MetaFilter posts tagged with clever

Cyriak's Animation Mix

Plutor — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:09:31 -0800

Cyriak's Animation Mix is the work of a quite talented yet somewhat twisted mind.

"Let's go to Africa and elope!" "Okay!"

divabat — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:43:03 -0800

Two German kids attempt to head to Africa and elope, bringing one's sister with them. They're five and six.

Data-Driven Enhancement of Facial Attractiveness

phrontist — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:44:37 -0800

Data-Driven Enhancement of Facial Attractiveness

Bleeding cool

mathowie — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:39:43 -0800

Dress patterns made from bleeding markers. Simple, but totally awesome. (via ymk)

Duelity - Creationism/evolution 2.0

filmgeek — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:07:10 -0800

Duelity - the beginning in two parts The Vancover Film School does a really cool visual retelling of creation. The 'biblical' version with a science edge. The 'evolution' version with a biblical edge. And you can watch them both at the same time!

Buy them all and build it at home!

goodnewsfortheinsane — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:02:30 -0800

You got your Rube Goldberg machine in my department store catalogue. (Or the other way around, I'm not sure.)

My Early Muir Owl (it's an anagram)

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:40:03 -0800

Best marriage proposal ever.

Stack poems.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:21:45 -0800

Max Dohle's Stapelgedichten is a simple concept. Stack up some books, take a picture: a poem is born. Most are in Dutch, but there are some English ones as well.

Display your typing and editing

tellurian — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:11:52 -0800

dlog is a new document visualization system that attempts to show writing not as a static document but a progression of frames over time. I find the suspense of the process mesmerising/delightful. I'm surprised it hasn't been trashed.

Clever Print Ads from Around the Globe

jonson — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:29:14 -0800

How Advertising Spoiled Me is a blog showcasing mainly magazine & billboard advertising from around the world, with pieces selected based on their inventiveness/cleverness. If you're offended by advertising, you might want to skip this post.

Samuel L. Jackson on your motherfucking phone!

mathowie — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:53:51 -0800

Yes, it's another Snakes on a Plane promo but this one is different: it's fucking awesome. Drop in your friends name (hopefully it's semi-normal and they have it in the db), then fill out some info about your friend, then have it place a call to them. Watch friend freak out when Samuel L. Jackson calls them up and knows all sorts of shit about them. Trust me, it totally freaked me out when someone did it to me today.

Coudal | Booking Bands

goodnewsfortheinsane — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:29:46 -0800

Coudal (you know) gets clever with book and band names.

Art inside of Flickr

mathowie — Wed, 24 May 2006 14:44:11 -0800

I'm a huge fan of clever unintended uses for things, and loloroy's favorites reuses a page/interface I've seen hundreds of times before in a cute way. It may take a second to figure out, but should be worth it [via tmn].

Flap your wings and fly to Daddy...

nelleish — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:35:40 -0800

noitulovE - Rewind the rhythm of life, find the purpose of evolution?
First link direct to Quicktime, second to lyrics, third to lauding press release

Ride the Lightning

mathowie — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 20:22:43 -0800

Nova Science Now recently ran a segment on lightning (quicktime, real, and windows video here). I figured that subject was over and done with shortly after Franklin flew a kite, but it turns out we don't really know exactly what causes a bolt to start. The coolest part of the segment was these researchers in Florida. Scientists know how hard it was to observe, monitor, and even find lightning bolts, so these guys built their own rig. High-powered model rockets attached to a couple thousand feet of wire, which is grounded to larger metal structures on the ground. The result? Shoot a rocket into a storm cloud and you get instant lightning you can count on, measure, and control.

On Bullshit

trharlan — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 06:33:43 -0800

Harry Frankfurt's "On Bullshit" One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.... I propose to begin the development of a theoretical understanding of bullshit, mainly by providing some tentative and exploratory philosophical analysis.