Sideblog Archive
July 31, 2018
Recently on Mefi, people and places around the world, enchanting, mysterious and magnetic:
40 years of Shenzhen, from market village to SEZ
Breaking the Ice, rare Icelandic funk- and soul-inspired music
Central Station, stories from cattle stations in the Australian outback
Georgia Has a Coast? Photos by drone of the Georgia coast that fills his soul
Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran: looking at the lives of women during the Qajar dynasty (1796-1925)
La Scarzuola: deep in Italy, one man’s surrealist mini-city sleeps
Arundhati Roy on the politics of language and translation in India
Beyond 'Florida Man': The problem with writing about Florida
Figures In The Stars: comparing 28 different sky cultures
July 28, 2018
Horse Sense: In Ask Metafilter, phrontist asks "Did horses navigate on their own?"
July 27, 2018
Tiny Skullduggary: Mefi’s own komara has been sculpting tiny skulls and leaving them out in public as free art for people to find and claim.
July 25, 2018
Mugs! Get your mugs! Specifically, get this "Note: everyone needs a mug" mug, available now! Here's the MetaTalk announcement.
July 24, 2018
Furnished: Film and Furniture furnishes you with fascinating facts about the décor in your favourite films
Unfurnished: This Is The Most Filmed In Alley In NYC
Selling the sizzle: This Is Why You Can't Stop Watching Movie Trailers
Selling the steak: Why Dwayne Johnson is the new Schwarzenegger
Crossed: "A Report Of Connected Events," short film blurs the lines between reality and our favourite stories
Double-crossed: Wild Things ... 12 double-crosses in a movie with a runtime of 108 minutes
Defining: Polish Radio Experimental Studio influenced animation soundtracks for generations to come
Redefining: a three-part essay series on costume design for heroic female characters
Time and space: This May Be Stanley Kubrick Explaining the End of 2001
Time and place: "The Letter Carrier," exquisite, chilling fable in a short film
July 23, 2018
Recent comments flagged as fantastic:
flabdablet on the question of whether you really need to properly eject that USB drive
darkstar on glue slime and fiery chemistry demos (you know, for kids)
DoctorFedora on ninja fashion trivia
mr. remy on a true-life spooky story
MonkeyToes on the transformative experience of a proper bra fitting (and nun management)
July 22, 2018
Penguin Paladins, Pranksters, Rapscallions, and Rogues: @jonnywaistcoat chronicles the Naughty and Good Penguins at the National Aquarium of New Zealand
July 21, 2018
I am interested in any kind of advice columns ... the more obscure the better: hepta asks, "I love advice columns. I want more of them to read. Please share your favourites!"
July 19, 2018
Lovin' the Ruins: ominous sarcophagus; exhilarating ichnology; how now Homo sapiens?; exasperation excavation; crowdfunded dig dug; preservation annihilation; dig diaries; parched plots expose lots.
The Emperor's New Bedclothes: At this point, I decided the only thing that made sense was to build my own mattress from scratch.
July 18, 2018
Did your family have Corelle dishes? "All those memories in the little things like cups and place mats and jelly jars."
July 17, 2018
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, emote.
July 15, 2018
The Tapestry of the Search for Terrestrial Intelligence: MetaFilter's own moonmilk took a copy of a copy of the audio data on Voyager's Golden Record, and turned it into a 40-meter-long tapestry of human images-as-sound. (w/bonus Peter the Morkie!)
July 14, 2018
Join today's livewatch and discussion in Fanfare for the World Cup Final!
Happy 19th birthday Metafilter!
what are some of the most egregious examples of sloppy screenplay work that have resulted in a TV or movie character doing something or drawing conclusions that no actual person would ever do IRL? helloimjennsco asks for examples of Lousy character logic in movies and/or TV shows
July 12, 2018
Queens, Queens, Queen, Spider, Spider Queen.
July 11, 2018
Hey, folks! We've updated the posting guidelines for MetaFilter Projects, the part of the site where members can share their own creative work. Come take a look at what's up!
Mefites tell their tales in the Lede-Buried Voicemails post. All these stories stray and ramble, but some are less reined in than others. (CW)
July 10, 2018
supercrayon's Cities of ladies post is a stunning collection of great links about women-built cities, gender, women and urbanism / city planning.
July 9, 2018
Wobbuffet has been crushing it with wonderful posts about excellent SF/F short stories, and the latest, Some reviews & reviewers of 2018's SF/F short fiction so far, is a link-rich feast for hungry readers ... but check it out: nearly every day in July so far has been a new treat:
Three recent SF/F short stories about memories lost and found | "We are chaos. We are the teeth of dragons, shed like seeds." | Relationships unfolding in moments of realization--two SF/F stories | Ledger B, 1772 - 1793: pg.179 | Four charming and/or dryly humorous SF/F short stories | Winner of The White Review Short Story Prize for 2018
Stay tuned!
July 8, 2018
What do Art Deco and Archaeology have in common? Quite a bit, if you look at enough Art Deco architecture. Another fabulous deep-dive post from filthy light thief!
July 7, 2018
In Ask Mefi, heavenknows asks for "ideas that are little things you can do or plan ahead for to make life a lot better later": Help me be kind to my future self!
July 6, 2018
It's episode 142 of the MetaFilter monthly podcast! Jessamyn and cortex talk about MeFi news, rad MeFi stuff, weird job application stuff, and a whole lot more.
all the light we cannot see is looking for new / lesser known music with a travel / adventure theme ("Bonus points if the songs are European or have a European feel. They don’t have to be in English.")
July 5, 2018
After a successful test run, we've rolled out a new free-form text flagging option site-wide! Check MetaTalk for details.
Making You Bored For Science has some very interesting observations in the thread on saccadic masking (and other eye/brain illusions) in which we discover our visual systems blatantly lie to us all the time. (Also see Rhaomi's comment about the sci-fi novel that employs saccadic exploitation by space aliens!)
July 4, 2018
So satisfying: In case you missed them, see the Mahlongwa River breach as a tiny trickle turns into a raging torrent; watch a short, quiet, idyllic video of Li Zikai building a cat-shaped brick-and-clay oven from scratch; read the secrets of a diary written on castle floorboards; view a compendium of four short films about a Kyoto dye workshop that creates a range of rare and beautiful colours solely with plants and other natural materials.
July 3, 2018
"This is a thread about what my friend found in her attic..." Fascinating post from MartinWisse on the discovery, sorting, and disposition of a cache of grass roots LGBT history.
July 2, 2018
I went to the Families Belong Together march today in NYC ... set up a backdrop in the craziness and crowd and took a bunch of portraits of the protestors: chris24 talks about the recent march and mentions his wonderful "Portraits of Protest - Families Belong Together" photos.
July 1, 2018
For those who like esoteric imagery, fearfulsymmetry posted the excellent "Magic for artists" three-part series. Note thread comments from robocop is bleeding (see also & more) and egypturnash (see also, & more & more)
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