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Like in NYC, I've found Parisians to be very warm and friendly. The stereotypes are way off.
Donkey Kong easter egg discovered 25 years later - http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009...
created by DadHacker and discovered by Don Hodges, two of my favorite gaming nerds - Andy Baio
Benjamin Pollack on Stack Overflow's user experience and hacker arrogance - http://blog.bitquabit.com/2009...
the Y Combinator thread is hilarious, the worst of the "that's easy" mentality [via] - Andy Baio
Brandon Boyer on Treasure World, DS game that turns wifi hotspots into collectible treasure - http://www.offworld.com/2009...
to play the game, you have to explore the real world - Andy Baio
TweetCraft, in-game Twitter client for World of Warcraft - http://tweetcraft.codeplex.com/
supports uploading screenshots with TwitPic [via] - Andy Baio
Augmented reality iPhone London tube station finder - http://dalasverdugo.com/post...
I really could've used this last week [via] - Andy Baio
Not only is this my first July 4 out of the country, but I'm spending it in *France.* I bet this goes on my permanent record.
France had a huge part in our struggle for independence, so you're good. Visit Lafayette's grave while you're there. The guy was almost as big a founding father as Washington (I think Washington considered him his son). - Scott Loganbill
Slate's Chris Wilson tracks 10,000 random YouTube URLs for 30 days - http://www.slate.com/id...
3% hit 1,000 views, more than I would've expected [via] - Andy Baio
Sour's "Hibi no Neiro," crowdsourced music video - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
Sour's "Hibi no Neiro," crowdsourced music video
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choreographing 64 fans with webcams [via] - Andy Baio
Pinboard, Maciej Ceglowski's lightweight del.icio.us clone - http://pinboard.in/
on the roadmap: "Get acquired by Yahoo and slowly grow useless" - Andy Baio
building a customizable newspaper printing service in 60 days; they're using InDesign as the backend - Andy Baio
Kevin Kelly's Death Clock in Futurama - http://www.kk.org/2009...
this might seem morbid to some, but I find it inspiring - Andy Baio
Last night's London drinkup attracted an awe-inspiring group of geeks, thanks to everyone who came out. Next stop: Eurostar to Paris!
Kickstarter's Big Day - http://blog.kickstarter.com/post...
13 projects ended on July 1, raising an average 188% of their goals - Andy Baio
Paul Lamere's Coolness Index - http://musicmachinery.com/2009...
are female singers uncool? - Andy Baio
Anil Dash on Malcolm Gladwell's criticism of Chris Anderson's Free - http://dashes.com/anil...
I read through Gladwell's New Yorker piece twice, and the arguments seem petty and off base - Andy Baio
72-year-old retired boxer beats up knife-wielding knucklehead - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news...
the inane Facebook photos make this story even more delicious - Andy Baio
Pez sues Burlingame Museum of Pez for copyright infringement - http://laughingsquid.com/pez-sui...
so disappointing - Andy Baio
The quality of speakers at Activate Summit is stunning, and my talk was well-received. Great day. Huge thanks to the organizers. #activate09
RIAA wins lawsuit against Usenet.com - http://news.cnet.com/8301-10...
judge rules Betamax case doesn't apply; every other Usenet provider is next - Andy Baio
Amused by mail from Waxy readers pointing out that EveryBlock *wasn't* funded by the shadowy company that created KITT and Michael Knight.
"Mainstream media suffers from ADD; new media suffers from OCD." -- Arianna Huffington #activate09
@clopin No, it was deliberate. It's a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist.
EveryBlock releases source code - http://blog.everyblock.com/2009...
it was a requirement of their funding from the Knight Foundation - Andy Baio
Hype Machine detects cheating on charts, names names - http://blog.hypem.com/2009...
one of the bands responds in the comments and gets schooled by Anthony [via] - Andy Baio
haha man that was ownage. - Frankie Warren
Ze Frank on black, white, and shades of green - http://www.time.com/time...
I'm loving this series - Andy Baio
China bans gold farming, real-world sale of virtual goods - http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/aarticl...
Eurogamer estimates 1 million Chinese gold farmers with worldwide trade worth more than US$10 billion annually [via] - Andy Baio
Interesting, and spooky given that I've just seen a TV piece about this. Andy as you're in the UK at the moment, you might want to check it out for yourself on 4oD (TV Channel 4's online video service): http://www.channel4.com/program.... They speak to someone in China who claimed to have run a gold farming company and was disrupted by Blizzard's mass banning last year. - James Bell
Lovely day at the Tate Modern, with Eliot interpreting modern art and sketching his own. Soon: The Activate Summit speaker's dinner.
The Pirate Bay sold to publicly-traded Swedish gaming company - http://www.boingboing.net/2009...
Brokep's statement is delusional; being acquired will almost certainly kill the site - Andy Baio
Michael Rubin's "Droidmaker" book now available for free download! - http://droidmaker.blogspot.com/2009...
authoritative 518-page history of Lucasfilm, the creation of Pixar, and much more [via] - Andy Baio
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