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The Quiet American:
one minute vacations.
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at 3:57 AM on July 31, 2004
(10 comments)
Explorations of
computation: the world is numbers, and the divine
a mathematician. Maybe.
[Flash, Javascript]
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken
at 3:06 AM on July 30, 2004
(5 comments)
Math that makes you go wow: A multi-disciplinary exploration of non-orientable surfaces.
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at 2:36 AM on July 29, 2004
(12 comments)
LastFM "
is a personalised online radio station that plays the right music to the right people. Songs spread from listener to listener." Using data from the groovy
Audioscrobbler, this is pretty damn cool. But,
like #1 said, it can't possibly be legal...
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken
at 11:03 PM on July 26, 2004
(22 comments)
Giga Society: the world's most exclusive high IQ society, where an IQ of 196 or higher (one in a billion) is required to join. Not quite as cranially-advantaged? Well, there's always the
Oath society, which'll take you if you're only one in a thousand (a mere 150 IQ or higher). Big brains and design skills (or
language ones, for that matter) don't mix well, though, it would seem.
[more inside]
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at 7:22 PM on July 24, 2004
(86 comments)
Straw House Blog.
Coolhouse.
Colorado house. When summer comes, I invariably start dreaming of places to live that are utterly unlike the
standard Korean Concrete Beehive Box.
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at 7:45 PM on July 22, 2004
(11 comments)
Ulysses a page a day and the
Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci a page a day. Fire up your
favorite newsreader or sign up for
Bloglines and get down to some hardcore retro-feedin'!
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken
at 5:44 PM on June 24, 2004
(29 comments)
Labor Arts. "Images that help us understand the past and present lives of working people."
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken
at 5:19 PM on June 19, 2004
(8 comments)
My Marvel Years. [
via,
via]
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken
at 2:26 AM on April 29, 2004
(16 comments)
Gift hub - Connecting Funders, Active Citizens, and Advisors. Phil Cubeta, who is known to many as the weblog world's
Happy Tutor (et al.), wants to stop just
talking about philanthropy and actually do something. Now this a Corporate Guy that I actually respect. He's recently decided to 'go from satire to sermon, from noting problems to working for solutions,' and
brought together some other
smart and influential people to talk about
philanthropy, activism, volunteerism, charity, social movements, civil society, and emerging democracy, and is one of the people organizing an
Open Space for Giving Conference in
Chicago.
Can a webby philanthropic bridge be built between the chaotic, emergent ferment in the wired world and the
world of corporate wealth? I don't know, but I wish him luck.
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken
at 11:01 PM on April 13, 2004
(2 comments)
The Bush administration's conservation policy: 'protecting the nation's environment', or you know,
'not'?
[more inside]
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at 8:31 PM on December 17, 2003
(35 comments)
Article 98. From 1995 through 2000, the U.S. government supported the establishment of an
International Criminal Court. In 2001, the Bush Administration ended
US participation in ICC meetings and, on 6 May 2002, officially nullified the previous signature of the Rome Statute.
[more inside]
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at 7:32 PM on December 16, 2003
(32 comments)
Maintaining contact info. I suck at it, but this new automation service may be the best I've ever come across, of any kind, on the net. No, seriously. Some have justifiably expressed concerns about what could possibly be the email-harvester to end all email-harvesters, but their
privacy policy looks sound, and so far, after a week, I am astounded at how well it works.
[Outlook/OE on Windows only, and this post smacks of bit of refreshing Pepsi Blue, I know, but I reckon it's the best of a very small breed, and free, so worth the link. Plaxo rocks.]
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken
at 6:56 PM on November 26, 2003
(19 comments)
"We entered the country at midnight on March 26..." Isn't a bit odd how these letters -- all with different signatures at the bottom -- are identical?
Pfc. David Deaconson and
Spc. Nathan Whitelatch, for example, don't just seem to have the same writing style, they have the same
writing! It would seem that at least some parts of the US government still don't quite
get the internet. Is this kind of letters-to-the-editor war propaganda standard operating procedure?
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken
at 11:44 PM on October 10, 2003
(37 comments)
...Baby Ink will not work on anyone under 6 months of age, as their sensitive skin does not react well to the ink. "Although we are the ORIGINAL body art chain to cater to toddlers and children, our experienced, talented staff is glad to work on people of all ages. So whether you're 8 months or 88 years old, if you're ready for a tattoo or a body piercing-the clear choice is Baby Ink!" I don't quite know
what to think of this.
[via die puny humans]
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at 9:55 PM on July 6, 2003
(51 comments)
The rantacular Francis E Dec : "Gangster Computer God Worldwide Secret Containment policy made possible solely by Worldwide Computer God Frankenstein Controls. Especially lifelong constant threshold brainwash radio. Quiet and motionless, I can slightly hear it. Repeatedly this has saved my life on the streets.
Four billion wordwide population, all living, have a Computer God Containment Policy brain bank brain, a real brain in the brain bank cities on the far side of the moon we never see. Primarily, based on your lifelong Frankenstein Radio Controls, especially your Eyesight TV, sight and sound recorded by your brain, your moon brain of the Computer God activates your Frankenstein threshold brainwash radio lifelong, inculcating conformist propaganda, even frightening you and mixing you up and the usual, "Don't worry about it." For your setbacks, mistakes, even when you receive deadly injuries. This is the Worldwide Computer God Secret Containment Policy."
Ubuweb has many sounds. Sounds are good.
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken
at 6:59 AM on June 9, 2003
(10 comments)
The times, they are etcetera-ing. Jean Chrétien drew applause and a few whoops of joy at a fundraising dinner Tuesday night when he said that legislation decriminalizing possession of marijuana in Canada would soon be announced. "Don't start to smoke yet," he quickly cautioned the celebrants in the audience.
Meanwhile, across the border,
there are more than 236,000 drug offenders in state prisons. Hands up who's heading north.
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken
at 2:37 AM on April 30, 2003
(94 comments)
Miguk - A film documentary on the life of an expat English teacher in Korea. If you've done it, this will bring back memories. If you're thinking of doing it, this is worth watching. If, like me, you're in Korea now, watching it on 'film' somehow
dignifies the experience. Two thumbs up.
[.wmv format, 16 segments]
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken
at 11:42 PM on April 18, 2003
(21 comments)
The minimal compact: An open-source constitution for post-national states. "What sorts of arrangements of power between humans can account for the deep variation in beliefs and assumptions among the six billion of us who share this planet, while still providing for a common jurisprudence? What measures can be taken that enhance the common security without unduly infringing on the sovereignty of the individual?
I believe that a useful model for the desired structure can be found in the open-source or "free" software movement."
Our own
adamgreenfield has been thinking about
emergent democracy and the
widening gap between power and politics, and has written a 'minifesto,' and would like some feedback. Democracy for the rest of us : fascinating, 'deep geek' stuff, and worth your time.
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken
at 11:13 PM on February 26, 2003
(11 comments)
Palin's Travels includes pictures, video, text and audio from
Pole To Pole,
Around the World in 80 Days,
Full Circle (with
Sahara,
Hemingway Adventure and
Great Railway Journey coming soon) - BBC TV series featuring
Michael Palin of
Monty Python fame wandering around the planet and being puckish and amusing. Great TV, and a great site, particularly if (like me) you're a travel addict. "No bombarding with ads, no spam on toast, just the Palin product, taken apart and put together again, for you to use however you want."
[via the always excellent and recently-resurrected wood_s_lot]
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken
at 10:38 PM on October 4, 2002
(27 comments)
A blip on the radar, or a sign of shifting opinions? Can
recent events in the Republic of Korea be taken as an indication that the special relationship between the US and South Korea is changing, and that
public sentiment amongst Koreans is turning against America?
[more inside]
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at 10:55 PM on September 19, 2002
(43 comments)
Arranging a meetup? This new tool may be just the thing for helping to organize it. With involvement from some
familiar names, it's looking pretty good. This might be helpful to set up your next
Metafilter Gathering...
[via waxy.org]
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at 8:08 PM on June 15, 2002
(28 comments)
Recollections based on the album Doolittle, by the Pixies. Most of the most memorable times in my life, at least the ones during and after adolescence, are linked inextricably with the music I was listening to at the time. Hearing
Bowie's 'Modern Love' can set me off to reminiscing for hours about freshman teen angst, and
Bob Mould's 'Hanging Tree' can still damn near make me cry with the memories it triggers.
Doolittle is one of those albums that takes me right back. You?
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at 7:22 PM on June 8, 2002
(91 comments)
How is this possible? I know there must be a sensible explanation for why this 'ESP experiment' works every time, but I certainly can't figure it out. Anyone? Other
'ESP' tests and the like leave me a bit cold, but this made my brain hurt, and that can't be
all bad.
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at 4:41 PM on May 3, 2002
(30 comments)
Empire burlesque: Iraq invasion through the looking glass - "
MECCA, March 22, 2005 -- President Osama B. Laden today called for a 'regime change' in the United States, saying the military dictatorship led by unelected strongman George Walker Bush 'is an ever-present threat to world peace.'" Spot on or way off, I found it amusing, in a whistling-past-the-graveyard way, at least.
(piece originally appeared in The Moscow Times)
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at 10:42 PM on March 23, 2002
(29 comments)
A real cancer cure, finally? When I'm in my cups, I like to declaim that "Some of us now living may never die" or stuff of the sort. Is this the real thing? Is the time finally here when enormous jumps in our natural lifespan are going to start happening, at least for the rich? What would
you do if you had an extra 20, or 50, or 100 years?
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken
at 1:39 AM on October 4, 2001
(28 comments)
Israeli forces move into Jericho. The Israeli Army said the raids were intended to "root out terror". Sounds like opportunism to me...of the nastiest kind. Or are they really trying to assist America in locking down the bad guys?
(Link via Fark.com)
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at 1:46 AM on September 14, 2001
(30 comments)
Generation Jones : If you were born between 1954 and 1965, ask yourself this question: "Do I feel like a member of The Baby Boom Generation, Generation X, or neither?"
Does this seem to you like splitting the hair too finely? Or do you think they've got something here?
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at 4:35 AM on September 11, 2001
(6 comments)
The Incarceration Atlas. Everyone's probably familiar with the usual stat that America has the world's highest rate of incarceration, but there are some other pretty interesting numbers here too, touching on some Metafilter favorites - race, education and drugs.
(more inside...)
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at 12:53 AM on July 25, 2001
(12 comments)
Most of the interesting and memorable people I've encountered have been vice-ridden maniacs. Through a slightly inebriated misposting I made recently, I wandered into
succa's profile, and from there to his
blog, where I found this post today. I offer it as a sort of coda to
this MeFi discussion, and wonder if people agree with the thought. I sure as hell do, even if it gets harder to do so with the advancing years. (I note too that there are tons of
other great sites by MeFi'ers out there too, but today this one did it for me.)
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken
at 9:37 PM on July 11, 2001
(48 comments)
Had this idea about a year ago over beer, when netthings were a-cookin', fleshed it out with some geek-comrades, pitched it under an NDA to a VC, got the green light, and then chickened out and went back to the day job. Once you really thought it through and calculated the wired populace as a percentage of the unwired, we figured, the idea was fabulous, a service to The People
and a MoneyMaker. Now
someone else seems to have had the same idea, more or less. I wish them luck. If it takes off, I'm gonna feel mighty dumb, and if it tanks, mighty lucky.
Now I can finally ask the MeFi jury...Silly thing or smart?
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken
at 1:34 AM on January 31, 2001
(17 comments)
IT gets a domain. The interesting thing is now maybe less how world-changing
IT might be (most dreamers I know, at least, have gone from wide-eyed Bradburian dreaming to the expectation of disappointment to resigned cynicism by now), but how the commercial game will play itself out. I feel all dirty now.
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken
at 3:33 AM on January 27, 2001
(6 comments)
Lance gets into the act, feigning humor, just grazing bitterness on the way to the kitchen. Wouldn't we all like to be
bloggered?
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken
at 10:38 PM on January 14, 2001
(9 comments)
