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Wonderful, cheap musical instruments

mecran01 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:41:36 -0800

From bagpipes to xylophones, Dennis Havlena's legendary website will show you how to make musical instruments, cheaply. Some of them sound pretty good [YouTube].

Bike vs. Cars War

nometa — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:39:24 -0800

In light of the recent tragic death of a cyclist in Toronto, even normally well-balanced MeFites have polarized in the bikes vs. cars “war”. But according to Guillermo Penalosa, the fight is really about better urban design. He helped to radically reinvent the transit and parks infrastructure of Bogata, making it of the best cycling cities in the world. The recent changes to Broadway in New York were influenced by Bogota's success. Gil now advises the Project for Public Spaces and is Executive Director of Walk & Bike for Life. Their solution to the pedestrians vs. cars vs. bikes battle is simple: better urban planning (previously on MeFi) that gives everyone their own safe space. Not sure if your city's infrastructure is up-to-snuff? Apply the 8/80 rule. In the meantime, keep safe out there.

Marble Hornets

boo_radley — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:35:34 -0800

Alex Kralie, a film student, was shooting his student project in 2006. It was never completed, due to what Alex called "unworkable conditions", and his friend and classmate talked Alex into handing over the raw footage. The name of the film was to be Marble Hornets, and that's the name of the youtube account used to released interesting or odd snippets from Alex Kralie's aborted film. Marble Hornets Introduction Marble Hornets Episode #1 Marble Hornets Episode #2 Marble Hornets Episode #3 Marble Hornets Episode #4 Marble Hornets Episode #5 Marble Hornets Episode #6 Marble Hornets Episode #7 Marble Hornets Episode #8 Marble Hornets Episode #9 Marble Hornets Episode #10 Marble Hornets Episode #11 Marble Hornets Episode #12

Decentralized User-Generated Cellular Education

Miko — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:39:23 -0800

"The Public School is a school with no curriculum. At the moment, it operates as follows: first, classes are proposed by the public (I want to learn this or I want to teach this); then, people have the opportunity to sign up for the classes (I also want to learn that); finally, when enough people have expressed interest, the school finds a teacher and offers the class to those who signed up." A project of Telic Arts Exchange.

Not just another dictionary

tellurian — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:01:24 -0800

Wordnik - An ongoing project devoted to discovering all the words and everything about them. [via]

The Millennial Project

Joe Beese — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:17:46 -0800

The Millennial Project is a comprehensive plan for space development, beginning with the terrestrial cultivation of an environmentally sustainable civilization and Post-Industrial culture and culminating, far in the future, in the colonization of our immediate stellar neighborhood. The TMP2 project is specifically a project of the Living Universe Foundation community to continually update and revise the content of the original plan as described by Marshal T. Savage in his book The Millennial Project. Marshall Savage has been called "a worthy candidate for a modern Hari Seldon".

Zeitgeist: Addendum

Baldons — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:40:49 -0800

We already talked (self-link, sorta) about Zeitgeist: The Movie. Its author, Peter Joseph, recently released Zeitgeist: Addendum. (beware: last two links are two hour movies) This time, it’s about money and debt, scarcity and resources. The first, financial part may look like an extended Ron Paul ad, but then there’s a sudden turn towards resource-based utopian techno-communalism, and an endorsement for The Venus project. It seems to me like "Kropotkinian anarchism meets The Matrix". In these rough times, is it time for a big leap? [Also announced: The Zeitgeist Movement, still not active]

YOU TOO can make crazy ideas turn into reality!

hal_c_on — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:48:50 -0800

I get a cut of your good Karma if you win. So Google has committed $10 million to fund up to five ideas selected by their advisory board.What's the kicker? Anyone can submit an idea. My idea will definitely be a Hummer that isn't driven by an douchebag. Either that or a moneyholder/lender that doesn't need a $700,000,000,000 bailout.

"A small statement that says a lot of things to different people."

amyms — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:09:29 -0800

I Love My Life The Way It Is. A collection-in-progress of unscratched scratch-off lottery tickets, the project is the brainchild of Ali Alvarez, who hopes to collect at least 8000 tickets, enough to fill a 12x12 room from floor to ceiling. Alvarez is soliciting donations of unscratched tickets from volunteers around the world, and has posted pictures of some of the ones received so far. The idea of an unscratched lottery ticket makes some people "a little crazy," but Alvarez hopes the collection will cause people to explore the ideas of "getting your hopes high, dreaming, escaping, and then usually being let down." Via.

Shake Girl

kirkaracha — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:41:20 -0800

Shake Girl, a collaborative project by students in the Stanford Graphic Novel Project. Based on the true story of Tat Marina [caution: disturbing photo], the victim of a December 1999 acid attack in Cambodia. More background.

Oxford Muse

divabat — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:07:02 -0800

Oxford Muse - "a foundation to stimulate courage and invention in personal, professional and cultural life". Browse the self-potraits (autobiographies), participate in projects, go universal, or just learn what the Muse is.

V is for Vegetable

bigmusic — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:43:11 -0800

Meet Freddie: He looks up at me and the bargaining begins. "If I eat two peas is that enough?" I am used to him starting the bids low. "Now Fred there are only seven peas on your plate, can't you just eat them? ". He then starts to turn pale. He slumps down into his chair and fiddles with his cutlery, accidentally on purpose knocking them onto the floor to create a diversion. Can one determined woman turn Freddie into a vegetable lover?

The Open Source Boob Project

Hildegarde — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:25:03 -0800

The Open Source Boob Project. At Penguicon, we had buttons to give away. There were two small buttons, one for each camp: A green button that said, "YES, you may" and a red button that said "NO, you may not." And anyone who had those buttons on, whether you knew them or not, was someone you could approach and ask: "Excuse me, but may I touch your breasts?" Once taken online, the grand flurry of reactions have been decidedly mixed. The main link is awkward to read; it starts with a bunch of caveats and explanations. The original post comes after all the updates and edits. And there are a lot (and I mean a lot of comments, many of them very thoughtful and interesting, some from people who were there, many from those who weren't.

Rule 1 of Burrito Project: You do not talk about Burrito Project.

basicchannel — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:15:21 -0800

Burrito Project is an organization which helps feed the hungry and homeless in cities around the world. The organization encourages people "to get together with friends and build burritos to take to the streets". Anyone can start a Burrito Project and the organization encourages everyone to help feed the hungry in their local communities. Haven't heard of the Burrito Project? There's probably a good, albeit very strange, reason why. [via]

me and whoever down at the schoolyard

konolia — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:04:35 -0800

Can I Sit With You? The stormy social seas of the schoolyard

Deja View: Historic landscape "rephotos" (1800s, 1970s, 1990s)

taz — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:15:41 -0800

The Third View project is a fascinating presentation of "rephotographs" of over 100 historic landscape sites in the American West that presents original 19th-century survey photographs, photographed again in the 1970s, then once again in the '90s - from the original vantage points, under similar lighting conditions, at (roughly) the same time of day and year. [Flash, and you'll probably need to allow pop-ups; a little more info inside...]

The Croquet Project - Web 2.0

MetaMonkey — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 02:37:29 -0800

The Croquet Project is a staggeringly ambitious attempt to create 'an operating system for the post-browser Internet' - a multi-platform, open-source, extensible, decentralised, peer-to-peer, 3D virtual reality metaverse [2,3], designed for 'highly scalable deep collaboration', led by Alan Kay.

All you need for tonight's Project Runway finale

Tuffy — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:32:29 -0800

It's down to the wire for Project Runway: Tonight the final four designers' climactic collections are judged at New York's fashion week. Re-live the season by rating the runway. Enjoy resident guru Tim Gunn's podcasts, particularly his anti-Vincent and -Angela rants in the "couture" and "tiny dog" challenges. The best episode recaps are at FourFour. For backstage gossip, it's Project Rungay. For fashion fiends, here's an illustration-rich look at the history behind Laura's winning '20s dress and a deconstruction of just what's wrong with Vincent.

Drip drip drop

dead_ — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:38:03 -0800

Stains on paper.

2006 Google Earth Census

divabat — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:09:28 -0800

Seen anyone on Google Earth lately?

Playtime.........

bap98189 — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:24:16 -0800

Experimental Gameplay is the result of a project undertaken by a group of students at Carnegie Mellon University to create 50 to 100 games in 1 semester. Some of the games are good, some awful, but I particularly recommend Particle Suck, Opposites Attract and Tower of Goo.

The TV Typewriter

braun_richard — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:45:06 -0800

Typing...on a screen! Text (and cover image) of a 1973 issue of Radio-Electronics mag, showing a new fangled way of typing with a TV screen. I like how the mag is billed as "for MEN with ideas in electronics." Heh...

The mystery of Stefan Mart

taz — Sun, 09 Jan 2005 02:54:02 -0800

The mystery of Stefan Mart and the 'Tales of the Nations'. "The Tales of Nations" was not an ordinary book that you could buy in a book store, and it's mysterious narrator/illustrator disappeared into the darkness of Hitler's Germany, seemingly without a trace. Learn the background, read the stories, and view all 150 fabulous colour illustrations — "small in size, but strong in expression, each a microcosm packed with action, each a feast for the eyes like a beautifully set jewel".

Place Project

yoga — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 14:51:06 -0800

Place Project. A suitcase with a camera and a blank book travelled the world. 35 designers have translated the world around them into their pages. After 18 months and 170.000 km it will be presented in Barcelona. November 23 - December 12, 2004.

Every epoch dreams its successor. - Jules Michelet

riffola — Sun, 21 Nov 2004 19:36:47 -0800

G-CANS Project. A look at the massive storm drains under Tokyo, that took twelve years to build. [this is cg]