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MeFi post:
Russian tanks and jets roll into Georgia
I was alerted to this development through this post. Then I started reading the comments. I guess I'll go elsewhere. Any suggestions as to where I can follow what's happening without any in fighting/snark?
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 9:22 AM on August 8, 2008
MeFi post:
Library of Dust
Those tins look quite small. They must have had a good crembola unless they did it by hand. The earliest reference I can find to equipment is 1959 [paging ColdChef].
"Matter lives on when the body vanishes, even when it has been incinerated to ash by an institutional methodology. Is it possible that some form of spirit lives on as well?"
I think not. Is he saying that the corporeal existence is manifesting itself in... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 7:12 AM on August 5, 2008
This is likely not exactly the point the photographer was trying to make
Hey! David. How's it going. Want to catch up and discuss?
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 9:24 AM on August 5, 2008
Q: What exactly, was the point you were trying to make?
A: Copper is gorgeous.
Q: How does this relate/combine with the tortured souls that lived in this place?
A: I make nice pictures.
Q: Have you anything more to add?
A: Well actually, now that you mention it, I have a book with haunting images that depict strangely beautiful copper canisters, each containing the cremated remains of individual patients from an Oregon psychiatric... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 9:54 AM on August 5, 2008
MeFi post:
The 11th inning rule.
Why is baseball even in the Olympics?
So losers like me could still see an Olympic event. I left it too late at the Sydney 2000 games and it was the only event I could buy tickets to. Not only that, it was the women's baseball. The only excitement was when the security thugs chucked out the Korean supporters for beating their drums too loudly.
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 7:28 AM on August 5, 2008
MeFi post:
It's more free maths!
All or none of the above, possibly, maybe, (it's beyond my ken). I just wanted to say, Hi! Iosephus
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 7:07 AM on August 2, 2008
MeFi post:
A long time coming. Delicious.
The best, long-awaited feature (for me) is the ability to share imported bookmarks. Thanks dreamyshade.
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 6:20 PM on July 31, 2008
Related
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 6:56 PM on July 31, 2008
madamjujujive - I do not like the fact that descriptions and tags are now invisible.
I can see my tags and descriptions. I can see yours too. Your latest:
sexybeijingTV's Channel
Sexy Beijing is a show about dating, love and youth culture in the People's Republic of China.
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 7:36 PM on July 31, 2008
I think the new delicious seems a lot faster (as someone who uses it every day and has over 2000 bookmarks)
I have a lot more than that and it's the reason I stopped using it. It slowed to a crawl when posting. I used Mento in the interim because it was super, zippy, fast. This incarnation of delicious it just as fast as Mento and because of my legacy links I'll be going back. Now I just need to figure out the most efficient way to get my Mento links into delicious.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 6:33 AM on August 1, 2008
MeFi post:
OMNOMNOMopoly
Is there a list of Sysco restaurants or a Sysco look up?
Here are some (nothing after 2004 though).
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 7:39 PM on July 30, 2008
an alarming number of otherwise calm and decent people turn into assholes when they enter a restaurant.
Especially those 'pretentious assholes' and those that have 'absolutely no idea what they're talking about'. They're often called 'restaurant patrons' or more commonly 'customers' or 'punters'
my advice is patronize restaurants that serve consistently good food and stop being such pretentious assholes. the majority of you have absolutely no... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 7:33 AM on July 31, 2008
Anecdotally here:
My brother-in-law. He has to be the best butcher in South Australia. If you are a meat eater and you live is South Australia, Adelaide in particular, (Central Markets) you will know O'Connells Meats. He sources local meat and seafood (at Christmas) and processes it all himself. He's up at 5am most days and home by whenever, because he knows the best is hard to find, he really works hard. I would put his product streets ahead of anything Sysco has to offer.
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 8:18 AM on July 31, 2008
MeFi post:
Do you really know who people are?
He fudged his age by a year and a few days.
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 12:42 AM on July 25, 2008
I am appalled at the level of innacuracy here. I made light of this resource by stating that there is no record for Theodore Kaczynski and linking to the record of 'George W Bush of Texas'.
I expected outrage at the ease at which you can retrieve information about your relative/friend/neighbour. Some members queried the site about people in their life. The results were sometimes innacurate. Some users of other systems have pointed out that more accurate and current information can be... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 9:40 AM on July 25, 2008
I don't want to speak to your particular circumstance TheOnlyCoolTim, because I know nothing of it. But I would say: No. Absolutely not. We should not 'conduct our judicial processes in secret'. The public record is there and it is necessary. This site lists a bunch of traffic violators as criminals because of decades-old offences. Some of the items seems trivial to me. Is it beneficial that this information is given to you? e.g. Other: Traffic offence, 96.6% of 32.4% of 'Other crimes'. I think... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 11:29 AM on July 25, 2008
MeFi post:
What's nu?
I'm not American (or Jewish) but I use a lot of these words. Probably because of my East End London background.
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 11:28 PM on July 23, 2008
MeFi post:
"The Greatest Traveler of His Time"
GYOFB
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 9:19 AM on July 22, 2008
Oh! Sorry. What I meant to say was I blogged this almost two years ago to the day.
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 9:21 AM on July 22, 2008
I must apologise. This might be coming across as some sort of lame attempt to promote my own blog. It's not, I assure you.
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 9:23 AM on July 22, 2008
This guy (and the website) is awesome and deserves as much exposure as can be garnered.
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 9:25 AM on July 22, 2008
I'll shut up now.
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 9:26 AM on July 22, 2008
Except to say that Violet Blue wins all comment topping charts (no gaming) at this precise point in time. [adversaria]
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 9:48 AM on July 22, 2008
MeFi post:
Digital Vaults
They've only got about 1k of docs.
Zeta version then :-)
The Kennedy clan (a particular subset of political nutjobs, aside) was to my mind, the best of America. I believed in them.
I believe in transparency. I feel this could be a revisionist version of history (through omission) though. The way that it guides you through a series of links providing information that the site creator feels are relevant or germane seems dangerous to me.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 11:19 AM on July 17, 2008
