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November 2, 2007
— the Orkut sandbox is moderated, so Plaxo Pulse is the only live implementation so far #
November 1, 2007
— including privacy, hosted MP3s, video through Vimeo, and investors #
— using an Ultralight plane and a quarter-mile conveyor belt #
October 31, 2007
— he was an active member via Andre Torrez #
— the post-dated press release offers more info, with URLs that aren’t live yet #
October 30, 2007
— flotsam abandoned in books from a jail’s lending library via MetaFilter #
— aligning desired behaviors with point rewards is difficult to do and has unintended consequences via Matt Haughey #
October 28, 2007
— he calls them out for arrogance and inaccuracy #
— insane 1982 “documentary” about pinball versus videogames, with video #
October 27, 2007
— first place and audience winner of the 4th Casual Gameplay Game Design competition #
October 26, 2007
— I’d seen this in the alphas, but I’m impressed they kept it in #
— two artists compete by drawing superheroes that cancel out the power of their opponent’s previous hero via Delicious #
— NSFW for sex and violence, but don’t let that stop you; it’s a fascinating deconstruction of comic form via MetaFilter #
October 25, 2007
— one of the best 24 Hour Comic Day comics I’ve ever seen via MetaFilter #
— related: Alex Ross in the New Yorker on the rise of classical music online #
— when I first saw it, I thought they were tilt-shift photos; more on his Flickr page #
October 24, 2007
— newly launched, including community moderation tools, recommendations, and a browser plugin for launching games via Delicious #
October 23, 2007
— it’s lovely bits like this that make Dopplr so great via Simon Willison #
— he found his entire discography traded online, but found it reassuring #
— “you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means” #
— inaccurate, but interesting; nobody paid subscription fees, and voluntary donations covered costs #
— interesting trivia: Valve had the option of using Ben Folds, but went with Jon #
— 10-page PDF, start from the last page and work your way back via Boing Boing #
— very sad, it was one of the strongest online communities; also, saying it’s “lucrative” is a flat-out lie #
October 18, 2007
— good detective work, brought on by her anonymous personal attacks against other bloggers (and their kids) #
October 17, 2007
— Peter Calveley’s persistent efforts were chronicled on his blog #
— spoilers; if you haven’t played Portal yet, trust me and buy it #
— the hypnotizing power of game achievements via Rock Paper Shotgun #
— repeating ad jingles in overlapping intervals builds a droning soundscape #
October 16, 2007
— including a quote from Steve Vai #
— share your thoughts with up to 10 people using The Online Blogopolis! via the-inbetween.com #
— I’m floored by the quality #
October 15, 2007
— Flickr in-jokes galore, and now #1 on Explore #
— brilliant Ask Metafilter thread showcases the diversity of the community #
— the only way a shoe store could thrive online is with insanely incredible customer support like theirs via 37signals.com #
— cute, they’re waiting until they have 10,000 people viewing the page at once #
— reading the comments (never a good idea), it looks like Andy Samberg’s pretty divisive #
— hmm, Vanna uses Arial and Helvetica via Fimoculous #
— long rant, with a response by Denton via Fimoculous #
October 13, 2007
— congrats, Ben & Mena! #
— metal-themed game starring Jack Black, Rob Halford, and Lemmy #
October 11, 2007
— we could lie about our ages and customize our pages #
October 10, 2007
— the hive mind is great at drawing samurai faces #
October 9, 2007
— interesting to see how the fans respond to serious issues in the Sunday funnies #
— most of these games sound insanely good #
October 8, 2007
— Flickr’s slightly more disgusting followup to Faceball #
— IF author Emily Short is publishing reviews as she plays them #
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