April 27, 2007
Acme Novelty Toy Gallery
— Niem's putting together Chris Ware papercraft, so you don't have to (via) #
Tim O'Reilly's thoughtful article on the Alexaholic lawsuit
— don't miss Ron Hornbaker's comment in the thread #
Upcoming drops the ".org" with new redesign
— biggest changes ever; full geo database, visual redesign, switch to Yahoo IDs, and more #
Ben Brown leaves CNET and Consumating
— couple weeks old, but news to me; who's next? three makes a trend (via) #
Forbes Magazine's mesothelioma search engine spam
— amazingly bad; stumbled on this from a comment on Matt Cutts' blog #
The Shins busk in Montmartre, Paris
— impromptu live performances by great bands, recorded in one long shot (via) #
PeaceMaker, game simulating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
— here's a detailed review from Gamasutra (via) #
Five Years of Waxy
I started this blog five years ago today with a basic idea: keep it original and keep it relevant. Unfortunately, I left out “keep it updated.” As you can probably tell, Waxy is taking the back seat these days to other priorities, namely work and family. (I don’t even have the time to weed out comment spam.) I terribly miss the quirky form of investigative reporting I used to do and I certainly miss spending more time exploring the backroads of the web. I promise I’ll be back. In the meantime, the infrequent updates continue. Happy birthday, little blog!
5 Question Interview with Twitter Developer Alex Payne
— a cautionary tale about Rails from its biggest user (via) #
Google Answers takes entire archive offline
— it was down 16 hours, but they fixed the bug and it's back! yay! #
Justin.tv got lucky last night while 3,000 watched
— a classy guy, Justin left the HatCam in the kitchen while his buddies dubbed in a porn soundtrack #
Twitter and Jott Vulnerable to SMS and Caller ID Spoofing
— all it requires is knowing the Twitter user's cell phone number #
Think Before You Post
— PSAs targeting kids that are too comfortable exposing their personal lives online #
'B.C.' cartoonist Johnny Hart dies at 76
— it's too bad he'll most often be remembered by his controversial religious strips (via) #
Video: Christoper Walken wants to destroy Silicon Valley
— just like today, the office parks don't make a memorable vista (via) #
Virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell poses as D.C. subway busker
— Washington Post poses and records an experiment in art out of context (via) #
No One Belongs Here More Than You
— Miranda July's extremely creative website for her new book (via) #
TMNT co-creator sells original art for issue #1 on eBay for $250k
— Eastman sold IP rights to TMNT in 2000; I stumbled on the auction while browsing the most expensive completed comic auctions #
The Mile High Collection
— amazing (and long) story of the "greatest comic book collection ever found" #
Video: The Most Hated Family in America
— Louis Theroux's BBC documentary on the Fred Phelps family, warning: hateful language (via) #
Video: Alanis Morissette covers "My Humps"
— classy, but I think I still prefer Dogwelder's version (via) #