Things that made me happy this morning:

• 10 steps to organising a barcamp has great info on exactly that
• the social mention API covers several social networks and allows you to search for keyterms
• I want the 8gb Lego minifig thumb drive
• A great peek into the process how classic computer games were built including Mario, Tetris and Pong
• A Stormtrooper singing in the rain
• A great list of open datasets
• Undop is a tool to stop you from wasting too much time on those sites that normally make you do that
• Skulpt is a Python parser in the browser – whoa!
• The Google Wave API roadmap is now available
• The YouTube Data API now supports captions

Things that made me happy this morning:

Good to know:

• The Guardian released a great piece on the truth of the figures involved in DVD/Game and Music piracy
• Finally an answer how to pronounce GIF – it is “Jiff” – no, not Yiff
• Some very useful bash scripts for web developers
• A handy “know your Goth (stereo)types cheatsheet”:http://www.blackwaterfall.com/viewall.php

Everybody say “awwww”

• Tomorrow I am going to Sophie and Nigel’s wedding
• Partly Cloudy, Pixar’s new short movie – I loke the little Ram.
• A very heart-warming interview and photos of a prom night in a school for the blind
• Some mechanical engineering students turn class projects into solutions for disabled and seniors

Code stuff

• Elliot Kember tries to keep twitter free from spammers with Blocky
• The Google Page Speed team are listening to my concerns and will change some of the docs to replace a terrible JS example with better code
• Bing has a API now (which seems to be a rebranded Microsoft Live search) – good API, but I do hate this documentation format. And I work on a mac or on linux the advice to download the SDK didn’t help much either as it is an MSI :-(. Then again, there is a yet undocumented search option for FlightStatus – that looks interesting.

Erm, what?

• Who knew that there are Hardcore Tetris orgies?
• Now, that’s what I call a party
• Greeks know how to party, check this Epic fireworks battle
• Do you remember the time when cocaine was still advertised?

• Basted Tetris – A Tetris version that analyzes the playfield and denies you the best possible next piece. I dare you to finish one line!
• Franklyn is a flick to forward to it seems. God, Eva Green is beautiful.
• Google soon releasing a nice paper on social media security
• I am near finds things near to you – with FireEagle support (cats for example)
• NASA shows artist depictions of space stations from the 1970ies
• How to build a social media cheat sheet – as explained by read/write web (they also used the Swedish Chef and the Chocolate Moose like I did in Sweden)
• Five reasons Megatron should have fired Starscream years ago has actually some good ideas on how to defuse bad situations in the office.
• Microsoft’s Songsmith Ad brings awkward to another level – actually the research team stars in the video! It reminds me a lot of Cinco Midi Organizer

Things that made me happy this morning:

• A Game that shows you your chances of winning the lottery
• A very sensible and good suggestion for public transport in London (make sure to read the reason why it was denied)
• Tetris found to be very effective in fighting trauma – I knew it still is a game full of win.
• the 7 inch vinyl is 60 years old – I still have a few at home, including the original pressing of “the message” :)
• A collection of cool billboard ads
• Remy Sharp’s HTML 5 script reminds me of IE7.js – it teaches IE HTML5
• The cool physics simulation Crayon Physics is now available as a full version – sadly enough only PC. Do want Mac Version (or maybe my HTC touch will run it?)
• Joe Clark explains the difference between captions and subtitles
• So Sari about your washing machine has some good accounts of how not to enter the India market