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June 28, 2006
— related: Alan’s great roundup of Cars merchandise #
— 2 cents a quote, with a 98.3% success rate via rebeccablood.net #
— with Samantha Bee reporting live from San Andreas via Delicious #
— I read about it on Valleywaggr via Valleywag #
June 27, 2006
— after getting called out, I did some research; not a PTA meeting, but a courtroom #
— he’s a good writer, and funny! for example, his writeup on a trivia court decision, movies to sitcoms, and his giant head via MetaFilter #
— MP3s of the defining summertime music via Delicious #
June 26, 2006
— incredibly great mashup of Overheard in New York and Google Maps #
— an interesting comparison of photo sharing numbers, but also insight into the accuracy of web tracking services #
— any guesses on why the lightning bolt pattern emerges? #
— free iTunes download to encourage second viewings for viewers with iPods #
— all built in a day; D20, Roomind, and Hugtracker are my favorite ideas #
— eight front-page stories in the last seven days! #
June 25, 2006
— 52-page PDF of the definitive history of Infocom’s rise and fall #
— browse Project Gutenberg classic texts on a map; uses the GeoParser API #
— the LA Times had some fan response; most of the Disney fans who’ve actually seen it like it #
— expanded social network browsing and one-click app cloning #
— one alliance in the web-based game triggered the game’s end and server reset, despite an all-out war from other players #
— stories pulled from the homepage, charts of story activity, and other good stuff #
June 24, 2006
— in other Lynch news, he’s selling his own ringtones; “my teeth are bleeding!” via bedazzled.blogs.com #
— pre-web and still good #
— some love it, some hate change; it’s a huge improvement #
— nobody’s rooting for sex offenders here, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen it handled this awkwardly before #
June 23, 2006
— 1,000 icons for web apps, free and very high quality work #
— useful in field reporting, but I could see where it could distract from interviewing and writing #
June 22, 2006
— I just left the Digg party; TechCrunch doesn’t mention the amazing Stamen visualizations or open API #
— toss files into piles with a pen-driven GUI with physics; also, I think every demo needs a rap version via Sippey #
— all with embedded YouTube links; I just killed a full hour on this #
— holy cow, that’s terrible form #
June 21, 2006
— or: why I haven’t been blogging for the past few days #
June 20, 2006
— a children’s primer by Matthew Baldwin and Goopymart #
— great clip breaking down the effects process via MetaFilter #
June 19, 2006
— Cambridge politicians try to ban the Fluffernutter from public schools #
— free and easy video blackmail; I’m disappointed this is just a joke #
June 18, 2006
— the video is classic via Delicious #
— transcends the concept of a “video blog” daily #
June 17, 2006
— LawyerBots suck; is there some law that companies can’t send human e-mails anymore? via ibloggedthis.com #
— be prepared for your “friends” to start dropping references to Cialis retailers #
June 16, 2006
— since DNF was announced, 19 wars were started and 5 have ended #
June 15, 2006
— don’t miss David Weekly’s excellent response, and the entertaining Valleywag interview #
— really interesting discussion of Cyworld, broadband usage, and spam #
— write an app in ten minutes; I’d love to see this as a regular vlog show #
June 14, 2006
— finally expanding beyond tech, even though the community’s been forcing the issue #
— Leonard has some great thoughts, but he left out holographic nachos and 3D chocolate printers #
— very Half-Life 2 via slopvehicle.info #
— potentially NSFW via slopvehicle.info #
June 13, 2006
— getting pushed IM updates from E3, the Macworld keynote, or sporting events would be neat #
— streaming ASCII video over telnet, begins ten minutes before every game via Matt Haughey #
— multiplayer video player for OS X with built-in heckling support! via Delicious #
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