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January 22, 2007
— 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 #
— the best feedreader around keeps getting better #
— Eddie Van Halen has the best patent illustration ever created #
— they ripped off his song and dancing kitten video for their ad #
— it took ten years, but they finally launched Wired TV #
January 2, 2007
— using ambient audio from diverse locations, creativity on zero budget #
— it always amazed me that my little sister created a new IM screenname every couple months #
January 1, 2007
— funny, everyone from Boing Boing was a contributor except Mark via Fimoculous #
— nicely designed community for sharing Flash games via GameSetWatch #
— sounds intriguing; the Wikipedia entry has more spoilers via GameSetWatch #
December 30, 2006
— the artists ended up in court for sampling popular songs in their novelty break-in record #
December 28, 2006
— shortly before the introduction of Macintosh, lovingly scanned by Jason Scott #
— incredible 10-part expose of an insanely overpriced chocolate seller via Boing Boing #
December 27, 2006
— tastes are splintering as music discovery and distribution gets easier #
— Gamelab is among the best of the small independent studios; every game is great via GameSetWatch #
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