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You're not like the others. You like the same things I do: Wax paper. Boiled football leather. Dog breath.

Ren + Stimpy Production Music: 109 Instrumental Tracks!
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 2:31 PM on July 24, 2008 (29 comments)

Bleeps and bloops

Charles Cohen improvises on the very rare Buchla Music Easel synthesizer.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 9:26 AM on July 18, 2008 (19 comments)

Wankel all day long

Two-dimensional Flash animations of gears, linkages, pumps, turbines and other mechanisms.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 4:09 PM on July 12, 2008 (17 comments)

Good dance moves for two right feet

Obama votes to grant telecom companies immunity for illegal wiretapping and "refines" his stance against Iraq to consider indefinite, undefined or vaguely defined occupation. One remarks about Obama's recent move to the right with a new campaign logo. Obama denies any change in policy.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 4:43 PM on July 9, 2008 (358 comments)

Rock the streets

Whether you want to learn to lace shoes, tie shoelaces, stop shoelaces from coming undone, calculate shoelace lengths or even repair aglets, Ian's Shoelace Site has the answer!
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 11:47 PM on June 27, 2008 (22 comments)

"If you can't make it good, at least make it look good."

Bill Gates files a bug report: "There's not a day that I don't send a piece of e-mail ... like that piece of e-mail. That's my job."
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 3:06 PM on June 26, 2008 (66 comments)

I have this sudden impulse to turn the wheel quickly, head-on into the oncoming car. I can anticipate the explosion. The sound of shattering glass. The... flames rising out of the flowing gasoline.

Walkenworks
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 11:24 AM on June 10, 2008 (29 comments)

MUTO

MUTO - Seven minutes of wall-painted animated joy by blu (previously)
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 9:28 AM on May 13, 2008 (50 comments)

"You know, there's something stirring about the peaceful transfer of no power"

"The Daily Show is no doubt entertainment, but it is entertainment, measurably, with a substantive point. It is, in its own way, another kind of No Spin Zone." The Project for Excellence in Journalism discusses what is and is not journalistic (PDF) about The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 9:51 AM on May 8, 2008 (124 comments)

Value-added housing costs

How far away from work do you live? How much of your pay gets used up to get you to and from work, get you around town, and pay for where you live? As gas and food prices continue to rise, "affordability" has become a more critical notion for everyday Americans. The Center for Neighborhood Technology developed their Housing + Transportation Affordability Index, which aims to help better inform renters and owners about the relationship of transportation options to where one lives.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 11:04 AM on April 28, 2008 (86 comments)

What if yellow and red started breeding?

Survival of the fittest
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 10:27 PM on April 20, 2008 (23 comments)

If it ain't a mess, it'll do till the mess gets here

Statistics compiled by State Senator Eliot Shapleigh in the state's annual ranking, entitled "Texas on the Brink" report dreary news in just about all categories used to characterize standards of living, from education to health to enfranchisement.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 10:53 PM on April 15, 2008 (15 comments)

Infusions of Grandeur

Cantaloupe, garlic, ginger, habenero, kiwi, nutmeg, pineapple, spearmint, watermelon and many other vodka infusion experiments by the crack alconomics team of Waylan and Brendan.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 5:17 PM on April 12, 2008 (27 comments)

Let's think of it as a thank-you note

"I love reading your letters—I do. But I couldn't get into it. I just don't have a column in me this week." A sweet, sad eulogy from columnist Dan Savage.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 8:02 PM on April 9, 2008 (73 comments)

Let Me Just Roll Up My Sleeves to Make Sure You're Not Dying

Carl Zimmer's Science Tattoo Emporium - "Underneath their sober lab coats and flannel shirts, scientists hide images of their scientific passions. Here they are revealed to all." From the science journalist and writer responsible for The Loom and numerous other published works.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 2:06 AM on April 8, 2008 (33 comments)

Remember the Alamo, but don't forget Poleland

Texan judge rules $5 "pole tax" violates First Amendment rights. Further, Judge Scott Jenkins found no evidence to justify the purpose of HB 1751 (PDF), finding the anecdotal link of the patronage of strip clubs with a lack of health insurance and increased sexual assault rates for dancers insufficient, and ordered the state to pay the plaintiffs' legal fees. Activists are already looking to appeal Jenkins' ruling and reenact the tax. (Previously on Metafilter.)
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 1:17 AM on April 3, 2008 (12 comments)

Give me convenient bacon or give me death

Hi-fi spheres, bacon toasters, translated Pravda on demand, and other changes to come in 1975 A.D. [ via Bostworld ]
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 1:36 AM on March 27, 2008 (18 comments)

How to do stuff

Quamut — learn how to write cover letters, crochet baby booties, make a home, how to self-medicate, and do other stuff.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 10:06 AM on March 24, 2008 (12 comments)

The head of a small company may still choose to be a tyrant; a large organization is compelled by its structure to be one

In an artificial world, only extremists live naturally. Or: You weren't meant to have a boss. On the other hand, maybe you are.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 9:25 AM on March 21, 2008 (37 comments)

Art of TekkonKinkreet

Art of TekkonKinkreet
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 3:28 AM on March 19, 2008 (17 comments)

Sandals, socks, and dudes

Sandals, socks, and dudes
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 10:31 PM on March 12, 2008 (164 comments)

We take eighteen ounces of sizzling ground beef, and soak it in rich, creamery butter, then we top it off with bacon, ham, and a fried egg. We call it the Good Morning Burger.

Donut burgers are for commies. Time to kick it up a notch.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 4:32 PM on March 4, 2008 (58 comments)

Would you like to play a game?

Fun and games with mathematics and mathematical puzzles (e.g. heart basket, Rubik's Cube, Rubik's Magic, hypercubes, and more) in both English and (with yet more content in) German.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 12:29 AM on February 18, 2008 (6 comments)

delete what they end to all of the loop press

delete adult scroll conflict for (or: 10 minutes of Perl scripting with Vista)
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 11:17 PM on February 16, 2008 (62 comments)

Loser gets creamed

The Belgian version of Russian roulette.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 12:35 PM on February 8, 2008 (67 comments)

Viddy well, little brother. Viddy well.

The Return of a Clockwork Orange - Writers, artists, directors, UK film censors and starring actor Malcolm McDowell discuss Stanley Kubrick's classic film A Clockwork Orange
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 6:05 AM on January 28, 2008 (121 comments)

Comic Sans is Illegal

Design Police : Bring bad design to justice
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 12:25 AM on January 24, 2008 (44 comments)

Revealing Character

Revealing Character — In 2004 and 2005, photographer Robb Kendrick traveled through Texas to take tintypes of working cowboys and cowgirls, capturing a part of American life that evolves with the times.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 3:56 AM on January 21, 2008 (13 comments)

Made of 100% Depleted Uranium!

Patriots, countrymen, help out the American economy with Operation: Change For The Better.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 12:59 PM on January 16, 2008 (18 comments)

"The rendering is a means to an end; the end is architecture."

Hugh Ferriss: Delineator of Gotham. Through his charcoal renderings of dramatic, imaginary skyscrapers in early 1900s New York City, Ferriss influenced the aesthetics of numerous architects with his bold compositions.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 2:53 AM on January 6, 2008 (12 comments)

Cash rules everything around me

CASH is the Coalition of Artists & Stake Holders, a project conceived and initiated by musician Kristin Hersh. CASH is "read-write" — more than consumption; a collaborative online effort — helping make music ownership more of an interactive affair facilitated through Creative Commons licensing.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 12:29 AM on January 5, 2008 (9 comments)

Access Denied

In the same spirit as the Open Net Initiative and Committee to Protect Bloggers that both track global internet filtering, Sami ben Gharbia's Access Denied Map tries to track the blocking of sites like Blogger, Flickr, YouTube and others by governments, as well as efforts by activists to keep them accessible or to challenge their blockage.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 12:17 PM on November 19, 2007 (5 comments)

It has what plants crave… electrolytes!

You'll feel like a fighter jet made of biceps!
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 9:08 PM on November 11, 2007 (35 comments)

"A French chef in Marseilles taught me this."

Chef Gordon Ramsay cooks up a cup of tea, drinks Spunk with Ricky Gervais, and teaches Jonathan Ross to cook a lobster properly (language NSFW).
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 1:38 AM on October 22, 2007 (69 comments)

Collect 'em all!

This is James Savage's spare room, which contains one hundred Apple computers. He has more than 150 in his house and all of them are working perfectly, from an Apple II+ and a Lisa to the latest MacBook Pro. (One entrant among many in Gizmodo's Best Computer Rig contest.)
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 1:21 PM on October 4, 2007 (53 comments)

Dot Matrix Fun

You can print a line on a Epson Printer located in Brugg, Switzerland. There is a live video stream to see what you're printing as well as a light switch so you're not printing in the dark (snapshot).
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 12:13 PM on October 1, 2007 (26 comments)

Life is complex: it has both real and imaginary components

More than fifty selected articles from The Princeton Companion of Mathematics (username: Guest, password: PCM) — a thematically-organized compendium of mathematics and mathematicians from Fields Medal-winner Tim Gowers. [via, previously]
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 5:31 AM on September 27, 2007 (8 comments)

Ghosts in the machine

A chimpanzee plays Ms. Pac Man (WMV, some Japanese)
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 11:43 PM on September 25, 2007 (29 comments)

Cheers | Prost | Gayola | Na zdraví | Skål | Slainte | etc.

Multicultural toasting as an accoutrement for Gunther Anderson's guide to making liqueurs at home [ Principles | Science | Materials | Example recipe | and more... ]
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 12:48 PM on September 19, 2007 (10 comments)

Billions and Billions

Billions and Billions astrophotography CCD gallery / film gallery / equipment / tutorials
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 12:38 AM on September 14, 2007 (7 comments)

The song and tap dance of bottled waters

An unscientific, blind taste-test of US$55/btl bottled vs tap water
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 5:54 AM on September 10, 2007 (62 comments)

You haven't been eaten, until you've been eaten by a grue

Let's Tell a Story Together (A History of Interactive Fiction)
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 1:02 AM on September 2, 2007 (32 comments)

Stainless Steel Ondine

Steve Mann's hydraulophone with sculpture gallery and performance video snippets: [1] [2] [3]
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 2:18 AM on August 27, 2007 (9 comments)

I don't care if you cry and cut, but you better cry and cut.

The Near-Fame Experience: A fascinating interview with former contestants of Bravo reality television shows Project Runway and Top Chef, presenting the fickle nature of fame and how it can come at significant professional and personal cost, if at all.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 7:18 PM on August 24, 2007 (26 comments)

SPLed beans

"Finding JTAG on the iPhone": a ten-step hardware unlock of the iPhone, allowing it to function with other carriers
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 6:52 PM on August 23, 2007 (40 comments)

"Your brain knows the shape of the word."

How the new type standard for American road signage reduces halation and improves readability.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 1:06 PM on August 11, 2007 (47 comments)

I'm a cold Italian pizza / I could use a lemon squeezer

Bonobo chimpanzees are commonly thought to be "an example of amicability, sensitivity and, well, humaneness" in the animal kingdom. Ian Parker's Swingers suggests a darker, more savage side to the species that belies popular perception.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 9:26 AM on August 3, 2007 (20 comments)

The fingers you have used to dial are too fat. To obtain a special dialing wand, please mash the keypad with your palm now.

The progression of obesity in America (where one's BMI is greater than 30) from 1985 to 2005.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 11:54 AM on July 28, 2007 (108 comments)

The odd, the unusual, the unbelievable

Fighter jets, overturned tractor trailers, WW II bombers, cars parked on walls, and more of The Strangest Sights in Google Earth
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 7:08 AM on July 27, 2007 (53 comments)

The revolution will be hard-bound and highlighted

"The [textbook] industry charges outrageous prices for new textbooks while simultaneously doing everything it can to make older versions unusable or obsolete. There is simply no reason that a new calulus textbook should cost $157. The study of calculus, at least the type of calculus that most of us need to study in high school or undergraduate programs, has not changed significantly in decades." - Textbook Revolution.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 8:00 PM on July 24, 2007 (77 comments)

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