January 27
Is Newt Gingrich’s plan for a moon mine
science fiction? The
technolgy may be in place, but is there any
reason to go?
posted by Artw at 2:57 PM
27 comments on Goals Scored renders (largely English) football information into a variety of visualizations, some
trivial, some
striking. Test your knowledge of Premier League
club crests, or identify goalscorers by
the shape of their productivity.
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posted by Errant at 2:28 PM
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The firm represented the justice, who never paid for the work. Now the firm litigates cases before him. Remember
Michael Gableman, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice? Now he is the subject of a likely fruitless petition by a
Democratic state representative, Kelda Roys, regarding the "free" legal work done for him by
a prominent firm which still litigates before him.
Previously on MetaFilter on the Wisconsin Supreme Court justices.
Previously on MetaFilter on Wisconsin
recall elections.
posted by bearwife at 12:37 PM
9 comments
A UK man who downloaded recipes on how to make explosive devices
has been jailed under
the controversial Section 58 of the
Terrorism Act 2000 which makes it a crime to be "in possession of records of information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism".
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posted by unSane at 12:25 PM
65 comments The girl with 7 horses – Photographer Ulrika Kestere uses clothing to form images of horses in a lovely photo-essay.
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posted by quin at 10:53 AM
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Does California need the high-speed rail project? The New York Times published six opinion pieces debating the merits of the $90 billion high-speed rail plan that would connect Los Angeles to San Francisco. Streetsblog has
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posted by 2bucksplus at 10:41 AM
105 comments
Contrary to popular belief,
cats can make great DJs. It's just a small sample, but it's nice to see him really get into it as the set progresses.
posted by gman at 8:58 AM
29 comments Artist
Roger Ibars' "Hard-wired devices" are vintage video game controllers linked to
clocks and
other devices.
posted by griphus at 7:35 AM
20 comments Alexander Alekhine lies dead. Little
Samuel Reshevksy gives a simultaneous exhibition.
Mikhail Tal presents his most chilling death stare.
Fischer plays Fidel. Che meets
Miguel Najdorf.
Reuben Fine cavorts with a beauty on a beach, showing her his moves.
Anatoly Karpov hangs out with Salvador Dali. The grave of
Jose Raoul Capablanca.
Klaus Junge plays in his Nazi uniform.
Sometimes hit and miss, but it has to be said that this a great epic thread of
vintage chess photos.
posted by rahulrg at 6:38 AM
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Musaic Box is a puzzle game that uses music to define the pieces. Find outlines for songs, and then try to put them together...very fun and addicting. Don't try to play with the sound off obviously.
posted by schyler523 at 6:37 AM
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"Speaking for many scientists and engineers who have looked carefully and independently at the science of climate, we have a message to any candidate for public office: There is no compelling scientific argument for drastic action to "decarbonize" the world's economy. Even if one accepts the inflated climate forecasts of the IPCC, aggressive greenhouse-gas control policies are not justified economically." Link.
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posted by BobbyVan at 5:59 AM
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Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life, in which the author, Erik Andrulis, proposes an "axiomatic, experimentally testable, empirically consistent, heuristic, and unified theory of life." He also claims to be able to unify physics.....ahem. All this is done using the chemistry notation you learned in highschool.
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posted by AElfwine Evenstar at 5:57 AM
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A serial intern in the finance sector speaks: "Applying for internships is so tiresome and bruising. It's like dating, you sit by the phone waiting for a call. Back in my days at university I would get up at 5.30am or 6am. First I'd go jogging, then send out an application for an internship. Every morning. It's so painful to hear 'no' all the time."
posted by feelinglistless at 5:21 AM
58 comments
The
Jerry Slocum Mechanical Puzzle Collection, given to Indiana University in 2006, is now online, with images and descriptions of some 24,000 puzzles, from an
18th century Japanese puzzle to nearly
300 kinds of Rubik's Cubes.
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posted by Horace Rumpole at 4:54 AM
9 comments January 26
Minecraft was
officially released a few months, back, but that doesn't mean that the game still isn't being updated. Aside from new features like
Kitties and Jungles being added in the latest update, there are hundreds of active mods available which are updated constantly.
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posted by empath at 8:54 PM
64 comments
Dear Mr. Kotter,
Please excuse Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo DeHuevos Epstein from class. He has an
appointment in heaven.
Signed,
Epstein's Mother
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posted by zarq at 7:21 PM
84 comments Jo Mora was a California (by way of Uruguay and Boston) painter, sculptor, author, photographer and, most notably, map-maker. He sculpted the many
figures on the Monterey County Courthouse and designed the chapel in the
Carmel mission. He spent three years living with and
photographing the Navajo and Hopi in Arizona. He authored and illustrated a number of
children's books. Of all his many talents, Mora was probably best known for his
unique maps ("cartes" as he called them) of the West. He created incredibly detailed maps, interesting, funny and maybe anachronistically racial, of
California,
Yosemite and
Yellowstone. Music fans will recognize Mora's work from the Byrds' 1968 album
Sweetheart of the Rodeo (full carte
here).
posted by one_bean at 6:59 PM
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Former Fox News host Glenn Beck has
produced a video appropriating Anonymous' trademark style. It is unclear whether he is mocking the group or whether he seeks to join them. If "we are all Anonymous," then can't he be Anonymous, too? (
direct youtube link, for those wishing to avoid Beck's site.)
posted by nobody at 3:40 PM
99 comments The granting of gay marriage rights in New Hampshire seemed to be a step in the right direction. However recently there is a push back to refuse service in public places to the gay community based on
religious objections, seemingly against earlier legislation written to
stop this exact type of discrimination.
You may or may not remember a similar story featuring
an upstate New York town clerk (NYT).
posted by aloiv2 at 3:11 PM
63 comments
TVTropes calls it a "Neo-Dada art form consisting of video remixes. . . to confuse, stun or entertain the viewer". A recent
top ten list (
more here) fills the gaps of that description with ample WTF, which is almost too appropriate for a video genre that first garnered attention as a misdirection troll.
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posted by I've wasted my life at 2:57 PM
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John Tyler was the 10th president of the United States. Born in 1790 he became president upon the death of "Tippecanoe" William Henry Harrison. His nickname given by his detractors was "
His accidency." He led in relative
obscurity.
His Grandchildren are still alive.
posted by Xurando at 2:27 PM
38 comments
The Atemporality of "Ruin Porn":
Part I,
Part II.
posted by Artw at 12:01 PM
34 comments If you like real-life crime drama,
Burgled in Philly, by John Davidson, will keep you occupied for a few minutes.
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posted by gilrain at 11:48 AM
39 comments Dengue Fever is an L.A. band that fuses Cambodian pop music with psychedelic rock. They have a
youtube channel where you can find highlights such as
a live acoustic version of their song Uku as well as
a clip from the 2007 documentary
Sleepwalking Through The Mekong. NPR has an
interview with them in 2008 and a
review of their second album Escape From Dragon House. Peter Gabriel
is a fan.
posted by mannequito at 11:08 AM
28 comments
Laser Pointer Hack! A DIY guide to turning your laser pointer into a laser cannon.
posted by quin at 10:24 AM
20 comments
80s Sports Posters Jerry Rice:
Goldfingers. Patrick Ewing:
Madison Square Guardian.
posted by sweetkid at 10:01 AM
38 comments
JADs International, makers of fine
Star Wars and
Star Trek related perfumes, have released a new line to coincide with The
Avengers Movie.
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posted by mikoroshi at 9:58 AM
17 comments Lego figurines, Kinder surprises and other toys played the role of 'demonstrators'. Police in Siberian city ask prosecutors to investigate legality of protest involving display of toy figures holding miniature placards. "Political opposition forces are using new technologies to carry out public events – using toys with placards at mini-protests," Andrei Mulintsev, the city's deputy police chief, said at a press conference this week, according to local media. "In our opinion, this is still an unsanctioned public event."
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posted by KokuRyu at 9:55 AM
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Adam Smith is the first to admit that his debut feature film is not the easiest sell in the history of cinema. "There's no real narrative strand," says the director. "It's 85 minutes long, it's got paintballs exploding – and clowns..." Don't Think, The
Chemical Brothers in concert.
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posted by fearfulsymmetry at 9:54 AM
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Inshallah Kashmir: Living Terror is Oscar-nominated director
Ashvin Kumar's
brand new documentary, which is banned in India, that provides the perspectives of people that rarely receive positive mainstream media attention.
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posted by gman at 8:49 AM
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Stephen Colbert interviews Maurice Sendak:
part one (aired 1/24),
part 2 (aired 1/25)
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posted by flex at 8:13 AM
53 comments Con Artist Starred in Sting That Cost Google Millions -
The government's case also contained potentially embarrassing allegations that top Google executives, including co-founder Larry Page, were told about legal problems with the drug ads. [more inside]
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 8:12 AM
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