August 19, 2004
Computer Chronicles episode on the Commodore 64
— including Skate or Die, the Koala Pad, and GEOS (via) #
Toogle, text converter of Google Image Search
— takes the most popular image and converts it to ASCII art #
Indie band Dios forced to change name by Ronnie James Dio
— will this affect Dio's presidential campaign? #
RealNetwork launches anti-Apple blog, inspiring wrath
— they removed comments from the petition, and all the blog comments are from Apple fans (via) #
Weboggle, DHTML Boggle game
— I'm really late to this one, but I'm still catching up from downtime last week (via) #
ljArchive, intense LiveJournal archive utility for Windows
— including psychological profiles, archive printing, and exporting to MIDI!? (via) #
Dropcash, easy fundraising with Typekey and Paypal
— Torrez and Kottke create a kick-ass app; read more about it #
Clueless security firm blocks BitTorrent usage
— there are legitimate uses for BitTorrent too, asshat #
Don't Copy That Floppy from 1992
— a classic, with a funny review and reliable video download (via) #
Political debate in Second Life MMORPG
— there are liberal and conservative areas of land in the virtual world #
Costco begins test marketing caskets
— they're cheap, but you need to buy enough for your whole family #