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waffle on OmniWeb

Jesper nails my feelings on the current status of my favorite web browser. OmniWeb is the only browser I’ve ever paid for, and probably the only one I ever will. It’s great, but it needs some TLC. Don’t miss Omni Group’s CEO Ken Case comment.

The Genesis of Doctor Who

BBC Archive presents The Genesis of Doctor Who collection. Concept notes, background, photos. Great stuff.

Early Photos of Warren Ellis Surface Thanks to Life Magazine

Such a cute little guy. via Daring Fireball.

Eri Yoshida, Japan’s First Female Professional Baseball Player

Awesome:

Eri Yoshida was inspired to learn how to throw the knuckler after seeing a video of Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield. On Monday, she broke the gender barrier by being drafted for an independent league team as Japan's first female professional baseball player.

We can always use another knuckleballer.

37signals Asks What to do With Yahoo

The question:

Now that Jerry Yang is out as Yahoo CEO, what would you do if you became the next Yahoo CEO? How would you turn Yahoo around?

Most of the comments seem to say “figure out exactly what it is Yahoo! does.” Which is a pretty good place to start. Right now, I’m not sure anyone knows.

LIFE photo archive hosted by Google

I wonder why Flickr wasn’t all over this one? Anyway, millions of hi-res photos, new to me and you. I found the photo from the cover of They Might be Giants’ album Flood in about 35 seconds.

A Faithful Remake of the Apple II Classic Lemonade Stand for iPhone

Totally worth 99 cents. I spent many many hours as a child, on my first computer (a Laser clone) playing this in all it’s green screen glory.

MLB.com drops Silverlight for Adobe Flash

Not surprising. My guess is that MS probably dumped a heap of money and incentives on MLB for the first year, and then didn’t want to do it again.

The End of Wall Street’s Boom

The author of Liar’s Poker reminds us what went wrong.

I expected readers of the future to be outraged that back in 1986, the C.E.O. of Salomon Brothers, John Gutfreund, was paid $3.1 million; I expected them to gape in horror when I reported that one of our traders, Howie Rubin, had moved to Merrill Lynch, where he lost $250 million; I assumed they’d be shocked to learn that a Wall Street C.E.O. had only the vaguest idea of the risks his traders were running. What I didn’t expect was that any future reader would look on my experience and say, “How quaint.”

Japanese School Girl Wrist Cutters

I… yes. Well done, Japan. Nightmare fodder. It seems like some kind of parody, partially because all they keep saying is “yay” and “cute”.

Build-A-Muppet at FAO Schwarz

$90 a pop, but could be super worth it for a kid you know.

South Bend, Indiana Has It’s 10th Shooting In 2 Weeks

I consider it my home town, and it’s falling apart. I’ve been friends with the bartender who was shot for years and years.

Sprint: Plug into Now, or: How I Gave My Brain A Seizure

I’m not sure if this is some of the dumbest advertising I’ve ever seen, or a brilliant satire.

Grim Fandango Puzzle Document

Game designer Tim Schafer (Psychonauts, Day of the Tentacle) has posted the original puzzle document for Grim Fandango on the Double Fine blog. Grim Fandango is 10 years old this week! Here’s the PDF.