http://www.metafilter.com/tags/9622v2 Posts tagged with '9622v2' at MetaFilter. Tue, 06 Jun 2006 13:05:46 -0800 Tue, 06 Jun 2006 13:05:46 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/52128/The%2DViking%2Dhorned%2Dhelmet%2Dmyth Contrary to <a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=%22viking%20helmet%22&sourceid=mozilla-search&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&sa=N&tab=wi">popular belief</a>, <a href="http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mhornedhelmet.html">Vikings did not</a> <a href="http://www.tirbriste.org/dmir/ArmsArmor/01/0101/0101.html">wear horned helmets</a>, if <a href="http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/armor.shtml">the Viking Answer Lady</a> is to be believed. Apparently, the whole <a href="http://www.intercollege.se/viking/VikingProjectII/Grupp%204,%20Martin,%20Tina,%20Ida,%20Max,%20Leni%20html/index.htm">kerfuffle</a> was <a href="http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/?t=871">instigated at least in part</a> by <a href="http://www.gotiskaforbundet.se/">these guys</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.52128 Tue, 06 Jun 2006 13:05:46 -0800 9622 9622v2 helmet hornedhelmets kerfuffle longboat myth urbanlegend urbanlegends urbanmyth urbanmyths viking vikings goodnewsfortheinsane http://www.metafilter.com/52118/Agog%2Din%2Da%2Dsea%2Dof%2Dusefulness <a href="http://www.sjolander.com/peter/paintings/l/highseas.jpg">This painting will not set you agog</a> until you realize it's an early design for a <a href='http://www.sjolander.com/viking/selfrighting/'>self-righting ship</a> by a <a href='http://www.sjolander.com/viking/'>man somewhat obsessed</a>. Similarly, <a href='http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/manshat.html'>this cap pattern</a> is pretty simple, but it represents some <a href='http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/vikresource.html'>deep geek knowledge</a>. In other words, <a href='http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/28314'>digital artisans</a> can seem <a href='http://www.hrc.wmin.ac.uk/hrc/theory/digitalartisans/t.1.1.html'>pretentiously empty</a> under the <a href='http://www.krappy.com/product.asp?pID=46&cID=1&c=62856'>physical weight</a> of a <a href='http://www.pennypostcards.com/chorizo/pc61.jpg.html'>carefully</a> <a href='http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Monkeys_smoking_pipe_17th_century.jpg'>considered</a> <a href='http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/gallery/ecd01265.html'>compulsion</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.52118 Tue, 06 Jun 2006 06:39:57 -0800 9622v2 art artisan donkeys longboat monkeys smoking textiles useful Viking If I Had An Anus