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Looking for some recommended books and media about Shinto, especially the history, tenets and practices of it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by tittergrrl
at 8:39 AM on March 27, 2008
(7 comments)
What if the Devil tricked a well-meaning computer developer into making a horrendous animal racing game?
(cringeworthy YouTube link) Now we know! Yes,
Cougar Interactive has a product for you. Zoo Race! The biblical flood is over, and with hardly any people around, what's Noah, God, and the animals gonna do? Why, RACE of course! The game features compelling voice work, top flight graphics, and of course...
animals straddling on rockets. And to top it all off, God is the announcer! It was the best 2007 had to offer, and it's still available... so, like their web site says..
Buy the FUN game that the big game companies would not ever make. (as found at
Kotaku)
posted to MetaFilter by tittergrrl
at 1:24 PM on January 17, 2008
(58 comments)
Its that time! It's been
asked before, and the scorn... she has been thrown. Let's do this thing again... who all is attending
DragonCon 2006 in Atlanta, GA this labor day weekend? Come and meet at least
two posters of the most awesome posters on MeFi. Such a deal! All previous meetup links are considered null and void for the purposes of this offer. Claims of awesomeness based on interviews with each poster's mother and friends, by way of martini infusion.
posted to MetaTalk by tittergrrl
at 9:08 AM on August 25, 2006
(7 comments)
Anyone else on here have experience with the Disney Vacation Club? I'm seriously thinking of buying into it, but was wondering what people's experiences have been with it. Or perhaps even other similar "vacation club" programs.
posted to Ask Metafilter by tittergrrl
at 12:58 PM on March 8, 2006
(9 comments)
A friend of mine and I are going to Japan in a couple months and are getting our tickets now. We'll be leaving from Washington, DC and will be arriving in Tokyo and leaving from Osaka later. I'm worried about comfort, he's worried about price. We're both worried about the hassle of switching/transferring between the two Tokyo airports on the way back. Suggestions?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tittergrrl
at 3:34 PM on January 20, 2006
(14 comments)
I don't bite....haaaaaard.
Making the commuter train ride more interesting: Bluetoothing for anonymous sex. Called
Toothing (message board, may be NSFW), randy Brits are using the wonders of technology to find themselves a bit o' fun after a long day's work. Just set your wireless device to discover other nearby devices, send out the 'standard greeting' and get ready to get bizzay. Why do it? Well, the
Toothing FAQ says it all:
"It's fun! And exciting! And you can meet some wonderful new people and make proper friends. " Well, of course! And don't think it's just a British thing,
Toothing's goin' international! So, reach out... reach out and touch someone. Don't forget to floss!
posted to MetaFilter by tittergrrl
at 4:25 PM on April 20, 2004
(20 comments)
At the tone, please leave your snark...
This is a pretty cool application of technology. We all have heard of the slow rise of the audioblog (indeed, it was
discussed here!): people posting to their blogs or journals or whatever via their phone. Eric Rice of
Slack Street (previously discussed
here) has taken things one step further, and added the ability to call a toll-free number and have your audio comments strung together with others, and put on his audioblog site. Still kind of wonky (gotta listen to every recorded item, instead of being able to cue between tracks, looks like comments have to be approved first using some interface, etc.), but neat! Now, instead of bitching about people's poor grammar and spelling, we can rant about crappy pronunciations and accents! And for IraqFilter fans, his
newest entry is actually
begging people to leave him messages on the one year anniversary. Obviously he has no idea what he's getting into. Hurrah for tech-nol-o-gee!
posted to MetaFilter by tittergrrl
at 12:51 PM on March 19, 2004
(6 comments)
20 Years of Frontline... Online
The PBS documentary show
Frontline has been discussed
many times here on MetaFilter. This year, in September, it turns twenty years old, and to commemorate this event a number of popular and recent shows have
been put online:
The Merchants of Cool,
A Class Divided,
American Porn,
Abortion Clinic,
The Choice 2000, and more. Rewatch
some of
the episodes, then
reread the comments. How's that for meta?
posted to MetaFilter by tittergrrl
at 8:10 PM on February 27, 2003
(11 comments)
No such thing as ecosystems?
That's the hypothesis of the White House's newly chosen wildfire prevention head honcho, Allan Fitzsimmons. Seeing that some members of the MeFi community in
a previous discussion stated that
fires are a normal part of forest ecosystem, does this negate this view? Mr. Fitzsimmons also has some interesting opinions on why "it would not be a crisis if the nation's threatened and endangered species became extinct." (editorial quote from the article)
posted to MetaFilter by tittergrrl
at 8:18 AM on September 3, 2002
(35 comments)
Beverly Hillbillies, Redux!
No... not a new movie, but a reality series under development by the shiny and shimmering
Tiffany Network. CBS scouts are scouring for a "rural, rustically telegenic" family to be whisked to a brand new home in Beverly Hills, and have a life of luxury bestowed upon them for a period of a year... cameras following them all the way. Crass exploitation of the poor when the gap between rich and poor gets larger and larger? Fun idea to see what happens when someone's dreams come true? Somewhere in the middle? What do people think?
posted to MetaFilter by tittergrrl
at 9:17 PM on August 28, 2002
(33 comments)
Welcome to "Hawk Tawk"
, with your host, Dick Cheney. The Vice President spoke to members of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars in Tennessee today, and unequivocally stated that the United States must preemptively strike Iraq, since there is "no doubt" Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction and plans on using them against the US and its allies (
excerpt of speech here). In other news, Qatar, a proposed launching off point by US forces,
announced its opposition to any attacks on Iraq. In addition,
National Reservists will continue to be on active duty for another year, the first time that has happened since Vietnam, and the
US Army has been gearing up for new action. What's that Chinese proverb about living in interesting times? (And I know people are sick of Iraq talk, but these are fairly significant events)
posted to MetaFilter by tittergrrl
at 7:48 PM on August 26, 2002
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