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April 21, 2008
— 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 #
April 13, 2008
— clever idea, builds a game using the mysterious shortwave radio broadcasts #
— higher quality and better sound than the FLV versions via techmeme.com #
— Mitch Kapor shows how to navigate Second Life with your full body via Alice Taylor #
— Brad Bird responds in the comments! see also: longer version of the pilot and the 1992 feature film for comparison via Simon Carless #
— created on an Amiga 4000T to the tune of “Still Alive,” it’s very faithful to Amiga history #
— self-referential products via Andre Torrez #
April 12, 2008
— Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” with every bird digitally removed via MetaFilter #
— Rumble Pak on the steering wheel to sense cars in your blind spot #
— determined by taking a photograph next to a person of known height via LiveJournal #
April 11, 2008
— brilliant supercuts created by a Chicago artist; the Loveline montages are amazing #
— total abuse of the TRS, but still very funny #
— the original video, if you missed it #
— YouTube doesn’t provide any subscription feeds, but this works perfectly via @googlesystem #
— it’s worth noting that the NYT is cultivating a high level of discourse in their own blog comments via Matt Haughey #
— like always, incredible quality from the vibrant community via GameSetWatch #
— I thought this was a joke, but I verified it; JJ Abrams has a potty mouth #
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