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May 19, 2005

"My Google" portal launching soon?

— the shift from search engine to portal will be complete #

Nintendo announces DSpeak

— voice over IP with the Nintendo DS!? via themodgods.com #

GrafikDemo

— real-life wireframe teapot in a CBM shell; from the genius behind PongMechanik via Boing Boing #

The Morning News' 2005 Editors' Awards for Online Excellence

— I’m honored to have made the cut on such an interesting list #

Saludos Amigos soundtrack ripped from vinyl

— Kiddie Records is doing amazing work; Bugs Bunny in Storyland is great, too #

Netscape 8 released

— what’s the point? there’s no advantage over using Firefox via Battelle Media #

Netflix takes over Wal-Mart DVD rentals

— they’re now a formidable opponent against Blockbuster via Gizmodo #

David Cross' "Albums to Listen to While Reading Overwrought Pitchfork Reviews"

— David Cross writes on Pitchfork about Pitchfork writing about David Cross #

BitTorrent goes trackerless

— less reliable, but only requires one active seeder and no tracker #
May 18, 2005

OpenID, an actually distributed identity system

— looks very cool #

E3: Gameboy Micro hands-on

— still looks too small to be useful, but it is sexy #

Cheap Gas, mashup of Google Maps and Gasbuddy

— also: Google Maps Movie Search by same guy via Leonard Lin #

Namco developing Katamari for cellphones

— like most cellphone games, this probably won’t port well #
May 17, 2005

Google launches Adsense for RSS feeds

— the best practices recommend only using ads in full-text feeds via Populicio.us #

Del.icio.us pioneers

— spotting the Del.icio.us trend makers via Populicio.us #

Image: Venice drawn with Microsoft Paint

— also: two early versions of the 500 hour pixel drawing #

Backpack API

— Backpack just got more interesting; here’s a great real-world usage via Jeremy Zawodny #

Image: Star Wars' Last Supper

— from Giant Magazine #

Nintendo announces Game Boy Micro

— a GBA with a 2 inch screen; are games even playable at that size? #

Playstation 3 technical demos

— all real-time, very impressive #

Nintendo Revolution revealed

— first pics, but not focused on performance increases via kotaku.com #

Video: Killzone 2 trailer for the PS3

— looks pre-rendered to me; I’ll believe it when I see it via Todd Dominey #

Chicago Crime

— amazing database of publicly-reported crimes; here’s a first-degree murder Google Map #

NES emulator for the PSP released

— SNES and Gameboy Color emulated already; is the GBA next? via themodgods.com #
May 16, 2005

Episode III hits BitTorrent?

— sorry, I don’t buy it; if anyone can confirm this isn’t a fake, let me know #

Newsgator buying FeedDemon?

— two of the biggest client-side Windows feedreaders merging via Matt Mullenweg #

Joystiq's live coverage of the PS3 press conference

— more powerful than the new Xbox; other photos in the comments #

50 Fun Things to Do with Your iPod

— a great roundup #

Halfbakery idea for Google Minus Button

— badly needed, and would also provide aggregate stats to Google for removing spam #

SNES9x emulator ported to the PSP

— all these hacks require the Japanese 1.0 firmware, which Sony is quickly forcing out via themodgods.com #

Ariel Atom 2

— don’t miss the video review (full-screen torrent); I’ve never lusted after a car before this via Delicious #
May 15, 2005

Adam Kempa's roundup of vinyl video

— video encoded on grooved albums and neat zoetrope animations on records #

Elizabeth Gilbert on the worst wedding toast ever

— just finishing up a toast for my mom’s wedding tonight via MetaFilter #
May 13, 2005

Flickr switches from Flash to Ajax

— that was quick! the notes work well with heavily annotated photos #

Nintendo DS demos to be distributed wirelessly at E3

— exciting use of the technology via Slashdot #
May 12, 2005

Why Lichtenstein sucks

— I posted a refutation with some research in the comments #

Outfoxed, Firefox extension to socially annotate the web

— extensively documented and clever thesis project; read the nutshell intro via Populicio.us #

Flash Is Ajax at the Ajax Summit

— the Flash-Javascript graphing demo is nice #

UFOs on Google Maps

— a commenter posted link to several other identical UFOs, all in a grid via Delicious #

Scientology losing ground to new Fictionology

— “we offer our preclear followers procedures to erase overts in the reactive mind” via The Morning News #

Xbox 360 to debut on MTV tonight

— here’s the TiVo link via Slashdot #

Photos of 28 course, 7.5 hour tasting menu at Alinea restaurant

— read more about this remarkable new restaurant via Ryan Gantz #

Broadcast Machine preview released

— publish RSS video channels, distributing the bandwidth with Blog Torrent #

Google ponders Blogger, Gmail integration

— also: privacy options and native photo uploading via Delicious #
May 11, 2005

OpenStreetMap

— a wiki world map, created and hand-drawn by users via Delicious #

E3's "I Love Katamari" ball

— a giant ball of stuff to be contributed by E3 attendees; should be fun via Simon Carless #

Del.icio.us starts a blog

— I wish every corporate blog posted cat photos via Populicio.us #

Fundable launches

— like Dropcash for groups; if the goal isn’t met, everyone gets refunds #

Google buys Dodgeball

— some interesting possibilities with Blogger and Google Maps via David Galbraith #

Video: Chronicles of Narnia trailer

— also: Zathura, aka “Jumanji in Space,” could be good too #
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