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Come see the robots at Bennet Robotworks.
posted by jonson at 11:47 PM PST - 14 comments

Arty hotel rooms. Some art slightly NSFW. Previously.
posted by Slithy_Tove at 10:59 PM PST - 9 comments

Reviewing peer review.
posted by Gyan at 10:49 PM PST - 33 comments

R.I.P. Sir Malcom Arnold
posted by persona non grata at 10:21 PM PST - 20 comments

Juggling TaeBo Masterclass. With bonus Russian girl bench press routine. [youtubefilter]
posted by The Monkey at 7:35 PM PST - 25 comments

Ass in the box.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:07 PM PST - 41 comments

Ask MetaFilter + group hug = justcurio.us
posted by GuyZero at 6:05 PM PST - 70 comments

Do you know how people will fly r/c planes in the future? Canadian enthusiast Dennis (aka VRFlyer) rigs up a camera and VR googles to view the flight in real time. To complete his dream of virtual flying, he then adds a gyroscope, allowing him to control the camera's pan and tilt with head movement. Dennis explains more about his method and passion for VR flying in this RC forum.
posted by MetaMonkey at 3:43 PM PST - 32 comments

BBC One's new channel idents. Dancers are out, circles are in. Along with hippos synchronised swimming, gravity defying cyclists and surfers. Dude.
posted by feelinglistless at 1:56 PM PST - 27 comments

One man: one plan, one stove, hundreds of accomplices, 200 tonnes of sand, 4,000 bed boards, 600 feet of rope.

76 men: 50 murdered, 23 recaptured, only three got away.

The real story behind the Great Escape.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 1:33 PM PST - 24 comments

Rob Fisher's combination of computer technology and art was a pioneering fusion in sculpture. His work has been exhibited all over the world. He died last week of sudden cardiac death.
posted by Dantien at 1:02 PM PST - 9 comments

Like old cheese and vomit, mixed with dog food ... Halitosis and aged cabbage ... Rank Swiss cheese ... Sour milk ... Pee in the air every day ... Like an open corpse ... Like a musty homeless person decomposing in musky homeless person urine ... Caramel with a slight undertone of mildly rank underarm ... Rodenticide. It's Gawker's New York City Subway Smell Map.
posted by Urban Hermit at 12:53 PM PST - 17 comments

Identify the 50 "dark" movie titles hidden in this painting. A clever bit of viral marketing for M&Ms Dark Chocolate.
posted by Faint of Butt at 11:05 AM PST - 36 comments

Mouseprint.org -- "There's small print, there's fine print, and then there's mouseprint." Online trades as low as $9.95.*

* - with account balances of $1 million or more.
posted by ericb at 10:47 AM PST - 29 comments

A Rogue State. Matt Yglesias sums up what America has become after the McCain "Compromise."
posted by empath at 10:26 AM PST - 48 comments

Following the results of a report into the foul constituents of many laptop computers, Greenpeace have decided that the sincerest form of flattery may get results. Imitating the main brand, they call on image-conscious Apple and its dedicated fanbase to push for a better product and a better world: "I love my Mac. I just wish it came in green."
[via]
posted by NinjaTadpole at 10:14 AM PST - 21 comments

How do you transform lettuce into Pacman? The Sentence Game, that's how.
posted by randomination at 9:11 AM PST - 22 comments

"He spent much of his life recovering from the misadventures that plagued him even in the womb." A most unusual obituary that illuminates the life of a Denver-area man with unusuably horiffic bad luck.
posted by huskerdont at 9:08 AM PST - 40 comments

The small-sized fondling robot which is developed at the world-wide beginning. Its name is Azzang. I think it's a game of some kind, but it's hard to be sure. Brought to you by IZI Robotics. Via.
posted by owhydididoit at 8:54 AM PST - 12 comments

like words? stimulate your mind with the salon directory, new york times topics, the archive of every single time magazine, past issues from the new york review of books or just take a break and stare at pages and pages of google images
posted by petsounds at 8:00 AM PST - 19 comments

Keith Olbermann's Edward R. Murrow^* moment: A Textbook Definition of Cowardice. MSNBC's host excoriates Bush, FOX News host Chris Wallace, and the media for its response to former president Clinton's "tantrum" [still being discussed here]. Note: Don't just read the transcript. Watch the video, because Olbermann's use of visuals adds greatly to the power of his presentation. No matter which side of the red/blue-state divide you're on, students of politics and media will be reviewing this clip for years to come as a little cultural watershed -- if only a consummate example of "Democrat" anger^TM.
posted by digaman at 6:25 AM PST - 169 comments

New York Justice. Because every woman needs a good pounding every now and then.
posted by Tacos Are Pretty Great at 4:33 AM PST - 109 comments