April 14, 2006
hCalendar and Google Calendar reminders
— Greasemonkey script adds reminder links for any hCal formatted page, like all of Upcoming #
High-res remake of "Another World" game to be released tomorrow
— one of the best games ever made (via) #
Beatles to sell catalog through online music services
— would selling it through iTunes affect the Apple vs. Apple litigation? #
Audio: The Great Failure of Wikipedia
— though I disagree with his conclusions, this is a fascinating listen covering the rarely discussed internal politics and cover-ups; also: full transcript #
News.com profile of "age play" in Second Life
— is virtual sex play between adults using child-like avatars more like infantilism or pedophilia? (via) #
Duke Nukem Forever may finally be released by year-end
— if not, 3D Realms sacrifices half a million dollars (via) #
Bumbershoot announces partial lineup
— Feist, Mates of State, Metric, Of Montreal, Kanye West, and more #
Video: Incredible Machines
— more Japanese Rube Goldberg fun; also: cooking ramen, the hard way (via) #
Forbes on the MySpace cottage industry
— countless small startups creating utilities and add-ons for MySpace users #
Video: 1986 World Series Game Six recreated on the NES
— lovingly crafted in RBI Baseball, itself released in 1987 (via) #
Rex Sorgatz revisits Microserfs
— he's now working at Microsoft, 12 years after Coupland's novel was published; see also: jPod #
Cabspotting Cab Tracker
— averaged and real-time visualization of taxis moving around San Francisco #
Park Place, an Amazon S3 clone in Ruby
— also, how Adrian Holovaty is using S3 as a media server at 35 cents per month (via) #
"Star Wars Kid" settles out of court with schoolmates
— new details emerge as the trial come to a close #
Jon Gruber on Apple's strategy with Boot Camp
— dead on, from the inevitable reaction of PC enthusiasts to the future direction of the OS #
Seven Songs With Factual Or Logical Mistakes In The Lyrics
— also, there's no colloquial "East California" as mentioned in "Kids in America" (via) #
Apple's Boot Camp public beta
— the stock market loves Apple's new official support of Windows XP dual boot #
Scene.org Awards 2005 nominees announced
— the best of real-time, algorithmic art from the PC demoscene #
Interview with an ex-exployee of adware creator 180 Solutions
— insider details about employee adware usage and dealing with public perceptions (via) #
Video: Steve Jobs demos NeXTSTEP Release 3 in 1992
— keep in mind, Windows 3.1 was released the same year #
Interview with the head of the Swedish Pirate Party
— contrary to previous reports, it's not formally connected with the Pirate Bay #
Gnarls Barkley single becomes first Internet-only single to hit #1 UK charts
— I see why; the Danger Mouse/Cee-Lo joint is catchy as hell #
Ohio town calls in bomb squad over Super Mario power-up cubes
— an April 1 prank takes a turn for the surreal #
URLFan, top 100 sites linked in RSS feeds
— a surprisingly good alternative to Icerocket and Technorati #
Anti-SUV Chevy Tahoe commercial contest entries
— they don't seem to be moderating the entries; two more #
Video: O'Reilly Factor on Myspace
— features the brilliant Danah Boyd; he's surprisingly reasonable (via) #