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Month: November 2009

  • The Best Free Icon Sets of 2009

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    [Always good to have some of these in your quiver][link]. None of them are really competition for the (still) king of web icons packs, [FamFamFam’s Silk icon set][silk], which is now over 3 years old. [link]: http://webdesignledger.com/freebies/the-best-free-icon-sets-of-2009 “The Best Free Icon Sets of 2009 | Web Design Ledger” [silk]: http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/ “FamFamFam lab: Silk icons”

  • One Book, Many Readings

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    [Beautiful, super-detailed love-letter][link] to the mechanics of Choose-Your-Own Adventure books. via [Andy Baio][andy] and [John Gruber][gruber]. [link]: http://samizdat.cc/cyoa/ “cyoa” [andy]: http://waxy.org “Andy Baio” [gruber]: http://daringfireball.net “Daring Fireball”

  • Where To Order Red Bull Online

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    Red Bull. The breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack of brain-champions such as [Warren Ellis][warren], and yours truly. Problem is: It is not cheap stuff. I did a little sleuthing, and here are the current prices on cases of 24 8.3oz cans (*Updated 12 November 2009*): [warren]: http://warrenellis.com “Warren Ellis” * $51.48 – Amazon Grocery **qualifies…

  • Another World Ported to JavaScript

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    To go with the pure-JS [NES][nes] and [GameBoy][gb] emulators, [here’s a port of the 1991 classic Another World in plain ‘ol JavaScript][link]. Impressive. For now, it shares the same problem as the aforementioned emulators: No sound support. [link]: http://www.megidish.net/awjs/ “Another World JS – Megidish.net” [nes]: http://benfirshman.com/projects/jsnes/ “Nintendo emulator in Javascript” [gb]: http://www.codebase.es/jsgb/ “GameBoy emulator in…

  • Support for Same-Sex Marriage by Age and State

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    [Who is holding same-sex marriage back][link]? You guessed it: Old people and the south. The difference in acceptance between 18-29 years-olds and 30-44 year-olds is striking. [link]: http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/11/05/support-for-same-sex-marriage-by-age-and-state/ “Support for Same-Sex Marriage by Age and State » Sociological Images”

  • Rupert Murdoch Still Threatening To Pull WSJ, Other News Corp. Sites From Google

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    [Please, Rupert. I’m begging you. Do this.][link] See what happens. Here’s a tip: Google (and the rest of us) don’t need you. You need us. We’re your *audience*. [link]: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10393209-261.html “Google may lose WSJ, other News Corp. sites | Media Maverick – CNET News”

  • It’s The Same Here, Too

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    >At least half of all writing involves just sitting and staring into space. Letting your brain out to hunt down ideas, bringing them back all warm and bloody between its teeth. — [Warren Ellis][link], on his mailing list [BAD SIGNAL][mail] [link]: http://warrenellis.com “Warren Ellis” [mail]: http://mailman.flirble.org/mailman/listinfo/badsignal “BAD SIGNAL”

  • The ACTA Internet Chapter OR “Goodbye, Internet”

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    [Leaked from the secret meetings in Seoul][link]. It’s hard to view this as anything but an attempt by big business to employ government in propping up their busted-ass business models around the world. [link]: http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4510/125/ “Michael Geist – The ACTA Internet Chapter: Putting the Pieces Together”

  • Epic Games Releases Unreal Development Kit

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    The hyper-expensive and [sometimes-maligned][maligned] Unreal Engine [gets a free / indie version][link]. [The Unreal Development Kit][link] is free for non-commercial use, and $2500 per-seat for commercial games. [With Unity making a similar offering][unity] last week, the independent games scene is only going to get better. [link]: http://www.udk.com/index.html “UDK – Unreal Development Kit – Epic Games”…

  • Warren Ellis’ SHIVERING SANDS

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    [A collection of his online writings from the last 7 years][link] or so, [sold and printed][sold] through Print-On-Demand shop, Lulu.com. [link]: http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=7931 “Warren Ellis » SHIVERING SANDS” [sold]: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/shivering-sands/7799924 “Shivering Sands on Lulu.com”

  • The Badassery of Bruce Lee

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    [By way of Roger Ebert, here are some videos of Bruce Lee][link], among other things: playing ping-pong with nunchucks as his paddle and winning handily, having someone throw matches at him and lighting said matches with nunchucks while deflecting them away from his body, doing one-finger push-ups. [Ebert’s twitter feed][twit] has become a serious must-follow…

  • World’s Biggest iPod Dock is 95db of Rock and Roll

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    [A beautiful, gigantic, speaker][link] for Apple’s beautiful, little, device. Starting at $4,495.00. [link]: http://www.thewosexperience.com/ “Wall of sound”