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teh glorious interweb as it got stuck in my camino tabs this past week - the edited version.
WoTLK
World First LVL 80 Explained - Interview with Nymh - “The biggest problem was to find a spot with enough monsters to grind without too much downtime … I spent some time on beta servers and eventually found the crypt in Drakil’ji Ruins (Grizzly Hills)” sounds passionating .. gah
World of Warcraft interview as new expansion launches - “Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion to World of Warcraft, launches tomorrow and I sat down with Blizzard's COO Paul Sams and Associate Producer Lee Sparks this afternoon.” i bet blizzard is kinda frustrated, here they create wonderful worlds and questchains, yet everyone just rips through them. but they should think why that is so. there is too much focus on end game, that’s why.
LBP
10 Favorite User-Generated Little Big Planet Levels (So Far) - "With hundreds of thousands of offerings already out there (and more appearing every day), it's quickly becoming a quagmire of overwhelming excess. Sure, you'll randomly stumble upon some gems among the chaff, but it helps if you know where to look."
Sony Killing Questionable LittleBigPlanet Levels, Without Warning - "LittleBigPlanet lets gamers create their own worlds, but some say that its developer is cracking down much too harshly on potentially infringing content. Amateur level designers say that the developer of Sony's recently-released PlayStation 3 game has been yanking their creations from the servers if the levels contain references to existing television shows or videogames." almost forgot that Sony are assholes too.
（Little Big Planet）リトルビッグプラネットでテトリス？ - tetris made in LBP
online video killed the …
Short Film: Circles - the latest hilman curtis short left me a little puzzled.
Hoboken Dance Off - "a local legend takes on a fresh face in a broad-daylight dance-off for the ages!" very gay. very cool. yeh, and that means gau is cool. of course.
Star Wait- Star Wars nerds beat up punk rockers from mrotman - "This is from the movie Star Wait- which is available for $10 only on starwait.com" absurd.
Monks brawl at Jerusalem shrine - "Israeli police have had to restore order at one of Christianity's holiest sites after a mass brawl broke out between monks in Jerusalem's Old City. Fighting erupted between Greek Orthodox and Armenian monks at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the traditional site of Christ's crucifixion." absurder, even f that is not correct engrish.
schmooze and abuse
Kids Games on ZuiGames - "The best games just for kids" gotta show this to my nephews.
Swiss Chocolate Knife - "This delectable Swiss Chocolate Knife is made of the finest Swiss chocolate, and is filled with hazelnut praline. Featuring the Victorinox Swiss Army logo, this fine confection is modeled after the Swiss Army Spartan multitool." and how would this knife cut through stuff, by melting?
TV-B-GONE goes open source - "Altman is publishing the firmware source code, board layout, numerous TV power codes, and all documentation online under a Creative Commons license. He believes the resulting surge of development and home-made models will ultimately boost interest in his product, and increase sales."
COLUMN: Bell, Game, and Candle - 'Press Releases from the Future' - "EA Signs the Legendary David Lynch for Three Game Deal. Auteur behind Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive to elevate the plane of interactive entertainment" lynch as game designer could be catastrophic or great.
The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia - "Saturday, July 4th, 2009"
New York Times Special Edition Video News Release - "Early this morning, commuters nationwide were delighted to find out that while they were sleeping, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had come to an end. See the full paper online: nytimes-se.com/"
New York Times: Fake New York Times Declares Iraq War Over! Here's Who Did It - "The Iraq War is over, according to the fake New York Times! This morning a cadre of volunteers has fanned out across New York City to pass out a remarkably good, faux-copy of the Times dated July 4, 2009."
Sul piu' illustre paesaggio - free strips of paper. no catch. [via rebel;art]
See the Steven Meisel Editorial That Was Too Racy for Italian ‘Vogue’ - "Editorials aren't often deemed too racy for a European magazine and then snatched up by an American one. But such is the case with Steven Meisel's recent shoot inspired by "dogging," the British term for engaging in sexually explicit acts in semi-public places, like cars or movie theaters. "
Spam Volumes Drop by Two-Thirds After Firm Goes Offline - "The volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide plummeted on Tuesday after a Web hosting firm identified by the computer security community as a major host of organizations engaged in spam activity was taken offline."
Google Flu Trends - "We've found that certain search terms are good indicators of flu activity. Google Flu Trends uses aggregated Google search data to estimate flu activity in your state up to two weeks faster than traditional systems."
Flickr: eBoy content tagged with eboy-pixorama - excerpts from the new eboy book
OhMiBod Naughtibod - "The Naughtibod does exactly what it promises, which is that it's a silky plastic, petite vibe that buzzes with or without music."
Obama! portrait made of cupcakes - "I worked over 40 hours with help of Photoshop and my friend Mo McKenna to design, bake, frost, and cover over 1200 mini cupcakes in 9 values of fondant. "
One Year Later, Saul Williams Talks Niggy Tardust's Wins, What's Next - "Saul Williams hasn't given up on the internet, though his pricing-optional album didn't sell nearly as well as Radiohead's In Rainbows — the album that inspired his strategy. Nonetheless, his taste for commercial and sonic experimentation is alive and well — and probably means his next album will feature a similarly "out there" approach." nice one saul.
piles-of-buildings cardboard sculptures by Ana Serrano - "The detail and energy, plus the large scale make these piles-of-buildings cardboard sculptures endlessly fascinating. Plus, Ana is relatively young, which makes these works of art all the more impressive."
CaptionX (around 7 players online) - captions to CC-licensed flickr photos multi-user game
Hands on: Songbird 1.0 music app soars - "In a desktop media realm dominated by iTunes and Windows Media Player, Songbird is an open source player that dances to its own beat. Built on Mozilla technology, Songbird offers a very customizable interface and integrates a pleasant variety of web services that offer everything from artist bios, lyrics, music store integration, and much more."
THE AQUARIUM L-13 NOT BANKSY collection - "So… to make it quite clear that these are by NOT BANKSY and NOT by BANKSY, the new stencil works come with original fake Pest Control Certificates of Authenticity declaring them to be authentic NOT BANKSY artworks and are NOT by BANKSY at all."
Online Piracy Becomes a ‘National Sport’ in France - "Now, a new report suggests that online piracy has become something of a ‘national sport’ in France."
as real as it gets… - photoshop interface made from real objects.
Darth Vader Toaster - "This black, ominous kitchen appliance easily leaves the mark of Vader's helmet in every yummy piece of toast."
Oxford compiles list of top ten irritating phrases - “The top ten most irritating phrases: 1 - At the end of the day 2 - Fairly unique 3 - I personally 4 - At this moment in time 5 - With all due respect 6 - Absolutely 7 - It's a nightmare 8 - Shouldn't of 9 - 24/7 10 - It's not rocket science” i agree sooo much with 1. place.
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ruff linkage 200845
teh glorious interweb as it got stuck in my camino tabs this past week - the edited version.
The Obamas
C-C-C-Combo Breaker! - "Phrase used on messageboards to 'break' a spate of duplicate or themed posts. eg. poster 1: Where's that askjeeves site? p2: google it p3: google it p4: google it p5: C-C-C-C-Combo breaker!" [via b3ta]
Election Night 11-04-08 - a set on Flickr - "Democratic Presidential Nominee, Barack Obama and his family on election night in Chicago, IL on Wednesday, November 5, 2008." if you see this as a flickr set it feels surprisingly intimate. [via bb]
Vote for Obama's Dog! - "What kind of dog should the Obamas get?" i say, a smelly one.
ObamaBats - "I’m proud to announce and share the ObamaBats: A collection of 24 high-quality dingbats featuring Barack Obama and various design elements!"
from52to48withlove - "from 52 to 48 with love (contribute here)"
From 52 to 48 with love - "i would love to see a group project where obama supporters reached out to the mccain folk (and others) in a gesture of reconciliation…"
The Gum Election - "Gum Election is a guerilla art project which started in New York City in October 2008. It should encourage people to vote on November 04th and also not to spit out their chewing gums carelessly on New York Cities already dirty streets. If you want to bring the Gum Election to your city or your office, print out the poster, put it up and send me pictures of it." would be interesting to reverse the question, who would you vote for if you had to stick gum to cast your vote?
online video killed the …
Stairways to Heaven on Ocarina - dreamlike sound, brilliant harmonies.
Whiteboard PONG - "Take a regular Whiteboard regular Markers and play PONG irregularly."
The Original Plumber - "Adrian Holovaty spent some time recording a guitar version of the Super Mario Bros 2 level-one theme, in the gypsy jazz style of Django Reinhardt"
Coldcut vs TV Sheriff "Revolution '08" - "Dancefloor hooligans Coldcut join forces with America's leading audio-visual vigilante TV Sheriff to bring you an election vivisectionRevolution '08. "
The Cinematic Orchesta - To Build A Home - "A unique collaboration between the Cinematic Orchestra and one of the finest film collectives working in the UK today. Up The Resolution have taken music from The Cinematic Orchestra's massively acclaimed album, "Ma Fleur" and used it as the inspiration for a 12 minute two-part film." just a short teaser video for what could be an impressive project.
schmooze and abuse
Free prosthetic penises strictly flaccid - "Swedish health authorities have sparked controversy with their decision to supply free prosthetic penises that are not fully functional to transsexual men." let’s invent a viagra that works on a prosthetic penis?
Delicious: Tagging The Web For Five Years And Counting - "Delicious, the social bookmarking site that was largely responsible for making ‘tagging’ one of the defining elements in today’s web, has turned 5." gratz dear delicious! i use you daily.
Smule: Ocarina - "Ocarina is the first true musical instrument created for the iPhone. Both experts and beginners will be amazed by this innovative player." video above.
'Fake photo' revives Kim rumours - "There is fresh speculation about the health of North Korea's "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-il, amid suggestions that an image of Mr Kim may have been doctored." they photoshopped him healthy.
Flying Spaghetti Monster spotted at Apple - "I had heard that there were Pastafarians at Apple, and now we know it’s true."
Prison Inmate Sues Blizzard Over World of WarCraft Addiction - "His claim? World of Warcraft was responsible for "causing [me] to live in a virtual universe, where [I] explored the landscape committing identity theft and fighting cybermonster rival hacker gangs." " there’s a thought.
Firefox s Private Browsing AKA Porn Mode Arrives - "The latest thing to hit the development trunk is the new private browsing feature, otherwise known as porn mode."
Facebook | Stifles - BD and facebook now lets you send stifles to your friends.
mix tape USB flash drive - "To those who thought cassettes were on the road to extinction, we present this radtacular flash drive"
Security Cameras are Everywhere - Security cam men in black at the burning man festival, or so i assume.
Must Wash Hands - "Send your handwashing sign photos to" Employees must wash hands blog … but do they?
GenderAnalyzer - Determine if a homepage is written by a man or woman - "We think http://pieceoplastic.com is written by a man." think again, buster.
E4 Book of Internet Humour - an illustrated guide to interweb memes.
Outrage over 'chastity belt' lingerie fitted with GPS tracking system - "Feminists around the world have reacted with horror to a new line of lingerie that comes equipped with a GPS tracking system."
—> iPod
The Capricorns - The New Sound (www.paroxysmrecords.com).mp3 (audio/mpeg Object)
–> ipod
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ruff linkage 200844
teh glorious interweb as it got stuck in my camino tabs this past week - the edited version.
online video killed the …
L's chicken walking robot costume - "A chicken walking robot" trick or treat me like this, kids, and you might get candy ^^ [via bb]
revolution x - "this is the trailer for the upcoming documentary about the 2008 presidential campaign." not sure, but interesting.
Paul Steel 'Honkin On My Crack Pipe' - "This is stop motion music video for singer/songwriter Paul Steel I directed and animated. It is for the song 'Honkin' (On Your Crack Pipe)' from his album 'April & I'. " muppets.
One man + 64 vocal tracks = Thriller acapella - "It took this guy two and a half months to complete this… so enjoy." alot of work to mildly amuse me for a minute. no! very impressive, man. [via b3ta]
Tetris A Theme on Glass Bottles - "Our bottle band (Cuyler, Kyle, and Laura) performs the tetris A theme as arranged in the dr. mario & tetris SNES video game."
Space Invader- Binary Code Street Art- Part 1 - "One of our favorite street artists, Invader, came to LA from France recently and took a minute to explain his new Binary Code street art." oh boy, this invader guy is really full of himself. but he does have nice ideas.
INVADER- Rubix Cubism- Indoor- Part 2 - "Here's Part 2 of the enigmatic and elusive Frenchman; Invader. In this part he describes the nature of his indoor work, how its made, and some of the ideas behind what hes putting into the hands of collectors nowadays"
Synchronized Presidential Debating - "Did watching the 2nd and 3rd debates give you a feeling of déjà vu? This montage of synced-up footage from all three presidential debates confirms our deep-seated belief that every debate was exactly the same." nailing the “didn’t i hear that one before” feeling we so often get these days.
Paris For President Paris Hilton Official Video - spoof paris hilton running for president video, that's (kinda) hot [via neatorama]
WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN - "The sky is falling, the sky is falling."
twittered
Cursebird: What the f#@! is everyone swearing about? - “cursebird is a realtime feed of people swearing on twitter” at least i think that’s the claim for this website that i had to type (!!!!) here because it was in an image.
R.I.P. @MarsPhoenix: The Twitter Epitaph Contest - "To mark this exciting, crowd-pleasing, Tweeting trip to the Martian north pole, we thought it'd be fun to mark the occasion with a Mars Phoenix Twitter-style epitaph contest. That means that these particular virtual headstones must be under 140 characters. Beyond that, it's up to you how you want to memorialize the mission." all i came up with was a lame “R.I.I. (Rest In Ice)” that i didn’t even bother to post.
US Army warns of Twitter danger - "US intelligence agencies are worried that terrorists might start to use new communication technologies like the blogging site Twitter to plan and organise attacks." newsflash, they already are. and???
schmooze and abuse
Google Now Lets You Text Message from Gmail - "Because we can't get enough new Gmail features, Google today rolled out a Gmail Labs feature that lets you send text messages from your Gmail chat window." only available in the US atm. but very very cool.
Opera Sings an Ode to Browsers Everywhere - "Mr. von Tetzchner said that Opera’s engineers have developed a version of Opera Mini that can run on an Apple iPhone, but Apple won’t let the company release it because it competes with Apple’s own Safari browser." sigh.
Untitled-1 - "A funny thing happens when you copy and paste this character into a text editor:" go ahead try it, it’s nothing dirty.
Home is where the controller is - "I went cross stitch crazy this weekend. Here is what I made!" well, my home won't be where the xbox controller is, but uhm …
Disaster Girl! - "She loves starting fires, but this devilish girl is responsible for other disasters, too!!" i am only half-exited about this meme.
A Melting Economy - "In downtown Manhattan, two artists, Marshall Reese and Nora Ligorano sculpted the word "ECONOMY" from a block of ice to symbolize the economic downfall." *melt
8 Things to Expect in the Next iPhone Update - "We don't know exactly when the next version of the iPhone operating system (v2.2) will arrive, but the leaks are springing fast, and the new OS looks like a useful update — full of new toys."
iPhone Apps Are a Trojan Horse for Music Pricing - "One artist has already managed to sell a song for twice the price Apple normally insists on; Sony Music is hawking David Cook's "Light On" through Apple's App Store for $1.99"
Girl Talk's Feed the Animals: The Official Sample List - "Last month, I dissected Girl Talk's Feed the Animals using the list of samples lovingly collected by hundreds of Wikipedia users. But that was totally unofficial, a crowdsourced attempt to find musical needles in a giant mashup haystack."
WTF BROCCOLI PART DEUCE. - "The tradition of hiding names or faces on Cascadian Farm packaging began over a dozen years ago. It was unspoken tribute by the package design department to the friends & family of Cascadian Farm. The faces won’t be included on our redesigned packaging."
10 iPhone Apps We Wish Existed - "CoryCaddyTM A voice sample of blogger Cory Doctorow continually reminding you that your iPhone is a pathetic piece of DRM-riddled crippleware. (Also works as a ringtone.)" this one made me LOL.
Paul Virilio on the crisis - "He sees in the current financial crisis the most accomplished example of his theory, a catastrophe where the victims do not actually die, but lose the roof above their heads by the thousands." one of the many i-told-you-so guys, but with him it really is true.
Yes We Can! - "Pick up this mp3 to start your Tuesday night victory party off right."
ascii deep throat - ascii deep throat, midly nsfw i guess [via sex-and-blogs.com]
The Awesome Cultural Power of WE MAKE MONEY NOT ART - "*This is scary. On my FlickR set, there are NINE (9) eager views of a snapshot of Regine Debatty *before I can even type a caption for her photograph.* How does she do that?"
Manuel Uribe’s Big Fat Mexican Wedding - "Some people get a limo ride to their wedding, but not Manuel Uribe. The world’s heaviest man (who once weighed in at 1,230 lb or 560 kg) went to his wedding in a specially decorated bed on top of a flatbed truck"
IPhone 3G Unlock Coming - "Get ready, because the iPhone 3G unlock is coming to an iPhone 3G near you. The iPhone Dev Team have been able to break in the baseband processor. As you may remember from the first-generation iPhone unlock, this is big news because it means they have access to the core of the system, which gives them the ability to fully manipulate the iPhone 3G hardware and, therefore, unlock it"
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ruff linkage 200843
teh glorious interweb as it got stuck in my camino tabs this past week - the edited version. motherfucking week 43 already? and what i do this whole year? besides losing my job???? ffs
Obama!
McCain Campaign Volunteer: Attack Story Snowballed Out Of Control - "A campaign worker who claimed she was the victim of a politically-motivated attack in which she was beaten, kicked and cut, now admits that she made the whole story up."
Science is for Faggots - "Leaked promotional material from Sarah Palin's upcoming ad council campaign."
In Quotes
"What did they say about: [ ] [search]” google collects and presents quotes by the candidates in this presidential race.
Sarah Palin: The Wink Heard Around The World: A LEGO® creation by Ochre Jelly - "Palin winked quite a few times. Rather cheekily. To mark this moment in history, here is one of her trademark winks, captured in LEGO."
street art
Herzampel - lovey-dovey traffic light hack.
40+ Streetartists You Should Know Besides Banksy - "Everyone knows who Banksy is– but the international streetart community has hundreds of other great artists that deserve your attention. Here's a selection of the very best." Blu is missing, among others, but the list is decent.
Banksy: Let Them Eat Crack - "Urban art legend Banksy – at least we think it’s him – offers up his take on the recent finance fiasco. Trust him to say it how it is. "
online video killed the …
little boots READY FOR THE FUN!!! hot chip tenorion cover - "ok are you ready for the FUN?!? here is cover of hot chip's ready for the floor, its not exactly perfect but best i can do on the amazing tenorion!!!" [via waxy]
Wassup 2008 - "Its been eight long years since the boys said wassup to each other." wassahhhhhh.
バンダイ 『ツッツキバコ』 動画 - odd yet sexy gadget pokeage.
Best Man Fail - epic fail.
schmooze and abuse
Skiving Aussie fingered on Facebook - "An Oz call centre employee has become an overnight net celeb down under after an email exchange between him and his firm's workforce manager regarding a "sickie" escaped into the wild yesterday." his last email response is the best part of it.
A visual history of 11 successful blogs - "Many of the blogs that have a huge following today go back to much more humble beginnings. This post is a look at how they got started and what they looked like in their early days, compared to today." all of them did change their layout but nothing extremely fundamental.
Calling All WordPress-loving Icon Designers - "Well, here’s a golden opportunity. Want to design the new WordPress icons?"
Gmail’s Newly Launched Emoticons Feature a Pile of Shit - "Gmail recently launched emoticons for their gmail service and they have added some fun emoticons to set themselves apart from the crowd. One thing that is quite notable is the pile of shit with 2 flies flying around it." that’s just .
2008/9 Wikipedia Selection for schools - "This 2008/9 Wikipedia DVD Selection is a free, hand-checked, non-commercial selection from Wikipedia, targeted around the UK National Curriculum and useful for much of the English speaking world." wikipedia dvd for offline usage.
The Stink in Farts Controls Blood Pressure - "The new research found that cells lining mice’s blood vessels naturally make the gas and this action can help keep the rodents’ blood pressure low by relaxing the blood vessels to prevent hypertension (high blood pressure)." see? farts are great and i hate to say i told you so.
Real Ad Men Talk About Mad Men - "Looking for a little fact in the fiction of Mad Men, Wired.com is asking some real-world ad executives to talk about the show’s realism and relevance to the advertising industry today."
Online divorcee jailed after killing virtual hubby - "A 43-year-old Japanese woman whose sudden divorce in a virtual game world made her so angry that she killed her online husband's digital persona has been arrested on suspicion of hacking” arrested?
Please fix the iPhone - "Sure, nothing is perfect, but this site brings together little musings and lustful tech haiku about the finest phone and how to make it even better."
10 Very Good Reasons Why You Should Grow a Giant Beard - hmm, tempting. what do you think honey?
The women addicted to Facebook friendships - "FACEBOOK is to blame for "friendship addiction", a leading psychologist warned today. Women are particularly vulnerable because their self-worth stems from relationships with others and Facebook compels them to "acquire" hundreds of friends”
zip file quine - a zip file in a zip file in a zip file, the geek version of the matryoshka doll.
Holographic Interface - "this short feature demonstrates the simple of the possibilities of having the holographic shadow instead of a pda or a cell phone, or a computer for that matter. " [via sis]
Swiss roll over keyboard security - "Swiss researchers claim they have worked out ways to remotely sniff what you're typing on a wired keyboard. They've not yet published full details, but do have two videos online which they say demonstrate that they can monitor electrical pulses from up to 65 feet away and work out what you've typed." sshhhh, don’t tell em.
What’s your internet? - "Just came across a great post from Noisy Decent Graphics about his internet. I have nothing to add but a copy + paste the whole thing"
My Internet - "1. My Internet doesn't use flash, evahhh. Unless it's a video, and then only for video. 2. My Internet prefers html text wherever possible. 3. My Internet lets me use my email address or my usual username as a username. It doesn't give me one or make me create a new one. etc. asf.” i happen to agree with most of it.
Run - missnamed game. only run? you have to jump as well, or die a miserable falling death… [via neatorama]
Job seekers warned over CV theft - "Job seekers have been warned to be particularly careful when sending their CVs to employers' websites or online recruitment agencies."
Switzerland Places Ban on the Humiliation of Plants - "A law protecting the dignity of plants? Laugh if you will. I’m down on my knees in respect and awe. At last the Western World is realizing the dire importance of taking other species into account. Recently, the Swiss Parliament asked a panel of philosophers, lawyers, geneticists and theologians to determine the meaning of dignity when it pertains to plants." don’t insult broccoli, bitch, plants have rights too.
Video Game Skills - "We all know that video games make for really awesome murder simulators and serial killer training programs. That's why we love them so much. But what if you could learn other skills from them that didn't involve shooting people with guns? I know, it sounds absurd"
Fuzz Crime Scene Scarf - "Create your own crime scene with this extra-long, extra cozy knit scarf. The Fuzz by Fred is acrylic wth a touch of spandex for extra oomph" love the name “the fuzz”. if i owned one, hint hint, xmas soon, i would prolly think of it that way. “the fuzz”
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