MetaFilter posts tagged with wheel

A wheel. You know... For kids!

ObscureReferenceMan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:43:00 -0800

A better way to get kids to learn to ride - a single training wheel. The folks at bikecommuters.com liked it too. Available December 1.

One Button. Endless Possibilities.

miss lynnster — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:20:06 -0800

OMG! It's THE NEW MACBOOK WHEEL! Squeeee!

Big Wheel Keeps on Turning

grouse — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:21:57 -0800

Ferris wheels making a comeback. Wheels across the world, past, present, and future, big and small. Graphic comparing various wheels. The London Eye. The Singapore Flyer. A triple Ferris Wheel that closed 10 years ago. And George Washington Gale Ferris's 1893 wheel that started it all.

KKK: You must be THIS bigoted to ride this ferris wheel

spock — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:35:11 -0800

Somehow the Canon City, Colorado branch of the KKK was not quite as fear-inspiring as their brethren to the South. Home page.

If Rocks Could Speak

maryh — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:36:38 -0800

Das Rad ("The Wheel") google video Apparently rocks speak to one another. They just do it very, very slowly. An stop-motion short from Germany with English subtitles. Creators' website.flash

wackybrit — Mon, 02 Jul 2001 10:06:38 -0800

Australian Man Patents The Wheel This story reads as if it was meant to be in The Onion instead. Freelance patent lawyer John Keogh was issued with an Innovation Patent for a "circular transportation facilitation device" ... in May. But he has no immediate plans to patent fire, crop rotation or other fundamental advances in civilisation.