I’ve always liked his stuff. Here’s a pretty nice compilation of Escher’s work.
Currently Watching: World Series Game 3 (Currently tied in the 9th – Go Astros!)
M. C. Escher
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Scratch Resistant Coating for iPod
Colorware is coming out with a scratch resistant coating for the new ipod. It will be available in 460 different color combos and will include a coating called X2. Depending on how well the coating protects the iPod, I would seriously consider paying extra to get this just so I wouldn’t have to cover mine up with a case.
More Super Mario World
I still remember Christmas in 1991 when my dad bit the bullet and spent $200 for a brand new Super Nintendo Entertainment System (just before the price dropped $20 at Toys R Us). The NES before it had been for him, but this baby was all for me. Super Mario World was the game that launched the system and I spent forever playing through it, discovering all of its secrets. I still remember the first time I beat it. Some of my cousins were staying over and we stayed up half the night playing through the last levels.
On more than one occasion I’ve sought a SNES emulator and a ROM to play this game again (my SNES is 10 hours away at my parents house). Now someone has made it possible to play brand new levels!
Lunar Magic is a level editor I created for Super Mario World (SNES). It’s the first and, as far as I know, the only level editor available for this game. I began looking into making an editor for it shortly after releasing the SoM VWF patch, mostly on a whim to see how hard it would be.
So yeah, ROMs aren’t technically legal. Did I say I’ve had them before? I was only kidding. Although, I do actually own the game. Doesn’t that make it slightly less illegal? Hey, look over there! *Downloads ROM for the nth time*
MySpace Worm
This is a step-by-step guide by “Samy”, the guy who created a MySpace Javascript worm that quickly made him the most popular guy around. This probably isn’t going to mean much to most people, but it’s pretty interesting how he got around all these hurdles. Basically, he created a worm so that anyone who viewed his profile would add him as a friend (and hero) without knowing it. Than anyone who viewed that person’s profile would add him as a friend (and hero) as well. The original story goes into more detail.
It’s official. I’m popular.
I have hit 1,000,000+ users. In less than 20 hours, I’ve hit over 1/35th of all myspace users.
As someone who’s worked with this stuff before, it’s pretty incredible how he accomplished it.
Slashdot is Losing Its Edge
For some strange reason, this makes me very happy. Seriously, I’m grinning right now.
I’ve never really cared for /. much. Digg.com is quickly reaching Slashdot when comparing daily visitors according to Alexa’s Traffic Rankings. Slashdot isn’t as cutting edge as it used to be: stories get barely 200 replies. Maybe their new CSS update was too little, too late.
411 is Now Free
A company has made dialing Information free by coupling it with short strategic advertising. 1-800-Free411. Awesome.
To the Bat Cave!
I really want to do this when I own a house some day. It’s pretty low tech, but Simon Shea built a secret door (to a broom closet) right into a bookshelf. Pretty cool.
8 Bits to Go
Some guy made a portable NES comparable in size to the Game Boy Micro. Impressive.
Video
Everyone knew it was coming; now it’s here. Apple has introduced a new iPod with video support. I want to see one in person and then I’ll decide what I think about it. Still, a bigger screen and longer battery life sounds like improvement to me. I think it’s time to check it out and decide if I want to upgrade to the latest with video, or just a 4th gen with a color screen. Decisions.
Currently Playing: Revolution Report Episode #008
TactaPad
I want one. Check out the demos to see how it works.