They look Smurfy
(perhaps the most accurate use of that adjective, ever)
posted to MetaFilter by blueberry at 5:04 PM on August 8, 2008

Inquiry Finds Under-Age Workers at Meat Plant
"State labor investigators... have asked the attorney general to bring criminal charges against the company for child labor violations... If convicted on criminal charges, the company could face fines of $500,000 to $1 million..."
–New York Times, August 6,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by blueberry at 7:22 PM on August 6, 2008

I guess what I really am interested in is the PG rating.

R ratings I can kind of understand—if there's a lot of swearing, violence, a lot of nudity. But PG is more that middle child—the Peter Brady of ratings.

G PG PG-13 R

PG has to be "worse" than the squeaky clean G, but not as "bad" as PG-13 or R.

I can understand the idea of going from a G to a PG, from a PG to a... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 4:52 AM on March 26, 2008

Not a console, but there's OSXII for playing old Apple ][ games like Taipan! and Castle Wolfenstein.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 9:22 PM on March 11, 2008

I am thinking one P.I. just won't cut it. This demands a buddy cop team.
posted by boubelium at 7:22 AM

That's crazy talk—they'd be as different as night and day, and believe you me, the only thing worse them making them mad would be making them partners!
posted to MetaTalk by blueberry at 7:27 PM on March 10, 2008

I love my local library, and would just like to point out that if you're on a Mac, there's a great little menubar app called "Library Books" that keeps track of your holds and checked-out items for you (it even lets you know when your books are approaching over-due-ness by the little menubar icon changing color).
posted to MetaFilter by blueberry at 8:21 PM on March 8, 2008

Nothing's worth six million dollars unless it can fight Bigfoot.
posted to MetaFilter by blueberry at 4:23 PM on February 14, 2008

This page seems to think the game is "[The Adventures of] Captain Comic.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 7:50 PM on January 6, 2008 marked best answer

You might also check out Orbicle's Undercover software.
(Although it is more about getting stolen Macs back, than it is keeping them from walking off in the first place.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 2:15 PM on December 12, 2007

The Honey Mango Moisturizing Creme Shave (comes in a orange tube), and the Sugar Plum tomatos.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 3:01 PM on December 8, 2007

"Then again, the article quoted him as saying "$#@&-up", which is difficult to pronounce..."
posted to MetaFilter by blueberry at 1:06 AM on November 22, 2007

Isn't there a comic book covering these events?
posted by bstreep at 2:12 PM on September 25

Yep, A Treasury of Victorian Murder: The Bloody Benders by Rick Geary.
(Multnomah County Library link for Portlanders)... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by blueberry at 2:36 PM on September 25, 2007

This brought to mind that old episode of The Flintstones where Fred is being berated by either Wilma or his boss and with each rebuke, he shrinks down smaller and smaller until he's about the size of a squirrel.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 10:46 PM on September 18, 2007

daveyt, so the check did end up bouncing?
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 1:46 AM on September 13, 2007

Little Computer People's (C64) entry at Home of the Underdogs.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 1:49 AM on September 12, 2007

The original television remote controls used tuning forks, too. No batteries; they were strictly mechanical.
My brother-in-law used to have one of these old sets. You could hold out your keys and jangle them and the TV would randomly change channels or adjust the volume.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 2:47 PM on September 7, 2007

Or the non-transforming The Touch
(god, John C. Reilly is awesome)
posted to MetaFilter by blueberry at 11:48 PM on September 5, 2007

If I remember correctly, in the movie The Island, Ewan McGregor was trying to find some information at this sidewalk kiosk that had some sort of Microsoft-branded search engine. I think he searched for two different names (or something) and the search engine couldn't find either of them. Not the most ringing of endorsements.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 3:28 AM on August 25, 2007

A small aside: Also, if you paste photos of your friends into their entries in the Address Book program, then when you get an email from that person, you'll see their photo at the top of the email.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 8:53 PM on August 13, 2007

Just keep 'em away from Bee.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 10:06 PM on July 22, 2007

I seem to recall it having to do something with this:
(that the studio was really selling it on the "bigger" names, and perhaps not putting him even on the poster)

"No Credit In Ocean's Ads For Cheadle
14 December 2001 (StudioBriefing)
Although Don Cheadle received no screen for the billboard and newspaper ads for Ocean's Eleven -- he was reportedly angered over the fact that his name was not included alongside the... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 8:35 PM on July 22, 2007

Google search for the poster brings up two versions, both Cheedle-less: A, and B.
(although maybe these were designed after he had his name removed)
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 8:42 PM on July 22, 2007

I think he mistakenly believes that the word Manhattan has three T's or something—he is really putting his elbow on that second T.

"Manhat' Tan!"

And yes, it is a very David Cross Squagels voice.
posted to MetaFilter by blueberry at 12:18 AM on July 20, 2007

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posted to MetaFilter by blueberry at 12:06 AM on July 20, 2007

I'd just like to take a moment to say that ramix kicks my ass at Scrabble. That is all.
posted to MetaTalk by blueberry at 8:56 PM on July 18, 2007

I realize this is a rather small potatoes question, but does Libby at least lose the right to vote?
posted to MetaFilter by blueberry at 6:54 PM on July 2, 2007

I'd just like to point out that Ground Kontrol also has about 10 or so pinball machines as well (in case anyone was staying away because co-op videogames weren't old-school enough).
posted to MetaTalk by blueberry at 4:41 PM on July 2, 2007

How cute. Matt looks like a monkey just pawing at that thing.

The part where Matt taps the phone (10 seconds in) reminds me of Owen Wilson beating on that iMac in Zoolander.

"They're in the computer?"
posted to MetaTalk by blueberry at 10:14 PM on June 30, 2007

Thank you niles, that is exactly the clip I was fruitlessly looking for on youtube.
posted to MetaTalk by blueberry at 12:00 AM on July 1, 2007

Now, if only he could track down Karate Kid, Part II's Chozen and enter into some sort of speed race...
posted to MetaFilter by blueberry at 11:53 AM on June 27, 2007

There is a video of the game being played over on youtube, but I think it's the PC version and it has the game music playing so the "nya nya nya nya nya"s are mixed in with the music—maybe not the best quality for a ringtone. There is also a Sega version of the game shown being played here, but the same issue with the overlapping music and nya's. The clips I found from the Mac version (here and here) lack any nya's. I emailed you the closest thing I could find as an MP3.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 8:19 PM on June 6, 2007

There was also a sequel of sorts (but only for the Sega CD) called Heart of the Alien where you play the role of your grey alien friend.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 1:12 PM on May 13, 2007

Are the user ratings like those at tv.com what you're looking for?
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 2:10 PM on April 30, 2007