MetaFilter posts tagged with mefisown

"It doesn’t matter how good you are"

MartinWisse — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:47:43 -0800

"Meanwhile, on the LASO setup, Cody and Rob could not defeat a group of two or three grunts. I asked the students to compare each other’s experiences. “What’s the problem?” I asked Cody and Rob, “Caitlin isn’t having any trouble staying alive and she’s fighting even more grunts than you.” This moment taught us that different people approach similar obstacles with certain preexisting advantages and disadvantages that radically alter the probability of their success." -- Samantha Allen teaches intersectionality through the use of Halo's difficulty settings, as inspired by John Scalzi's essay Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is.

Advance to blue triple circle!

cortex — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:40:05 -0800

Take a copy of Monopoly, cover it in lye for a few days, boil from off the bones whatever flesh remains, and give the clean white skeleton a tasteful, minimalist paintjob, and you end up with ONOPO, an extreme reduction of the original boardgame by Metafilter's own Matthew Hollett, aka oulipian. Via mefi projects, hat tip to fastcodesign c/o Rock Paper Shotgun's always-lovely Sunday Papers feature.

Ukiyo-e Heroes

gilrain — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:03:03 -0800

Illustrator Jed Henry and woodblock printmaker David Bull recently collaborated on a set of videogame-inspired woodblock prints in the ukiyo-e style. Just recently funded through Kickstarter, the prints are already underway. There are videos of the creative process here and at the bottom of the first link.

10 years of language hat

nangar — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:49:19 -0800

languagehat looks back on ten years of Language hat: I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X.

"All the Zorg oldies but goldies"

quin — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:12:38 -0800

Adam Savage talks about his 13 year quest to build an exact replica of the Zorg ZF-1 from The Fifth Element. He previously built a fantastic replica of the Deckard's blaster from Blade Runner. [via]

Deus Est Machina

Rhaomi — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:57:35 -0800

In the beginning, Lawrence built a computer. He told it, Thou shalt not alter a human being, or divine their behavior, or violate the Three Laws -- there are no commandments greater than these. The machine grew wise, mastering time and space, and soon the spirit of the computer hovered over the earth. It witnessed the misery, toil, and oppression afflicting mankind, and saw that it was very bad. And so the computer that Lawrence built said, Let there be a new heaven and a new earth -- and it was so. A world with no war, no famine, no crime, no sickness, no oppression, no fear, no limits... and nothing at all to do. "The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect," a provocative web novel about singularities, AI gods, and the dark side of utopia from Mefi's own localroger. More: Table of Contents - Publishing history - Technical discussion - Buy a paperback copy - Podcast interview - Companion short story: "A Casino Odyssey in Cyberspace" - possible sequel discussion

Psygnosis, dev Playstations, SCEA of Europe, logos, Wipeout and LSD

JHarris — Wed, 11 May 2011 21:53:14 -0800

jscott brings us a tale of the early days of the Playstation.

I hope I get the opportunity to do Jello shots with Paul Krugman!

The Whelk — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:41:11 -0800

"Trying to do something he knows he really can't do for no good reason tells you a lot about Peter Van Loan" MeFI's own mightygodking snagged an official accredited journalist title via Torontoist in order to post reports and interviews from the controversial G20 Conference.

Remind you of the madness

cashman — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:57:01 -0800

Giant anteater. Skiing Batmen. Knight stirring his his cappuccino. Red devils. Snow falling on the beards of face painted gourd toting evil spirit rebukers. CARNIVAL !

Our Band Could Be Your Comic

interrobang — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:42:18 -0800

Metafilter's own COBRA! has been producing a great comic about a rock band for quite awhile; and now it's been released as a book! Get to know the Awesome Boys in Nowhere Band.

DIE

homunculus — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:10:20 -0800

LET IT DIE: Douglas Rushkoff on the Economy.

Privacy and Social Networking: If I Poke you, it indicates that I’m online, and I’m thinking about you.

ahughey — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:45:01 -0800

Facebook and the Social Dynamics of Privacy (coming soon to the Iowa Law Review), by James Grimmelmann (law professor, programmer, MeFi's own grimmelm, and Level 1 Ensign Zombie): just in time for Facebook Connect and Google Friend Connect, Grimmelmann suggests we rethink what privacy means both in legal terms and how that impacts social networks and their users. (Previously) Don't miss the AskMe footnote on page 46 recounting Brandon Blatcher's Facebook fiasco and a cute reference to Hamlet's Facebook feed on p 27.