Favorite paper airplanes (and other flying diversions)?
posted to Ask Metafilter by rossination at 11:23 PM on February 28, 2008 (15 comments)

Think you've had clumsy moments? Ten bucks says you've never had one quite this bad.
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers at 1:36 PM on February 13, 2008 (118 comments)

Godspeed You! Black Emperor officially calls it quits, citing the Iraq war as a primary catalyst. "The last American tour that Godspeed did was in the run up to the current war in Iraq. For what Godspeed did, it was very difficult for us to work out a way for us to communicate directly with the audience about what was going on." Umm...yeah. So who's to fill their giant post-rock shoes? Well, most of the members have moved on to other projects, most notably Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band (among others). That's not to mention the slew of next generation bands that have culled GY!BE as a primary influence to get your fix: Sparrows Swarm and Sing, Sweek, The Seven Mile Journey, or johnnytwentythree, just to name a few.
posted to MetaFilter by Christ, what an asshole at 4:20 PM on February 12, 2008 (77 comments)

Female educator & writer comments on male culture - describing video gaming males in their 20s as 'child-men', delaying traditional responsibility by decades compared to previous generations (NPR interview). Inevitable response by gaming community and others in their 20s. Further example on the change in societal isolation that leads to bowling alone, or a new social community structure being born?
posted to MetaFilter by Argyle at 4:30 PM on January 30, 2008 (172 comments)

The Fail Blog. New and Classic Fail pictures.
posted to MetaFilter by psmealey at 1:58 PM on January 29, 2008 (104 comments)

Where in the world is this building? (150k jpeg)
posted to Ask Metafilter by Fins at 7:45 AM on January 26, 2008 (43 comments)

"In June of 1977, Jim, John, and Gary saw Star Wars at White City Cinema in Worcester, Massachusetts. They were impressed. In the months after seeing the movie, so many costumes and models were made that they decided to remake a few scenes on super 8 film. The project grew into a fifty minute film." (Text from the Google Video description of the 15 minute version.) The remake's website includes stills, a downloadable "bloopers reel", an extensive "making of" photoessay and a brief photoessay on the construction of the R2 unit used in the remake.
posted to MetaFilter by cog_nate at 8:43 AM on January 4, 2008 (19 comments)

We're planning a trip to Switzerland for New Year 2008, but have little clue about the country. Advice welcomed!
posted to Ask Metafilter by long haired lover from liverpool at 2:28 AM on January 3, 2008 (9 comments)

During its run, Mystery Science Theater 3000 riffed on over 50 short films. Almost all of them are now on YouTube or Google Video. See the list (shamelessly cribbed from here) inside for links.
posted to MetaFilter by cog_nate at 12:38 PM on October 24, 2007 (148 comments)

Spot the Five Differences. It is fun. [flash]
posted to MetaFilter by brain_drain at 12:06 PM on October 10, 2007 (88 comments)

Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails plans to join Radiohead in the self-distribution game. Reznor's public feud with Interscope records reached its head recently; the musician was forced to finance the alternate reality game promotion of Year Zero himself and was shocked at the record label's pricing in Australia. With the release of Year Zero Remixed, Reznor will be free to go his own way.
posted to MetaFilter by beaucoupkevin at 9:00 AM on October 9, 2007 (59 comments)

Record heat. Extreme drought. But the grass must stay green!
posted to MetaFilter by neat-o at 11:04 AM on October 3, 2007 (124 comments)

Because everything should taste like bacon.
posted to MetaFilter by mr_crash_davis at 8:48 AM on July 19, 2007 (113 comments)

Fans of the modern classic shooter Warning Forever will be pleased with the latest game from Cactus Software, Fractal Fighter. Also try Cactus' last game, Clean Asia, a truly unique shooter that's so hard you'll cry like a baby. Via the excellent Shoot the Core, where you can also get that Thunderforce shirt you've been wanting.
posted to MetaFilter by BlackLeotardFront at 6:12 PM on June 30, 2007 (15 comments)

"Clever" music videos?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Mwongozi at 3:48 PM on June 15, 2007 (63 comments)

Has anyone here tried to make thier own hamburgr buns?
posted to Ask Metafilter by maryh at 3:58 AM on May 13, 2007 (15 comments)

The Fallout 3 that never will be. As far as western RPGs go, the Fallout series was one of the crown jewels. A spiritual successor to EA's Wasteland, the games combined tragedy, black humor and all the cool of the retrofuture apocalypse. Although much of the creative team left to form Troika Games, and two (barely related) follow-up games were made, Black Isle Studios (who were also responsible for the Dungeons and Dragons-based Icewind Dale and Baldur's Gate series, along with the epic Planescape: Torment) was planning a third sequel, but now Bethesda picked up the IP and plans to make an MMORPG. That little tech demo is all that's left of one of the most demanded video game sequels in western RPG history.
posted to MetaFilter by griphus at 10:39 PM on May 1, 2007 (107 comments)

Chimney Repair: With all the rain we've been having, we've found we have water coming in our fire place chimney. We want it fixed and need your recommendations...
posted to Ask Metafilter by onhazier at 6:23 AM on July 6, 2006 (7 comments)