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Dead Funnies

The Comic Bardo Thodol, or: Everything you ever wanted to know about the Tibetan Book of the Dead but were afraid to not read in a streamlined comic context. [via mefi projects]
posted to MetaFilter by cortex at 6:34 AM on July 23, 2008 (23 comments)

This is the title of this post.

- This is the Title of this Story
- Self-reference in 'Self-reference in...'
- This is Not the Title of this Essay
- How I explained infodumps and saved humanity
posted to MetaFilter by cortex at 9:36 AM on January 24, 2008 (75 comments)

Howard Rheingold on cooperation, technology, and social dynamics

Technology of Cooperation (.gif map), from Howard Rheingold's Cooperation Commons project. Rheingold on Amish technology practices.
posted to MetaFilter by cortex at 1:19 PM on January 21, 2008 (6 comments)

Nomic is a game where modifying the game is the game.

Nomic, as introduced by inventor Peter Suber (homepage): a game of self-modification—every move is an attempt to alter the rules governing how the game is played. Further from wikipedia. [A great deal more within.]
posted to MetaFilter by cortex at 8:57 PM on August 27, 2007 (59 comments)

Is that a comically big thing in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

Comically Large Things is a blog about things that are so dang big you could fit everything at Smallist [previously] in any given entry. For example: nose! [via Projects and our own jbickers]
posted to MetaFilter by cortex at 12:21 PM on August 10, 2007 (26 comments)

Where's An Egg, and other wonderful fake flash games.

Where's an egg? Psuedo-Russian noir wumpus action. Confused? Consider bidding on the only copy of the instructions in existence. Need a break? Check out some other fine titles from completely made up game company Videlectrix.
posted to MetaFilter by cortex at 9:37 PM on July 17, 2007 (41 comments)

Squigglebooth is a playground for videobloggers

SquiggleBooth : a charming collaborative videoblog, from our own Ajit AP. [via Projects]
posted to MetaFilter by cortex at 8:16 AM on May 25, 2007 (7 comments)

Math is congruent with fun!

You have spacial skills. Apply them in Building Houses 2, on mathsnet.net. Or freestyle in Building Houses 1. Or at night! Oh and also there's like a hundred more puzzles over there too. Some java required.
posted to MetaFilter by cortex at 11:51 AM on April 12, 2007 (66 comments)

Joyce in postcards

Joyce Images—postcards of Ulysses. [A little backstory.]
posted to MetaFilter by cortex at 6:12 PM on April 2, 2007 (26 comments)

Smallist: Better living through Smallistry

Better living through Smallistry at Smallist. Gadgets, spaces, beverages, fetishes: ultra-niche blogging at its finest. [via mefi projects]
posted to MetaFilter by cortex at 2:51 PM on March 24, 2007 (19 comments)

epsilon pachyderm perambulation

baby elephant walk
baby elephant walk
baby elephant walk
posted to MetaFilter by cortex at 11:25 AM on October 8, 2006 (12 comments)

Snakes on Film

Snakes on Film — at last, a definitive resource for moving-picture snake identification and serpentine fact-checking! Care of our very own mcwetboy! [via mefi projects]
posted to MetaFilter by cortex at 4:37 PM on September 27, 2006 (9 comments)

A Man Outstanding In Garfield

Garfield, Deconstructed! An engaging, adoring daily analysis of Garfield—behold such a lens through which even Jim Davis' legacy starts to seem redeemable.
posted to MetaFilter by cortex at 11:49 AM on July 12, 2006 (61 comments)

An Embarassment of Musical Riches

You desire new music? How fortuitous! Look what your fellow mefites have been up to:

- The 23rd Century, addictive psychedelic pop from tcobretti (via Projects)
- Both Ends of a Gun, a shotgun-produced country album by Miko (via Projects)
- Congratulations to the Young Men of Nelson, creepy tortured music-toy electronica by nylon (via Projects)
- MAXX KLAXON, ass-bumping orwello-euro electropop by Artifice_Eternity (via Projects)
- Inter[mediate], an electronic EP by phylum sinter (via Projects)
- Vector Trio, atmospheric jazzers, and just one client of turtlegirl's Scully Sound production outfit (via Projects)
- Fractures EP, some lush electronic stuff by nthdegx (via Projects)
- The Earl Stoner Band, countrified tunes by xowie (via Projects)
- Red On Strike, XX-fronted punk rock by InfidelZombie (via Projects)
- The Scarring Party, foot-stomping old-timey tunes by drezdn (via Projects)
- Soplerflo Archives, sundry musical noises by soplerflo (via...wait for it...waaaaaait for iiiiit...Projects!)

Viva la Projects!
posted to MetaFilter by cortex at 9:46 AM on April 15, 2006 (97 comments)

Okay, so, yes, every major metro region has its...

Local car dealership commercials that don't suck? Okay, so, yes, every major metro region has its own crop of idiosyncratic and usually-low-budget car dealership commercials -- god bless Kramer the Magical Donkey -- but Portland, OR has this wonderful sort of Cinderella story guy named Scott Thomason. (more inside)
posted to MetaFilter by cortex at 6:46 PM on April 10, 2002 (14 comments)