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MeFi post:
Spongebob Rectal Thermometer
To be fair, if you look at the packaging it says oral, underarm or rectal.
Still, though, the fuck?
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 2:57 PM on May 14, 2008
Truth be told, there are few cartoon franchises that would not benefit from a themed rectal thermometer.
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 10:01 PM on May 14, 2008
MeFi post:
Web 2.0 Vaudeville
Why do I get the feeling that the next MeFi podcast is going to sound like a morning talk radio show?
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 8:36 PM on May 12, 2008
MeFi post:
De Rigeurmortis
Oh crap. Now I'm going to go around singing "Everyone Has Had More Sex Than Me" tomorrow.
Does anybody else get that feeling? Oooooooo
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 9:47 PM on May 10, 2008
MeFi post:
Who's on first? YOGURT IS!
Great video.
The only flavor of yogurt I ever really got into was vanilla. I guess I'd like it more if I were a woman?
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 2:07 PM on May 10, 2008
MeFi post:
The eye of Mordor
Whoa! Does anyone know where I can find hi-res photos of that storm?
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 7:13 AM on May 8, 2008
MeFi post:
They insist it is not a gimmick.
One time I was screwing around on the computer late at night and made a silly ASCII drawing in Notepad of, I dunno, a helicopter or something. I thought it was pretty good, so naturally I submitted it to MoMA as an email attachment.
A woman got back to me the next day and told me that she was very sorry but MoMA didn't accept online submissions and would I please submit a hard copy. I was never quite sure whether that was a tactful way of breaking the bad news to me or... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 8:20 PM on May 2, 2008
MeFi post:
Se necesita una poca de gracia
I've been a big Simon fan for most of my life. It's hard to read this stuff, although I would love to hear Paul's side of the story too.
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 10:59 AM on April 19, 2008
MeFi post:
Mbira
flapjax, these posts are half the reason I visit the blue.
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 8:18 AM on April 19, 2008
MeFi post:
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
...one of whom denies ever writing it in the comments.
Well, later on in the comments, you'll see that he did fix that problem (it was simple misattribution). The guy doesn't even seem upset.
That said, I do feel a bit uneasy about it, regardless of how cool it is.
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 7:04 AM on April 18, 2008
MeFi post:
Does age matter?
Anyone remember Danny Almonte, that Little Leaguer who lied about his age and ended up getting his team's records invalidated? Maybe not, because it happened right before 9/11.
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 8:45 PM on April 17, 2008
MeFi post:
World Where's Waldo
I always wanted to write a "Where's Ralph Waldo?" spoof for all those precocious 3rd grade transcendentalists.
There he is!
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 3:58 PM on April 16, 2008
MeFi post:
Ball! Ball! Ball! Ball!
When I was little my dad and I would theorize about how long our dog would play fetch, if we were to continue throwing his ball until he stopped chasing it. Results were inconclusive, because we always got bored before he did. This machine was the missing part of our experiment!
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 8:21 AM on April 13, 2008
MeFi post:
Let's go Nintendo
My formative years were spent with the Sega Master System and then the Genesis, so I'm a comparative latecomer to Nintendo devoteehood. If it weren't for the PC shareware games that my friends and I all played, I would think that I was in a different video game universe -- everyone else, it seemed, grew up with an NES. Thankfully, through the combined magics of theWii's Virtual Console, computer emulation, and a friend who still has his old Super Nintendo, I've been able to reconstruct the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 8:12 AM on April 11, 2008
LordSludge, others interested in music from the halcyon 8- and 16-bit days: get thee to Zophar's Domain. There are rips of the actual music data from the games, and emulators specifically designed to play them. It's like an NES jukebox (or SNES, or whatever).
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 8:54 AM on April 11, 2008
autodidact, I'm still reading, and that was a great story. :)
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 8:42 AM on April 12, 2008
MeFi post:
Stephen King doesn't mind violence?
There is no evidence that violent video games have any adverse effects, and the gore and violence in most "violent" games is not nearly as graphic as in a movie.
I'm staunchly on the pro-game side of this debate, but I have to take issue with you here. Have you ever seen the Manhunt series?
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 12:27 PM on April 9, 2008
MeFi post:
Wait, the pictures move?
The time limit is a great idea. It's too late to compete with YouTube anyway...they hit critical mass a long time ago.
The cool thing is being able to integrate those crappy cell phone/point-and-shoot camera videos into my photostream. They occupy the same mental space; it's always seemed odd to me that I have a bunch of pictures from my trip to Maine and then a link that says "by the way, here are a couple 30-second video clips that go with these over on Vimeo.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 8:24 PM on April 8, 2008
MeFi post:
"I'll blow yer f**king head off!"
From the Gawker comments:
By the way - the next time you're at a TV station, walk into a room called "master control" and ask the techs to see the "gore reel". There's some shit on there no one should ever see, from self-inflicted gunshot wounds during live pressers, to people jumping off buildings and getting impaled on wrought-iron fences, and some other Faces Of Death shit.
That creeps me the fuck out.
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 8:06 PM on April 8, 2008
MeFi post:
Sprites ahoy!
Hah, just came in to post that, Foci. :)
This is a cool site, but I'm at a loss for what to do with it. Ideas? (Besides shitty sprite comic?)
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 3:27 PM on March 30, 2008
BlackLeotardFront: Oh, I didn't mean that I don't enjoy it for what it is. Just looking for a project. :)
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 9:32 PM on April 3, 2008
MeFi post:
Super Epic Video Game News
Not sure what I think of this particular website -- perhaps I'm not up on the jokes enough -- but I do love the recent crop of game posts on MeFi and heartily encourage the trend.
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 9:18 PM on April 3, 2008
(That last link is amazing, though.)
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 9:27 PM on April 3, 2008
MeFi post:
It's Coming Down Fast
Maybe all the leftover candidates can start a band. Huckabee plays bass, right? Does Ron Paul know how to throat sing or something?
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 7:41 AM on April 2, 2008
MeFi post:
Notstalgia vs Hindsight?
I appreciate that the 1UP link includes a "But is it actually good?" disclaimer after each blurb -- "overrated" is not the same as "bad."
Top ten lists are generally pretty silly, but I thought that offered a much-needed bit of balance.
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 3:43 PM on March 29, 2008
MeFi post:
Elementary School Nostalgia-Filter
Man, I'm glad for this site, because I was really pissed about having to do all those snarky recaps. What a time-saver!
(He is pretty funny though. I like this post.)
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 8:06 AM on March 19, 2008
MeFi post:
Crash Flash Quick Metal Bubble Heat Wood Air Crash
My 8- and 16-bit days were spent with Sega hardware, so Mega Man largely passed me by. My only real exposure to the series was Mega Man X. Even that was hard for me.
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 7:39 PM on March 16, 2008
Since we're on this - does anybody know if they're bringing Megaman to the Virtual Console for the Wii ??
I would have to guess they will eventually. But if not, there's always this.
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 7:43 PM on March 16, 2008
MeFi post:
Out of the Blue
I look forward to the day when man can say, "Hey," and the giant brain computer can say, "Hey, man," and then man can be like, "What's up," and then the giant brain computer'll be all "Not much."
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 9:27 AM on March 7, 2008
MeFi post:
Looking for some dumb quotes?
Okay, I'll be honest: I actually prefer the look of dumb quotes in most cases. That blog can suck my ass (touch a damn dick).
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 11:37 AM on March 2, 2008
MeFi post:
Super-Duper-Size Me
Every time I see a post like this it reminds me that I ate at dinner at McDonald's right after seeing Super Size Me.
posted to MetaFilter by danb
at 7:49 AM on March 1, 2008
