Chicago Crime to the next level #
June 2, 2008
— also, wouldn’t it be great if every major tech company had a blogging ombudsman? via MetaFilter #
— distracting from the “hit escape” text is surprisingly effective #
— classic novels in Powerpoint form, courtesy of the NZ Book Council via Delicious #
— great article, but no link to the site? #
— they’re accused of uploading pre-release albums #
June 1, 2008
— true, heartbreaking stories from the China quake in comic form via MetaFilter #
May 31, 2008
— passive aggressive note sent five years into the future via MetaFilter #
— only a year after the ARG launched, some of its peak-oil predictions already seem understated #
May 30, 2008
— dinosaurs, monsters, and cowboys #
— starring Steven Seagal as “The Cockpuncher” #
— from a guy who specializes in baseball stats; looks like a good dashboard via MetaFilter #
— the artist takes blog entries and turns them into great little comics via zephoria.org #
May 29, 2008
— more lovely visualization work from Stamen Design #
— every entry is great; read the intro and YouTube/Nico cultural divide to start #
— background; can you tell I’ve been surfing Japanese blogs today? #
— from Factio, creators of a similar t-shirt widget creator via e.netafull.net #
— a compelling read, she’ll be the first woman to row the 7,000 miles from the US to Australia #
— social self-expression where all entries, comments, and tags are hand-drawn via asiajin.com #
— cute hack built in about an hour #
— also, a good example of what Nico Nico Douga comments look like #
May 28, 2008
— don’t miss the video promos further down the page and photo gallery #
— one of the slickest Flash games I’ve played, like Smash TV with robots via Jay Is Games #
— film installation projects a rotating video onto a whitewashed room via justinsomnia.org #
— a terrible use of the license, Activision should be embarrassed #
— built on AdblockPlus, the images rotate every two weeks via b3ta #
— “circumflex underscore circumflex, I love you so” via Fimoculous #
— from the creator of Pac-Txt, a Python script that generates an 184-page book via b3ta #
— reminiscent of my own Mickey comic from 2003 via Boing Boing #
— Japanese insanity is leaking from Nico Nico Douga into YouTube; much more Japanese McDonald’s madness #
May 27, 2008
— Super Mario World used as an instrument to accompany anime songs #
— interviews from the video shoot will be coming soon on their YouTube channel #
— brilliant mashup wiring up YouTube and Wikipedia with the Whitburn chart data #
— whirlwind tour of the evolution of memes from the telegraph and Xeroxlore to modern day via ascii.textfiles.com #
— as suspected, the artist now says it’s a work of fiction at the bottom of his site #
— new from the creators of the Twilight Hack; don’t miss the video via Delicious #
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