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Orange you glad you got your Nickelodeon?
Two and a half years ago, we explored the early history of Cartoon Network... but it wasn't the only player in the youth television game.
As a matter of fact, Fred Seibert -- the man responsible for the most inventive projects discussed in that post -- first stretched his creative legs at the network's truly venerable forerunner: Nickelodeon.
Founded as Pinwheel, a six-hour block on Warner Cable's innovative QUBE system, this humble channel struggled for years before Seibert's innovative branding work transformed it into a national icon and capstone of a media empire.
Much has changed since then, from the mascots and game shows to the versatile orange "splat." But starting tonight in response to popular demand, the network is looking back with a summer programming block dedicated to the greatest hits of the 1990s, including Hey Arnold!, Rocko's Modern Life, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Double Dare, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Legends of the Hidden Temple, and All That.
To celebrate, look inside for the complete story of the early days of the network that incensed the religious right, brought doo-wop to television, and slimed a million fans -- the golden age of Nickelodeon. (warning: monster post inside)
Boredom from having thought about myself to answer all these questions
Proust
is a way for you and your family to share and preserve your stories, one question at a time.
The site takes its name from the Proust Questionnaire. Stories can be viewed in several different ways and be set as private or public.
How to make high quality podcast doing interviews?
I'm starting a podcast where I will likely be interviewing people in their offices with different acoustic environments. I have a Zoom H2. Keeping it as simple as possible, exactly what techniques and software (on OS X) do I need to get the interview at a high level of audio quality, and make a high quality podcast out of it?
Vox Roma
Over 143 episodes of audio, Mike Duncan has covered the founding of Rome through the Crisis of the Third Century in his History of Rome podcast [previously], having now reached the last pagan Emperor, Julian The Apostate. Enlivened by drawing on comparisons to popular culture, from The Empire Strikes Back (when Hannibal makes his appearance) to The Godfather (as a metaphor for Rome's social client system), Mr Duncan's work makes for fun, informative 25-minute sessions with the greatest empire of the ancient western world. If you're interested in more, the podcasts could be handily supplemented with...
Recommend me some mellow, non-electronic two-player strategy games.
My spouse and I are looking for some new board/card games - can you help?
More Android questions...
So I have switched to Android and have some questions...
How can we get 3 pets, 1 with issues, across the country?
How can we get our pets across the country?
Pants!
Pants! I want men's pants that are not jeans, not khakis, don't need to be ironed, can be worn to a casual office with a nice shirt, and cost less than $50.
Horror set in space
Looking for recommendations of horror stories set in space - movies, TV shows/episodes, books, comics, games etc. Bonus points for 'ghost ship'/'haunted house' story constructions.
Best iPad Development Tools?
I have been having a wonderful time making a vaporware iPad app using the templates on Omnigraffle, and want to make it real. Other than the Stanford iPhone class, O'Reilly Books, and Stack Overflow, what are other good resources I need for learning to build an iPad app?
Monolingual no more
I've been doing LAMP web development for about ten years. I'd like to learn a new language to diversify my skills. What language should I choose?
Hacking Whole Foods?
Hacking Whole Foods: Give me your best suggestions and tips for finding LOW-priced options at Whole Foods that are not available in typical, mainstream chain grocery stores.
Help me not know what I just saw.
What are the most inexplicable internet videos you know of?
crafty movies
I really enjoy watching skilled craftspeople do their thing. Please suggest some TV shows that document an individual showing off their skills.
How do I get online prescription glasses?
Walk me through getting prescription glasses online, please.
The Art of War
What books have helped you succeed and grow professionally? Although recommendations like Getting Things Done or How To Win Friends And Influence People would be great, I would also like to hear about fiction or non-business books that you have read that have positively impacted your career. I am familiar with this thread about particular fields. I am more interested in books that have helped you generally in your career, regarding topics as diverse as work ethic, courage, communication, organization, leadership, relationships, work-life balance, etc. If the Men's Style Manual has impacted your career, bring it on!
We've tried nothin' and we're all out of ideas.
My kid is bad. I need a book to teach me how to make her not be bad anymore.
Rapid Ruby on Rails indoctrination
At year's end, I'm transitioning to a new web dev department that uses RoR extensively. Problem is, I've been a PHP/mySQL guy my whole working life. Help me bone up on my RoR, stat!
Blalock's Clones
Blalock's Indie Playlist is a pretty good way for me to find new music. However, it's rather indie-centric and my tastes in music are more diverse than that. Are there any other playlists on the internet that do the same kind of thing except with different genres?
Help me put my best foot forward at work
What is your personal code of conduct at work? What are the things you learned over the years about the do's and don'ts at work, irrespective of the industry you are in?
Quality over quantity
The Perfect Five
posts five songs per week(ish): a recent hit, a cover, a classic, a remix, and a wildcard. "A music blog for people who don't have time for music blogs."
News Arts Argument
frontsection.net is a tasteful, politically right-on and truly curatorial take on aggregating web content. Careful, combined with an MF habit, this is going to eat up a lot of hours. Although the site is MetaFilter-inspired, all links are the fruit of one intrepid reader whose work, it must be admitted, sometimes grinds to a halt for up to a week at a time.
Board Games with Scott!
Confused in Catan? Conflicted about Carcassonne? Puzzled in Puerto Rico? You've heard about all these awesome new board games that are out these days, but don't know where to begin? Help is here! Scott Nicholson knows all about 'em, and will explain them in great detail in his video series Board Games With Scott!
Unfulfilled lunchtime.
I have a bad habit of buying lunch while at work. What can I make for lunch that will fulfill my super-strong cravings for huge burritos and greasy pizza?
Must Read Soccer and other soccer blogs
Must Read Soccer has one aim: To bring you the best writing in English on football, wherever we find it, fresh almost daily, and without favor.
Guido's Python
Guido's Python: Introduction
is part of a series by Yaniv Aknin which seeks to look at the programming language through the eyes of Guido van Rossum, author of the language (and mentioned previously).
It has to give me a pony ride too!
I'm looking for a completely minimal blog/cms/wordpress skin.
What to do in Lyon?
Travelfilter: things to do in Lyon (France)?
Where's the funny
Where can I find the funniest posts on mefi?
Reasonably priced tax preparation software that doesn't require me to put my info online?
I need recommendations for consumer tax preparation software, other than TurboTax.
Plane crashes in to the word trade center.
Plane crashes in to the word trade center.
Apologies for not linking to anything besides the main CNN page but there are no full stories on this yet. The plane crashed into the building about six minutes ago, from what the TV is saying. We are about sixty blocks north and we can see the smoke over the skyline.
Some helpful sites
Stackoverflow is great for getting questions answered, but sometimes I want to
fix up someone else's code, or
learn Python by doing, or
solve some language-agnostic puzzles, even if they're meant for
high schoolers or
undergraduates.
Sometimes I try to wrap my mind around some
incomprehensible or
deceptively comprehensible programs. Sometimes I want to write
Haskell in C++ or
one-
liners in Python.
Best way to pay debt collectors?
Now that I am able, I would like to pay the debts I have accrued over the past few years. When confronted with debt collectors, what is the best way to deal with them so that this positively impacts my credit report?
Like KoL set in Victorian London and everything's being stolen?
Web-based RPGs similar to Kingdom of Loathing?
Better Recipe Websites
Trying to improve my cooking skills, but every recipe website I've looked at is terrible. Anything better out there? How about OS X recipe apps?
The R Project for Statistical Computing
R is quickly becoming the programming language for data analysis and statistics. R (an implementation of S) is free, open-source, and has hundreds of packages available. You can use it on the command-line, through a GUI, or in your favorite text editor. Use it with Python, Perl, or Java. Sweave R code into LaTeX documents for reproducible research.
Looking for a new book similar to Pillars of the Earth
What are some books that are similar in storyline and writing style to Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet?
I cast Magic Missile at the darkness!
"I guess it's the stereotype of playing it - [the players] are usually fat, sweaty, hairy dorky men who are socially inept who happen to live in their mom's basement."
Dungeons & Dragons, the 1974 published fantasy role-playing game that once delivered your child to Satan, is still associated with self-deprecating nerds, played in secret (along with embarrassed "comings out") and scorned by jocks/Salon writers and their cheerleader girlfriends everywhere.
But what better way to break, or affirm, the stereotypes, than by listening to a 4th Edition D&D game being played, featuring not just by some scrubs off the street, oh no, but the creators of Penny Arcade, Tycho and Gabe? Still not tempted? How about if we throw loved/hated Star Trek actor, prodigious blogger and all round nice guy Wil Wheaton into the mix?
All files available as Podcasts and/or embedded in page. Warning: audio links feature some strong language.
Dungeons & Dragons, the 1974 published fantasy role-playing game that once delivered your child to Satan, is still associated with self-deprecating nerds, played in secret (along with embarrassed "comings out") and scorned by jocks/Salon writers and their cheerleader girlfriends everywhere.
But what better way to break, or affirm, the stereotypes, than by listening to a 4th Edition D&D game being played, featuring not just by some scrubs off the street, oh no, but the creators of Penny Arcade, Tycho and Gabe? Still not tempted? How about if we throw loved/hated Star Trek actor, prodigious blogger and all round nice guy Wil Wheaton into the mix?
All files available as Podcasts and/or embedded in page. Warning: audio links feature some strong language.
Network administrator advice
I landed my first Network/System Administrator job! Looking for pointers and suggestions.
Donald Barthelme’s Syllabus
Donald Barthelme’s Syllabus:
I was given secondhand a list of eighty-one books, the recommendations of Donald Barthelme to his students. Barthelme’s only guidance ... was to attack the books “in no particular order, just read them.” Two of the books, Knut Hamsun’s Hunger and Flaubert’s Letters (numbers 15, 40), were written in the twentieth century, most in the past thirty years. And all have that dizzying sense of otherness and surprise common to great books, an affluence of vitality. There’s not a dull read in the group.
Open-ended games?
I would like to find a computer game with a mechanic that rewards constant play (eg, levelling up). What do you recommend?
Hey! It's a bunch of lists we can all agree on!
The A.V. Club's Best of the Decade: Films. Performances. Scenes. Bad Movies. Books. Short Story Collections. Comics. Video Games Music. Metal. Electronic Music. Comedy Albums. Television Series. Television Episodes. Reality Series/Competitions. Made-For-TV Movies/Miniseries. Late-Night Comedy/Talk Shows. One-Season Wonders. And the orphans.
Help me get into the spirit!!
Help a "non present" person adjust their attitude during this holiday season, or any time of year for that matter.
Best video game blogs?
What are the best video game blogs out there today?
Cheap Talk - Econ and game theory from Jeff Ely and Sandeep Baliga
On pinball's downfall; draft Scrabble; strategies for choosing a seat; visiting our old friend, swoopo.com; and meatball theory: various and sundry economical, game theoretical, and miscellaneous morsels from the folks at Cheap Talk.
"Got any ideas?" "Actually not."
An incredibly detailed reconstruction of US Airways flight 1549, from takeoff to ditching in the Hudson.
The first video is an animation of the flight, with audio from the LGA tower and a transcription of the discussion between Capt. Sullenberger and F/O Skiles. The work also includes reconstructed radar target displays, radar returns of the birds, and various audio transcripts. Based on the NTSB docket, released in June 2009.