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Mark Langford's KR2S

I love nicely done home-built aircraft. I discovered Mark Langford's website over a year ago but forgot to bookmark it. Thankfully, I recently found it again. His dedication (obsession?) is obvious. I can't get over how many parts he custom built for his plane. He suffered an engine failure in his Corvair engine at one point, and I loved how he took the engine apart afterward and gave a full rundown about what happened.
posted to MetaFilter by eratus at 2:58 PM on June 19, 2008 (8 comments)

Non-standard wedding readings

Wedding Readings: As the wedding draws closer, we need to find some interesting readings to have at the (register office) ceremony. The internet seems chock full of bog standard sentimental nonsense, but we want something light hearted, amusing, witty, fun.
posted to Ask Metafilter by gaby at 10:53 AM on April 15, 2007 (17 comments)

Free MMOs to devour your free time

Still paying a monthly fee for an MMO? Free-MMOs boasts an exhaustive (exhausting?) list of games that are free to join, free to play; try the excellent dungeon crawl Gods of Time, or the odd abandonware homebrew Ultima 6 Online.
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers at 3:10 AM on May 21, 2008 (24 comments)

The Is The Life: the most important period of hip hop you never knew existed (NSFW audio throughout)

The year is 1989, the world of hip hop in mainstream America is dominated by the street hard, in your face West Coast Gangsta Rap genre headed by NWA. And an army of increasingly forgettable imitators as well as genuine ingenuity coming from the opposite coast The pop music market is dominated by the sugary sweet vaguely hip-hopish pop of The New Kids On The Block. And on the corner Crendshaw and Exposition in South Central Los Angeles a group of kids at a health food store called The Good Life Health Food And Resource Center take a weekly Open Mike and turn it into an ongoing hip hop workshop where lyrical prowess, performance, and positivity instead of battling and trash talking was encouraged. In fact, swearing was strictly disallowed at The Good Life.
posted to MetaFilter by mediocre at 9:05 AM on May 17, 2008 (36 comments)

Help me market myself as a new math teacher.

Help me market myself as a secondary math teacher. I am one year out of college with Econ and Finance degrees, have minor classroom experience, and have had jobs irrelevant to education.
posted to Ask Metafilter by yoyoceramic at 7:32 AM on May 14, 2008 (11 comments)

Mulder's Big Adventure, aka Chris Carter presents: The Pointing-At-Each-Other Files, aka OMG ITS ALIENS

Mulder's Big Adventure is an exercise in awesomeness by Metafilter members Secretariat and Cortex. Join them as they endeavor to riff on all 202 episodes of The X-Files. To refresh your memory of the series, you can watch the original episodes here. [via mefi projects]
posted to MetaFilter by cog_nate at 12:14 PM on May 14, 2008 (61 comments)

Best episode to introduce someone to This American Life?

Best episode to introduce someone to This American Life?
posted to Ask Metafilter by exhilaration at 1:49 PM on May 4, 2008 (44 comments)

Speculative fiction that explores psychology/sociology?

What's some speculative fiction that uses magic or fictional technology to explore psychology, sociology, or political science in a deep way? I'm not as much interested here in fabulous monsters or space operas or even deep thinking about physics -- I'm interested in books that explore the nature of the mind and/or human society by imagining a world that worked differently.
posted to Ask Metafilter by shivohum at 12:11 PM on April 13, 2008 (45 comments)

GODKILLER

"1 Crunchwrap Supreme + 1 OCTO-MAC + 20 or so Taco Bell Fire Sauce packets + Taco Bell Cheese Sauce + Bacos + Garfield's Macaroni & Beef + A splash of Jim Beam + Approximately 2 cups of salsa = GODKILLER, for why else would it exist but to kill God?"
posted to MetaFilter by Del Far at 9:28 PM on April 2, 2008 (65 comments)

Mac lover seeks technical writing software solution.

I am changing careers at the moment and am looking to get into technical writing possibly. Of the software that are industry standards (FrameMaker, RoboHelp) it all seems to run only on windows. I have a pre-intel Mac but would still love to get my feet wet, any suggestions?
posted to Ask Metafilter by munchingzombie at 7:21 PM on January 27, 2008 (4 comments)

Any good single-player pen-and-paper games?

Are there any good single-player pen-and-paper games?
posted to Ask Metafilter by SpacemanStix at 4:00 PM on March 14, 2008 (19 comments)

how to revise a resume

A Resume Experiment. In which career blog JibberJobber responds to a request for resume help by assembling a team of hiring managers and professional resume writers to review the document: Part 1 : Introduction | Part 2: First Impressions/Reactions | Part 3: Formatting the Resume | Part 4: Content is King | Part 5: Wrap Up
posted to MetaFilter by lalex at 9:55 PM on February 25, 2008 (37 comments)

Does your car lose most of it's value when you remove your laptop?

If yours is a winter beater, a rally beater, a diesel beater, your kid's beater[YT], or even a much sought after french beater, you don't need to be convinced of the value of disposable transportation (with color by Krylon). But if you need help choosing the next winning entry, worthy challenger, or judges victim[YT] for the 24 hours of LeMons, let the masters at Beater Review help.
posted to MetaFilter by toxic at 7:06 PM on November 30, 2007 (31 comments)

MST3K: The Shorts

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)

The Daily Show Online

The Daily Show online. Over 13,000 segments going back to 1999. [CNET story]
posted to MetaFilter by McLir at 6:20 PM on October 18, 2007 (81 comments)

Get Laid More Often

Learn to Play Guitar! Justin, of JustinGuitar.com (not the dork with the TV camera strapped to his head) offers over 100 free video guitar lessons for absolute noobs & guitar enthusiasts, with lesson categories & written instrx as well. For people who want tablature to play along, the good people of Guitar Video Tabs provide full tab notation under videos hundreds of popular songs.
posted to MetaFilter by jonson at 4:26 PM on September 3, 2007 (17 comments)

Conspiracy pr0n

BBC - The Conspiracy Files 911. A look at the conspiracy culture, internet movie makers, many unresolved questions and some politics. Finally the truth? [Google Video]
posted to MetaFilter by homodigitalis at 6:26 PM on September 2, 2007 (59 comments)

How to win the Nobel Prize 101

"It so often happens that I receive mail - well-intended but totally useless - by amateur physicists who believe to have solved the world. They believe this, only because they understand totally nothing about the real way problems are solved in Modern Physics...It should be possible, these days, to collect all knowledge you need from the internet. Problem then is, there is so much junk on the internet... I know exactly what should be taught to the beginning student...I can tell you of my own experiences. It helped me all the way to earn a Nobel Prize. But I didn't have internet. I am going to try to be your teacher. It is a formidable task."
posted to MetaFilter by vacapinta at 4:22 PM on August 29, 2007 (47 comments)

NYC Non Schmucking.

How do I act like a New Yorker?
posted to Ask Metafilter by brautigan at 2:36 PM on July 26, 2007 (102 comments)

...So the musician would have a place to put his beer.

A lovely free online text on the Fundamentals of Piano Practice. (Tuning, too.)
posted to MetaFilter by Wolfdog at 7:36 AM on June 25, 2007 (18 comments)

Chess tactics explained in plain English

A Field Guide to Chess Tactics. Chess tactics explained in plain English, with hundreds of examples. A great site for beginning to mid-level players. Includes a large library of positional problems, organized thematically, with the solutions explained and discussed. For example, learn about knight forks, then quiz yourself on the same topic.
posted to MetaFilter by Rumple at 9:53 PM on June 19, 2007 (76 comments)

Nevermind the Mainstream

In the Fall of 1991, MTV's 120 Minutes released two compilations (Amazon: one, two) of songs from the show. (Youtube: one, two)
posted to MetaFilter by nervousfritz at 6:05 PM on June 18, 2007 (45 comments)

MeFi and antisemitism

So MeFi user Brian B. has chosen to use the recent Scientology thread to spread a bit of good old-fashioned antisemitism, selective quotes from the Talmud styley, explaining why, apparently, Jews believe is it ok to murder non-Jews, something my own rabbi omitted to mention at any point, starting here and continuing through the thread. As I am relatively new to posting here, I would like to ask what is the MeFi etiquette for dealing with a fellow MeFite who wants to use the site to spread racist propaganda of this sort. Because right now I am breathing very slowly and deeply and still seeing everything through an extremely red mist and I would appreciate some suggestions.
posted to MetaTalk by motty at 3:18 PM on May 13, 2007 (1723 comments)

What do you want to read next?

Metafilter now has a group at LibraryThing. Inspired by the reaction to this thread, jbickers has set up a group with the name "Metafilter" at LibraryThing. Please join if you care to swap reading lists, see what books fellow MeFis own, etc. For maximum coolishness, sign up with the same screen name you use here.
posted to MetaTalk by ND¢ at 12:43 PM on April 30, 2007 (122 comments)

Dear Meme

(Spoilers in most links). So an SNL digital short, Dear Sister spoofs the second season finale of the OC. Now the internets just don't know when to stop, with parodies (of the parody) playing on everything from the obvious like The Departed, LOST, Snatch, The Matrix, Reservoir Dogs, and Predator to the not-so-obvious like Lord of the Rings, Raging Bull, Monty Python, Duck Hunt (my favorite), Looney Toons, LazyTown, Smash Brothers, Office Space, and Bio-Ooze Super Soakers.
posted to MetaFilter by ztdavis at 12:26 PM on April 28, 2007 (67 comments)

What is a DJ if he can't scratch? What is an MC if he can't rap?

Hip hop history— It's the Rub! Along with a handful of other shows, Brooklyn hip hop lovers The Rub compile a history of hip hop. Eleven parts through 1989.
posted to MetaFilter by klangklangston at 6:56 PM on April 28, 2007 (14 comments)

snark feature disabled

the snark feature is disabled for me - by that i mean the comments arent working.
posted to MetaTalk by sgt.serenity at 12:43 PM on April 25, 2007 (22 comments)

How sure should I be before I say yes?

How sure should I be before accepting a marriage proposal?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous at 8:07 PM on April 10, 2007 (63 comments)

Books similar to "The Prestige"

I am looking for books similar in style with Christopher Priest's "The Prestige". What i want is complex stories, epistolary in structure where the plot has to be puzzeled together by the reader.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ilike at 4:07 PM on March 22, 2007 (26 comments)

What, no Styx?!

Cockeyed Absurdist - jonmc's 300 most favorite songs and why, including Iron Maiden, The Exciters, Neil Young (as a greaser), Captain Beefheart, Hanson, and of course, The Dictators.
posted to MetaFilter by hellbient at 8:47 AM on March 23, 2007 (134 comments)

Unlimited Budget for Wedding Ring?

Is there a formula for buying an engagement ring?
posted to Ask Metafilter by wondergreen at 5:31 PM on February 19, 2007 (40 comments)

Oh Word!

The 50 most underplayed and under-appreciated rap tracks according to ohword.com, all in one download. Some of my favorite hip-hop music blogs. For those who aren't hip-hop fans, an exhaustive list of MP3 blogs.
posted to MetaFilter by rollbiz at 6:34 PM on February 18, 2007 (27 comments)

I like to watch.

Got some free time over the New Year's long weekend? Well, here's every episode (or damn near it) of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Boondocks, Clone High, Metalocalypse, Moral Orel, Robot Chicken, South Park (alt), Venture Brothers, Futurama. Or over here, there's all those and more. But wait my friends, there's more, yes, even more: for the same low price, I'll include the Ultimate Motherlode of Music Video (11,500 of them, or your money back!), alphabetized for your viewing pleasure. Just free up some bandwidth, and step inside ...
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:30 AM on December 29, 2006 (158 comments)

When is a little knowledge a dangerous thing?

When is a little knowledge a dangerous thing?
posted to Ask Metafilter by lunchbox at 8:47 PM on December 17, 2006 (52 comments)

The Pied Marksman of Surrey

The Memorial Gardens in Surrey has a pigeon problem, and has hired a marksman to come to town & conduct a three year program of pigeon sniping to resolve the issue. The people of Surrey respond, via some of the funniest letters to the newspaper I've ever read (letters published at the bottom of the article).
posted to MetaFilter by jonson at 11:27 PM on December 6, 2006 (33 comments)

MinorPonyFilter: Is there a way to see favourites...

MinorPonyFilter: Is there a way to see favourites posted by me in the chronological order they were favourited in, not the order they were posted in? If not, could there be?
posted to MetaTalk by GuyZero at 4:02 PM on December 2, 2006 (8 comments)

I need to become a database-design expert ASAP!

I need to become a database-design expert ASAP!
posted to Ask Metafilter by BigBrownBear at 2:09 AM on November 11, 2005 (20 comments)

Philosophy Lectures

Online videos of philosophical lectures. Chomsky, Pinker, Dennet, Hofstadter, Searle, the Churchlands...
posted to MetaFilter by Wolfdog at 3:07 PM on August 31, 2006 (7 comments)
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