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Old dangerous playground equipment.
One of my favorite deadlies was in the local public park. Imagine a maypole built heavy chains in place of streamers with 10lb forged steel handles at the end of the chains. It was basically a child maiming flail.
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 9:00 PM on July 21, 2008
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Boullée in North Dakota
It's probably been 10 years since I've even been near Nekoma but, if things haven't changed, that site is still awfully eerie to drive by at night. The entire complex is lit up but there's not a hint of activity.
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 10:11 PM on June 6, 2008
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Looking for some dumb quotes?
Honestly, who decided that the default quote characters produced by a U.S. English keyboard were evil?
It's an anachronism from typewriters. Properly curled quotes and apostrophes would require four different dies on a type head and some way for the operator to toggle between the open and closed quotes. Computers eliminate both problems.
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 12:25 PM on March 2, 2008
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Possibly the best Craigslist post ever
The vast majority of responses are from complete and utter morons who apparently barely comprehend your posting no matter how thorough it was, and who want to ask a bunch of irrelevant questions.
And the remainder are scammers.
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 9:04 PM on February 13, 2008
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Hold Please
Or maybe AT&T will just filter encrypted packets. Hey, if you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to hide, right?
Of course not... not my financial information or medical records. If AT&T is going to filter encrypted packets, they're in for a rough time.
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 9:49 PM on January 22, 2008
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Great, plain, empty.
And the locals are protesting.
And they can keep on protesting. The demographic and economic tipping point is well in the past; hairbrained economic development schemes buy a few years but can't overcome the longterm trends.
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 6:31 PM on January 17, 2008
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Signs?
miss lynster: The places I've been where traffic isn't controlled... it's true there aren't as many accidents. But the ones that occur are more often than not really bad, fatal ones.
That's because the traffic snarls before it gets going fast enough to cause any major damage if any damage at all. The only truly terrible accidents I saw while living in the Philippines either involved too many people on a small motorbike or the few stretches where one... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 9:44 PM on December 26, 2007
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Dakota, the Last Dinosaur
Wow... incredibly small world. I knew this guy back when I was in high school and he was in junior high. Marmarth is only 40 miles down the road from my hometown; I've been out on digs around Marmarth.
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 8:24 PM on December 3, 2007
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Buzzword
While this is cool, it would be great if Adobe would concentratr on making existing products, like Illustrator, work properly and then make flashy Flash experiments.
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 8:45 AM on November 8, 2007
MeFi post:
Seat 29E
Who can afford first class?
Who pays for first class? I just upgrade.
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 4:15 PM on June 30, 2007
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BUCKETS!
You had a posted but Matt/jessamyn/cortex deleted it.
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 8:59 PM on June 14, 2007
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McDonald's Options Worldwide
flod - You can still get the taro pies at McDonalds if you're willing to fly to the Philippines. I think they're a part of the regular menu. I'm not a huge fan of McDonald's and, unlike some people I know, don't subsist on a steady diet of the local incarnation of a BigMac and Fries when traveling. Localized McDonald's is more of a curiousity for me, for the service level instead of the menu. It's a little unnerving to walk into a McDonald's and see a spotless high-gloss floor and an unnervingly... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 8:56 PM on May 20, 2007
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Exploding Storm Drain
@andywolf: i was wondering if it was minneapolis as i watched. elpacito's link says the video from '04 was in minneapolis.
I think you're right. If I'm not mistaken, that storm grate is just north of the 46th street overpass on 35W.
What I love about the video is that people are still damned determined to drive through a giant geyser in six inch deep water. Typical.
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 1:36 PM on April 27, 2007
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A million who leave
It's telling that there are special immigration lines, just for overseas workers, at all three international terminals (Cebu-Mactan, NAIA I&II). It's odd how streamlined the system is, more like export control than immigration control.
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 9:15 PM on April 22, 2007
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Little Humor
I first read about the selection after I'd spent close to 16 hours on a plane --- my brain decided to turn 'Rich Little' into 'Little Richard'. It certainly would have taken the whole event into the surreal.
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 11:19 PM on April 21, 2007
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What goes around comes around
That handout, which was not part of the textbook's materials, asked questions such as how evil could exist if God is good and all-powerful.
Junior Lanae Olsen, 17, said it all went too far.
Any Christian theologian worth their salt would love that challenge.
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 9:31 AM on February 22, 2007
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Hark upon the gale
Feathers are offensive to indians? W.T.F.
Eagle and hawk feathers are sacred objects to many Native American tribes.
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 10:46 AM on February 18, 2007
That's the thing - in every case I've heard of schools getting rid of feathers/braves/redskins/what-have-you, I have not once heard of an actual Indian say that they were offended, and very often hear tribes supporting the logo/mascot.
University of North Dakota "Fighting Sioux" -- standing resolutions opposing the mascot and nickname have been issued by the tribal governments of the Standing Rock Nation, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Spirit... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 1:17 PM on February 18, 2007
Also, UNITED TRIBES OF NORTH DAKOTA RESOLUTION
Title: Urging formal consultation between North Dakota Tribes, UND, ND Board of Higher Education and NCAA regarding use of “Sioux” logo and nickname, and support for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) action banning display of “hostile and abusive” nicknames, logos and mascots at NCAA sanctioned tournaments.
Full text of the resolution is available in a very... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 1:20 PM on February 18, 2007
MeFi post:
iphone
Outdated-and-debunked-one-link-rumor-filter
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 2:05 AM on January 9, 2007
MeFi post:
History of the iPod
But I thought that iTunes has ceased support for all firewire connected iPods
Not true. My firewire baed iPod works just fine with iTunes 7 on my MacBook Pro. (I keep only audiobooks and long, spoken word podcasts on it... it lives at work but comes home on the weekends if it needs updating.)
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 1:44 PM on January 7, 2007
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Rising Bollard Revue
Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis doesn't seem to be a failure to me, but I've only seen it a couple of times.
Retail on Nicollet seems to do ok, but that's largely because the pedestrian mall works in conjunction with an excellent skyway system, enclosed shopping, and nearby cheap parking garages. I used to shop downtown all the time, preferring to deal with downtown rather than suburban parking lot idiots.
One solution I can see... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 12:06 PM on December 15, 2006
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Not that the answers make it any better.
I think I can safely say I've never entered the information and subsequently had the operator just know the information. They always make me repeat everything.
I've only had it happen a couple times. Usually it's local companies, my bank (but they do ask for my DOB, last for of my social, and mother's maiden name for security), Apple or United Airlines. UA reps always greet me by saying, "Hello Mr. Teske, how may I help you today?" and have... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 9:38 AM on November 1, 2006
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Mo-lay!
Was Gene Wilder present and was the man wearing lederhosen?
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 12:24 PM on August 18, 2006
What's with the Mexican tag?
posted to MetaFilter by nathan_teske
at 12:48 PM on August 18, 2006
