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April 27, 2005
— hilarious; I bet they’re removed by tomorrow via lablogs.com #
— submit audio files online, they review and play them on AM radio via downhillbattle.org #
— silliest Flickr pool ever; the original image via Paul Bausch #
April 26, 2005
— following WaPo’s 1024px redesign, but both only have ads in the right-hand area via Todd Dominey #
— expanding on Andre’s original thoughts #
— I’m still waiting for Disneyland in Half-Life 2 #
— she also moved her Blogspot blog to her own domain #
— creative, retro, and obscure; I love this kind of thing #
— technically illegal, or is it? via Hackaday #
— JWZ runs the numbers via Delicious #
— 45 MB of goodness via Fimoculous #
— extremely offensive; don’t shoot the messenger via monkeyfilter.com #
— shocking! via Delicious #
April 25, 2005
— they make reference to a costly settlement via Delicious #
— including new issues of Acme Novelty Library! via Delicious #
— looks like photos of every artwork via Simon Carless #
— as a percentage of their print circulation, Christian Science Monitor is the most blog-friendly via Kottke #
— for someone so brilliant at information design, the design of the forums is lacking; whoops, this was from 2004 #
— too good to be true, but I’m hoping via Delicious #
— turn any Greasemonkey script into a standalone Firefox extension #
April 23, 2005
— an entire terrorist black plague scenario, with experts, eyewitnesses, and reporters in the field #
— and a lovely collection of bottlecaps; or buy the tapes and caps on eBay via Ethan Marcotte #
April 22, 2005
— algorithmically chooses the worst possible bricks as you play #
— someone please do this via Delicious #
— wonderful game based on Google Images collages via Delicious #
— explosive headline, but these draconian lawmakers are in the industry’s pocket and they need to be stopped via Delicious #
— he hates the Eagles, so he can’t be all bad; original Times UK article from 1996 #
— plus, a much better split-screen mode via damnedmachines.com #
— “we obtained your personal data without consent, now give us $4,500 or we’ll sue you!” #
— convert Amazon’s MP3 links to direct downloads via Delicious #
— things are getting exciting again; also, I’m honored Upcoming.org made the short list of highlighted examples #
April 21, 2005
— one of the best, but hardest, games they ever made via Simon Carless #
— a small collection of “last post” messages written by fed-up project maintainers via Simon Carless #
— brilliant and funny, especially the ending #
— brilliant early hack, with an innovative use of the touchscreen via Engadget #
— works surprisingly well, though only for words in its dictionary; plastic returns results, but not blog via anarchogeek.com #
— if you don’t know why this is hilarious, read the comments via Ev Williams #
— nice HME hack by the founder/CTO of Strangeberry #
— very neat programming language for designers and artists via Kottke #
— are the O’Reilly folks big M*A*S*H fans? via Delicious #
— for some perspective, try Fast Company’s article on Wal-Mart’s business practices via Delicious #
— 4.5% of Massachusetts has a LiveJournal account via Leonard Lin #
April 20, 2005
— $15,000 each from Apple, Sony, HP, Epson, and Creative via Mike Elgan #
— Congress approved bill allowing three years of prison for sharing one prerelease movie, program, or song #
— Y Combinator is funding startups over a summer period #
— online meeting scheduler, but some screenshots would be nice via Delicious #
— silly, but a surprisingly good way to think of API remix ideas via Simon Willison #
— overlay of Hitchcock’s shower scene with Gus van Sant’s remake via LiveJournal #
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