Let's have some physics phun!
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi at 9:31 AM on February 20, 2008 (26 comments)

Essential Video Resources - primers, guides and links for the video editor and technician
posted to MetaFilter by Gyan at 12:25 AM on December 14, 2007 (6 comments)

Composite Drawings of suspects wanted by the Michigan State Police. With photos of the suspect if they are captured, for comparison. Via.
posted to MetaFilter by Divine_Wino at 1:08 PM on May 26, 2005 (49 comments)

A 400 year old clam has been slaughtered by ruthless 'scientists'. How much could this clam have told us about history, about longevity, about life? Probably not much--it's a clam.
posted to MetaFilter by hexatron at 9:59 AM on October 28, 2007 (63 comments)

He's the spiritual grandparent of both Cal Worthington (very recently) and Crazy Eddie (previously). He's Earl "MadMan" Muntz, more than a successful car salesman, he was a carmaker, a television pioneer (who coined the abreviation "TeeVee"), car stereo pioneer (for the pre-8-track 4-track tape ), a Verb in Electronic Engineering Lingo, hero of Free Enterprise Land and ad icon in Napolean hat and red longjohns.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 2:28 PM on September 19, 2007 (8 comments)

For almost thirty years, the female post-punk/neo-hip-hop all-sister band ESG from the South Bronx has been influencing your favorite music [mp3 direct link]. You've probably heard them sampled recently, and sampling credits don't pay the bills. After three decades of quietly making a big noise, they are hanging it up to enjoy their golden years. Long live ESG.
posted to MetaFilter by moonbird at 9:57 PM on September 11, 2007 (21 comments)

How does one taste really hot peppers?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mezzanayne at 9:18 PM on September 3, 2007 (17 comments)

Physics for Future Presidents is a class taught at UC Berkeley by Physics professor Richard Muller. It's a class specifically for non-physics majors and teaches the real world results of the sometimes impenetrable math involved in university physics. After every lecture, you should come away with the feeling that what was just covered is important for every world leader to know. I just sat through the entire hour and 13 minute nukes lecture and was riveted.
posted to MetaFilter by quite unimportant at 6:06 PM on November 7, 2006 (26 comments)

"Illusion is the first of all pleasures"
posted to MetaFilter by MetaMonkey at 7:59 PM on November 7, 2006 (12 comments)

Extreme Instability.
posted to MetaFilter by hama7 at 6:45 PM on October 28, 2006 (17 comments)

Where can I find mathematical fomulas for calculating coordinating colors for interior decorating projects?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Vorteks at 9:27 PM on October 20, 2006 (10 comments)

Anal mp3 tagging question: I'm organizing my mp3 collection and frustrated with how inaccurate the genre tags are. Does anyone know of any good programs that can automatically scan mp3 and update accurate and more specific mp3 genres? (iam currently using fixtunes which uses the amazon database, which is quite awful.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by nyu2 at 11:22 PM on September 29, 2006 (17 comments)

夜 .....
posted to MetaFilter by hama7 at 7:27 PM on September 9, 2006 (74 comments)

"Ten Favorite Offbeat Musicals" by Jonathan Rosenbaum
posted to MetaFilter by matteo at 10:36 AM on April 4, 2006 (30 comments)

I've just established the domain for my first website, and look forward to learning how to update and maintain it. (I currently know nothing about how to do it, but I'm an eager learner.) For the moment, I'd like to host about 25 movie files and 100 images, and could use some advice on how to do this.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Dr. Wu at 11:19 PM on May 4, 2005 (8 comments)

Dapper: The Data Mapper
A recently launched service that allows users to extract data from any website into XML, and transform or build applications and mashups with that data. Described by it's creators as a way to, "easily build an API for any website... through a visual and intuitive process". Plagiarism Today, meanwhile, has cause for concern, "Dapper is a scraper. Nothing more... now the technologically impaired can scrape content from any site... the potential danger [is] very, very real".
posted to MetaFilter by MetaMonkey at 8:59 PM on September 5, 2006 (31 comments)

How does software which tries to detect the key of a piece of music work (and how reliable is it)?
posted to Ask Metafilter by rongorongo at 6:26 AM on September 4, 2006 (4 comments)

Exercise your imaginations, MeFites, I want your suggestions! Rather than just buying something, I'd like to DIY a dining room table.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Bobtheordinary at 11:47 AM on August 3, 2006 (13 comments)

Colour Player: at last, you can organize your music by its color.
posted to MetaFilter by signal at 9:43 PM on August 29, 2006 (12 comments)

"Modern scientists have known about synesthesia since 1880, when Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin, published a paper in Nature on the phenomenon. But most have brushed it aside as fakery, an artifact of drug use (LSD and mescaline can produce similar effects) or a mere curiosity. About four years ago, however, we and others began to uncover brain processes that could account for synesthesia. " This article from Scientific American seems to be turning heads around the Psychology Department at U of M [Michigan]. It's got me going too. I've seen real connections between color and sound before, stone sober. Could there be something to all this?
posted to MetaFilter by phylum sinter at 9:13 PM on April 15, 2003 (23 comments)

However interesting your life is, it probably pales in comparison to Moondog. A homeless, blind composer who transcribed in braille, he went from a career as a street corner musician in New York, to sitting in Carnegie Hall for rehersals at the invitation of Artur Rodzinski, he was invited to Germany and wrote a symphony for four conductors: "The Overtone Tree", he was covered by Janis Joplin and worked with Julie Andrews. (mi)
posted to MetaFilter by 1f2frfbf at 9:14 AM on August 29, 2006 (13 comments)

Your daily dose of perception-bending. Stare at the center of this video (wmv or flash) for a minute or two then look away from the screen at your surroundings. You'll experience an interesting and somewhat disconcerting effect. Not appropriate for anyone prone to headaches or seizures.
posted to MetaFilter by brain_drain at 1:31 PM on August 28, 2006 (51 comments)

HornMassive.
posted to MetaFilter by bigmusic at 8:38 PM on August 28, 2006 (26 comments)

English tutors complain of Chinese abuse. As the Chinese economy keeps expanding, so does the number of foreigners in China. Like the people in the article some of them have had horrible experiences, others have had funny experiences and many have had sleazy experiences (NSFW text). And they all blog about it!
posted to MetaFilter by afu at 7:45 PM on August 5, 2006 (36 comments)

Raves not dead! The British subculture the government tried so hard to kill is alive and well in Cornwall and Essex.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 7:29 AM on August 27, 2006 (74 comments)

I'm trying to create a bloglines account of just NYC events. Help me find feeds.
posted to Ask Metafilter by johnasdf at 9:36 AM on August 23, 2006 (8 comments)

Fred Astaire said this five-minute sequence from Stormy Weather was the finest piece of tap dancing ever filmed. via
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 10:09 PM on August 21, 2006 (75 comments)

The Fart Heard Round the World. An extraordinary performer, who farted for his living for 20 years, Le Pétomane (YouTube) was the highest paid stage artist of his time in 1897 France. He farted songs, impressions of people, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and farm animals, among other things. The management of Moulin Rouge had to hire nurses to help members of the audience who passed out laughing so hard. He was pusued for many years by an obsessed doctor. Two movies were made about his life in English, the 1979 short film (33 minutes) of Le Pétomane (Google video) and in 2005 Parti Avec Le Vent, which translates as Gone With the Wind. [more]
posted to MetaFilter by nickyskye at 9:00 AM on August 20, 2006 (39 comments)

Should I study at TaiDa and incur a US$10,000 debt or teach English in Jiangmen (near HK) and, you know, not be broke? Primary focus: learning Mandarin for future international business/applied technology grad school/career.
posted to Ask Metafilter by dihutenosa at 10:17 PM on August 19, 2006 (7 comments)

Lightweight data exploration: simple, sparkline-esque graphs in Excel.via infosthetics.
posted to MetaFilter by signal at 6:58 PM on August 19, 2006 (15 comments)

FSI Language Courses
posted to MetaFilter by anjamu at 1:35 AM on August 17, 2006 (36 comments)

Multiphonic chanting of the Gyuto Tantric University monks. [more]
posted to MetaFilter by nickyskye at 11:30 PM on August 15, 2006 (22 comments)

Shhh! A mixcd about silence...
posted to Ask Metafilter by grateful at 9:25 AM on August 16, 2006 (62 comments)

Photo-like X-ray backscattters (even from mobile units), explosive trace portals, CT scanning, and real-time discrimination software clearly reveal such threats as radioactive materials, explosives and key bomb ingredients, chemical weapons, human cargo, weapons and drugs. Even "single molecule biology" analyzers are being developed to detect biological weapons.
posted to MetaFilter by CodeBaloo at 3:17 AM on August 10, 2006 (12 comments)