Waxy.org is the sandbox of Andy Baio, an
independent journalist and programmer living in
Portland, Oregon. I created Courtesy of Matt Haughey, the best bootleg remix I've ever heard: Eminem goes ragtime (2.6 MB MP3).
It tops my previous favorite, Eminenya, a mix by Eamon Daly inspired by a Megnut post.
The Eminem Rag
Posted Jul 21, 2002
July 18, 2008
The Quirkbook
— Rands polls Twitter for everyone's odd quirks and mildly OCD mannerisms
Jane McGonigal on Werewolf at Foo Camp 2008
— ideal strategies, a sneaky all-villager variation, and the impact of the werewolf metaphor
Google interviews the creators of WarGames
— great trivia about the making of the film and its impact on tech culture
July 17, 2008
Logan Aube's Hockey Night theme
— Something Awful goons tweak an online contest with funny results
(via)
July 16, 2008
Sean Tevis is running for Kansas State Representative, XKCD-style
— help a computer geek defeat the incumbent, a hard-right, anti-privacy Creationist; he's trying to get 3,000 to donate $9 each
How to Fake Being a Wine Snob
— there might be supertasters out there, but most people are just faking it
The Economist responds to Freakonomics co-author's pasty/pastry mixup
— tasty response to this original post
(via)
Mike Arrington interviews Evan Williams at Foo Camp
— great interview; thoughtful questions and brimming with information, without the sensationalism
Rick Trooper
— The Empire rolls you.
Mocha VNC Lite, free VNC client for the iPhone
— link opens in iTunes; like others, I'm hoping an SSH client is next
Annalee Newitz on Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog
— exceeds the hype; the site's been down all day, so I just bought the season in iTunes for $3.99
July 15, 2008
The Sound of Young America Live interviews Ze Frank
— strange interview, but talks about the end of The Show and current projects; see also: Jay Smooth from Ill Doctrine
(via)
Defender of the favicon
— staggering hack puts a playable Defender clone in your browser's 16x16 favicon; Firefox and Opera only
Twitter officially acquires Summize
— search.twitter.com is now live
July 14, 2008
Deep Note, the Guitar Hero bot
— it got 820k points and 98% playing Through the Fire and Flames; amazingly, some humans can still beat it, for now
(via)
Unofficial RSS feed of newly-added App Store applications
— until Apple adds their own, I've been keeping tabs using this
Daily Mail tries to unmask Banksy's secret identity
— unconfirmed, but definitely seems likely
Trailer for August, indie drama about the dot-com bubble
— the fictional dot-com is called Land Shark, but they never explain what they do
(via)
Lee Byron maps walkability in San Francisco
— built using Walkscore, Google Maps, and Processing
Radiohead releases dataset for House of Cards video
— 370MB of CSV point data, Processing code, and a 3D viewer of Thom Yorke's face
(via)
July 11, 2008
Preview video of Last.fm's iPhone app
— no scrobbling from your iPod, but an outstanding streaming player
(via)
Wall-E Down to Earth
— fan film takes a Wall-E toy on a tour of real life
Ask the Pilot covers his recent experiences with the TSA
— they wouldn't allow a pilot to carry a butter knife used for in-flight meals
Techcrunch runs the numbers on App Store's first day pre-sales
— sadly, Apple removed the download counts this evening
Patton Oswalt's commencement speech at his old high school
— "There Is No Them."
(via)
July 10, 2008
I Eat Beats
— drum sequencer built with webcam, Processing, and a bag of Skittles
Journalist examines America's rail system on an 85-hour trip from NYC to Oakland
— nobody cares about the railroads anymore
(via)
Bush jokes about America's pollution record to G8 world leaders
— "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter!"
iPhone 3G or Millionaire
— the choice is easy
Flickr user hit by lightning while recording a rainstorm
— "because you insisted, here's the unedited screaming version."
5:05 PM
Funny as hell...what a musical genius!
5:21 PM
that was great. keep up the good work.
5:25 AM
i love you
3:13 PM
Hi i just love the eminem puke song because that is what my bus driver laura makes me want to do sometimes