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November 15, 2007
— exclusive DRM-free music from their own new label and partnering with like-minded labels on a daily MP3 blog #
— creating music by typing text into a “broken” speech synthesizer; another video via Mike Migurski #
— this is just idiotic (sorry, Anil!) #
November 13, 2007
— laughably bad portrayal of technology, including Excel spreadsheets hidden in the 10th level of the game via the-inbetween.com #
— if he keeps making them, I’ll keep linking to them #
November 12, 2007
— there’s someone out there for everyone #
— a friend said I should cross-post this to Waxy Links since they didn’t see the main blog post #
November 10, 2007
— more head-shaking weirdness at the official site #
November 9, 2007
— we’re paying for the Internet by the hour via Andre Torrez #
— the only guy that could make a mugshot look like a high fashion photo shoot #
November 8, 2007
— I’m insanely giddy about this; I’ll be in line for the late show at 7:30pm if anyone wants to say hi via Lilly Tao #
November 7, 2007
— they developed a working version of the nonexistent game from the film #
November 6, 2007
— “All the News Feed that’s fit to print.” #
November 5, 2007
— it’s like The Show, but with blinking and better lighting #
— he nicely articulates why both fall short, while reframing the problem with a solid prediction #
November 4, 2007
— biases aside, it’s fun simply to watch a newsroom making slight changes over time #
November 2, 2007
— if you played it before, try it again #
— Pac-Man meets Zork via Jay Is Games #
— 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 #
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