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Learn it, in the name of Science.

Squid and Owl is a poetical, scientifical, graphical design project by John Holbo. Kind of Dr. Seuss meets Dave Eggers meets Bill Nye the Science Guy. [via Bruce Schneier's Friday Squid Blogging series]
posted to MetaFilter by silby at 9:35 AM on August 15, 2009 (6 comments)

Alright! Let's go on a journey — through time and space! There are 95 Pokemon stamps! Let's get all of them!

"And much like Christmas, originally about the birth of a religious savior-figure named Jesus, is now about buying things for people and hoping that they buy more things for you, much how Easter, originally about the death of a religious savior-figure named Jesus, is now about receiving rabbit- or egg-shaped chocolates, now and forever Obon is about collecting all of the Pokemon." Japan, trains, marketing, pachinko, hordes of stamp-seeking children.
posted to MetaFilter by silby at 10:08 AM on August 7, 2009 (34 comments)

Calories are delicious

The Neuroscience of McGriddles: Evolutionary biology offers hypotheses about why we enjoy eating. "When you eat at McDonald's, a big part of the pleasure comes from the fact that the food is sustenance, fuel, energy. Even mediocre food is a little rewarding."
posted to MetaFilter by silby at 11:35 AM on July 23, 2009 (82 comments)

Velociraptor Roulette

Velociraptor Roulette. Click the button, win a Velociraptor, or not. [via a very dramatic mefi projects thread]
posted to MetaFilter by silby at 7:30 AM on January 19, 2009 (21 comments)

Four Acts in Four Rooms

Thanksgiving at Dan and Jane's by Dave Eggers. [Lech, 6, under the table, pretends to be dead, in a coffin raised over the heads of hysterical mourners.]
posted to MetaFilter by silby at 6:27 PM on November 27, 2008 (10 comments)

You know less about Tetris than you think

Tetris has changed over the years. The latest game mechanics are well-documented and allow for techniques more complicated than those of us used to earlier iterations could possibly imagine. And of course, you can have it any way you want it. [via]
posted to MetaFilter by silby at 10:02 PM on June 12, 2008 (40 comments)

If there are homosexuals in Iran, well, whoop-de-damn-do!

The Washington Post presents the top 5 quotes of 2007.
posted to MetaFilter by silby at 9:38 AM on December 31, 2007 (30 comments)

Lay out!

Ultimate: The Greatest Sport Ever Invented By Man is coming soon to a bookstore near you.
posted to MetaFilter by silby at 3:16 PM on December 13, 2007 (63 comments)

Training Ground for Democracy

The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art was to have been the home of Christoph Büchel's first major US installation, "Training Ground for Democracy". But disputes over budget overruns and missed deadlines led the museum to cancel the project. [NYT registration required] The incomplete installation is now tied up in litigation, and covered by tarp.
posted to MetaFilter by silby at 1:51 PM on September 11, 2007 (11 comments)

ArtDCFilter: Hopper, Durand, Adams

This fall is going to be a good season for some giants of American art in Washington, DC. Edward Hopper comes to the National Gallery from Boston. Asher Durand opens at the Smithsonian. And Ansel Adams travels to the Corcoran.
posted to MetaFilter by silby at 2:21 PM on August 1, 2007 (10 comments)

The Graphical Underground

The maps of the London Underground and the Washington Metro are iconic in their cities and a favorite of experts on information graphics. They share a similar philosophy: sacrifice geographical accuracy in order to clearly illustrate the system. What if the New York Subway map were drawn the same way? What about the Interstate system?
posted to MetaFilter by silby at 7:32 PM on July 24, 2007 (85 comments)

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