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December 19, 2007
— running the free service to build up a corpus of voices? neat idea, but seems inefficient #
— they include some fan-made videos and this charming cover from a high school trio #
— still catching up from my NYC trip, this was the best writeup I’ve seen so far #
— I had dinner with Anil on my first night in NYC last week, and he made me eat pig tails and cow glands; yum! #
— insanely detailed with some odd photo collage bits; try the highest zoom level via Tom Coates #
December 17, 2007
— for me, “personally compelling” is the only one that matters, since I can’t build something I won’t use myself #
December 14, 2007
— even if you don’t travel, it’s worth signing up just to experience all the brilliant UI touches #
December 9, 2007
— mostly genre browsing, but suggesting torrents based on your listening habits is now feasible #
— neat, it supports passing addresses in the querystring; the methodology, for the curious #
— with 192 subscribers via MetaFilter #
— gorgeous underwater side-scroller won the grand prize at IGF; watch the movies via Rock Paper Shotgun #
— NYT reporters tell their own stories in the comments #
December 8, 2007
December 7, 2007
— taken on the set of the final episode by the actor who played Benjamin Horne via MetaFilter #
— multiviews, moving towards REST over SOAP, and better native security and performance #
— he’s been drawing a comic nearly every day since May 2002; highly recommended via John Martz #
— can a game that’s only five minutes long make you sad? surprisingly, yes #
December 6, 2007
— 50,000 images a day? I’d definitely use this for smaller projects #
December 5, 2007
— doesn’t explain who paid to send the spams, but a great glimpse into how spambots operate via Jeremy Zawodny #
— “You don’t have to suck in order to work here, but it helps.” #
December 4, 2007
— a nonstop mix of greatest hits from a concert earlier this year, with some new songs too! #
— definitely a welcome move away from NowTech and back to its roots via Delicious #
— the essay that kicked off the editorial shakeup there, but didn’t cause it via Fimoculous #
— partnered with Picnik, it’s seamless and handles 90% of what I use Photoshop for #
— with subscription and patronage benefits, artists like Kristin can stay independent forever, as long as they have dedicated fans #
— using non-obvious bot names and using Tor to hide the IP addresses was very dumb via Nelson Minar #
— refreshing sound, Sean nails it as Spoon meets Paul Simon’s “Graceland” #
December 2, 2007
— I guess that answers the question about how Vox fits with Livejournal via twitter.com #
— finally! taking money from spammers while banning them from the index was hypocritical #
December 1, 2007
— Last.fm client for the iPhone/iPod Touch, at last #
— some photos are NSFW; don’t miss the other exhibitions and the wonderful blog via dethroner.com #
— new games for dead systems make me happy; see the detailed review with video via GameSetWatch #
November 30, 2007
— they were deadly accurate for me #
November 29, 2007
— strangely depressing, but I guess it’s better than William Hung’s commercial via Fimoculous #
— no social feedback, but retains your setting across searches for the same terms via Flickr #
November 28, 2007
— I think I’d prefer the steamed eggs with wikipedia #
— the PPP forums are fascinating right now, seeing how the community responds as the business collapses around them #
— this could have been fun and useful, if it was only opt-in on a site-by-site basis via Delicious #
— problems with the randomizer make this the worst game released this year #
— to compare, I found recent intranet screenshots for Yahoo! and Microsoft #
— she continues the discussion on her own blog via GameSetWatch #
— warning, offensive audio; very upsetting to hear, but not at all surprising via Nelson Minar #
— the same group responsible for the secret cinema and bar built in a cavern under Paris #
November 27, 2007
— they’ve been playing the world’s most tedious game on live cameras for four days straight #
— one man’s quest to play all 4,000 games in the Twin Galaxies world records book alphabetically #
— funny, this is almost exactly the way I organize my feeds in Google Reader #
— $235k in pledges so far; oh, the humanity #
— shaping up to be one of the strangest conventions of all time #
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