31 August 2009
A million voices crying out in terror, etc. The fanboys of the world just work up to a pretty lame Monday. Warren Ellis: so I got this phone call from Joe Quesada and it was just the sound of him rubbing himself with money and now I am confused
29 August 2009
You have to admire either their balls or their total disconnection from reality.
28 August 2009
The venerable American institution in what looks to be a complete archive on Google Books, going back to January 6th, 1981.
28 August 2009
A mobile storyboarding application for iPhone. Looks great, and is a prime example of a wide category of iPhone applications: Stuff I want but will never have any practical use for.
28 August 2009
As part of a greater effort to someday build computing elements at an atomic scale, IBM scientists in Zurich have taken the highest-resolution image ever of an individual molecule using non-contact atomic force microscopy. The picture is giving me a headache.
27 August 2009
Probably a good idea to consult this before you take the plunge tomorrow.
26 August 2009
The independent games answer to Super Smash Brothers. Featuring 16-bit art, beautiful chiptune music and your favorite indie games characters.
26 August 2009
Crazy-simple and robust-looking solution for hosting your own OpenStreetMap instance on EC2, with custom overlays. via Andy Baio.
23 August 2009
Bruce Sterling’s keynote, given at the launch of Layar’s Layer Reality Browser, is fun, smart, and full of a genuine excitement from Bruce that I really enjoy.
21 August 2009
An absolutely astonishing demonstration of a vector drawing application from 1962.
20 August 2009
The preview site. I love this so deeply.
19 August 2009
A new comedy album from one of the funniest men alive, Patton Oswalt. I can’t be sure, but it looks like the cover art was done by the great indie comics writer/artist Ivan Brunetti. It also comes in a DVD/CD flavor from Amazon.
17 August 2009
A smart move by MSNBC, the EveryBlock guys are smart.
16 August 2009
Waffle Software brings out a major update to it’s Google Notifier plugin. Jesper lays down some specifics in this blog post, and has posted a tech profile here. The new page for G+G is just beautiful.
16 August 2009
Choose from Earthworm Jim, Golden Axe II, Shining Force, Revenge of Shinobi, Streets of RAge, Toejam & Earl or Wonderboy. It is the 20th anniversary of the Genesis’ North American launch.
13 August 2009
I don’t know what else to say. Les was a true innovator in the guitar and recording space.
13 August 2009
Incredible demo video from one of the entrants in the Super Mario AI competition. mentioned previously on Extra Future. See also: The project page, which explains the process behind the AI. The developer says he’ll release the source code once the contest is over.
11 August 2009
The URL shortening service will continue to operate, due to “he popular response, and the countless public and private appeals [they] have received to keep tr.im alive”
10 August 2009
Sadly, it does not say when they launch. Their mission statement gives me a slight bit of hope: Simply put, we want to create the most unforgettably positive customer experience in Canada. … which has the added benefit of being the opposite of what the major two Wireless carriers in Canada, Bell and Rogers, provide. […]
10 August 2009
Financial terms not disclosed, as usual. The acquisition makes sense as Facebook has basically spent the last 6 months trying to emulate FriendFeed and Twitter.
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