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Similar in concept to the ICU64 (Previously), Visual 6502 is a transistor-level simulation of the MOS 6502 chip (Wikipedia). Here's a Javascript implementation. Very processor intensive, doesn't work in IE. [more inside]
posted by griphus at 10:27 PM PST - 19 comments

Inspired by photographer T. Hayashida's book Take Ivy, a collection of images of (largely white) Ivy-league students of the 1960s, style bloggers Joshua Kissi and Travis Gumbs of Street Etiquette reimagine the book as The Black Ivy, where the race lines are flipped and the dapper dial is cranked up to 11.
posted by emilyd22222 at 10:13 PM PST - 21 comments

In Utah, the Deseret News -- which is owned by the Mormon Church -- has raised eyebrows with editorials supporting a more liberal embrace of illegal immigrants. [more inside]
posted by msalt at 9:07 PM PST - 66 comments

Einstürzende Neubauten is 30. The legendary German experimental band ("Collapsing New Buildings") is known for its use of homemade instruments assembled from found industrial materials. [more inside]
posted by mykescipark at 5:53 PM PST - 53 comments

A Review of Ocean Surf: The Ultimate in Relaxation
posted by empath at 5:48 PM PST - 12 comments

I Married a Mad Man. Mad Men's Don Draper was based on a real character, Draper Daniels. An interesting bio by his wife, Myra.
posted by John of Michigan at 5:27 PM PST - 45 comments

Ecto-1 A community dedicated to the discovery, creation and preservation of one of the most beloved movie cars of all time, Ghostbuster's (1984) Ecto-1. This site will be a useful tool for Ecto-1 Builders and collectors by providing rare photographic reference and knowledge from Ecto-1 Owners and builders.
posted by Fizz at 4:10 PM PST - 20 comments

A blind man uses a mobile phone to "see":

I have never experienced this before in my life. I can see some light and color, but just in blurs, and objects don’t really have a color, just light sources...I went outside. I looked at the sky. I heard colors such as “Horizon,” “Outer Space,” and many shades of blue and gray. I used color queues to find my pumpkin plants, by looking for the green among the brown and stone. I spent ten minutes looking at my pumpkin plants, with their leaves of green and lemon-ginger. I then roamed my yard, and saw a blue flower. I then found the brown shed, and returned to the gray house.

posted by nomadicink at 4:02 PM PST - 45 comments

Who Cork The Dance is a treasure trove of sound tapes - recordings of reggae sound systems and MCs live in session in dancehalls across Jamaica, the UK and the US, going back to the 1970s. [more inside]
posted by criticalbill at 12:32 PM PST - 16 comments

How Sharia law can be both good or bad for women (via a&l daily)
posted by jb at 12:16 PM PST - 45 comments

History and mystery wonderfully blended. Although doubtless well-known to UK Mefites, I was only recently directed to this marvelous and engaging TV series featuring Michael Kitchen as Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle. It's a refreshing change from American fare, entirely adult, with crisp dialogue and meticulous attention to detail and historic accuracy. Speaking as a Yank weary of plasticity, it's also wonderful to see actors with real faces. The series can be seen on Youtube in pieces that can be viewed fairly seamlessly: Series One: The German Woman, The White Feather, Lesson in Murder, Eagle Day. Series Two: Fifty Ships, Among the Few, War Games, The Funk Hole. Series Three: The French Drop, Enemy Fire, They Fought in the Fields, War of Nerves. Series Four: Invasion, Bad Blood. Series Five: Bleak Midwinter, Casualties of War. Series Six: Plan of Attack, Broken Souls, All Clear. [more inside]
posted by kinnakeet at 12:13 PM PST - 25 comments

Vincent Lexington Harper compiled the world's largest collection of digitally restored pinups from the 1920s and 30s in the Old Orient Museum. [more inside]
posted by gman at 6:44 AM PST - 18 comments

"All you do is put it in the center here like this and then set a fire to it. And not always but most - uh oh." (Minecraft SLYT via Reddit)
posted by stringbean at 6:35 AM PST - 382 comments

"Everything's Better With Muppets" (Can't argue with that.) from Spray featuring Ricardo Autobahn (previously) who also gave props to another cultural icon with the also-true "DEVO Was Right About Everything" (DLYT)
posted by oneswellfoop at 6:28 AM PST - 6 comments

New evidence of religion's reproductive, cooperative, and personal benefits militates against the belief that religion is a "virus of the mind." [more inside]
posted by anotherpanacea at 5:42 AM PST - 315 comments

Snakes of Avalon is a hallucinatory (windows only) point and click adventure game created using AGS by Igor Hardy and Alex vand der Wijst with soundtrack by Thomas Regin for the "one month, one room" MAGS competition. youtube trailer. [more inside]
posted by juv3nal at 4:31 AM PST - 7 comments

The strange face in the mirror illusion. Full Article.
posted by Brent Parker at 4:21 AM PST - 61 comments

Is Brazil, "the country of the future, and always will be", on the rise? Or does it need a dose of constructive paranoia? Two articles from The Miami Herald take a look during this election year.
posted by joetrip at 4:19 AM PST - 4 comments

Avast there! Ahoy, mateys! Tis the blessed day at last. Here be yer bible. Here be yer Web site. And here be yer Pirate Name Generator. Now get out there and celebrate, for tis Talk Like a Pirate Day! Arr!
posted by Lynsey at 12:40 AM PST - 73 comments