"Something really amazing happened in Downtown Spokane..." Slide show (annoying interface, but worth it for the cuteness).
posted to MetaFilter by rtha at 9:03 AM on July 15, 2008 (43 comments)

Postum, 1895 - 2008, RIP
posted to MetaFilter by rtha at 4:28 PM on February 18, 2008 (38 comments)

Ellsworth Kelley, Bill Blass, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and a host of lesser known but equally talented painters, designers, sound engineers and actors served together during World War II in the Ghost Army – the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, a unit whose existence remained an official secret until 1996. German soldiers referred to them as the "Phantom Army," because one moment they were in one place, and the next, they were attacking their flanks or from the rear. Together, they made rubber tanks and fake Jeeps; their changing unit insignia were designed to fool spies and allied units alike. They recorded the sounds of Allied units building bridges or moving troops and broadcast them from special sound trucks, leading the Germans to conclude that the U.S. Army had more troops in more places than it did. "Guys drew, or painted, all the time," documenting their lives, the lives of their fellow soldiers, and that of the local populations in wartime Europe.
posted to MetaFilter by rtha at 11:35 AM on October 5, 2007 (23 comments)

Rents are up in San Francisco. CraigStatsSF can tell you by how much over the last year. (coming soon: NYC, Chicago, Toronto, Boston, and more. What neighborhoods are hot? (Heatmaps are cool). Firefox is your friend.
posted to MetaFilter by rtha at 2:52 PM on September 14, 2007 (45 comments)

You’d need years to really study these murals of Califonia’s history - the artist certainly had a lot a free time to create them. You'd probably also need a special invitation to engage in a multi-year study in the gallery - and you probably don't want one.
posted to MetaFilter by rtha at 12:11 PM on August 20, 2007 (8 comments)