Best nerdy white band / artist covers of rap songs (the more offensive the better).
posted to Ask Metafilter by allkindsoftime at 12:18 PM on September 8, 2008 (39 comments)

Days with my Father
posted to MetaFilter by miss lynnster at 12:58 AM on July 24, 2008 (48 comments)

What is the best option for paying off a mortgage when I take a loss on a condo sale - and are there any tax deductions I can take?
posted to Ask Metafilter by reckman at 7:45 PM on January 11, 2008 (6 comments)

Is This Transparency? OP with very slim, one-year posting history asks a question about finding a good charity in AskMe, just prior to year-end tax-decision time. Newly registered responder posts a newly formed charity-aggregator/evaluator organization, without mentioning that he is, apparently, one of the two founders. Self-promotional setup leading to self-link? Or am I being too cynical?

[update, 1/3/08: a summary of events is being developed on the wiki. --cortex]
posted to MetaTalk by Miko at 10:44 AM on December 31, 2007 (1415 comments)

"The spirit of June Carter overshadows me tonight with the love she had for me, and the love I have for her. We connect somewhere between here and heaven." Johnny Cash's last performance on July 5, 2003 at the Carter Family Fold. Folsom Prison Blues, I Walk The Line, and Ring Of Fire.
posted to MetaFilter by EarBucket at 5:00 PM on October 31, 2007 (25 comments)

The Daily Show online. Over 13,000 segments going back to 1999. [CNET story]
posted to MetaFilter by McLir at 6:20 PM on October 18, 2007 (81 comments)

Where do I find your country's b3ta? that is, all of you non-US mefi's, what site is a good example of exported national consciousness...(before you flag, a bit more inside)
posted to Ask Metafilter by es_de_bah at 10:33 PM on October 14, 2007 (5 comments)

Wait.. a longtime user criticises the deletion of a post about one intellectual's review of another intellectual's book - a deletion with obscure sarcastic reason "clearly my filter for these isn't working properly. But wait, Hitchens AND Dawkins you say...? * taps pager * Damn this thing is broken. -- jessamyn" ... then you close the Meta thread?
posted to MetaTalk by dash_slot- at 5:07 PM on September 11, 2007 (178 comments)

Hi there, mods. Yes, you. Mathowie, jessamyn and cortex. Please stop closing MeTa threads so early and so often. I think you're forgetting the "community" part.
posted to MetaTalk by loquacious at 1:34 AM on September 12, 2007 (609 comments)

The fight to free Burma has been making noise lately. Protests are picking up in Burma, international activists are putting pressure on the UN to step in, and Jim Carrey has joined as yet another celebrity to try to bring public attention to the effort. Burma is an amazing place and the Burmese people are some of the warmest, most hospitable, beautiful, and silliest people I have ever encountered. The people of Burma deserve a better world. Is the tide shifting? Will this be a turning point for Burma? I hope so.
posted to MetaFilter by crawfishpopsicle at 10:13 AM on August 29, 2007 (29 comments)

What websites are popular with doctors and other medical professionals?
posted to Ask Metafilter by bingo at 4:43 PM on August 14, 2007 (8 comments)

John Lee Hooker performs Gloria and It Serves Me Right to Suffer with Van Morrison; I'm in the Mood with Bonnie Raitt; The Healer with Santana; Boogie Chilluns with the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton; and Roadhouse Blues with Jim Morrison & the Doors (audio only). [Also, Muddy Waters, Etta James and more blues legends & rock combos inside]
posted to MetaFilter by madamjujujive at 6:19 PM on August 5, 2007 (25 comments)

Talk to Me Like My Father: Frontline Medicine in Afghanistan.
posted to MetaFilter by homunculus at 10:40 PM on August 2, 2007 (23 comments)

I imagine that some of my fellow mefites, collectors of the Best of the Web, would have great del.icio.us accounts for me to pick through. I'm not getting enough use out of their networking feature, either. Link your profiles! Here's me.
posted to MetaTalk by tylermoody at 6:38 AM on August 1, 2007 (118 comments)

China faces slavery and human trafficking.
posted to MetaFilter by pwedza at 9:35 AM on June 18, 2007 (24 comments)

Medical Video Repository. Educational Videos for Medical Students and Doctors.
posted to MetaFilter by soundofsuburbia at 5:14 AM on May 24, 2007 (14 comments)

The Semiwarriors: By creating an atmosphere of perpetual crisis, Presidents have expanded their powers and hidden their actions from the public eye. A recent essay by retired Army lieutenant Colonel and current Boston University professor of international relations Andrew J. Bacevich, on "semiwar," a term coined after World War II "to promote permanent quasi mobilization as the essential response to permanent global crisis." Bacevich is the author of The New American Militarism, How Americans Are Seduced by War (previously discussed here and here). Tragically, Bacevich's own son, an Army First Lieutenant, was killed on patrol in Iraq two days ago by an IED.
posted to MetaFilter by homunculus at 2:32 AM on May 16, 2007 (45 comments)

Paintings of Buddha dating back at least to the 12th century have been discovered in a cave in Nepal. Tipped by a local shepherd, a team of international researchers climbed to some old caves where they found a mural with 55 panels depicting the life of Buddha, reminiscent of the artwork of the Ajanta Caves in India (possibly NSFW). There are probably many other forgotten caves in the Mustang area (previously discussed here,) but they may be threatened by a planned trans-Himalayan highway.
posted to MetaFilter by homunculus at 10:06 AM on May 13, 2007 (22 comments)

The Structure of Search Engine Law, by James Grimmelmann. [abstract inside]
posted to MetaFilter by monju_bosatsu at 7:51 AM on April 27, 2007 (10 comments)

My Google-FU has failed me. Is there any Linux software that will help me measure throughput? there's a bit
posted to Ask Metafilter by niteHawk at 11:54 AM on January 3, 2007 (7 comments)

The Tao Te Ching in dozens of languages and translations, with a lovely side-by-side comparison tool.
posted to MetaFilter by Wolfdog at 6:35 AM on September 10, 2006 (19 comments)

Les Krims. (NSFWish)
posted to MetaFilter by hama7 at 6:53 PM on September 28, 2006 (24 comments)

What's the best way to store hierarchical information in a database, and what's the best way to retrieve it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by kirkaracha at 12:48 PM on September 6, 2006 (11 comments)

Images of Ceylon - Hundreds and hundreds of photos taken in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from the mid 1800's to around the turn of that century.

Warning: A handful out of the ones I've seen show topless women so maybe NSFW.
posted to MetaFilter by selton at 11:09 AM on September 4, 2006 (18 comments)

Recommended resources for learning Hebrew not-from-scratch?
posted to Ask Metafilter by hopeless romantique at 4:01 PM on August 11, 2006 (4 comments)

Robam Apsara: The dance of celestial nymphs, classical Khmer dance is the single greatest link between the ancient Angkor civilization and contemporary times. Reputed to follow the ancient percepts laid down in the Natya Sastra, Khmer dance is sensual but spiritual, time-less and yet, so very reconstructivist _{(all YouTube videos)}. It is such a delight to watch that a single performance will keep you enthralled for months. Extremely saddening, then, when you realize that it survived only by the barest of history's strands. more inside
posted to MetaFilter by the cydonian at 10:05 AM on August 3, 2006 (10 comments)