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I shot Saint-Exupéry down

I shot his plane down. First his fighter plane was just lost under unknown circumstances during WWII. People speculated on a possible suicide of the writer. Then his golden armband was found by a fisherman in the sea. Then the plane of well known french writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was found in the mediteranean. Now 88 year old journalist Horst Rippert, who was a fighter pilot during WWII, admits that he shot down Saint-Exupéry and that he regretted this his whole life.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke at 9:41 AM on March 17, 2008 (36 comments)

Space shuttle does a back flip

The space shuttle does a back flip while the earth races by underneath.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke at 3:15 AM on February 10, 2008 (50 comments)

Documentary: embedded with US troops in Baghdad

Sean Smith spent two months embedded with US troops in Baghdad and Anbar province. His harrowing documentary exposes the exhaustion and disillusionment of the soldiers.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke at 1:53 AM on July 14, 2007 (152 comments)

Interview with Ze Frank on creativity

Interview with Ze Frank on creativity Ze Frank discusses some techniques he learned himself to harness his creativity. Apart from his quite creative daily online video, which is now defunct, he's apparently also an adjunct professor at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Parsons School of Design, and SUNY Purchase.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke at 1:50 PM on May 22, 2007 (19 comments)

Putins spy war on the West

Putins spy war on the West White House intelligence advisers believe no other country is as aggressive as Russia in trying to obtain US secrets, with the possible exception of China. In particular the SVR, as the former KGB’s foreign intelligence arm is now known, is using a network of undercover agents in America to gather classified information about sensitive technologies, including military projects under development and high-tech research.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke at 4:54 AM on May 20, 2007 (30 comments)

Farrokh Bulsara

BBC Tribute to Freddie Mercury (1991) [youtube] Lots of live concerts.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke at 6:59 AM on March 3, 2007 (33 comments)

Who's killing Putin's enemies?

A dozen of Putin's critics have been assassinated and Russia's vast natural resources are in the pockets of a chosen few. A 2 part article in The Guardian.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke at 11:30 PM on February 24, 2007 (33 comments)

audiomap

Find new artists similar to the ones you like using this Flash navigatable map based on data from last.fm The site is owned by EMI but artists not under contract by EMI are shown too, although not as exensively.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke at 9:59 AM on December 15, 2006 (26 comments)

the guns of august....redux

Richard Holbrooke delivers an analysis and forecast of how the current situation could trigger a chain reaction that would lead to world war. He refers to Barbara Tuchmans Guns of August, apparently a political science classic, that has been mentioned here on mefi. Here's the article in dutch with an appropriate picture of the murder of archduke Franz Ferdinand.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke at 2:39 AM on August 12, 2006 (22 comments)