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Dadhacker
started his game programming career, like many people, by making a freeware knockoff of a popular arcade game. This got the attention of Atari, who hired him to do the official conversion of Donkey Kong, then
Super Pac-Man. After the
crash of 1983, he survived a round of layoffs, and was
pushed into the development of the
Atari ST along with a group of programmers and executives from Commodore.
posted to MetaFilter by CrunchyFrog
at 8:35 AM on March 17, 2008
(18 comments)
Last-minute camping within ~2 hours of San Francisco?
posted to Ask Metafilter by rkent
at 7:16 PM on June 25, 2008
(14 comments)
Help me with gender disappointment. My wife and I just had an ultrasound and found out our baby will be a girl. I was hoping for a boy because I never knew / met my father. My dad was a completely absent f*ck-up. I was hoping to somehow fill that void by giving my son what I never had and teaching him the things I had to learn on my own. I know I will be overjoyed when my daughter is born, but right now, I am feeling quite sad. What is a good way to look at this, and what can I look forward to with having a girl
posted to Ask Metafilter by jasondigitized
at 8:33 AM on June 23, 2008
(70 comments)
I am planning a Belgian beer road trip for the fall. Any tips?
posted to Ask Metafilter by srboisvert
at 7:17 AM on June 14, 2008
(21 comments)
Can I learn to create melodies?
posted to Ask Metafilter by grumblebee
at 8:33 AM on June 15, 2008
(38 comments)
What are the most common points of criticism of the Treaty of Lisbon, and how do they relate to the failed European Constitution?
posted to Ask Metafilter by goodnewsfortheinsane
at 10:01 AM on June 13, 2008
(9 comments)
Brussels: Where to stay, what to do, what to avoid, what to eat, etc.
posted to Ask Metafilter by purplefiber
at 3:15 PM on June 12, 2008
(17 comments)
While my guitar fiercely weeps
Next on YouTubeFilter: Prince shares a stage with Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and George Harrison's son Dhani, at Harrison's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. No, scratch that: Prince ain't sharin' with nobody -- that stage is all his.
posted to MetaFilter by Artifice_Eternity
at 2:47 PM on February 9, 2006
(106 comments)
Tell me thriller/mystery movies have lots of plot twists, like in "The Game." Spoilers inside as examples.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ®@
at 5:31 PM on June 9, 2008
(40 comments)
Why is Israel such a close ally to the U.S.?
posted to Ask Metafilter by willy_dilly
at 9:49 AM on June 6, 2008
(27 comments)
TV-Filter: I'd love to get your recommendations for best tv shows on at the moment.
posted to Ask Metafilter by neblina_matinal
at 5:25 AM on May 26, 2008
(45 comments)
Give me your baby hacks! My wife and I are expecting our first child in November. What tips and tricks can you offer us to make our lives a lot easier? For example, a friend of mine swears that putting a crying baby in front of a mirror will cause it to stop. Another uses noise cancelling headphones to temper the noise from his shrieking child. I am looking for hacks on everything from diaper changing to stroller modifications. Make our lives easier as we enter into parenthood.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jasondigitized
at 9:16 AM on May 20, 2008
(47 comments)
Ultraportable laptop as primary computer? Yea or nay?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Mr Bunnsy
at 12:58 PM on May 7, 2008
(22 comments)
What is it like to give birth? I'm male, and one of the side affects is that I'll never get pregnant. I'm wondering what it's actually like to give birth to a whole new person.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twirlypen
at 5:36 PM on May 19, 2006
(33 comments)
Not-Lame Country Music: I understand that some Alice in Chains, Nirvana, etc. , songs have a strong "country" flavor, deep guitars, slow vocals, tons of mood, while still rocking. I know nothing about country music, and most of what I've heard doesn't do it for me. What dark, slow and moody Country music would you recommend?
posted to Ask Metafilter by signal
at 10:41 AM on January 19, 2005
(60 comments)
What are some of your absolute favourite online essays, articles and other pieces of non-fiction writing?
posted to Ask Metafilter by turgid dahlia
at 4:21 PM on May 1, 2008
(49 comments)
What are the most incredible, maybe slightly offbeat, places in New York City to hang out? Stunning rooftop bars, strange nighttime museums, secret gardens, bizarre burlesques, etc. and more all welcome. Alcohol availability a plus.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Malad
at 11:01 AM on April 10, 2008
(17 comments)
The intersect of data visualization and aural phenomena is a fascinating space, from simple chartings of the history of
sampling to mapping the entire
world of music (or even
just electronica). Pop songs become
sketches, iTunes libraries become
twisted geometric forms, and last.fm listening behaviors form coloured
orbs and
waves. The collaborative networks of
comtemporary rappers,
jazz musicians, and
classical composers are revealing of specific and meaningful community structures. Explore
the algorithmic music of Stephan Wolfram's computational universe,
listen to pi or
e or
the Mona Lisa or
the weather or the
temperature in New York City,
discover the shape of sound, or just, you know,
see music.
Use the
Echo Nest to visualize your own music (
example),
tag your music collection with colours, or just wade through the
plethora of
ways to map connections between
artists and
genres.
(several previously)
posted to MetaFilter by youarenothere
at 1:50 PM on April 9, 2008
(12 comments)
What books have transported you to another place, and occupied your thoughts for days whilst you read them?
posted to Ask Metafilter by takeyourmedicine
at 3:18 PM on March 24, 2008
(101 comments)
I'm going to London, Belgium and the Netherlands from May 10th-24th, and I'm looking for great places to stay.
posted to Ask Metafilter by dhammond
at 11:49 PM on March 23, 2008
(14 comments)
Celemony are a bunch of crazy German software engineers known best for making Melodyne, a family of top of the line pitch correction tools. Apparently they've recently figured out how to do what they do with polyphonic audio.
I can't begin to explain how cool this is. Just
watch the video.
posted to MetaFilter by stenseng
at 4:10 PM on March 13, 2008
(122 comments)
What's the best song Tarantino hasn't used yet?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ictow
at 8:43 AM on March 13, 2008
(51 comments)
Half-Life 2 rocks my world. What should I play next? Note: my PC cannot handle much more than Half-Life 2.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jbickers
at 5:57 PM on March 1, 2008
(39 comments)
I just moved to London from California last month and I'm keen to make the most of my time here by hitting as many European cities as possible. I loved being able to use farecast, farecompare, etc to see where I could go each weekend in the US and where the ultra low fares were to be had.
Is there a similar service in Europe? Any way to be notified about cheap weekend fares from the UK would be fantastic.
Thanks to the hive brain.
- Alex
posted to Ask Metafilter by cubedweller
at 5:22 AM on February 29, 2008
(8 comments)
I have pretty much watched all of the videos on TED.com and I am looking for another source to waste time online - but at least feel smarter at the end.;) I am not looking so much for online classes/courses (MIT and other), but more "bit size" hour long or so talks/lectures. Thanks for your help!
posted to Ask Metafilter by aggienfo
at 10:17 PM on February 24, 2008
(24 comments)
Meditation - what is the point exactly?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stenoboy
at 3:15 AM on February 5, 2008
(38 comments)
How does Facebook handle or simplify the presumably complicated DB queries involved so that me loading my page doesn't bring it to its knees?
posted to Ask Metafilter by bonaldi
at 9:49 AM on February 4, 2008
(30 comments)
What skyscrapers in San Francisco are open to the public?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Mwongozi
at 12:40 PM on February 2, 2008
(15 comments)
Where do 35 to 45 year olds hang out on the web? Do social media sites specifically for this age group exist out there?
posted to Ask Metafilter by vizsla
at 6:23 AM on January 29, 2008
(21 comments)
Art Deliverance
- Alex Klochkov's gallery of abandonment from the Soviet Union. There's next to no explanation of the photos, unfortunately. Indirectly via
Retrospectacle's post about the
brain lab.
posted to MetaFilter by Wolfdog
at 7:08 AM on January 27, 2008
(13 comments)
I'm totally sleep-deprived, but still have a hard time falling asleep. Any tips?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jbickers
at 7:17 AM on January 8, 2008
(34 comments)
I'm a brand spanking new Mac user, where do I start?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Cosine
at 11:11 AM on November 23, 2005
(45 comments)
Open Culture's "10 Signs of Intelligent Life at YouTube"
features "intellectually redeemable" channels from
UC Berkeley, @GoogleTalks, TheNobelPrize, TED Talks, FORA.tv, the European Graduate School, the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, BBC Worldwide, National Geographic, PBS, UChannel, MIT, Vanderbilt, and
USC.
posted to MetaFilter by Soup
at 5:40 PM on December 27, 2007
(21 comments)
Need help finding a movie recommendation site where the user enters several favorite movie titles, and the site returns results based on other users entering those same movie titles...
posted to Ask Metafilter by MrBCID
at 10:15 PM on November 27, 2007
(14 comments)
Could you recommend books similar to
The Name of the Rose and
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell? There's something about the tone, the mashing of genres together, and the over-immersion in details that is unbelievably appealing to me. (But don't recommend Tolkien!)
posted to Ask Metafilter by flibbertigibbet
at 2:57 PM on December 19, 2007
(49 comments)
