Holy smokes. If this is as awesome as it has the potential to be you, y2karl, will be my new MetaHero.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 1:16 PM on June 1, 2008

I can't watch more than 6 seconds of that James Tobak clip at a time without having a full on panic attack...
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 3:54 PM on May 5, 2008

Steve's husband Tom is a neat guy, too.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 3:03 PM on April 28, 2008

I just love it when Miko decides not to take any shit. Makes my day, every single time.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 1:31 PM on April 15, 2008

Did he really write "douche bag" in an article for the Washington Post?
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 9:56 AM on April 1, 2008

some video artist, i can't remember who, re-cut the video to "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash into alphabetical order. it's hilarious to watch. i feel like i saw it on vvork or wmmna. help!
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 9:45 AM on March 19, 2008

there it is. it was Oliver Laric!
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 9:47 AM on March 19, 2008

I also was disappointed not to find a book on the origin of emoticons.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 12:50 PM on January 22, 2008

Toribash is the strangest, most compelling game i've come across in ages. thanks.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 7:01 PM on January 5, 2008

no seriously. it's like starcraft, but for judo instead of space alien warfare.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 8:09 PM on January 5, 2008

I just knew this would be a music thread that we could finally all agree about...
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 7:27 PM on December 15, 2007

oh man... one of nylon's links has a powerpoint presentation with some of the survey results!
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 2:41 PM on December 16, 2007

Gershon Legman is credited with the invention of the vibrating dildo. He did some other stuff, too. (paperfolding, cataloging erotic folklore, etc.)
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 1:48 PM on October 11, 2007

The New York Times review of Indecision referenced in the article is really funny and (I would say) a more even-handed critique. Sorry about the hyphen and the parenthetical...
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 9:20 AM on September 26, 2007

We must make our Italian bodies light for the steel trains of the future.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 7:31 AM on August 3, 2007

Offhand, I can't think of anything better than this. Thank you.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 10:28 AM on August 1, 2007

No kidding, EB. I thought Kelly was pretty ridiculous until I read Chuck Asay's... He doesn't hold a candle to the the real thing. I mean, what the hell is this?
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 5:20 PM on June 18, 2007

bah! Carmageddon!? Where's the comic for Quarantine?
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 2:58 PM on May 24, 2007

I thought the homoerotic overtones in the first scene were just delightful.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 1:14 PM on May 20, 2007

Now I don't have to scream "I can't find the hip hop I need" at the top of my lungs. Thank you, klangklangston.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 7:37 PM on April 28, 2007

Good stuff, there was also a series of posts on chili peppers on News For Curious Cooks this week.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 8:57 AM on February 23, 2007

It's disappointing that the wikipedia entry for futurist meals doesn't include the text of the Manifesto of Futurist Cooking, because the summary does it no real justice. Where Wikipedia says, "No more pasta for it causes lassitude, pessimism and lack of passion," the Manifesto says something like, "We must make our Italian bodies light for the aluminum trains of the future!"

ubuweb has some manifestos that are similarly... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 6:18 PM on August 21, 2006

Since the last Brian Eno thread has closed, I will remind you here that the multitracks of two songs from the recently re-released My Life in the Bush of Ghosts are now available to download under a Creative Commons license.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 6:58 AM on May 10, 2006

I realize this isn't AskMe, but there was a great obituary on Red Adair in the Economist. Unfortunately it's been archived and you can't read it without a subscription. Here's a link anyway.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 6:47 AM on May 4, 2006

Let me just be the first to bemoan the fact that the "@" does not point to anything Nethack related. Other than that... A++
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 1:45 PM on April 27, 2006

There are two pages missing from the beginning of the scrapbook that probably would have indicated that they were New York World's Fair pictures. I guess now I have to re-tag and re-group them!

There's an extensive website for the 1964 New York World's Fair, (thanks, mechaZardoz) including ad copy for the Chrysler Exhibit pictured here.

I was surprised to learn that my grandparents on both sides of the family visited the the Montreal... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 5:10 PM on April 4, 2006

I am profoundly disappointed that the "God" link didn't send me to God Told Me To.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 9:04 AM on March 29, 2006

You wrote quadruplets, but I read quadriplegics... I'm all straightened out now though.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 8:56 PM on February 19, 2006

Thanks, matteo. I got on something of an Edmund Wilson kick after reading Frederick Exley's Pages from a Cold Island. I'm looking forward to digging through the links.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 9:46 AM on August 26, 2005

I've seen this guy riding the straight ahead #2 around the MIT campus. It's a neat looking contraption, but I don't really think that "the audience for this bike would be teenagers to young adults."
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 8:12 AM on August 31, 2004

If I may add to the pile... There was an article posted to arts and letters daily recently on Stalin's love of movies.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 9:46 AM on June 8, 2004

this is amazing. thanks.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 11:39 PM on May 15, 2004

this is excellent, thanks.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 7:02 PM on April 20, 2004

"This is like Kinko's expanding its reproductive services to include gynecology," said Sen. Phil Spigel of Arkansas.

choice.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 8:56 AM on April 2, 2004

This is far and away grant stoddard's best piece. It's a shame that it's the last last installment of "i did it for science", but what a high note to go out on. The premise by itself is hilarious, and his conclusions about the whole affair are (speaking as a straight male) pretty damn interesting.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 7:12 PM on March 26, 2004

As per Smart Dalek's link, we here at the Dow Chemical Company would prefer it if you would stop using the color Blue** to refer to Metafilter.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

The Dow Chemical Company

**The color Blue is a Trademark of The Dow Chemical Company
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 8:32 AM on March 15, 2004

This reminds me a lot of Komar and Melamid. They released an album in 1996 containing "The Most Wanted Song" and "The Most Unwanted Song." The latter, if I remember correctly is 12:55 and contains a chorus of children singing "Hey everybody! It's Yom Kippur!"
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 6:23 PM on March 10, 2004

it's like riding a roller coaster. just queue them all up in a row! the fun never stops.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 6:24 PM on March 2, 2004

i'm envisioning some kind of grand theft appendix where you get to play a seedy back alley mafia doctor whose good name has been sullied by bogus malpractice lawsuits. you could either burn fingerprints off two-bit hoods, or try and get your medical degree back and go straight. total immersion! in blood!! up to the forearms, anyway.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 8:07 PM on February 4, 2004

The link from the true majority main page is giving me the same error, so i don't think it's the fault of an homunculus.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 1:48 PM on February 1, 2004

Ahhh! It's european trash. That's why it's so damn interesting.

good link.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 10:10 AM on January 23, 2004

When I had my wisdom teeth pulled they made me watch a video that detailed all the things that could possibly go wrong, the worst of which (in my mind) was possible permanent paralysis of the jaw.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 10:57 PM on January 17, 2004

meh. as far as bibles go, i think this one can't be beat.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 10:31 PM on January 14, 2004

here's mine. surely the work of a calvinist and hobbesian.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 2:55 PM on December 10, 2003

it sounds like a good idea, but 36.3% of $0.00 is still $0.00. damn this unemployment.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 9:52 PM on October 29, 2003

in the same vein, archive.org has a variety of excellent industrial and social hygiene films. for sheer weirdness, i recommend one got fat a monkey driven thriller on bicycle safety.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 1:47 PM on October 12, 2003

Does anyone else have trouble connecting to bookfilter? I have tried several times, over a period of weeks, but i can't get the page to load...
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 3:22 PM on April 8, 2003

one of my favorites has always been Terry S. Taylor's soundtrack to The Neverhood. For sheer catchy wierdness, it can't be beat.
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 11:34 AM on January 31, 2003

what the hell is "cume" and how is real "cume" different from "'phantom' cume"? (see first link)
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 12:09 AM on January 31, 2003

Smart. Beautiful. Metafilter.

ha!
posted to MetaFilter by clockwork at 3:18 PM on December 5, 2002