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