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Whale Naming Competition

Mister Splashy Pants needs your vote. Even though Mister Splashy Pants is enjoying a comfortable lead, we must continue working to get the vote out.

Oh, also, whaling is bad and Greenpeace is good.
posted to MetaFilter by ba at 8:59 AM on November 28, 2007 (40 comments)

Gobble-Gobble!

It's Turkey Time! (mp3) And this song is playing in my head, over and over...
posted to MetaFilter by ba at 5:08 AM on November 22, 2007 (20 comments)

David Blaine Art History

The face of Jesus in historic paintings was replaced by that of David Blaine by New Genre Arts professor Ben Bloch. The resulting images were shown to Art History students at Whitman College during the course of a class on Entertainment Violence. The students were not alerted to the fact that the images were doctored, nor did they notice on their own. Stupid students!
posted to MetaFilter by ba at 8:25 AM on June 18, 2007 (70 comments)

There's Good In Evel

There's Good In Evel. 70's icon (and my own personal role model at the time) "Evel" Knievel spoke on Palm Sunday at the Crystal Cathedral about his miraculous conversion to Christianity during Daytona Bike Week. Immediately, between 500 and 800 people committed or rededicated their lives to God. Found via J-Walk.
posted to MetaFilter by ba at 8:51 AM on April 25, 2007 (51 comments)

Make the Logo Bigger

Make the logo bigger. (mp3) The fine folks at Speak Up provide a bit more explanation. One can only assume that the follow-up hit will be entitled either 'Split the Difference' or 'The Client Loved It, But They're Changing Everything.'
posted to MetaFilter by ba at 4:31 PM on April 20, 2007 (44 comments)

Tappity: Mobile Homepage

Tappity is a free guide to mobile-friendly sites. From your browser, you can search for or add sites, and rate sites in the database. You can also set up a homepage of favorite links. This is displayed when you navigate to Tappity from your mobile. It's a seemingly simple idea that's been making my train commute fly by.
posted to MetaFilter by ba at 1:01 PM on April 19, 2007 (2 comments)

Triple Video Throwdown

YouTube vs. Google Video vs. Revver Watch three videos at the same time. Less artistic than The Flaming Lips' Zaireeka, but more so than the opening sequence of The Brady Bunch. So basically, right in that cultural sweet spot. [via]
posted to MetaFilter by ba at 10:00 AM on November 30, 2006 (19 comments)

Insurance Transparency Project

1. Everyone thinks insurance is impenetrable and boring.
2. Everyone is wrong.

The Insurance Transparency Project blog is written by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Dean Starkman, who is currently a Katrina Media Fellow sponsored by the Open Society Institute, funded and chaired by George Soros.
posted to MetaFilter by ba at 8:03 AM on November 3, 2006 (14 comments)

Brain Tumor

Name Tom's Tumor. Tom Lunt has a brain tumor. It’s a benign tumor and not life-threatening; the symptoms are "merely strange." Turn his misfortune to your personal gain by winning the contest and taking home the tumor.
posted to MetaFilter by ba at 2:32 PM on March 16, 2006 (21 comments)

The Temple of Hayah

The Temple of Hayah: a religion that renders its followers immune to the any laws other than the Ten Commandments. Followers need not pay taxes. But TOH is mad at Wikipedia because Wikipedia hate-crimed TOH. So TOH suggests that you tip off the FBI.
posted to MetaFilter by ba at 2:21 PM on January 21, 2005 (22 comments)

Bubbles the Artist

Bubbles the Artist! If you've been looking for a Pee Wee Herman dinner plate, a greeting card featuring Paul Lynde, or a painting of John Belushi drinking himself to death, then look no further. (If you love crappy disco midi files, you'll want to keep your speakers turned up.)
posted to MetaFilter by ba at 7:22 AM on December 30, 2004 (11 comments)

The Wisdom of Super Sadhu

The Wisdom of Super Sadhu: An Indian Sadhu, or holy man, expounds upon sexuality. Entries are scrawled out in a nearly illegible longhand and mailed to turbanhead, who transcribes them into blog form so the spiruatally bankrupt technoratti can get their learn on. Not to be confused with the other, less sexy Super Sadhu.
posted to MetaFilter by ba at 10:30 PM on December 13, 2004 (9 comments)

The Numero Group

The Numero Group is a web-based record company specializing in unearthing great music that you probably didn't know existed but can't live without. (Flash site; more inside)
posted to MetaFilter by ba at 11:34 AM on November 7, 2004 (6 comments)