I've got the DLO one that fusinkski links to and it's been perfect. Simple, sleek, looks good, and you feel like an FBI agent flashing a badge when you flip it open. There are little magnets that keep the flap locked in place when closed. I assume they don't erase your data.

I don't use it as a wallet but it's got a pocket on the inside flap where you could stash some cash and a couple cards, probably. It's got a clip on the back, too, if you're into that sort of thing.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jga at 3:43 PM on May 6, 2008

The ladies, they love a kazoo.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jga at 4:54 PM on August 28, 2007

Also John Zorn's Naked City. Lots of super-short, super-intense songs, sort of like bite-sized death metal. I've used them in movies. Same kind of stuff on a couple of the Fantomas albums, too.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jga at 2:25 PM on August 8, 2007

I used Ulysses for several years and just jumped ship to Scrivener this week. They're really geared toward people who write things scattershot, with lots of notes and research and bits and pieces to keep organized and interconnected. If that's not your style, then it'd probably be overkill to switch entire operating systems just to get access to these tools.

Of course there are 10 kagillion other reasons to get a Mac but let's not go there.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jga at 2:08 PM on February 6, 2007

I got the new US version last night. It is a little smaller than the old paperback, but still pretty weighty. Paper quality seems perfectly acceptable. Has an intro by Dave Eggers that is all about convincing people to actually read the book. Supposedly some typos and errors were fixed. Only ten bucks. So: Nothing to get super-excited about, but I couldn't not get a new edition of my all-time favorite book. Come on.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jga at 10:37 AM on November 14, 2006 marked best answer

Don DeLillo wrote some kind of potboiler called "Amazons" under the name Cleo Birdwell.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jga at 2:49 PM on July 26, 2006

Cardhouse seconds the Amtrak solution, after extensive and edutaining research.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jga at 8:09 AM on January 20, 2004

I go to Linkdup whenever I'm trying to get away from the standard weblog look.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jga at 11:17 AM on January 13, 2004

"Bill, you know Jesus died for you."

"Yeah, it was a long time ago - let it go."
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 5:01 PM on January 2, 2003

Or An Exquisite Corpse.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 7:59 PM on August 22, 2002

Lynch is one of my favorite directors but I'm having trouble forgetting that MD was originally a television pilot, meant to introduce a bunch of characters and plot threads. If I decided to turn such an open-ended introduction into a cohesive movie, I'd probably do the same thing and tack on that last half-hour (which seemed to have a more typically Lynchian audiovisual style than the rest) which says something like: "It's, uh, it's all a dream..? Or I mean some parts are and others are... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 10:11 AM on April 17, 2002

Yes, this backlash hit years ago, but I'm wondering if this is the second-generation of backlash. The weblog phenomenon started when a) the tools arrived to make the backend process easy, and b) a format was established that made coming up with content easy (annotated links and diary entries). So a lot of people got on board. But now a couple of years have gone by and recently I've been seeing a lot of posts from bloggers who are getting bored of the format and don't want to do the default thing... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 11:19 AM on February 8, 2002

0format adds a response to the previous comment. It's a global village we live in, isn't it.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 1:35 PM on February 8, 2002

Metrocake: I use it for longish, single-page posts and it works like a charm. I had no complaints with Greymatter, but MT lured me away with its interface and various bells & whistles (changing dates on posts, synching up with a text editor, email notifications, pop-up comment windows, ability to access any number of logs from one page, etc.). Drop me a line if you want some more info on setting it up for a journal-type site.
posted to MetaTalk by jga at 2:06 PM on January 15, 2002

Orange ... yeah, that's right.

Four Tet and Mum have been filling my BoC hole lately, so to speak, but I'm eager to fill it with the real thing again.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 7:14 AM on January 15, 2002

I thought the web would never reach the high water mark set by Cracked Magazine during its heyday, but today I was proven wrong - and happily so!
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 12:29 PM on December 12, 2001

There's a good interview with Frank Miller about the new series and whatnot over at the Onion's AV Club.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 5:21 PM on December 6, 2001

Unless he's suckered some high school girls to pitch in (and I wouldn't be surprised if he did), it's still just Andrew running Pitas and Diaryland all by his lonesome. I have no idea how he keeps them running for free but we're probably all better off not knowing.
posted to MetaTalk by jga at 11:45 PM on December 2, 2001

Ever since they added the corkscrew to their knives they've been a pretty unstoppable military force. No one's going to say no to that.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 11:06 PM on December 2, 2001

We're getting closer to Infinite Jest every day.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 9:12 PM on November 17, 2001

I always thought the song was about taking heroin (which is why Major Tom shows up as a junkie in "Ashes to Ashes"), which makes this whole undertaking even more curious.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 11:26 AM on November 8, 2001

The last quarter of the year looks pretty promising, what with new movies from Lynch, Wes Anderson, the Coens, Linklater, the City of Lost Children fella, Scorsese, and Ocean's 11 by Soderbergh. A solid lineup of directors that I hope will make up for the rest of the year.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 8:18 PM on October 24, 2001

What's wrong with the subscribe feature in IE 5? I've flagged twenty-odd sites in my bookmarks and run a check now and then. Takes about ten seconds to see which ones have changed since I was there last. Seems relatively painless.
posted to MetaTalk by jga at 2:24 PM on October 24, 2001

Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems cribbed its name from The Crying of Lot 49. Here's a little more info.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 8:40 AM on October 17, 2001

There's a pretty thorough discussion of the episode going on over here. Many are up in arms about how the show was riddled with potentially dangerous factual errors.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 6:50 AM on October 4, 2001

What I don't get is how it only took about a week for these airlines to lay off half their employees and require billions of dollars from the government. Were they that close to bankruptcy this whole time, living from week to week, secure in the knowledge that x number of people would fly each day? I can understand how the attack would irrevocably damage the industry, but this quickly?
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 12:35 PM on September 25, 2001

Yeah, a couple scenes from Three Kings kept popping into my head over the past few days, but I've been sticking to Rushmore, over and over again.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 3:33 PM on September 15, 2001

From DVDFile: "Artisan is finally set to release the first season of Twin Peaks on DVD, streeting 12/4. The set includes the entire first season aside from the pilot (which remains caught in a rights quagmire), a full frame presentation, new Dolby Digital and DTS tracks (a first for a television release in Region 1), audio commentary by David Lynch, multiple making-of features, promo spots and more to be announced.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 4:50 PM on August 28, 2001

"What should I do with all these pictures from the party last night?"

"Burn them, for the love of god."

"Some of them are funny."

"I'll take you to court if you don't destroy that one of me."

"Maybe I'll put them on my website."

"I'm serious, dude, I will put the hurt on."

"No, wait, I'll put them on my website and call it art.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 1:13 PM on July 31, 2001

I can think of no finer tribute than a new John Woo movie.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 2:02 PM on July 26, 2001

Now Gary Larson's going to get mad. And Paul Ford, too.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 3:01 PM on July 23, 2001

Another solution is to focus your music collection to artists such as Oval and Pan Sonic and Pole - the inserted clicks and pops would probably be indistinguishable from the source material, and you could auction off the tracks as hard-to-find remixes for some supplemental income.

Now I'm wondering if anyone has created a song around the aural glitches that appear in poorly encoded MP3s.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 11:05 AM on July 20, 2001

Unfortunately, Comic Sans instantly lowers your Charisma by 2d8. It's a harsh rule, Taylor, but it's there for a reason.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 5:20 PM on July 16, 2001

Reach for those stars.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 10:52 PM on July 7, 2001

Yikes, I've never had trouble with Jumpline (nor would I call them "cheapass" - they're taking a nice chunk of my embezzled funds each month, money I should be spending on my "girlfriend" One-Tooth Kandi). Should I start worrying?
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 12:45 PM on June 6, 2001

Then you might want this.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 7:35 AM on June 6, 2001

dincTYPE has long been a favorite and not only because they've sent me tons of free junk. The site's down for remodeling at the moment, but they link to their equally sexy side projects and should be back soon.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 1:30 PM on May 11, 2001

I'll admit it's a perfunctory article, but a) it's about weblogs, what you do want, b) I think it's safe to blame the wearying title (sorry, Nick) on a Yahoo temp, and c) even freakishly intelligent writers like Heidi have to pay the bills. Try this, a diary of her ongoing attempt to completely absorb every single exhibit in the New York Museum of Natural History.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 5:40 AM on April 26, 2001

Heidi didn't work for Webmonkey, but she wrote some articles for us and bought us an office goldfish which started dying after a month. I was forced to euthanize it in chilled vodka (the boss happened to have some in her desk), the method recommended by our resident Fish Expert. I don't suggest doing this.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 2:18 PM on April 26, 2001

Metasynth is a great program, getting you to think about sound-generation from a different angle - I've used it to make a number of MP3s for my site. It's very difficult to get it to create anything aside from screeching noise or ambient drones, but if you want to launch your career as the next Pan Sonic - and who doesn't? - it's definitely the way to go. Relatively cheap, too.
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 6:50 AM on February 27, 2001

"Which makes the tumult that currently surrounds weblogs all that much more amusing. It's easy to be cynical, of course, but how can anyone not giggle into their sleeve when lists of links to the iBrator are described in terms that usually accompany the overthrow of a government?"

from http://www.theobvious.com/archives/112299.html
posted to MetaFilter by jga at 12:01 PM on August 4, 2000