I refuse to believe that wasn't made by someone from b3ta
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 4:22 PM on February 7, 2008

More RussiaToday coverage
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 4:09 PM on November 7, 2007

Aceness, though there's still nothing on there which beats my all-time favourite piece of web stupidity. From UK Polling Report, which discusses demographics and political makeup across the UK:
As I observed on Suffolk West, the larger than expected mixed race population in Suffolk is a consequence of the large number of USAF bases in the county and the rather overenthusiastic welcome extended to US servicemen by the less discerning members of the local female population.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 6:42 PM on November 2, 2007

Have you read the so-so comments in this thread and are debating whether or not to click on the word "reviews" up there? Do it, it's quite funny.
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 2:35 PM on August 25, 2007

Safe journey, mate.
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 2:58 PM on August 12, 2007

That's going to be awesome. Christian Bale plays Bob, too.

Also, thanks OmieWise
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 3:32 PM on July 23, 2007

image
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 5:36 AM on June 28, 2007

I can't believe nobody has mentioned that they used to use the slogan "Wang Cares"
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 6:31 PM on June 17, 2007

Dude, these people don't even shave yet
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 6:37 PM on June 13, 2007

I'm torn - I like the phone/computer separation idea and agree that the 80:20 featureset is an excellent choice. But, the thing is just too big. I already have a 10" laptop and, whilst it is damn small, it's still too big to throw into every bag I carry. I'm looking for something in between the 10" sony and the communicator - basically, a 770/800 with a proper keyboard.
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 4:40 PM on May 30, 2007

Two things:

i) Thank you - this is fucking awesome. I'm meant to be working and have spent 30 mins watching this with a smile on my face.
ii) You Tube comments can be interesting - who knew?
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 6:28 PM on May 20, 2007

Very nice - thanks
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 5:01 PM on May 15, 2007

My simple rule: author's name > book title? Avoid.
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 3:15 PM on May 2, 2007

shit sandwich
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 6:45 AM on April 26, 2007

Bookhouse writes "A few years back I was the designated 'edgy' person for a campaign aimed at teenagers but funded by the government."

Last year I worked on a sex-education project which involved some custom diagrams. During the project I received the best client feedback ever: "Tom: that's a *fantastic* vulva."
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 2:19 PM on April 22, 2007

argybarg writes "Last I checked, there's a big difference between a golf club to the nads and Hiroshima."

I'm guessing that I'm one of the few people in this thread sufficiently stupid to have actually taken a club to the nuts. I can testify from personal experience that it's like a million Hiroshimas.
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 1:19 PM on April 22, 2007

maxwelton writes "You guys have never had DeRuijter Chocolate Sprinkles on bread and butter, have you?"

You forgot the most awesome part: that's BREAKFAST.
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 9:24 AM on April 2, 2007

All kinds of awesome. Thanks
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 7:48 PM on February 8, 2007

Fantastic - many thanks
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 10:34 PM on February 6, 2007

U2.0
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 5:20 PM on January 29, 2007

Fascinating article. Thanks.
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 12:55 PM on January 18, 2007

It's Like Raaay-ee-aaaayn, On Your Wedding Day
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 1:59 PM on January 15, 2007

A couple of thoughts from a (sort-of) industry perspective:

The price is pretty reasonable; I'd bet that Cing are subsidising this higher than any phone they've ever sold.

GSM is the logical choice - the CDMA market is way to small to bother with. I wouldn't be surprised to see an adapted version for the Japanese market, though. I'm also pretty surprised that it won't do 3G though this might be for a number of reasons: battery life / form... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 5:17 PM on January 9, 2007

dobbs writes 'blag, what's IM? Instant Message? If so, it's got built in iChat thru OSX.'

Yes, IM = Instant Messaging.

Do you know that it has iChat or are you guessing based on the applications installed on your desktop? I haven't seen anything in either the keynote or the website to indicate the presence of IM and you'd think it would be a pretty big selling point.
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 5:34 PM on January 9, 2007

Surely though, the ability to write apps for it is a key feature of smartphones? Both Windows Mobile and Symbian have thriving 3rd-party software, and practically everything runs Java now.
Don't get me wrong - I'd love for this to be open and I appreciate that 3rd party apps are a major selling point for other mobile operating systems. I just wouldn't be surprised to see it locked down tightly, at least early in its life. Apple's reaction could well be:... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 6:00 PM on January 9, 2007

dobbs writes 'Oops, sorry, I watched the site demos and mistook SMS for iChat as it had the same interface and made the same send sound.'

np. Didn't mean for my question to sound so accusatory :)
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 6:19 PM on January 9, 2007

only if you work in a dog pound
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 7:30 AM on December 13, 2006

Guardian journo Simon Hoggard does a roundup of letters received by his readers every year. Here are a couple of columns.

"Despite the castration, it's been a good year" .
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 4:44 PM on December 4, 2006

Fantastic, those brought back memories... It also prompted me to put Altern8 & Messiah onto my workout playlist. If I die of a heart attack next week I'm coming back to haunt you, empath.

Coincidentally, I was browsing youtube yesterday and found some great old footage from the early Dreamscape parties: Hype, Ratty, Slipmap, GQ... you can almost smell the gurning.

Wasn't talcum powder was more part of the Northern Soul scene?... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 9:52 AM on November 24, 2006

The fashion??? And the dancing style? Did they really dance like that, or is that just for the videos?

heh. I spent fucking hours trying to learn to dance like keith and leeroy. great example.
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 3:49 PM on November 24, 2006

Brilliant, thanks.
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 2:11 PM on November 23, 2006

A recent AskMe lead me to Boothbox, a live CD containing nothing but Firefox - if more internet cafes switched over to this i) users would be a lot more secure and ii) the cafe admins would have much less work to do. Worried about keyloggers? Simply reboot between users.

Graphical logins (and kitten authorisation) also fascinate me.
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 2:07 PM on November 23, 2006

Cons= yakuza
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 10:46 AM on November 23, 2006

Seconding Hogshead - the Ariel Atom is an awesome piece of engineering. See for yourself...
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 6:26 AM on November 15, 2006

psmealey writes: "That LGF thread is just astonishing. What a non-stop parade of ignorance and hatred. People gleefully wishing for a terrorist attack on American soil, without anyone stepping in to moderate."

My favourite comment:
#272 Greg 11/7/2006 10:43PM PST

Bush is losing precisely because he has took the high road after 9/11 instead of Zyclon B-ing most of the muslim world after attacking our... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 6:55 AM on November 8, 2006

Yeah, very different styles. Animals is definately his best stand-up show - I actually enjoyed it more than The Office. The bit about dolphin-blowhole-shagging had me in stitches. Go forth and torrent, Merkins. You might need to Google the "Rick Waller" references, though.

I also enjoyed the recent Bill Bailey stuff: 1 2 3 4 5... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 7:00 AM on October 18, 2006

Tyco drumming.
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 4:48 PM on October 3, 2006

I know a pissed horse when I see one! Get it a kebab.
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 3:51 PM on October 3, 2006

Thanks - I'd only seen some of these. Maths is fantastic
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 7:10 PM on August 31, 2006

Great. thanks
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 6:15 PM on August 31, 2006

For those of us who don't have time to read every post on the Blue, subscribing to the "batshitinsane" tag is an excellent way of catching the most important.
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 5:24 PM on August 13, 2006

prentiz writes 'I'm still using my near pre-historic Sony CMD Z7 which I still reckon is a better shape than a lot of modern phones...'

My favourite phone ever was the Z5. Much better than the huge plasticy Z7 :P
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 5:57 PM on August 7, 2006

woj, great post. I've been seriously thinking about this for next year, too. May have a good sponsor lined up. Three team members so far so we're thinking of taking two cars - have been examining options. Plan is to go for one 'decent' vehicle (sj410 maybe? or the 4x4 panda?) and one comedy one. The Fiat Amigo is currently leading the latter category. C'mon - how could you resist this beauty?

davehat: once you leave Poland, you can choose your own route to Mongolia. Some... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 6:11 PM on August 4, 2006

1950s: Neverending amphetamine-assisted scroll sessions
2000s: Blogathon

:(
i saw the best minds etc...
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 4:29 PM on August 1, 2006

Great, thanks.
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 3:09 PM on August 1, 2006

Aaah. The mad snake woman. Never get tired of her. It's bloody lucky that Photoshop's edge-detection filter CAN REVEAL THE ALIENS AMONG US
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 9:16 AM on August 1, 2006

Jon Ronson also writes a weekly column in the Guardian
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 9:17 AM on August 1, 2006

Anything hosted on a domain named "freewebtown" is unlikely to stand up to the MeFi effect.
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 12:22 PM on July 23, 2006

This is good, thanks.
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 2:59 PM on July 20, 2006

But I also enjoyed this - thanks, andreaazure.
posted to MetaFilter by blag at 9:17 AM on July 14, 2006