MetaFilter posts tagged with why

"I'm yours again. I always enjoy seeing what happens to me."

Rory Marinich — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:23:50 -0800

After years of silence, enigmatic programmer/musician/surrealist why the lucky stiff is publishing to the web again (temporarily). Five days ago he released a number of short collages; today, his site is outputting a number of stories and essays, which are being collected in several Scribd repositories. _why writes about a strange old Oprah show starring guests who've removed themselves from society [parts 2 3 4 5 6], discussing M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening with a friend [2 3 4 5 6], and suffering a personal crisis after reading the complete works of Kafka [2 3 4 5 6 7]. (One final story, "Dentist", has been uploaded to a public Dropbox account [2 3 4 5 6 7 8].) There's also this somewhat ominous web site. In the past, _why wrote a poignant guide to Ruby, created some music that sounds kind of Neutral Milk Hotel in its mixture of quirk and melancholy, made a philosophy one time just for fun, and also wrote a bunch of poems and poems and stories and stories. His complete estate has been archived, to some extent, here.

This isn’t spinning, it’s a way of life

Potomac Avenue — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:41:00 -0800

Recently, in a candlelit room in Tribeca, a 24-year-old named Zack made a confession. “I’m very open about this, but I’ve been in recovery for the past two years,” he said from a podium, facing a room of two dozen people who looked up at him with approval, acceptance, and even a generosity of spirit. He wore a trucker’s hat over curly blond hair and explained that he was from Florida, an actor and hip-hop dancer (“Woo hoo!” “All right!”). Then he kicked on the music and began pedaling his bike. Inside The Carefully Cultivated Soul of SoulCycle Vanity Fair on the Celebrity Cult of Soul Cycle Nightline Uses the Word Badonkadonk Slide show of the Experience Lena Dunham Has Her 26th Birthday At A Soulcycle

Skinring

found missing — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:52:43 -0800

Designer Sruli Recht creates ring made partly of himself.

Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus

Blasdelb — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:57:01 -0800

Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus || Spoken Word

Why I Dislike Your Poem, But Love God

I Hate Religion, And Jesus Too

Why here, and not there?

twoleftfeet — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 04:46:17 -0800

Psychology Today handles The Big Question: Why Are We Here?

This guy does what Al Gore can only dream of....

schmod — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:51:44 -0800

Hot off the heels of the rousing critical success of Transformers 3, producer Don Murphy has greenlighted a feature-length, live-action Captain Planet film.

It's kind of like Minecraft, except you drive a bus in Germany...

schmod — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:11:14 -0800

Do you like video games? Have you ever wanted to comprehensively reenact the daily life of a double-decker bus driver in 1985 West Berlin? Your prayers have finally been answered. Aerosoft's impressive Omnibus Driving Simulator allows you to take command of the venerable 1980s-vintage MAN SD200 and SD202 double-decker buses (in 20 authentic 1980s advertising liveries) along West Berlin's Omnibus Route 92, complete with an accurate simulation of all four production-runs of the SD200's transmission, drivetrain, climate control, and passenger information systems. If the SD202 doesn't cut it for you, or you want to escape the clutches of West Berlin, there's a comprehensive map editor and scripting engine at your disposal. (via) Also included: This Awesome Soundtrack.

I'm on a Boat

brain_drain — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:44:35 -0800

If you're like me, you're in the market to buy yourself an island-sized boat, but you're not satisfied with the world's current inventory of formulaic, fuel-guzzling, cruise-ship-like mega-yachts. You might want to consider picking up a WHY 58x38, which offers 36,000 square feet of living space, a 120-foot "beach," three decks, and an 80-foot interior pool, topped by a vast solar panel array. It won't break your budget -- at a mere $151 million, it doesn't even crack the top four most expensive yachts in the world! More on the WHY 58x38 here.

Lose/Lose: The Game That Deletes Your Files

Plutor — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:24:07 -0800

"Lose/Lose is a video-game with real life consequences. Each alien in the game is created based on a random file on the player's computer. If the player kills the alien, the file it is based on is deleted. If the players ship is destroyed, the application itself is deleted." via

I Want To Blow YOU Up!

gman — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:30:35 -0800

A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila. MTV made a show out of her because, amongst other reasons, she has over 2.5 million friends on myspace and she claims not to discriminate. The cast bios are ~~interesting~~ fucking ridiculous. The latest has her and some dude named Bobby breaking up. Fan sites are abuzz.

This is why you're not

parmanparman — Thu, 24 May 2007 11:39:53 -0800

$15 microwave -- this is why I'm hot. Via. $15 microwave -- this is why I'm hot (break it down now)