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June 15, 2005

Odeo beta screenshots

— I got an invite, and the site is nicely done #

Video: Triumph vs. the Michael Jackson supporters

— incidentally, iFilm’s weekly top 100 is an good mish-mash of viral video #

TiVo demos beta of on-demand video downloading

— also, appears to be playing videos from the local network #

Flickr to add photo book printing

— though from a different company than their photo printing announcement via Delicious #

House subcommittee votes to eliminate funding for PBS, NPR

— Sesame Street is on the chopping block; an ironic update to this classic e-mail petition via Glassdog #

Casino carpet gallery

— obsessive collection of bad carpeting from casinos via Delicious #

Phillip Torrone's excellent HOWTO on running homebrew code on the PSP

— the best tutorial, by far #

Yahoo Change Map

— heatmaps of Yahoo homepage changes over time #

MyBlogLog adds support for multiple blogs and referral program

— I’ve been using this on Waxy Links for months and I love it; a simple app designed to do one thing perfectly #

mp3act, streaming MP3 jukebox

— free and Ajax-enabled, but not as feature rich as Zina; requires PHP and MySQL via Delicious #

Anarchist Cookbook author disowns book on Amazon

— but can’t pull it out of print because of copyright quirks via Delicious #

Sony PSP 1.50 firmware swap trick

— works fine, but requires two memory sticks; a good step, but not ideal via Slashdot #

Target phases out VHS

— a nail in the coffin of analog video; update: Wal-Mart still in the VHS game via Gizmodo #

Andre Torrez joins John Battelle's FM Publishing

— welcome to the Boing Boing empire! #
June 14, 2005

$100,000 Poker Bot Tournament

— finding the Deep Blue of Texas hold-em via Slashdot #

PDF: Continental Airlines complaint

— Snopes has more info about it #

MyScreencast

— growing collection of screencast software demos via Delicious #

First thoughts on Odeo private beta

— I have a good feeling about it via anarchogeek.com #

jwz switches from Linux to Mac

— the Slashdot comments are entertaining, as usual #

Top Three Things Q*bert Is Pissed About Today

— what a mouth on that guy via David Ely #

Flickr photos lead to Secret Service investigation

— collage apparently isn’t art, especially if you’re a sysadmin via Matt Haughey #

Yahoo acquires Blo.gs

— a good deal for everyone involved #

Yahoo News beats Google News on Michael Jackson trial

— Google could solve this with a single employee devoted to picking featured news stories via Philipp Lenssen #

MIT Weblog Survey

— aka: Help Cameron Marlow graduate #

Financial Times website using link spam

— this is getting ridiculous #

Drug traffickers hiding drugs in printer cartridges

— ironically, they still cost more when purchased retail via Gizmodo #

Homebrew cassette tape DJ

— DJ Aptem from Russia built his own custom mixing deck #

YouTube

— like Vimeo, wants to be Flickr for video via Philipp Lenssen #

L.A. Times to introduce "wikitorials"

— strangely, for their editorial page; oh well, there’s always Wikinews via Sean Bonner #

Video: Live-action Tetris

— a lonely L block tries to find a fit; silliness from the Mega64 crew via The Morning News #

Katie Holmes embraces Scientology

— “she digs it,” says Tom “Level 6 Alien Destroyer” Cruise via Glassdog #

Wikipedia and the social construction of knowledge

— also: I’m offering $50 to anyone able to automate the animation of Wikipedia revision history via Delicious #

Rumor: Latest PSP firmware cracked

— PS2NFO has more info; they’re saying the hack works on 1.50, but not 1.51 or 1.52 firmware via @crystaltips #

Video: Andrew Raff's commentary on an Arrested Development indecency complaint

— great use of video for online commentary via Delicious #

Gamepal

— rent leveled-up MMO characters, but the terms of service are bizarre via Boing Boing #

Technorati beta launched

— no longer ugly! nice work, Derek and company via sixapart.com #
June 13, 2005

Ian Rogers on Yahoo Music Unlimited's "Mojo Filter" test

— I’ve heard great things about this service, despite the limitations via Simon Carless #

EFF's Legal Guide for Bloggers

— I could’ve used this at least five times last year via techlawadvisor.com #

Contagious Media Showdown winners

— 6 million pageviews to all the entries; I look forward to this again next year #

Lost Garden explains why Nintendogs is so innovative

— the game’s driving DS sales in Japan, and should be a huge hit here via Simon Carless #

Del.icio.us adds MP3, podcast support

— a brilliant, built-in extension of Eric Rice’s DIY podcasting tutorial via Populicio.us #

gCensus

— Google Maps hack with US Census data down to the city block; how it works #

Tristan Lewis on the relationship between Technorati Top 100 and Google inbound links

— Tristan’s been doing some fantastic research lately #
June 9, 2005

Cringely thinks Apple and Intel are merging

— wild speculation that they’ll try to dethrone Microsoft via Slashdot #

FeedLounge alpha announced

— tagging feeds is brilliant and the UI looks like it blows away Bloglines and Rojo; I can’t wait to try it via Delicious #

MP3s of ice cream truck music

— keep an eye out for special treats this summer via stereogum.com #

Video: New "We Love Katamari" trailer

— very entertaining Japanese trailer; here’s the box art via Simon Carless #

Lego concept models on Flickr

— I love this one, but they’re all great #

OC Register on Jason Cosper and Preshrunk

— boogah is one of my favorite blogger underdogs #

The RU Sirius Show

— my old boss gets the podcasting bug #
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