the finished product is 38,240 blocks standing six feet tall; it cost over $900 wholesale!
) [via]fascinating read about collusion between Google and the major media companies
)The Sims was partially inspired by his daughter's dollhouse and his own house burning down
)they're releasing a comic book after every episode with additional backstory; clever!
)excellent BBC documentary on Blade Runner, with an unreleased scene at the 40:00 mark
) [via]collection of phone phreak voicemail messages from 1990; glimpse into a quirky subculture
)identity aggregation; still way too hard to use, but a step in the right direction
) [via]it took me a second to realize how this was a phishing attack
)blaming a web programmer for inadequate airport security
)Strong Bad's Trogdor and Dethklok hand-in-hand with Buckethead and Voivod
)beyond Google Earth, this CSV of lat-long coordinates for 55,00 Wikipedia articles has tons of potential; thanks, Tom
)the new company will follow a similar philosophy to Robot Co-op and 37 Signals
)incredible type built with trees, wire, and clouds; more here and here
) [via]the default behavior for 2.0's tab UI was frustrating, but this cleared it up in 15 seconds
)Al seems completely lost, but it makes the clip that much better
)Digg-style site promoting the best Japanese videos on YouTube, like this Pocky commercial
) [via]Ziff-Davis opens up the vault, offering free PDFs of every issue from December 1981 to November 1992!
) [via]using the Nintendo DS as an interface for mixing live video performances; watch the video for a demo
) [via]directed by Michel Gondry, this is my favorite music video of all time
)insane pranksters accost strangers on the streets of San Francisco in the 1960s; also: official homepage and some video
)89 year old man gets 18 years in prison; I wrote about the fatal accident from the scene
)wonderfully weird find; this gallery is safe for work, if you're curious
)infinitely better, with Flash video, better navigation, and licensed content from MTV
)once upon a time, we had a coherent, thoughtful President
)Def Jam's really throwing their weight behind her; love the Tetris video, though
) [via]an updated version of vintage illustrated card toys, made by Metafilter and Flickr members
) [via]this could set the precedent for a wave of lawsuits against web video sites
)private beta, but interesting extension of their community
)remote social printing for friends and family; absolutely brilliant idea, but especially for photos
)"we are upset at Windows for not being more hardy against such viruses"
)hardcore World of Warcraft junkie breaks his addiction and writes about it
) [via]rare clips from the early '90s; the Seinfeld-hosted science experiments are great
)you might want to watch the video in question first
) [via]I usually avoid lists like this, but this is a thoughtful one
)I would love to see thoughtful lists like this for other platforms; I've found many underrated gems for the SNES, for example
)the SF-based folky indie band is an unlikely target for violence
) [via]origins and fallout of a hoax on Kuro5hin; here's the Mefi thread
)the problem with their technique is coming up with every possible meaningful variable
)someone from ad sales was writing record reviews, which is a dangerous mix
) [via]in-depth NYT profile on Jonathan Abrams and the demise of Friendster
) [via]she has a Marilyn Monroe quality to her voice
) [via]note that the end of the article mentions Reuters' new virtual news bureau in Second Life
) [via]as always, the Flickr and YouTube coverage is great, including Blondie on Thursday night
)the Dove film shows a vivid example of the Photoshop whitewashing of models
)note that the author is Kevin Poulsen; also, I saw a very relevant banner ad below the Boing Boing post
)nice play testing! every cartridge shipped with this fatal bug, blocking gameplay beyond level 30
)Ikea realized the only way to attract attention is by sponsoring whitespace
) [via]over 5,500 covers available, extracted using a number of available web APIs
) [via]also, note that CNN is soliciting for photos adn video from people who attended
)for OS X users, try Soundflavor or beaTunes
) [via]reviews make sense, but seeing the location of your friends en route can't be far behind
) [via]Jawed Karim left the company to continue his education at Stanford, but maintained a large stake
) [via]Caterina encounters some technical difficulties because of her surname, with similar stories in the comments
)hilariously backwards religious rant about the moral dangers of blogging; "no one should have a blog or personal website"
) [via]I've seen panels like this before, and they're always insightful and interesting
) [via]he asked for three years behind bars so he could get food and shelter
) [via]multiplayer shooter adds variable weapons pricing based on global weekly demand
)occasionally inexplicable, Kliban is one my favorite cartoonists ever; don't miss some of the analysis
)I've been using Eudora for a decade; guess it's time to switch
)the detail level possible in the new game is staggering
)while the media focuses on copyrighted content, an entire blogging ecosystem is thriving
)nearly three times the Myspace deal, this is just madness; more video responses here
)hugely obvious, but most publishers are short-sighted, paranoid luddites
) [via]complete with crying moms and scary voiceovers, WoW is the new D&D
)Slashdot says, "The truth: More predators, less victims."
)the new Christopher Guest film, a la Best in Show and A Mighty Wind
) [via]first change since their last design in December 2004; this one is a big improvement
)he signed up for Mefi just to respond, which makes me love him all the more
)nice followup with the unedited NYC FM radio dial scans from the night of December 8, 1980
)Ask Metafilter investigates a viral marketing campaign; great read
)the EFF explains how CableLabs and Hollywood are deciding for us
) [via]brilliantly evil hack uses data: URLs and blind redirectors to store raw data as bookmarks
)harrowing first-person tale of surviving a mid-air collision
)he demands a book about book burning be banned during Banned Books week
)the most extensive I've seen in this recent trend of self documentation
)offshore gambling companies were hit hard, as the bill is expected to be signed into law in two weeks
)this is excellent lawsuit bait, especially since the Wii will be reissuing NES games
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