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George Carlin Dead at 71
Not sure if I really want to make a joke out of this one, but why not post your favorite quotes and routines of his.
posted to MetaFilter by Del Far
at 10:14 PM on June 22, 2008
(414 comments)
What are your favorite tofu recipes?
posted to Ask Metafilter by barrakuda
at 2:14 PM on May 27, 2008
(31 comments)
Cheap, easy, quick and tasty vegan food ideas and/or recipes needed!
posted to Ask Metafilter by streetdreams
at 4:28 PM on May 11, 2008
(27 comments)
This little game
lets you learn about G Forces AND have fun. From the University of Cambridge's Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies.
You must build a roller coaster that thrills the occupants, but be warned - if they throw up your score gets reset, and making them black out is also frowned upon.
posted to MetaFilter by SciencePunk
at 5:25 AM on May 2, 2008
(12 comments)
I'm looking for a particular magazine article. It was about how chef's use uncommon ingredients to separate their food from what home cooks are generally capable of. Not ingredients that are prominently featured on the menu. The little dash of this or that which the diner can't identify. The article seemed to suggest that the ingredients were a crutch or a cheat at least in some instances. Finally, one secret ingredient was something that the chef drizzles over (raw?) fish.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stuart_s
at 1:14 PM on April 26, 2008
(14 comments)
An
essay by Bill Lawrence, creator of "Scrubs," on why he writes. It's part of a series:
"Why We Write."
posted to MetaFilter by Tehanu
at 2:23 PM on March 16, 2008
(28 comments)
The Times Machine allows easy browsing of every edition from 70 years (1851-1922) worth of New York Times in the original format. Very cool.
posted to MetaFilter by peacay
at 6:01 AM on February 25, 2008
(44 comments)
Grid16
for your Flash Friday consideration. Turn up the sound, tune your game reflexes to maximum, and enjoy a wide variety of games at the same time!
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi
at 4:58 AM on February 22, 2008
(34 comments)
Word Into Image: Writers on Screenwriting {youtube}William Goldman (
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) (
1 2 3)
Robert Towne (
Chinatown) (
1 2 3)
Carl Foreman (
High Noon) (
1 2 3)
Neil Simon (
The Odd Couple) (
1 2 3)
Paul Mazursky (
An Unmarried Woman) (
1 2 3)
Eleanor Perry (
The Swimmer) (
1 2 3)
posted to MetaFilter by dobbs
at 7:48 AM on February 22, 2008
(9 comments)
If you were showing the MetaFilter Universe (including the main page, Ask, Talk, Projects, Music, everything) to someone for the first time, what threads would you choose as examples of MeFi at its best and at its worst?
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 12:10 AM on February 17, 2008
(60 comments)
Why can't I articulate thoughts as crisply as I would like to?
posted to Ask Metafilter by pwally
at 9:57 AM on February 13, 2008
(24 comments)
Were produce and meat really better in the old days? How can we be sure?
posted to Ask Metafilter by L. Fitzgerald Sjoberg
at 9:02 PM on January 26, 2008
(42 comments)
What Am I Craving? That's the question we always ask ourselves when thinking about what to eat. So we got to thinking: wouldn't it be cool to have a tool that could listen to what we were craving and then suggest something good to cook?
posted to MetaFilter by amyms
at 10:19 PM on January 25, 2008
(28 comments)
What set of power tools can I assemble that will allow me to build things out of wood and will store in a closet?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Foam Pants
at 1:52 PM on January 22, 2008
(23 comments)
Give me your best games to play while waiting in line, going on long car trips, or on airplanes. Requirements: 2 or preferably more players, minimal, self-made or no equipment necessary (deck of cards is OK), and fun! So far I have: rock/scissors/paper tournament, Mafia/Werewolf, 20 questions. I need more!
posted to Ask Metafilter by agent99
at 11:12 AM on January 15, 2008
(45 comments)
What are some great super-simple flash games -- especially car games, but anything else fun works -- for a 5-year-old to play?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Malad
at 7:44 PM on November 23, 2006
(12 comments)
Many freeware games were released in 2007. How to seperate the crap from the good stuff? It can be a little hard admittedly but
this thread on the
Tigsource forums might help you. With around 30 categories (and a winner announced for each) ranging from 'Best Shooter' to 'Best Bosses,' there's probably something there to please just about anyone.
posted to MetaFilter by pancreas
at 4:43 AM on January 4, 2008
(20 comments)
Word Sandwich: The mystery five-letter word is somewhere between your "highest" guess alphabetically and your "lowest." It's essentially a lexical
Guess the Number.
posted to MetaFilter by tepidmonkey
at 5:07 PM on January 16, 2008
(28 comments)
I'm looking for examples of insanely overbuilt, reasonably-priced consumer goods: "Cheap, bombproof...XXXXX"
posted to Ask Metafilter by oalocke
at 9:27 AM on January 13, 2008
(96 comments)
The shadowy back alleys of MetaFilter...
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 6:21 AM on January 12, 2008
(125 comments)
"But, it's a post on film noir!" I told her. She jerked away from me like a startled fawn might, if I had a startled fawn and it jerked away from me. I knew that caving into my desires meant I might lose her. But I didn't care. I went out to the kitchen to make
coffee -- yards of coffee. Rich, strong, bitter, boiling hot, ruthless, depraved. I knew she'd be back.
posted to MetaFilter by miss lynnster
at 12:56 AM on January 11, 2008
(48 comments)
The original wallpaper in my house was applied directly to the drywall. I'm guessing this is/was a pretty popular builder's trick, at least in the 80s (and oh, the horror of the peach and navy wallpapers), but even with careful scoring and steaming I am losing the very outer epidermis of the drywall paper in a lot of places.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Lyn Never
at 3:56 PM on January 10, 2008
(18 comments)
Any tips for fending off attacks from loose, unleashed, untagged dogs?
posted to Ask Metafilter by The Gooch
at 9:30 PM on January 8, 2008
(30 comments)
A good friend just received a brain cancer diagnosis with an estimated one year survival time. She wants to talk about death and time. She thinks I have something to teach or tell her worth hearing. I'd like to be helpful, but have no confidence in my ability to say or do anything meaningful. What I've said so far she appreciates.
What can I read that might help me frame discussions. I don't need pop psychology stuff, or advice dealing with the health care system or funeral arrangements. I like the idea of Zen notions of letting go but am too ignorant to know what to say.
Advice, experience, suggestions for gathering information please.
posted to Ask Metafilter by NorthCoastCafe
at 3:12 PM on January 7, 2008
(65 comments)
I want to make pizza from scratch. I mean
From Scratch. Just how far can I go?
posted to Ask Metafilter by bondcliff
at 10:41 AM on January 8, 2008
(36 comments)
What significant items have been irretrievably lost?
posted to Ask Metafilter by MrBCID
at 3:14 PM on January 8, 2008
(86 comments)
Dying Speeches & Bloody Murders
digitizes over five hundred broadsides owned by the Harvard Law Library, all of them devoted to "last dying speeches"--that is, sensational accounts of crime, punishment, and (fictional) confession, intended to be
sold at public executions. The New York State Historical Association has an
online exhibition devoted to nineteenth-century American murder pamphlets. You can find a couple of seventeenth-century examples at the
Early Modern Web and the
Folger Library.
Old Bailey Online briefly puts this literature into context. (Main link via C18-L.)
posted to MetaFilter by thomas j wise
at 5:20 PM on January 4, 2008
(11 comments)
This may be the coolest flash game ever.
Although it's graphics are nothing to write home about, the game play (which I will wisely follow kotaku's example in not spoiling for you) is quite simply incredible. It's a unique and quick little work break for you
via kotaku.
posted to MetaFilter by shmegegge
at 3:21 PM on January 3, 2008
(92 comments)
In the
spirit of this post, what have you read or seen lately (or not so lately) that has changed your mind?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Alison
at 9:15 AM on January 2, 2008
(10 comments)
