MetaFilter posts tagged with lost

Oh where, oh where has my nuclear weapons data gone? Oh where, oh where can it be?

the littlest brussels sprout — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:58:59 -0800

Ever wanted a visual tally of the computers, personal data, and other property lost by or stolen from the US federal government? Presenting the Government Lost & Found Map, via OhMyGov!.

More like WONG STAR!

GuyZero — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:52:14 -0800

Not just a huge conspiracy... a TITANIC CONSPIRACY! "There are a number of good reasons to believe that the vessel which sank on the night of April 14/15 was in fact Titanic's slightly older, and very similar, sister ship Olympic."

LOST Parody Toy Jumble

Burhanistan — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:18:21 -0800

LOST Parodies using toys. [warning: stupid]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Building on the cognitive dissonance of seeing actors in other roles discussed here.

Al Trautwig's "Lost" Thoughts

empath — Wed, 13 May 2009 11:02:59 -0800

Sportscaster Al Trautwig shares his thoughts on this season's Lost episodes

Bosch as background for scenes taken from Mayan codices and transformed into modern counterparts

filthy light thief — Sat, 02 May 2009 20:41:39 -0800

"Look at the surrealist moustache on the Mona Lisa. Just a silly joke? Consider where this joke can lead. I had been working with Malcolm Mc Neill for five years on an illustrated book entitled Ah Pook Is Here, and we used the same idea: Hieronymous Bosch as the background for scenes and characters taken from the Mayan codices and transformed into modern counterparts. That face in the Mayan Dresden Codex will be the barmaid in this scene, and we can use the Vulture God over here. Bosch, Michelangelo, Renoir, Monet, Picasso — steal anything in sight. You want a certain light on your scene? Lift it from Monet. You want a 1930s backdrop? Use Hopper." -- William S. Burroughs, Les Voleurs Malcolm Mc Neill had used Burroughs' words to create The Unspeakable Mr. Hart comic series, which ran in a British publication called Cyclops, starting in during my last semester of art school in 1970. Burroughs' contacted Mc Neill because Burroughs was impressed with how much the artwork for Mr. Hart resembled himself, though Mc Neill had never met Burroughs and didn't know much of the man. The two artists met, and began working on Ah Puch. Mc Neill was 23, Burroughs was 56, and their collaboration would extend 7 years. Burroughs produced about 60 pages of text, and Mc Neill had created more than a hundred pages of artwork. But due to the unique nature of the collaboration and the high costs of full color printing, no publisher was able or willing to print the work as intended. In 1979 Burroughs finally decided to publish the text by itself as Ah Pook Is Here And Other Texts, combined with the previously released The Book of Breeething and Electronic Revolution. William S. Burroughs read parts of the story live, which was made publicly available on a 4CD set in 1998. Burroughs also recorded some of his spoken word in studio, which was then edited and music backing provided by various artists on the Dead City Radio album in 1990. Philip Hunt, of STUDIOaka, used selections of Dead City Radio to create the short video A Pook Is Here in 1994, for which he won two awards. Malcom Mc Neill had a gallery show of The Lost Art of Ah Pook (previously), first at the Salomon Art Gallery in New York, from November 14, 2008 to January 17, 2009, then April 4 through May 2, 2009 at Track 16 in Santa Monica, CA. Mc Neill recently completed Observed While Falling, providing insight into the work behind Ah Pook Is Here and other collaborations with Burroughs.

That's no Moon. Or a McDonald's. WTF?

loquacious — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:54:31 -0800

At the mostly abandoned Moffett Field in an abandoned McDonald's, digital archeologists attempt to restore, recover and archive abandoned high resolution imagery and data from previous manned Moon missions, using an abandoned Ampex 2" tape drive found in a chicken coop - the last working machine in the world, restored by the last man alive capable of rebuilding the heads. This is likely only part of their weird story.

Warning, One Minute To Singularity

3.2.3 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:54:02 -0800

What's In The Box? (SLYT) (Via) 3DS Max + After Effects + 150 Euros = Amazing film from Tim Smit, a Dutch student.

Bags under my lens

twoleftfeet — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:37:04 -0800

Photographs of lost luggage.

IT’S A LITTLE ODD BUT NOT AS ODD AS STAMP COLLECTING

Ok, let's see a cat try that.

miss lynnster — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:14:32 -0800

Sophie Tucker, thought dead for four months, has been surviving alone by living off of feral goats on a deserted island.

Not the actress. She's still dead.

Lost London, in photographs

6am — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:59:39 -0800

User El_Greco of the SkyscaperCity Forum presents "Lost London", an absolutely stunning photographic thread of old London architecture.

Yes yes! Pick me!

Tufa — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:44:17 -0800

Save the Words. Do lost words still have meaning? Just because society has neglected them doesn't make them any less of a word. How do you get lost words back in the dictionary? With lexicographers scanning publications and other communication for words not currently housed in the dictionary, all you need do is use your adopted words as often as possible. Go, Adopt a Word. Like graocracy.* * - government by an old woman or women. My adoptee: hymnicide: killing of hymns through alterations.

Barcelona!

chuckdarwin — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:35:24 -0800

A lost Beatles track called Carnival of Light does exist and could be released. Sir Paul McCartney has a master tape of the piece, adding: "The time has come for it to get its moment."

WAAALT!

Fizz — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:30:08 -0800

WAAALT! For fans of ABC's show LOST: Keeping track of Michael's annoyingness since....

Meta-Media

lunit — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:05:07 -0800

"Lost is a far more ambitious piece of media, which uses the entire web as its canvas and its entire audience as its creators. I'd suggest this piece of work - Lost, when viewed in its entirety - is truly new."

Don't lose your load, Good Buddy

Burhanistan — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:04:32 -0800

Truck Spills.com (some photos NSFWish) - a collection of, you guessed it, pictures (most with backstory) of lost loads of freight. Picture set links open in new window.

Lost! On an island!

UKnowForKids — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:00:54 -0800

While watching LOST, did you ever think, "Boy, what this show needs is an 80's-style theme song?" If so, you're in luck.

Lost Cosmonauts?

scodger — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:17:47 -0800

Lost cosmonauts is a site detailing the radio site at Torre Bert, set up by Italian amateurs in 1959 to monitor the beginnings of the space race. The Torre Bert station was regarded as a legitimate tracking station, however they then released recordings of dying cosmonauts which were quickly denounced as exaggerations, or outright conspiracy. In 1991 Pravda admitted that Gagarin was not the first cosmonaut . Torre Bert is a pretty rich field for conspiracy theories, for more reading try here, or here.

And a little bit of mystery goes out of your life ...

WCityMike — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:34:47 -0800

Bob: "______________” Charlotte (Johansson): “Okay.” Lost in Translation's mysterious whisper finale revealed by audio processing. (via kottke)

Dreams float. Sometimes.

loquacious — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:30:16 -0800

Miss Rockaway Armada. A photonarrative.

Lost Places in Japan

stavrosthewonderchicken — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:31:24 -0800

Lost Places in Japan

Yes, let's see Kiefer Sutherland with lipstick.

metasonix — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:48:16 -0800

Anyone for a transvestite remake of the 1987 film The Lost Boys?

Gollum meets Johnny Cash.

EarBucket — Sun, 06 May 2007 10:43:52 -0800

You've probably seen the video of Kirk and Spock set to "Closer." You might not be familiar with the wider world of fanvids, however. It might be "Lost" set to Warren Zevon or "Heroes" set to Jonathan Coulton. Some are slashy, others are just hilarious. And some are really awesome.

My man! Jack Tripper!

miss lynnster — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:14:54 -0800

Two words: Corey Haim (circa 1988)

Weird Al Animated: Season 2.0

wendell — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 04:49:12 -0800

Lost Rhapsody 2, Electric Boogaloo The unavoidable sequel to this, ^{previously on MeFi} with rotoscope effects and 90s Alt Rock Polka. Mashed up by this guy.
Joining the ranks of Weird Al toonage from Bill Plympton ^{previously on MeFi}, John Kricfalusi, Jim Blashfield, David Lovelace, Thomas Lee, JibJab, Robot Chicken, Will Vinton's Claymation, Albino Blacksheep and some WoW troll. Plus: Weird Anime and a cartoon interview.

Viewers are becoming ever more lost in Lost.

Effigy2000 — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:22:55 -0800

Lost has started to attract criticism lately over its tendancy to offer more questions than answers to its viewers. With that in mind, IGN has this week produced a lost of its Top 50 Lost Loose Ends.