[stuff what got stuck in my browsertabs this last week or so]
WORDZ
zinio – paper is bad. its heavy, it’s cumbersome and it has a tendency to accumulate. plus it kills trees.
zinio might be solution – this app, hidden somewhere on my new iMacs installer dvd, lets me look at magazines on my computer. i quite like it. they even built in an animation simulating the turning of the pages. the only problem is that their claim is not true. “your favorite magazines … now digital”. bring me my favorite magazines, the wireds and de:bugs and mojos, and i am an instant subscriber! just imagine. a wired subscription like this and we non-americans could actually get to read the latest issue within a reasonable latency. ah. heaven.
pieceoplastic.xxx? – me likee. and possible soon.
Private Impressumspflicht im neuen Telemediengesetz-Entwurf – german blogs might soon have to contain an “impressum” [whats the english word?], disclosing their name, address and everything… [via fcklog]
may the source be with you – quinn norton has a look at BitTorrent for the guardian. “For now, BitTorrent is both an elegant publishing platform and a piracy dream come true.”
fair use day 2005 – 37 days left till july 11. = fair use day. [via bb]
commonbits.org beta – a community directory of progressive media.
FLASH
ever wanted to dress up steve jobbs to look like bill gates? – now you can. with this neat flash interface. [via bb]
BREAKIT – pong meets space invaders. game. HIGHLY ADDICTIVE!
FREITAG – THE GAME – quite predictably you have to get tarps off of trucks. but hey. its fun.
SUMINK
the glamned – quite possibly the worst band EVAR [via holy moly newsletter]
forgetmenotpanties – big brother is watching you – in your panties. fake or not? you decide… [via tp – in german]
IMG
dr. d strikes again | and again [via woo]
pictoplasma on tour 2005 – first they are hitting dusseldorf.
VIDZ
funnyfox – get fox now. [via urs]
bad – who’s bad? [via waxy.org/links]
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: what is it about os x that enables me to just sit there, mesmerised, not doing much of anything for hours on end?
NEWSLETTER HEADLINE OF THE WEEK: it’s between “Tits like Christmas balloons in February” [holy moly] and “Plastic surgery is 21st Century haute couture. – Karl Lagerfeld.” [popbitch] and i think holy moly is taking this one away, because it just takes you those extra few seconds to get it…