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Cat-Scan.com

Argyle — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:17:10 -0800

Cat-Scan.com is one of the strangest sites I've seen in some time. I have no idea how these people got their cats wedged into their scanners, or why.

10 years man! TEN! YEARS! Ten. TEN YEARS!

anotherpanacea — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:13:45 -0800

Cat-Scan.com is one of the strangest sites I've seen in some time. I have no idea how these people got their cats wedged into their scanners, or why.

Comic Sans

GuyZero — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:59:33 -0800

The story behind Comic Sans: The web's most hated typeface. Previously

Thief took towels

Krrrlson — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:56:01 -0800

Breaking News. Read about what has been called the Kennedy assassination of this generation (includes map).

MetaFilter is seven!

kyleg — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:42:16 -0800

Cat-Scan.com is one of the strangest sites I've seen in some time. I have no idea how these people got their cats wedged into their scanners, or why.

Sketchzilla.com

Sir Mildred Pierce — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:56:15 -0800

What is this Sketchzilla thing?! It is whatever you want it to be. It's a community art project. It's a funhouse. It's an art gallery. It's a madlib. It's a mad house. It's an html monster. It's a butteryfly ballot. It's the 10 most wanted. It's a flip book. It's noisy. It's the flag of the internet. Oh and it's occasionally NSFW. It is always changing and morphing and mutating in to something new, by you. I can't believe that Sketchzilla was the only surviving member of its species... But if we continue conducting nuclear tests... it's possible that another Sketchzilla might appear somewhere in the world again.

Fifty-thousand.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:53:45 -0800

5 0 ,0 0 0 !

Pictures

dios — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:37:10 -0800

Pictures of a guy in a blue shirt. More Inside

What's That?

MiHail — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 09:25:48 -0800

What's That? Sadly, the education of the youth of amerika is declining in more than one way. The other day I was at the grocery store and the checker was unable to identify a portabello mushroom. And no, she wasn't new...and to make matters worse the checker next to her didn't know either. (more inside)

Do you want to see a photo of Tony Danza in the nude?

davebug — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:10:43 -0800

Do you want to see a photo of Tony Danza in the nude? It's from when he was younger... and he's uncut. Ok, talk to you later.

Round One... Fight!

Arch Stanton — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 19:05:32 -0800

Pop Quiz Hotshot: You're in the middle of an arena. You're being attacked by 5 year olds who will stop at nothing to kill you. How many can you take on before they overcome you? (from twobytwo forums)

Will she be mefi blue?

owillis — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 09:19:44 -0800

Haughey 2.0 Mefi user #1 will be reproducing. Hearty congratulations!

You'll put your eye out!

bitmage — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 10:42:52 -0800

You'll put your eye out! My childhood was fraught with peril. I rode bikes without a helmet. My friends made flashpowder bombs. I brought knives and lasers to school. I survived. Blogger Tim Blair did too, and asks "What insane risks did you take as kids that would now induce rage and fear if repeated by your children?"

Mefite pens book, is better than the rest of us (save Miguel).

The God Complex — Wed, 12 May 2004 10:03:59 -0800

Remember dong_resin? Of course you do. He's a lovable rapscallion--an affable sort (I don't actually know him but play along). Well, some months back, Mr. Resin penned (in the virtual sense) a blog entry entitled Tink Hilton : One Dog Screaming, a piece about Paris Hilton told from the perspective of her dog. You may, if you're a fan of "the resin" (as I've never called him), have noticed he hasn't been around Metafilter (or his blog) all that often lately. Apparently, he has an explanation: it seems that someone from Warner Books saw the entry and asked him to write a short novel. The result? A short novel with a long name, The Tinkerbell Hilton Diaries : My Life Tailing Paris Hilton, which goes on sale in September.
disclaimer: I do not know the donger in any way, shape, or form, and my shilling (if it is perceived that way) is born out of unadulterated, likely unreciprocated, and clearly unnatural love (or maybe I just thought it was interesting: you decide).

Best Christmas Destinations

MiguelCardoso — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 02:00:49 -0800

Where Would You Send Someone You Love For Christmas? If you had unlimited funds, what would be your Hannukah or Christmas present for someone you thought really deserved one? For instance, our genial host and the owner of MetaFilter, Matt Haughey. A lot of us are presently engaged in clubbing in to offer him a short visit to Iceland. y6y6y6 has even set up a website to solicit funds and suggestions, following enormous interest on MetaTalk. Well-known weblogs like boing boing and anildash are chipping in too. isn't it time we showed our appreciation? (Matt, please don't read or delete this!)

The birth of MoJo?

Vidiot — Thu, 07 Aug 2003 23:30:45 -0800

The founders of Metafilter and Kuro5hin plan to launch an independent news site this fall to track the 2004 presidential campaign. Matt Haughey and Rusty Foster, the programmers behind those two collaborative media sites, will create a "smart mob-style site" to provide a place for independent reporting about next year's election.

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bookfilter. no, really.

kaibutsu — Thu, 20 Mar 2003 08:45:44 -0800

A New Friend in the Neighborhood: In these day of high blood pressure and massive alcohol consumption, perhaps what we all need is to sit down and read a good book, instead of endless op-eds and political commentary. And then maybe we could sit down and talk about it afterwards. Yes, friends, the rumors are true: BookFilter is open for business.

Blogs go mainstream

BentPenguin — Mon, 23 Dec 2002 07:45:47 -0800

Washington salutes its new Blog Overlords When Trent Lott finally fell from (g)race last friday, the ensuing MeFi thread discussed how Lott's statements were at first a sleeper in the mainstream media but that the blogosphere forced the story onto the front pages. However, this theory was met with some scepticism However, the theory of blog ascendancy has legs. In fact, the story is all over the place this morning. With this level of discussion, right or wrong, Blogs just arguably went mainstream. (It might also be the end of our golden era of blogging.) There are greater and lesser blogs. Its hard to tell which blog deserves the credit for toppling Lott. How will they determine the alpha blog? The winner could be the next "Drudge".

mcwetboy — Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:16:34 -0800

Many of us learned about Rick Gleason, the Canadian badly injured in the Bali explosion, through the efforts of his friend, known to us on MetaFilter as stavrosthewonderchicken, who published regular updates on Rick's condition on his blog (see also this thread). Sadly, Rick has died in a Melbourne hospital (CBC, Canadian Press).

Bomb blast in Bali Indonesia

Tarrama — Sat, 12 Oct 2002 21:40:32 -0800

In what is believed to be a terrorist attack, a destroyed two crowded clubs in Bali. 150 people are confirmed dead, including an unknown number of Australians, Britons, French and Canadians, and authorities say the death toll is likely to rise.

Get Your War On

adamms222 — Wed, 02 Oct 2002 05:19:36 -0800

Get Your War On (which you can now buy) was originally posted a while back, but many more additions have been made to this brilliant strip since then (by the same guy who gave us this series)

swell — Thu, 05 Sep 2002 23:42:48 -0800

Looking for a gift for that special child? A battery of reviewers at Amazon are just humming over the Harry Potter Nimbus 2000 Broom. Harry Potter toys aren't usually worth the buzz they generate, but the users of this one seem positively stimulated about the good vibes.

jkottke — Sun, 14 Jul 2002 11:39:12 -0800

Cat-Scan.com is one of the strangest sites I've seen in some time. I have no idea how these people got their cats wedged into their scanners, or why.

Pepsi to release blue soda.

plinth — Thu, 09 May 2002 04:22:56 -0800

Pepsi to release blue soda. Now we know what they've used in those diaper and maxipad commercials all these years.

The New Porn?

popvulture — Mon, 06 May 2002 16:29:26 -0800

The New Porn? The trend toward music subculture-specific porn sites that began with the launch of raverporn.net more than two years ago has continued with sites like suicidegirls.com (featuring goth, punk, and raver girls) and supercult.com (featuring mod and indie rock chicks). SuicideGirls has been discussed extensively on MetaTalk. What do you think about these sites? Are they porn or erotica? Are the young (mostly male) entrepreneurs who have started these sites making porn less degrading (and/or more appealing) to women OR are they just a new generation of Hugh Hefners?