Extra Future

Month: May 2009

  • Everything Tracy Jordan Said

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    [Every line spoken by Tracy Morgan’s character on 30 Rock this season][link]. [link]: http://www.unlikelywords.com/2009/05/18/everything-tracy-jordan-said/ “Unlikely Words » Everything Tracy Jordan Said”

  • Wayfarer, A 3D Roguelike Written in Processing

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    [Pretty alpha, but also pretty fun][link]. Looking forward to more from this guy. [link]: http://benhem.com/games/wayfarer/ “Wayfarer (alpha)”

  • Artificial Horse Legs

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    [I’m sure the Furry community is losing it’s collective shit][link]. [link]: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10233215-1.html “Leg extensions turn humans into horses | Crave – CNET”

  • Twitter Replies to #fixreplies

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    [This is maybe the fourth response that Biz has had to write, and it’s the only good one][link]. The gist: Twitter screwed up and removed a feature that a lot of hardcore users loved. When they “fixed” it, [the explanation][expl] of HOW they fixed it made almost no sense to anyone. Now they’re fixing it…

  • Email ‘N Walk

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    [It uses the iPhone camera to show you what is front of you while you walk and tap out an email][link]. This will sell one-million copies. [link]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/14/email_n_walk/ “iPhone users to walk and read at same time • The Register”

  • Pretend Office

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    [Phil Gyford and some of his freelancer friends were lamenting the absense of some “normal office” actives in their lives][link]… >And a weird thing happened. > >With no planning, we all started acting as if we were people in a real office. Almost immediately we began to adopt characters and send officious announcements. Soon we…

  • News From Your Present: The Parasitic Flies That Turn Fire Ants Into Zombies

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    >[The flies “dive-bomb” the fire ants and lay eggs. The maggot that hatches inside the ant eats away at the brain, and the ant starts exhibiting what some might say is zombie-like behavior.][link] … and then … >The maggot eventually migrates into the ant’s head, but Plowes said he “wouldn’t use the word ‘control’ to…

  • #fixreplies

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    Twitter changed their policy for @replies today, and [people are mad][kottke]. I’m with them. The [#fixreplies tag is currently getting around 60 messages per second, according to Twitter search][link]. [link]: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23fixreplies “#fixreplies – Twitter Search” [kottke]: http://www.kottke.org/09/05/every-tweet-is-precious “Kottke: Every Tweet is Precious”

  • Square Enix shuts down Chrono fan game Crimson Echoes

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    [Hey, Square, having a fan base that LOVES your stuff so much they’re willing to put in their own work and time (hundreds of hours) on what amounts to FREE PROMOTION for it][link]? That’s not a problem. That’s an incredible gift that you just shit on. Again. They had another opportunity like this a few…

  • The Best Introductory Books

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    [A big list][link] compiled from [this Metafilter thread][mefi], entitled “What single book is the best introduction to your field (or specialization within your field) for laypeople?” I have a feeling I will be revisiting it for many years. [link]: http://www.septivium.com/b/2009/05/07/mefi/ “Septivium – Ask MetaFilter’s best introductory books” [mefi]: http://ask.metafilter.com/71101/What-single-book-is-the-best-introduction-to-your-field-or-specialization-within-your-field-for-laypeople “ask.Metafilter: What single book is the…

  • The App Store Is Fucking Broken Part XXXL

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    [Apple has now rejected an application that allows users to remotely manage the popular Bittorrent desktop app, Transmission][link]. Why? Because sometimes people use Bittorrent to bootleg things. In Apple’s own words: >this category of applications is often used for the purpose of infringing third party rights. We have chosen to not publish this type of…

  • The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2009

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    [… is going on right now][link], and you should go if at all possible. [Jeffrey Rowland][rowland] is here! [R Stevens][rstevens] is here! [Kate Beaton][kate] and [Ryan North][ryan] are here, but they almost never leave. [link]: http://www.torontocomics.com/tcaf/ “The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2009” [rowland]: http://overcompensating.com “Overcompensating” [rstevens]: http://dieselsweeties.com “Diesel Sweeties” [kate]: http://harkavagrant.com “History Comics” [ryan]: http://quantz.com…