I guess the people who designed this have never transported overly excited, 50-lb dogs who like to bolt outside as soon as the rear door opens just the tiniest crack.
posted to MetaFilter by sotalia at 4:14 PM on November 27, 2007

Pssst...It should be "cera", not "cerra"

posted to MetaFilter by sotalia at 8:55 AM on November 27, 2007

Southwest Airlines has some pretty colorful planes, including the Shamu plane.

zixyer, I remember doing a double-take when I saw the Pokemon plane in LAX. I think it's pretty awesome.
posted to MetaFilter by sotalia at 5:19 PM on October 20, 2007

Very cool. I study gravity waves in the ocean (they occur between two water layers of different densities), and it was great to see these atmospheric examples.
posted to MetaFilter by sotalia at 9:22 AM on October 19, 2007

Previously...
posted to MetaFilter by sotalia at 11:14 AM on May 19, 2006

I like how one can get a feel for the different personalities of the people pictured here, and I spent quite a bit of time trying to imagine what their day-to-day lives might be like in these apartments. Thanks for posting this.
posted to MetaFilter by sotalia at 12:46 PM on May 15, 2006

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posted to MetaFilter by sotalia at 12:55 PM on May 12, 2006

What I don't understand is why he sought to provoke people from the very beginning of his talk. If he seriously intended to look at the evidence in an objective way, why didn't he just present it in this way? Did he think that messing around with people's emotions was going to faciliate a better discussion?
posted to MetaFilter by sotalia at 11:22 AM on January 18, 2005

Lisa S, could you point to any articles that support the hypothesis that women cannot be as good in math and science as men?
posted to MetaFilter by sotalia at 11:38 AM on January 18, 2005

The reason many women do not want to do science is that the system really works against aspriring female scientists. As pointed out in the article that occhiblu linked,

"Marriage and children negatively impact women's careers in academic science at three key times: having a child during graduate school, marriage at the point of seeking a job, and pregnancy prior to tenure. In addition, we found some disparagement of marriage during the graduate student career. Women,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by sotalia at 12:44 PM on January 18, 2005

I'll grudgingly admit that the picture of the bell tower in Grenada was nice. This post still strikes me as a very stupid thing to do, though.
posted to MetaFilter by sotalia at 7:13 PM on January 17, 2005

I can't wait to see some pictures.
posted to MetaFilter by sotalia at 10:07 AM on January 14, 2005

From the second link: "These incredibly fun and amazingly yellow blow-up figures..." I thought BK wanted to prevent more spongenappings.
posted to MetaFilter by sotalia at 8:17 AM on December 5, 2004