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Fascination with the Dodo Bird, by Adam Savage

Adam Savage's talk at The Last HOPE: Fascination with the Dodo Bird
parts:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  A  B  C
(YouTubeFilter with a great audience Q&A session)
posted to MetaFilter by Chuckles at 9:20 PM on August 29, 2008 (37 comments)

Where do the stolen bikes go?

Igor Kenk was arrested for bicycle theft in Toronto on July 17. Here's an audio documentary that includes an interview with the man himself: Steal This Bike (be warned, a lot of profanity, and a little pretentious).
posted to MetaFilter by Chuckles at 4:28 PM on July 29, 2008 (47 comments)

Luke Bream, Tour Champion

Vinokourov. Rasmussen. Luke Bream?
Looks like he'll make it! [via]
posted to MetaFilter by Chuckles at 9:02 AM on July 26, 2007 (58 comments)

Planetary Maintenance Engineer

Planetary Maintenance Engineer
posted to MetaFilter by Chuckles at 9:46 PM on February 21, 2007 (18 comments)

Cloth made from tree bark?

Cloth made from tree bark? Photos at the Textile Museum of Canada's Cloth That Grows On Trees exhibition page.
posted to MetaFilter by Chuckles at 1:21 PM on January 8, 2007 (11 comments)

Janis Joplin in Festival Express

Cry Baby, I want you to go Tell Mama.
YouTubeFilter post. Trust me, it's worth it!
posted to MetaFilter by Chuckles at 4:14 PM on November 12, 2006 (67 comments)

Robotic Rat Whiskers

R·a·tW·h·i·s·k·e·r·s - a hot research topic in robotics, biomedical engineering, and neuroscience. Check out the Robotic Rat Whiskers segment from this weeks Quirks & Quarks, and watch them in action (video link at bottom of page).
posted to MetaFilter by Chuckles at 1:44 PM on October 15, 2006 (5 comments)

Proofs and Pictures: The Role of Visualization in Mathematical and Scientific Reasoning

Proofs and Pictures: The Role of Visualization in Mathematical and Scientific Reasoning [video] "The picture is a telescope for looking into Plato's heaven." -- James Brown [cached]
posted to MetaFilter by Chuckles at 12:08 PM on August 20, 2006 (27 comments)

The Death and Life of a Great Person

Dark Age Ahead. Jane Jacobs passes on.
posted to MetaFilter by Chuckles at 9:35 AM on April 25, 2006 (49 comments)

Canada's Next Prime Minister

On December 3rd, 2006 Canada's next Prime Minister will be decided by a few thousand delegates at the Liberal party convention in Montreal (join for ~$10). Don't believe me? In the last 110 years of Liberal party history only one leader has failed to become Prime Minister. No fewer than sixteen candidates met in Edmonton last week. On the surface the candidates are making nice.
Ignatieff: "None of us, none of us are going to run against each other. All of us are running against Stephen Harper's vision of Canada."
It is even said that Bob Rae and Ignatieff are life long close friends. That didn't stop the Ignatieff campaign co-chair.
David Peterson: "[Rae's] got some terrible burdens to overcome. One is his record and one is his loyalty."
Emphasis mine, and <more inside>
posted to MetaFilter by Chuckles at 4:53 PM on April 9, 2006 (52 comments)

The Canadian (olympic) Complaint

Canada's bizarre olympic history - we can be a nation of whiners, but sometimes whiners win (or win, place and show), even forty years later. It doesn't work every time, but there's still time...
posted to MetaFilter by Chuckles at 1:31 PM on February 20, 2006 (17 comments)

Liberals propose ammendment to end Federal use of Notwithstanding Clause

Last night, in the middle of the leaders debate (transcript, realmedia) Paul Martin announced a plan to amend the Canadian Constitution to remove Parliament's ability to invoke the Notwithstanding Clause.<more inside>
posted to MetaFilter by Chuckles at 7:43 AM on January 10, 2006 (63 comments)

Minds of Our Own

"Why is it that students can graduate from MIT and Harvard, yet not know how to solve a simple third-grade problem in science: lighting a light bulb with a battery and wire?" "Minds of Our Own shows that many of the things we assume about how children learn are simply not true." Three one hour streaming video programs on teaching science. (low hassle reg. required, or try login:metafilter@mailinator.com, password:metafilter)
posted to MetaFilter by Chuckles at 10:25 AM on January 8, 2006 (39 comments)

Good and Bad Procrastination

There are an infinite number of things you could be doing. No matter what you work on, you're not working on everything else. So the question is not how to avoid procrastination, but how to procrastinate well. (via slashdot)
posted to MetaFilter by Chuckles at 11:04 PM on December 25, 2005 (24 comments)

Thank you, Mr. Sinclair!

Thank you, Mr. Sinclair is a three part tribute to Lister Sinclair starting tonight, part of celebrating 40 years of Ideas on CBC Radio. Only a small selection of Ideas programs are available for download, which is a travesty, but the current program can be heard bia streaming audio from many time zones. [more inside]
posted to MetaFilter by Chuckles at 9:13 AM on November 22, 2005 (6 comments)