MetaFilter posts tagged with mirror

Mirror to Mirror in the Mirror

MaryDellamorte — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:02:33 -0800

Tarkovsky's Mirror Set to Arvo Pärt's Mirror in the Mirror. [previously] More info on Arvo Part and Tarkovsky.

To Idi Amin: I'm a idiot.

davejay — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:04:27 -0800

This isn't exactly the scarlet letter, but it might be a sign of something we've seen before (or maybe not, depending who you ask.) Still, you should probably get yourself one of these [see also] if you're planning to cry wolf! (You can also make your own.) Mirrors aren't uncommon, of course, but some [see also] are less common than others. Ultimately, mirrors are simply a reflection of our personal vanity.

Lazy Journalism

hnnrs — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:07:55 -0800

Fun lovin' prankster and b3ta user godspants edited the wikipedia page on Cypriot soccer team AC Omonia to include the "facts" that the fans are referred to as "the zany ones", wear hats made of shoes and sing a song about a little potato. Yesterday there was a match between Omonia and British club Manchester City. British Tabloid the Daily Mirror used the wikipedia "facts" in their build-up article. Daily Mirror obviously doesn't realise their journalist has been guilty of incredibly lazy research, despite the prankster emailing them, and the Mirror refers to the "Zany ones" in their post-match article the next day.

I spy with my little eye, a magpie.

jamaro — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:48:58 -0800

The humble magpie joins humans, apes, dolphins, and elephants in Club Self-Awareness.

Shiny!

Mitheral — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:38:18 -0800

Like shiny things? Bill Owen has a step by step tutorial on getting a mirror paint finish on objects with paint and wax.

Liquid mirror telescopes

Upton O'Good — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:08:11 -0800

A liquid mirror telescope is made by spinning a reflective fluid, such as mercury, at a constant rate. This rotation produces a parabolic surface, which is an ideal shape for a telescope mirror. (You can try this yourself.) While these mirrors can be built to be large and orders of magnitude cheaper than solid mirrors, they have the disadvantage that they can only look straight up. Creating mirrors this way is not new; they have a history [.ps] that dates back to Newton. However, they have recently regained attention as the technology behind proposals to build an enormous (20m+) telescope on the moon. (A less technical treatment here.)

Never will another spitwad go unpunished.

kaibutsu — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:24:09 -0800

Ever wish you had eyes in the back of your head?

Mirror prank.

loquacious — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:14:40 -0800

Mirror prank. (YouTube, SFW)

Light Speed

majcher — Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:18:10 -0800

Lightspeed is a fun little shareware game that I stumbled across today. It's one of those "bounce stuff off mirrors to light up stuff" puzzle games, but with nice graphics, and additional features like a level editor and such. Warning: windows only download, shareware fee to unlock many levels and features.

mr_crash_davis — Tue, 09 Jul 2002 21:26:57 -0800

Lots of sites have mirrors, but does Google really need one?
(thanks, memepool)

john — Mon, 06 Nov 2000 12:25:54 -0800

Why are our images reversed from left to right and not up and down in a mirror? You can get mirrors that give a 'true' reflection.

skallas — Sat, 05 Aug 2000 14:58:32 -0800

Check out this "mirror", its computer controlled and made out of wood. I really want one of these, watch the non-streaming video to view it in action.