http://www.metafilter.com/tags/buzzers Posts tagged with 'buzzers' at MetaFilter. Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:59:20 -0800 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:59:20 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/121231/The%2DAnswer%2DMy%2DFriend <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnm_16KUF0M">Whirligigs</a> are whimsical, wind-driven expressions of American folk art that first appeared in this country nearly 200 years ago. Traditional designs depict common characters and activities of early American rural life, from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMSI2iXnbJI">farmers milking cows</a> to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf6p6st8f-A">lumbermen chopping wood</a>. Here are some highlights of the ninth <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTGGSdjsKOU">annual Whirligig &amp; Weathervane Festival</a> in Shelburne Nova Scotia, September 2008. The only mention of whirligigs on M-F was this old post about <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/15771/From-windmills-to-whirligigs">Vollis Simpson's whirligig installation</a> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.121231 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:59:20 -0800 Americana buzzers Folkart gee-haws pinwheels spinners VollisSimpson Weathervanes Whirligigs whirlybird whirlyjig wind windmills growabrain