The AirTraffic Team at zhaw has posted a video depicting global flight activity over a single day to their site: windows media link / quicktime link. that's all.
posted to MetaFilter by krautland at 8:59 AM on September 22, 2008 (30 comments)

Uncle Sam & 911: "Listen man, I think I have to move on…" (cartoon)
posted to MetaFilter by Surfin' Bird at 1:48 AM on September 11, 2008 (68 comments)

Bantha slippers. Han Solo in Carbonite Mini-Fridge. And the Death Star Grill. ("Use the awesome power of the galaxy's most fearsome battlestation to send burning fear into rebel scum burgers and franks!") Just a few rejected designs for Star Wars merchandise. [Via].
posted to MetaFilter by gottabefunky at 2:10 PM on March 12, 2008 (36 comments)

The Curious Cultural Journey of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"
posted to MetaFilter by BuddhaInABucket at 2:35 PM on March 5, 2008 (165 comments)

"I feel like a prize in a box of cracker jacks with God's hand reaching down to pick me up." Larry Norman, "father of Christian rock," dead at 60. YouTubery: 1, 2, 3.
posted to MetaFilter by The Deej at 4:31 PM on February 26, 2008 (35 comments)

Motto: "The Hitherto Impossible in Photography is Our Specialty." Meet George Lawrence. Saying that "he took pioneering aerial photographs using kites" doesn't quite do Lawrence Captive Airship justice. Dubbed the Lawrence Captive Airship it utilized a string of seven kites to lift the specially designed cameras to heights of 2,000 ft. Cameras weighing as much as 49 pounds and capable of producing negatives from 10 x 24 inches to a staggering 30 x 87 inches in size. The largest negatives yet taken from any airborne vehicle.
posted to MetaFilter by spock at 2:00 PM on February 16, 2008 (4 comments)

Ron Murphy cut records, but not just any records. Responsible for cutting the actual vinyl master plates of much of the now revered Detroit Techno including Jeff Mills, Carl Craig, Underground Resistance's seminal Knights of the Jaguar, and much more - he demonstrated impeccable craftsmanship and skill in both mastering records for sound and aesthetics at company known as Sound Enterprises source link AKA National Sound Corporation. Schooled in Motown, dubplates and jukeboxes, he is the bespoke-crafted, analog link between the digital future and analog past that is the roots of Techno music and modern techno DJ culture.
posted to MetaFilter by loquacious at 2:55 AM on February 13, 2008 (15 comments)

Mark Khaisman makes incredible art using packing tape on plexiglass. (via)
posted to MetaFilter by spiderskull at 3:15 PM on February 1, 2008 (29 comments)

I don't cross post from other sites (digg), unless there's a good reason. Final Salute is a good reason. Additional links/background are there, but go to the slideshow. And this photo.
posted to MetaFilter by ObscureReferenceMan at 1:12 PM on January 17, 2008 (29 comments)

Bobby Fischer, former World Champion chess player, dead at 64.
posted to MetaFilter by JaredSeth at 4:05 AM on January 18, 2008 (137 comments)

James Jean shows how he creates the painted cover for Fables. His blog is full of gorgeous figure studies and sketches that show influences from Lucian Freud and pop/manga design. His eponymous site also includes a broad cross-section of his works: Dive, Tigerlily, and his great recess series.
posted to MetaFilter by klangklangston at 11:07 AM on January 14, 2008 (14 comments)

Esperanza Spalding first picked up the bass at fifteen. In the few years since, she has proven herself a master. She is now the youngest faculty member ever at Berklee and a rising star in the jazz scene. She is currently touring with another young and talented jazz gem, Gretchen Parlato.
posted to MetaFilter by honeyx at 8:01 AM on January 10, 2008 (33 comments)

The Mills-Kronborg Collection of Danish Church Wall Paintings, courtesy of Princeton University's Index of Christian Art, includes descriptions and images of medieval and early modern church frescoes. There are more church frescoes at Painting and Sculpture in Medieval Hungary. (Another site features a fine panorama.) Anne Marshall has developed an extensive site devoted to similar paintings in England, many of which were whitewashed during the Reformation. The University of Leicester hosts a much more specialized database devoted to the Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Corporal Works of Mercy (no images); La Mort Dans L'Art/Death in Art has some Continental examples of The Three Living and the Three Dead.
posted to MetaFilter by thomas j wise at 3:47 PM on December 15, 2007 (4 comments)

Essential Video Resources - primers, guides and links for the video editor and technician
posted to MetaFilter by Gyan at 12:25 AM on December 14, 2007 (6 comments)

"I edited this short film set to the tune of The Zombies' "This Will Be Our Year" featuring Super 8 footage shot by my parents between 1965-1979."
posted to MetaFilter by ludwig_van at 12:26 AM on December 13, 2007 (48 comments)

Need some help with holiday shopping? Me too. Here's a gift guide roundup: NY Mag * TimeOutNY * Wired * Engadget * CNET * Salon * Time * Newsweek * WaPo * Cool Hunting * DesignSponge under $25 and affordable art guide * Etsy * NOTCOT * Lucky * In Style * Style.com * Travel & Leisure * Treehugger * BoardGameGeek * Babes in Toyland (NSFW) * Babble
posted to MetaFilter by lalex at 9:57 PM on November 27, 2007 (23 comments)

Cyclops! A fun little comic to make your Monday better.
From Flight Issue 4 and Israel Sanchez (another comic; some illustrations)
posted to MetaFilter by BlackLeotardFront at 9:53 AM on November 12, 2007 (19 comments)

38 unreprinted Jack Kirby monster stories.
posted to MetaFilter by freem at 7:44 PM on November 11, 2007 (11 comments)

bmovies.com should be fairly self-explanatory.
posted to MetaFilter by Wolfdog at 1:14 PM on October 19, 2007 (39 comments)

"My dad started crying, I started crying, my brother started crying," says Carl Nolet Jr., who sounds on the phone like he's not kidding. "It was exactly what we wanted to say. It was simple, it was black and white, it was genuine."

Dear Ketel One Drinker
Don't You Like Our New Oh So Minimalist Ads?
posted to MetaFilter by Ambrosia Voyeur at 6:27 PM on October 3, 2007 (89 comments)

The 12 Memorable Moments From The Late Show With David Letterman. Inspired by his recent interview with everyone's favorite socialite cum ex-convict, Paris Hilton, here are is a YouTube link dump of some of Dave's crazier moments over the years, including, the Alka-Seltzer suit, Borat, Pee Wee Herman, Drew Barrymore, Jerry Lawler slapping Andy Kaufman, Sam Kinison, Cher, and the incomparable Crispin Glover. [Previously]
posted to MetaFilter by psmealey at 5:18 AM on October 2, 2007 (105 comments)

A simple line drawing. A visit to 16,189 places on the globe via one line. (First link via.)
posted to MetaFilter by OmieWise at 7:33 AM on October 2, 2007 (11 comments)

Sure, reading is great, but books are fun to look at, too
posted to MetaFilter by nuclear_soup at 8:17 AM on June 21, 2007 (37 comments)

Romaine Brooks (1874-1970), American expatriate artist known for her haunting portraiture and striking palette, suffered a childhood so dark that she entitled her (unpublished) memoir "No Pleasant Memories." She went on to become an important figure in early twentieth century art and earned the Legion d'honneur in 1920 for her contributions to France in World World I. A pivotal figure in the Paris lesbian salons, Brooks was the model for characters in novels by Radclyffe Hall, Compton Mackenzie and Djuna Barnes. Although said to be "fully herself only when alone," she had a fifty year relationship with Natalie Clifford Barney. Her art has enjoyed a reappreciation in recent years and her work has been featured in exhibitions at the National Museum of Women in the Arts and the Berkeley Art Museum. Her life and work have been the subject of several books and have a startling contemporary resonance.
posted to MetaFilter by Morrigan at 7:31 PM on March 30, 2007 (10 comments)

Three prisoners in the gulag get to talking about why they are there. "I am here because I always got to work five minutes late, and they charged me with sabotage," says the first. "I am here because I kept getting to work five minutes early, and they charged me with spying," says the second. "I am here because I got to work on time every day," says the third, "and they charged me with owning a western watch." via BoingBoing.
posted to MetaFilter by Tomatillo at 6:06 AM on July 13, 2006 (47 comments)