HuronBob, those aren't as interesting as you think
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 10:33 AM on May 5, 2008

I'm just posting cuz of the tags. Screw the article.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 10:02 AM on April 7, 2008

Ugh, did we really need to bring the Mercury's Bikes VS. Cars fight here? The 2 week break was just too long, wasn't it?
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 4:36 PM on January 11, 2008

smackfu: Interesting, I saw this on on del.icio.us popular 2 days ago and only shared it w/ my WoW guild. It belongs there more than here.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 10:45 PM on January 5, 2008

I prefer my twits with a side of humility.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 2:07 PM on July 27, 2007

Fantastic.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 10:20 AM on May 22, 2007

Ha! I have an un-opened bottle of Orbitz soda, purely for the gel booger novelty factor.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 2:05 PM on February 7, 2007

PDX Flickr Group takes an early morning trip to the Trojan Explosion.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 4:34 PM on May 22, 2006

Weird. I just browsed this on an odd jaunt to The Onion. Thought it had been up for a while. Considering Wes's last entry was Jun 6th.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 12:20 PM on October 13, 2005

Well, there's that. Then there's this.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 2:41 PM on August 2, 2005

For those that thought I was referring to the mothers weight, you are mistaken. She's nursing her very young child with soda. Diet or no, this is now okay?
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 3:21 PM on August 2, 2005

No one is looking anymore, but ninjam just went open source.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 1:12 PM on July 19, 2005

Radar
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 11:30 AM on March 30, 2005

Radar in tact.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 11:35 AM on March 30, 2005

I couldn't get Privateer to work on DOSBox or even in Win98 with the drivers loaded DOS stylee. Forums reiterate this issue and pretty much say tough luck. You pretty much need a DOS 6.22 installation to get the orginal Privateer to work. After a few tries at this for the past couple of years, this is a much welcome sight.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 4:59 PM on March 7, 2005

Uhm, BBSpot is a satire site. Other recent fake story purported to be real: "Company designs motherboard with the principles of Feng Shui"

Hoax.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 8:26 AM on August 24, 2004

I'm just as happy paying for this, as I was footing the bill for the war(nil). Nevermind the dream-like automobile market this has set up. What happens when all of the new Iraqi (dirt cheap)car owners have been splashed with the cold water of real market prices for gas? We may have just found the way for exporting the American habit of displaying cars on blocks in the front yard.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 11:51 AM on June 7, 2004

Quick nitpick:
"...objected Wednesday to the use of his name and critical comments about Bush in a new broadcast advertisement from a political group supporting Democratic candidate John Kerry"

MoveOn.org, as far as I know, isn't so much aligned with Kerry as it is against Bush(ABB). Has MoveOn noticed this AP piece and wanted to get this corrected, as it possibly could negatively affect the Kerry campaign? Vice-Versa for the Kerry camp?
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 2:40 PM on March 31, 2004

My all time favorite Deskmod is currently experiencing financial diffuclties. Web Designer community Spoono( who seem to change their design every week ). And just general flash, raytrace, PS badass Phong.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 8:15 AM on March 31, 2004

Tapestry: A series of RSS feeds for online comics. Brings Dilbert, Get Fuzzy, Penny Arcade, PvP, User Friendly...etc. etc. etc to your aggregator. No links, no text, just the strip. Not affiliated, just love the service.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 11:02 AM on March 17, 2004

Zing!
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 8:27 AM on January 5, 2004

:OT: Mwongozi: Flashkit is free if I remember correctly. The Interfaces catagory should be the home for wooshes, clicks and beeps. Check out the other Flash developer resources while your at it. Good stuff.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 3:54 PM on December 15, 2003

I'm sorry, I just can't help thinking that clicking the 'Enlarge' links on Gary Coleman's index, would somehow make that tiny man grow. But to no avail.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 10:04 AM on September 23, 2003

Overheard PDX MAX lightrail cell phone conversation, wherein a man relates to his son in a foster home: his low t-cell count, his financial troubles(including issues with his sons biological mother), his new boyfriend and their escapades, his inquiries as to his son's sex life, oh and BTW his doctor gave him xanny-bars, does his son want any, for $7 a piece, or does he know anyone who does? Preceding that, a call to another friend, re: xanax. Broadcasting live from Pioneer square, to Lloyd... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 3:34 PM on August 25, 2003

Now, certain it is to be revealed, how to ensnare hapless browsers in: Endless pop-ups, screen filling windows with no close buttons, and fruitless 'Vote to Access pr0n!' dialogs!
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 12:41 PM on August 22, 2003

"Strontium isotopes go unchanged in ratio from rock to soil to water to plants. Animals then eat the plants and drink the water. We then eat the plants and animals and they get passed on to us and stored in our bones in the same ratio. So, basically, the ratio of the strontium isotopes in the soil will be mimicked in our bone chemistry."

While this method may be effective in tracking down where someone in West Africa came from, isn't this... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 9:03 AM on August 7, 2003

Cool. Shouldn't the next step be cylindrical holograms?
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 10:51 AM on August 1, 2003

Yet another vote for SpamGourmet as my spam fighter of choice. Along with the SpamBayes plugin for Outlook.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 12:03 PM on July 28, 2003

As far as the e-mail validation forms getting wise, SpamGourmet has quite a few alternate domains. Organizations are also invited to share their domains for use.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 12:32 PM on July 28, 2003

Do I need to be looking at the blue/yellow illusions in a particular way? I don't seem to be picking up on the illusion. Not really seeing anything that seems to be moving. Though the repititious nature of those do provide some interesting effects( different diamond patterns at different layers become visible when focusing on certain areas). What's wrong with me?
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 3:36 PM on July 24, 2003

I've been exposed!
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 3:45 PM on July 24, 2003

Possibly of interest: The Oregon Historical Society had recently just given up on a time capsule placed by Teddy Roosevelt inside of a Lewis and Clark memorial. Apparently it isn't worth it to damage the memorial to get at a few pennies, a postage stamp and some wood. But think of all that copper, a whole box of it!
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 10:02 AM on July 23, 2003

Is it just me...or is this the Universe telling us exactly what it thinks about us pesky humans? (Upper Left)
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 10:10 AM on July 16, 2003

Waterfalls indeed...
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 12:59 PM on July 10, 2003

On the surface, Japan's '99 entry sounds really interesting:

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

The best-selling novelist of contemporary Japan dishes up a surreal mixture of cyberpunk, explicit reminiscences of Raymond Chandler, and metaphysical speculation on multiple identity and simultaneous, interpenetrating worlds. A consumerist Tokyo Philip Marlowe is launched into high tech adventures underneath Tokyo where he is... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 12:49 PM on July 9, 2003

Now that they will stop marketing in schools, what new menace to the children's well-being will take it's place?
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 10:38 AM on July 2, 2003

Children in school, subjected to perform as corporate shills while the school gets money for equipment. Pardon me while I infer that the teachers and administration benefit from this as the pay check stays intact, possibly even increased. Allowing them to possibly attract more capable educators, and keep the good ones that they have. As long as the children's education isn't impacted, how different is dressing up like a hotdog to putting on a pizza delivery uniform? Both benefit the doer, more... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 1:19 PM on June 23, 2003

Someone care to enlighten me as to how any of this even gives the hint that this is hurting children's education? Just because the corporate bogeymen have touched something, doesn't mean it whithers and dies. [Corporate ventures in to 3rd world nations/environmental disasters duely noted.]
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 5:04 PM on June 23, 2003

I'm sorry squirrel. I've been reading the thread but see no pointed arguments as to how this negatively affects little Timmy's curricular development. The moral dilemmas he may face later in life and some embarrassing pictures, maybe. I'm supposed to accept that there's nothing good about funding school programs, for the sole reason that some kids pushed product for the man? What else could the school have done? Where was the community? Where was the local government? At least... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 9:43 PM on June 23, 2003

"I for one pointed out that corporate shilling teaches kids to be consumers rather than critical thinkers."

Subsititute "rather than" with "in addition to being" and I would completely agree. There is a separation between the corps and the schools. After the TV crews and PR reps are gone, you're still left with a school. A more equipped school at that. The way yours and similar arguments here are presented, suggests that... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 8:17 AM on June 24, 2003

That metaphor sucks! ;)
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 9:33 AM on June 24, 2003

Uhm...what about the double mugs with an enclosed water chamber that can just be put in the freezer? Is this really a problem? They are plastic however.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 12:05 PM on June 5, 2003

For example
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 12:07 PM on June 5, 2003

Looky paw. people with alternative belief structures. 'Dey must be crazy or sumptin'. Gyu-hyuck!
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 2:51 PM on May 30, 2003

Is Johnny Carson in the same race?
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 10:13 AM on May 29, 2003

If the fiscal plights of comic books deserve an FPP certainly the financial troubles of Reading Rainbow, deserve a mention somewhere. This show had more impact on my life more than any comic book ever did.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 10:08 AM on May 29, 2003

Didn't Alexa already fail at this?

I love this thing though. Been using it...oh since that first time it was posted.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 11:24 AM on May 14, 2003

More info, higher resolution pictures available at The Money Factory.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 12:59 PM on May 13, 2003

...taking an hour to explain to the high chief what happened on September 11, 2001 to the "biggest village" in America.

All of the places, things, and concepts involved in this event are so unfamiliar, nay, implausable to these isolated people. I couldn't help but imagine how the conversation went. It must have sounded to them as some of the Biblical stories and Nostradamus's prophecies do to us modern people.
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 2:52 PM on May 6, 2003

Isn't this just another attempt by Christians to capitalize on a holiday revered by those heathen pagans?
posted to MetaFilter by mnology at 3:49 PM on May 1, 2003