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August 16, 2005
— six years later, still a great game we play at work regularly #
— it’s no Nutrigrain, but it made me laugh via Delicious #
— collaborative list of applications people use; like Del.icio.us for software #
— they’re petitioning Apple to support WMA in iTunes, rather than releasing DRM-free audio #
— nicely designed shopping site for buying and selling handmade stuff via Boing Boing #
— wow, Waxy Links is #60; read about who was excluded via Populicio.us #
— a healthy homebrew community keeps the platform alive, despite the lack of good games via @crystaltips #
— still catching up from last week’s vacation #
August 15, 2005
— film about two guys crossing America on a Segway via Digg #
— and, just as important, they added full search #
— I guess I could ask Dave in person on Friday at Foo Camp #
— use the arrow keys to evade the dots; I can’t get past level 8 #
— he speculates they could one day offer country-wide free wifi via Digg #
— apparently, she wasn’t happy with Jon Brion’s production; stream a new track via stereogum.com #
— as promised, Jason started uploading the raw interviews from his excellent documentary via Slashdot #
August 8, 2005
— I’m taking the week off; in the meantime, try Populicious or my favorite sources for links #
August 7, 2005
— the original Wired article said 57%; new research shows closer to 25% #
August 6, 2005
— crazy hack; watch the videos #
— a rebuttal to Cory Doctorow’s essay #
— OSx86 project claims it’s not fake, but it’s currently slow and unstable #
August 5, 2005
— MP3s of a fake interview album and some good station identifiers #
— the infringing comic book that launched Disney’s copyright war via Boing Boing #
— Doom DS may be close, as well via Joystiq #
— MP3s of famous original samples; reminds me of this other amazing site #
— the photos of the Sony commercial shoot made the rounds last week; high-res video here via Matt Haughey #
— they’ve influenced the entire industry with their ability to adapt quickly to user wants and needs #
— because of information about CEO Eric Schmidt in this previous article? #
— Carnegie Mellon’s multiplayer game used to train computer vision algorithms #
— all under a CC license; over time, this is even more important than the documentary itself #
August 4, 2005
— Maciej Ceglowski’s excellent article on the problems with NASA’s manned space flight program #
— buggy code prints an Excel function onto clothing labels via Flickr #
August 3, 2005
— growing up in the San Fernando Valley, I’d never encountered this phenomenon #
— Stamen’s neat visualization of Delicious Popular via Delicious #
— show me ads or charge subscription fees, but not both #
— the PC demoscene continues to amaze; don’t miss the Che Guevara and Fiat Homo 64k demos #
— bizarre story; ISS asked him to do it and wanted to release it to hurt Cisco? #
— for-profit subsidiary headed by Mitchell Baker #
August 2, 2005
— they’re gearing up to take on Google’s Adsense #
— also: don’t miss their MP3 Download Dinner Bell for August #
— oddball mouse design, with “scroll ball” and built-in speaker #
August 1, 2005
— that settles it; definitely not a Penn Jillette hoax #
— closes those nasty security holes, and adds some new features too #
— more interesting is what he’s decided not to post #
— OS X app launcher emulates the Megaman 2 level starting screen via Delicious #
— DIY file mirroring, with stats and bandwidth throttling #
— 80,000 blogs created daily, blogosphere still doubling every five months #
— evolving from a protocol to a company, they recently met with the MPAA in Burbank #
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