What's the best way to deal with people who talk over you?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Catseye at 9:40 AM on February 13, 2012 (35 comments)

What other web-comics will I like?
posted to Ask Metafilter by man down under at 11:47 AM on February 12, 2012 (24 comments)

In the wake of Whitney Houston's death, I find myself thinking about the grotesque confluence of celebrity, addiction, mental illness and (frequently but not necessarily) death. I'd like to understand it better. Who has explored this thoughtfully, whether in essay, book, film, television, whatever?
posted to Ask Metafilter by 2or3whiskeysodas at 3:43 PM on February 12, 2012 (17 comments)

In 1956 a 12-year-old Jim Berger exchanged letters with Frank Lloyd Wright. The result was a Wright designed doghouse.
posted to MetaFilter by IvoShandor at 2:31 AM on February 13, 2012 (23 comments)

Stone Roses, Trainspotting and the grunge look: the 90s revival is here (previous)
posted to MetaFilter by fearfulsymmetry at 10:16 AM on February 13, 2012 (170 comments)

How the computer will save poetry.
posted to MetaFilter by Fizz at 1:53 PM on February 13, 2012 (21 comments)

The "visible web" is what you can find using general web search engines. It's also what you see in almost all subject directories. The "invisible web" is what you cannot find using these types of tools. It's the internet that Google doesn't show us; some of it dull, some of it private, some of it deliberately hidden.

More beneath the surface.
posted to MetaFilter by Stagger Lee at 11:07 AM on February 13, 2012 (56 comments)

The makers of Downton Abbey take great care to recreate the look and feel of the period in which it is set. But occasionally anachronisms in the dialogue slip through.
posted to MetaFilter by Horace Rumpole at 11:31 AM on February 13, 2012 (114 comments)

At reddit we care deeply about not imposing ours or anyone elses’ opinions on how people use the reddit platform. We are adamant about not limiting the ability to use the reddit platform even when we do not ourselves agree with or condone a specific use. We have very few rules here on reddit; no spamming, no cheating, no personal info, nothing illegal, and no interfering the site's functions. Today we are adding another rule: No suggestive or sexual content featuring minors. - After much complaint, Reddit gets rid of /r/jailbait and selected subreddits with similar content.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 8:50 PM on February 12, 2012 (337 comments)

Help me make it through 2 days of driving alone!
posted to Ask Metafilter by tryniti at 7:07 PM on February 12, 2012 (47 comments)

Constitutions of Classic Cocktails - A single image that charts the ingredients of many well loved drinks.
posted to MetaFilter by quin at 9:15 PM on February 11, 2012 (61 comments)

At 300 feet, the pressure is so extreme that your lungs shrink to the size of oranges and your heart beats at less than half its normal rate to conserve oxygen. You lose some motor control. Most of the blood in your arms and legs has flooded to your body’s core as the vessels in your extremities constrict. Vessels in your lungs swell to several times their normal size so they won’t be crushed by the incredible pressure. Then comes the really hard part. [Open Your Mouth and You're Dead]
posted to MetaFilter by vidur at 4:23 PM on February 12, 2012 (75 comments)

While most couples celebrate Valentine's Day with flowers, chocolates and candlelit dinners, archivists have unearthed evidence that a less savoury romantic gesture was practised historically - bestowing a severed head on a loved one.
posted to MetaFilter by boygeorge at 2:53 PM on February 12, 2012 (34 comments)

Teach-Me-About-Renting-Vs-Buying Filter: I'm in my mid-20s and have been in my "grown up job" for about a year now, and it's about time to get my own place. What do I need to know, beyond just comparing rent and mortgage payments?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug at 11:56 AM on February 12, 2012 (39 comments)

I need a delicious, reliable brioche recipe.
posted to Ask Metafilter by WinnipegDragon at 6:52 PM on February 11, 2012 (12 comments)

What are your suggestions for writing anywhere, as opposed to using a dedicated writing space?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mecran01 at 8:34 AM on February 12, 2012 (19 comments)

I am looking for a job as university staff. The kind of job I have in mind would be something back-office, fairly routine and mundane, able to be done by someone with a bachelor of arts degree. I am also hoping to avoid a job focused primarily on face-to-face contact with others (in other words, trying to steer clear of advising or department secretary). Do such jobs exist? And if so, what might be their job titles?
posted to Ask Metafilter by indognito at 8:15 AM on February 12, 2012 (16 comments)

I seem to have completely forgotten how to write and edit scientific papers. Please hope me!
posted to Ask Metafilter by Gneisskate at 8:23 AM on February 12, 2012 (14 comments)

What are some recent books on Cognitive Science related to the Learning Sciences?
posted to Ask Metafilter by turtlefu at 12:28 PM on February 11, 2012 (3 comments)

There is four pounds of Maytag blue cheese. There is one of me.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyndigo at 4:23 PM on February 11, 2012 (23 comments)

Hey asians, how do you deal with your earwax?
posted to Ask Metafilter by malhouse at 7:34 PM on February 11, 2012 (14 comments)

What micro-subject should I tackle next?
posted to Ask Metafilter by holdkris99 at 2:37 PM on February 11, 2012 (15 comments)

How do you know if people don't want you around?
posted to Ask Metafilter by dekathelon at 12:21 AM on February 12, 2012 (97 comments)

What is the one website that you visit every day; that you can't live without?
posted to Ask Metafilter by blahtsk at 10:28 PM on February 11, 2012 (61 comments)

Style icons for the in-between sized woman?
posted to Ask Metafilter by LittleMissCranky at 11:23 AM on February 11, 2012 (12 comments)

AskMe enriched my pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum experience (thus far). Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
posted to MetaTalk by litnerd at 7:46 AM on February 12, 2012 (61 comments)

Here's a stunning gallery of failures and book oddities in Google Books. You can see camera-sensor moire, content detection algorithm failures, condom-covered fingers, failed dewarping, "dewarped" images, failed dithering, pages blurred by turning, and the scanning environment itself, with binder clips to hold book covers and checked rules for absolute scale. My personal favorite: A shot showing the Google page-turning mechanism (employed when they're not using a guillotine and ADF/sheet-feeder). A project by Kristina Wilson.
posted to MetaFilter by fake at 9:13 AM on February 11, 2012 (19 comments)

BookRecommendation Filter: More books that follow a character from youth through adulthood, to become someone powerful, famous and influential. ie- I'm looking for more books like Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy and Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicle.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ThaBombShelterSmith at 11:56 AM on February 11, 2012 (37 comments)

Looking for some sleepy 1920's-1950's music.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Philipschall at 4:57 AM on February 11, 2012 (18 comments)

What apps do you use to help you stay focused on work? I'm looking for Mac and web apps. I don't have clinically diagnosable ADHD, but I'm curious about what's out there and can certainly use the help sometimes.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ignignokt at 2:28 PM on February 9, 2012 (17 comments)

During the night, I am sad. All other times, I am perfectly fine. ?!?!
posted to Ask Metafilter by Angel of Khaos at 10:27 PM on February 10, 2012 (20 comments)

Help a homeowner spend $500 to expand his basic tool collection. What will give me the most value and use for my money?
posted to Ask Metafilter by MoonOrb at 5:06 PM on February 10, 2012 (30 comments)

The spark has gone, and I want it back before I break his heart. Please help.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous at 3:37 PM on February 10, 2012 (18 comments)

Why is modern flatware so huge? Can anyone recommend some nice, not overly expensive, and small flatware sets?
posted to Ask Metafilter by instead of three wishes at 8:14 AM on February 10, 2012 (16 comments)

Simple SAVORY cupcake recipe aside from meatloaf and the usual?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Micole at 10:22 PM on February 10, 2012 (9 comments)

Food blog Edible Geography reveals the history of the New York food cart. You know, the ones that look like reverse rickshaws with big boxes full of ice cream or hot dogs up front. In a related post they cover a scandalous controversy involving cart substitutions, stolen holograms, a criminal bureaucracy, and the olde 19th century rent-a-vet licensing scam.
posted to MetaFilter by artof.mulata at 2:25 PM on February 10, 2012 (2 comments)

"The Fraley plaintiffs sued Facebook, alleging that its 'Sponsored Stories' feature, which displays ads on Facebook containing the names and pictures of users who have 'Liked' a product, violated California’s Right of Publicity statute. The statute forbids the commercial use of an individual’s name or likeness without consent. Integral to the plaintiffs’ claim was the assertion they had been injured because they were “celebrities” to their Facebook friends, such that their endorsements of the products in the Sponsored Stories held economic value—economic value that they were deprived of when Facebook published their Stories without their consent." - Famous for Fifteen People (Stanford Law Review): Celebrity, Newsworthiness, and Fraley v. Facebook (Citizen Media Law Project)
posted to MetaFilter by wikipedia brown boy detective at 6:57 PM on February 10, 2012 (10 comments)

Later this year, the Vatican will canonize Káteri Tekahkwí:the, a/k/a Catherine Tekakwitha, a/k/a "Lily of the Mohawks." Born in 1656 to a Mohawk father and Algonquin mother, some are celebrating the canonization of the first North American indigenous saint. For others, the news is bittersweet, inciting mixed reactions derived from complex emotions, especially to those of American and Canadian Native ancestry, for whom the news represents a painful reminder of the dark history of European colonization of North America. The compelling survival story of Tekakwitha (or "the Clumsy One") has long been cherished as a religious conversion story by non-Natives of European descent, particularly Catholics, who claimed her as one of their own and held her out to the world as a model of piety and Christian values. In her classic 1890 biography of Kateri, The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha, The Lily of the Mohawks, 1656-1680, Ellen Walworth documents Kateri's ascetic lifestyle - which included self-flagellation, frequent fasting and even sleeping on a bed of thorns - in vivid detail. Describing her interest in Tekakwitha as sparked by "the thought of a mere Indian girl reared in the forest among barbarians," Walworth's spin on Kateri's tragic life seems to echo the pro-Indian assimilation line which was typical of the Assimilation era of federal Indian policy. However, in more recent years, some authors have attempted to reclaim her story by digging deeper into her dark history from more diverse secular and non-secular perspectives. For example, Mohawk author and biographer Darren Bonaparte argues for painting a more complex portrait of a future saint which more fully incorporates and appreciates her Mohawk roots.
posted to MetaFilter by Dr. Zira at 9:52 PM on February 10, 2012 (39 comments)

Recent news about free online education.
1, Khan Academy: Google's first employee, Craig Silverstein, is leaving Google and joining Khan Academy.
posted to MetaFilter by -jf- at 7:01 PM on February 9, 2012 (37 comments)

The Clock is a film that is also a clock. It runs for 24 consecutive hours, and is made of thousands of samples, some lasting only seconds, others minutes, from hundreds of films and videos. All of it edited into a seamless whole by video artist Christian Marclay. When it is shown, it is synchronized to the real time, so if it's 2:15 on a clock shown on-screen, it's 2:15 in real time. Harrison Ford is in it. So is John Cusack, Humphrey Bogart, Michelle Pfeiffer, Lon Chaney, Roger Moore(and all the other James Bonds), John Cleese, Peter Sellers, Orson Welles, the Beatles, Jody Foster, Gregory Peck, Nicole Kidman, Nick Cage and a few hundred others. You'll see The Simpsons and The Office. You'll see The Avengers. You'll see stuff you have no clue about. Here's what it feels like to watch all twenty four hours of it in one sitting.
posted to MetaFilter by storybored at 9:49 PM on February 8, 2012 (56 comments)

The Laberinto of Andrea Ghisi is a 17th-century magic trick in book form. Pick an image from the 60 arrayed in front of you, and tell the magician only which quadrant it appears in. Repeat the process twice on different pages, and he can tell you what image you chose. You can see the trick performed at around 2:20 in this video, play a simulation, or see the book digitized in its entirety.
posted to MetaFilter by Horace Rumpole at 5:05 AM on February 9, 2012 (13 comments)

Inmates and their families pay much higher rates for phone calls than average consumers. Most of this is due to kickbacks received by the prison system from providers. This has led to a marked increase in the use of contraband cell phones. Government recently commissioned the GAO to explore lower cost alternatives.
posted to MetaFilter by reenum at 12:11 PM on February 9, 2012 (36 comments)

Hiya Freddie baby, give me a dozen...my life's blood, without bagels what is a day? Yah make it a dozen assorted. Dat's it, give me the garlic, the sesame, the onion, give me them all baby, that's it! They're still handmade eh? Hot Bagels! Wait a second let me PAY yah! Here you are, kid. Thank you. Have a good day.
posted to MetaFilter by timshel at 3:27 PM on February 9, 2012 (71 comments)

The New Scientist writes about the attempts of scientists to induce an artificial state of being in the zone (also referred to as "flow") through electrical manipulation of the brain. As a bonus, they also include a forum link to homemade attempts to achieve the same thing.
posted to MetaFilter by codacorolla at 4:31 PM on February 9, 2012 (42 comments)

Peyton Manning is known as one of the best NFL quarterbacks of all time. He holds many NFL all time records and led his team to victory in Super Bowl XLI. Manning has lost significant playing time due to a serious neck injury and it is not clear if he will return to the Colts next season, or to football at all. If he does decide to return to the gridiron to try and win another championship (to catch up with his little brother on that score) there is no clear consensus on what team he could possibly end up joining. With that speculation in the mind of every NFL fan this offseason, artist David Rappoccio has begun to visualize what it might look like if Peyton joined your local team.
posted to MetaFilter by furiousxgeorge at 9:07 PM on February 9, 2012 (124 comments)

The SCAR Project is a series of large-scale portraits of young breast cancer survivors shot by fashion photographer David Jay. (NSFW)
posted to MetaFilter by gman at 4:16 AM on February 10, 2012 (19 comments)

The Geek Social Fallacies of Sex. (Probably SFW in itself, depending on your W - no naughty images - but links out may go to NSFW content) Holly Pervocracy (previously), a feminist sex blogger, revisits Michael Suileabhain-Wilson's classic but contentious Geek Social Fallacies (previously).
posted to MetaFilter by running order squabble fest at 4:58 AM on February 10, 2012 (74 comments)

What are the best $1-2 deals on eBay?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sarae at 3:51 PM on February 8, 2012 (11 comments)

Between the hours of 8pm and 9pm every night, I strap on my weightlifting gloves and unleash the beast. What's some good EDM that makes you feel like a cat at a mouse party?
posted to Ask Metafilter by dubusadus at 4:59 PM on February 8, 2012 (16 comments)

Give me my grandma's stockings!
posted to Ask Metafilter by mibo at 1:23 PM on February 8, 2012 (12 comments)