Los Angeles-based photographer Andrew Bush mounts a camera on the side of his car to capture freeway drivers in the southwestern United States.
posted to MetaFilter by dhammond at 2:22 PM on June 24, 2008 (33 comments)

The Pelican Project - six decades of Pelican book covers.
posted to MetaFilter by dobbs at 6:56 PM on January 31, 2008 (12 comments)

I do not know the first thing about 3D animation. help!
posted to Ask Metafilter by phaedon at 9:31 PM on April 4, 2007 (18 comments)

How can I get the most out of cycling, in regards to a workout? I'm a real newbie.
posted to Ask Metafilter by rolypolyman at 10:24 AM on April 3, 2007 (29 comments)

Life-size blue whale. A Flash project from the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. And in other news: Secret Language of Whales Revealed! [Via MammalFilter.]
posted to MetaFilter by homunculus at 6:10 PM on March 14, 2007 (24 comments)

Luigi Colani, Biomorphic Designer — This prolific master of plastic has been creating organically streamlined planes, trains, automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, ships, cities, homes, computers, cameras, televisions, furniture, pianos, ceramics, shoes, eyewear^PDF, pens, airbrushes, and other wonderful stuff (including the kitchen sink) for some 60 years. Wherever you need to go, you can reach your final destination in Colani style. More designs here, here, here, and here. [Brits and touristas take note: London's Design Museum will host a Colani exhibition, Translating Nature, from March 3 to June 17, 2007. Bibliophiles can check out the book Colani: The Art of Shaping the Future.]
posted to MetaFilter by cenoxo at 1:04 AM on February 18, 2007 (15 comments)

The Reid Technique In Homicide, David Simon writes of the homicide detective: "He becomes a salesman, a huckster as thieving and silver-tongued as any man who ever moved used cars or aluminum siding---more so, in fact, when you consider that he's selling long prison terms to customers who have no genuine need for the product." But how does that detective do it? How can someone get you to willingly confess to something you did--or didn't--do? The Reid Technique. Developed by John Reid, (who kindly shares with us the tricks detectives use) the technique lets an interviewer look at every aspect of a suspect's behavior, sometimes giving them enough rope to hang themselves. Forewarned, however, is forearmed. Can you beat the rap if you know what's facing you, once you get in the box? (Hint: Watch your eyeballs!)
posted to MetaFilter by John of Michigan at 6:40 PM on February 1, 2007 (65 comments)

In the county of Maramures in Romania is Sapanta or The Merry Cemetery. From 1935 Ioan Patras, carved oak crosses with a scene from a life or death like the death of a young girl or this questionable bit.
posted to MetaFilter by arse_hat at 10:12 PM on January 27, 2007 (12 comments)

Last year Ricky Gervais hosted a short series of informal interviews with three of his comedy heroes for the UK's Channel 4. His 5-part meeting with Larry David (Part 2 - 3 - 4 - 5) is an amazingly candid and entertaining look at geniuses discussing comedy. Also available: Gervais sitdowns with Christopher Guest and Garry Shandling, equally good (YouTube, natch, via BigScreenLittleScreen)
posted to MetaFilter by skammer at 5:26 PM on January 26, 2007 (28 comments)

12 months of George Petty pinups. And 16 more. Hell, have 5 pages worth. More about the Petty Girl, an advertising and pop culture icon with an often unfinished look who made her first appearance in Esquire in 1933 and whose elegant line quickly became famous. [via Bibi's Box, which has lots more Petty and pinup links] [warning: busty pinup girls]
posted to MetaFilter by mediareport at 10:50 PM on January 18, 2007 (23 comments)

Why does Greek mythology ostensibly lack many of the "survivalistic" traits of the Bible?
posted to Ask Metafilter by wireless at 5:36 PM on January 8, 2007 (34 comments)

Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz , Witkacy for short. Artist, photographer, absurdist playwright, surrealist novelist, philosopher, witness to the Russian revolution, art theoretician and critic, the Great Malinowski's closest friend, drug fiend, and by most accounts a raving maniac and self-involved pain in the ass. His greatest novel was sadly prophetic: fleeing east to escape the invading Nazis, and then hearing the news that the Communists were also on the way, he slit his wrists on September 18, 1939 in the village of Jeziory, a martyr and victim to his obstinate belief in the freedom and independence of man against the bankruptcy of ideology and the coming wave of totalitarianism.
Previously here, but this guy's work is just too bizarrely compelling, and his legacy too obscure, to not get a little bit more attention.
posted to MetaFilter by Meatbomb at 7:21 AM on November 18, 2006 (16 comments)

How do people actually bring themselves to study? I mean, it's just so... *yawn*
posted to Ask Metafilter by wumpus at 11:56 PM on November 11, 2006 (21 comments)

Baseball Race. "[A]n online application that allows you to view any Major League Baseball season, split by league or division (even wild card races), as an animated, date-by-date race between the various teams you choose."
posted to MetaFilter by brain_drain at 11:38 AM on September 11, 2006 (23 comments)

Online videos of philosophical lectures. Chomsky, Pinker, Dennet, Hofstadter, Searle, the Churchlands...
posted to MetaFilter by Wolfdog at 3:07 PM on August 31, 2006 (7 comments)