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February 13, 2008
— World of Warcraft hits the 10M subscription mark and still exploding #
— the band formed at CERN next door to Tim Berners-Lee’s office #
February 12, 2008
— very long, absolutely essential reading; gives tremendous insight into the repercussions of documentary filmmaking #
February 11, 2008
— Nickelodeon meets The Godfather via Boing Boing #
— some fascinating history; I totally agree with him about the innovative design #
— DIY power meter measures output of your electrical devices via Alf Eaton #
— parody of the will.i.am “Yes We Can” video #
February 9, 2008
— instead of commissioning art or buying stock photos, allows anyone to run a Threadless-like design contest for cash #
— in the spirit of Be Kind Rewind’s sweding method #
— Google loves Obama, Microsoft loves Hillary, and Yahoo! employees hang on to their money via Delicious #
February 8, 2008
— “you should do that one song you have about being really depressed” via MetaFilter #
— band recaps each episode in song via Eliot Phillips #
— built on top of OpenVPN, the pay service bypasses any firewall and keeps no identifying logs, including billing #
— what an odd site; Singapore e-zine posts rare bootlegs weekly #
— I’d only seen this used for evil before #
— including the original animation that inspired the game; there’s much more FROM DMA, too via GameSetWatch #
— all new galleries get keys appended to the incremented URLs #
— Usenet legend’s brilliantly funny writings #
February 7, 2008
— Rex looks back on the first issue of Wired 15 years later #
— server’s getting slammed right now, but I’m surprised to say, it’s pretty fun to use with friends #
— the video that got Yngwie so pissed, he had Santori’s YouTube account shut down #
— I just found out the followup to his 1991 debut was announced right before my entry; nice timing! #
— they hired and paid Leslie Neilsen to voice act, but political issues derailed the game #
— holy cow, that’s some mighty big guns #
— the designer of the first Apple logo gave up 10% of the company for an $800 payout via John Martz #
February 6, 2008
— debuting at SXSW Film with a huge chiptune concert? count me in #
— very surprising, considering the rampant homophobia on Xbox Live via Brett O'Connor #
— what hath Antares wrought? via Delicious #
— I guess that’s better than an “Under Construction” icon via Andre Torrez #
— this whole series is pretty great #
— watch the screencast of Dentrassi, their to-do list that runs entirely in a feed reader #
— word on the street is Yngwie Malmsteen complained about being mocked; parody is protected speech! #
February 5, 2008
— I want a magic CNN-style “Breaking News” on Twitter determined by algorithm; related: Twitterverse #
— he mentions a deleted plot device that would’ve cleared it up; also: no mention of jwz’s post #
— I’m impressed by the research; Cracked is dominated by Digg-bait, but it’s adapted well to the current web #
— overlapping multiple versions of the same TV news story via itp.nyu.edu #
— I love this kind of thing #
— over a year in the making, he moved it from his basement to a 2,400 square foot building #
— I started tearing my hair out at level 12; enjoy yourself! via marcoullier.com #
— no shades of purple via Andre Torrez #
February 4, 2008
— a perspective I’ve never heard, from a well-respected documentary filmmaker on geek subculture #
— as E says on their site, the NFL doesn’t sell ads in 1-second increments; nice try! via @musicslut #
— highlight the text with your mouse; good for propaganda! #
— see also: eloquent and heartfelt endorsements by Michael Chabon, xkcd, and Larry Lessig; do the right thing, America. #
— 6 tracks of vocals and instrumentation to tweak alongside the video via Nelson Minar #
— “And we reach out for the lever in the dark, Get a sticker for our shirts as we head into the sun, Proudly bearing the mark” #
February 3, 2008
— related: another vintage computer fan who bid for the same auction #
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