July 5, 2005
GUIdebook's new history of the Photoshop GUI
— over 1000 screenshots from versions 1.0 to CS2 (via) #
File-sharing defender fired over TV show appearance
— he's publishing more info on his own site (via) #
Chris Anderson compares pre-filters and post-filters
— publish it all, let the filters sort it out #
Lost Kozmo.com memorabilia
— I think someone will do Kozmo again someday in big cities, and it'll be a huge hit (via) #
The Online Life of Joseph Duncan
— convicted sexual predator and accused kidnapper was a blogger; this is insane #
CNet launches Shoebox photo sharing app
— I'd link to the actual site, but they don't explain well what they do #
Online retailers using blogs to bring back customers
— I predict advertising sideblogs on popular sites by the end of the year #
Paul Boutin reports Robot Wisdom's Jorn Barger living homeless in SF
— Jorn responded on Wikipedia, saying the Wired piece was complete fiction (via) #
Unreleased "Destroy All Humans" viral videos
— including a Star Wars Kid remix; I doubt Lucas was involved, though (via) #
Video: Harlan McCraney, Presidential Speechalist
— Comedy Central on the President's secret speech writer (via) #
Cockeyed's 24 Hours of Foo
— Dave Grohl is a fan of Rob's site and sent him to NYC to appear on MTV2 #
Num Sum, social spreadsheet for sharing data
— more on the advantages over Excel from the creator (via) #
Video: Stella Artois' "Bench" commercial
— quite possibly the strangest commercial ever made (via) #
Pirated movies hosted on Google Video
— by offering unlimited video storage and bandwidth, this was inevitable; could be a legal disaster (via) #
CNN begins podcasting
— why do I feel like there are more people creating podcasts than listening to them? (via) #
Video: Spoiled rotten kid fights with mom on Xbox Live
— "Mom! You said you'd bring me some chocolate milk!" (via) #
A9 redesigns map pages
— very Google Maps-ish, but with their excellent storefront photos; update: they removed it (via) #
Insanely huge eBay lot of vintage 45s
— a 60-year-old record collector sells his entire collection (via) #
Ernest Miller on BitTorrent and the Grokster decision
— would Bram Cohen's statements open the door for a case against BitTorrent? #
DVD Jon cracks Google Video restrictions
— cracking an open source project isn't quite as impressive (via) #
Waxy Links' third-busiest day ever
— geez, 25 links is just silly; and why do I link the most on Tuesdays? #
Canada legalizes same-sex marriage
— sad that Canada understands equal rights and the pursuit of happiness better than my own country #
Yahoo launches My Web 2.0, social bookmarks plus search
— I was part of the private beta, here are my comments #
Unofficial ad-free versions of Gawker, NY Post launched on Blogspot
— creator claims it's "performance art meets media" #
Salon on Tom Cruise and the new public face of Scientology
— speculates that he's OT-VII; first in a four-part series on Scientology's PR campaign #
Developer asks city to seize Supreme Court justice's home to build new hotel
— a response to the Court's recent unraveling of property rights (via) #
What does it take to "induce" infringement?
— an excellent example from the Betamax era; Sony would've failed the Grokster test (via) #