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January 25, 2007
— I swear I had nothing to do with this #
January 24, 2007
— he called 50 dialup BBSes and wrote up the results; the parts about where web communities fail is essential reading #
— the possibilities here are kinda mind-bending #
— story of one tiny BBS, the death of its 15-year-old sysop, and how his brother and father kept it alive #
January 23, 2007
— “There are two kinds of distraction, at least.” via Mark Pilgrim #
— like Swivel, a site for creating and sharing data visualizations; O’Reilly has more #
— I just posted my research into Oscar screener piracy, also showing that restricting screeners may hurt film’s Oscar chances #
— too bad subliminal ads don’t work via Kottke #
— “You heard me! Come shop!” #
— three days of heat and music #
January 22, 2007
— a star performance by Ben, the son of my oldest childhood friend #
— Google arranged a flyover of the campus during last year’s camp #
— something big is brewing here; just wait until someone builds exactly what Scott proposes #
— “My Name Is Earl” writers plant references on Television Without Pity forums six months before they mention it on-air via Andre Torrez #
— it’s posts like these that make Ironic Sans one of my favorite new blogs #
— play along with any MIDI file, Guitar Hero-style #
January 21, 2007
— backstory on the joke from Darren, along with an incredibly clueful official response from Linden #
— Pixar’s next film after Ratatouille via Simon Carless #
January 20, 2007
— measuring the size of a virtual world in real-world terms #
January 19, 2007
— despite this, the iTunes music store proves micropayments can work well with a single service #
January 17, 2007
— researching each contestant so you can heckle them directly #
— David documents the complaints of an unhappy neighbor #
— see the growing list of songs with accompanying YouTube videos of gameplay; for example, JerryC’s Canon Rock #
January 16, 2007
— at 20GB each, this could spell the eventual end of the Usenet binaries #
January 15, 2007
— first time I’ve seen a chiptune from the MOD scene end up in mainstream pop #
January 12, 2007
— like OS X themes for XP, it’s not quite the same #
— public trackers aren’t safe and will only get worse via Slashdot #
January 11, 2007
— first unsigned band and first download-only song to make the cut after new rule changes #
January 10, 2007
— I’d love to see the same on other social sites to see the zeitgeist of Fark vs. Metafilter vs. Slashdot #
January 9, 2007
— round those corners, mister! #
— inspiring industrial and UI design #
— the market has spoken #
— details rolling in on MacRumors and Engadget #
January 8, 2007
— I played a part in this deal but had to keep quiet; congrats, Eric! #
— with some homebrew games already written for it, including DS Saber via func-auton.net #
— worth it for the human version of Breakout with marshmallows and blackface #
— ten years later, on the eve of an exciting Macworld, still a great read for its good and bad advice #
January 7, 2007
— refusing requests from Digg.com because of rampant asshats via Simon Willison #
January 6, 2007
— using this drawing for reference #
January 5, 2007
— one of the oldest e-zines, Zug has been active since 1995 and still very funny via museumofhoaxes.com #
— sounds like Metacritic for music singles, gears, autos, and so on #
— “my nails are salon-perfect” via Matt Haughey #
— including custom Carvel cake and fake Photoshopped magazine #
January 4, 2007
— send a question by email, get three responses from Mechanical Turk workers #
— an old friend and former coworker, Mark never fails to inspire me #
— a long read on a simple prank, but worth it for the conclusion #
January 3, 2007
— don’t miss the Tiny Music Makers links, the creators of famous computer sounds #
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