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How to make your own wireless camera remote.
Man buys Minolta 5-D, can't find a remote for less than $30 on eBay; can't find any that are wireless; goes to an electronics store, buys the parts; makes his own wireless remote; then takes pictures of himself skating, using the remote!
I love diy stories like this. (Warning: popups at the linked site.)
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:32 PM on July 9, 2006
(22 comments)
Advent calendars 2005.
Back when the
internets were very young, people began combining a wonderful old holiday tradition, the
Advent calendar, with the latest in communications, the internet, and thus it was that interactive Advent calendars were born. This one (requires Flash) was the first one I ever saw and here are some other of my favorites:
Leslie Harpold's and
Tibi and Beens. Want more? Check
Google.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 11:12 AM on December 1, 2005
(13 comments)
200 amazing secrets!
Well, maybe not so secret to some but there are some darn helpful tips here!
seen at presurfer
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:58 PM on August 1, 2005
(45 comments)
Want to know what the difference is between real life and the internet?
The funny folk at
Red vs. Blue would be happy to demonstate.
(Warning: 22.125MB Quicktime .mov file but worth the wait, I thought. The Red vs. Blue site also offers a DivX download.) Metafilterians may enjoy the Political Section, where they do political discussions as badly as we do. One naughty word may make the audio NSFW in some locations. Seen at
Bifurcated Rivets.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 1:21 AM on August 18, 2004
(12 comments)
Silly, fun music link.
Stuff like this is what I consider the best of the Web, even though it took a
loooong time to download over dial-up, as it's a 34.8 MB mpg. You lucky broadband folks may enjoy it more. (Seen at
Bifurcated Rivets)
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 8:52 PM on June 20, 2004
(9 comments)
A new Samarost-style game
brought to us by
Amanita, the same folks who authored
Samarost. You can see the same style, although this one is actually a
band advertisement and is much shorter and easier than Samarost.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 11:33 PM on June 12, 2004
(15 comments)
I feel so burned.
I can't believe I
(called in sick to go see) went to
Matrix Revolutions. IMO, they shouldn't have made it into a franchise, as the first Matrix was just fine as a stand-alone movie.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 3:44 PM on November 5, 2003
(123 comments)
Edward Teller dies
What would it be like to have your obit identify you as "Father of the Atom Bomb?"
"Teller exerted a profound influence on America's defense and energy policies, championing the development of the atomic and hydrogen bombs, nuclear power and the Strategic Defense Initiative...."
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 11:26 PM on September 9, 2003
(22 comments)
And now, the California Recall Candidates Deck of Cards,
proceeded by the
Iraqi most-wanted deck of cards, then the Trade Relief Organization's
"regime change" deck, among others. Are we carrying this deck of cards thingy too far?
(Beware of nasty popups, slowloading page and possible NSFW ad on 1st linked
page, which was seen on Geisha Asobi blog.)
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 11:24 PM on August 31, 2003
(8 comments)
How to symbolify your life!
I put in both "I am a no talent ass clown" and "Life is just a bowl of cherries" and was rather pleased with the results. (I made sure to click on "all" in the options, on the right side.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 9:13 PM on May 28, 2003
(9 comments)
Peace protest really takes off.
I live in West Marin, where some people take their peace protests fairly seriously, and this has been the topic of conversation pretty much in every little town that the Point Reyes
Light covers since Thursday's issue of the paper came out. I can just see the White House staff and Dubya's dad when they get a load of this. "See, those people in Marin County are all nuts, just like John Walker Lindh!"
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 3:19 PM on November 16, 2002
(19 comments)
Find yourself using IM shortcuts in your everyday writing?
According to the article, many teachers are seeing IM shortcuts such as u, r, 2, @, etc. turning up in students' papers. Some think the IM influence contributes to literacy and others worry about the death of handwriting as well as normal written English. Wonder how many students have ended papers with the odious
kthxbye?
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 12:28 AM on November 2, 2002
(65 comments)
Couple evicted from treehouse in San Mateo County.
Despite the
new law signed by California's Gov. Davis requiring a 60-day notice for evictions, Thelma and Besh are being given the old heave-ho. Actually, San Mateo County has had an eye on them for quite a while, but didn't make a move until they were sure that the couple's treehouse fell within county parks jurisdiction, rather than state jurisdiction.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 3:54 PM on September 5, 2002
(14 comments)
Blogging for credit....
We've had some interesting posts about weblogs on MeFi today - is there room for one more? This one is about a credit course offered at UC Berkeley (of course) on weblogs and weblogging.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:32 PM on June 3, 2002
(1 comment)
You thought you were a Star Wars fanatic?
Thanks to the always excellent Lily Tao, who posts the most interesting links on her
blog, we have the tale of the fan boy who built a life-size Millenium Falcon in his (former?) friend's back yard. Another set of pics
here.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 9:22 PM on May 16, 2002
(13 comments)
Say it ain't so - heard this on the radio.
I heard a brief thing on the radio that said a body found in Seattle's University District might be Alice In Chains singer Layne Staley. Down in a hole - forever?
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 12:28 AM on April 20, 2002
(26 comments)
I just finished e-filing my taxes and I want to tell you about it!
It has been, without qualification, the
worst Internet experience I've ever had. The Quicken/Intuit software was confusing, my ISP and/or the Quicken server timed out and I had to re-log on about 20 times and the software requires far more intrusive answers (like email address & phone number) than any paper forms I've ever used. Anyone have a good experience e-filing or one more like mine?
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:39 PM on April 15, 2002
(49 comments)
Eww, what's that smell?
It's kind of sad, really, a poor little creature, velella, also known as
"by-the-wind sailor" that spends its life cruising the wavetops, is unceremoniously stranded all along the west coast beaches, due to a shift in the spring winds. It happens in my town, Dillon Beach, every couple of years but they're really thick this year.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 2:12 PM on April 11, 2002
(18 comments)
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but name-calling hurts, too.
Remember in middle school, the awful things people would call one another? (It even happens around here once in a while ;-) Students at Brook Haven Middle School are taking steps to stamp out name-calling at their school and maybe start a nationwide movement while they're at it.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:37 AM on March 20, 2002
(18 comments)
The miniature earth.
A beautifully crafted Shockwave site, in your choice of Spanish, English, Portuguese or Italian that should give you pause to reflect just how fortunate you are.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:00 AM on February 7, 2002
(45 comments)
Attack of the Luddites?
A group from my high school visited Mendocino High School in the early 1990's to see how they were implementing internet access, as we were getting ready to do the same. We were, frankly, jealous of their "fat pipe," their all-wired classrooms and their much-vaunted community support. Things are apparently much different now. "Wireless Free Mendocino has been instrumental in defeating attempts to bring cell phone and a high-speed Internet service to the town's 1,000-odd residents. Now the group is trying to force the high school radio station to remove its antenna from the school roof -- a move that could sound the death knell for the struggling student outfit."
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:06 AM on January 23, 2002
(15 comments)
Are you tone deaf?
The official name for tone deafness, or the inability to distinguish between tones, is "amusia." NPR has been running a series of programs lately dealing with musical disabilities and researchers are convinced it is due to genetics if there is no physical damage. RealPlayer required to hear the tone tests on the site. (Link spotted at
girlhacker.com
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 12:27 AM on January 19, 2002
(25 comments)
Something for your holiday entertainment.
Susan has been doing this site every year for 4 or 5 years now, and I still love it. She features her own ornament collection, and sometimes even her own pets, in a holiday themed, Flash-based Advent calendar, that was one of the best Flash sites around in the olden days. Click on each day of the calendar throughout the month of December.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:37 AM on December 4, 2001
(4 comments)
Should KaZaA users beware?
Has anyone else using KaZaA media desktop been invaded with viruses? Students at the high school where I work have downloaded KaZaA on every PC that they could, and I've been going around deleting it as fast as I could, because of the pr0n files they were downloading along with the mp3's. Now we've come under siege by viruses, mostly nimda and loveletter, and they all came attached to files downloaded via KaZaA. It has made for a frantic couple of weeks at work, I can tell you. It seems that not only other parasite spyware programs, but also viruses are piggybacking on the service.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:46 PM on November 8, 2001
(14 comments)
This is for cool cats and their people.
I'd never heard of catnip bubbles till I went to kittysit for 2 cats, one of whom is blind, this weekend. The blind cat chased these bubbles and I don't know how. Did he hear them popping or maybe smell them? They smelled like regular soap bubbles to me. It was uncanny but cool. The seeing cat ignored them.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:10 PM on November 4, 2001
(13 comments)
Bible stories, anyone?
On this, el dio de los muertos, perhaps we should take time out from our mundane existence to explore the spirit world. Thus this handy link to Bible stories, brilliantly illustrated with...Legos! (from bifucated rivets)
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:26 AM on November 1, 2001
(13 comments)
Nice concert, crap song.
I would have given anything to hear Sean, Yoko, Moby and Rufus Wainwright singing "Across the Universe" which might be my fave Lennon song of all time. But this concert was never televised in the SF Bay Area and now STP's cover of "Revolution" is being flogged on alternative rock radio
in the Bay Area. And it sucks, IMO. Damn.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 11:15 PM on October 24, 2001
(15 comments)
In some places on this planet, even 'Tolkienists' are being arrested
Tolerance for alternative lifestyles is apparently non-existent in Almaty, Kazakstan. "Almaty's police are resorting to torture in their war against Kazakstan's burgeoning bohemian counter-culture. Their targets are a growing army of street musicians, alternative artists, a cult devoted to Tolkien, anarchists and gays, whose unconventional lifestyles infuriate them."
Go here for more on the
Tolkienists.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 2:06 PM on July 30, 2001
(10 comments)
Must be weird links day.
First we hear, falsely, that Big Bird is being fired. Then we
have 2 Prince items, one of which claims that he is now a Jehovah's Witless, excuse me, Witness, and that he also occasionally has a B-12 injection before shows. (Coincidence?)
And now, we have Janis Joplin's alleged death certificate up for bid on eBay.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 9:36 PM on May 28, 2001
(4 comments)
The toughest decision:should my loved one be placed in an assisted computing facility?
For family members, it is often the most difficult and painful decision they will face: to accept that a loved one — a parent, a spouse, perhaps a sibling — is technologically impaired and should no longer be allowed to live independently, or come near a computer or electronic device without direct supervision. The time has come to place that loved one into the care of an Assisted Computing Facility. But you have questions. So many questions. We at Silicon Pines want to help. (gleefully stolen from /.)
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:14 AM on May 3, 2001
(4 comments)
Don't laugh at Robert Downey Jr. anymore.
It's time for the DEA, the drug czar and all the state and local municipalities to stop persecuting addicts. It's time for Americans to change the way our tax dollars are spent. We need to fund research that will make rehab work for everyone, not just the few poster children who make it through. We need to stop snickering at the woes of the famous who have not been successful at quitting so far and try to help them, plus those who are not so famous but just as unsuccessful. Addiction is a disease, a malfunction of brain chemicals. I urge you to find compassion in your hearts for those who are addicted, and then write your legislators, urging them to change the laws to help people, instead of continually throwing them in jail.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 12:56 PM on May 2, 2001
(48 comments)
So it's come to this.
California - my favorite third world country. We've had terrorist rampages; water rationing; more recently, energy rationing; senior citizens holding a *bake sale* for god's sake in San Francisco to raise funds for affordable housing;
an encephalitis outbreak in Livermore and now this.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 9:49 PM on April 20, 2001
(7 comments)
He laid it on the line.
He was born in West St. Paul, Minn., on April 13, 1907. He died March 5, 2001. And between, he ran for president 9 times, the first in 1948 and his last attempt in 1992. He said, "You can write or talk about something and it has some meaning, but to be effective, you have to lay it on the line." Now we won't have Harold Stassen to lay it on the line anymore.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 8:05 PM on March 5, 2001
(5 comments)
Have you ever been at the center of a media storm?
It's not pleasant. The link is to just one of many local and city newspaper articles about the tiny rural high school where I work, plus we've had t.v. camera crews trying to sneak into the building and students being pulled out of class to be interviewed for local radio stations. I welcome your comments.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 6:58 PM on February 22, 2001
(35 comments)
This is a really neat-o Advent/Christmas site.
Click on each calendar day to see the author's collection of
antique Christmas ornaments and what she does with them!
Pleasant use of Flash and topical humor. This is its 3rd year.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 11:24 PM on December 3, 2000
(1 comment)
