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What happened to Calpurnia after Julius Caeser's death?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tellurian
at 7:55 AM on June 28, 2008
(10 comments)
Here
for your delectation are the Web Flash Festival 2008
finalists and winners. I know we are supposed to post the best of the web. I know we are not supposed to editorialise. But… but… CRIKEY! Even the best is execrable. What's going on in the Flash world?
[requires flash]
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 7:44 AM on June 24, 2008
(22 comments)
Subivor -
People should have more protection than a necktie, their shirt or paper towel to cover their mouth, nose and eyes. They need Moist Towelettes too.
[via]
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 11:05 PM on June 9, 2008
(41 comments)
Rubbing your hands together as an indication of anticipation. Is this gesture common to all cultures?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tellurian
at 10:51 PM on June 1, 2008
(10 comments)
Masseiana
- Containing the three major works of
Gerald Massey and his minor work commonly titled:
The Lectures. Published here in their entirety, fully revised and amended, with additional material by the editor.
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 6:52 PM on May 13, 2008
(3 comments)
Viktor Schreckengost
who died last year at the grand age of 101, was regarded by some as the father of industrial design. Every adult in America has ridden in, ridden on, drunk out of, stored their things in, eaten off of, been costumed in, etc… and there is no going past his gorgeous
pedal cars. Some of his work can also be seen online at
The Cleveland Museum of Art.
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 5:02 PM on April 28, 2008
(9 comments)
Iwase Yoshiyuki
"In the late 1920s, young Yoshiyuki received an early Kodak camera as a gift. Since the main livelihood of the town came from the sea, he gravitated there, and soon found a passion for "the simple, even primitive beauty" of
ama – girls and women who harvested seaweed, turban shells and abalone from beneath the coastal waters." "By the late 1960s, they had disappeared. This body of work stands as the final, most comprehensive visual document of the life and work of these divers."
[NSFW]
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 10:45 PM on March 27, 2008
(48 comments)
Corsets
- a
very comprehensive collection of information about foundation garments. The site is generously illustrated, so it may be NSFW.
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 8:17 PM on March 10, 2008
(16 comments)
There are two different stories about how bowler hats came to Bolivia and Peru.
posted to Ask Metafilter by tellurian
at 9:30 PM on March 7, 2008
(2 comments)
Master of the 'didge'
- after veins burst in his throat some years ago while he was playing the didgeridoo, doctors warned that continued playing would threaten his life. Admitted to hospital last week with bleeding on the brain, he died on Sunday from a brain haemorrhage. He was 40.
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 7:42 AM on February 28, 2008
(21 comments)
Canal Zone Images
is a collection of stories and images about the Panama Canal Zone. Did you know that the construction workers were paid in
gold and silver ('spiggoty' dollars)?
"Paper money was not used on the pay car at all. In the first place, there was always a danger of its blowing away, and in the second place paper money in the hands of negro workmen soon assumed a most unsanitary condition."
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 7:02 PM on February 25, 2008
(12 comments)
I need to prepare some labels with seven different languages printed in their own written language.
posted to Ask Metafilter by tellurian
at 6:57 PM on February 24, 2008
(9 comments)
Kiuchi Nobuo
- a Japanese airman in World War II, was captured and sent to a prison camp in the Ukraine. He tells his story with drawings.
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 7:54 PM on February 5, 2008
(23 comments)
A chilli rabbit recipe from a 'Hemphills Herbs and Spices' book.
posted to Ask Metafilter by tellurian
at 1:15 AM on December 22, 2007
(5 comments)
Dogs seem to be easy to train to do tricks, cats, not so.
I have taught her to eat treats off the furniture (and she often fluffs that) but not much else. She doesn't respond to commands or perform any tricks on demand. Can you give me hints or tips I might employ to make my cat become a star?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tellurian
at 5:19 AM on November 13, 2007
(30 comments)
A follow up on
this post. I saw there were a few members that had sailed on SS France / SS Norway / SS Blue Lady and thought they might want to grab a
souvenir.
posted to MetaTalk by tellurian
at 2:39 PM on November 11, 2007
(6 comments)
Where's my Gphone?
"Despite all of the very interesting speculation over the last few months, we're not announcing a Gphone. However…"
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 10:04 PM on November 5, 2007
(48 comments)
I often see one-legged birds hopping around, usually pigeons or seagulls. What would be the most common cause of them losing
one foot?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tellurian
at 4:51 AM on November 5, 2007
(29 comments)
Thanatorama
[flash] You died this morning. Are you interested in what comes next? Webdocumentaire.
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 7:33 PM on November 1, 2007
(25 comments)
In October 1947, the directors of
J. Lyons & Co (think - teashops, nippies, bakeries, ice-creams, steakhouses, hotels, Wimpy Bars and Dunkin' Donuts), decided to take an active role in promoting the commercial development of computers.
In 1951 the
LEO I computer was operational and ran the world's first regular routine office computer job.
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 8:53 PM on October 1, 2007
(13 comments)
Do you like my
tags Gator?
posted to MetaTalk by tellurian
at 10:58 PM on September 26, 2007
(24 comments)
Brad Laidman
critiques the findings from the Centre For Public Health at Liverpool John Moore University
report [pdf] 'Elvis to Eminem: quantifying the price of fame through early mortality of European and North American rock and pop stars.'
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 8:32 AM on September 14, 2007
(25 comments)
meta-markets
Online stock market for trading socially networked creative products.
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 12:19 AM on September 3, 2007
(20 comments)
jbelkin needs an email from one of the admins about self-promoting comment links.
posted to MetaTalk by tellurian
at 8:45 PM on August 20, 2007
(75 comments)
This map
displays county-to-county migration data for 2000-2005 from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. In, out, staying put, median household income.
[via]
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 10:58 PM on August 16, 2007
(19 comments)
Thomas Graz
has a collection of glasses with pictures on them. Mainly from the countries of the former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and the German Empire, but including some other countries too. A novel way to navigate history, architecture, people and landscape. Oh! and he
needs help with some of them too.
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 8:06 PM on August 5, 2007
(6 comments)
I know that
House is a TV construct but I'm wondering, are there doctors that perform this role in real life?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tellurian
at 6:58 AM on August 4, 2007
(20 comments)
21-87
is a short film from Arthur Lipsett that has been discussed
before.
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 11:41 PM on August 2, 2007
(12 comments)
australianscreen
launched today. You can view clips from Australian feature films, documentaries, TV programs, shorts, home movies, newsreels, advertisements, other historical footage, and sponsored films produced over the last 100 years, with curators’ notes and other information about each title.
[via Margaret and David]
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 8:17 AM on July 18, 2007
(8 comments)
Toto
are marketing the
Washlet in America. A nicely designed site without any scatological references. Possibly NSFW intro.
[flash]
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 5:39 PM on July 12, 2007
(50 comments)
People drank from a rumen. Although no-one died, is it really okay?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tellurian
at 11:13 AM on June 30, 2007
(17 comments)
