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May 27, 2008

"We Are The World" performed by Japanese celebrity impersonators

— the Cyndi Lauper was pretty impressive #

MuxFind, search for songs on Muxtape

— this can’t last long via Fimoculous #

New York Times developing an API

— “Everything we produce should be organized data.” via techmeme.com #

Philipp Lenssen on historical concepts of collective intelligence

— from the noosphere to smart mobs #
May 26, 2008

Microsoft considering removing unpopular games from Xbox Live Arcade

— don’t sever the tail #

Parchment, a pure Javascript Z-machine interpreter

— try some games from the IF Archive via evilbrainjono.net #
May 25, 2008

Techdirt on Craigslist's ongoing battle with spammers

— what a mess; that blackhat SEO forum is depressing me #
May 24, 2008

Biggest Drawing in the World

— using a GPS-laden briefcase to draw a self-portrait 69,000 miles long; I’m skeptical, but it’s a neat idea via Ze Frank #
May 23, 2008

Weezer's Pork and Beans video is Internet meme madness

— riffs on nearly every major web meme; they even hired Afro-Ninja! #
May 22, 2008

National poll estimates 18 million Americans have been Rickrolled

— probably higher, since the sample didn’t include anyone under 18 #

Cactus. Cactus cactus.

— organized prank calling to a radio show by the PLA, professional trolls via encyclopediadramatica.com #

Guitar Hero hacker plays Smells Like Teen Spirit without game console

— I’ve seen several mods turning the guitar into an instrument, but never seen a guitar solo on one via Hackaday #

Philipp Lenssen on using hoax news to boost search rankings

— recent story about a teen paying for prostitutes with dad’s credit cards was a hoax to boost a finance site’s pagerank #
May 21, 2008

The New York Times' TimesMachine

— back after an aborted launch that I missed out on, this is great archival work #

Jamie Livingston's Photo of the Day

— he shot a Polaroid every day until his death from cancer in 1997 via Delicious #

Sneak peek at the new Last.fm redesign

— too early to judge, but a glimpse where they’re headed; announcement and more screenshots via MetaFilter #

Slow-motion videos of people getting punched in the face

— background on the clips, shot at 1000 frames per second via Delicious #

Offline Oracle Ouija Board

— summon the Internet spirits with a QWERTY layout and cursor control via Delicious #

Huntington Hartford, kooky millionaire, dies at 97

— he blew $80 million of his inheritance on crazy schemes like a handwriting institute and automated parking garage #

Mike Sacks' Photos of TV

— “funk master friendly” #

Funny Farm

— old, but new to me; a dangerous time-waster, spoilers here #
May 20, 2008

Amateur footage of the China quake moments after it ended

— terrifying beyond belief #

16% of US science teachers are young-Earth creationists

— they believe humans were created in the last 10,000 years; won’t someone think of the children!? via jwz #

Chuck Klosterman's list of the most fanatical fanbases

— Tori Amos is at #2, which sounds right to me; nice gallery of uber-fans via spinner.com #

Errol Morris reveals the backstory behind one Abu Ghraib photograph

— fake smiles, Weekend at Bernie’s, and the coverup behind a prisoner’s death during interrogation #

Rory Root, owner of Berkeley's Comic Relief, dead at 50

— nice tributes from comic greats; the best comic book store I’ve ever seen, his passion was clear on the shelves #
May 19, 2008

How to Use Nico Video

— Japanese video site from 2chan’s creator requires registration to view videos, so I’m slogging through it #

YouTomb's tracking who ordered YouTube takedowns

— recent takedowns are on the homepage of the MIT project via Delicious #

Threadless Prints

— limited-edition 18″x24″ posters based on shirt designs via Delicious #

Web Trigrams, visualizing three-word phrases from Google's corpus

— gorgeous infoviz; more of his work from the massive dataset via numblr.nostrich.net #

Homer Simpson says, "Beat it, Waxy!"

— from the archives #

SNL's Japanese version of "The Office"

— “It’s funny because it’s racist.” #

Music Bounce

— quirky game built on music patterns via GameSetWatch #

Vice-Presidential Prognosticatin'

— Obama/Prime 2008 #

Drew Burrows' virtual girlfriend in bed, a lonely art installation

— reminds me of Daki Makura hug pillows and bedsheets via Boing Boing #

Webmonkey relaunches, again

— this must be the third or fourth time the site’s come back from the dead #
May 17, 2008

The London Tower Bridge on Twitter

— I hope someone wires up a Coke machine to Twitter next #

Why We Twitter, academic paper from 2007 about microblogging

— nice network analysis and node graphs towards the end; Scoble’s tying disparate groups together #

Wired News on the new Soulseek client for jailbroken iPhones

— decent speeds downloading music and it imports into your iPhone music library when done #
May 16, 2008

Bill O'Reilly's Producer

— look at the other side of the camera #

"Things Younger Than McCain" creator on the subject of ageism

— unlike sex and race, your age affects your ability to lead see my comments on this issue here #

V8 Engine built out of Lego Mindstorms

— it can hit 1440 RPM without any lubrication #

Let's Write a Song with Rivers Cuomo

— the Weezer frontman’s been vlogging on YouTube; the moustache is unnerving #
May 15, 2008

Joel Johnson's exhaustive roundup of 25 years of "exergaming"

— from the Atari Joyboard to the Wii Fit #

George Lucas wanted Indy IV to be "Indiana Jones and the Saucer Men From Mars"

— the aborted draft by The Fugitive screenwriter made its way online in 2005 #

California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban

— systemic discrimination of same-sex couples is unconstitutional, period #

NodeBox, OS X app to create 2D visualizations in Python

— for a more practical example, see Tufte-style charts in 11 lines of Nodebox code #

Cubescape, fun tool for building isometric pixel landscapes

— some nice 8-bit art in the popular section #
May 14, 2008

b3ta's Extending Album Art challenge

— all the Pink Floyd ones made me laugh via subtraction.com #

Games With A Purpose

— humans playing games to teach computers, from the creator of reCAPTCHA and the ESP Game via Magnetbox #
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