MetaFilter posts tagged with generator

Verbing the Noun, if you know what I mean, nudge nudge, wink wink.

wendell — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:34:51 -0800

"They spent the entire weekend licking the underside of the airbags. Or sowing oats with the pepperoni calzone. Or Martinizing the Twinkie. Or messaging* the hand grenade. The Euphemismator provides randomly-generated euphemisms (like the previously MeFi-ed Always Amusing Euphemism Generator, but with the option to 'lock' parts of the phrase to seek out the best combinations). Or try out the more comlex algorithm of Toykeeper.net's Euphemism Generator. Politics has even gotten involved with the Obama-Matic (TM) Content-Free Euphemism Generator (funnier than 99% of right-wing humor, but isn't there anybody in the Teabag Blogoshpere who can automate it, like somebody did to Wondermark's Genre-Fiction Generator [previously here]?) * yes, it said 'messaging' not 'massaging'. Subtle but important difference. And I can't believe I created this post without the aid of The Generator Blog, which may have been put out of business by the All-Purpose Generator Creator.

Lunar Jamming

Korou — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:28:13 -0800

Moon Music: moonbell generates sounds based on lunar topography. (via) Topographical data is from Japan's recent KAGUYA explorer. Here's a short guide for the generator.

You suck at life

jourman2 — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:48:50 -0800

Sorry about the sytigl, but - presenting the random youtube insult generator. Our work is done here.

Genuine random numbers, generated by radioactive decay

parudox — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:46:51 -0800

HotBits is an Internet resource that brings genuine random numbers, generated by a process fundamentally governed by the inherent uncertainty in the quantum mechanical laws of nature, directly to your computer in a variety of forms. HotBits are generated by timing successive pairs of radioactive decays detected by a Geiger-Müller tube interfaced to a computer. (Warning: random sounds.)

Hullo! 'Tis I, Olo Bumbleroot of Haysend!

chillmost — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:46:27 -0800

The Hobbit Name Generator: You have a secret name. Discover it. Also available in Elvish if that's your sort of thing.

You Duck Stealing Goin Pile!

aftermarketradio — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:05:14 -0800

Insult generators have been done previously (here and here), but there's something about this one that makes me smile. If you don't think so, you're a Thighbone Cooking Doodle Drinker.

Laverne Salmons, Adrian Turner, Stormy Spellman, Ruth Torres.....

dersins — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:20:20 -0800

Need to name a character? Use this random name generator. Hit refresh to, uh, refresh. Explanation here. [via]

I watched a particle crawl randomly along the edge of a straight razor

elgilito — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:49:18 -0800

Cinematic particles is an online applet that draws watercolor-like visualizations of movie dialogs, from Apocalypse Now to Zabriskie Point. See also: Spinal Rhythms, L-Garden, SpyCamp and other online toys by Austrian artist Eva Schindling.

Make Your Own Coin

mr_crash_davis — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:39:41 -0800

Online coin generator. Sure, it's in German, but you can figure it out.

lolfeeds

mendel — Thu, 31 May 2007 18:40:56 -0800

LOLfeeds turns any RSS feed into cat macros. For instance: this place, MetaTalk, or Craigslist personals.

I don't want to make this about me, but. . .

absalom — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:34:57 -0800

Goodbye everyone, Since there has been discussion regarding whether or not my posts to this community are relevant, I have decided to no longer post here. I've enjoyed my time here...meeting a lot of you, but I simply find this community's rules too restrictive, and since I write what I feel, without regard to content (Is it sexist? Is it parental? Is it political? Is it, God forbid, all three??), this community will only end up stifling my originality, and I have no intentions of letting myself be censored in this way. i hope you fall off your soap box someday and bust your ass. i'm out of here. i am not sad about it either.

The Ad Generator

sveskemus — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:59:13 -0800

The Ad Generator is a generative artwork that explores how advertising uses and manipulates language. What it actually does is that it randomizes words and structures from real advertising slogans and pairs them with related images from Flickr, generating fake ads on the fly.

Bendy Vert and Argent, a Tierce Argent, a Fusil Azure

Iridic — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 09:09:32 -0800

Make like a knight and generate your own simple heraldic shield. The venerable Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry can define the archaic blazoning terms that the Generator uses. If you'd prefer a more modern, more casual emblem, try the Official Seal Generator.

Call me Ol' Angelo Fatnose.

mickeyz — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 04:30:27 -0800

Call me Ol' Angelo Fatnose. In anticipation of the return of The Sopranos on Sunday night, I'm wondering: what's your Mafia name?

Bounce Your Load and Get Charged Up

fenriq — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 08:49:36 -0800

Be. The. Battery.
A brilliantly simple concept will allow anyone who needs (a small amount of) power to generate their own just by walking around while wearing this special backpack. By mounting the pack's load on springs connected to a rack and pinion device that is, in turn, connected to a small generator, the wearer's natural walking motion can generate up to 7.4 watts of power. Plenty enough to keep your Nofriendo DS charged. Or your sniper rifle's night scope.

The bonus? By having the pack's load on springs, the backpack is more comfortable and ergonomic than a traditional backpack too.

Write a lot of these?

C17H19NO3 — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 12:08:38 -0800

The Dysfunctional Family Letter Generator.

This ain't your father's palindromes

mr.dan — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:01:00 -0800

Ambigrams are words or phrases that can be read in more than one way or from more than a single vantage point, most commonly right-side-up and upside-down. Ambigram.Matic is the world's first and only online Ambigram Generator! Flip any word, different words of the same length, or even an entire (symmetrically spaced) sentence on its head, and read it both ways!

tune smithy !

svidrigailov23 — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 17:40:51 -0800

tune smithy ! Create beautiful snowflake like fractal music.

Not another Name Generator!!!!

Bag Man — Sat, 11 Sep 2004 17:58:52 -0800

Smurf Name Generator. It doesn't suck, that bad.

George Bush Conspiracy Generator

mojohand — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:28:17 -0800

The George Bush Conspiracy Generator ...is long overdue, and will make the lives of certain Mefi'ers just a little easier. Still, I think it needs some work. It's nowhere near as clever as an old favorite, Web Economy Bullshit Generator, the output of which I've actually inserted in proposals.

Wacky. Face. Flash. Another. Thingy.

Stan Chin — Sun, 31 Aug 2003 22:25:33 -0800

Another Wacky Face Generator Flash Thingy Look! It's wacky! It has Hitler, and George W. Bush! And you can make their faces wackier! Wheee.

Victorian Sex Cry Generator - Touch my vitals quickly, lest I die!

headspace — Sun, 17 Aug 2003 08:42:39 -0800

The Victorian Sex Cry Generator. Ultimately useless, but fun. Definitely not safe for work (which is why I posted it on Sunday!)

The Art of Insult reduced to an algorithm

fjom — Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:53:38 -0800

For the lazy troll in your life: Curses, Flames, Shakespearian Insults and more. Ready to copy/paste into your flamefest of choice.

Fun with signs

internal — Tue, 13 May 2003 11:21:54 -0800

Build your own safety sign. More available here. Create neat signs like this.

URL -> CGI -> POETRY

zerofoks — Sat, 03 May 2003 00:23:00 -0800

Do you think that poetry is dead, too? Well, that's because everyone is busy getting their websites transformed into poetry by a neat script. [via boingboing.net]