Originally from a recent BibliOdyssey post by MeFi's very own Peacay. With links to larger versions.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 8:06 PM on August 6, 2008

Just the one cowbellmoo, but the account resets to zero at midnight, PST
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 8:25 PM on August 6, 2008

I think this was a popular motif at the turn of the last century. I remember seeing a late-Victorian history book on Rome that depicted a map the empire like this (Gauls, Huns, Persians etc). I also remember seeing a cartoon once (Punch?) of a map of the Russo-Japanese War also in this manner.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 8:39 PM on August 6, 2008

Interesting, but did we really need 16 links to the same site?
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 5:15 PM on July 12, 2008

Funny, I just helped a patron find a book with the same name, from 1990 I believe
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 11:47 AM on July 12, 2008

Abandoned Nazi bunker, another thing I need to add to my Zombie Apocalypse survival checklist.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 3:12 PM on June 29, 2008

Dustin the Turkey's Irelande Douze Pointe was robbed I say
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 4:37 PM on May 25, 2008

Marxchivist - funny, one of our recent banned patron pics looks a lot like #5 Beardo
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 4:49 PM on May 18, 2008

Eurovision fever, catch it NOW!!
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 7:45 AM on May 12, 2008

If not jumping, at least dancing (4 stories up)
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 3:54 PM on April 1, 2008

Rhaomi, I found the latest version I was using to be pretty buggy
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 4:14 PM on March 30, 2008

CKmtl: even worse, they have done it with a poor defenceless roomba. It appears that alcohol may have been involved.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 4:33 PM on March 30, 2008

If you try to woo me with that crap, you will get such a shushing.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 2:39 PM on March 30, 2008

Cool post. The region has always fascinated me since I came across a copy of Byron's Road to Oxiana at a thrift shop when I was little. As an aside, I always wanted to name my Kraut Rock/Prog Rock power trio Transoxiana
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 5:13 PM on March 22, 2008

There is the 33 1/3 series. Some are fascinating, some are, well, crap.

It seems books have become like cds, that we must cram as many pages/minutes into them as possible.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 1:56 PM on March 1, 2008

No, you can't shoot them. Who will be the scapegoats for all of our new country's ills and woes?
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 8:53 PM on February 27, 2008

Bunnytricks: I will contribute $ to the Ian Curtis Killbot, but I have a few people on my list that it will need to visit right away.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 2:31 PM on February 25, 2008

DecemberBoy: you read my mind
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 4:59 PM on February 25, 2008

Its an oldie but a goodie: you cannot spell EVIL without ELSEVIER
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 10:30 AM on February 17, 2008

I received a copy of spartacusroosevelt's (who I thought was named SPASTICUSroosevelt for a while, but that is a different story) cd in one of the early MeFi swaps and can confirm that it truly did rock my world.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 8:26 PM on February 14, 2008

First seedless watermelon, now tearless onions. What's next, Soylent Green?!?!
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 4:10 PM on February 3, 2008

Or its revenge on the French for sinking the Rainbow Warrior. See how your fancy mirepoix tastes with one of these shitty onions.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 4:33 PM on February 3, 2008

Damn, looks like we mefied it all ready. Will give it a look later.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 1:40 PM on February 3, 2008

Yup its back. Would love to know more about where these came from. Many of the covers look similar, like they were available to purchases in their PX, which makes them all that more creepy to me.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 1:44 PM on February 3, 2008

I inherited a few of these from my step-father, including my favourite Recorded Jazz: A Critical Guide
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 7:05 PM on January 31, 2008

Pretty sure scumbags are found in all of societies stratas.

That said, the picture of Colby on CNN is pretty dorky looking. Maybe the women thought if he looks like Howdie Doody he can't be a bad guy
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 2:12 PM on January 28, 2008

I count myself as a big Gal500/Luna fan, but sometimes I really don't care what the artist actually thinks. I wonder if this is a complete extract or there is some text missing in between as it reads rather poorly.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 12:16 PM on January 25, 2008

This is an interesting idea.

I have often wondered whether having even just the first few chapters of a book online helps with sales. With a big name author I would think the increase would be not be so great, but a new author I am sure it would only help increase real sales.

Has someone created an authors version of MySpace (not so bloody ugly) where authors can post links to a couple of chapters or the whole damn thing if they want? Plus would... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 11:44 AM on January 25, 2008

Think they are all distracted with the Metatalk thread about the first version. Quick trash the joint!!
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 3:33 PM on January 15, 2008

Thank god there are still people who are willing to spend ridiculous amounts on wedding cakes, as it keeps my wife employed. When she saw this online, she said "bet they charged her the bridezilla tax" as well.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 2:17 PM on January 15, 2008

Two of my most memorable shows have been The Chills and The Clean. Though I have to say of all the excellent kiwi rock I am still the most partial to Robert Scott and the Bats. Fear of God is an almost perfect dark pop creation in my books.

A couple of Mefi Cd swaps ago I did a Kiwi sampler. I think atleast one recipient still listens to it.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 12:44 PM on January 6, 2008

It always fascinated me how much interconnection there was between the NZ bands. When I made the Kiwi Sampler, I also did up a chart for each band/song showing the inbreeding/cross-polination. I remember it was messy and pretty sure The Clean were roughly in the centre.

Just came across a 5-part Radio New Zealand program on the Flying Nun Records that is downloadable. Looks interesting.

My favourite obscure FN band is still Snapper. When I first... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 3:40 PM on January 6, 2008

I agree with you DU and rhymer. But the Montemarte shot is quite nice and similar to a view I had of Sacre Couer about this time last year.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 12:04 PM on December 14, 2007

CitrusFreak12: Put it down please, its for dinner.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 3:09 PM on December 14, 2007

DU, the Library of Congress is not a depository library for all US publications.

I really hope that someone at the BL starts a blog where they randomly pick a title every week and give a bit of info on it.

(I think it is weird library buildings 'day' on MeFi)
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 6:48 PM on December 4, 2007

Teletubbies!!
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 6:47 PM on December 4, 2007

You are a better person than me psmealey. My first thought was to make it swear like a longshoreman.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 1:33 PM on December 1, 2007

There is a whole sub genre of post-punk for stamp collector groups as well, philatelic-punk.

Also, I highly recommend "Rip it Up & Start Again" as mentioned above. The authors site has an excellent and extensive discography as well
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 12:29 PM on November 29, 2007

There are some great things on the UofP Digital Library. And I love the fact that you can actually save decent sized copies of images.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 9:34 AM on November 29, 2007

I have the Ministry 12in "Nature of Love" somewhere, but I just bought it because someone told me the woman on the cover is Jeff Pezzati's (Naked Raygun) sister.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 5:16 PM on November 26, 2007

Double, but a good one
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 9:45 PM on November 23, 2007

Organization porn. I have tried so many these programs and for me, still nothing beats a small spiral steno pad. (Though I do like Todoist)
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 12:43 PM on November 17, 2007

Cool. I would love to see some sort of QIki for the episodes with links to more information on the questions and facts they discuss.

For whatever reason, I can't imagine these types of UK comedy/quiz shows (Buzzcocks, HIGNFY, QI, Mock the Week) translating to US tv. I remember the VH1 Buzzcocks copy, and it sucked terribly.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 12:21 PM on November 14, 2007

I just popped a piece of burfi in my mouth.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 11:55 AM on November 9, 2007

Dear Metafilter: I never thought it would happen to me, but when I attended a small liberal art co-ed university...
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 4:52 PM on November 3, 2007

Interesting, I read a slightly different version on the International Herald Tribune site the other say. But a few nit picks.

The title of the NYT article is very terribly misleading, it maybe should be something like "Libraries Shun Corporate Deals to Place Books on Web".

richards1052: "OCA's mission is to open the nation's library collections..." not sure if you are quoting this from somewhere but they are working with... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 10:49 AM on October 22, 2007

spoobnooble: I am the same way. I read reports and journal articles online all the time, and have not troubles. But fiction doesn't work for me. Maybe if I forced myself to read an entire book online I would feel differently.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 12:50 PM on October 19, 2007

Neat, but they need to learn about metadata
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 12:45 PM on October 19, 2007

Wow, just wow.

I have not been able to put my finger on it, but I was not too taken with the Grinderman album. Though I love the fact that my 2nd favourite Triffid (after Evil Graham Lee) still has a good gig.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 7:25 PM on September 22, 2007

When the Zombie Apocalypse comes, I have my island bastion all ready
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 12:09 PM on August 17, 2007