Sideblog Archive

February 29, 2016
Did you know Wikipedia has a "nearby" feature? The best link on wikipedia.

February 28, 2016
Futurism Past: Y2K Futurism - "An investigation into the futurism/aesthetic of the period 1996-02" on imgur, and from the turn of the previous century, afrofuturism from the past – The Princess Steel, W. E. B. Du Bois's recently-discovered SF story.

February 27, 2016
Currently lurking in Ask Me: I have a thing for eldritch abominations, alien geometry, fridge horror, and general nightmare fuel. I want more, pretty please!

February 26, 2016
Recently in MetaTalk: Mefi kicks it old skool with the resurrection of the Mefi Gopher server, and Greg Nog issues a Mefi Cover Challenge to "record a cover of a song that you only know about because it was in a post on metafilter." (Previous challenges here; first Mefi Music Podcast with greenish here.)

February 25, 2016
Feb. for Library Lovers: Dr. Carla Hayden could be the #nextLOC | A peek into the traveling libraries of light house keepers | A short video tour of the library at Guantanamo

Plus, a popular favorite from the vaults: Remember, if approached by a librarian, keep still. Do not run away.

And, recently in Ask Me: Why are comics and graphic novels catalogued as nonfiction in libraries?

February 24, 2016
121 Episodes in 400 words, GO: For the curious but impatient, "What exactly happened in Lost? Please tell me in UNDER 400 WORDS. What happened in that show," now in Ask Me.

February 23, 2016
Nice post from AlonzoMosleyFBI on frequent Coen brothers collaborator, 2016 Oscar-nominated composer Carter Burwell, plus a comment from leibniz about interviewing Burwell regarding "his attitude towards the emotional nature of music," with a link to the Google books page where you can read the whole thing. Very interesting!

February 21, 2016
Delicious Post Pairing:

"William Carrà is a somewhat mysterious affiliate of Nicolas Jaar’s Other People record label who makes DJ mixes of eclectic sounds suited for late night."

~ and ~

Midnight Radio, A beautiful standalone comics story.

February 20, 2016
It's dangerous to go alone. Take this thread: J.K. Seazer is looking for extremely emphatic warnings that something is a really bad idea and you should never do it.

February 19, 2016
Labor of love: sciencegeek goes above and beyond the call of duty to answer a question about gardening blogs for a member who wants to look at happy green things.

February 15, 2016
George Washington's hairstyle mystery -- how did he keep his white hair powder off his shoulders? Mefite nickyskye has the answer.



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