I like their approach to this, and their POV seems to be from a usability standpoint rather than an engineering standpoint. I'll give it a shot when it comes out.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 3:09 PM on September 1, 2008

Google may become evil, and I don't know that this is a step in that direction, but I will always love them for making Sketchup free. Even if we ever break up.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 4:48 PM on September 1, 2008

Well, there is this Erased De Koonig.... So, there is a precedence.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 3:45 PM on August 31, 2008

Permission makes it art? No, in the case of the De Kooning, it makes it collective art. Rauschenberg certainly didn't need permission to make what he did art.



Or: buff Radtke's buffs.

You mean something like this. Which you would have seen if you actually looked at the links.

You know, all this bullshit about the right for graffiti artists to do their thing and make their... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 5:58 PM on August 31, 2008

He's also apparently clean too. Hopefully he can keep the momentum going. He wasn't able to do that the 4 years prior when Colin Farrell got him a 2000 dollar prize for getting him to a radio station. Nice to hear at least one good story. I wonder how many failures there are to this one success?
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 9:27 AM on August 31, 2008

Maybe they can make a good story about societal mind control and attempts to make people toe the line. It might even be good. But it won't be "The Prisoner". It'll be something else trying to pretend to be "The Prisoner", and not succeeding.

I can't agree with this more. "The Prisoner" was an amazing coming together of writing, acting and filming that told a story which not only fit the time, but also has stood up well... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 3:46 PM on August 30, 2008

Ohh, it made a huge impression on me as well from watching the series on PBS in the 70's. Rover freaked me the fuck out. There was a building in downtown Sacramento that had this huge ball on top of it, I imagine for an antenna of some sort, and I always thought of it as Rover, and always watched it carefully as we drove past in case it came bounding off the building after me.

The original series was so brilliant and original, that a remake just seems... I don't know...... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 7:16 PM on August 30, 2008

Here's an interesting little tidbit about how the really big ones, like Katrina, get their strength in the gulf. It depends on how they cross the "loop current". Wikipedia Entry.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 5:54 PM on August 30, 2008

"That's the whole trouble. You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write 'Fuck you' right under your nose. Try it sometime. I think, even, if I ever die, and they stick me in a cemetary, and I have a tombstone and all, it'll say 'Holden Caulfield' on it, and then what year I was born and what year I died, and then right under that it'll say 'Fuck you.' I'm... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 4:51 PM on August 30, 2008

These are fantastic. I love the photography especially. While technology changes, the things that make photographs great and timeless remain the same.

Definitely worth 2 brilliants. Thanks for posting.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 3:53 PM on August 30, 2008

One of the most famous light painting photos. Yeah, it's the Picasso one...
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 2:46 PM on August 30, 2008

As someone who has a passing interest in ancient artifacts, this is a fascinating story, and especially because archaeologists were fooled by these. They are quite crude to say the least. What they've unknowingly done is created artifacts for future generations to marvel at. They've created historical items, but not in the way they intended. Great stuff!
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 12:23 PM on August 30, 2008

For those of you not old enough to have been there, the prevailing thought on the Quayle selection was that he was assassination insurance. People would think twice about killing the President when they saw who was next in line. There were no age or disease issues with George Bush, so the fact that Quayle was inexperienced and generally seen as a silver spooned buffoon wasn't really an issue. He did provide a young face to the ticket, and that was an advantage to counter Bush's experience.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 9:21 AM on August 29, 2008

grapefruitmoon, you are aware I'm sure that Gerald Ford was never elected to a National office? He was appointed VP, never elected to it, and we all know the rest of that story...
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 4:07 PM on August 29, 2008

grapefruitmoon, no, I'm not splitting hairs with you at all. Gerald Ford is just a bad example to use for anything Presidential since he never had to run for the national office he held, and when he did run, he lost. He was pretty much put in to be a patsy for a corrupt administration, and the fact he was a male model was probably to his benefit in getting confirmed. A dumb pretty boy was preferable to a jowly schemer.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 4:46 PM on August 29, 2008

While dashiv is verbose, I don't think he's particularly intelligent on this. Anyone can go on blah blah blah without really saying anything. Just watch cable news some time.

I've been following this and have been perplexed at the choice. The best answer I've heard for her selection is that she represents a next generation of conservative that's the next step from the Reagan Republican. Ever so slightly more progressive on various issues, but supposedly still fiscally... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 8:03 PM on August 29, 2008

Very cool. I'm kind of assuming many of these were done from an helicopter. I wonder at some of the images that required long exposure. I wish I could do that!
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 7:10 PM on August 29, 2008

For those that are using this news to proselytize about the nature of American business, Alcatel is a French company.
posted by sfts2

I think that's pretty much the point that was being made.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 7:53 PM on August 28, 2008

I was skeptical about this, but it's awesome. I want to go visit.

And yes, that little black puppy is the awesome.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 6:08 PM on August 28, 2008

Dude, he's been dead for, like, a century!

You're confused. Cynthia McKinney is alive (and a woman), and she's the Green Party's candidate for President.

And you obviously need to have your sense of humor surgically re-implanted.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 5:58 PM on August 28, 2008

And that probably applies to most people in the 200-300k range, for example. Especially for younger workers, it's unlikely they have accumulated enough capital to live without their wages.


And this is based on extensive research I'm sure. Certainly you didn't pull this out of your ass or anything.

Of course 200-300k is barely a living wage where you live. Try looking around at the rest of the country.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 6:25 PM on August 27, 2008

Awesome. I'd love to go to Cuba and take photos like this. Hell, I'd just like to be able to take photos 1/10th as good as this.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 9:24 PM on August 23, 2008

Totally awesome, and great post. I'm very interested in Mayan culture, and this is a great find. There's so much lost and overgrown in the jungle, that there's lots more to be found out.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 7:23 PM on August 23, 2008

The dude in this story, Brown, really comes across as a leach trying to make bucks off of other people's work. Finding that one minute turn of phrase. If he had only put that effort into being creative himself, he might be somewhere. He certainly doesn't come across as a champion for reasonable copyright. I just don't get the sense of a sympathetic little guy taking on the mega corporation. It's more just some smarmy guy trying to cut some cash loose. Doesn't surprise me that this kind of thing... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 6:54 PM on August 22, 2008

Why would you think that, doctor_negative?
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 4:44 PM on August 22, 2008

This just goes to show you that grammar doesn't directly correlate with intelligence.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 9:21 AM on August 22, 2008

Awesome photos. I wish I could take portraits like that. The Andy Schleck one looks like he's thinking "Well, how did I get here?" Great photos that really tell the tale of how grueling the sport really is.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 1:32 PM on August 21, 2008

Oh, and to me the doubt photo is more "Get me back on my fucking bike so I can catch these motherfuckers." At least anyone that knows anything about Hinault would think that.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 1:35 PM on August 21, 2008

Yeah, fixed gear, but he didn't own them all at once. Nor do I think the McCains would get caught dead in any of Mr. Coltrane's homes.

There's something to be said for young children being more open emotionally to music. When I was in the fifth grade I started playing Saxaphone in the school band. It was a squeaky squawky affair directed by Mr. Luck who traveled around the school district in a yellow school bus converted to be a mobile music room for individual lessons.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 11:33 AM on August 21, 2008

When faced with the blunt force of facts, fall back and regroup.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 9:05 PM on August 20, 2008

Wait, this is a Zippy the Pinhead post, no?

I am totally into these signs. Awesomeness at it's best and something I've wanted to do. Glad someone with more energy and focus than I is doing it.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 4:41 PM on August 18, 2008

Sheesh, everyone knows loose leaf tea is much better than bags.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 9:44 AM on August 18, 2008

Mutant's reporting of housing prices shows that the numbers themselves mean nothing without looking at the reasons behind them, and how they might relate to the national figures. I don't know much about the other regions, but Grand Junction, Colorado is going through an oil and gas boom right now, so of course prices will rise there as people move in for the jobs. Just more proof that real estate is extremely local, and difficult to make national guesses based on local numbers.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 7:49 AM on August 17, 2008

Watching that video, he had a pretty crappy start, then after about 20 meters ran like he had a rocket up his ass. Amazing. Imagine what he could do if he could put together a quick start out of the blocks with that kind of acceleration. I'm hoping they video where the camera tracks the runners at their level, that always gives it a great perspective for me.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 12:23 PM on August 16, 2008

Imagine what he could do if he could put together a quick start out of the blocks with that kind of acceleration.

See my above comment about his unusual size (6'5") for a sprinter. I don't think he'll ever get a jackrabbit start.

I know that's the prevailing thought regarding the tall guys, but did you see his start in this race? If he can get out of the blocks without skidding or stumbling he'd be even more awesome. I'm... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 3:43 PM on August 16, 2008

Reagan is known as the "Great Communicator", but having heard him then, it's curious he got this title. What he was was a good actor, and could be believable, until they had statements clarifying and correcting what he said. When he had a script, he could follow it, but when it was off the cuff, he wasn't so good. Our current President is worse that way. It was during the debates with Mondale that I realized that Reagan had Alzheimers. One particular question sealed it when he forgot... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 3:27 PM on August 15, 2008

Also note that the association was ignored. Please tell us how you intend to vote, elpapacito. Oh yeah, you can't. You're a major bitcher, but you have no voice. Your balls sit without effect in your hand. Tell us again what you think, castrato.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 4:58 PM on August 15, 2008

ZachsMind, perhaps it's quaint, but people who vote here in the states have more of a voice than some random dude in a European country. Last I checked the United States was a democracy that elected their leaders according to popular vote, and didn't consider what outside influences such as the european union, or South America in that calculation.

I have to admit, it's fun to watch folks like matteo and elpapacito flounder about as if they actually had some kind of... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 6:18 PM on August 15, 2008

Forktine, that's pretty much how I feel about the Olympics anymore. Everything is about corporate sponsorship, and making big bucks. Perhaps it's always been that way, but at least they used to put lipstick on the pig.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 8:23 AM on August 15, 2008

Gee, I dunno, maybe someone should write a bland blog entry about it.

Seriously, WTF?
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 5:43 PM on August 14, 2008

As a single link blog entry post (SLBEP) it doesn't stand so well on it's own. Seriously, the least you could have done was include some homoerotic fan fiction as well...
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 6:06 PM on August 14, 2008

This awesome. I've always wanted to do something like this. Travel to a place like North Korea with it's totalitarian regime, and where what you're allowed to see and photograph is totally scripted. I think that what they want to portray is as important to see as what is really true. Primarily I think of it in terms of a photographic challenge where you're taken some place, and you do the best you can. There are some really great photographs in this set.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 2:46 PM on August 14, 2008

Oh, and those Charlie Crane photos are great too. At least his Korean ones. Some of his others I don't like as much. I'm not so much into the washed out look of some of them. The portraits were really good though.

I wonder how one goes about being a tourist in North Korea, and how much it costs.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 2:53 PM on August 14, 2008

Awesome post tying together the interesting history in this neck of the woods. My cat was adopted at the Denver Dumb Friends League, and Bonfils collects blood at my place of employment. Interesting tying together of events.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 4:33 PM on August 13, 2008

note: Help maintain a healthy, respectful discussion by focusing comments on the
issues, topics, and facts at hand—not at other members of the site.
posted by punkbitch

Quonsar, are you this much of a dick in real life, or do you tone it down for the internet?

Quite a sad story, but it certainly wouldn't be news, or even posted, but for the election year. That's the bad news, that murder is so mundane... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 4:30 PM on August 13, 2008

Sounds like Morrisey belongs here.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 9:36 PM on August 12, 2008

Seems to me that the whole South Ossetia part of this is a huge red herring that languagehat and ornate insect are splitting hairs over. When marketing a war or an invasion, it's always best to first put forth a plight of some people. The humanitarian angle is always a great emotional cover. I do think it's just a ruse, and I think languagehat's pullquote from the Kos article cuts closer to the bone. Didn't the United States use the humanitarian angle in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq?... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 7:57 PM on August 9, 2008

Aurora is a suburb of Denver that likes to think of itself as a city, though it has little identity of it's own.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 3:30 PM on August 8, 2008

See, that's why I liked Bob Dole so much. He actually had a sense of humor.
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 2:30 PM on August 8, 2008

Wow, what kismet! My giant misshapen penis smells like rotting flesh too!
posted to MetaFilter by Eekacat at 9:12 PM on July 17, 2008