Crow + Roof + Tubing = Awesome. [SLYT]
posted to MetaFilter by Fizz at 11:15 AM on January 12, 2012 (64 comments)

Between August and October this year the crew of the ISS used a special low-light HD camera to visually capture the earth as it passed beneath them. The result, edited together by Michael König and set to music, is jaw-droppingly spectacular.

It may be redundant to tell you to set Vimeo to full-screen mode before playing, but do so - you won't regret it. Post intended as something of a sequel to this. Some related channels on Vimeo: The World In HD, HDTime, Slow Motion & Timelapse Theatre.
posted to MetaFilter by Bora Horza Gobuchul at 10:41 AM on November 13, 2011 (74 comments)

Rescued Owl returns to care for other injured birds (ands one cat)
posted to MetaFilter by The Whelk at 7:56 PM on October 9, 2011 (93 comments)

Going through the Nightmares Fear Factory in Niagara Falls will cause you to face your greatest fear - getting caught screaming your face off.
posted to MetaFilter by ThePinkSuperhero at 9:23 AM on October 6, 2011 (128 comments)

This little girl just had surgery to correct her cleft palate. Watch as she sees her "new" smile for the first time, and prepare to experience sheer, pure joy with her. SLYT.
posted to MetaFilter by tristeza at 6:57 PM on September 19, 2011 (58 comments)

The nature and wildlife photography of Nicolas Dory.
posted to MetaFilter by OmieWise at 6:55 AM on September 13, 2011 (5 comments)

Thinking about natural disasters in your area? There's a map for that! For earthquakes, there is an interactive map of the US showing the maximum peak ground acceleration that your area has a 10% chance of encountering over the next ten years (about PGA, worldwide risks), and a map of global tsunamis. For weather, look at all F5 tornadoes in the US, tornado risks abroad, US hurricanes and cyclones (this map can also do hail, floods, drought and other weather hazards), and billion dollar natural disasters in the US. For bonus worries: global nuclear sites and volcanoes. More generally, a PDF of Presidential disaster declarations and Reliefweb's global crises maps. And a big map of all natural disasters going on right now.
posted to MetaFilter by blahblahblah at 11:21 AM on March 14, 2011 (23 comments)

Vimeo pros and seasoned amateurs are developing the ongoing and rapidly growing project Quick Tüts, short video tutorials that usually focus on one specific skill or technique and last no more than a minute. Oftentimes Quick Tüts show you how to use readily available items in lieu of more expensive equipment, so for video creators operating on a low budget, they are especially useful. A good way to think of them is as little tricks of the trade.
posted to MetaFilter by netbros at 3:55 PM on February 15, 2011 (6 comments)

Everybody knows TVTropes is the best and most time-killing-est way to learn about the clichés and archetypes that permeate modern media. But dear reader, there is so much more. Enter Useful Notes. Originally created as a place for tropers to pool factual information as a writing aid, the subsite has quietly grown into a small wiki of its own -- a compendium of crowdsourced wisdom on a staggering array of topics, all written in the site's signature brand of lighthearted snark. Though it reads like an irreverent and informal Wikipedia, its articles act as genuinely useful primers to complex and obscure topics alike, all in service of the project's five goals: "To debunk common media stereotypes; to help you understand some media better; to educate, inform and sometimes entertain; to promote peace and understanding (maybe); and... to facilitate world domination." Sounds about right. Click inside for bountiful highlights... if you dare.
posted to MetaFilter by Rhaomi at 11:00 AM on December 26, 2010 (43 comments)

Ted Chiang is perhaps the finest author in contemporary science fiction -- and the most rarefied. A technical writer by trade and a graduate of the distinguished Clarion Writers Workshop, Chiang has published only twelve short stories in the last twenty years, one dozen masterpieces of the genre whose insightful, precise, often poetic language confronts fundamental ideas -- intelligence, consciousness, the nature of God -- and thrusts them into a dazzling new light. Click inside for a complete listing of Chiang's work, with links to online reprints or audio recordings where available, as well as a collection of one-on-one interviews, links to his nonfiction essays, and a few other related sites and articles.
posted to MetaFilter by Rhaomi at 11:11 AM on December 27, 2010 (116 comments)

Google's new Ngram Viewer lets you track the history of words in six languages, including several flavo(u)rs of English. Whether it's the rise and fall of a single word, the evolution of technology, or the mysterious seventeenth-century proliferation of fart jokes, there's a lot to play with. More at the Official Google Blog.
posted to MetaFilter by theodolite at 11:34 AM on December 16, 2010 (74 comments)

Ever wish you could learn to weave cloth, forge a knife, sew a corset, or build a Tudor mansion?
posted to MetaFilter by DU at 10:25 AM on December 6, 2010 (22 comments)

Amazing movie quote search engine subzin is pretty simple, but pretty amazing. Put in your favorite quote from a movie, and it'll find the movie and the exact time it appears in the movie and links to Neflix if available (via df).
posted to MetaFilter by mathowie at 10:10 PM on November 29, 2010 (106 comments)

Dogs don't understand basic concepts like moving: The adventures of simple dog and helper dog.
posted to MetaFilter by emilyd22222 at 8:09 PM on November 17, 2010 (96 comments)

Molecular gastronomy - the use of industrial and scientific processes in the culinary arts - has been discussed before, but in the last few years a number of tools and techniques have appeared that make some of the fancy pantsy schmanzy creations of molecular gastronomy possible for the home cook...
posted to MetaFilter by twoleftfeet at 3:35 AM on November 7, 2010 (26 comments)

Area Girl Very Amused By Webcam Special Effects
posted to MetaFilter by hermitosis at 3:35 PM on November 3, 2010 (126 comments)

100 Helpful Photography Tutorials for Beginners and Professionals. Photography as both a profession and a hobby is an expansive topic that covers a vast range of subjects from science and art. No matter where you lie on the spectrum, there is always more to learn. From the folks at Tuts+.
posted to MetaFilter by netbros at 7:34 AM on August 22, 2010 (15 comments)

"How did a card-carrying, aura-wearing, chakra-toting leader of the New Age become able to understand and eventually embrace the skeptical culture? Well, it took quite a while, so let me start at the beginning. "
posted to MetaFilter by Pope Guilty at 4:53 PM on August 9, 2010 (411 comments)

What in life did it take you a surprisingly long time to realize you've been doing wrong all along?
posted to Ask Metafilter by colinmarshall at 1:58 PM on July 6, 2010 (933 comments)

Starting today, Starbucks is offering free wifi in all of their US and Canadian stores. This has computer security folks a little edgy, since it could allow hackers and computer miscreants new opportunities to steal the data of unsuspecting computer users, and prompted Steve Gibson, computer security guru, to advise people to "just be afraid. Be very afraid." This applies to people who use laptops, wifi enabled cellphones and pdas. But there are ways to protect yourself.
posted to MetaFilter by crunchland at 4:40 PM on July 1, 2010 (93 comments)

How do great writers create stories?
posted to Ask Metafilter by coldblackice at 4:14 AM on June 20, 2010 (48 comments)

Update on K & S (and the effects of your support).
posted to MetaTalk by fake at 4:35 PM on June 11, 2010 (257 comments)

I want to jump into HD D-SLR filmmaking. What type of camera should I buy? How best to stay on top of this emerging technology?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phaedon at 7:06 PM on June 1, 2010 (15 comments)

Beer Cooler Sous-Vide can produce restaurant quality results, without expensive lab equipment. All you need is a beer cooler and an accurate thermometer and you can make perfectly medium rare steak with a great sear, moist and tender chicken breast , and flavorful salmon.
posted to MetaFilter by AceRock at 7:33 AM on May 7, 2010 (56 comments)

As a follow-up to my last question - what's your favorite dark, cynical, gallows-humour style joke?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phyrewerx at 2:17 PM on October 20, 2009 (78 comments)

Ever felt the need to listen to a piano cover of contemporary hits such as Daft Punk, Justice , the Pixies and Fatboy Slim while watching women dancing in black and white? Well Maxen Cecyrin will fulfil your strangely specific desire. (warning: slightly addictive)
posted to MetaFilter by litleozy at 11:34 AM on March 27, 2010 (42 comments)

Grandma and cat. Miyoko Ihara's award-winning photos of her 85-year-old grandma Misao and her cat Fukumaru.
posted to MetaFilter by misozaki at 10:05 PM on March 25, 2010 (53 comments)

A to Z of Awesomeness. Every entry fully and lovingly illustrated by Neill Cameron.
posted to MetaFilter by CrunchyFrog at 6:27 PM on March 23, 2010 (25 comments)

Galactica: Sabotage is a shot-by-shot remake of the Beastie Boys' Sabotage video, using footage from Battlestar Galactica. Here's a side-by-side comparison.
posted to MetaFilter by mattdidthat at 10:15 PM on March 9, 2010 (42 comments)

What is the noticeable difference between a $100 pair of men's dress shoes and a $500 pair of men's dress shoes? I wear standard, department store $100 dress shoes to work every day (I used to wear Cole Haan; now I wear Johnston & Murphy). When the $100 shoe soles wear out, I have them re-soled. They do end up looking beat-up fairly quickly, even with polishing. I have been told that, if I spend more money on the shoes, they will last longer and the investment will be worth it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jayder at 4:59 PM on January 20, 2010 (29 comments)

43 ways to simplify your life.
posted to MetaFilter by kenko at 3:52 PM on February 7, 2010 (112 comments)

SLYT news report, starting with a lackluster establishing shot of a significant location.
posted to MetaFilter by stupidsexyFlanders at 9:49 AM on January 28, 2010 (124 comments)

ICSI Netalyzr is a java applet that performs an impressive collection of tests on your Internet connection, and reports the results back to you (and to the ICSI) in an easily readable format.
posted to MetaFilter by FishBike at 3:23 PM on January 14, 2010 (96 comments)

The Muppets Cover Queen An all-new, original Muppet video. (SLYT)
posted to MetaFilter by Optamystic at 8:50 AM on November 24, 2009 (134 comments)

1,000,000FPS video of bullet impacts. Stay tuned for the glass, ballistics gel, and bullets impacting each other in the air.
posted to MetaFilter by Rinku at 9:58 PM on October 8, 2009 (53 comments)

What game changing reminders is my future calendar missing ?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 12:37 PM on October 6, 2009 (15 comments)

Ever wanted to make a 100% accurate Big Daddy costume? Here's how.
posted to MetaFilter by permafrost at 4:00 AM on September 10, 2009 (42 comments)

DIY Portal Gun on flickr, with a few other pictures and build notes. You want of your own, you can either contact this guy or just ask Aperture about working at their test facilities.
posted to MetaFilter by Greg Nog at 1:44 PM on January 21, 2009 (61 comments)

Which 1080p HDMI media streamer should I purchase?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Perplexer at 3:07 PM on September 3, 2009 (5 comments)

An excellent resource on every aspect of digital photography, from sensor technology to general techniques to Photoshop tweaking. Previously mentioned here, but the site has expanded a lot since 2005.
posted to MetaFilter by archagon at 2:38 AM on July 23, 2009 (13 comments)

Bleeding billboard. Yeah, that's what I said.
posted to MetaFilter by miss lynnster at 2:36 PM on July 7, 2009 (38 comments)

A truly amazing optical illusion -- despite what you first think, there are only three colors in that picture.
posted to MetaFilter by Chocolate Pickle at 4:51 PM on June 24, 2009 (111 comments)

"Text Utilities" is a useful browser-based tool for geeks. It's a web page that does all sorts of operations on text, e.g. escape/ unescape, hashing, regexp testing.
posted to MetaFilter by grumblebee at 9:06 AM on June 24, 2009 (33 comments)

A time lapse video of the night sky as it passes over the 2009 Texas Star Party in Fort Davis, Texas. The galactic core of the Milky Way is brightly displayed.
posted to MetaFilter by Effigy2000 at 1:32 PM on May 19, 2009 (67 comments)

Like crossbows? Like assault rifles? Got some spare AR-15 parts lying around begging to be crossbowed up? Then the PSE TAC 15 crossbow upper is for you! (video). Or how about this Swiss crossbow that can be cocked in 3 seconds? Alternatively build your own, or even build a repeating crossbow!
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 10:39 PM on April 24, 2009 (41 comments)

Who Are The Journeys and Joni's Of Today?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Lipstick Thespian at 7:02 PM on April 12, 2009 (76 comments)

137 Uncomfortable Plot Summaries of a wide variety of movies, TV series and even a couple books, from varying points of view (whatever is the most uncomfortable). A treasure trove of pop culture redefinition.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 12:06 PM on April 14, 2009 (425 comments)

Kutiman, the masterful Israeli funk musician and producer, outdoes himself by creating Thru-You: Multiple YouTube clips (mostly instructional and performance videos) edited into slick mega-mashups. They're not just patchwork assemblages, they're sample-based original creations that coud hold their own on anyone's album... Plus they're 100% audiovisual! It's a work of next-level genius.
(sorry for the hyperbole, but my mind has just been blown)
More Kutiman here. Music video here. And for you Pitchfork aficionados, here.
posted to MetaFilter by Silky Slim at 12:58 AM on March 4, 2009 (171 comments)

Star Trek TNG goes horribly wrong in a series of short, surreal and very zen mashups: Episode 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
posted to MetaFilter by loquacious at 4:54 AM on January 31, 2009 (102 comments)

If you can type, you can make movies. A website that allows users to create animated movies using text-to-speech scripts and a surprisingly versatile selection of characters, voices, actions, camera shots, etc.
posted to MetaFilter by Balonious Assault at 12:53 AM on January 4, 2009 (42 comments)