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May 31, 2007
Parallels 3.0 RC supports 3D games at full speed (

my last remaining reason to own a dedicated Windows box is about to go away

)
David Sacks on the New Portals (

insightful article explaining why the Facebook Platform represents a fundamental shift

)
May 30, 2007
Philipp Lenssen on Google Maps Street View and Mapplets (

still on vacation, catching up on big news

)
Last.fm co-founder on their acquisition by CBS (

the $280M price seems low and the idea of CBS eventually running Last.fm scares me

)
May 29, 2007
Inkling Magazine on Nerd Nite, science presentations at hipster bars (

also, while on vacation, I saw Dorkbot get front page coverage in a local newspaper

) [via]
TweetVolume (

see also: Twitter is all about love and belong

) [via]
New York Times publishes Water Cooler's newsgames (

very interesting and a surprisingly nice fit

)
May 28, 2007
Om interviews Desktop Tower Defense creator (

he's making six figures of ad revenue with only $130 in monthly expenses

)
May 24, 2007
Facebook Platform guide and documentation (

been playing with this, and am floored how well-done it is; also: the growing list of apps

)
Cringely on The Final Days of Google (

"the founders of that Google-beating start-up ... are working right now at Google."

)
Electric Slide Lawsuit: Jason Schultz Responds (

cool, two of my favorite Jasons go head-to-head

)
reCaptcha (

using the effort answering captchas to help digitize scanned books

)
Iminlikewithyou and Game Design in the Web (

one of my favorite new interests is the natural overlap between gaming and the social web

)
How does Bill Gates feel about about the John Hodgman character in those Mac ads? (

read the last few awkward lines of this otherwise uneventful interview

) [via]
Hackety Hack, the Coder's Starter Kit (

amazingly brilliant programming guide for kids and newbie adults; Windows-only, for now

)
Video: Battle at Kruger (

herd of buffalo vs. lions vs. crocodiles; the baby buffalo survives

)
May 23, 2007
Visualizing the ‘Power Struggle’ in Wikipedia (

sexy infovis with hotspots for hotly revised articles

)
How the EFF Dropped the Ball on the Electric Slide Lawsuit (

by settling and allowing a CC license for the dance, they wrongly concede a simple dance move can be copyrighted

)
Webjay closing in June (

possibly because of the changes in net radio royalties?

)
Adrian Holovaty leaves Washington Post to build local news startup (

with a $1.1m grant; I hope it's like Chicago Crime writ large

)
Video: Jim Henson's The Cube (

surreal teleplay from 1969, reminiscent of Cube and House of Stairs

) [via]
May 22, 2007
Google Hot Trends (

people love their American Idol and World of Warcraft

)
passive-aggressive notes from roommates, neighbors, coworkers and strangers (

you know the kind

) [via]
A Different Fluttershine (

thoughtful little comic

)
Crowd Porn at Coachella (

music fans writhing in the desert heat

) [via]
If the Beatles Were Born Today (

also: Zen Parable or Just Someone Being Cruel?

)
The Only Time You Will See A Picture Of One Of My Patients (

EMT's tale of a cat found in a London building fire

) [via]
Street Installations (

clever outdoor art, soon to be appropriated by ad agencies

) [via]
Video: Jeremy Boyle's self-playing pneumatic band (

one of the more interesting Maker Faire hacks, read more on his site

)
Onslaught (

like Desktop Tower Defense, but with insane combos

)
Zooomr using Ustream video chatroom for live updates during downtime (

Thomas Hawk has been doing real-time Q&A for the last 14 hours while Zooomr's been offline

)
May 17, 2007
Army cuts off soldier access to YouTube, Myspace, Photobucket, and more (

more than simple bandwidth, they're restricting major communication tools

)
Ottoman humping gigolos ruin troop morale (

Daily Show's meme-laden take on the Army's new restrictions

)
Frank Miller to write and direct film adaptation of Will Eisner's "The Spirit" (

the film rights were sold in the early '90s, but Eisner himself preferred the comics medium to film

)
May 16, 2007
Paul Cloutier's wife Alana responds to JPG Magazine critics (

Derek responds in the comments; Paul's own response was brief

)
Mark Pilgrim on the US patent system (

"an institutionalized form of madness, outrageous, all-consuming, and incurable"

)
I Deleted My JPG Account (

people leaving in droves after community betrayal; also: Derek and Heather quietly added back to the About page as a footnote

)
Gmail quietly adds Powerpoint viewer (

the first step in Google Presentations

)
May 14, 2007
Derek and Heather leave JPG Magazine (

erased out of existence by the company they started

) [via]
May 11, 2007
Video: Kosbees, episode 1 (

"is that legal?" "it's satire."

)
The Onion interviews Acceptable.tv (

American Idol for YouTube shows is a pretty decent summary of the concept

)
May 8, 2007
Kottke on the growth of Twitter vs. Blogger (

great analysis, but faulty data; the Twitter IDs weren't sequential since November, making my post invalid too

)
May 6, 2007
VH-1 to air "Kosbees," a House of Cosbys spinoff (

created by the original creators and airing on Acceptable.tv, VH-1's user-driven show by the Channel 101 guys

)
May 3, 2007
White Glove Tracking (

using crowdsourcing to spot Michael Jackson's white glove for a video visualization

) [via]
game, game, game and again game (

very odd hybrid of poetry, art, and platform gaming

) [via]
May 1, 2007
Rage fans didn't like Crowded House's reunion at Coachella (

unfortunate lineup placement leads to disastrous results, foreshadowed here

)
2007 Scene.org Awards winners announced (

the best of the still-thriving demoscene

)
Fortuito.us (

Matt Haughey's great new blog on becoming self-sufficient online

)