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The Man Without a Face
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"A Jehovah's Witness who for decades refused all surgery on his horrific facial disfigurement has been given hope by a British doctor and new medical technology." from the Telegraph.co.uk. (Possible NSFW or bad for the squeemish)
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at 9:28 PM on June 23, 2008
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Wordle
is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. Example. (
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posted to MetaFilter by blue_beetle
at 8:54 PM on June 22, 2008
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Life Before Death
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"This sombre series of portraits taken of people before and after they had died is a challenging and poignant study. The work by German photographer Walter Schels and his partner Beate Lakotta, who recorded interviews with the subjects in their final days, reveals much about dying - and living."
posted to MetaFilter by blue_beetle
at 8:41 AM on April 1, 2008
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iReport.com
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"a brand new beta site for uncensored, user-powered news. CNN built the tools, you take it from there. All the stories here are user-generated and instant: CNN does not vet or verify their authenticity or accuracy before they post. The ones with the "On CNN" stamp have been vetted and used in CNN news coverage."
posted to MetaFilter by blue_beetle
at 11:43 AM on February 14, 2008
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Livin' Large
- To hear the Lou Dobbses and Bill O'Reillys of the world--not to mention politicians ranging from Ron Paul to Hillary Clinton--the middle class of America (however you define that term) has never had it so tough. Between credit squeezes, out-of-control immigration, rising costs of education and health care and everything else, it's all darkness out there for those of us who are neither millionaires nor welfare cases, right? (A video presented by Drew Carey and reason.tv)
posted to MetaFilter by blue_beetle
at 1:02 PM on February 5, 2008
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Books That Make You Dumb
- Ever read a book (required or otherwise) and upon finishing it thought to yourself, "Wow. That was terrible. I totally feel dumber after reading that."?
posted to MetaFilter by blue_beetle
at 12:48 PM on January 25, 2008
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Buzzword
is a fancy new online word processor by Adobe. (flash based)
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at 8:40 AM on November 8, 2007
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Waitless.org:
a Sprint marketing site, with a lot of useful time saving tips.
posted to MetaFilter by blue_beetle
at 4:05 PM on October 21, 2007
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YouOS.com
- A javascript powered web-based desktop operating system.
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at 8:50 AM on December 28, 2006
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Black
, the final entry in Adidas'
Adicolor short film campaign., is seriously messed up, with a fish and a panda playing russian roulette. Also featuring Pink, Red, Blue, White, and Yellow. (
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posted to MetaFilter by blue_beetle
at 7:18 AM on May 12, 2006
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woot.com
One item per day, until midnight, or until they run out of stock. Innovative ecommerce at its best.
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at 8:00 AM on January 10, 2006
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Three days and Counting
Breathe deep, mine eyes, the frosty saga of eternal suns.
From unseen depths and dreams undreamt,
I sing the gleaming cantos of unvanquished space.
By thought I embrace the universal,
With wings of mind I sail the infinitude.
Glory! 'tis the stars which beckon man's spirit and set our souls adrift!
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at 8:13 PM on July 10, 2005
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It's Free Comic Book Day again on May 3rd, 2003.
As the name implies, Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world are giving away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores.
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at 7:14 AM on April 25, 2003
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