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It's no secret that
amateur radio operators, or hams, often build their own equipment. Especially with the aid of antenna tuners, most anything can be used as an antenna. One group of hams took this to the extreme, using
ladders and shopping carts as antennas as they started an annual competition that would eventually see
trucks,
train tracks, a
tree, and even a pair of
exercise machines and
a football stadium used. I stumbled across the site last night, and it turns out that this year's competition is
this weekend! Ham radio, by the way, no longer requires a
Morse code exam, just a set of questions on electrical and operations theory. Those curious can take
practice tests online, since the FCC releases the question pools.
posted to MetaFilter by fogster
at 7:23 AM on May 22, 2008
(23 comments)
Planning a multi-state road trip - where should we go and what should we see? States include: IL, MN, SD, NE, WY, CO, UT, NV, and CA.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Lizc
at 10:22 AM on April 16, 2008
(20 comments)
I want to be able to do the splits. Please tell me if this is realistic, and if so, the best way to go about doing it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ohio
at 2:29 PM on March 17, 2008
(15 comments)
If you could use a great big free handbook of discrete math and algorithms, Jörg Arndt's
fxtbook wants to be your friend. Plain text
table of contents to whet your appetite.
posted to MetaFilter by Wolfdog
at 7:02 AM on March 5, 2008
(11 comments)
At the University of Texas, researchers have produced some amazing videos and photos of liquid bouncing on liquid. This was one of nature.com's
Images of the Year for 2007 (picture number 6, in the upper-right corner). The project report, along with pictures and videos, is found on their
bouncing jet page, and it's quite extraordinary both for the counter-intuitive nature of the phenomenon and the extremely low-tech production methods. You can even do it at home with little more than a lazy Susan and some silicone oil.
posted to MetaFilter by math
at 5:57 PM on March 3, 2008
(12 comments)
This highlight reel
of people playing the traditional Myanmar game of
Chinlone is pretty amazing. Being a particularly ignorant westerner, I really had no idea of the grace & athleticism involved in the game.
posted to MetaFilter by jonson
at 9:42 AM on April 30, 2006
(22 comments)
The novel American Gods
by Neil Gaiman is being offered for free in its entirety at the Harper Collins website (only viewable using HarperCollins' BrowseInside system). It was put up in celebration of the seventh birthday of
Neil Gaiman's blog. Which is appropriate since Neil Gaiman
started his blog to chronicle the process of turning the text of American Gods into a physical book.
[via the man himself, natch]
posted to MetaFilter by Kattullus
at 10:25 AM on February 29, 2008
(25 comments)
UNIQLO
It's a grid. You play with it. (flash)
posted to MetaFilter by dobbs
at 8:02 PM on January 7, 2008
(44 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)
Lightning calculator and "mathemagician"
Art Benjamin goes through his paces in a 15 minute video.
posted to MetaFilter by Wolfdog
at 7:37 AM on December 19, 2007
(32 comments)
The Enigma of Amigara Fault
is an absolutely compelling and terribly creepy short manga story by
Junji Ito about mysterious human-shaped holes exposed in a cliff by an earthquake, each perfectly matching the outline of someone who is then compelled to enter the confining, claustrophobic darkness. For more of Ito in English, there is
Falling. Make sure to read from right to left.
posted to MetaFilter by blahblahblah
at 9:57 PM on December 10, 2007
(72 comments)
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