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Having taken some personal time out myself, and thus looking at things from a non-contributor perspective, is it possible that we can avoid terms like douchebag, asshole, dickwad, etc. These are violent words that make the reader take a step away.
I am not saying they should be banned, but they really do have a proliferation within the site that is off putting to someone who might wish to contribute.
posted to MetaTalk by Sparx
at 3:37 PM on July 25, 2008
(143 comments)
Connoisseurs of Cunnilingus: What does it taste like to you?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ambrosia Voyeur
at 7:54 PM on December 1, 2006
(93 comments)
These "track boards," or "fix push" boards, were initially developed to be raced in the velodrome, and differ from traditional skateboards in one major way: the rider can never coast.
A brief documentary on the increasingly popular fix-push skateboard culture and its roots in San Francisco's Mission district.
posted to MetaFilter by whir
at 9:38 PM on June 17, 2008
(55 comments)
How would a person go about becoming a phone sex operator?
posted to Ask Metafilter by CitizenD
at 1:01 PM on June 11, 2008
(16 comments)
MAN - Mothers Against Noise.
"Noise is music that uses unpleasant or painful or extremely loud or discordant sound. Noise is also a very dangerous musical trend that is hell bent on destroying civilized culture, this anti-cultural movement is quickly sweeping the globe, and is very dangerous to our youth."
via MonkeyFilter and our own panoptican.
posted to MetaFilter by loquacious
at 11:14 AM on December 26, 2005
(70 comments)
I'd like to take the time to invite everyone informally to #metafilter on slashnet (irc://irc.slashnet.org/metafilter)! Ops for everyone! Please check your steve at the door. That is all.
posted to MetaTalk by waraw
at 4:39 PM on June 5, 2008
(68 comments)
Vanity Fair has a typically excellent article out -- "How the Web Was Won,"
an oral history of the Web. Even if you're familiar with ARPANet, Metcalfe's Law, Pearl Harbor Day, the VC rush, whatever -- the story told by the often-animated people at the center of the whirlwind is an enlightening and entertaining experience. And for those of you don't know the history of the Internet, learn it! This is part of your heritage now.
posted to MetaFilter by spiderwire
at 9:02 PM on June 4, 2008
(21 comments)
GeniusFilter: Help me win an argument and prove that there ARE undeniable examples of women geniuses throughout history or even today.
posted to Ask Metafilter by DetonatedManiac
at 10:36 PM on June 4, 2008
(66 comments)
The
Phillips Machine, also known as the
Moniac, is a early analog computer for economic modeling with an unusual twist: all of the computation is done by water flowing through its pipes. The flows represent taxes, income, and so on, and the
chambers represent balances held by various bodies. Floats attached to pens can provide graphical output such things as GDP and interest rates, and valves can be opened and shut to change the state of the system in real time. You can listen to a
BBC radio segment on the origin of Phillips machine, or
see a demonstration of one of the only extant working models at the University of Cambridge.
posted to MetaFilter by Upton O'Good
at 10:46 PM on May 24, 2008
(12 comments)
vagabondish
"The Travelzine for Today's Vagabond" offers lots of tips for travellers. And if, like me, travel isn't really in your near future, you can check out
the dispatches.
posted to MetaFilter by owhydididoit
at 2:41 PM on May 10, 2008
(7 comments)
Below Code.
Comatonse Records has
been around for a little over 10 years, and to celebrate, the owner,
Terre Thaemlitz, put out a
free best-of CD. The
physical copies are all long-gone, but it's
available for download (along with a bonus track that didn't fit on the original disc). Most of the stuff is
relatively noisy (and
some found sound stuff), but there's some cool
electronic type pieces,
rock and pop songs and
solo piano pieces as well. Also of note is
his own personal site, which has links to
a lot of cool essays, typically about
gender issues and music. (There's also links to images of
graphical scores to some of his music.)
[Poking around these sites are pretty much NSFW -- the only explicitly NSFW links are on "his own personal site" and "music", but there's quite a few naked people and suchlike around, including on one of the postcards that make up the main link, so, yeah -- take care!]
posted to MetaFilter by Rev. Syung Myung Me
at 1:08 PM on August 1, 2005
(4 comments)
In Vestimentis Ursum.
Designer Matt Kirkland peels off the fur of mechanized stuffed animals to take a look at the robots lurking within.
posted to MetaFilter by hydrophonic
at 8:39 PM on April 24, 2008
(25 comments)
What is the iconic (or just "your favorite") dead-tree product catalog (listing of merchandise for mail-order sale) for your hobby, industry, or trade?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cadastral
at 9:23 AM on April 1, 2008
(73 comments)
Free Speculative Fiction Online
is a database of free science fiction and fantasy stories online by published authors (no fan-fiction or stories by unpublished writers). Among the authors that FSFO links to are
Paul Di Filippo (14 stories),
James Tiptree, Jr. (4 stories),
Connie Willis (3 stories),
Eleanor Arnason (3 stories),
Bruce Sterling (5 stories),
Robert Heinlein (7 stories),
Ursula K. LeGuin (3 stories),
Jonathan Lethem (5 stories),
Michael Moorcock (6 stories),
Chine Miéville (2 stories),
Samuel R. Delany (3 stories),
Robert Sheckley (8 stories), MeFite
Charles Stross (33 stories) and hundreds of other authors. If you don't know where to start, there's a list of
recommended stories.
posted to MetaFilter by Kattullus
at 1:52 PM on April 5, 2008
(34 comments)
303, 909, FX, MIXER
=
ACID VARSITY. In other words, two virtual 303s, a 909, effects and a mixer running for free right in your browser.
posted to MetaFilter by 6am
at 9:16 AM on April 4, 2008
(41 comments)
Gorgeous images, selected solely for their artistic appeal, from the pages of Physical Review B.
posted to MetaFilter by dmd
at 1:59 PM on March 22, 2008
(15 comments)
Enjoy volunteering?
Time banking allows you to get something back for your efforts. It's even the official currency of the
micronation Lovely.
Via
posted to MetaFilter by fermezporte
at 8:01 PM on March 13, 2008
(6 comments)
Oh dear. Robert White at BP's Legal Department doesn't like the Yes Men's
immaculately executed spoof of BP's
corporate site. The
Yes Men pursue the tactic of "agreeing their way into the fortified compounds of commerce", and their
apology is most agreeable. Is humorous exposure of "monstrous crimes" more effective than its
humorless exposure, or all a bit too subtle to be effective?
posted to MetaFilter by falcon
at 2:05 AM on March 11, 2008
(15 comments)
Mazes and complexity
Like mazes? Check out these computer generated mazes that might play tricks with your visual cortex. Each is available as a downloadable PDF that will take, um... at least a minute to solve.
posted to MetaFilter by daHIFI
at 10:24 AM on February 26, 2008
(14 comments)
Affairs of the Lips. "We kiss furtively, lasciviously, gently, shyly, hungrily and exuberantly. We kiss in broad daylight and in the dead of night. We give ceremonial kisses, affectionate kisses, Hollywood air kisses, kisses of death and, at least in fairytales, pecks that revive princesses." But,
why do we kiss?
posted to MetaFilter by amyms
at 7:34 PM on February 21, 2008
(40 comments)
The Falling Sand Game
is an engrossing but hard-to-describe online toy/game that lets you create environments using falling streams of sand, water, oil, and salt by adding fire, plants, clay, and other substances. Inspired by
The Falling Sand Game are a number of variations, such as
PyroSand, featuring many kinds of explosives, and
Hell of Sand, with little people who you can torture. One of the most interesting versions is
The Powder Game, which lets you paint with superballs, adjust air pressure, and build
very satisfying volcanoes and gardens. For even more,
WxSand [downloadable .exe] is a Windows version with lots more options and many
interesting mods.
[Games are Java applets and are incredibly addictive, especially The Powder Game]
posted to MetaFilter by blahblahblah
at 11:38 AM on February 7, 2008
(26 comments)
I love Cauliflower! It's healthy and delicious! Help me find good ways to eat it! Right now, I've got one white and one golden head just waiting for adventure! Recipe suggestions?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ambrosia Voyeur
at 2:11 PM on February 7, 2008
(47 comments)
