MetaFilter posts tagged with playground

Maybe a little gash here and there, that's alright

cashman — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:22:46 -0800

Playgrounds from years gone by. Bonus. Previous playground stuff and stories on mefi.

A day in the park

caddis — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:26:20 -0800

Is it a slide or a large uncircumsised appendage? Advances in playground technology - what will they think of next? (via BuzzFeed)

Old dangerous playground equipment.

bluesky43 — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:09:51 -0800

Slides used to be dangerous..... After climbing up those sandy, metal crosstrax steps you got to the top and stared down at that steep ride below. The slide was burning hot to the touch, a stovetop set to high all day under the summer sun, just waiting to greet the underside of your legs with first-degree burns as you enjoyed the ride

National Lampoon's Palestinian Vacation

WCityMike — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:56:49 -0800

Alright, Mefites, what did you do on your summer vacation? "Hit the pool a lot." "Sweated like hell." "Got through a lot of summer reading." ... "Went overseas and built a playground for children in a land not my own." Metafilter's own Baby_Balrog, Nathan Dannison, was awarded a fellowship from the Fund for Theological Education to build a playground for Bethlehem children in collaboration with Playgrounds for Palestine, and has been spending his summer doing exactly that, which has included getting EMT training from the Red Crescent. In his most recent entry in a blog definitely worth reading, he passes along video of him running from 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile released to break up a march centered around a local border controversy. (And, although it has nothing to do with the above, the guy has a good set of pipes.)

Adventure Playground

serazin — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:53:58 -0800

The antidote to the controlled, indoor world of modern kids might be Adventure Playgrounds. Messy, chaotic, but counter-intuitively, safer than traditional playgrounds, there are only two in the US: Listen to Berkeley's Adventure Playground on NPR, or check out some flickr shots. In Europe, where they originated from the rubble of WWII, and in Japan where they are also popular, the importance of play that involves risks is better understood. There are hundreds of Adventure Playgrounds outside of North America.

Designing for Fun

anotherpanacea — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:20:25 -0800

Super(-expensive) Playgrounds are nice to look at, but what makes a playground fun? Experiments in play: Snug & Outdoor (1, 2, 3) Mcdonald's (1, 2, 3) KaBOOM! (1, 2, 3) Boundless Play (1, 2, 3)

Words, People, Play.

bardic — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:11:16 -0800

Babies, Footsies, Holdies. Carry, Foul, Slam. Tea Parties, Fairbacks, Cherry Bombs. Double Taps, Underhand, Blackjack. Bitch Serving, Jedi, Extreme. Chicken Drops, Peppermint Sticks, Kamikazes. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus. Land Mines, Demons, Black Magic.

Ning!

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 06:16:28 -0800

Ning is a very cool thing. 'Sign up. Build new social apps. Use new social apps.' [via Torrez]

Did you find the alien?

Alison — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:26:12 -0800

Safeplaces is an interactive playground. Mushrooms twitch and squeak, trees react and the environment shifts between day and night. It even has its secrets. Further, less adorable work can be found here.

playground hijinx

FunkyHelix — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 12:26:11 -0800

Playground Finder is a community service created by Ben and Suzette Hosken. The parents of two young children, they saw a need for a service providing details of playgrounds within their local area as well as when travelling. This idea grew into Playground Finder. [found while eyeballing loobylu]

Jingle Bells! Batman smells!

Robot Johnny — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:29:54 -0800

The Online Dictionary of Playground Slang. Includes not just slang words, but also all those obnoxious rhymes we sang. "My little Pony, skinny and bony..."

Are you a benny tied to a tree?

Orange Goblin — Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:11:28 -0800

Playground law - a comprehensive (warning: pun) list of school yard insults. Beware - it sucks you in, I've been reading for an hour and I'm only on 'c'.