Extra Future

Year: 2009

  • How Aaron Swartz Hires Programmers

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    Phil Nelson
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    [This is pretty much how I do it, too.][link] [link]: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/hiring “How I Hire Programmers (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)”

  • “We’re whittled down to aggregates, now.”

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Eliza Gauger][link]: >I can’t get it out of my head, a comment Warren Ellis made months ago about the blog being, effectively, dead. The blog as a medium unto itself, that is. He may have been paraphrasing Bruce Sterling in turn, but I find myself agreeing. [link]: http://elizagauger.com/gibberings/quote-by-were-whittled-down-to-aggregates-now-aggregating/ “Gibberings – We’re whittled down to aggregates,…

  • Who Sent The Sentinels?

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Andrew Rilstone takes a long look at fandom, comics, WATCHMEN, Idea Space, adaptations, and much more][link]. It’s a PDF, and for some reason there is no HTML version, but it is completely worth it. This guy is good. [link]: http://andrewrilstone.blogspot.com/2009/08/to-download-right-click-on-image-and.html “The Life and Opinions of Andrew Rilstone”

  • Chrono Trigger is #2 in GameSpite’s “Top Games of All Time” Issue

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    Phil Nelson
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    [A small love-letter to my favorite game][link]. As noted by the publisher, “Greatest” here means “voted as favorites by the denizens of GameSpite’s forums.” Still, it’s always good to see [Parish][parish] writing about CT. [link]: http://www.gamespite.net/toastywiki/index.php/Games/2-ChronoTrigger “Toastyfrog.com: Compendium of Useless Information : Games – 2-Chrono Trigger browse” [parish]: http://www.gamespite.net/toastywiki/index.php/Profiles/Parish “Jeremy Parish”

  • Pie Guy, a free web game for your iPhone by Neven Mrgan

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Pure HTML, CSS and Javascript][link], no App Store required. [Play it][play]. [play]: http://mrgan.com/pieguy “Pie Guy” [link]: http://mrgan.tumblr.com/post/257187093/pie-guy “Pie Guy – a free web game for your iPhone – Neven Mrgan’s tumbl”

  • Mininova Goes Legit, Removes All (Possibly) Copyright-infringing Torrents

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    Phil Nelson
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    As a result of the [recent court case against the site][case], they’ve [removed all torrents not registered on the site by the copyright holder][link]. [link]: http://blog.mininova.org/articles/2009/11/26/mininova-limits-its-activities-to-content-distribution-service/ “Mininova limits its activities to Content Distribution service at Mininova blog” [case]: http://blog.mininova.org/articles/2009/08/26/mininova-considers-appealing-in-brein-case/ “ruling of the Court of Utrecht”

  • Bring Down IE 6

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Together, we can finally put the ‘ol bastard to bed][link]. [link]: http://www.bringdownie6.com/ “Bring Down IE 6: a campaign by .net magazine”

  • Music Warren Ellis Liked in 2009

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    Phil Nelson
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    [A list of mad things that are sometimes just crazy enough to work][link]. There’s now a [part two][two]. [link]: http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=7998 “Warren Ellis » Music I Liked In 2009 [1]” [two]: http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=8000 “Warren Ellis » Music I Liked In 2009 [2]”

  • TIGSource User Oryx’s 8-bit Fantasy Graphics Tiles

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    Phil Nelson
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    [These are all absolutely gorgeous][link]. They include tiny (8×8) first person dungeon crawl tiles! [link]: http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=8970.0 “Oryx – LOFI Fantasy 2D/3D”

  • Cadence & Slang is a book about interaction design.

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    Phil Nelson
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    Written by [Nick Disabato (nickd)][nick], [soon to be self-published][link]: >I’m writing a book called Cadence & Slang, due in late 2010. It’s about interaction design, which is the art and craft of making technology easier to use. There have been many products in the past decade that take generous advantage of good design – the…

  • Back to the Future DeLorean Mod for Crysis

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    Phil Nelson
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    [It actually travels through time][link] (See about 1:00 in the video for the awesome part), and leaves fire trails as in the film and my dreams. [link]: http://vimeo.com/731650 “DeLorean (Back to the Future) – Time Travel – Final 01 on Vimeo”

  • The EFF Needs Your Help To Bust A Patent on Podcasting

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    Phil Nelson
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    [A company called Volomedia was just granted a patent on “a method for providing episodic media.” and the EFF is tackling it.][link] It walks like bullshit, talks like bullshit, and smells a whole lot like bullshit. The EFF is looking for examples of prior art (Prior to 19 November 2003). [link]: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/11/eff-tackles-bogus-podcasting-patent-and-we-need-yo “EFF Tackles Bogus…