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June 4, 2004

2004 Spelling Bee scandal?

— Coudal’s research shows it’s likely a coincidence #

First all-artificial feature film released

— voices were synthesized, video was machinima #

Scientists delete huge chunks of mice DNA with no effect

— they removed 2.4 million DNA bases via Delicious #

Homebrew network-enabled washing machine

— more details about his badass new controller hack via b3ta #

How it feels to get shot

via John Walkenbach #

Friendster appoints former NBC president as new CEO

— Jon Abrams is just a mascot now via socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com #

Bugmenot extension for Firefox

— bypass obnoxious web registrations with one click via philringnalda.com #

VisitorVille, bizarre SimCity-ish visualization for website traffic patterns

via Philipp Lenssen #

Defective Yeti on Amazon's "plogs"

— he’s on their strange blog list #

Insects in album cover art

— more obsessive and obscure list making via sixdifferentways.com #

Cliche watch: My name is * and I approve this *

via emptybottle.org #

Microsoft's "The Apprentice" E3 parody for the Xbox

— starring Donald Trump and a cameo by Bill #

Simpsons torrents

— nearly every episode, of varying quality via Delicious #

Gallery of movie copyright warnings

— we’ll be seeing these in the U.S. soon, I’m sure via Boing Boing #
June 3, 2004

Creed breaking up?

— in other news: world rejoices #

Brainball, game controlled by alpha waves

— the calmest person wins via sixdifferentways.com #

Gawker Media available for contract work

— they just launched a marketing blog for Nike #

Yoga training program for the Xbox

— watch the video preview or visit the official site via apeshallnotkillape.org #

Pine first-use statistics

— nice charts showing steady adoption rates via apeshallnotkillape.org #

PC World interviews the creators of VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet program

— Bricklin, Frankston, and Fylstra reminisce and make new predictions #

Angela from "Spellbound" has a blog

— don’t feel bad, Google can’t spell heleoplankton either via Glassdog #

Movie List classic trailers

— very high-quality videos, like Goonies, Wargames, and Alien via Phil Fibiger #

People I've Slept With

— Harpers-style personal list making via @growabrain #

Movies of levitating objects

— floating in a magnetic field via Things Magazine #

OJR on Craig's List destroying print classified ads

— and how newspapers could compete with social networking via Anil Dash #

NYT on vintage gaming getting trendy

— here’s a local MP3 of Lil’ Flip’s “Game Over (Flip)” via Slashdot #

Bram Cohen on BitTorrent 2 features

— tracker redirection could be a very good thing via slyck.com #

IMDB user ratings for Fahrenheit 9/11

— the film you don’t need to see to review #
June 2, 2004

Unused "Curb Your Enthusiasm" footage frees accused murderer

— Larry David saves the day via Ryan Gantz #

ForwardTrack beta test

— Eyebeam’s new e-mail tracking system #

Fahrenheit 9/11 Trailer

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Google upgrades the Google Search Appliance

— with prices for the low and high end servers via Glassdog #

Flash: Polyphonic Spree's "Quest for the Rest" game

— from the creator of Samorost via littlefluffy.com #

Interplay closes office, lays off remaining employees

— another classic game developer gone #

Video: Driving from LA to Oregon in six minutes

— mirrors and torrent links in the comments #

Phone conversation between parents and their son, a few hours after his funeral

via The Morning News #
June 1, 2004

Software hack turns Canon Digital Rebel into a 10D

— turn your $1000 camera into a $1500 one #

Kempa on secret codes on album covers

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Transcripts of Enron employees caught on tape

— man, what a bunch of bastards via MetaFilter #

Video: God Hates Soccer

— amazing footage of an instant tornado appearance via Michael Heilemann #

American Idol vs. Presidential election voting records

— the fourth season of Idol could have a larger turnout via witz.org #

HDLoader, easily load PS2 games off any IDE drive

— $30 for the CD and a spare hard drive #

The new Glassdog rips on Boing Boing

— you gonna just sit and take that, Xeni? #

Excellent research trying to unmask Rance, the anonymous celebrity blogger

— Alex’s excellent research reveals a screenwriter named Keith Thomson #

Glassdog relaunches as a group blog

— I have hunches about the anonymous authors via Kottke #

Speck, proposed localized IM handheld

— Leonard’s new project looks simple and functional #

First person account of the Kerry intern rumor

— which turned out to be completely false via Anil Dash #

Today's Papers, news aggregator community

— Cam Barrett talks about his new project via Anil Dash #
May 31, 2004

Sony shelving Fiona Apple's new album?

— they don’t know how to market the album, five years in the making #

Video: The Hitman, funny short film

— more videos by Mary Lynn Rajskub, including Girls Guitar Club via misterpants.com #
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