MetaFilter posts tagged with walking

"Want to play a chord? Try not to die."

zarq — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:46:28 -0800

Piano Stairs! (Not everyone thinks they're a good idea.) Also see "The Deepest Trash Can". Both videos are from Volkswagon Sweden, whose new English-language website, TheFunTheory is still under construction. But here's the Swedish-language version.

The Longest Way

shii — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:29:09 -0800

Guy takes a picture of himself every day... as he walks across China. (slyt)

Now we will see what a perfect post looks like. And what it can do.

StopMakingSense — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:46:05 -0800

Here is the post. Here is the post. Here is the perfect post.
How does such a number function? What kind of thing is it?
We will look into that. We will investigate that.

Pavement to the people!

flapjax at midnite — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:42:08 -0800

Hooray for New York City! They just had their first (of three) car-free days along a long stretch of Manhattan roadway: it's the Summer Streets program. How refreshing! This blog entry from Livable Streets might be of some interest to any of you New Yorkers who'd like to help with this in some way.

Encyclopedia of Transportation Planning Strategies

salvia — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:04:26 -0800

Too much traffic? Can't find parking? Choking on smog? Worried about climate change? Gas prices too high, but you still have to drive? Send your city planner a link to the Online Encyclopedia of Transportation Demand Management strategies. The Victoria Transport Policy Institute was mentioned in a comment back in 2005, but not the encyclopedia, which is one of the most complete online transportation resources that I've run across lately.

How Shoes Are Ruining the Human Foot

homunculus — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:50:31 -0800

You Walk Wrong. "It took 4 million years of evolution to perfect the human foot. But we’re wrecking it with every step we take." [Via]

I'm just going around the corner, darling. I'll be back in 14 years.

desjardins — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:34:25 -0800

UK native Karl Bushby has been walking around the world since 1998. No, literally: walking. around. the. world. It hasn't been without its trials, of course (resolution). He isn't expected home until 2012.

People who walk faster live longer

nickyskye — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:32:36 -0800

Why New Yorkers Last Longer. Interestingly, urban theorists believe it is not just the tightly packed nature of the city but also its social and economic density that has life-giving properties. When you’re jammed, sardinelike, up against your neighbors, it’s not hard to find a community of people who support you—friends or ethnic peers—and this strongly correlates with better health and a longer life. [New York Magazine article]

Walk Score

chunking express — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:22:10 -0800

Walk Score helps people find walkable places to live. Walk Score calculates the walkability of an address by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, etc.

Where are we running?

Effigy2000 — Sat, 12 May 2007 19:42:32 -0800

Joggers decked out in short shorts and iPods running alongside the road are common, but have you ever seen someone running backward? Backward running has been growing in popularity for years in many countries across the world where competitive races vary in length from sprints to marathons. This very different form of exercise is reputed to have many health benefits, despite the very obvious dangers of not being able to see where one is going. Think you can beat the current world records for backward running? If so, then this is the person you're going to need to try and beat...

Simon Must Be Boring

Partial Law — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:44:10 -0800

Ever wondered what Art Garfunkel does when he's not walking across one continent or another? No? Well he'd like to tell you anyway. He reads. A lot.

Wingman For Grandma

meddeviceengineer — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:43:58 -0800

When you drive on local streets you can be a Wingman for Grandma. Help make Grandma safer when she goes out for a walk. Drive the speed limit on local streets. Help set the pace for your community. Small increases in vehicle speed increase the threat to pedestrians. By helping to calm your local streets you can make it safer and more pleasant for you and your family.

And While London Burns - an operatic guided tour of London

headlessness — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:38:52 -0800

"Bathed in fire, flood, love and turmoil And While London Burns is a compelling collision of thriller, opera and guided walk."

Walk It

nthdegx — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 03:34:48 -0800

Walk It is a website for planning walking journeys. It gives you a map and directions for the best route, and info on distance, walking time, calorie burn and even CO₂ potentially saved by avoiding the car, taxi or bus. London only, at present, alas.

An inquiry into living while walking the roads of America, Mexico, and beyond

MetaMonkey — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:55:31 -0800

An inquiry into living while walking the roads of America, Mexico, and beyond

Anywhere is walking distance, if you've got the time.

tellurian — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 22:52:42 -0800

Alan Waddell intends to walk every street in every suburb in Sydney. He has completed 192 suburbs so far. He is 91.

Trans-California Ramble

xowie — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 08:15:34 -0800

Walking to Yosemite from San Francisco, just like John Muir.

Jesus Boots perfected!

skallas — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 09:54:18 -0800

Jesus Boots perfected! NYT: In the last 150 years, Americans have patented about 100 water-walking inventions. The first, in 1858, was by H. R. Rowlands, who lived in Boston, not far from where Mr. Rosen resides, in Newton, Mass. Most of the subsequent patents, Mr. Rosen said, are iterations of that same idea. "Unfortunately," Mr. Rosen observed, "none of them actually work."

........

mcgraw — Thu, 06 May 2004 09:26:58 -0800

Walking DNA Scientists have created a microscopic walking robot using only the building blocks of life. The robot’s DNA legs move along a DNA footpath, taking a nanostroll in a bath of a liquid called a "nondenaturing buffer", which stops the DNA from falling apart.

This is how they treat a man

johnny novak — Sat, 29 Nov 2003 10:11:13 -0800

This is how they treat a man
This man has been arrested yet again for his ongoing attempt to walk the length of Britain naked. Is he right to be arrested, or should he be allowed to continue?

They call me Doctor Scholls!

hellinskira — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:25:13 -0800

Mind the Gap... Karl Bushby braved the infamous and road-less Darien Gap in 2001 and is now trying to smuggle love into the Great White North. All while on one loooong walk from southern Chile to Kingston-upon-Hull, England.

Let your feet do the walking!

wells — Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:53:42 -0800

"We're walking from Chicago to San Francisco. Many have responded with, "You guys are stupid!" Some, on the other hand, have said, "Wow, that's cool!" Either way, we hope you'll keep coming back to see what will happen next in our walking adventures."
Current mileage, photo galleries, and journal entries abound -- and really, when was the last time you walked 627 miles (inside of 60 days)?

Beautiful, open source creativity at levitated.net

taz — Wed, 02 Jul 2003 03:47:10 -0800

Walking Things is an environment that generates small, walking computational organisms. "Each walking thing is built up from totally random conditions. Appearance, behavior, and walking characteristics are all assigned from a range enabling effective, functional mobility. Click on a walking thing to permutate its characteristics".

Just one of the very many wonderful (open source) creations at levitated.net (more bugs with bling here). Kick off your shoes, fill your coffee cup or wine glass, and dip in.

Walking Dog

Witty — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:38:51 -0800

Dancing dog, schmancing dog. Walking dogs is where it's at (you'll see). A dog tale deserving of a 'standing' ovation. I still say, dogs rule! [video link under the last image on the left]

We Don't Walk in Maryland

Joey Michaels — Tue, 27 May 2003 20:36:23 -0800

Newsfilter: Maryland Gov. vetoes 9-year-old's bill to designate walking as Maryland's official state excercise. "Saying walking has no specific ties to Maryland, Gov. Robert Ehrlich announced Wednesday that he vetoed the bill because 'it serves no public purpose.' Supporters questioned that logic Thursday, especially after learning Ehrlich signed another state symbol bill - [also] sponsored by elementary school pupils - proclaiming the thoroughbred as the state horse."