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March 12, 2004

Sideloading, sending files to remote locations

— I wish this was built into operating systems #

Linux kernel swear counts

— graphing the profanity in the Linux source code over time via memepool.com #

Metafilter Stats updated through February 2004

— I posted my analysis to MetaTalk #

Dangermouse explains how he created the Grey Album

— every element of the background beats and music were Beatles samples via George Hotelling #

Lego remake of Super Mario Land for the Gameboy

— much shorter video by the same guy #

Shot-for-shot Lego remake of Michael Jackson's "Thriller"

— here’s a local mirror of the 35MB WMV via Things Magazine #

Jack Berg Sales, vintage merchandise mint in box

— the Atari shirts, toys, and radios are all great via Things Magazine #

"Golden Tee" tournament fraud exposed

— a team hacked the arcade golf game’s centralized score database to win $20k in prizes #

Nintendo patents handheld emulation, threatens to sue GBA emulator

— good luck with that, Nintendo via Slashdot #

Red Swoosh finally launches

— News.com covers the launch of the ex-Scour crew’s new company #
March 11, 2004

David Siegel's "I ruined the web" article from 1997

— surprisingly good foresight from the creator of the High Five Awards via ReadWriteWeb #

China orders their largest blog service to shut down

— looks like they complied via joi.ito.com #

The Passion of the Curly

— Curly was beaten for our enjoyment via Brett O'Connor #

Boing Boing switches to Movable Type!

— finally, individual archives! #

Why You Should Use Upcoming.org

— btw, I’m launching iCal support later tonight #

Painful XHTML/CSS jokes

— you’ve been warned via Matt Mullenweg #

Starbucks to provide in-store CD burning

— they’re building a new Hear Music store two blocks away, with a Starbucks inside via Gizmodo #

Leaked Nintendo DS handheld spec includes touchscreen, wireless, and 3D

— what, no cell phone, camera or can opener? via Mike Elgan #

Unsolicited advice for the new father

— also: I adjusted Meconium.org to reflect the real definition #

Banned words for the Bush/Cheney sign generator

via The Morning News #

Reverse engineering Marble Madness's design

— see also: the same author’s article on isometric view theory via Things Magazine #

Ad agency spoofs porn sites and webrings for web campaign

— clever marketing, and 100% hot “pot noodle” action via adrants.com #

Tracking social networking in Shakespeare's plays

— meet me in #hamlet, d00d via Slashdot #

Wired News on Salon's survival

— isn’t Wired News struggling to survive, too? #

Demor, an audio-only first person shooter for the blind

— tracks your position and direction you’re facing via Slashdot #
March 10, 2004

Overclosking your Sega Genesis

— sure, but can you overclock an NES for the slowdowns in Metroid? via Slashdot #

Corante on BitTorrent plus RSS

— these unofficial feeds for Suprnova and Torrentz are a great example of “broadcatching” in action #

Writeup of the Orkut launch party

— it was over a month ago, but it’s a good piece via peterme.com #

Major label exec doesn't like being called evil

— also: Magnatune is not evil via Creative Commons #

Orwellian Newspeak Dictionary

— there’s a doubleplusgood modern version, too #

Blogs eroding traditional news sites

— News.com’s overall ranking is dropping #

SharedID, centralized web authentication

— neat idea, but the charging for more than 10k monthly uniques makes me nervous via Ben Hammersley #

Feel the awesomeness of THOR!

— experience the raw power of John Mikl Thor #

Rasterbator

— make poster-sized half-tone prints of any image online via Eyebeam #

NYC woman gets Chris Rock's old cell phone number, hilarity ensues

— she chats with Jack Nicholson, Ken Burns, Spike Lee, Adam Sandler, and more via bestweekever.vh1.com #
March 9, 2004

EFF sues the FCC about the Broadcast Flag

— Cory’s enthusiasm is contagious via eff.org #

Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo, Earthlink to make major announcement about spam

— if this involves paying to send e-mail, I’m gonna throw up via Delicious #

Myst/Uru license plate conspiracy

— great research from the game community via Philipp Lenssen #

Hack a Super Mario cart to remove everything but clouds

— the gameplay may suffer a little, though via Kottke #

RIAA must sue file sharers one at a time

— no more mass lawsuits via quietconfusion.com #

Unusual baseball cards

via John Walkenbach #

Good roundup of MP3 blogs

— blogs that regularly put free MP3s online via Delicious #
March 8, 2004

EV1 underestimated reaction of SCO licensing

— also, SCO and Microsoft have a lot more ‘splaining to do via Slashdot #

Typographica's amazing photo gallery of Disneyland sign lettering

— also: this handy guide to Disney typefaces #

Excellent contest entries to redesign Project Gutenberg

— part of the ongoing Version 2 redesign series via Kottke #

Stewart Brand Future Unclear

— gotta love those digerati in-jokes #

"Janet and Justin Half-Time" Barbie dolls

via Delicious #

Sleeves, t-shirts that make you look tattooed

— clever idea for wimps who want to look badass via John Walkenbach #

Matt Haughey mixes Jay-Z with Kenny G

— Kenny-Z is Satan’s music #

Image: Epworth Methodist Church on the Passion of the Christ

via airbag.ca #
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