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If you've ever wanted to peel back the corners of your browser window again and again to reveal different colors, then
colorflip is for you.
posted to MetaFilter by hydrophonic
at 11:31 AM on May 19, 2008
(29 comments)
In Vestimentis Ursum.
Designer Matt Kirkland peels off the fur of mechanized stuffed animals to take a look at the robots lurking within.
posted to MetaFilter by hydrophonic
at 8:39 PM on April 24, 2008
(25 comments)
What's the best way to make sharp, detailed, flexible custom stencils?
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at 10:14 AM on April 19, 2008
(8 comments)
The archives of
American Elf, the celebrated online comic diary of
cartoonist and
rocker (audio) James Kochalka, are now free. There's the occasional NSFW-ish cartoon nudity and swearing.
posted to MetaFilter by hydrophonic
at 11:00 AM on December 8, 2007
(26 comments)
How do I determine the resolution for images in a pdf? Or for a pdf that is one big raster image?
posted to Ask Metafilter by hydrophonic
at 10:52 AM on August 9, 2007
(5 comments)
Mutatoes
is a photographic collection by artist
Uli Westphal of non-standard fruits and vegetables found at Berlin groceries and farmers' markets. The distorted, the discolored, the bumpy, the stumpy, the coiled and the conjoined all get star treatment. (Flash site)
posted to MetaFilter by hydrophonic
at 11:24 AM on July 27, 2007
(21 comments)
I need to catalog a reprint of a book of Constructivist graphic designs. Everything's in Russian and German. Can anybody tell me more about it?
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at 10:48 AM on June 5, 2007
(5 comments)
The Chicago Sun-Times ran a little item on page 30 today. It's full of
get well messages from Metafilter to Roger Ebert. It's
online too.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic
at 3:38 PM on April 25, 2007
(57 comments)
Lost book question: When I was a kid, our upstairs neighbors lent me a book of wild fantasy illustrations that contained a hidden puzzle. There was a sizable prize for whoever figured out the riddle.
posted to Ask Metafilter by hydrophonic
at 1:25 PM on April 6, 2007
(12 comments)
Help-us-name-filter: Our urban envirionmental group is working on a project to seed vacant land. We're using the
seed ball technique pioneered by
Masanobu Fukuoka--forming seeds, humus and clay into small balls which are tossed onto the ground or thown over a fence . We need a catchy name for the process, something better than "seed balls," and without the violent/militaristic/terroristic assoiciations of "seed bombs."
posted to Ask Metafilter by hydrophonic
at 3:04 PM on February 17, 2007
(35 comments)
All the episodes of
The Secret Life of Machines are available online. Created by engineer, artist, tinkerer and cartoonist
Tim Hunkin, the show took a look at the science and mechanics behind common household objects, with a bit of social history, homemade laboratory experiments, and downplayed humor. The series grew out of a long-running strip, which Hunkin has now offers as his own
cartoon encyclopedia. You can also try some
experiments of your own, marvel at the
coin-operated contraptions he made for the
Under the Pier Show in Suffolk (don't miss the
film), and read his
thoughts about his brief foray into the fine art world and his
ruminations about how art and engineering mix.
posted to MetaFilter by hydrophonic
at 8:43 AM on January 5, 2007
(27 comments)
A very small student group needs to raise $50 in a week. Finals are soon, so nobody has any free time. We need ideas.
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at 3:36 PM on November 30, 2006
(32 comments)
Karolina Sobecka has made animations of a running tiger (
Wildlife) and violent cartoon hijinks (
Chase), which she projects onto city landscapes from a moving car.
(Embedded Quicktime.) She's got
a site full of her other projects, including a ton of nifty commercial work.
posted to MetaFilter by hydrophonic
at 10:08 AM on November 22, 2006
(16 comments)
Composer and arranger
Rogério Duprat passed away on Thursday. Duprat had a substantial career in music for films and commercials, but he is best known for shaping the sound of
Tropicalia, the revolutionary stew of Brazilian folk styles, bossa nova,
MPB, rock, jazz, blues and psychedelica.
Some youtube clips:
Caetano Veloso,
Gilberto Gil ,
Os Mutantes, and
Gal Costa.
posted to MetaFilter by hydrophonic
at 12:32 AM on October 31, 2006
(8 comments)
How can I get Illustrator CS2's font preview to work on my Windows machines?
posted to Ask Metafilter by hydrophonic
at 12:21 PM on October 13, 2006
(2 comments)
Coming soon to a crowded sidewalk near you: the
Excuse Me Belt.
(Flash. First link is video.) via
posted to MetaFilter by hydrophonic
at 12:35 PM on June 27, 2006
(34 comments)
YouTube.com: A New Musical Anthropology.
A short essay on YouTube, and a long list of punk and hardcore concert videos.
NSFW warning: If you go poking around the forum you'll find a lot of porno spam. I haven't checked out all the videos yet, so you're on your own there.
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at 9:37 PM on June 20, 2006
(15 comments)
Looking for songs about math! My girlfriend's sister just got into a Ph.D. program for mathematics and we're making her a mix CD to help celebrate. Poppy indie rock especially good.
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at 9:52 PM on February 23, 2006
(68 comments)
Windows XP annoyance: I've managed to create some files with names that are too long. How can I rename them?
posted to Ask Metafilter by hydrophonic
at 9:44 AM on February 2, 2006
(23 comments)
What's the economic reasoning for the idea that tax cuts stimulate the economy?
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at 5:16 PM on January 6, 2006
(47 comments)
Off in the Christmas Cosmos.
Concert promoter Andy Cirzan spends a lot of his free time scouring record stores, thrift shops and flea markets for odd and obscure Christmas music. You used to have to be an industry insider to get a copy of his annual compilation, but now there's a download courtesy of
Sound Opinions (the world's only rock 'n roll talk show). If the barrage of Christmas standards has left you with the holiday blahs, let the Free Design, Lord Beginner, and the polka of Don Cornell get you back in the mood. If that's not enough, get more (including Mr. Cirzan explaining what the heck you're listening too) on the SoundOpinions
podcast.
posted to MetaFilter by hydrophonic
at 1:24 PM on December 24, 2005
(10 comments)
My former downstairs neighbor was evicted a few months ago. I just found out she's been giving out my phone number as hers.
posted to Ask Metafilter by hydrophonic
at 3:59 PM on June 17, 2005
(23 comments)
I recently saw architect
David Adjaye give a presentation. He showed slides of an interesting gallery/art museum he designed. It's on an island, off the coast of Croatia, I think. The building is half-buried and may be solar-powered. I can't find it on google. Anybody know?
posted to Ask Metafilter by hydrophonic
at 9:45 AM on May 7, 2005
(4 comments)
One of the features of Buckminster Fuller's
Dymaxion Bathroom was a
fog gun shower. It was supposed to spray atomized water at high pressure, over 200 psi, and get you clean with less than a cup of water. Would this work? Has this ever been made?
posted to Ask Metafilter by hydrophonic
at 5:53 PM on March 9, 2005
(6 comments)
Has anyone had success selling music on gemm.com?
posted to Ask Metafilter by hydrophonic
at 12:12 PM on February 22, 2005
(11 comments)
I'm going to France and I'd love to see some outsider art/folk art/art brut. Suggestions? (more inside)
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at 9:11 AM on February 3, 2005
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