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October 7, 2007
— after seeing the ad, I assumed they were involved #
— much more on Flickr via 37signals.com #
— later that day, they killed the program and are now trying to remove all the videos via Matt Haughey #
October 4, 2007
— using image recognition to prevent unwanted houseguests through a cat door #
— NSFW review of “Swinging Singles” arcade game from 1983 via Delicious #
— 822 826 pictures of women wearing seatbelts in the back seat, culled with loving, creepy care #
September 29, 2007
— complete Flash implementation of the content-aware seam carving demo #
September 28, 2007
— a Republican strong enough to admit he’s changed his mind via Andre Torrez #
September 26, 2007
— mocking guitar wankery with overdubs; don’t miss the angry fanboy comments to every video in the series #
September 21, 2007
— I love how Arrington talks to people “off record,” and then completely spills it #
— if you like that, try Andrew’s Fun with HTTP Headers survey from 2005 #
September 20, 2007
— for a brief moment, the Canadian dollar was worth more via @fimoculous #
— theremin-playing robot built from a floor lamp, plumbing supplies, and some microprocessors #
September 19, 2007
— many hilarious responses from the clueless and/or humorless; some of my faves #
— hurry, the amazing easter egg’s only up until 9pm tonight; don’t miss the “Pirate Code,” “Poop Deck,” and “Land ho” #
— voluntarily provided in the form of an online quiz; be grateful it wasn’t acquired by a life insurance firm #
— how can a self-proclaimed luddite make policy decisions involving copyright in the digital age? via Delicious #
September 18, 2007
— first album of original songs since 1998, but her production’s stuck in the Geffen era #
— it was down for months and can now support thousands of users #
September 17, 2007
— on-demand, social manufacturing; design, share, and buy laser-cut products from a variety of materials #
September 14, 2007
— funny, we used to say “kick-ass” on the Upcoming homepage until we got complaints from prudes #
— the last six months of emails expose every project to track P2P activity and snare pirates #
— some fascinating speculation, with some rumored iPod classic problems thrown in #
September 13, 2007
— “the distinction between ringtones and songs is an artificial marketing construct” #
— lovely people-powered customer service, like Ask Mefi for every community #
September 11, 2007
— the latest in an increasingly uncomfortable high-stakes prank war between two College Humor employees #
— I feel guilty reading this, but the info about activity streams is very interesting #
September 8, 2007
— Firefox extension makes the web look like the amateur web of 1996 via Boing Boing #
September 6, 2007
— I’d seen all but two, the Kid from Brooklyn and psycho bride; don’t judge me! #
— Firefox extension for automating repetitive tasks, and sharing the most useful #
— disturbingly accurate satire of big media’s coverage of small-town tragedies via The Morning News #
— his reviews are extremely entertaining, while still insightful; it’s like Ze Frank on games #
— by far, the most requested feature #
September 5, 2007
— 10 Zen Monkeys interviews the oddball comic creator #
August 31, 2007
— with joystick support and two types of planes via Google Blogoscoped #
— Stamen’s new visualization of network activity #
August 29, 2007
— biting parody of Techcrunch style; “Fondue Joins the DeadPool” via Delicious #
August 28, 2007
— now with source code! #
— and a new gadget blog by Joel Johnson #
August 27, 2007
— building a tabletop multitouch display with a plastic bag, some blue dye, and an iSight #
August 23, 2007
— local news visits the Flickr office, complete with goofy news anchors and weatherman via Flickr #
— dig that mid-’90s web design and postage stamp video clips #
August 22, 2007
— Robot Co-op’s new baby, a very lightweight suggestion board for the world #
— NYU professor responds to idiotic anti-blogger op-ed citing strong examples of blogger journalism via Mike Migurski #
— incredible technique to identifying seams in images and modify only the boring parts via Cal Henderson #
August 20, 2007
— not a concept piece, but a “standalone, fully operational, social, digital radio” #
— Z-Machine interpreter for the iPhone; also: MAME! #
— this nicely articulates the problem and leaves me hopeful #
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