February 2008
51 posts
Porcelaine Priss →
I was looking for pictures of behelits on Google to mock Jana’s Viennese Opera Ball-earring with, and stumbled onto this treasure: a photography blog of anime figurines. Awesome.
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TSA Now Requiring All Electronic Items Placed In... →
not cool.
January 2008
51 posts
Social App Dev Roundup
A handy list for anyone (like myself) considering developing social apps:
Apple: iPhone Dev Center
Facebook: Developers’ Documentation
Google: Android
Google: OpenSocial - Getting Started Guide
[GAME] Off-Road Velociraptor Safari →
oh. hell. yes.
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Scientists Discover Way to Reverse Loss of Memory →
Redux: The Algorithm for "Finding Friends" →
Keith: a!!
Emily: a?!
Keith: b!?
Emily: cdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Keith: you forgot a letter
Emily: no i didn't where?
Keith: the letter "pwn"
Keith: right between "i" and "u"
imeem + anywhere.fm ~= last.fm ? →
The Quest for the Owner of a Missing Camera →
Take one part taxicab, two parts Canon digital camera (ehh, would have been more exciting if it were an SLR), and a family of doo-gooders, and you have the recipe for a great read.
Facebook Apps on Any Website: Clever, Kinda.. →
I thought this was a pretty sweet idea at first, then realized I don’t really use any Facebook apps that would have obvious value outside the network. Top Friends? Ok.. maybe a cooler blogroll. Graffiti? No. Scrabulous? Mayyyybe.
Apple Dev Team's 1.1.3 Jailbreak Available Through... →
I heard there’s no 1.1.3 update yet for Customize and Summerboard though, so yeah, I think holding off might be the best move.
[Kotaku] Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect →
It’s just plain weird to hear some ol’ fashioned common sense coming from the horse’s mouth.
XMPP (aka Jabber) loves you →
GoogleTalk, Pidgin, Miranda, Joost, Colloquy, Adium.
[Kotaku] EA Customer Service So Awful, So Awesome →
Moderately interesting story. The awesome part really, however, is this quote from the EA supervisor near the end of the story:“You are going to be so happy with me,” she teased. I can very seriously see that line becoming a meme immortalized on t-shirts, cereal boxes, and pretty much everything and everywhere imaginable.
Cabos →
An excellent P2P program that scours Gnutella. The only downside is that there are a LOT of fakes for rarer items. Meh.
W3C Working Draft: HTML 5 →
18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know →
Surely it’s not sick that I’ve been to 7 of them over the years (granted, the Daedalus Project site was used as a reference for a project on WoW)…
[Last.fm] Free On-Demand Listening... Now! →
One of my favorite web2.0 services, Last.fm, has decided to offer free streaming of full-length tracks and albums. A brilliant move, in my opinion, especially given the direction NetFlix and Apple’s iTunes Store are taking with their treatment of movies. Their monetization plan:We’re not printing money to pay for this—but the business model is simple enough: we are paying artists and labels...
Design Patterns... in Reference Card Form! →
Awesome! I’m going to put these up in my cubicle and do a faux-ritual sacrifice to celebrate their existence!
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[BBC] Mobile Phones Linked to Disturbed Sleep →
That.. makes a lot of sense. *moves phone away from bed*
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8 Tools to Help You Travel Forever and Live... →
Miro > Joost? →
Cheat Sheet: How to Bypass Automated Phone Systems →
Hmm… worked for Farmer’s Insurance! Although, afterward, they forwarded me to Customer Service and I had to suffer on hold for half an hour before landing a rep. Sigh… I guess it’s the small victories that count.
WatchRevision 3 just released a new Digg-themed show called “The Digg Reel.” I really can’t see this being more entertaining than even the worst episodes of Diggnation where Kevin and Alex blather on drunkenly, spill lots of beer and drop cats.
America's Army Player Saves Real Life →
And there you have it folks: evidence of a tear in the time-space continuum!
Watch<trite>This is your brain on drugs.</trite>
[TC] Hasbro Tries to Shut Down Scrabulous →
/cry
Solving a Rubik's Cube →
Maybe if I spend enough time memorizing it, I can become Carlos-caliber!
“I think we all agree, the past is over.
This is still a dangerous world.
It’s...”
– George W. Bush, “Make the Pie Higher”
WeGame: YouTube for Gamers →
I remember the good old days of downloading GotFrag CS demos and such things for entertainment. I also remember wishing I didn’t have to open up the game just to watch it. Recording was also a pain due to resource slowdowns making fluid gameplay nigh impossible. In other words, I can’t wait to see how this turns out.
[Kotaku] jPod: The TV Series →
Awesome! Douglas’ Coupland’s novel “jPod” has been ported to a TV series and is set to air on CBC in Canada. I loved the book, and while I have no doubt they’re going to seriously fubar the conversion, I’m still looking forward to it. By the way, where’s that “Snow Crash” movie-port I’ve been waiting for?! Update: It’s really poorly...
I'm (possibly) going to develop an iPhone/iPod...
Completely on a whim, after trying to figure out what spices to use in my chicken soup, I’ve decided to create an iPhone/iPod Touch app that will determine what spices you should use based on what you have, and what type of dish you are making. I don’t know how specific it will get, especially since I’m a mediocre cook at best, but it seems like a worthwhile venture. I think...
2007 Photoblog of the Year - Finalists →
The 50 Most Popular Web Design Blog Posts,... →
Tips for Preventing Colds and the Flu →
I very strongly feel the urge to become a hardcore germophobe after reading this.
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[Consumerist] Personal Finance Roundup →
Apple: iPhone/iPod Touch Web Apps Directory →
Oh, right.. this exists.
Eureka! iPod Touch Back Under Control. →
After jailbreaking my iPod Touch, I encountered some issues after a certain point, where: … any application I would try to install from installer.app would fail at the “Installing Packages” bit. The listing would show up under Launcher, but without an icon, and running it would fail each time. … my NES emulator app was stuck on the second page (that is, the second page of...
A How-to-Snowboard Roundup (aka "Yes, I'm Going...
… and I’ll probably take a lesson next time I’m out, but I’m determined to make the scoffers eat snow. How to Snowboard (for Beginners) (wikihow.com) How to Perform a Carve on a Snowboard (wikihow.com) How to Start Snowboarding (blog: rbgrn.net) Learn Snowboarding Online (abc-of-snowboarding.com)