passive-aggressive notes from roommates, neighbors, coworkers and strangers
— you know the kind (via) #
The Only Time You Will See A Picture Of One Of My Patients
— EMT's tale of a cat found in a London building fire (via) #
Video: Jeremy Boyle's self-playing pneumatic band
— one of the more interesting Maker Faire hacks, read more on his site #
Zooomr using Ustream video chatroom for live updates during downtime
— Thomas Hawk has been doing real-time Q&A for the last 14 hours while Zooomr's been offline #
Army cuts off soldier access to YouTube, Myspace, Photobucket, and more
— more than simple bandwidth, they're restricting major communication tools #
Ottoman humping gigolos ruin troop morale
— Daily Show's meme-laden take on the Army's new restrictions #
Frank Miller to write and direct film adaptation of Will Eisner's "The Spirit"
— the film rights were sold in the early '90s, but Eisner himself preferred the comics medium to film #
Paul Cloutier's wife Alana responds to JPG Magazine critics
— Derek responds in the comments; Paul's own response was brief #
Mark Pilgrim on the US patent system
— "an institutionalized form of madness, outrageous, all-consuming, and incurable" #
I Deleted My JPG Account
— people leaving in droves after community betrayal; also: Derek and Heather quietly added back to the About page as a footnote #
The Onion interviews Acceptable.tv
— American Idol for YouTube shows is a pretty decent summary of the concept #
Kottke on the growth of Twitter vs. Blogger
— great analysis, but faulty data; the Twitter IDs weren't sequential since November, making my post invalid too #
VH-1 to air "Kosbees," a House of Cosbys spinoff
— created by the original creators and airing on Acceptable.tv, VH-1's user-driven show by the Channel 101 guys #
White Glove Tracking
— using crowdsourcing to spot Michael Jackson's white glove for a video visualization (via) #
Rage fans didn't like Crowded House's reunion at Coachella
— unfortunate lineup placement leads to disastrous results, foreshadowed here #
Acme Novelty Toy Gallery
— Niem's putting together Chris Ware papercraft, so you don't have to (via) #
Tim O'Reilly's thoughtful article on the Alexaholic lawsuit
— don't miss Ron Hornbaker's comment in the thread #
Upcoming drops the ".org" with new redesign
— biggest changes ever; full geo database, visual redesign, switch to Yahoo IDs, and more #
Ben Brown leaves CNET and Consumating
— couple weeks old, but news to me; who's next? three makes a trend (via) #
Forbes Magazine's mesothelioma search engine spam
— amazingly bad; stumbled on this from a comment on Matt Cutts' blog #
The Shins busk in Montmartre, Paris
— impromptu live performances by great bands, recorded in one long shot (via) #
PeaceMaker, game simulating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
— here's a detailed review from Gamasutra (via) #
5 Question Interview with Twitter Developer Alex Payne
— a cautionary tale about Rails from its biggest user (via) #
Google Answers takes entire archive offline
— it was down 16 hours, but they fixed the bug and it's back! yay! #
Justin.tv got lucky last night while 3,000 watched
— a classy guy, Justin left the HatCam in the kitchen while his buddies dubbed in a porn soundtrack #
Twitter and Jott Vulnerable to SMS and Caller ID Spoofing
— all it requires is knowing the Twitter user's cell phone number #
Think Before You Post
— PSAs targeting kids that are too comfortable exposing their personal lives online #
'B.C.' cartoonist Johnny Hart dies at 76
— it's too bad he'll most often be remembered by his controversial religious strips (via) #
Video: Christoper Walken wants to destroy Silicon Valley
— just like today, the office parks don't make a memorable vista (via) #