MetaFilter posts tagged with gear

Planetary gear

twoleftfeet — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:14:13 -0800

Now you know why you can't kill Vamp.

cthuljew — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:33:10 -0800

Driving Off the Map by James Clinton Howell is a formal analysis of Metal Gear Solid 2. If you played this game — even if you didn't like it (especially if you didn't like it) — you need to read this to learn what you actually played. If you've never played Metal Gear Solid, it's still an excellent example of serious video game scholarship.

Wankel all day long

Blazecock Pileon — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:09:25 -0800

Two-dimensional Flash animations of gears, linkages, pumps, turbines and other mechanisms.

Is It Wrong to Lust Over an Optimus Keyboard? Yes.

wendell — Sun, 25 May 2008 16:38:36 -0800

The best thing about WIRED Magazine's 15th Anniversary celebration is it's not all self-congratulatory. Of course, any media entity involved in the rapidly-changing but well-archived internet is going to sometimes do silly things that we all can see - forever. In one area, at least, WIRED is owning up to its bad judgment with the Lamest (their word) Gear Ever Highlighted in their 'Fetish' Feature. 1993-1995. 1996-1998. 1999-2006. It's not that there are less lame items in recent years; they're just waiting for history to confirm what smart readers saw all along. My favorites - and why some of them may not be so lame: * Mattel Power Glove You knew it was doomed to lameness - it's Mattel! * Interactor Vest With the right thrash metal song, it could be used as a defibrillator, right? * Clipper CS-1 Isolation cubicle? maybe. Plywood? no way. * Home tattoo removal? This thing is going to become SO needed in a few years. * Home car wash hi-pressure wand? When gas reaches $10/gallon, it'll be cheaper than driving to the coin-op car wash. * Have you seen those 'sex chairs'? This looks like the solo version. * The Infonium Universe Simulator, 'from the mind of Minolta', right before they carried him away in a straight jacket. * A Car-Alarm for your Laptop. From the days when your laptop cost more than your car. * GPS Reporter. Edison Carter wouldn't be caught dead wearing one of these. * MetaFilter's Own Adam Savage's "case mod". How dare they? This will NEVER become lame. * Panda Toaster! No, not toasting pandas. But if they'd done one with a picture of the Virgin Mary, they'd be zillionaires. * The Hovery... they should've marketed this to people who really need their personal space. * Mouse Bling. Nothing more to say. * Gibbs Aquada... I said FLYING car, not FLOATING car, you git. * Magic Theater. Kaleidoscope + projector + anime nightmare + Disney infringement = EPIC HUH? You know what's really lame? How WIRED clipped some of these items out of their backgrounds. Don't they have Photoshop? * And how come this is the only lame item branded Sharper Image? SI was all about lame tech! This is just proof they could've put a lot more 'Fetish' items on the list. Like maybe ALL of them?

This one goes to... uh... 69

psmealey — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:50:56 -0800

The G1000 Fucking Fucker. There is nothing like the G-1000. Not even vaguely. It is arcane and radical. It is 100% vacuum tubes, from input to output. It contains 100% new-old-stock (NOS) tubes. Types never seen in guitar amps. Artwork on the amp's front panel by Dave Lovelace, of "Retarded Animal Babies" infamy. Check out the hi-res picture for all the explicit functional details. [NSFW] I'm guessing it has a pretty good dirty channel. Also be sure to check out the Scrotum Smasher distortion pedal.

Fixed Gear Gallery

hama7 — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:53:04 -0800

Fixed Gear Gallery.

Richard Hammond

handee — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 02:18:09 -0800

Richard Hammond, much loved daredevil top gear and brainiac presenter, is seriously ill in hospital after trying to break the UK land speed record.

A Very Big Speaker

bigmusic — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:38:17 -0800

HornMassive.

Thunderwear

kavasa — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:48:48 -0800

Has your local supplier of ninja stars dried up? Want to set your truck up with armor plating, oil slick, and caltrops but not sure where to go? Been wondering where to go to get something to eat the paint off your boss' Benz?

Well then! Brandon Enterprises has got you covered!