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Mr.doob's blog
Another one of the Wilderness Downtown people, creative Javascript art
2010-08-31 arcadefire • art • flash • javascript • mrdoob • music • tech
JavaScript keyboard events
Detailed analysis of how various browsers handle keyboard events. It's a mess.
2010-08-31 badtech • code • javascript • keyboard • keycode • keydown • keypress • keyup • reference
The Wilderness Machine
Second phase of the Arcade Fire music video tech project
2010-08-31 arcadefire • music • postcards • tomjennings • wps
World Power Systems
Tom Jennings' site for projects. Very creative guy going back many years, he's credited on The Wilderness Machine
2010-08-31 arcadefire • art • gay • hackers • homocore • tech • tomjennings
Aaron Koblin
Media artist who did the tech work for the Arcade Fire HTML5 video; he's done a lot of interesting things you've already seen
2010-08-31 arcadefire • art • media • radiohead • ucla
4chan explained
Excellent review of the scummy back alley of the Internet
2010-08-30 4chan • community • facebook • internet • lulz • moot
Cut-free autopsies
Using medical imaging to perform an autopsy on an intact body
2010-08-30 autopsy • cat • data • medicine • mri
Tweet link spreads
Visualizing the flow of information
2010-08-30 meme • twitter • viral • visualization
Found Budapest photos
100 year collection of amateur photos of Budapest, Hungary
2010-08-30 budapest • hungary • photography • photos • via:metafilter
UVB-76
Russian shortwave station that broadcast nothing for 15 years, suddenly active
2010-08-25 code • coldwar • ham • radio • russia • uvb76 • via:metafilter
Russian Woodpecker
Crazy cold war radio signal
2010-08-25 coldwar • ham • radar • russia • shortwave
tcpcrypt
Promising approach to opportunistic encryption of TCP traffic
2010-08-24 crypto • freeswan • internet • ipsec • protocols • security • ssl • tcp • tcpip
Jack Dorsey profile
A nice biographic piece on the Twitter founder, although it's surprisingly negative for this kind of article
2010-08-24 entrepreneur • internet • jack • jackdorsey • square • startups • twitter
Google becomes evil
Once again NextMedia interprets the news
2010-08-23 applenews • china • google • nextmedia • nma
Pole Position ad
Amazing TV ad for the Atari 5200 cartridge
2010-08-22 ads • advertising • atari • games • poleposition
Jack Horkheimer profile
It's nearly 30 years old, but fantastic
2010-08-21 astronomy • gay • starhustler
RIP, Star Hustler
Jack Horkheimer has gone to the heavens
2010-08-21 astronomy • obituary • rip • starhustler • tv • via:metafilter
Polymaps
Overlay vector data on tile based maps on web pages.
2010-08-20 code • graphics • maps • polymaps • protovis • svg • visualization
Krull Weddings
A movie promotion from 1983
2010-08-20 advertising • krull • movies • via:metafilter
1910 Russia in color
Nicely curated and published set of the pioneering colour photographs from Russia
2010-08-20 history • photography • photos • process • russia
Malware jet crash?
Possibility that Trojans on a flight computer caused a warning not to be issued to pilots
2010-08-20 badtech • crash • flight • flying • malware • virus
APB: $100m lost
Roundup of insider scuttlebut on how a very expensive MMO failed at launch
2010-08-20 apb • fail • games • investment • mmos • realtime • realtimeworlds
Sorting algorithm sounds
Great little audibilization of basic sorting algorithms
2010-08-19 algorithms • code • sorting • sound • visualization
TSA overstepping
Outrageous story of a TSA officer pawing through a woman's checks to deposit claiming evidence of financial fraud
2010-08-19 airports • orwell • security • tsa
Miss Universe costumes
Incredible pageantry
2010-08-18 clothes • costumes • culture • drag • fashion • via:metafilter
Greg's Cable Map
Shows all the major international telcom cables, with links to more info
2010-08-18 cable • internet • maps • telecom • via:metafilter
DJ Screw
Really pretty great music
2010-08-18 djscrew • hiphop • music • syrup
Attractive woman (NSFWish)
Geez, I'm as gay as they come and she is still smokin hot
2010-08-17 sexy • via:thisisnthappiness • vintage • women
The illustrated guide to a Ph.D.
Amazing little explanation
2010-08-17 education • funny • illustration • phd • university
Just Bieber at 1/10th speed
Sounds pretty awesome, actually
2010-08-17 bieber • justinbieber • music • paulstretch
Python Google maps
Code to make it easy to generate URLs for static Google maps
2010-08-17 code • google • maps • python
When Juggalos attack
Eyewitness account of Tila Tequila getting mauled on stage
2010-08-17 batshitinsane • icp • juggalos • stupid • tilatequila
Watchmouse API-Status
Nice roundup of various web service APIs and current performance
2010-08-16 api • internet • monitoring • watchmouse • web
Oracle v Google analysis
Way too long, but lots of insight into Oracle's patent lawsuit against Google. Bottom line: it's a few detailed patents that aren't very strong.
2010-08-16 google • java • oracle • patents • sun
Mixture Magic
A well written article on operating aircraft engines
2010-08-14 engines • flying • leaning • lop • planes • rop
Eve Online architecture
overview of how the single server design of Eve. A single 1.4TB solid state relational database!
2010-08-14 architecture • eve • eveonline • games • mmos • scalability
Accidental Penis
Go ahead, indulge your inner 6th grader
2010-08-13 funny • lulz • penis • pictures
Tips on buying design
Great description of how to hire a designer for your Internet project
2010-08-12 design • internet • mike_ftw • web
ShellExView
Right click menu slow? Little utility to disable all the stupid third party software that hooks Explorer
2010-08-11 dlls • explorer • extensions • shell • system • windows
Google about face?
More analysis of the Google / Verizon agreement
2010-08-11 fcc • google • networks • neutrality • verizon
EFF on Google / Verizon
An analysis of the net neutrality proposal
2010-08-11 eff • fcc • freedom • google • internet • verizon
Apple Action News
Background on this insane Hong Kong animated fake news thing
2010-08-11 china • crazy • journalism • news • television
Jersey Shore explained
I'm going to just get all my news from NMA now.
2010-08-10 jerseyshore • mtv • snooki • tv • wtf
Net neutrality worries
Interesting analysis of the Google / Verizon proposal
2010-08-10 business • fcc • freedom • google • internet • regulation • verizon
Japanese subway posters
Amazing collection of pop culture references
2010-08-10 art • culture • japan • subway • via:metafilter
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Interesting collection of his photographs
2010-08-10 art • france • photography • photos
Blackstar Warrior
Blaxsploitation Star Wars. Lando's the hero for once!
2010-08-10 blaxploitation • funny • movies • starwars
$1300 destroyed in Eve
Eve Online recently changed the game rules so you could carry game timecards in your ship. Someone blew up $1300 worth of them.
2010-08-09 ccp • eve • eveonline • games • mmos • permadeath
Jesus vs Frosty
The very first South Park video; predates Spirit of Christmas. OMG Frosty killed Kenny!
2010-08-07 animation • funny • southpark • tv
JS1k: demo compo
demo competition, 1k of Javascript
2010-08-07 browsers • demo • javascript • scene
Google social network
What Google has scoured about your friendships
2010-08-07 facebook • google • privacy • social
160 Knots
well documented set of day trips a pilot has taken
2010-08-07 aviation • flying • travel • trips
Crop circle trading
Article explaining what's going on
2010-08-07 bots • emergence • flashcrash • markets • stocks
Market crop circles
Crazy trading patterns in automated stock markets
2010-08-07 bots • emergence • flashcrash • markets • stocks
iggy pop shirtless
A study in aging
2010-08-07 aging • body • iggypop • male • music
Google failures
Terrific roundup of failed Google products. It starts off snarky, but really it's a thoughtful honoring of a company being innovative.
2010-08-06 google • internet • technology • wave • web
TSA keeping nude scans
The part where they said they couldn't record or store the millimeter wave images they were creating? Turns out not to be true.
2010-08-05 privacy • security • tsa
Satellite broadband
400kbit/s anywhere in the world with geostationary satellites. about $6 / megabyte
2010-08-05 airplane • internet • network • satellite • via:justin
Civilians at Edwards
I've always wanted to land on a dry lakebed that doubles as a space shuttle landing strip
2010-08-05 aviation • edwards • flying
Design to Annoy
design experiment of building cigarette boxes to be deliberately inconvenient
2010-08-05 design • packaging • smoking • via:metafilter
Oshkosh 2010 recap
Good roundup of Internet coverage of Airventure
2010-08-05 airventure • aviation • eaa • flying • oshkosh