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April 8, 2008
— exceedingly easy to use, but must be hammering the Twitter API #
— Wilson Miner explains how EveryBlock does it; also, Paul Smith on how/why they rolled their own maps #
— it’s amazing how easy it is to get started; Nelson went from zero to app in 30 minutes #
— entertaining, if only for the spot-the-fake games #
— using Tweetscan as Clichewatch #
April 7, 2008
— hopefully, they managed to avoid post-gig bitterness #
— Google dives into the cloud; Python-only and free for limited use #
— NYT op-ed by their lead singer via The Morning News #
— still beta and an awkward UI, but some great exclusive video including the full-length Pixies reunion documentary via Fimoculous #
— Mechanical Turkers reconstruct a $100 bill using custom drawing tools for 1 cent per drawing via Nelson Minar #
— for people who can’t run BT or limited by their ISP, this sounds great #
April 5, 2008
— complete clone of Crayon Physics, but still worth trying via Jay Is Games #
— walkthrough available, if you need it #
April 4, 2008
— Jakob made it look effortless, with quite a bit of planning #
— from the fine people at BrettCorp #
— subscribe to their blog, which tracks new data as its added #
— how does a 73-year-old man who’s never used a computer hear about CC? via Boing Boing #
— current ranked #35 out of 423 remixes #
April 3, 2008
— takes on Tay Zonday, Tron guy, Chris Crocker, Afro-Ninja, SWK, Dramatic Chipmunk, Numa Numa, and more #
— butternut reduction via newyorker.com #
April 2, 2008
— he should run for the President of YouTube #
— old but good, I still can’t get past level 12 via Cal Henderson #
— these videos of kids rocking out brings joy into my heart #
— even their joke typefaces get them paid via Kottke #
— upload Inform code to create realms browsable by multiple people at once #
— a free public service #
— lovely slow-motion Helvetica dunking; also: animate movement based on wind activity in your town via subtraction.com #
April 1, 2008
— understated and unexpected, it fooled me #
March 31, 2008
— the full article details Al Jaffee’s illustration process #
— a perfect snapshot of the Mosaic homepage from October 1994, thanks to JWZ #
March 27, 2008
— look just like mommy, and grandma! #
March 26, 2008
— one note: they’re all relative instead of absolute numbers #
— amazing that he can stand still long enough to blow glass #
— one of my favorite new sites just got better; looks robust #
— hypnotic video of immersion baptisms via Delicious #
— great journalism, completely debunks last week’s Puffy/Tupac expose #
— this Gawker article captured all the photos before they were pulled #
— some clever twists on Tetris gameplay, too #
— from the creator of 8088 Corruption, the first tracker for the original IBM PC speaker via ascii.textfiles.com #
— finally! I tried for six weeks to get a quote, but I’m not the LA Times #
March 25, 2008
— a programming solution to a human problem #
— S3-hosted service for 12-song virtual mix tapes, like this one via Daring Fireball #
— don’t miss the followup; take that, Will.i.am #
— a random sampling via Matt Haughey #
— works great with Gmail; for a sample dataset, Mihai used the Enron email archive via blog.persistent.info #
— crazy mashup of retro gaming graphics and gameplay into a new game #
— I’d love to hear more about Japanese search spam #
March 24, 2008
— I’m surprised the writer doesn’t mention Colony Collapse Disorder #
— like Pirate Baby’s Cabana Battle Street Fight, an epic hand-drawn animation in the style of 16-bit brawlers via Eliot Phillips #
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