September 23, 2006
Hack director Uwe Boll defeats five Internet critics in an amateur boxing match
— he just crushed Lowtax from Something Awful in a single round #
Super Mario Bros underground theme stolen from 1970s funk band?
— extremely unlikely; despite the similarities, coincidences do happen in music #
Gran Turismo for PS3 may use micropayments for new tracks and cars
— total retail cost could be between $430 to $975 #
Japanese company had Sotheby's and Christie's play Rock, Scissors, Paper to decide art auction
— old, but great; they turned to 11-year-olds for advice (via) #
Video: Yahoo Current interviews Gary Brolsma
— as terrible as New Numa is, it's weirdly compelling to see this guy from another angle #
Video: Weird Al's "White and Nerdy"
— watch for the O'Reilly book reference and Star Wars Kid parody #
Photos from Banksy's Los Angeles art show
— here's first-hand video of the live painted elephant that everyone's fussing about (via) #
TRYNT free APIs
— excellent set of unique web services, like the image nudity detector and bootleg IMDB API #
MySpace MP3 Gopher
— Windows app to bypass Myspace music player security; or try the online version (via) #
Video: Mike Patton mentioned on All My Children
— extremely surreal cultural references slipped into soap opera (via) #
News Corp exec implies Myspace can destroy any Web 2.0 company
— says that Flickr, YouTube, and most next-gen apps "are really driven off the back of Myspace"; note that all three companies have typos (via) #
The Secret Life of Jason Fortuny
— constructing a psychological profile of the man behind the Craigslist sex baiting based on his online writings #
Sky pulls down video service after Windows DRM cracks
— after FairUse4WM defeated Microsoft's patch within days, my insider sources say some major media companies will be pulling their DRM content within days #
Lonelygirl15's identity revealed
— 19-year-old actress Jessica Rose from New Zealand; the producers were very good about covering up the original photos #
Apple announces 80GB iPods, iTunes Movies and Games, and iTV wireless set-top box
— $13 for new releases, $10 all others; also, they bought Cover Flow #
Video: Douglas Adams' Hyperland (1990)
— pre-web BBC documentary on hypertext and multimedia; interviews Ted Nelson (among others) and stars Dr. Who's Tom Baker as the software agent #
September 11, 2001: What We Saw
— unreleased 30-minute home video captured from 500 yards away; Revver is crushed, so use the torrent #
Minnesota State Fair on a Stick
— as advertised, 59 foods on a stick; Scotch Egg on a Stick gets my vote (via) #
Destinyland, Dave Cassel's new podcast
— frenetic and full of fascinating random trivia, like Dave himself; most recent episode is all Disney secrets and urban legends #
Gary Brolsma releases "New Numa Numa" video
— self-conscious and unfunny, it proves once again that creating a meme is practically impossible #
Sex baiting prank on Craigslist affects hundreds
— griefer republishes personal ad responses publicly, ruining lives in the process #
Lonelygirl15 is an art project by independent filmmakers
— the official site is down, but Danah has the best analysis #
Danah Boyd on the Facebook controversy
— I was waiting for her to chime in; the big issue is not privacy, but too much transparency #
Microsoft patches DRM faster than fatal security flaws
— they care about their record label partners much more than you or the Internet #
Video: Composing a Fugue
— brilliantly meta explanation of how to write a fugue based on Britney Spears' "Oops, I Did It Again" #