April 2008
70 posts
Free Album: Ghostly Swim →
Adult Swim releases another free music compilation. It features tracks by Matthew Dear, Mux Mool, and Michna. Download the album + artwork. Also check out their Warm & Scratchy and Definitive Swim releases.
Is Mike Arrington a Dick? →
Finally, a definitive answer.
Point Break LIVE! →
The “absurdist stage adaptation” of the 1992 Keanu Reeves movie. Before each performance, the lead role for Keanu’s character is picked at random from the audience.
De-junk mail: Save time, save trees →
Stop receiving credit card offers, the Pennysaver, Val-Pak, ShopWise, all that crap. Happy Earth Day.
UT LOOP! →
UNIQLO launches a fun, inspired marketing campaign to promote their t-shirt brand. I dare you to watch and not create your own loop.
“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in...”
– Bob Dylan (via slowburn)
WatchJerry Orbach’s Eyes According to his widow, “not a day would go by that Jerry didn’t talk about donating his eyes.”
The Unsatisfying State of Twitter Web Clients for... →
A detailed analysis, including Gruber’s list of wants in a Twitter iPhone client. Personally, I’d like to see integration with tweet scanning services — like I previously wrote about.
MobLogic.tv + EPIC-FU Meetup →
Tomorrow night (4/17) come and hang out with EPIC-FU, Moblogic.tv, and other videobloggers from the LA area.
Using Back to My Mac to Catch a Thief! →
Use Leopard’s built-in screen sharing feature to track a stolen laptop, or use free utilities to replicate Back to My Mac.
Joseph Arthur - Rages Of Babylon From last...
Summize: Realtime Twitter Search →
This worthy competitor to Tweet Scan features a few advanced search options, like language and smiley filters. Also supports RSS feeds.
Birth of a meme: "John Mayer here"
Preface your customer service requests with this statement, and you are sure to get 5-star support.
April 16th: The Great Flickr Donut Giveaway →
Looks like Flickr gave into the “demands” of the We Demand Donuts group — which originally started as a joke to counter the anti-video Flickr groups.
Download YouTube Videos as MP4 Files →
A bookmarklet that lets you download raw MP4 video files from YouTube.
AnchorFree Wi-Fi Finder →
Find free hotspots with this utility. Powered by Google Maps.
CMD+K search in Safari →
Another tip in my neverending quest to make Safari more usable.
Overcoming a Twitter limitation: @replies
Twitter’s @reply system is very primitive. If you don’t @reply at the beginning of an update, the addressee will not see it on his/her Replies page. This is bad, because you’re probably missing replies. Enter real-time Twitter search engine Tweet Scan. You can submit any text string and it will return a relevant list of tweets across the twitterverse. See where I’m going...
When is Good →
Simple web app that lets you collectively choose a time for meetings and events via a clickable grid.
Trim Down Windows to the Bare Essentials →
Tutorial for installing a “bare bones” version of Windows for use on virtual machines or old hardware.
HuddleChat →
Yes it’s a blatant ripoff of 37signal’s Campfire, but it’s free and it’s built on Google’s new App Engine. EDIT: Taken down by Google due to complaints from the dev community. Good to know they are listening.
The 99 Cent Chef →
My bro and I wanted to create a show around this idea last year. All ingredients are less than a buck! Hope he adds video soon. (via @irinaslutsky)
BRINGO →
Dials customer service numbers, navigates the annoying phone trees, calls you back when a human comes on the line.