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April 23, 2008
— I’m so impressed with the games they’ve invented using existing web services #
— it seems to have spawned a catchphrase via topherchris.com #
— the Nostrasaurus knows all #
— a silly little mashup from Why built in haXe #
— shows aggregate spending info culled from their user data #
April 22, 2008
— Gay French Mario Bros. was a great game via topherchris.com #
— sounds about right, but will they need TV, or will TV need them? via beingfamous.com #
— hide your kids! at the five-minute mark, it carries a goat back to its nest #
— RPS nailed it as “whack-a-mole with Katamari Damacy’s aesthetics” via Rock Paper Shotgun #
— brilliant bit of found video courtesy of Josh Marshall #
— nice exclusive, stream the full album for free via Nelson Minar #
— a legendary haul via Slashdot #
— great tracker, but risks drawing too much attention to the site #
— he shares his earnings and the implications of depending heavily on a small core base #
April 21, 2008
— Steve is not happy via Fimoculous #
— my brother-in-law’s been recording and posting a song a week since January; reminds me of Shel Silverstein meets XTC’s Apple Venus #
— reminds me of the the Star Wars arcade game from 1983 via Michael Heilemann #
— look for the shirt icon on the homepage; also, it’s fun to manipulate via Fimoculous #
April 20, 2008
— completely sane message, but it’s not being told enough #
— great single-serving site listing search result counts for each permutation via Delicious #
April 19, 2008
— thoughtful piece addresses the seeming insignificance of lifestyle changes #
— nicely extracting quotes from articles with proper attribution, similar to Daylife via Simon Willison #
April 18, 2008
— insane, you can telnet to Firefox and control it with any scripting language #
— removes all dialogue from a 1938 film; also, I just updated the list of supercuts #
April 17, 2008
— the Internet is a giant Linksys router in the desert via Eliot Phillips #
— in 1995, I thought VR would be huge and Apple was in a death spiral via Boing Boing #
— expertly-written history of the subject, from Eliza to Inform 7 #
April 16, 2008
— after Ollie retired, Brad took his desk the following Monday #
— it is pitch black via MetaFilter #
— some more great stories in this thread, like this story about a 5am walk in Vancouver #
— it’s like technology from a parallel world via Delicious #
— dead-simple meme tracker for popular links on Twitter via louisgray.com #
— they claim copyright on the typesetting and numbering of the documents, not the text of the statutes themselves #
— no real evidence supporting hoax theory, but undermines credibility of the seller via Fimoculous #
— though I’m pretty sure the New York Times doesn’t killfile people who correct them via emptyage.com #
— people reproduce their childhood photos and tagging each photo on Flickr #
— add it to the list of obsolete skills #
— portraits of artists in the graffiti, alt-comic, and underground art worlds via Andre Torrez #
April 15, 2008
— very impressive, includes sunlight and shading #
— is this the first open-source web-based MMO? via Cal Henderson #
— judged by Jonathan Coulton and Doc Popular via jonathancoulton.com #
— loving tributes in the updates and comments via MetaFilter #
— Skype support appears to be wifi-only via techcrunch.com #
— from brilliant New Yorker article about the lives of elevators; the ordeal changed him forever via Delicious #
April 14, 2008
— animated rendition of an 11-year-old’s diary; see also: 500 Miles to Hollywood via MetaFilter #
— for anyone interested in online group dynamics and/or the current Atari 2600 scene #
— John Martz drew cartoon versions of every student from his mom’s 1968 yearbook; see also: The Liner via MetaFilter #
— a massive upgrade, allowing snapshots with a single API call #
— read the comments to see players and parents absolutely devastated by its closure via Rock Paper Shotgun #
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