MetaFilter posts tagged with contest

Free as in ... money

swift — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:17:58 -0800

Coding Horror blogger Jeff Atwood granted $5,000 of his ad revenue to a worthy, open-source .NET project only to find the winner doesn't know what to do with the money. Any suggestions?

Beautiful Goats

31d1 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:58:55 -0800

The "Most Beautiful Goat" competition. SIx pictures from the Mazayen al-Maaz this year in Riyad.

Eurovision 2008 semi-finals are tonight

k8t — Tue, 20 May 2008 06:25:04 -0800

6 hours til Eurovision 2008 begins (well semi-final round 1 begins in 6 hours). After last year's extensive Eurovision discussion, let's see how 2008 does. There are a number of Eurovision b l o g s and many of the bloggers are hanging out in Belgrade. Not in Europe? You can watch online as well. The semi-final rehearsals have been evaluated by the blogging community. Also, oddsmakers are making their opinions known. Now let the slaughter begin!

They're all beautiful inside. Maybe.

miss lynnster — Sat, 17 May 2008 19:03:11 -0800

It's that time of year again, folks... don't forget to put in your vote for the World's Ugliest Dog. With Sam out of the picture, looks like it's Pee Wee Martini's race to lose. And as always, the frontrunners all eerily resemble Chinese Cresteds who lost "me" to meth. (Doubt me? BEFORE | AFTER It's a helluvu drug!)

Home for Sale: 100 Dollars, 500 Words

avoision — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:25:04 -0800

The $100 House Essay Contest. Write a 500 word essay on why you deserve to win the house. Submit it to James Mathias, along with $100. If he receives 2,500 entries... a winner will be chosen and awarded the home. If enough entries aren't received, he'll return the money. Finally, a chance to get that dream home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Or... an extra $179,900.

& Teller

flatluigi — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:44:52 -0800

The Last Living Entertainer in Vegas (behind the scenes)

Carbohydrate Loading

weapons-grade pandemonium — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:33:28 -0800

World Record Spaghetti Bridge Bala’zs Botka of Hungary’s Budapest Polytechnic set a world record by building a spaghetti bridge weighing 994.9 grams (2.19 pounds) that held 352.62 kilograms (777 pounds) before breaking. Hungarian competitors in the heavyweight division took the top six spots. YouTube link of the Hungarian team at last year's competition. Rules.

Unclassified Dubya library designs

Gyan — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:39:27 -0800

The George W. Bush Presidential Library : visualizations

Psychologist FTW

AceRock — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:48:03 -0800

This Psychologist Might Outsmart the Math Brains Competing for the Netflix Prize

totally postmodern bro

pwally — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:03:10 -0800

The girl who stares (her only talent) is quickly becoming a youtube phenomenon. Participate in the demise of our culture and watch her do nothing.