Tag-o-Vision combines 50 Flickr photos into one average image per tag
— the Python source is available, too (via) #
Podshanking, kludge to direct copy audio from one iPod to another
— using an iTalk, so slow and without metadata, but I love the spirit behind it (via) #
NYT on newspapers closing their archives
— the irony is thick; they argue for pay archives throughout (via) #
Goombah
— Mac app to provide music recommendations by comparing available iTunes shares; uses BitTorrent to transfer profile info around (via) #
New Dr. Who leaked online deliberately to build buzz
— someone "leaked" a TV pilot recently by sending me a DV tape in an unmarked envelope #
Screenshots of Will Wright's Spore game
— insanely expansive scope, simulating every scale from amoeba to galaxies (via) #
Game Gardens
— build and host your own multiplayer games with a Java toolkit! from the brilliant people behind Puzzle Pirates (via) #
Comcast and TiVo finally team up
— good for TiVo, but great for Comcast customers because their PVRs suck #
Butler Firefox extension rewrites Google
— Mark Pilgrim's Greasemonkey add-in comments on the autolink controversy; I contend both uses are perfectly legit #
Yahoo 360° beta
— Yahoo's entry into the blog and social networking market, without Flickr or Six Apart? (via) #
SXSW revokes press passes for Chunklet and others
— for drawing attention away from SXSW with popular day parties #
Apple developing 2-button mouse
— finally seeing the light, and making Macs even more attractive to PC users (via) #
Google Local adds business registration tools
— makes perfect sense; "manage your own damn info!" (via) #
Sifry updates his blog stats
— Technorati tracks 7.8 million blogs, with 30-40k new blogs created every day #
AIM's new Terms of Service waives right to privacy
— and grants AOL the unconditional right to use your conversations any way they want (via) #
Video: The Contraption
— excellent Rube Goldberg chain reaction, in the style of Honda's Cog commercial (via) #
Japanese gallery of art in psychiatric advertisements
— the surreal Serenace ads are the best (via) #
The long tail of software
— not just search engines, books, and music; also, user-written software (via) #
Flash: A New Bunny
— very offensive language, but very funny commentary on the new Bugs Bunny (via) #
Start.com, Microsoft's web-based feed reader
— a very early sandbox version, with no Firefox support (via) #
Video: Wonder Showzen teaser
— remember the Kids Show pilot? this is the final product airing on MTV2 #