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Costa Rica holiday for extended family with 6 kids under 10 and 6 adults of varying ages needing a break.
posted to Ask Metafilter by lapsang
at 4:30 AM on July 26, 2008
(1 comment)
(
Follow-upFilter) It's rare that jazz videos venture beyond filming live performances. This makes the exceptions all the more notable.
Animation seems the medium of choice: from George Griffin's 1988 paper collage for Charlie Parker's "
Ko Ko" to Len Lye's swinging
The Lambeth Walk (1939), or (stretching musical definitions just a bit) his 1958 masterpiece "
Free Radicals". More recent jazz seems to fit just as well: witness Lung's psychotic piece for Ladyscraper's "
Thou Art Fucking Dead".
posted to MetaFilter by progosk
at 6:32 AM on July 14, 2008
(11 comments)
These are the documents that started it all.
The Charters of Freedom. As the USA celebrates another Independence Day, the National Archives presents the historical development of the Declaration, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, and their impact upon the nation and the world.
posted to MetaFilter by netbros
at 5:38 AM on July 4, 2008
(58 comments)
2 July 1863, second day of
Gettysburg. Sickles has pulled his III Corps -- without orders -- off of Cemetery Ridge and positioned it a half mile in front of the rest of the Union lines. Longstreet smashes the hapless III Corps and its men are in full flight. Hancock rides back and forth inside the gaping hole left by Sickles. Below him, almost 2000 men of Wilcox's brigade are charging up the slope. They will gain a foothold on the ridge and be reinforced by Lee. As Longstreet pins down the Union left, Lee will roll up the center and right of the Northern army and chase them from the field. He will then march on and take Washington before turning north along the eastern seaboard. Lee will capture and burn Philadelphia and Boston in his March Along the Sea, chasing the Northern government from city to city until Lincoln finally sues for peace and the union is no more.
Suddenly, a line of blue-coated soldiers comes into Hancock's view. "My God, is this all the men here? Who are you?" "
1st Minnesota, sir." "See those colors?", says Hancock, pointing at the flags of the oncoming Confederates, "Take them."
posted to MetaFilter by forrest
at 5:45 AM on July 2, 2008
(82 comments)
Who decides what passages of the Old Testament are no longer relevant in Christian theology, and who grants this authority of interpretation?
posted to Ask Metafilter by plexi
at 1:38 PM on June 24, 2008
(34 comments)
Thinking of Joe Cocker's great cover of the Beatles'
"With a Little Help From My Friends", I started wondering: what other cover versions have actually changed the
time signature of the original?
posted to Ask Metafilter by flapjax at midnite
at 9:54 PM on June 21, 2008
(48 comments)
Blogs you love?
posted to Ask Metafilter by anjamu
at 11:16 PM on March 28, 2006
(27 comments)
RemodelingKitchenFilter: What do you wish you had done to your kitchen when you had the chance?
posted to Ask Metafilter by birdlips
at 8:01 AM on June 11, 2008
(43 comments)
Professional photographers: What blogs, resources, sites do you use/recommend for keeping up to date, trends, reviews, techniques, experiences with vendors, etc?
posted to Ask Metafilter by pmaxwell
at 7:05 AM on June 9, 2008
(13 comments)
I've got an old 486 laptop, 75MHz, a whopping 8Mb of RAM, Windows 95 installed, floppy drive (no CD), no USB ports (but does have PC card slot). Charities won't take it. Is there anything useful I could conceivably do with it, other than using at as a doorstop?
posted to Ask Metafilter by hatmandu
at 6:04 AM on May 30, 2008
(20 comments)
BagFilter: Looking for a camera bag for my DSLR that will also hold my smallish (13.3-inch) laptop if I need it to. Really, really prefer a messenger bag style. Also, I'm a guy.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31
at 1:07 PM on May 13, 2008
(21 comments)
Do You Want To Know RIGHT NOW How You Can Drive Around Using
WATER as FUEL and Laugh At Rising Gas Costs, While Reducing Emissions and Preventing Global Warming?
posted to MetaFilter by jonson
at 1:18 PM on May 13, 2008
(109 comments)
Cheap, easy, quick and tasty vegan food ideas and/or recipes needed!
posted to Ask Metafilter by streetdreams
at 4:28 PM on May 11, 2008
(27 comments)
What's the best dog for someone who's allergic to dander?
posted to Ask Metafilter by showbiz_liz
at 2:49 PM on May 8, 2008
(34 comments)
Has fan response ever saved a TV show?
posted to Ask Metafilter by forallmankind
at 7:29 PM on May 5, 2008
(26 comments)
HURF DURF METAFILTER ANALYZER
I've spent the last few days conducting a comprehensive review, and constructing an annotated index, of the use of variations of the phrase "hurf durf" on Metafilter. The index covers 357 separate comments (and 10 posts) on various parts of the site, in chronological order.
posted to Projects by cortex
at 1:49 PM on April 20, 2008
A few years ago when I was visiting Alaska, one of the more interesting portions of the trip was the 45-minute drive from Anchorage to Girdwood along the
Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet. This is one of the world's rare bodies of water that features
bore tides, an amazing scene. The highway is one of only 15 roads in the United States that have been designated an "All-American Road." What about some of the world's greatest highways?
posted to MetaFilter by netbros
at 9:00 PM on April 17, 2008
(17 comments)
Every One That Hates Billy....” It featured a photograph of Billy’s face superimposed over a likeness of Peter Pan, and provided this description of its purpose: “There is no reason anyone should like billy he’s a little bitch. And a homosexual that NO ONE LIKES.”
Billy, busy building a miniature house, didn’t see it coming: the boy hit him so hard in the left cheek that he briefly lost consciousness. [His mother] remembers the family dentist sewing up the inside of Billy’s cheek, and a school official refusing to call the police, saying it looked like Billy got what he deserved.
posted to MetaFilter by orthogonality
at 11:05 PM on March 23, 2008
(269 comments)
The paintings on Nerdkore
by Jeremiah Palecek started when he asked readers "What should I paint today?" and they responded. The result (so far) is a bunch of famous YouTube videos captured in oil on canvas, showing stills from some all-time favorites (techno viking, grape stomp, etc
oh and NSFW on the oldest entry at the bottom of the page). (via
Josh Spear)
posted to MetaFilter by mathowie
at 9:48 AM on March 11, 2008
(19 comments)
Sound Comparisons
is a database of different accents in English from all over the world. It provides soundfiles and
IPA transcriptions of 110 words in 110 separate dialects and Germanic languages closely related to English. Most dialects and languages are current but there are also reconstructions of older stages of English, Scots and Germanic. That makes for 12100 soundfiles that load directly into your browser. The site can be navigated either by dialect or individual word and there's also a
handy Google map of all the different dialects and languages. If you've ever wondered what the difference was between a Somerset and a Norwich accent, New Zealand and Australian, Canadian and American or Indian and Glaswegian,
Sound Comparisons is the site to go to.
posted to MetaFilter by Kattullus
at 7:16 AM on March 5, 2008
(44 comments)
I'm taking piano lessons and it's helping me better hear and understand the music I've been listening to for years. But there's one thing I don't understand: time signatures! How can I learn to identify them?
posted to Ask Metafilter by amfea
at 10:38 PM on March 3, 2008
(29 comments)
One of my favorite pieces of Music is Handel's
Messiah. I have tried a number of versions and so far my favorite is the Sir Colin Davis recording with the Bavarian Symphony Orchestra. What other similar recordings would you recommend?
posted to Ask Metafilter by blue shadows
at 3:05 PM on March 3, 2008
(6 comments)
I'd like to learn how to make my own leather wingtips, but I have not the slightest idea of how to start. What do I need? how do I learn? how much does it cost to make a shoe?
posted to Ask Metafilter by KingoftheWhales
at 6:35 PM on February 18, 2008
(12 comments)
Lofi is showing a cold fusion error if you are not logged in.
posted to MetaTalk by Jim Jones
at 11:19 PM on February 13, 2005
(15 comments)
Well, I have been onsite five or ten minutes and already flagged two posts...can I say I am sick and tired of seeing gratuitous and profane rants against God and Christianity in general-especially since I know for a fact that kind of speech is not tolerated for other groups here?
posted to MetaTalk by konolia
at 12:30 PM on February 17, 2008
(657 comments)
Can we work harder at having mature and respectful discussions? Do we need to do so?
posted to MetaTalk by dios
at 11:30 AM on February 12, 2008
(317 comments)
New favorites page!
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie
at 5:18 PM on January 29, 2008
(95 comments)
YouTube in partnership with The Davos Forum has established a great "contest" although I don't think of it like that. YouTubers are asked to submit a video answering the question "What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?" I thought a long time about the question, and then, after approaching Mayor Gavin Newsom to be in the video, then getting caught up against deadlines, I had the answer: to end racism around the World. Here's
the video. Here's Emma Thompson's
response.
posted to MetaFilter by nickyskye
at 2:42 PM on January 27, 2008
(36 comments)
Oh god please help. MacBook hard drive failure. Oh god.
posted to Ask Metafilter by lazaruslong
at 7:19 AM on January 21, 2008
(28 comments)
The shadowy back alleys of MetaFilter...
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 6:21 AM on January 12, 2008
(125 comments)
What do I buy a 15 year old kid who wants to make movies? He already has a camera, lenses and Final Cut.
posted to Ask Metafilter by rocco
at 4:36 PM on January 8, 2008
(36 comments)
Meet
Billy the kid, an outsider growing up in small-town Maine.
posted to MetaFilter by JPowers
at 9:30 PM on January 5, 2008
(18 comments)
Making your own transistor is probably beyond the abilities of a dedicated hobbyist. However, making simple triode vacuum tubes is practical. Many hobbyists have done so over the years. In
this video, French ham-radio operator Claude Paillard
shows you how. HIs model is the WWI-era type TM of 1915. (and btw, 2007 was the 100th anniversary of electronics, since de Forest made his first vacuum tube in 1907.)
posted to MetaFilter by metasonix
at 11:11 AM on January 4, 2008
(22 comments)
Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to seven introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University:Astronomy, English, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies: a full set of class lectures produced in high-quality video, syllabi, suggested readings, and problem sets.
posted to MetaFilter by nickyskye
at 7:43 AM on December 14, 2007
(30 comments)
Here's a chance to acquaint (or reacquaint) yourself with the music of some of the great saxophonists who've made their mark in American improvised music. The following
MySpace Music pages feature audio, video, photos and text aplenty, to get your jazz mojo working. In no particular order:
Lester Young,
Hank Mobley,
Ornette Coleman,
Sonny Rollins,
John Coltrane,
Don Byas,
Pharoah Sanders,
Albert Ayler,
Charlie Parker,
Joe Henderson,
Earl Bostic,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Johnny Hodges,
Wayne Shorter,
Sonny Stitt,
Benny Carter,
Sidney Bechet and
David Murray.
posted to MetaFilter by flapjax at midnite
at 7:06 AM on December 12, 2007
(33 comments)
