February 2, 2009

Facts, Opinions, Tools, Advice, and Connections

The Canadian Journalism Project (CJP) and its websites, J-Source.ca (English) and ProjetJ.ca (French), provides a source for news, research, commentary, advice, discussion and resources about the achievement of, and challenges to, excellence in Canadian journalism.
posted by netbros at 11:40 PM PST - 5 comments

Unfolding the Earth: Myriahedral Projections

Unfolding the Earth: Myriahedral Projections
posted by pita at 8:23 PM PST - 7 comments

The music of our times

The past year in economics and politics as described by Microsoft Songsmith (SLYP) via this guy
posted by mock at 8:23 PM PST - 10 comments

Oh mighty Isis!

Forget your Buffies, your Wonder and Bionic Women. The first weekly American live-action television series starring a female superhero was The Secrets of Isis. (previously) [more inside]
posted by Joe Beese at 6:10 PM PST - 35 comments

Off the air.

The internet has concluded its broadcast day. Thank you for tuning in. Please join us again tomorrow when the internet resumes it's regularly scheduled programming. (via)
posted by Meatbomb at 5:17 PM PST - 46 comments

I hear the secrets that you keep...

Rich Jones has been told that he talks in his sleep quite a bit. The next logical step, of course, was to record his sleep talk and post it on the web.
posted by damn dirty ape at 5:11 PM PST - 36 comments

I had always wanted to do this

Make your handwriting into a font with Yourfonts. Download the PDF, draw your alphabet, scan and upload, then download the finished result. Examples. Via Drawn!
posted by Rinku at 4:26 PM PST - 31 comments

We Never See A Headline / 'Bout A Breadline / Today

LayoffDaily.com -- thoroughly cataloging each day's depressing layoff news, from the very small companies to the very large, and updated several times a day. (But there's also a small section of the site devoted to news of companies and government org's that are hiring.)
posted by Asparagirl at 3:46 PM PST - 44 comments

Paging Mr. Dickens...

When welfare benefits the rich, and starves the poor: Despite soaring unemployment and the worst economic crisis in decades, 18 states cut their welfare rolls last year, and nationally the number of people receiving cash assistance remained at or near the lowest in more than 40 years. [more inside]
posted by dejah420 at 2:39 PM PST - 68 comments

Root Metaphors

American Satori: Psychedelic & Cardiotonic Arts. [Via]
posted by homunculus at 2:25 PM PST - 4 comments

Supersize Him

"I’ll get right to the good stuff: for the entire month of February, 2009, I, Michael J. Nelson will eat nothing but bacon. Nothing, my friends, but bacon." [prev. mefi+bacon]
posted by billysumday at 2:17 PM PST - 112 comments

Eric Bauman goes 404

Your moment of schadenfreude: This past Friday Eric Bauman, creator of the controversial Ebaum's World, got the boot along with the rest of his staff. Commence the shedding of crocodile tears.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 2:08 PM PST - 75 comments

Free Sound Archive

Your alarm goes off, you get up to attend to your morning ritual, have a coffee, take a shower, head off to work, get on to Metafilter, and there you discover the wonders of the Free Sound Project! (previously)
posted by leotrotsky at 12:49 PM PST - 17 comments

How photographers are helping the parents of stillborn children heal.

"We can't change what's happening to these people, but we can change the way they heal for the rest of their lives."
posted by Heliochrome85 at 12:19 PM PST - 42 comments

Cloud Atlas: Full Throttle: The Embiggening (Part III)

Perennial MeFi favorite novel "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell is being made into a film. The Wachowski brothers are involved.
posted by jbickers at 12:00 PM PST - 72 comments

For A Good Time, Call (Or Bid)

Tommy Tutone's famous number is for sale on eBay. [more inside]
posted by sjuhawk31 at 11:17 AM PST - 39 comments

So good you could eat them;

Gingerbread Houses are the embodiment of Caribbean architecture, though many are now threatened. Enjoy this wonderful photoset from Roseau, capital of the tiny island of Dominica; and this exquisite set of Boissiere House in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Then there is this little gem in Martinique.
posted by adamvasco at 11:12 AM PST - 4 comments

In Soviet Russia, Cats LOL You

Nyet comrade, you can not has cheeseburger.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 10:53 AM PST - 144 comments

SEO can't save you now

"Your article is ranking very well for term 'Cash4Gold'. Is it worth a few thousand to take it down?" [more inside]
posted by christonabike at 10:02 AM PST - 74 comments

Lex Nokia

There's been quite a stir in Finland about the world's biggest cell phone maker, Nokia, after it was alleged yesterday that politicians had been pressured by the company in order for a law on electronic surveillance of its employees would to be passed. The company denies threats to leave the country if email monitoring laws are not introduced. Electric Frontier Finland is considering taking the case into the ECHR.
posted by keijo at 9:41 AM PST - 17 comments

F**k Eric Clapton

Can you learn guitar in 10 minutes (pt. 1, pt. 2)? [more inside]
posted by 445supermag at 9:11 AM PST - 49 comments

The Future of Snail Mail

Shrinking the United States Postal Service: What happens to Netflix? [more inside]
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 7:41 AM PST - 117 comments

A diet of sunshine

Will the White House have its own farmer? Back in October, Michael Pollan called upon the president-elect to rip up a 5-acre section of the White House's south-facing lawns and hire a farmer to cultivate it. Over 55,000 Americans have nominated Claire Strader to be that farmer, if the Obamas decide to take up a new Victory Garden initiative. The question now is will they? [more inside]
posted by Stewriffic at 6:17 AM PST - 93 comments

Death of the bookshop

London's Charing Cross Road was once a renowned as destination for bibliophiles. However this has changed as a number of bookshops have closed, the crime specialist Murder One being the latest. The Guardian looks how the street has changed between 1940 and now (flash). [more inside]
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 5:26 AM PST - 30 comments

DIY DNA research

Hugh Reinhoff has sequenced his daughters DNA at home attempting to diagnose her unique genetic mutation. [more inside]
posted by jacalata at 4:29 AM PST - 22 comments

We wear our dungarees / Above our nelly knees!

Robert Pinter, a 52-year-old gay man who was arrested for prostitution at the Blue Door in the East Village on Oct. 10, spoke at the town hall meeting. He said a young man ... cruised him in the store. He was "charming and persistent, and we agreed to go home for consensual sex, but as we were leaving he said, 'I want to pay you $50 [to have sex].' I didn't respond, but I thought it was strange," Pinter recounted. As the men left the store, Pinter said, a group of men who did not show police identification pushed him against the wall. "I thought I'd been set up by a gang," he said. "I asked them why they were doing this to me. I was totally clueless. They handcuffed me and said, 'Why the f--- do you think we're arresting you — loitering for the purpose of prostitution.'"
Reminiscent of the criminalizing of consensual gay sex in the Stonewall era, New York City cops are using questionable tactics to target, entrap, and falsely arrest gay men.
posted by orthogonality at 4:01 AM PST - 63 comments

Dear Sweet Crap I Suck At This Game

Fire up your NES emulator and get ready to ROCK, chiptune-style. 4 whole songs! It's D-Pad Hero. [more inside]
posted by tehloki at 12:51 AM PST - 14 comments

Should we have the right to walk away from our governments?

The Right to Walk Away Has panarchist thinking finally come of age in 2009? With world leaders of big governments failing to find any new solutions to old problems, should we have the right to walk away from those governments?
posted by stuffedspacedog at 12:49 AM PST - 35 comments

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