Extra Future

Month: July 2010

  • “EPIC WIN”, a New iPhone Todo App

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    [Similar to a project I was working on (now cancelled. they so win.), a todo list app with an RPG system tacked on][link]. Feel better about your real-life accomplishments with phony rewards! [link]: http://www.epicwinapp.com/ “EPICWIN”

  • State of The Extra Future: July 2010

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    I am Phil Nelson. I make websites. Lately I’ve made the fun Twitter toy [liblr][liblr], which lets your manipulate the public Twitter stream by replacing one word or phrase with another. My personal favorite is [replacing “my iphone” with “this big dildo I found”][replace]. I’ve also been producing [Eliza Gauger’s live art show, Sweatshop][swtshp]. That…

  • Film the Blanks

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    >An ongoing experiment to abstract and/or reduce film posters. Some famous, some not so famous but all cool in their own way. [I’m a sucker for this kind of thing][link]. You can [buy prints][prints], too. [link]: http://filmtheblanks.com/ “Film the Blanks” [prints]: http://www.blanka.co.uk/Art/John_Taylor/Film_the_blanks_1/Spared_no_expense “Buy prints”

  • Prefix or Posthack

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    [Eric Meyer, in praise of browser prefixes][link] such as `-webkit`: >If the history of web standards has shown us anything, it’s that hacks will be necessary. By front-loading the hacks using vendor prefixes and enshrining them in the standards process, we can actually fix some of the potential problems with the process and possibly accelerate…

  • Fake: “Mac OS X Web Browser Automation and Webapp Testing Made Simple.”

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    Version 0.2 just launched, and it be impressive: >Inspired by Apple’s Automator application, Fake looks like a combination of Safari and Automator and allows you to run (and re-run) “fake” interactions with the web. > >Power Users will love Fake for automating tedious web tasks like filling out lengthy forms and capturing screenshots. Developers can…

  • Deadspin’s “Dead Wrestler of the Week”

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    [A well-written weekly feature][link]. Relevant to the interests of anyone who grew up watching pro wrestling. Notables covered so far: [The Junkyard Dog][jyd], [Chris Canyon][canyon], [André The Giant][andre]. [link]: http://deadspin.com/tag/deadwrestleroftheweek/ “deadwrestleroftheweek – Deadspin” [jyd]: http://deadspin.com/5542721/dead-wrestler-of-the-week-junkyard-dog “Junkyard Dog” [canyon]: http://deadspin.com/5512595/dead-wrestler-of-the-week-chris-kanyon “Chris Canyon” [andre]: http://deadspin.com/5500057/dead-wrestler-of-the-week-andre-the-giant “André The Giant”

  • 25 Years Into The Future

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    *For those of you confused about the dates in the BTTF movies see my update below.* Back To The Future first arrived on cinema screens 25 years ago. When I was a boy, most kids wanted to be Michael Jordan, or the President, or maybe an astronaut. I wanted to be [Doctor Emmett L. Brown][doc].…

  • Fix Netflix “Watch Instantly” Audio Volume With Audio Hijack

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    If you’re a user of Netflix’s Watch Instantly service you’ve no doubt come upon at least a couple videos that are too quiet to hear without straining, even with your speakers cranked. Mac users: Fear not. The audio-twisting protozoans at Rogue Amoeba have an app called [Audio Hijack Pro][hijack], the Swiss-army knife of Mac system…

  • “Lara Logan, You Suck”

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    [Matt Taibbi lays out the utterly spineless way in which corporate journalists go about their work][link]: >Anyone who wants to know why network television news hasn’t mattered since the seventies just needs to check out this appearance by Logan. Here’s CBS’s chief foreign correspondent saying out loud on TV that when the man running a…

  • Chrono Trigger Fanfest 2010

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    [Play through and discuss the greatest console RPG of all time this month.][link] The DS version [is a mere $20 on Amazon][az], and you are a fool if you don’t own it already. [link]: http://fangamer.com/fanfest/ct/2010/6 “CT Fanfest 2010” [az]: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001E27DLM?ie=UTF8&tag=extrafuture-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001E27DLM “Chrono Trigger DS”