The Case of the "Audiosonic Identiglyph"
— Adam Kempa needs help decrypting encoded audio on vinyl #
Journalism in the Age of Data
— one-hour documentary featuring the all-stars of information visualization #
Norwegian Recycling's "Miracles"
— impressive mashup seamlessly splices new verses out of 16 pop songs (via) #
Michael Heilemann's analysis of user behavior by blog
— on a long article, Hacker News and Boing Boing readers stick around, Reddit users bail quickly #
MSN Spaces closing down
— better than most, they're offering six months' notice with Wordpress migration and URL redirects #
ThinkUp beta released
— wonderful DIY Twitter/Facebook archiving, visualization, and analysis tool #
MakerBot announces the Thing-O-Matic 3D printer
— supports a print queue, clearing the build surface between prints; $1,225, cheap! #
Anil Dash on the launch of Gourmet Live
— the secret A-list team included Paul Ford, Andre Torrez, Garrett Murray, and Liz Spiers #
What happens if you put your hand in front of the LHC beam?
— they're not sure, but it seems like a bad idea (via) #
Gourmet Magazine relaunched as an iPad app
— the rewards are interesting; first magazine to give you achievements for reading? #
Aaron Meyers maps the moon's topography to frames of a Paul Robertson animated GIF
— with suitably insane results; the original GIF, a detail view, and the entire thing animated #
Last.fm plots listening preferences by gender and age
— Cali Lewis is the only charting female that mostly men like #
12×5 pixel LED display built in Minecraft
— by the way, the official site's back up today and the game for sale #
Starring the Computer
— tracking computer appearances in film and TV, like the Burroughs B205 and IBM AN/FSQ-7 #
Chinese employees get creative with holiday work schedules
— interesting that in the Inception version, holidays are reality and work is the dream state #
First homebrew game and emulator released for the PS3
— every time a new Sony DRM scheme is cracked, an angel gets its wings #
The Visual 6502
— impressive Javascript emulator visualizes chip operations at a transistor level (via) #
Austin Seraphin's first week on the iPhone
— a blind user's emotional response to Apple; also, he switched from Linux to Mac last week #
Rock, Paper, Shotgun reviews Minecraft, indie sleeper hit of the year
— they're making $70k/day; don't miss the creator's essay on how piracy works #
Steven Colbert/Jon Stewart announce dual rallies in DC, October 30
— the flipside; directly inspired by Reddit's campaign #