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Flying into Texas on Saturday, during a hurricane - is this sheer folly?
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 12:57 PM on September 11, 2008
(17 comments)
Young Bond: The Shadow War - point-and-click game crossed with a book
The 'Young Bond' series of books (yes, James Bond) are incredibly popular among boys in the UK, and for the release of the final book, we created a game that's best described as a point-and-click adventure crossed with a book. Kids reading more stuff, even if it's on a computer, is a good thing!
posted to Projects by adrianhon
at 8:07 AM on September 5, 2008
We're looking for a graphics designer to create up to six different websites for an alternate reality game based around a highly popular young adult book. This job will involve working with our team in London on creating concepts and then finished PSDs for our in-house web designer to implement - this means that you will not be doing any HTML work, although we will expect you to have a very good grasp of the web and interaction design.
The websites should look lushly designed illustrated. We are
not looking for web 2.0 or corporate designs; instead, imagine that you have to create a Victorian rail timetable leaflet, but online.
You will need to show us a portfolio of sites you have designed in this theme, otherwise unfortunately we're not interested.
This is a relatively short project, which will need to begin almost immediately. You will need to have good communication skills and be fast and prompt. It's a very fun project though, with a good client!
You can be based anywhere in the world, but things will be easier if we can talk to you on the phone, which (depending on where you live) could involve occasional late nights or early mornings.
posted to MeFi Jobs by adrianhon
at 3:41 AM on July 21, 2008
Four hours in central San Francisco with luggage - what to do? I'm arriving in SF at noon on Thursday, and I have about four or five hours to kill in the middle of town before I head over to a friend's place. Is there anywhere I can safely stow some luggage during this time, and then go around for a wander?
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 1:51 PM on July 8, 2008
(6 comments)
Where to buy a suit that's comfortable when it's warm, in London or San Francisco?
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 7:13 AM on May 27, 2008
(9 comments)
The 21 Steps - a spy thriller set in Google Maps
I've been working on a project called
We Tell Stories with Penguin (the book publisher), to design new ways of telling stories online. The idea was to get six accomplished authors and work with them to write and 'design' stories that are
native to the web.
The first story is by Charles Cumming and it's called 'The 21 Steps'. Like 'The 39 Steps', it's a thriller that involves a case of mistaken identity and a chase across the country. We've had some really great feedback on it so far, so I think it's safe to recommend it here!
posted to Projects by adrianhon
at 3:05 PM on March 19, 2008
Halloween Meetup in New York?
posted to MetaTalk by adrianhon
at 2:05 PM on October 24, 2007
(18 comments)
Recommend a good ADSL modem + wireless router (G or N) that can also mount an external hard drive as a network share - for the UK
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 2:43 PM on October 20, 2007
(4 comments)
Design a Game, Beat Cancer
Let's Change the Game is a new project I've been working on with
Cancer Research UK - we want to develop an
alternate reality game that will raise money for cancer research. We're inviting teams from anywhere in the world to submit game designs, and the team with the best design will get to develop the game, with potential access to Cancer Research UK's 600-plus stores, hundreds of races and live events, thousands of volunteers, TV ads and mailing lists. It could be one of the biggest games of this type, ever.
The rationale behind the project is simple - to raise more money for cancer research, particularly from young people. In the process, we want to provide aspiring game designers with priceless experience and advice, and demonstrate that games can truly be a force for good.
posted to Projects by adrianhon
at 6:34 AM on October 2, 2007
Recommend an affordable and good 2-3 person tent in the UK
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 6:19 AM on September 14, 2007
(7 comments)
If I buy an Airport Extreme Base Station in the US, will it work in the UK?
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 8:57 AM on September 6, 2007
(5 comments)
After prolonged badgering and complaints from certain individuals (you know who you are!), I've finally upgraded the
Metafilter Wiki to MediaWiki [more inside]
posted to MetaTalk by adrianhon
at 11:37 AM on September 3, 2007
(97 comments)
Vernor Vinge: Mathematician, computer scientist and science fiction visionary worthy of Arthur C Clarke's mantle, Vinge is most famous for popularising the idea of the
singularity, where technology advances so quickly that humans cannot participate, but he's also credited with writing one of the first stories about cyberspace,
True Names, back in 1981. More recently, he's been exploring how
augmented reality and belief circles will change the way we live in his latest novel
Rainbows End - which he put online,
completely for free.
posted to MetaFilter by adrianhon
at 8:01 AM on August 24, 2007
(43 comments)
Recommend me a good driving instructor in south London!
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 3:27 AM on July 14, 2007
(2 comments)
Mind Candy are looking for a freelance Flash developer to help create and code browser-based mini-games and puzzles for Perplex City Stories. We are willing to look at both very junior and very established applicants; we're more concerned with the quality of your work than how long you've been doing it.
Required Skills:
* Highly proficient with Flash and Actionscript
* Web and graphics design experience (fully standards-compliant)
* CSS, AJAX, usability
* Ability to work under tight deadlines
Desirable, but not essential, skills:
* Knowledge of the ARG genre and narrative-based games
* Audio production (for the web)
* Experience working with APIs
The company is based out of Battersea, London, UK. Pay to be commensurate with experience. To apply, send a resume including portfolio links to recruitment@mindcandydesign.com.
posted to MeFi Jobs by adrianhon
at 3:04 AM on March 26, 2007
I need a good 500GB backup device for a Mac - any recommendations?
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 12:20 PM on December 10, 2006
(14 comments)
Know any good cleaners in south London?
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 12:53 PM on September 26, 2006
(2 comments)
Heard about
Perplex City, or
want to know more? Does the idea of producing high quality websites with exceptional UI design in a vast range of creative styles appeal to you? Read on:
Mind Candy is looking for a web developer...
Base skills:
* Modern, high quality graphic design for web
* Experienced in creation of artwork (images, logos, stock photos) for the above
* Exceptional user interface design
* Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator/Freehand, InDesign etc.
* Strong knowledge of standards compliant cross-browser XHTML and CSS2
Additional, desirable but non-essential skills:
* Familiarity with semantic design for AJAX
* Information architecture experience
Responsibilities:
* Build of flagship websites for new Mind Candy project
* Delivery of wireframes and XHTML/CSS2 layouts based on Photoshop comps to technology templating
* Design and implementation of other sites on a case-by-case basis
* Limited print design work on a case-by-case basis
Some print design experience desirable but not necessary.
Details and application:
* Reporting to the Head of Design and the CTO
* Salary in the range of £25,000 to £30,000
* This position is full time and based in Battersea, London, UK with a 3 month probationary period
* Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK
* Start date: immediate
* Please apply by portfolio, CV and cover letter to recruitment@(nospam)mindcandydesign.com with the subject "Web developer"
posted to MeFi Jobs by adrianhon
at 3:08 AM on September 8, 2006
Heard about
Perplex City, or
want to know more? Does the ideal of producing alternate reality games appeal to you (
here's what it's like)? Love games, puzzles, the web and storytelling? Read on:
Mind Candy is looking for an ARG producer...
Key Activities:
* Designing and producing an ARG
Skills:
* Strong and imaginative story-plotting
* Knowledge of the ARG genre and narrative and puzzle-based games
* Demonstrated experience of managing a team and running innovative projects
Desirable, but not essential:
* Writing experience
* Familiarity with web design and graphics design
Details and application:
* Salary dependent on experience
* The position will be based in Battersea, London, UK
* Please send CV and covering letter with ONE description of a novel ARG concept, 500 words max, to recruitment@(nospam)mindcandydesign.com with the subject "ARG Producer". Applications not including the ARG concept will not be considered.
posted to MeFi Jobs by adrianhon
at 9:24 AM on August 31, 2006
Many news sites already show a list of the most popular stories, but the BBC has gone one further with its
BBC News Live Stats. Not only can you see the most popular stories updating in real time and also based on region, but you can also view
the flow of the news over a day; this will be very interesting to watch when breaking news occurs.
posted to MetaFilter by adrianhon
at 5:49 AM on June 13, 2006
(12 comments)
Which translations of western classics like the Iliad, Odyssey and Oresteia would you recommend?
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 4:39 PM on February 28, 2006
(41 comments)
MacFilter: Where did all the space go? I was using my Powerbook (OS 10.4.1) last night and at last glance it had 4.5GB of space left. After working on iPhoto and Firefox, both of which hung for minutes during operation and while quitting, I got a message saying I was running out of disk space. It turned out I only had 200MB left. After rebooting, the space went up to 1.1GB. Is there any way I can find out where the space went and get it back?
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 1:18 AM on July 13, 2005
(7 comments)
The London Underground is home to some of the most interesting,
weird and fun adverts, which have been tailored to the fact that they have huge posters that passengers are often looking at for minutes at a time while waiting. In Copywriting goes Underground, they challenged ad agencies to write an ad which had at least 50 words in it. Some are crap, but some are pretty innovative -
check them out.
posted to MetaFilter by adrianhon
at 5:17 AM on June 21, 2005
(15 comments)
Can you recommend a good removal company in the UK? I live in Oxford and I'll be moving down to London next month. I only have a room's worth of stuff, but it's a big room and there's a lot of stuff, including bulky things like computer chairs and so on. I'm not bothered about it being shipped within the same day or anything, but if you know companies that are good value and reliable, it'd be really useful.
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 12:44 PM on June 17, 2005
(9 comments)
Where can you get shoes for unfortunately-footed women in London? I'm looking for shoe stores that stock
large sizes but also
narrow widths. The person in question has a 11.5 or 12 US/CAN shoe size, which is about a 10 or 10.5 UK size, with an AA width, which often complicates matters. Bonus points if the store sells styles that actually look good.
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 3:32 AM on April 12, 2005
(7 comments)
Which bluetooth headsets are definitely compatible with Mac OS 10.3.8? I'd like to use one for Skype.
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 4:45 PM on March 22, 2005
(2 comments)
Rather unusually, the Sci-Fi channel have made the entire first episode of their new
Battlestar Galactica show
available online, uncut and without commercials, for free (Real format, not bad video quality). While the series is still being aired in the US and Australia, the first episode has now been shown in all markets and the Sci-Fi channel may be trying to figure out if making the ep available online could improve ratings.
Their decision may have been aided by the fact that the show was aired in the UK two months before the US, resulting in
an awful lot of US fans downloading the show; normally it's the other way around.
posted to MetaFilter by adrianhon
at 2:39 AM on February 24, 2005
(43 comments)
Does anyone know where that curiously preserved and unintentionally hilarious church advert on the London Underground is? Everyone seems to have heard of it - it's a large ad, on one of the stops, and is styled is a page out of a comic book, with various mustachioed characters with leather jackets saying stuff like, 'Leave us alone, man, we just want to have some groovy fun,' and a nun replying 'The true way to fun is through Jesus' teachings', etc. I can't remember what stop it's on or find any information on the web about it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 7:46 AM on December 17, 2004
(10 comments)
Can anyone suggest a good place to post a computer programmer/web developer job vacancy within the UK?
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 2:55 AM on December 7, 2004
(7 comments)
Internal flights in India. I want to get a return flight from Mumbai to Bangalore, and I've heard that
Jet Airways is a good modern airline, but are there other alternatives I should consider? Reliability and e-ticketing is good.
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 1:58 AM on November 1, 2004
(12 comments)
Fellowship 9/11 is Michael Moore's latest damning documentary looking at how the Aragorn administration has twisted the hearts and minds of Middle Earth, ranging from interviews with Rep. Grima Wormtongue (D) to the folks at Minas Flint, a obscure, small town in Mordor used for recruiting.
Online at iFilm.
posted to MetaFilter by adrianhon
at 2:23 AM on October 22, 2004
(10 comments)
It was bound to happen eventually - Richard Branson
announced the launch of
Virgin Galactic, a joint venture between Virgin and Mojave Aerospace Ventures, the company responsible for
SpaceShipOne. They expect to send up to 3000 people into suborbital space over five years for £115k each (around $200k)and the first ship will be named the
Virgin SpaceShip VSS Enterprise (well, I guess he can name it what he wants...). It's all immensely exciting, but personally I think Virgin Spacelines sounds classier.
posted to MetaFilter by adrianhon
at 2:55 AM on September 27, 2004
(14 comments)
What's a good freeware/open source astronomy application for the Mac? I know that one exists but my Google skills haven't been too hot today. What I really want is something that will display a realtime starchart for me with the ability to look up the positions (declination, etc) of each of the stars.
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 10:15 AM on September 15, 2004
(4 comments)
LuggageFilter: Can anyone recommend a good bag that will hold a few days clothes and be small enough to carry on to a plane? Preferably not a hard case or a backpack, but flexible enough to be carried around anywhere over the shoulder. I live in the UK so it'd be better if the bag was available there but if there's something amazing from the US I'd be willing to order it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 8:47 AM on September 11, 2004
(5 comments)
Why do runners and other athletes in the Olympics wear sunglasses? Orange-tinted glasses seem to be most popular, even when events are taking place at night. Is it because, in some cases, they're running under the glare of stadium floodlights?; do they somehow make them focus better?; or is it all a style thing?
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 11:38 AM on August 22, 2004
(8 comments)
When paleoclimatologist William Hyde was asked whether he'd be watching the well-known educational film
The Day After Tomorrow, he replied that he wouldn't endure it
unless he was given $100. This challenge set in motion
a series of wholly predictable events which saw the denizens of rec.arts.sf.written heroically raising the required sum against Hyde's protestations and duly sent him packing to cinema.
What did Hyde think?
"The best summary of the movie comes from The Simpsons: 'It's cold and there are wolves.' - Abe."
posted to MetaFilter by adrianhon
at 10:31 AM on July 29, 2004
(27 comments)
There's a new art exhibition in London showing works of art taken from people's workplaces, for example, sketches by particle physicists. Unfortunately I can't remember what it's called or anything else about it. Can anyone shed light on this, and if so, have you been to it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 12:59 PM on July 3, 2004
(2 comments)
Since the dawn of time, there have been whisperings of the mystical and all-powerful 'Number One', and his fabled arrival in the lands of Albion, where he is prophesised to bring pancakes, ponies and European uptime to all. Of late, many British have said he is to come in June and wish to bestow upon him large quantities of ale. The only questions that are left are, will the one called 'mathowie' be willing to grace us with his presence, and if so, when can we expect his arrival?
posted to MetaTalk by adrianhon
at 11:41 AM on May 17, 2004
(20 comments)
Does anyone have any tips on interviewing people for tech-type jobs? This will be my first time around on the other side of the table and it'd be useful to know how to evaluate candidates and ask them the right questions.
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 6:06 AM on April 17, 2004
(13 comments)
Following the Archbishop of Canterbury's recent description of Philip Pullman's
His Dark Materials trilogy as
'a near-miraculous triumph', it's hardly surprising that a conversation between the two at the National Theatre was more of a love-in rather than a debate.
The transcript is still a great read though, and contains gems like:
PP: Which leads us to Mel Gibson. Have you seen that film?
RW: I haven't seen it.
PP: Nor have I, so we can talk about it! That's all right.
RW: We're allowed opinions without the constraints of reality!
posted to MetaFilter by adrianhon
at 4:00 AM on March 20, 2004
(26 comments)
I'm running in a 3.6 mile
cross country race on Wednesday. It'll be my first proper race since I started running a few months ago. What should I do to prepare in the days and hours before it starts, e.g. food, drink, etc? (more inside)
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 9:01 AM on March 5, 2004
(12 comments)
Domo-kun!
Domokun is "a small brown open-mouthed monster hatched from an egg who lives with a wise old rabbit underground." In Japan, he's the mascot of the NHK BS2 channel and is the star of
a series of stop-motion shorts (100MB .mov), the fun and warmth of which aren't lost in
translation. In the western world, Domokun is better known as the monster chasing
that cute little kitty.
posted to MetaFilter by adrianhon
at 2:25 AM on October 11, 2003
(13 comments)
Steam Trek
- an enterprising individual has masterfully melded two classic SF genres,
Star Trek and
Steampunk. The result is a wonderful universe with a
rich history where Her Majesty's Aether Ships explore the solar system and protect the United Kingdom of Planets. Long live Queen Victoria, and may her glorious reign continue as it has
for the past 165 years! (preserved by Lunar Selenite technology captured from the evil Moon-dwellers).
posted to MetaFilter by adrianhon
at 2:28 PM on September 6, 2003
(12 comments)
Creation Science Fair
- the first place for elementary level was won by Cassidy Turnbull, who demonstrated the differences between her uncle and a monkey. Much more impressive was the winner of the high school level who used prayer to make microbes evolve antibiotic resistance. I, for one, am glad that children across the world are learning the power of Creation Science! (via New Scientist)
posted to MetaFilter by adrianhon
at 7:21 AM on August 28, 2003
(32 comments)
The steam-powered drum machine
- an astonishing extract from the journal of Charles Franklin, the founder of the London Museum of Techno. Written in 1894, Franklin describes a steam-powered drum machine and what may have been the world's first rave. "
Driven by the thunderous rhythms of Hoovenaars tremendous "drum machine" the crowd - academics and dockers, architects and cobblers - were whipped into a frenzy, dancing and screaming like savages until sunrise, when the Machine finally ground to a halt with a suffering hiss."
posted to MetaFilter by adrianhon
at 6:34 AM on May 20, 2003
(33 comments)
Halo
is probably the most well known and successful of games for the Xbox, but less well known are the
scores of Halo movies that take advantage of its excellent graphics and physics engines. From the classic
Warthog Jump to the cover of
Asshole and the
Red vs Blue series, the movies are sometimes breaktaking and almost always hilarious. Videogame geeks with a sense of humour? Say it ain't so!
posted to MetaFilter by adrianhon
at 2:27 PM on May 1, 2003
(10 comments)
More useless images in threads. When was the last time you saw a relevant image in a Metafilter thread? We talk about it all the time, but is there any point in keeping the img tag?
posted to MetaTalk by adrianhon
at 3:21 AM on April 10, 2003
(87 comments)
