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.
Feb 1st
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Feb 1st
TSA Now Requiring All Electronic Items Placed In... →
not cool.
Feb 1st
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
Jan 31st
[GAME] Off-Road Velociraptor Safari →
oh. hell. yes.
Jan 31st
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Scientists Discover Way to Reverse Loss of Memory →
Jan 30th
Redux: The Algorithm for "Finding Friends" →
Jan 29th
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"
Jan 29th
imeem + anywhere.fm ~= last.fm ? →
Jan 28th
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.
Jan 28th
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.
Jan 28th
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.
Jan 28th
[Kotaku] Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect →
It’s just plain weird to hear some ol’ fashioned common sense coming from the horse’s mouth.
Jan 28th
Jan 27th
XMPP (aka Jabber) loves you →
GoogleTalk, Pidgin, Miranda, Joost, Colloquy, Adium.
Jan 25th
[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.
Jan 25th
Cabos →
An excellent P2P program that scours Gnutella. The only downside is that there are a LOT of fakes for rarer items. Meh.
Jan 24th
W3C Working Draft: HTML 5 →
Jan 24th
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)…
Jan 24th
[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...
Jan 23rd
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!
Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
[BBC] Mobile Phones Linked to Disturbed Sleep →
That.. makes a lot of sense. *moves phone away from bed*
Jan 23rd
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Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
8 Tools to Help You Travel Forever and Live... →
Jan 18th
Miro > Joost? →
Jan 18th
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.
Jan 18th
WatchWatch
Revision 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.
Jan 18th
America's Army Player Saves Real Life →
And there you have it folks: evidence of a tear in the time-space continuum!
Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
WatchWatch
<trite>This is your brain on drugs.</trite>
Jan 16th
[TC] Hasbro Tries to Shut Down Scrabulous →
/cry
Jan 14th
Solving a Rubik's Cube →
Maybe if I spend enough time memorizing it, I can become Carlos-caliber!
Jan 12th
“I think we all agree, the past is over. This is still a dangerous world. It’s...”
– George W. Bush, “Make the Pie Higher”
Jan 11th
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.
Jan 10th
[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...
Jan 10th
Jan 7th
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...
Jan 7th
Jan 5th
2007 Photoblog of the Year - Finalists →
Jan 5th
The 50 Most Popular Web Design Blog Posts,... →
Jan 4th
Tips for Preventing Colds and the Flu →
I very strongly feel the urge to become a hardcore germophobe after reading this.
Jan 4th
1 tag
Jan 4th
[Consumerist] Personal Finance Roundup →
Jan 3rd
Apple: iPhone/iPod Touch Web Apps Directory →
Oh, right.. this exists.
Jan 3rd
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...
Jan 3rd
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)
Jan 3rd