Is it a thing for European men to keep tissues in their underwear?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by galenka at 12:39 PM on September 10, 2012 (42 comments)

In school, most grades have a favorite teacher. For Rockport-Fulton Middle School's seventh grade, it's Bobby Jackson. He teaches Texas History. (Via)
posted to MetaFilter by zarq at 7:21 AM on September 8, 2012 (39 comments)

I am abusing Adderall and need help. I have found a Narcotics Anonymous meeting in my area and am going to attend the next one, but I think I need more help.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Francophone at 9:27 PM on September 5, 2012 (14 comments)

I want to put together an unmanned aerial vehicle for capturing aerial photos over a small area (probably <1 km2). Ultimately, I would like to be able to extract a digital elevation model from those photos. How can I get started?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dialetheia at 9:47 PM on August 29, 2012 (10 comments)

This week, tumblr has become the birthplace of a new format of gif that offers a sense of 3-dimensionality. And the gifcrafters have really taken off... (MLTP - multi-link tumblr post)
posted to MetaFilter by six-or-six-thirty at 7:48 PM on August 29, 2012 (57 comments)

"The Most Important Gay Porn Film Ever Made?" [NSFW Warning: Pictures of a naked guy, no sex or penis shown.]
"Dawson's 20 Load Weekend redefined bareback porn and the men who appear in such porn. It influenced subsequent videos and expanded the availability of bareback films. It depicted a prevailing truth about gay sexual behavior "post-AIDS" and arguably encouraged risky sexual adventure-seeking. It led to the saturation of bareback porn online, making unprotected sex normative to whomever might be watching. To dismiss this film, to minimize its social and cultural impact, would be to demonstrate a profound misunderstanding of gay sexuality today."
posted to MetaFilter by andoatnp at 10:34 AM on August 16, 2012 (51 comments)

If you're a fan of William Burroughs' work, a complete reading of Junkie, by William Burroughs himself, has recently appeared online, for free. Junkie (alternately titled Junky) is a 1953 semi-autobiographical novel by William S. Burroughs, published initially under the pseudonym "William Lee". It was his first published novel and has come to be considered a seminal text on the lifestyle of heroin addicts in the early 1950s. Also some Burroughs movies, which include The Cut-Up Films, interviews, Burroughs The Movie and Shotgun Paintings.
posted to MetaFilter by nickyskye at 8:51 PM on August 7, 2012 (18 comments)

Coming soon to a red planet near you, it's the Mars Science Laboratory! On Monday, August 6 at 05:31 UTC (other times around the world), NASA's Curiosity rover is expected to land on Mars in search of conditions suited to past or present Martian life. Live coverage begins on NASA TV at 03:30 UTC. But this mission has been years in the making, so if you have a little catching up to do...
posted to MetaFilter by ddbeck at 9:11 PM on August 4, 2012 (138 comments)

Edward Behr is the editor and publisher of The Art of Eating, (named for MFK Fisher's book), a well-regarded food magazine.
posted to MetaFilter by the man of twists and turns at 9:47 PM on June 29, 2012 (12 comments)

Breaking records at 16.32 petaflops, Blue Gene/Q is the world's new fastest supercomputer.
posted to MetaFilter by tracert at 6:27 AM on June 18, 2012 (40 comments)

I made this tool to help violate Twitter brand guidelines. Enjoy!
posted to MetaFilter Projects by bertrandom at 6:14 PM on June 7, 2012 (5 comments)

Emergency: must temporarily increase muscle endurance or life will be ruined within the next 24 hours. What can I do?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by sarling at 4:22 PM on June 4, 2012 (53 comments)

Apple's Crystal Prison and the Future of Open Platforms (via)
posted to MetaFilter by kliuless at 10:10 AM on May 29, 2012 (121 comments)

So, we were lied to. The good news is that holdkris99 is fine, rather than dead. He's also banned, his wife's (?) account is banned, and they're not welcome back to Metafilter, ever.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 12:03 PM on May 22, 2012 (1288 comments)

Bill Bollinger was an important post minimalist sculpture in the late 1960s and early 1970s. One of a generation of people who changed what sculpture meant.
posted to MetaFilter by PinkMoose at 12:59 AM on May 17, 2012 (7 comments)

MeFi's own waxpancake celebrates the 10th anniversary of his blog Waxy.org with a retrospective of some of his favorite posts.
posted to MetaFilter by Horace Rumpole at 5:16 AM on April 15, 2012 (19 comments)

Wired called them, digital graffiti and John Carmack spoke of them at QuakeCon 2011 but they remain little known. A recently released full-length documentary (download) gives a portrait of the creative digital subculture from 80s to the present day.
posted to MetaFilter by Z303 at 1:18 PM on April 9, 2012 (37 comments)

French hospitals have rooms where medical students (internes) can rest, lunch and vent off steam between calls, but these salles de garde are not your usual staff room. They are brightly decorated with lively mural paintings showing the current internes, the doctors and other hospital staff engaging in very (very) explicit sex acts. The frescos are done by the students themselves or commissioned from local artists, and are replaced on a regular basis. Here are some choice examples (sorted by hospital): Ambroise Paré, Cochin, Widal, Louis Mourier, Saint-Louis, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Institut Gustave Roussy (ibid) (ibid), Lariboisière, Robert Debré, Saint-Cloud, Tenon. Many other images can be seen on the website of an association of former internes. [Totally NSFW unless you're a medical student training in France]
posted to MetaFilter by elgilito at 10:40 AM on March 19, 2012 (200 comments)

With an accompanying intro and arty blog post, Project it Yourself rethinks map projections and lets you make new ones from scratch, with nothing more than household math.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by tmcw at 4:39 PM on March 16, 2012 (1 comment)

Does anyone have a crafty way to manage your earbuds and cord for an iPhone/iPad?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by starkraven at 11:33 AM on February 23, 2012 (30 comments)

Freddie Mercury, Anthony Perkins, Rock Hudson, and other people with AIDS on stamps
posted to MetaFilter by incomple at 8:47 AM on February 17, 2012 (24 comments)

Minecraft was officially released a few months, back, but that doesn't mean that the game still isn't being updated. Aside from new features like Kitties and Jungles being added in the latest update, there are hundreds of active mods available which are updated constantly.
posted to MetaFilter by empath at 8:54 PM on January 26, 2012 (68 comments)

Dumb kitchen move question: how do you wash capsaicin out from inside your nose?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by EmpressCallipygos at 11:10 AM on December 31, 2011 (25 comments)

How can I manage H withdrawals and an 8hr plane flight? I know theres other posts up about this on here but nobody has quite the same situation I'm in. I have a plane flight that leaves 6:30am on monday morning, its an 8hr plane flight and I just took my last shot 4 hrs ago today; lately I've been going through anywhere from .2-.5 of black tar everyday, I've never gone over that and I've only been using daily since last thursday (IV'ing since wednesday, smoking before that). I have half of a suboxone and a shit ton of vitamins (L-tyrosine, N-P-K mineral supplement, B-6/12, melatonin, and a multi). My first question: will I be over the worst of it by the time I get on that plane monday morning? Second question: what do you guys think is the best way to stagger all this out to minimize my hurt?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 7:11 PM on December 23, 2011 (14 comments)

"2,3,4 or more microphones are suspended from the ceiling by their cables so that they all hang the same distance from the floor and are all free to swing with a pendular motion. Each microphone’s cable is plugged into an amplifier which is connected to a speaker. Each microphone hangs a few inches directly above or next to its speaker.
posted to MetaFilter by misteraitch at 3:39 AM on December 4, 2011 (16 comments)

Harold Cooper’s Extend New York takes New York City to extremes, by extrapolating every street and avenue of the Manhattan grid to whole planet. What subway line stops at your front door, wherever you are? Why do all Avenues terminate in Shaytankuduk?
posted to MetaFilter by migurski at 8:22 PM on November 14, 2011 (19 comments)

The user's actual email address ends with ".com", but it is POST'ed to the application as ".cPr". This has happened with multiple users. Any ideas on what would cause that?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by foggy out there now at 12:48 PM on October 26, 2011 (14 comments)

Seeking advice on optimal seating options for The Book Of Mormon...
posted to Ask MetaFilter by docpops at 7:29 AM on October 9, 2011 (7 comments)

Though the posters and trailers promise quality performances, Clint Eastwood's biopic J. Edgar seems intent on skirting certain issues in the former FBI director's personal life. The JEH Foundation is already denying the "rumors" louder than ever, but so far there's little indication that they've got anything to fear beyond a little hand-holding. QUEERTY asks: if Clint Eastwood is cool with homos, why is he freaking out about J. Edgar not being a gay movie? Despite the tame promos, screenwriter Dustin Lance Black insists that the gay subplot makes up "about a third" of the story. Meanwhile, an upcoming memoir by former Hollywood pimpster Scotty Bowers is rumored to contain a firsthand account of a gay weekend getaway with Hoover and company.
posted to MetaFilter by hermitosis at 4:27 PM on October 9, 2011 (81 comments)

Birdy Nam Nam is four f*cking guys, named for a reference from the 1968 movie The Party. They are a quartet of French turntablists, consisting of Crazy B, DJ Pone, DJ Need, and Little Mike. They've spun solo and together at the 2002 DMC competitions, where they took the team championship title. In 2005, they released an album made from turntable-manipulated samples, but they weren't studio-only tracks. They were also performed live, though some tracks featured additional live musicians. A 2007 live album followed, keeping the same over-all turntablism sound as their first album. Their second album was largely produced by French produceder/DJ Yunksek, and the sound changed accordingly into an album of delightful French dance music, but they kept (generally) to the turntables to create their songs. The band has released their third album, now working with Para One, another French producer/DJ. Their sound has gone on a slightly new path, with another bizzare music video to accompany their sound.
posted to MetaFilter by filthy light thief at 1:04 PM on September 23, 2011 (27 comments)

Drag star Varla Jean Merman is the new spokesmodel for Fleet enemas. Her commercials: Part 1, Part 2, cabaret version. Previously: Varla's Schoolhouse Rock.
posted to MetaFilter by hermitosis at 7:48 AM on September 17, 2011 (43 comments)

A Dutchman at Google. His blog has some gems: a glimpse into life as an Google engineer, and a brief history of searching (going a short way into the future). Some of his projects are neat: Google talks, Google tells you the best time to visit any place. And he has a little Google joke: type "bush's foreign friends" into Google and click [I'm Feeling Lucky]
posted to MetaFilter by iffley at 5:25 PM on August 20, 2004 (8 comments)

Huxtable Hotness [via mefi projects] In which the author reviews the sartorial choices of the characters on "The Cosby Show" one episode at a time.
posted to MetaFilter by Potomac Avenue at 9:09 AM on September 2, 2011 (26 comments)

Why, oh why, does Chrome do thisÉ
posted to Ask MetaFilter by jacquilynne at 2:33 PM on May 27, 2011 (15 comments)

"Excuse me while I rock out to the Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble and The Wangjaesan Light Music Band." The human face of communism. It's a Pyongyang thang.
posted to MetaFilter by puny human at 7:56 PM on May 23, 2011 (26 comments)

You can find me in the club, bottle full of bub
Look mami I got the X if you into taking drugs
I'm into having sex, I ain't into making love
So come give me a hug if you into to getting rubbed

Lyrics from crack dealer/rapper 50 Cent's "song" "In Da Club", this week's most popular single according to Billboard.
posted to MetaFilter by johnnydark at 7:45 AM on February 27, 2003 (74 comments)

University of Redwood sounds a lot like Reed College, down to faculty and building names. And apparently it doesn't exist.
posted to MetaFilter by klausness at 9:00 AM on February 27, 2011 (47 comments)

Mr Mowatt said he had always wondered what lay under an 8ft stone in the garden and eventually curiosity got the better of him, "On the screen... I could clearly see what I thought was a white skull, with two eye sockets, looking back at me."
posted to MetaFilter by BadMiker at 10:00 AM on November 4, 2010 (38 comments)

Does etiquette require me to replace the shawl of a dinner party guest that she ruined while out walking our property?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Nickel Pickle at 8:40 AM on September 27, 2010 (157 comments)

So I'm a very attractive Ivy League bound student who happens to be 18. My boyfriend is a white collar Wall Street professional who happens to be 52..
posted to Ask MetaFilter by xbeautychicx at 4:14 PM on July 10, 2010 (100 comments)

(E)nter the realm of the Dragon
(I)nstructions
(L)ist Warriors
(Q)uit back to BBS

Your choice, warrior? [E]:_
posted to MetaFilter by 256 at 7:37 AM on July 2, 2010 (70 comments)

Help me find English words that have meanings hidden in plain sight. For example, it only recently occurred to me that a "quart" is a quarter of a gallon.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by alms at 9:22 AM on May 4, 2010 (136 comments)

Learn to use the HDR photography method effectively.
posted to MetaFilter by Soupisgoodfood at 4:11 AM on December 26, 2009 (45 comments)

What makes European coffee different from American coffee?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by backseatpilot at 6:40 AM on October 30, 2009 (32 comments)

How do you pull off New Year's Eve @ Times Square with maximum comfort?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by mittenbex at 11:56 AM on August 29, 2009 (23 comments)

How worried do I need to be about bringing my cellphone to the DEFCON hackers security convention?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by y6y6y6 at 9:03 AM on July 28, 2009 (28 comments)

Tomorrow, my boyfriend and I will be photographed nude and somewhat covered in electronics (music making equipment and cords). Is there anyway to attach expensive, somewhat heavy mixers and controllers to our bodies?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Juliet Banana at 9:42 AM on July 6, 2009 (12 comments)

Find me stories (books, movies, links, anecdotes) of how two ordinary, quiet, straight middle-aged people met, and learned to care for each other.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 8:13 AM on June 27, 2009 (14 comments)

After casual sex, what is the etiquette about staying the night?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 8:00 AM on March 12, 2009 (54 comments)

What are the best sources of material about Joan of Arc's life and work?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by fantine at 12:00 PM on January 1, 2009 (5 comments)