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February 21, 2008
— very entertaining videos created for the awards show #
— Torontoist gets official word from the people behind the ad campaign #
— yay, drunk Waxy Linking! #
February 20, 2008
— viciously hard Windows platformer with a pastiche of retro games; here’s one attempt via gamasutra.com #
— anyone who pays $99/year for the development kit can submit games for review #
February 19, 2008
— Will Wright’s prototype code from 1997 #
— switching to periodic updates, which makes more sense for a cartoon like his #
— he felt it was a birth defect, so staged an accident with a power tool via Eliot Phillips #
— good research into this cleverly-designed viral campaign #
February 18, 2008
— nice summary; here’s one archive of the original post, now removed #
— historic jazz session with sublime performances and gorgeous direction via adamconover.net #
— a strange move, since people are looking for it constantly #
— create a corrupted file to send in when you’re missing deadline; old, but new to me via Delicious #
— a tactic I’ve never seen before, the site is still accessible by IP address or multiple mirrors via justinsomnia.org #
February 16, 2008
— this is wonderful, like mundane performance art via blog.pmarca.com #
— creating a ray-traced animation in only 512 characters; see the other rounds via MetaFilter #
— this meme is his new bicycle #
February 15, 2008
— inspired by my oscilloscope hacks entry #
February 14, 2008
— excellent interview addresses a bunch of questions I had about the site #
— impressive feat; from the same guy who ported the first Quake via albotas.com #
— love in a backwards world via Ze Frank #
— “I love everything about you… except the things we’ve already discussed” via John Martz #
— it shouldn’t be a surprise that romantic love is chemically similar to OCD #
— their Tetris valentine from 2006 became a cult favorite #
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! #
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