The Mandelbulb "The original
Mandelbrot is an amazing object that has captured the public's imagination for 30 years. It's found by following a relatively simple math formula. But in the end, it's still only 2D and flat - there's no depth, shadows, perspective, or light sourcing. What we have featured in this article is a potential 3D version of the same fractal."
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In
How to Write a Great Novel authors such as Edwidge Danticat, Hilary Mantel, Orhan Pamuk, Junot Díaz and Margaret Atwood speak about their writing process. If you want your thoughts on writing in a longer format, you could do a lot worse than The New York Times'
Writers on Writing series, which features short essays by, for example,
Kurt Vonnegut,
Saul Bellow,
Louise Erdrich and
Annie Proulx. Should you thirst for meditations longer yet,
Barbara Demarco-Barrett has on her
Writers on Writing radio show interviewed a
boatload of authors and it is available as a
podcast [iTunes link]
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Crime: A Tale of Two Cities. When "The Wire" gained popularity in Great Britain, we were contacted by a London-based journalist who proposed a job swap. Mark Hughes, a crime reporter with The Independent, a national newspaper in the United Kingdom, wanted to come to Baltimore to see if the city’s police officers, drug dealers, prosecutors and politicians bore any resemblance to those on show. We agreed to complete the exchange by sending our police reporter, Justin Fenton, to London to compare crime trends.
posted by HumanComplex to MetaFilter at Nov-12-09 at 7:54 AM
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I am living a wasted life. Depressed and stuck. I know this question has been asked a million times in a million different ways by a million different people. But I want to ask it myself, and hear what you say to me, because I am at the end of my rope.
posted by Anonymous to Ask MetaFilter at Nov-10-09 at 1:56 PM
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I'm semi-obsessed with type (although probably more obsessed than I'd care to admit given I got FPPed for writing about once). Indeed, myself and several other semi-obsessives (all of whom work in the publishing industry in some way) actually have an ongoing competition. The objective is to keep an eye out for the most unexpected or inappropriate i...
posted by garius to MetaFilter at Nov-16-09 at 3:42 AM
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Oh God. OK. I read this story with a slight ripple of panic, because something happened to me in 1993 and maybe had it happened in 2009 my life would have changed for the worse. All this is true. Here goes. Apologies for typos, I've had half a bottle of wine.
I was 14. When I was 14, I was the least streetwise teenager out of a host of unstreetw...
posted by randomination to MetaFilter at Nov-15-09 at 8:29 PM
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My snowglobe was taken from me.
Taken.
My snowglobe was taken from me by the TSA agents at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson airport yesterday.
According to the Transportation Security Administration website, “We will not ask you to do anything that will separate you from your snowglobe."
Bullshit TSA.
You took my snowglobe. MY SNOWGLO...
posted by P.o.B. to MetaFilter at Nov-13-09 at 6:28 PM
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Your response did not answer the question; therefore, it was deleted. You are not the first person nor will you be the last to have answers deleted for not answering the question but rather offering up an irrelevant opinion. You need to stop posting and lurk more, as it is clear you do not understand MetaFilter's protocols.
Also, saying &quo...
posted by Optimus Chyme to MetaTalk at Nov-11-09 at 9:38 AM
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Don't let your babysitter have sex with your baby! Transfusions are right out! Breastfeeding is questionable.
Otherwise, give your babysitter the love and support she needs. She's not a pariah, she's just got an autoimmune disorder.
posted by Pollomacho to Ask MetaFilter at Nov-12-09 at 4:15 AM
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I have to say, I've adjusted to no liquids thing, but I'll never forgive the failed shoe bomber guy.
We live a long way away from family, so my three year old flies about four times a year to visit grandparents and cousins. She likes flying, and she's a good traveler, but it kills me a little to see her enter the security area, put her Dora bac...
posted by Pater Aletheias to MetaFilter at Nov-13-09 at 8:00 PM
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I say lock him in a cell with Nickelback. Let him eat nothing but McDonalds, and let his only other contact be the images of all the innocent people he has taken from this world.
Why not just lock him in a cell and treat him like a goddamn human being because we're better than he is?
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Hi, pamspanda:
You say,
I am a a little confused by some of the comments about overreacting
Maybe I can help.
When a post starts with "DESPERATE!" and asks "What next????" with four question marks then concludes with "I need information and help before I jump out of my skin!!!!," ending in four exclamation ...
posted by Pater Aletheias to Ask MetaFilter at Nov-12-09 at 6:10 AM
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I really have come to the conclusion that most of humanity is about three beers and two shots of tequila away from having sex with the rest of humanity, regardless of gender, nationality, age, or religion, and so, when people say things like "No homo" after saying something suggestively homoerotic, all they're saying is "Buy me a few...
posted by Astro Zombie to MetaFilter at Nov-10-09 at 11:52 AM
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I can say, without hesitation or qualification that Prosperity Gospel is one of the most vile corruptions of Christianity since 13th century kings told everyone Jesus was a wealthy prince and that's why you should toil for us endlessly.
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