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How do you learn to feel comfortable with yourself?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 7:43 PM on June 5, 2008
(18 comments)
The continuity I have in mind has to do with the nature of information itself or, to put it differently, the inherent instability of texts. In place of the long-term view of technological transformations, which underlies the common notion that we have just entered a new era, the information age, I want to argue that every age was an age of information, each in its own way, and that information has always been unstable. Let's begin with the Internet and work backward in time.
The Library in the New Age by Robert Darnton, historian and Director of the Harvard Library. A wide-ranging overview of the status of libraries in the modern world, touching on such subjects as: journalist poker games, French people liking the smell of books, bibliography at Google, news dissemination in the 18th Century, book piracy and the different texts of Shakespeare. Some responses:
Defending the Library of Google,
The Future in the Past and
Librarians Need a Better Apologetic.
posted to MetaFilter by Kattullus
at 9:12 PM on June 1, 2008
(22 comments)
TorontoFilter: I've just moved to an apartment on Queen, just west of Spadina. I'll be here for two months - until the end of June - and I'm really excited. What should I do, where should I eat and drink, to make the most of this neighbourhood?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Dasein
at 9:09 AM on May 6, 2008
(21 comments)
I have a great girlfriend. She's beautiful, intelligent, funny, thoughtful, open-minded and communicative. Her future is bright and I am happy to be with her even in our worst moments. How is it, then, that I spend so much of our time together bringing her down over small things she says or arguing over minor issues?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mockdeep
at 8:38 AM on May 1, 2008
(45 comments)
I just found out that I have an phone interview for a faculty (assistant professor) position (biology) at a liberal-arts college this Wednesday afternoon. Yay! But I've never actually had a formal interview before. Help! Also, I'm pregnant. Questions and advice requests inside.
posted to Ask Metafilter by gaspode
at 9:48 AM on April 14, 2008
(23 comments)
Over 2000 classic tales and fables
including
Aesop's Fables,
Bulfinch's Mythology,
Indian "Why" Stories, tales by
Oscar Wilde,
Beatrix Potter,
Rudyard Kipling,
Louisa May Alcott,
L. Frank Baum and
Harriet Beecher Stowe and stories about
Abraham Lincoln,
Robin Hood and
Baron Munchausen. And more! The
folk and fairytale collection is particularly rich, with hundreds of stories from all over the world.
posted to MetaFilter by Kattullus
at 9:41 AM on April 1, 2008
(15 comments)
Lately I've been fascinated by "smart" songs: songs with witty, intelligent lyrics, especially if the lyrics are literary. Can you recommend more music of this sort? [samples inside]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jdroth
at 10:24 AM on October 31, 2005
(100 comments)
The 21 Steps - a spy thriller set in Google Maps
I've been working on a project called
We Tell Stories with Penguin (the book publisher), to design new ways of telling stories online. The idea was to get six accomplished authors and work with them to write and 'design' stories that are
native to the web.
The first story is by Charles Cumming and it's called 'The 21 Steps'. Like 'The 39 Steps', it's a thriller that involves a case of mistaken identity and a chase across the country. We've had some really great feedback on it so far, so I think it's safe to recommend it here!
posted to Projects by adrianhon
at 3:05 PM on March 19, 2008
What to do for a working week in Brussels?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jkaczor
at 12:39 PM on February 22, 2008
(18 comments)
Over 2000 classic short stories
from
American Literature as well as an option to sign up for a
short story of the day rss feed. Among the authors on offer are Kate Chopin, Saki, O. Henry, Louisa May Alcott, Ambrose Bierce, H. P. Lovecraft, Jack London, James Joyce, Willa Cather, Guy de Maupassant, Charles Dickens, Herman Hesse, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Franz Kafka, Honoré de Balzac, Edith Warton, P. G. Wodehouse, Virginia Woolf, Langston Hughes, Leo Tolstoy, Aldous Huxley, Roald Dahl, Henry James, Katherine Mansfield and I could keep going for a while. The point is, there's over 2000 short stories in there.
posted to MetaFilter by Kattullus
at 9:32 AM on February 17, 2008
(31 comments)
A world-class comedian, Victor Borge could please a crowd with his
Phonetic Punctuation or
Inflationary Language bits. But he was also a brilliant pianist, as showcased when he
improvised an impressive encore to a piece he had only heard and never played before, much to his apparent delight. Still better was when he'd merge the two passions, like in
Page-Turner or
The Minute Waltz. He entertained for more than 75 years, performing up to 60 shows even at 90 years old. He died peacefully in 2000, just two days after performing a concert in Denmark, on the blue
here, before dots were all the rage.
posted to MetaFilter by disillusioned
at 2:39 AM on February 18, 2008
(29 comments)
What words should English steal from other languages?
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane
at 5:12 AM on February 18, 2008
(91 comments)
What are some good, somewhat dirty jokes suitable for telling to my Grandma?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sciurus
at 2:52 PM on June 26, 2007
(54 comments)
What are some movies that have either
drastically changed the way you view the world or changed the way you live your life?
posted to Ask Metafilter by MaryDellamorte
at 5:09 PM on February 12, 2008
(148 comments)
Quotefilter: help me find a quote that speaks of both love and writing....
posted to Ask Metafilter by Neonshock
at 6:22 AM on January 30, 2008
(10 comments)
Are there sites like Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB for books?
posted to Ask Metafilter by dcrocha
at 7:02 PM on January 19, 2008
(11 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)
Please recommend a delicious, decadent, primarily chocolate dessert that I can make for Thanksgiving. Some constraints inside.
posted to Ask Metafilter by peep
at 9:30 AM on November 14, 2007
(36 comments)
Do I need to find an apartment with hardwood floors to keep my cat from killing my allergic girlfriend?
posted to Ask Metafilter by wukkuan
at 9:07 AM on November 13, 2007
(12 comments)
What's it like to feel loved?
I don't mean what does it feel like to be in love with someone - that I know. I'm asking for what makes you feel loved by someone else?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 7:04 PM on November 12, 2007
(70 comments)
What single book is the best introduction to your field (or specialization within your field) for laypeople?
posted to Ask Metafilter by limon
at 5:40 PM on September 8, 2007
(238 comments)
My friends are really into good food, good wine, good conversation. How can I throw a dinner party that will knock them off their feet? I am reasonably comfortable in the kitchen, and generally don't have a problem finding decent recipes. I want the party to seem effortless and casual, like it's not something I spent all of Saturday working on, but leaves them desperate for an invite to the next one. Give me your tips!!
posted to Ask Metafilter by ms.v.
at 4:46 PM on September 3, 2007
(19 comments)
How do you stay in love?
posted to Ask Metafilter by PinkButterfly
at 4:29 PM on August 27, 2007
(40 comments)
How important is arch support for walking?
posted to Ask Metafilter by kraigory
at 10:45 PM on May 18, 2007
(9 comments)
Classic Short Stories
— "Fewer and fewer people these days read short stories. This is unfortunate—so few will ever experience the joy that reading such fine work can give. The goal of this site is to give a nice cross section of short stories in the hope that these short stories will excite these people into rediscovering this excellent source of entertainment." Authors represented include Saki, Edith Wharton, O. Henry, Guy de Maupassant, Mark Twain, Virginia Woolf, Gabriel García Marquez, H. G. Wells, Roald Dahl, Anton Chekhov, Charles Dickens, William Carlos Williams and Katherine Mansfield.
posted to MetaFilter by Kattullus
at 5:10 PM on April 26, 2007
(27 comments)
Oh man, I am a sucker for old romances. Your film recommendations, please?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sonofslim
at 1:04 AM on April 15, 2007
(48 comments)
I loved fairy tales as a child, and now that I am (nominally) a grownup, I love the "retellings" of fairytales — the fleshed-out versions which, for example, feature actual character development instead of lines like "she was as beautiful as she was good". I love Robin McKinley's retellings of "Donkeyskin", "Sleeping Beauty" and "Beauty and the Beast" (which she did twice for good measure), and Gregory Maguire's surprisingly political
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. What other good grown-up fairytales are out there?
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 8:52 PM on April 11, 2007
(60 comments)
What British Television should I be watching?
posted to Ask Metafilter by John Kenneth Fisher
at 9:56 AM on April 4, 2007
(78 comments)
Yet another RelationshipFilter: This is the story of Jack and Jill...
posted to Ask Metafilter by ASM
at 6:08 PM on March 22, 2007
(77 comments)
Death in Sakkara: An Egyptian Adventure
(flash).
An Indiana Jones style web-based game from the BBC's Ancient History department.
Egypt, 1929. Journalist Charles Fox plunges into a darkly sinister world of intrigue, murder and mysticism in the hunt for a missing archaeologist.
Oh yes, it's
really hard.
via Wonderland
posted to MetaFilter by thatwhichfalls
at 6:19 AM on October 28, 2005
(17 comments)
All the episodes of
The Secret Life of Machines are available online. Created by engineer, artist, tinkerer and cartoonist
Tim Hunkin, the show took a look at the science and mechanics behind common household objects, with a bit of social history, homemade laboratory experiments, and downplayed humor. The series grew out of a long-running strip, which Hunkin has now offers as his own
cartoon encyclopedia. You can also try some
experiments of your own, marvel at the
coin-operated contraptions he made for the
Under the Pier Show in Suffolk (don't miss the
film), and read his
thoughts about his brief foray into the fine art world and his
ruminations about how art and engineering mix.
posted to MetaFilter by hydrophonic
at 8:43 AM on January 5, 2007
(27 comments)
Daddy-daughter advice, or what can you tell me that you've learned?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fijiwriter
at 7:54 AM on October 19, 2006
(74 comments)
Following the Archbishop of Canterbury's recent description of Philip Pullman's
His Dark Materials trilogy as
'a near-miraculous triumph', it's hardly surprising that a conversation between the two at the National Theatre was more of a love-in rather than a debate.
The transcript is still a great read though, and contains gems like:
PP: Which leads us to Mel Gibson. Have you seen that film?
RW: I haven't seen it.
PP: Nor have I, so we can talk about it! That's all right.
RW: We're allowed opinions without the constraints of reality!
posted to MetaFilter by adrianhon
at 4:00 AM on March 20, 2004
(26 comments)
Where can you get shoes for unfortunately-footed women in London? I'm looking for shoe stores that stock
large sizes but also
narrow widths. The person in question has a 11.5 or 12 US/CAN shoe size, which is about a 10 or 10.5 UK size, with an AA width, which often complicates matters. Bonus points if the store sells styles that actually look good.
posted to Ask Metafilter by adrianhon
at 3:32 AM on April 12, 2005
(7 comments)
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