June 9, 2005
Greasemonkey script to turn bookmarklets into Greasemonkey scripts
— self referential goodness (via) #
Wikipedia's lamest edit wars ever
— hit the Discussion page for each topic to see how it played out and was resolved (via) #
Disgruntled brit hacks cable company's on-hold message, gets sued, and wins case
— offensive, but not illegal (via) #
Steven Johnson comments on his Daily Show appearance
— download the whole episode, courtesy of Matt Haughey; get yer hot brains! #
Naked and Angry launches
— new from skinnyCorp; like Threadless for neckties, but way too expensive (via) #
Press release announcing Slashdot DayPass
— view an ad to get access to the Slashdot queue; um, that should be a big hit with their audience (via) #
Justin Frankel developing music software for real-time online jams
— Winamp creator using actual instrument audio instead of MIDI; could be very fun (via) #
Classic Nintendo games not free on new Revolution console
— contrary to rumors; here's the list of Nintendo's back catalog (via) #
iTunes more popular than almost every P2P services
— they compete with free on ease of use, reliability, and legality; cost isn't everything (via) #
59 Bloggers documentary withdrawn by ranting lunatic
— for some context, see Chuck's original entry #
Bait Car Videos
— Canadian police trap thieves and tape the results; I love the irony of the music in this video (via) #
The Woolworth Card
— how the number on a sample Social Security card came to be used by thousands of people #
Dance Dance Immolation hack
— when you mess up, it shoots you in the face with a flamethrower (via) #
High-res scans of an Episode III bootleg bought in L.A.
— also: Fantastic Four and another Episode III bootleg (via) #
Secret locations of MPAA cameras revealed
— Xeni Jardin and Sean Bonner head to downtown L.A. to report on the bootleg DVD spy cams #
Slyck interviews The Pirate Bay
— probably the biggest torrent site that hasn't been shut down (yet); their Top 100 is a great snapshot of piracy zeitgeist #
China orders bloggers to register with government
— sad and hopeless attempt to control online dissent (via) #
Wal-Mart and other photo labs won't develop professional looking photos
— the whole world is going copyright insane (via) #
Google vs. Yahoo! Interface Design
— less a review, and more of a handy list for your own judgment (via) #
Jason Scott responds to a school district's Media Resource Specialist
— depressing state of affairs #
Spelling Bee contestant does a Napoleon Dynamite impression
— with audio! we'll make an exception to this for nationally-broadcast media pranks (via) #
Video: Murderball trailer
— I love documentaries about fringe competitions, like Scrabble, spelling bees, and krumping (via) #
Shipment of 12,000 iPods heisted in Los Angeles
— a guy convinced a clerk to let him walk out with a $2.6 million delivery (via) #
Goonies sequel stuck in development
— also: Chunk did the Truffle Shuffle for the fans at the Goonies festival #