Claude François was one of France's most successful popstars, a complete song-and-dance act who remained at the top of the charts for almost ten years before his career was tragically cut short when he tried to change a lightbulb while in the bath (youtube ahead).
posted to MetaFilter by jacalata at 8:45 PM on November 11, 2007 (19 comments)

Maths classes + radical left wing = Radical Maths
posted to MetaFilter by jacalata at 5:42 AM on November 9, 2007 (49 comments)

We've discussed Simple English Wikipedia, and descriptions of other languages in English, but have you tried reading wikipedia in Scots? You asked if Scots is a language? How about any of the other 253 languages of Wikipedia?
posted to MetaFilter by jacalata at 7:59 AM on September 5, 2007 (43 comments)

Meet Stuart, the new mySpace-like networking site for Student Artists created by Saatchi and Saatchi. (discovered through the NYT).
posted to MetaFilter by jacalata at 11:57 AM on December 19, 2006 (24 comments)