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May 10, 2005
— the PSP homebrew scene is getting huge via Octopus Dropkick #
— the longer the essay, the higher the score via snarkout.org #
— unlike WaPo and IHT, they’re putting more than just ads on the far right; also, CalendarLive is free again #
— brilliant idea for practically any company via Leonard Lin #
— a strange community of cleaning product fans, with their own trolls, in-jokes, fanfic, and more via Simon Carless #
May 9, 2005
— one of the coolest uses of the API so far #
— amazing hack! sets the bar for how manual geotagging should be done online via Populicio.us #
— intelligent ways of browsing blog archives, powered by a new WordPress plugin #
— some great thoughts on why Greasemonkey is important, and a great idea for a Netflix-BitTorrent script via Populicio.us #
May 8, 2005
— hosted RSS feeds of Google News search results via Populicio.us #
— if you thought the lawn sprinkler was bad; from the SA goons via Simon Carless #
— blueprint for auto-installing spyware widget you can’t remove; very dangerous #
May 7, 2005
— brilliant Zelda-themed MySpace parody, with profiles for each character via MetaFilter #
— DNS for several Google domains goes down; Google News still inaccessible #
— overtly sexual ads conflict with Nintendo’s family-friendly image via Delicious #
May 6, 2005
— best album review ever via Delicious #
— animation of 3,100+ movie title screens, spliced together and set to audio via b3ta #
— disturbing and funny via b3ta #
— written by The State’s Michael Ian Black via stereogum.com #
— not much there yet, but I’d love some help fleshing it out; feel free to add your feature requests #
— since it follows every link on the page, it can cause a huge mess; I should block it on Upcoming.org #
— the new album is more understated than Rockin’ the Suburbs, and it’s grown on me via Matt Jacobs #
— clever and funny via The Morning News #
— the Greasemonkey script game? via Boing Boing #
— “nothing has changed to give the FCC the authority it now claims” #
— the utility may help Google mine the Deep Web, pages that aren’t already getting indexed #
— post blog entries and photos with MMS via google-blog.dirson.com #
May 5, 2005
— SomethingAwful forums users snapped screenshots of being magically logged in as other users via Philipp Lenssen #
— excellent logo; see also: SQL Fairy via MetaFilter #
— brilliant, it might catch on via Simon Carless #
— references to Goatse, Tubgirl, Domokun kittens, Badger Badger, John Titor, All Your Base, and more #
— Lessig has much more commentary on the decision #
— congrats! but does that affect the future of Consumating? #
— I mentioned this idea in my old entry on the future of movie theaters #
— a Hello World program, and a huge first step in opening up the platform #
— gorgeous illustration from the late ’60s and ’70s via Populicio.us #
— scrub parts of video forward and backward in time; don’t miss the video via Boing Boing #
— the kernel’s booting and a SASH shell is working via themodgods.com #
— and Apple owns 90 percent of the hard drive-based market via Kottke #
— don’t hold your breath for an emulator any time soon via themodgods.com #
— they have no case, but it’s hard to fight even groundless lawsuits; read the Google cached story before it’s gone #
— the funniest thing I’ve seen all year; more details #
— drag this image onto Winamp for a surprise; how it works #
May 4, 2005
— Eastern European hackers using zombie networks to shut down gambling sites that won’t pay via Populicio.us #
— “10 to 15 minutes”? on Sunday, I waited through 20 minutes of commercials and trailers #
— even though Yahoo was first, it functions better on Google Maps via Populicio.us #
— launched in November 1998, Metababy was an early cousin to modern wikis but recently taken offline by rampant vandalism #
— The Station Agent’s Peter Dinklage doesn’t agree via Anil Dash #
— very customizable, with nice utility functions via Delicious #
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