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The worst colleges in America?
I'm not sure what it says about Hampshire or Metafilter that there are so many Hampshire students, ex-students, and alums on Metafilter.
I'm leaving in a week to start my second year at Hampshire, and the thing about the place is that, even though there are burnouts, slackers, and potheads running all over the place, it's not a big deal. There's no culture of competition at Hampshire; I never feel the need to compare myself to anybody. The people who suck don't usually... [more]
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at 4:23 PM on August 24, 2008
MeFi post:
The Mascot
That was rad, and pretty damn freaky. Thanks.
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at 12:26 AM on August 8, 2008
MeFi post:
2008 Weird-Ass Picture Book Awards
Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith are perhaps the unsung geniuses of kid lit. The Time Warp Trio, Math Curse, and The Stinky Cheese Man were all big, weird favorites of mine in my younger days. Good to know they are still working together and still keeping it weird.
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 8:30 AM on July 7, 2008
MeFi post:
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
When I read these books as a kid, they ended up freaking me out so much that I had my mom put them away so they couldn't tempt me again. They might not scare me any more, but I'm not sure I want to risk it...
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 7:59 PM on July 5, 2008
MeFi post:
Everybody loves a choo-choo
I wish everyone really did love trains this much. Maybe if gas prices hit $6 a gallon and airlines start charging you fees for your pocket contents we'll get some movement on high-speed rail networks in this country.
</pipedream>
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 10:21 AM on July 2, 2008
MeFi post:
"Unenjoyably Difficult!" - Gamepro
Exemplifies the principle that if you are going to make a single-link YouTube post, you make it good. Thanks for the Mega Man meta-laughs.
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 5:48 PM on July 1, 2008
MeFi post:
This is the title of this post.
The comment posted by silby at 6:06 EST is only self-referential if it appears in the thread about self-reference.
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 3:06 PM on January 24, 2008
MeFi post:
...I DRINK IT UP!!
I loved the ending. I laughed out loud at it, but I think that may have been the intended reaction.
When describing the effect of this film to my friends, I've called it a cross between Citizen Kane and Lawrence of Arabia, except then you personify that movie, get him really drunk, put him in the desert, and have him write a screenplay. If you produce that screenplay, you get There Will Be Blood. Definitely an amazing movie.
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 4:53 PM on January 22, 2008
MeFi post:
Lay out!
dirty hippies = ron paul supporters
That's a bit shaky.
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 8:01 PM on December 13, 2007
@: On the advice of council, I plead the Fifth Amendment!
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 1:32 PM on December 14, 2007
MeFi post:
83F Project
The 'staches are indeed quite magnificent.
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 2:08 PM on August 28, 2007
MeFi post:
Bored? Try watching some slideshows.
I have no idea how people derive any information from clicking through slides people post on the internet. In my experience, reading through someone's slideshow is just an exercise in frustration, making you wish that you were there watching the speaker instead of trying to glean information from bullet points. Why not watch the inimitable Merlin Mann give his Google talk? Web video is here, guys, let's stop putting slides on the internet. PowerPoint sucks. And don't think Keynote is better.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 8:48 AM on August 24, 2007
MeFi post:
Perfect Game: 900
@lagreen: Rehoboth has been the boardwalk of my youth. I went to Funland for the first time when i was 2, and was there this summer (I'm now 18).
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 8:01 PM on August 20, 2007
MeFi post:
The poster responsible has been sacked
Awesome post. Big Python and Brazil fan right here. And of course, an exhaustive recounting of his memorable live action appearances in Flying Circus:
Viking: This is my only line. (crowd boos) Well it's my only line!
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 7:41 AM on August 19, 2007
MeFi post:
The revolution will be hard-bound and highlighted
I'm starting college in the fall, and I'm screwed, because I find the idea of buying a used textbook extremely distressing. I couldn't handle using a book someone else had used. But I'm glad to know textbook revolution has relaunched; there's good stuff there.
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 8:35 PM on July 24, 2007
MeFi post:
The New Physics - An Exam
Yeah, the actual point is in the click-through. And I feel sorry for UK physics students. Say what you will about the impact of AP on high school education, the curricula the program requires are all legit (in my experience). Who's in charge of the GCSE, bureaucrats or educators?
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 7:31 AM on July 24, 2007
MeFi post:
Bacon Salt
I'm looking forward to some bacon-flavored desserts. They'll probably mostly be intolerably disgusting, but if someone hits on a good one, oh man.
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 1:50 PM on July 19, 2007
MeFi post:
Sean Bonney's Translations of Baudelaire
More fun, I think, are the translations of Dadaist Francis Picabia's Drawings by the Girl Born Without a Mother (my favorite)
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 7:34 AM on July 18, 2007
@interrobang: I love your point. People expect to "get" art in a way they don't expect to "get" physics. Understanding something isn't a right, it's often something that must be worked for. "The reason contemporary art seems opaque to you is because you are ignorant" should be no more offensive than "The reason quantum mechanics seems opaque to you is because you are ignorant." The truth is, it doesn't take all that much work to... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 10:22 AM on July 18, 2007
