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February 3, 2008
— related: another vintage computer fan who bid for the same auction #
— new digital magazine by Mark Frauenfelder and Mr. Jalopy, powered by Yahoo/Adobe PDF ads via Eliot Phillips #
— my drum kit came from Sweetwater, also wrapped with a handful of candies; I love stories of great service #
— congratulations, you two! beautiful and fitting name #
— “actors say the darndest things” via kevan.org #
— hearing this, I’m even more excited about the She & Him debut #
February 2, 2008
— old, but new to me; I’d love to see this extended to other sites #
February 1, 2008
— custom type personifying each animal; sketches of the process on Flickr via John Martz #
— real-time Twitter search, very well done #
— best I’ve seen so far, and not just because he quotes me at the end #
— “owing to unavoidable data corruption, all Upcoming.org events must be reinstalled monthly” #
— they’re culling FOAF/XFN links from the web; here’s an example of passing my FriendFeed URL to their My Connections app via techcrunch.com #
— holy crap; the press release from Redmond #
— winning Half Baked idea suggests turning North Korean-style mass displays into human logic gates #
January 31, 2008
— linking to this only because I love their style; I completely forgive their growing pains via laughingmeme.org #
— 207 people freeze at the same second and stay still for five full minutes via Laughing Squid #
— they know more about us than average Americans know about Chinese politics, but not much more via The Morning News #
— the YouTube video was viewed 1.2 million times, making this a very successful viral hoax #
— nice visualization of everywhere Dopplr users visited last year via Eliot Phillips #
January 30, 2008
— EveryBlock made it redundant, so he’s shutting the influential site down #
— big spoiler warning; literally, a very big spoiler #
— including Metafilter, StumbleUpon, Del.icio.us, and many more; also: I’m blogging daily on the main site now! #
— the 2008 tag cloud is slightly more predictable via George Hotelling #
— new video from the same group that made Human Space Invaders, Pole Position, and Pong #
— no logins required, just simple Oscar goodness #
— with screengrabs from each film via The Morning News #
— from Justin Roiland, the creator of House of Cosbys; warning: offensive language via jakoblodwick.com #
January 29, 2008
— if that whole acting thing doesn’t work out, they should tour #
— 18-year-old posts thread about high-speed driving, dies in massive wreck later that night #
— and weirdly, both the Simmons and Tufte links are worth experiencing #
— great roundup from a lexicographer on the multiple theories of the word’s origins #
— in aggregate, those MP3 bloggers have pretty good taste #
— surprisingly effective, updates every five minutes #
— I linked to this back on December 7, happy to see it’s getting some attention; play it before reading! #
January 28, 2008
— Philipp interviewed Don MacAskill, who doesn’t believe the autoincremented IDs are a problem #
January 27, 2008
— grab a photo from Flickr and fly around the 3D scene; like Photosynth with a single source via George Hotelling #
— overview of the show including a good 30-second primer on ANSI art #
January 26, 2008
— screen caps of real and fictional arcade game cameos from the last four decades of film via the-inbetween.com #
— don’t miss the video of the results; the well-documented source is available, too via Delicious #
January 25, 2008
— it must be hard for his ex-wife to hear about the new band via MetaFilter #
— Virgil correlates favorite books to SAT scores per college to find smart/dumb books; don’t miss the FAQ via O'Reilly Radar #
January 24, 2008
— he reviewed 104 films that were critical and/or commercial failures via MetaFilter #
— one-button game that keeps sucking me back in, along with Filler #
— $15 from Lulu or $30 hand-signed by Ape Lad #
— the deadline ended today and the entries are great; my faves are 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 #
— she hit $28k in a couple weeks; also: she just commented in the Metafilter thread about her #
— no, not that TED; Internet lunacy, NSFW if you scroll down far enough #
— itchy story behind the creation of his Bedbug Registry #
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