MetaFilter posts tagged with awesomeness

Are we THERE yet?

pearlybob — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:17:11 -0800

The BEST summer vacation EVER!!! My son would LOVE this!!

Naalagiagvik -- The Place Where You Go to Listen

fourcheesemac — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:21:42 -0800

The Song of the Earth -- New Yorker music critic Alex Ross writes on composer John Luther Adams, who has created an installation work at the Museum of the North in Fairbanks, Alaska in which geologic, astronomical, and meteorologic data are converted, in real time, into "a shimmering synthesized carillon." For a tiny hint of the experience, you can watch this Youtube video Hear more about the work from Living on Earth.

How to make the best Hot Chocolate

vronsky — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:46:35 -0800

Cold outside? Gray skies and icy rain? Seasonal affective disorder got you down? What you need is a nice frothy cup of Hot Chocolate. Feeling better? Of course you are... here, have one more sip. There you go. All better?

FLASH THURSDAY!!!

shmegegge — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:21:35 -0800

This may be the coolest flash game ever. Although it's graphics are nothing to write home about, the game play (which I will wisely follow kotaku's example in not spoiling for you) is quite simply incredible. It's a unique and quick little work break for you via kotaku. Seriously. It's awesome.

video editing simulation on a trampoline

whatnot — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:25:52 -0800

bouncing ideas: “an infographically inspired, 1 take, top shot videoclip with professional trampoline gymnasts simulating typical video editing effects.” They had me at the spinning umbrella. (via crabwalk)

Great Guitar Education site

bluevelvetelvis — Tue, 22 May 2007 03:14:52 -0800

Guitarweek is quite easily one of the best, if not the best, guitar education websites on the web. Check out the Chord worksheets. The load of free lessons, plus some members-only flash lessons. It's a real labor of love by a pretty interesting guy, who like a lot of people who work more for a passion than money, appears to have trouble making ends meet on it. Membership is amazingly cheap to boot.

12 Byzantine Rulers, a podcast history of The Byzantine Empire

Kattullus — Fri, 11 May 2007 19:52:22 -0800

12 Byzantine Rulers is a podcast lecture series about The Byzantine Empire by Lars Brownworth, a history teacher at The Stony Brook School on Long Island, New York. 1123 years of awesomeness ready to go onto your iPod! [iTunes link]

Steven Foster thoughts

trinarian — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 03:50:51 -0800

Steven Foster is the perfect bartender. He wants to share his ontology, his reflections on what it means to be happy, bird aquariums, how to make margarita mix from scratch, solutions to the world's five most pressing problems [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or just read the summary on every page towards the bottom], and more drink recipes than you can shake a stick at. This man delivers.

Say Goodbye to Carrying Around 8+ Different Discount Cards - Put Them All Onto One Card

boo_radley — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:56:37 -0800

Say Goodbye to Carrying Around 8+ Different Discount Cards - Put Them All Onto One Card [via mefi projects]

Everything looks better with a graph

jonson — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 01:05:10 -0800

My awesomeness is at an all time high, as this chart will clearly demonstrate. And thanks to the magical people at Bellygraph.com, I can create & update charts to illustrate all the trends that matter to me, from my own personal awesomeness to total number of pugs owned or whatever other metric I choose.