"This is a really excellent question"? Seriously?
posted to MetaTalk by allkindsoftime at 10:43 AM on July 31, 2008 (162 comments)

Noseybonk Returns. This is not horrifying news unless you know who he was. Then it becomes endearingly nightmarish. As with V, the man in the mask is Noseybonk.
posted to MetaFilter by Countess Elena at 11:59 AM on July 27, 2008 (15 comments)

An arrangement of a Super Mario 64 song that I made with my friend Matt. Instrumental, two acoustic guitars.
posted to MeFi Music by danb at 10:19 AM on July 3, 2008 (20 comments)

There's just something so pleasing about watching a mixed freight train go by.
posted to MetaFilter by flapjax at midnite at 6:26 AM on June 30, 2008 (64 comments)

screamyGuy: Random Acts of Programming [created using Processing]
posted to MetaFilter by brundlefly at 4:39 PM on June 22, 2008 (8 comments)

So you'd like to see daily photographs taken in San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area? You can start with What I'm Seeing and supplement your viewing with the following sites.
posted to MetaFilter by whir at 7:30 AM on June 12, 2008 (10 comments)

The 2007 Feltron Annual Report . via
posted to MetaFilter by signal at 5:16 PM on June 8, 2008 (13 comments)

An analog textual clock - An analog textual clock
posted to MetaFilter by cillit bang at 6:22 AM on May 16, 2008 (24 comments)

Stan Kelly-Bootle began his career as a member of the earliest wave of computer programmers, who wrote prolifically about a wide range of computing issues. Back in his home town though, he's probably best known for his contributions to a lexicon of local slang, Lern Yerself Scouse, and for his canonical and not-so-canonical contributions to the British folk repertoire.
posted to MetaFilter by PeterMcDermott at 7:58 AM on May 12, 2008 (9 comments)

Can I raise fish for eating in my back yard?
posted to Ask Metafilter by serazin at 10:31 PM on May 9, 2008 (8 comments)

Rutgers professor of philosophy Jerry Fodor created a bit of a stir last October when he wrote an article for the London Review of Books arguing that natural selection may not be such a great theory after all, and that a "major revision of evolutionary theory... is in the offing." Not many fellow philosophers and academics agree, it seems. Fodor responds to his critics here and here. Six months later, it's still not entirely clear whether his argument is, as Justin E.H. Smith put it, "irresponsible and stupid or so subtle that none of his adversaries, defending a status quo interpretation of the theory of natural selection, have been able to get it yet."
posted to MetaFilter by decoherence at 7:08 AM on May 6, 2008 (142 comments)

A couple years ago, The Inquirer noticed that the same college student was endorsing competitors Dell and Gateway. Readers started mailing examples of her selling UPS, Hewlett-Packard, Siemens, Ford, Siemens, CNN, Greyhound, and quite a few others. After being dubbed The Dell Girl, she was promoted to The Everywhere Girl. People critized her shallow commitments to the universities she endorsed. Nonstop appearances across most of the western world must have been fatiguing. She's even in high demand among Christian and textbook publishers.
posted to MetaFilter by ardgedee at 4:00 AM on April 14, 2008 (34 comments)

R.I.P. John Wheeler , theoretical physicist. Famous for the Wheeler-Feynman equations and the term "black hole," which he coined to describe a singular point mass, he has died at age 96. The NYT usually gives pretty good obituary but they outdid themselves this time.
posted to MetaFilter by ikkyu2 at 10:22 PM on April 13, 2008 (64 comments)

Jerry the Dachshund + Ball Machine = Quality Entertainment SLYT. That is all.
posted to MetaFilter by miss lynnster at 8:55 PM on April 12, 2008 (45 comments)

Sometimes I get utterly, mind-numbingly sleepy and exhausted ... in my dreams. Whats going on?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Avenger at 12:25 AM on April 9, 2008 (21 comments)

The word "pictured" means to imagine the way something looks. Is there a similar single word for imagining the way something sounds? How about in languages other than English?
posted to Ask Metafilter by footnote at 2:25 PM on April 6, 2008 (11 comments)

How I Want To Be Remembered by Jack Handey. He was fabulously wealthy, but he would pretend to be broke, and often tried to borrow cigarettes and money from people. Little did they know that those who gave him stuff would later be rewarded in his will, with jewels and antigravity helmets. You may know Jack Handey from his Deep Thoughts which first gained fame on as filler between sketches on Saturday Night Live. He is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker (scroll down this page for his other essays).
posted to MetaFilter by amyms at 7:12 PM on March 31, 2008 (57 comments)

Is there a wireless, battery rechargeable, full-sized or laptop-sized keyboard available that has a memory card which will allow me to leave the office, go to the gym or a cafe and type without needing or even glancing at a monitor? So that later, I can return to give my work a good editing without caring about how it looks on the first draft?
posted to Ask Metafilter by parmanparman at 9:38 PM on March 31, 2008 (17 comments)

He laughs and leaves. I sit alone in the room, staring at the walls, just about every inch of which is covered with more memorabilia: a photo of him with Lennon, a photo of the Beatles circa 1965, a photo of Muddy Waters.... After maybe five minutes, Richards wanders back into the room, laughing. “Sorry, mate,” he says. “I got lost. I don’t come here often!”]... Why do you think some people live and some die..? ...there’s that line between recklessness and stupidity, and you— "No, you bring up a good point...."
posted to MetaFilter by Huplescat at 2:49 PM on March 30, 2008 (21 comments)

Holy crap, the back tagging project (recent update) is complete! 43,000 old posts have been keyworded by a team of hundreds of volunteers here. A huge thanks to all, I never thought we'd finish up all those old MeFi posts.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 11:54 PM on March 20, 2008 (161 comments)

This Is Charley. Charley is a cat with cerebellar hypoplasia.
posted to MetaFilter by homunculus at 7:48 PM on March 19, 2008 (68 comments)

Should I buy a Macbook?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cosmic osmo at 4:10 AM on November 4, 2007 (28 comments)

Not enough random context-free images in your life? Try Pizdaus! [nsfw]
posted to MetaFilter by MetaMonkey at 4:54 PM on October 31, 2007 (29 comments)

Here today, gone tomorrow or so...
Blue Monk
Blue Monk
Blue Monk
Blue Monk
posted to MetaFilter by y2karl at 12:21 AM on October 29, 2007 (13 comments)

What's your equation? (via)
posted to MetaFilter by bonehead at 8:10 AM on October 19, 2007 (52 comments)

What is the most important antipoverty program in the world? The surprising answer is remittances, the earnings sent from overseas workers back home - which, according to a new study, totals over $300 billion a year. There is an interactive map that shows you the impact per country: over 10% of the GDP of economies such as Morocco, Jordan, and the Philippines comes from these payments, which are often the largest source of investment for most developing countries. The New York Times has a neat feature showing how global migration and remittances are tied together.
posted to MetaFilter by blahblahblah at 11:03 PM on October 17, 2007 (29 comments)

What are some of the most beautiful, awe inspiring, large scale, public interior spaces you have ever seen or visited?
posted to Ask Metafilter by comatose at 6:43 AM on September 28, 2007 (71 comments)

The Nebraska Sandhills [wiki] make up the largest vegetated sand dune in the Western Hemisphere-- almost 20,000 square miles of rolling dunes covered with prairie grass. The region is sparsely populated-- dotted with tiny towns, and contains the only man-made National Forest in the US and one of the best golf courses in the world. All told, the area's pretty damn photogenic. Just ask NASA.
posted to MetaFilter by dersins at 9:43 AM on September 7, 2007 (38 comments)

Mike Dailly, the creator of Lemmings, describes the story of the game's creation in "The Complete History of Lemmings." If you feel the need to play the game after reading that, try it in DHTML (previously mentioned, though the old link is dead), and if you need help here are some walkthroughs and level codes. Finally, to short-circuit the rumors about these misunderstood rodents: no, they don't jump off cliffs in real life.
posted to MetaFilter by barnacles at 6:43 AM on August 26, 2007 (13 comments)