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MeFi post: 3d mandelbrot
favorited 98 times, recently by kiripin, yohko, lahersedor, Soupisgoodfood, kugelmass, RubberMullet, medeine, paradoxflow, HumanComplex, El Brendano, minifigs, Ella Fynoe, nicolin, communicator, Minus215Cee, ageispolis, tomcooke, Artw, Songdog, L.P. Hatecraft, captain cosine, drdanger, tickingclock, jepler, rubah, swift, inkyroom, ErWenn, limeonaire, niccolo, hincandenza, mai, dorey_oh, yeloson, Balisong, rory, robertc, prambutan, FishBike, tellurian, krilli, Araucaria, dosterm, litleozy, xufasch, memebake, newmoistness, dubitoergosum, o0dano0o, davejay, namagomi, banter, supercoiled, bepe, lekvar, straight, quartzcity, fearfulsymmetry, FuturisticDragon, usonian, Rinku, treepour, unmake, KirkJobSluder, Lafe, Arandia, seanyboy, muckster, contessa, jquinby, LeeJay, moonmilk, fook, doctor_negative, J-Garr, symbollocks, localhuman, flatluigi, loquacious, scalefree, Ratio, Abiezer, dhalgren, prinado, mikepop, specialagentwebb, Enki, Flunkie, protorp, logicpunk, rocket88, Dumsnill, elgilito, Spatch, iamkimiam, dng, strixus, Burhanistan
5 ¾ hours ago

MeFi comment: "sorta related: I just found out that the spanish slang for dictionary (in mexico ) is 'tumbaburros' , suggesting the book is large enough to knock a donkey over...." [more]
favorited 4 times, recently by amarie
3 days ago

MeFi post: languages and thought
favorited 92 times, recently by 12%juicepulp, derivation, hhc5
5 days ago

MeTa comment: "The alternative term that I think fits very well is STARRED (with a star?), like gmail. It's safely ambiguous, and no baggage of the favourites." [more]
favorited 3 times, recently by Riki tiki, crysflame, koeselitz
12 days ago

MeFi post: The Dictionary of the Khazars
favorited 1 time, recently by Benjamin Nushmutt
2 weeks ago

Ask comment: "I'm Indian, and while I find it mildly amusing, I don't find it offensive. Worn by anyone. But I guess it's a whole different ball game there in the US...." [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by Dolukhanova, mr. strange
2 weeks ago

MeFi post: A vegetarian spider
favorited 8 times, recently by gamera, davar, HFSH, HopperFan, ursus_comiter, BrotherCaine, limeonaire, kittens for breakfast
4 weeks ago

MeFi comment: "This is the first time that traumatic insemination has been shown to occur in spiders. I attended a talk given by this guy at the last international arachnology conference, and it caused quite a stir...." [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by morganw
Last month

Ask comment: "I recommend the spider plates in the Biolgia Centrali Americana as well. (for example: this page)" [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Wood
Last month

MeFi post: Glass Microbiology
favorited 5 times, recently by Matthias Rascher, spacewaitress, skoosh, clearlydemon, benzenedream
Last month

MeFi post: High Jump Innovator
favorited 23 times, recently by of strange foe, Len, t2urner, quartzcity, Anything, Corky, njbradburn, justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow, marsha56, chorltonmeateater, megob, LobsterMitten, dylanjames, arcolz, tellurian, Palamedes, radiosilents, arto, DevilsAdvocate, Jody Tresidder, davejay, acro, CrunchyFrog
Last month

Ask comment: "I use Scrivener for writing papers. You can import pdfs as well as clippings from webpages. You can use endnote's temporary citations, and then when exported to Word or something, they can then be converted to proper citations and build a..." [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by annathea
2 months ago

MeFi post: Hippos in Colombia
favorited 4 times, recently by sneebler, Aversion Therapy, krilli, Joe Beese
2 months ago

Ask post: How do they determine bad tennis balls?
favorited 3 times, recently by Hugobaron, Melismata, jchaw
2 months ago

Ask comment: "One of the authors of the linked paper was my PhD thesis supervisor. Anyway, I study orb-webs and I find that there is quite a bit of variation, but it depends on what you measure. In nature, the web size for example is affected by the size of the..." [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by Kevin1911, ClaudiaCenter
2 months ago

MeFi post: The Gutenberg Method
favorited 44 times, recently by SouthCNorthNY
2 months ago

Ask comment: "Voyage of the Narwhal by Andrea Barrett" [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by newfers
2 months ago

MeFi comment: ">ಠ_ಠ I keep seeing this, and the funny thing is that the letters are from my native tongue, Kannada, and I keep reading it as Ta. Ta." [more]
favorited 5 times, recently by MikeKD, you, Pope Guilty, ocherdraco, tresbizzare
3 months ago

MeFi post: the foreign exchange student
favorited 68 times, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious, jdherg, jasminerain, jpeacock, ooga_booga, kudzu, c*r, SLOHands, clearlydemon, mysterpigg, Feisty, inire, not me, squ1rr3l, kliuless, amro, Miss Otis' Egrets, harujion, minervous, omegar, deborah, waterlily, calistasm, mkim, dhalgren, greta simone, Rora, Effigy2000, ChutneyFerret, MikeKD, Kloryne, vickyverky, signal, madamjujujive, oozy rat in a sanitary zoo, EvaDestruction, dhartung
3 months ago

MeFi comment: "Insert 'Large ship slow turn' phrase here. I would insert it myself, if I could just remember how it went" [more]
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3 months ago

MeFi comment: "Bees appreciating Van Gogh close enough?" [more]
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3 months ago

MeFi post: On specialization in biology
favorited 7 times
3 months ago

MeFi comment: "> Why aren't there lists like Heh. Reminded me of a passage from Italo Calvino's If on a winter's night a traveler: "In the shop window you have promptly identified the cover with the title you were looking for. Following this visual..." [more]
favorited 4 times
3 months ago

MeFi comment: "Related: Jumping spiders of Oklahoma." [more]
favorited 3 times
3 months ago

MeFi comment: "Metafilter: Face the rath" [more]
favorited 4 times
3 months ago

MeFi post: The Quality Control Quandary
favorited 3 times
4 months ago

MeFi comment: "> And last weekend, I recall clueless CNN desk jockeys... I was just thinking that Iran coverage is going to drop off dramatically from CNN." [more]
favorited 3 times
4 months ago

MeFi comment: "Ever since I moved to Mexico 8 months ago, the crazy kid who lives upstairs seemed to have recently discovered MJ and has been playing MJ incessantly at real loud volumes. At first it was annoying, and then distracting, and now I'm just resigned to..." [more]
favorited 1 time
4 months ago

MeFi post: High Speed Trains in California
favorited 12 times
4 months ago

MeFi comment: "I'm excited by this, because I hope that there will be renewed interest in trains in Mexico. Far fetched, I know. But here the buses compete with the planes, so I'm not too hopeful...." [more]
favorited 2 times
4 months ago

MeFi post: writers as journalists
favorited 12 times
5 months ago

MeFi comment: "The holy man's middle name is And? It's a pun: 've' in hebrew is 'and'. The guy's name is David VeMoshe" [more]
favorited 1 time
5 months ago

MeFi post: hindu?
favorited 3 times
5 months ago

MeFi comment: "> Bing gave me a link to some spam-trap site. The Mexican embassy website is nowhere on the page. Heh. that's weird. I tried that same search (from Mexico) and it gave me the right link as the top result. See there's your problem, Vacapinta,..." [more]
favorited 1 time
5 months ago

MeFi post: calligraphy
favorited 30 times
5 months ago

Ask post: mexican etiquette
favorited 13 times
5 months ago

MeFi post: Light Art Photography
favorited 3 times
5 months ago

Ask comment: "I almost broke up with my mexican girl friend (now fiancee) over this issue. I'm Indian and there were similar differences. What I feel is essential is that I needed to feel that my gf would have my back when it came to cultural things things that I..." [more]
favorited 1 time
7 months ago

Ask post: stampede protection
favorited 8 times
7 months ago

Ask comment: "Well just in case the bride is Indian, this is absolutely normal. In fact, in India you can buy special envelopes for the express purpose of gifting money at weddings...." [more]
favorited 1 time
7 months ago

MeFi post: Capturing the Unicorn
favorited 1 time
8 months ago

MeFi post: Boyle Family Art
favorited 6 times
8 months ago

MeFi post: Early images of Egypt
favorited 15 times
8 months ago

MeFi post: tribals vs conservation
favorited 6 times
8 months ago

MeFi post: swedish cow-calling songs
favorited 13 times
8 months ago

MeFi comment: "Boyle's realism just skims the surface; issues of poverty, child exploitation, images of brutality and violence are forgotten as quickly as they play out on the screen. The only question that remains is: will the boy get the girl, and how?..." [more]
favorited 3 times
9 months ago

MeFi post: Khoda
favorited 12 times
9 months ago

MeFi comment: "> Plus, being a Buddhist is pretty much incompatible with the other faiths Obama mentioned Buddhism is just an offshoot of Hinduism, anyway :)" [more]
favorited 1 time
9 months ago

MeFi post: Screen Literacy
favorited 4 times
9 months ago

MeTa comment: "bout how to cite a metafilter post and or comment. and a complimentary Metafilter Endnote style" [more]
favorited 2 times
9 months ago

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