Day: May 13, 2010
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Shaun Inman’s Analysis of the Super Mario World Camera System
[A follow-up][link] to his great [analysis of Super Mario 3][3]. I love that he’s doing this stuff in public as he’s working on his own game. [link]: http://blog.mimeoverse.com/post/577060703/following-yesterdays-analysis-of-super-mario “Following yesterday’s analysis of Super Mario… – Mimeo in the Tumbleverse” [3]: http://blog.mimeoverse.com/post/574942897/just-completed-a-playthrough-of-super-mario-bros “Inman’s analysis of SMB3”
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Station Identification 2.0
Version 2 of my anti-piracy feed identification plugin, [Station Identification][sid] is available for auto-updating or [downloading from the WordPress plugins site][dl]. [dl]: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/station-identification/ “Station Identification on WordPress.org” [sid]: http://extrafuture.com/projects/station-identification “Station Identification’s homepage”
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All This And Less
[Engadget on the $499 Android-powered “Edge” tablet][link]: >Yes, the Edge is a combination e-reader and a Android tablet — it just doesn’t quite work well as either. For $499 there are just too many issues with it, including its chunky body, skimpy e-book selection, frustrating touchscreen, poor battery life and lack of Android apps. I…
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Wikipedia’s New Look
[ I don’t see a big visual improvement][link], but the overall simplification of the UI and reworking the previously atrocious underlying HTML code is a step forward. Not sure why they went with an XHTML 1.0 Transitional DOCTYPE instead of, say, HTML5, which is practically tailor-made for a website like Wikipedia. I’m assuming that the…
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Facebook Privacy: A Bewildering Tangle of Options
What is longer than the US Constitution and is comprised of over 50 settings and 170 options? [Facebook’s privacy settings][link]. [link]: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/12/business/facebook-privacy.html “NYT: Facebook Privacy”