Myspace removes 200,000 objectionable profiles
— sounds like a lot, until you realize it's less than one day of new signups (via) #
Zug's Michael Jackson prank
— I've been reading John Hargrave since the dawn of time, and he's still entertaining #
Interesting Facts About Domain Names
— now that I'm at Yahoo, I should try to score the complete domain list to rerun my dictionary domains (via) #
Birdy Namnam
— four French DJs that treat each turntable as a discrete instrument and play as a band; watch the videos #
YouTube adds 10 minute duration limit to prevent piracy
— expect people to start splitting large videos into multiple parts #
Star Wars Kid case goes to court on April 10?
— interesting news buried in 10th paragraph; anyone have more info? #
Batman onomatopoeia
— screen grabs of the visual sound balloons from Batman's campy fight scenes (via) #
Steve Ballmer "brainwashed" his kids to avoid Google and iPods
— and I'm sure they use MSN Spaces instead of Myspace or Livejournal? (via) #
Kotaku finds sponsored editorial previews on Gamespot and Gamespy
— yay, investigative game journalism! (via) #
The Great Outdoor Fight
— unbelievably elaborate fan-written backstory to this excellent Achewood story arc #
Plaxo apologizes for contact spam
— he links to the Techcrunch entry on Jigsaw for his contact info, which is cute #
Brandon Hardesty's Re-Enactment Series
— remaking scenes from classic movies with a camcorder and himself in every role (via) #
The Last Record Shop
— Austin music collectors buy Ohio record store that closed in 1970, frozen in time; don't miss the photos #
37 Signals responds to Caterina Fake
— David says it's a great time to start a business, as long as you're not playing the Web 2.0 Lottery #
The Tuttle Conspiracy
— e-mail hilarity between CentOS developers and the city manager of Tuttle, OK (via) #
The Dent shuts down after 10 years
— one of the longest-running fan sites, and the winning logo I made in August '97 is still there #
Caterina says it's a bad time to start a company
— when the barrier to entry is low enough, anyone with a little skill will have at least one startup (via) #
The Kleptones' 24 Hours
— new album by the genius behind Night at the Hip-Hopera and Yoshimi Battles the Hip-Hop Robots #
Similicio.us, find similar sites
— it uses EasyUtil as its recommender engine, which is a great first test case #
Is Amazon S3 the first Tier 0 Internet Service?
— along with EasyUtil and the Mechanical Turk, I sense an important emerging trend #
NitroTracker, music sequencer for the Nintendo DS
— make your own old-skool chiptunes with the touchscreen #
Backing up Flickr photos with Amazon S3
— outsourcing storage with 25 lines of Python and $0.15 per GB/month (via) #
Metalog's Most-Linked Blogs from September 2000
— that's basically my daily reading list from 2000 (via) #
Katamari team disbands
— interesting to hear Takahashi was coerced into making the Katamari sequel (via) #
Xbox 360 DVD firmware hacked
— no homebrew yet, but bootlegs are now playable four months after the 360's release (via) #