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September 1, 2005
— Fats Domino was reported missing, but found today #
— extremely difficult to read #
— a nicely-designed niche news aggregator for musician news; crawls tons of band sites #
— this is surprising to me; pretty great for a DRMed format that can only be watched on a PSP #
— this actually just makes the copyright problem worse, as Stay Free points out #
August 31, 2005
— legendary club to close despite rallies via stereogum.com #
— outstanding CG animation available as a very high-res download #
— here are some example pages of the book design via Flickr #
— nicely designed web calendaring with very low barrier to entry #
— Flickr cameraphone photo that made NY Post front page leads to his capture #
— everyone’s talking about this one; you decide #
August 30, 2005
— geek political satire; reminds me of one ring #
— streaming music recommendation service #
— Khoi Vinh comments on his top-notch work on the redesign; the new archives go back to 1996 #
August 29, 2005
— create and share digital Lego models, then buy custom-made kits of your designs via socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com #
— classic net-style satire makes a comeback #
— RIAA sues mom for file sharing; judge kicks their asses #
— Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL may be conspiring against Google Talk in the IM space via Populicio.us #
— I’m waiting for Doppler Infinity+1 via quartzcity.net #
— we just launched this; for example, SoCal Indie Rock and Flickr events #
August 27, 2005
— the social web browser sounds interesting via Delicious #
— next: captchas in Flash and VRML #
August 26, 2005
— Nintendogs the next to be targeted after GTA San Andreas #
August 25, 2005
— looks like Greg updated MT-Upcoming for 3.2, too! #
— you may now resume remixing the web #
— I’ve always wanted to see my name in all-caps Times New Roman #
August 24, 2005
— it was recorded backwards and wasn’t the song being awarded #
— sewing software publisher threatens woman who tries to sell her legal copy on eBay via Delicious #
— also, could crappy visual design have contributed to eBay’s success? via Airbag Industries #
— concise counterpoint in the search engine spam debate with some good thoughts in the comments #
— I wish more tech writing was done in the form of short plays #
— new music recommendation engine for custom streaming radio #
— like always, Wikipedia’s coverage of Sister Furong is essential #
— the open-source CMS we use at work keeps getting better #
— piracy can be useful, and there may be optimal piracy rates for different industries #
— lots of good thoughts and predictions #
August 23, 2005
— thoughtful reply; this is a subtle issue that people are only now becoming aware of #
— Skype must be freaking out right about now; here’s a review #
— using their Jabber-based IM with your Gmail username #
— odd bit of investigative journalism turns up the owner, web host, and spammer of a bestiality site; Joey has more via Jeremy Zawodny #
— read about this on my last day at Foo Camp, but couldn’t get a quote from anyone there via Matt Haughey #
August 22, 2005
— the talk.google.com domain resolves, too via Digg #
— lovely work, great typography #
— Slashdot thread on the quality of the code with comments by Carmack himself via itplaysquake.com #
— project to decode Captcha images; more info in this article via Delicious #
— thieves using Bluetooth phones near locked cars to find laptops to steal via Delicious #
— which includes Rotten Tomatoes via Digg #
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