Extra Future

Month: June 2009

  • Futurama Picked Up for 26 New Episodes

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Thank you, Comedy Central][link]. >A spokesperson for 20th Century Fox Television confirms that the cable net has ordered 26 new episodes of Matt Groening and David X. Cohen’s late, great animated series to air beginning in 2010. [link]: http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/06/its-official-futurama-returns.html “It’s official: ‘Futurama’ is reborn! | News | Ausiello Files | EW.com”

  • Mole-Man Name Generator

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Created by yours truly over the last 24 hours][link], in honor of [John Hodgman’s live recitation of 700 Mole-Man names][hodg]. I hope you enjoy it. My own Mole-Manic name is “Ernest Silverjaw”. [link]: http://molemen.extrafuture.com/ “Mole-Man Name Generator” [hodg]: http://www.areasofmyexpertise.com/2009/06/seven-hundred-mole-man-names/ “Hodg-man”

  • Google Releases “Page Speed”, A Web Page Performance Tool

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    Phil Nelson
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    [It looks like Google’s version of YSlow][link], but apparently it’s used in-house at Google. At a company where Engineers Rule, I’d bet it’s pretty precise. [link]: http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/ “Page Speed Home”

  • Introducing PNGPress, a PNG Optimizer for Mac OS X

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    [You can download and read all about PNGPress at it’s homepage][link]. It’s essentially a Applescript front-end for [OptiPNG][opti], the command line application. *Update:* The download link for PNGPress is now fixed. Whoops. [link]: http://extrafuture.com/code/pngpress/ “PNGPress” [opti]: http://optipng.sourceforge.net/ “OptiPNG”

  • Bing Refuses Search Term “Sex” In India

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    [Searching for “sex” returns the phrase “the search sex may return sexually explicit content. To get results, change your search terms.”][link] Meanwhile, [according to Google Trends, nobody searches for “sex” more than India][google]. [link]: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/06/06/2338233/Microsofts-Bing-Refuses-Search-Term-Sex-In-India?from=rss “Slashdot Your Rights Online Story | Microsofts Bing Refuses Search Term “Sex” In India” [google]: http://www.google.com/trends?q=sex “Google Trends: Sex”

  • Renaming an XCode Project from Command Line

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    Phil Nelson
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    [A handy little shell script to handle the (tedius) task of renaming XCode project files][link]. [link]: http://mohrt.blogspot.com/2009/01/renaming-xcode-project-from-command.html “Fifty Outs: Renaming an XCode Project from Command Line”

  • “Vampire”

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Traditional Chadian meal using animal blood][link] which is making a comeback in these trying economic times. [link]: http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/vampire/ “Vampire – Schott’s Vocab Blog – NYTimes.com”

  • LuckyImage

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    [LuckyImage is a Mac OS X service that replaces any given text with the first result on a Google Image Search][link], inline. It works in pretty much any rich text area. Works great for iChat sillyness. [link]: http://pozdena.net/luckyimage/ “LuckyImage”

  • flixel

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    >flixel is a completely free collection of Actionscript 3 files that helps organize, automate, and optimize Flash games; an object-oriented framework that lets anyone create original and complex games with thousands of objects on screen in just a few hours, without using any of the Flash libraries. [Doesn’t require and actively advises AGAINST using Adobe…

  • Ron Gilbert Plays Through The Secret of Monkey Island

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    [20- years on, one of the writers gives it a spin][link]. I’d give a lot for a Valve-style commentary system in the upcoming remake. [link]: http://grumpygamer.com/8280380 “Grumpy Gamer Stuff and Things and Monkey Island”

  • Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version

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    [One of the most insane videos of the 1980s gets the Literal treatment][link]. Plenty of good moments, here. “What the effing crap?” indeed. [link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj-x9ygQEGA&feature=player_embedded “YouTube – Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version”

  • Activision sues Double Fine over Brutal Legend

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    [For once, I agree with EA][link]. Activision abandoned the project, dropped it entirely, and now that it is finally on track for release (Rocktober 13th) they’re trying to block it. Fuck you, Activision. [link]: http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/04/activision-sues-double-fine-over-brutal-legend/ “Activision sues Double Fine over Brutal Legend”