Empty London on Christmas morning (full set). A couple of years ago I had the idea that it might be fun to take photos of London without humans – yes, I was motivated by that scene in Westminster from 28 Days Later. Unfortunately, not being a film director I was not really in the position to have half of London sealed off for photos – but realised that on Xmas morning there could be an opportunity. Past photos from 2010 and from 2008. [more inside]
posted by ersatz on Dec 30, 2011 - 19 comments

Upper, Dennis. “The Unsuccessful Self-Treatment of a Case of ‘Writer’s Block’,” Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 3 (1974) 497. Received 25 October 1973. (Pulished without revision.) [more inside]
posted by kipmanley on Dec 5, 2010 - 24 comments

The stately James Farley Post Office on 8th Ave in Manhattan is being converted into the long-awaited Moynihan Train Station. Almost the entire block-long building has been emptied to prepare for the conversion and Mefi's own nycscout (previously, previously, previously) was there to take pictures. [via mefi projects]
posted by The Whelk on Oct 5, 2010 - 45 comments

Tank on empty -- how far can your car go on an empty tank? Basically a collection of statistics and stories from users on just how far they pushed their car on reserve fuel. (via) [more inside]
posted by spiderskull on May 8, 2008 - 45 comments

This page is 9 quadrillion pixels wide by 9 quadrillion pixels tall.
posted by boo_radley on Jun 22, 2006 - 53 comments