August 29, 2004
Memespread Analyzer, track keyword popularity in Usenet over time
— he was inspired by my old entry #
Verisign loses Sitefinder case against ICANN
— lots of wonderfully thoughtful court rulings lately #
A morality tale of Spectrum ZX piracy and clones
— like it or not, piracy and emulation serve to preserve culture #
NYT on the movement towards computerized sewing machines
— "computers with needles and thread attached" #
Paul Pfeiffer from the "Wonder Years" is a lawyer
— I bet he makes twice the yearly income of Fred Savage #
Video: Townsend's "Pour Some Sugar On Me," boy band take on Def Leppard
— the worst thing I've ever seen, made worse by the presence of Smashmouth #
Blog Torrent tracker beta
— the first PHP tracker that doesn't need MySQL, but still too hard for most #
Lia's roundup of Marvel Swimsuit Specials
— the geekier precedent of Playboy's upcoming girls of gaming #
Video game women featured in October Playboy pictorial
— what's next, the Ladies of Marvel Comics? #
Screencap comparisons of Lucas alternations to new Star Wars trilogy
— the cleanups look great, but what about the new Jedi ending? (via) #
JibJab wins "This Land" lawsuit
— and the purported copyright owners lost the song to the public domain! #
List of great "material moments" in film
— from an academic journal on materials science and engineering (via) #
Trevor visits the Berkeley "I Love Bees" GPS site
— the viral game pointed to pay phones today, which could activate "axons" on the website #
John Kerry chose the Daily Show over the news networks
— he's interviewed on the show tonight (via) #
"I found a digital camera in the woods"
— like the Internet's version of the Blair Witch Project (via) #