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October 22, 2004

MP3: Cisco System's "Peter Packet" theme song

— why does Cisco needs a kid’s section, anyway? via Phil Fibiger #

Extend Bluetooth by a mile

— hack a 2.4GHz antenna onto your Bluetooth adapter via Hackaday #

Japanese commercials for a tilt-sensitive Wario Ware

— there are six more on the second page via Simon Carless #

Defective Yeti's Joke roundup

— there are some great ones in the comments #
October 21, 2004

Yahoo Image Search upgrades to one billion images

— their advanced search makes finding, say, wallpaper-size b&w photos easy #

SvN notes an unusual coincidence

— Google and eBay both earned $805.9 million in 2004 Q3 #

Bush and Kerry living together in the Sims 2

— also featuring cameos by Saddam, Osama, and John Edwards via MetaFilter #

Regret the Error

— a new blog covering media retractions via 37signals.com #

Ghouls with Attitude

— 51-song mix of rare Halloween songs via Boing Boing #

Threading related blog posts together with sparklines

— more on Tufte’s sparklines, or word-size graphics via Delicious #
October 20, 2004

NYT commentary on Jon Stewart's Crossfire appearance

— a great breakdown of why it was so satisfying #

Google saves Australian hostage

— if they used Ask Jeeves, he’d be dead by now #

Bar Bot, a beer drinking robot

— it begs for beer money, and then orders a drink before socializing via linkbunnies.org #

Slashdot's outstanding interview with Neal Stephenson

— his answers are verbose, like his writing via freecherrypy.org #

Sun and Intel geek tattoos

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October 19, 2004

Jandek played a live set in Glasgow

— the enigmatic musician’s first public performance, ever #

E! Online's interviews the creators of Nick Nolte Diary

— regardless, it beats the crap out of his official site #

Forbes on the Apple/U2 deal and custom black iPod

— Bono is visiting our office right now, no joke #

Business Week on Bugmenot and Mirrordot

— Matt’s corrections and Adrian’s unused interview exposes the reporter’s biases #

Flash: Treasure Box

— surreal exploration game, in the style of Samorost via Octopus Dropkick #

Bling Bling Medallion, the most branded object in the world

— here’s a closeup of one section via Things Magazine #

Jason Scott's detailed review of The Last Starfighter musical

— the big finale is a song called “Caves of the Heart (The Battle)” via Simon Carless #

Video: Jon Stewart comments on the "Crossfire" appearance

— the Washington Post has Crossfire’s response via Jason Cosper #
October 18, 2004

Gmail begins signing outgoing mail with DomainKeys

— adopting the standard would eliminate spam for good #

Flash: Collaborative fridge magnets

— the emerging behaviors here are fascinating via Graham Leuschke #

Half-Life 2 to ship on November 16

— more than a year late, but I’m still very excited #

Effect of presidential election on the markets

— Table 5 talks about using the market to predict elections #

"Crossfire" downloads exceeds TV broadcast audience

— it’s been downloaded at least 500,000 times in three days #

P2P Politics

— Lessig’s new project freely hosts political videos on Archive.org via Leonard Lin #

Compare and contrast the Carlsons

— CNN’s Tucker Carlson vs WKRP’s Mr. Carlson via Ryan Gantz #

Nick Denton releasing rare Ed Wood porn film

— under the new “Fleshbot Films” title via The Morning News #
October 17, 2004

Urbz online promo uses indie comic stars

— James Kochalka, Peter Bagge, Evan Dorkin, and more via Simon Carless #

Game Tunnel Client Links Xbox, PS2, and GC Games

— free alternative to Xbox Live and PS2 online play #
October 15, 2004

GTA San Andreas is gold

— rumors say Half-Life 2 is gold, as well! #

Irony level high on Disney's Peter Pan lawsuit

— Disney wants to profit from the public domain, while keeping its own work from it #

Mobster, recommendation addon for iTunes

— uses the Musicmobs community to recommend music #

Neal Stephenson classic on Unix and the Hole Hawg drill

— remember that the next time you ‘rm -rf /’ #

Jon Stewart bitchslaps CNN's "Crossfire" show

— the CNN transcript is jaw-dropping, here’s the video #

Benchmarking 101 video cards on 14 games

— even my Radeom 9700 Pro is showing its age via Slashdot #

Found Item Clothing

— t-shirt reproductions from movies and TV, but mostly just Real Genius for now via Boing Boing #
October 14, 2004

Halo 2 leaked to Usenet

— French audio with English subtitles, you can read the release NFO here via Joystiq #

Tracing the Evolution of Social Software

— from the Memex and EIES to wikis and Del.icio.us via Slashdot #

Early T.Rex ancestor was furry

— happy fluffy dinosaurs via linkbunnies.org #

Poynter Institute's Eyetrack Heatmaps

— interactive maps of eye movements reading news webpages via Kottke #

Google announce Desktop Search!

— a huge announcement, many details in Rael Dornfest’s overview via George Hotelling #
October 13, 2004

Cherry OS may be a PearPC clone

— Slashdot and Wired News are convinced it’s real via Delicious #

Seven die in "Internet Suicide" pact

— just because they met online, that makes it an “Internet Suicide”? #

Brain controlled computing a reality

— he’s able to operate a PC with his brain with 70% accuracy via Slashdot #

Bloglines subscriber stats redux

— Richard crunches some numbers for A-list bloggers #

BBS Documentary in pre-sale

— the staggering history of the BBS is finally done #
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