MetaFilter posts tagged with 2012

Landsat Annual Timelapse 1984-2012

The Whelk — Fri, 10 May 2013 09:12:09 -0800

Explore different views into this global timelapse built from global, annual composites of Landsat satellite images. Watch change across the planet's surface beginning as early as 1984. See Vegas grow! Rainforests Shrink! Coastlines expand, and lakes vanish!

DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN

Chrysostom — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:56:21 -0800

Respected polling firm Gallup had a disastrous 2012, with a final presidential poll showing Romney 49-48 over Obama, some five points off of the final result. So what exactly went wrong?

Atari VCS (2600) Demo 2012

marienbad — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:08:38 -0800

Atari VCS Demo 2012 - Liquid Candy by Noice [slyt] VCS or 2600? Ah, who cares about nomenclature, just enjoy. If anyone knows how the heck this is done on a VCS, please comment.

2012 in 366 seconds

quin — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:22:55 -0800

James Bernal took one second clips every day of 2012 and created a 366 second video of context-free goodness. [a similar previously] [via]

It's not all doom and gloom

MartinWisse — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 06:01:14 -0800

Tom Spurgeon lists fifty positive comics news stories that happened in 2012.

64 Photos by 64 Photographers

OmieWise — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 07:27:24 -0800

64 Photos by 64 Photographers From Booooooom. Here are 64 photos by 64 photographers that I came across in 2012. These photos weren’t all produced this year, I just encountered them at some point in the last 12 months. Enjoy.

What do a cake, a runner, a rainbow and a kalashnikov have in common

litleozy — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 03:47:35 -0800

10 Contested African Images of 2012

'Cause Tonight We're Going To Party Like It's 12-20-12 ...Again!

Mike Mongo — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:53:55 -0800

2012 in 4 minutes [SLYT] by Filmaker. Activist. Personality. Ryan James Yezak who won a successful Kickstarter campaign this year and who earned considerable attention this past election his video "Gay and Voting for Mitt Romney?".

iTunes Music Festival

zarq — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:07:04 -0800

For the 2012 iTunes Music Festival, 65 acts (including P!nk, One Direction, David Guetta , Jessie J, OneRepublic, Ellie Goulding, Andrea Bocelli, Matchbox Twenty, Muse and many others) performed at the Roundhouse in London throughout the month of September. 40 performances are available in full online. I listed the acts whose performances aren't available on youtube, in case anyone was curious. 2012 1 September: Usher 2 September: Ed Sheeran + Charli XCX + Rudimental 3 September: Olly Murs + The Milk 4 September: Plan B + Delilah + Ryan Keen 5 September: Emeli Sandé + Bastille (Playlist) + Gabrielle Aplin 6 September: JLS + Conor Maynard 7 September: Elbow + Bat for Lashes 8 September: Jack White + Band of Horses 9 September: deadmau5 + Foreign Beggars 10 September: Norah Jones + Beth Orton 11 September: The Killers + Jake Bugg 12 September: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds + The Soundtrack of Our Lives 13 September: P!nk + Walk the Moon 14 September: Labrinth + Josh Kumra 15 September: David Guetta + Calvin Harris 16 September: Rebecca Ferguson + Laura Mvula 17 September: Example + DJ Fresh + Hadouken! (Playlist, not the complete show) 18 September: Andrea Bocelli + Laura Wright + CARisMA 19 September: Matchbox Twenty + OneRepublic 20 September: One Direction + Angel 21 September: Jessie J + Lonsdale Boys Club 22 September: Biffy Clyro + Frightened Rabbit 23 September: Robert Glasper Experiment, Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4. (There is an hd version, but the sound cuts out after about an hour. Guests for the performance: Lionel Loueke, Bilal, Lalah Hathaway, Alan Hampton, Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy, Phonte and MF Doom.) + José James 24 September: Mumford & Sons + Willy Mason 25 September: Lana Del Rey + Benjamin Francis Leftwich 26 September: Ellie Goulding + Haim 27 September: Madness + Reverend and The Makers 28 September: Alicia Keys (Lower quality) + Lianne La Havas 30 September: Muse Previous Years 2010 3 July: Black Spiders 4 July: Two Door Cinema Club 25 July: Europe 2011 4 July: Linkin Park 6 July: Arctic Monkeys + Miles Kane 7 July: Adele 9 July: My Chemical Romance 12 July: The Script 18 July: Rumer 20 July: The Wanted 30 July: James Morrison (playlist)

Wikipedia in 2012

Winnemac — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 01:00:10 -0800

A list of the most viewed articles on Wikipedia in 2012 from many of the site's main languages. Johan Gunnarsson's Wikitrends project identifies the wikipedia articles with the greatest uptrend in page views each day. The surprising popularity of "cul-de-sac" on the German site may be explained by mistaken translation of the boy bad "One Direction". (German link)

Kindness killed, just as surely as the huntsman's knife

The Whelk — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:37:39 -0800

Seven For A Secret - an anonymous fanfic author creates seven unhappy ( or at least, unconventional ) endings for Disney Princesses by placing them in proper historical, mythological, or thematic context.

Oh shit, the Mayans! The Mayans!

filthy light thief — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:43:58 -0800

Miss Peppermint sums up some highlights of 2012, in the style of Azealia Banks, with some obscenities for good measure.

The Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet

hubs — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:26:10 -0800

List Of The Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet Greg Rutter does it again with his “Definitive List Of The Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet In 2012 Unless You’re A Loser His other two previous lists can be found here and here. Always an entertaining way to burn an afternoon or two.

"Shine Brighter"

zarq — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:19:43 -0800

DJ Earworm has released his annual "United State of Pop" mashup of the year's 25 most popular songs according to Billboard's charts: Shine Brighter. Related * Lyrics Video * Download the MP3 on SoundCloud * Official Site The Videos * Gotye and Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know * Fun - Some Nights * Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe * Maroon 5 - One More Night * Fun. and Janelle Monáe - We Are Young * Maroon 5 and Wiz Khalifa - Payphone (Explicit) * Ellie Goulding - Lights * Rihanna - Diamonds * Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven * Ke$Ha - Die Young * Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) * Flo Rida - Good Feeling * Nicki Minaj - Starships (Explicit) * The Wanted - Glad You Came * Adele - Set Fire To The Rain * Lumineers - Ho Hey * One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful * Flo Rida and Sia - Wild Ones * Phillip Phillips - Home * Bruno Mars - It Will Rain * Katy Perry - Wide Awake * Alex Clare - Too Close * PSY - Gangnam Style * Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together * Flo Rida - Whistle Past Remixes 2007: United State of Pop Previously 2008: Viva La Pop Previously 2009: Blame it on the Pop Previously 2010: Don't Stop the Pop Previously 2011: World Go Boom Previously Previously and Previouslier * Like, OMG Baby * Party on the Floor * Fly Bonus Rewind YouTube Style 2012. The site invited some of their members to star in an end-of-year mash-up. Included here solely for a moment of awesome: at 1:48 Felicia Day parodies "Call Me Maybe"

End-of-year lists are fingerprints

carsonb — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:56:48 -0800

Year-End Lists: 2012 Albums | 2012 Songs | 2012 Movies | 2012 Books I would be remiss if I didn't include some links to Largehearted Boy, who has been comprehensively and exhaustively aggregating music and book end-of-year lists going back to 2006. (HTML below mostly gangked from LHB's post footer.) daily updates to [this year's] master list 2012 Year-End Online Music Lists 2011 Year-End Online Music Lists 2010 Year-End Online Music Lists 2009 Year-End Online Music Lists 2008 Year-End Online Music Lists 2007 Year-End Online Music Lists 2006 Year-End Online Music Lists Best of the Decade (2000-2009) Music Lists Online "Best Books of 2012" Lists Online "Best Books of 2011" Lists
Online "Best Books of 2010" Lists
Online "Best Books of 2009" Lists
Online "Best Books of 2008" Lists
Best of the Decade (2000-2009) Online Book Lists other lists at Largehearted Boy
Also of note is Google Zeitgeist - What did the world search for in 2012? And a little something for the haters.

Her finger got stuck where, now?

Clustercuss — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:02:09 -0800

The 25 funniest AutoCorrects of 2012, from Damn You, AutoCorrect (previously)

Baby Brosteps Towards The Elevator

mannequito — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:50:22 -0800

"This year, two monumental genres with decidedly global pedigrees arrived on our shores and attempted to crack the American pop code, with one enjoying far more decisive success than the other...One of those is definitely sexier and zeitgeistier than the other, but that doesn't always result in sustained cultural relevance."
K-Pop, EDM, and Baby Brosteps Toward a More Global Pop Landscape

Rah, rah

two or three cars parked under the stars — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 12:49:52 -0800

Could 2012 have been the greatest year in the history of the world? Steven Pinker makes the case in this week's Spectator.

He was dead all along.

blue_beetle — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 10:38:49 -0800

Filmography 2012 Films and music list.

The Best of Times, The Worst of TImes

misha — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:34:46 -0800

Released today: the top Google searches of 2012. Also, the top Google searches in the UK. Hungry for more "Best of 2012" collections? Curious about "best of" versus "most popular"? There's much Images 100 Best images of 2012 (chosen from top images of the day): Best Photojournalism of 2012. After that, you'll need these: Best wild animal photos, National Geographic. Books Publishers Weekly top picks. Goodreads' readers pick their top books (Mefi's own jscalzi makes the cut) Amazon's editors picks for best books of the year. Compare to the bestselling books from Amazon, Powell's (includes the instant classic, "I could Pee on This and Other Poems by Cats"), and Barnes and Noble. People Time's 100 Most Influential People: (view as a list) (Barbara Walters' "most fascinating people" will air on Wednesday here in the States, but is known to include One Direction and Honey Boo Boo. Google's most popular women of 2012. Compare with Facebook's 15 most popular people. Miscellaneous Tumblr's most popular post of all time, best of Reddit.

Next year it will start around Halloween.

OmieWise — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:46:09 -0800

From the Atlantic's In Focus:2012: The Year in Pictures "Collected here is Part 1 of a three-part photo summary of the last year, covering its first four months. Be sure to come back tomorrow for Part 2 and Thursday for Part 3. The series will total 135 images in all."

Increasing the emotional energy of inanimate objects

davidjmcgee — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 18:54:50 -0800

Brain Pickings presents the Best Design Books of 2012. Because you weren't really going to get anything done today anyway, right? Bonus in case there's still day left: Best Science Books, Best Art Books. Double Bonus: each of these lists is on its own single page! Brain Pickings previously, run by MeFi's own (exactly once!) Maria Popova

The Royal Society Winton Prize 2012

shimmerbug — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:06:42 -0800

The Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Writing 2012 has been announced. James Gleick has won for his book The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood. The shortlist is also available with Chapter 1 of each book downloadable as a PDF.

Nothing much happens, until it does.

unSane — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:12:40 -0800

This is a very very boring indoor climbing video, until 1'24" anyway.

"Used to be that the idea was 'once every two years voters elected their representatives.' And now instead it's 'every ten years the representatives choose their constituents.'"

Rhaomi — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:35:20 -0800

Obama won Ohio by two points, and Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown won by five, but Democrats emerged with just four of Ohio’s 16 House seats. In Wisconsin, Obama prevailed by seven points, and Democratic Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin by five, but their party finished with just three of the state’s eight House seats. In Virginia, Obama and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine were clear victors, but Democrats won just three of the commonwealth’s 11 House seats. In Florida, Obama eked out a victory and Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson won by 13 points, but Democrats will hold only 10 of the Sunshine State’s 27 House seats. The Revenge of 2010: How gerrymandering saved the congressional Republican majority, undermined Obama's mandate, set the terms of the sequestration fight, and locked Democrats out of the House for the next decade. It's not a new problem. But if the Supreme Court guts the Voting Rights Act, it could get a whole lot worse. And the electoral college may be next. (What's gerrymandering, you ask? Let the animals explain. Meet the Gerry-mander. Peruse the abused. Catch the movie. Or just play the game. Previously.)