No, really, do.
posted to MeFi Music by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:22 PM on February 18, 2007 (11 comments)

Here's a Minutemen spoof about MeFi. Recorded with my son's first-act (toys-r-us) guitar-for some grit. This is my first try at "vocals" on MuFi. It sucks, but I haven't had time to do any recording work for a while.
posted to MeFi Music by snsranch at 8:08 PM on October 19, 2006 (4 comments)

A Metafilter exclusive! This is the studio version of my contribution to the meficomp. It's the second track from my new album, which is available now.
posted to MeFi Music by ludwig_van at 8:18 AM on April 24, 2007 (8 comments)

"The story of how high officials misled the country has been told. But they couldn't have done it on their own; they needed a compliant press, to pass on their propaganda as news and cheer them on." Bill Moyers returned to PBS last night with this documentary (transcript) examining the mainstream media's role in the run-up to the US-led invasion of Iraq.
posted to MetaFilter by ibmcginty at 9:50 AM on April 26, 2007 (56 comments)

Looks like Hackety Hack is teaching kids to code with some of MeFi's own RSS feeds. Neat!
posted to MetaTalk by thebigdeadwaltz at 8:04 AM on April 26, 2007 (17 comments)

"As he has before, Bush told the story about how his first presidential decision was to pick a rug for the Oval Office..." In a speech before Ohio High Schoolers and business leaders in a Republican district outside of Dayton, the President made some interesting commentary on marriage, chicken-plucking, polling, his own legacy, comparisons between Iraq and Vietnam, and of course, the rug. Apparently, he loves the rug like Ronald Reagan loved Jelly Beans, talking about it all the time, even on the whitehouse.gov's video tour. Shortly after a President takes office, they make their own imprint on the character of the Oval Office by redecorating, a task usually taken by the First Lady. The rug, designed by Laura Bush is sunshine yellow, as the President stated he wanted the room to convey a sense of optimism, "because you can't make decisions unless you're optimistic that the decisions you make will lead to a better tomorrow." Hopefully the rug doesn't become a bookended anecdote to another Presidential "rising" sun.
posted to MetaFilter by rzklkng at 5:51 AM on April 24, 2007 (58 comments)

My girlfriend does not get wet during sex anymore.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 7:40 AM on April 20, 2007 (52 comments)

Which credit cards have the best rewards?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by kidsleepy at 12:06 PM on April 22, 2007 (19 comments)

"The church of global free trade, which rules American politics with infallible pretensions, may have finally met its Martin Luther." A thorough summary in The Nation of the brilliant but ignored Global Trade and Conflicting National Interests by Ralph Gomory, former IBM Senior Vice President for Science and winner of the National Medal of Science. His heresy? Arguing, with supporting technical and economic data, that multinational corporations and their home countries have divergent interests in shipping skilled labor and advanced technologies overseas, and that this "divergence" is a net negative for the American economy and the American public. Globalization, he argues, has its losers, the United States paramount among them.
posted to MetaFilter by Pastabagel at 8:53 AM on April 20, 2007 (76 comments)

Northern California Dreaming -- What steps should I take to explore my dream of buying land in Mendocino or Humboldt County, creating a small energy efficient home (perhaps one of the tiny, prefab ones), all while building/finding community.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by ClaudiaCenter at 9:34 AM on April 19, 2007 (12 comments)

Word is that the DGSE - the French secret intelligence service - knew in January 2001 that al Queda was planning to hijack a US aircraft and may have given warning. (The original article that appeared in Le Monde 2 days ago)
posted to MetaFilter by pwedza at 1:11 AM on April 18, 2007 (49 comments)

The Power of the Penis [YouTube],[NSFW]. I'm sorry for making my first post ever a single link YouTube post, but this Atlanta Public Access TV clip is the most educational video I have ever seen. Alexyss Tylor hosts a show on 'Vagina Power 'and 'Penis Power' with her mother. It's about 9 minutes of true insight - women, don't let men hit the bottom or use their penis as a weapon! Separate the love, the orgasm, and the penis, OK? Make sure he buys you the shrimp plate though!
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 3:00 PM on April 17, 2007 (293 comments)

Am I nuts in asking why more than usual high-profile, mass killings seem to happen in the mid-April timframe -- Waco, April 19; Oklahoma City, April 19; Columbine, April 20; and now this tragedy in Virginia. Is this an early Spring phenomenon? I often mention to my sister, whose birthday is April 20, about how bad things always seem to happen around her special day -- she is a great person. Any observations?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by terrier319 at 12:31 PM on April 16, 2007 (47 comments)

Design your own Chuck Taylors. Not normally a fan of corporate gimmickry. However, I grew up wearing these, and as a wee lad always dreamed of this day. (In the eighties the best that could be managed was to try to sneak a mixed pair under the nose of the sales clerk.) My Chucks were as beautiful as they were useful. And in those days they were still sweatshop-free.I knew little of the man, as the youth of tomorrow may know little of this one. I conclude with a parable.
posted to MetaFilter by flotson at 12:44 AM on April 16, 2007 (67 comments)

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.
posted to MetaFilter by karen at 5:58 AM on September 11, 2001 (491 comments)

My wife and I are about to launch a new web startup. This is her second successful venture and I am moving from agency creative to join her. Throughout the process, there are many opportunities to reinvent the wheel and I would love to connect with other people that are putting their nest eggs on the line and taking the web 2.0 leap. I am looking for a "founders forum" for entrepreneurs. Does anyone know of a forum or community that is centered around the trials and tribulations of serious startups?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Occams Hammer at 12:15 PM on April 12, 2007 (11 comments)

More fodder for your mp3 player - audio books of Hesse, Kafka, Nietzsche, Plato, Tennyson, and quite a bit more from ThoughtAudio.
posted to MetaFilter by Wolfdog at 7:36 AM on April 12, 2007 (15 comments)

Where can I find cute/sexy underwear online that will not cost half of my paycheck?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by mustcatchmooseandsquirrel at 8:34 AM on April 13, 2007 (15 comments)

Pro-pornography writings by feminists?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by kingjoeshmoe at 1:43 PM on April 5, 2007 (36 comments)

BOG VENUS VERSUS NAZI COCK-RING: Some Thoughts Concerning Pornography Alan Moore, renowned comic author and creator of a recent work of unapologetic smut waxes at length on the history and role of pornographic art and literature, asserting "our impulse towards pornography has been with us since thumbs were first opposable".
posted to MetaFilter by thedaniel at 12:06 AM on April 6, 2007 (33 comments)

A question for the AskMefi women. Guys in their late thirties or early forties who dye their hair: O.K. or icky? And for those of you who think it's lame: is it lame enough to become a dealbreaker when you start seeing a guy?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by matteo at 9:40 AM on August 26, 2005 (52 comments)

Team building industry statistics: how would I go about finding these? I'm looking for typicals like how much is spent, who spends it, what types of activities (lasertag, brainstorming) and how the numbers may have changed since 1990 - in the US, mainly, but elsewhere is also appreciated, as well as any other search terminology.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by yoga at 10:35 AM on March 22, 2007 (6 comments)

If Mittens chose to save Baby Penguin based on his beliefs, and Mittens' beliefs are not under his direct control, does Mittens really have freewill? SNL's spot-on parody of "Dora the Explorer."
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers at 7:06 AM on April 3, 2007 (53 comments)

Ian MacKaye seems like he wants to put his foot in the ass of those that would do away with all-ages shows in his hometown district of columbia.
posted to MetaFilter by Hat Maui at 5:54 AM on March 31, 2007 (18 comments)

It's spring; build a boat, therefore.
posted to MetaFilter by OmieWise at 6:55 AM on April 2, 2007 (25 comments)

Heaven's Gate Cult pre-Suicide Videos (via, wiki)
posted to MetaFilter by bardic at 6:39 AM on March 23, 2007 (35 comments)

Punk Love “If you weren’t up for being a quarterback or going to a Fleetwood Mac concert, then this was your alternative." A collection of images from the D.C. punk scene of the early '80s, captured by Susie J. Horgans, with commentary from Fugazi's Ian MacKaye and (former Häagen-Dazs manager) Henry Rollins.
posted to MetaFilter by grabbingsand at 8:07 AM on March 23, 2007 (27 comments)

I used IBM's Many Eyes data visualization site [discussed] to create a network map of my MetaFilter contacts and my contacts' contacts. It got to be pretty big, so I thought I'd post it here.
posted to MetaTalk by monju_bosatsu at 2:38 PM on March 21, 2007 (55 comments)

I understand The Elder Ones are quite tasty on saltines with a dash of Tabasco.
posted to MetaFilter by sourwookie at 6:20 AM on March 21, 2007 (87 comments)

Bruce Sterling's talk at SXSW is described on the landing page as a 'rant'. It isn't. What it is is a survey from 10,000 feet at what's happening in culture and technology and on the web, and I reckon it's worth spending the hour of your life it'll take to listen to it. I hope you agree. [mp3, 59 minutes]
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken at 1:06 AM on March 19, 2007 (52 comments)

Buffy is back. If you're a fan of the show still jonesin' after all these years, Joss Whedon and the staff have created an official season eight - in comic form.
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves at 7:52 PM on March 16, 2007 (51 comments)

My post early this morning was deleted because cortex says "What, was the previous thread that you linked not contentious or web-unrelated enough?"
posted to MetaTalk by jesirose at 10:07 AM on March 15, 2007 (247 comments)

The Camel Toe Report [some onsite ads NSFW, certainly questionable at best] is dedicated to documenting camel toe sightings in the wild. Rate My Camel Toe goes one step beyond, offering viewers the opportunity to weigh in on the "best" and "worst" camel toes. Even celebrities get camel toe from time to time.
posted to MetaFilter by grapefruitmoon at 9:26 PM on March 13, 2007 (69 comments)

RIP Trainwrecks.net. A website devoted to making fun of bloggers and forum posters who reveal a little bit too much TMI went dark in January after sustained attack by another site called Heaven Nose. After it was gone many of its readers fled to new site called The Insult. The Insult went dark today in a similar fashion. Where does free speech end and cyber-bullying begin?
posted to MetaFilter by humanfont at 11:47 AM on March 12, 2007 (67 comments)

Halliburton Moves Corporate Headquarters to Dubai, UAE. Oil services giant Halliburton, parent company of soon to be spun off KBR, and recipient of many no-bid government contracts, is moving its corporate headquarters to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Meanwhile, the US and the UAE are working on a free trade agreement. The UAE and China are the two largest exporters to Iran, and some speculate that the purpose of the move is to open up Iran as a legitimate market for Halliburton, because as a US firm its acknowledged trade with Iran is of questionable legality. Among the implications of this corporate move is that the US military will now be heavily dependent on a contractor that is a foreign company.
posted to MetaFilter by Pastabagel at 11:23 AM on March 12, 2007 (75 comments)

Baltimore area meetup at The Brewer's Art...St Patrick's Day (a Saturday) or April 1 (a Sunday)? Or suggest another day that works for you.
posted to MetaTalk by nj_subgenius at 9:28 AM on February 26, 2007 (10 comments)

In Part III What's Happening To The News of Frontline's four part series News War, there came, during one of several discussions of the impact of the internet upon the news, a montage of screenshots of various websites, weblogs and community weblogs. MetaFilter was one of them. I seen it! Now should that be a little Woot! worthy or what?
posted to MetaTalk by y2karl at 11:48 PM on February 27, 2007 (52 comments)

As mentioned in the 2nd podcast: Slack jobs,whether their slack be built-in or sneakthieved, seem to support our participation here. How do you or your industry get away with it? What's the mefi crackmonkey dreamjob? I'll show you mine inside.
posted to MetaTalk by Ambrosia Voyeur at 12:03 AM on February 23, 2007 (86 comments)

This (Medical Marijuana ask.mefi thread) is a good example of an ask metafilter thread where people don't answer the specific question of the poster, but still remain civil and helpful. Yay. So there's an existence proof that people can be helpful while not answering the question asked (and not fall all over themselves to be jerks).
posted to MetaTalk by zpousman at 4:58 AM on February 22, 2007 (118 comments)

For Your Eyes Only? Allegations that the government is reading your e-mails, with the help of AT&T. The latest episode of NOW did a good piece on the NSA's domestic surveillance program (previously discussed here.) It can be viewed on their website. Meanwhile, Canadian human rights attorney Maureen Webb has written a new book on the scope of government surveillance, and found that the use of sophisticated methods to search for terrorists is not identifying the right suspects.
posted to MetaFilter by homunculus at 12:33 AM on February 21, 2007 (72 comments)

The Prisoners of YouTube is a pretty good longish article on all the reluctant internet video celebs, including Star Wars Kid, Afroninja, the Numa Numa Kid, and more. It's an interesting look at the downside of unwarranted attention and how a few people have turned these embarrassing moments in the sun to their advantage.
posted to MetaFilter by mathowie at 6:05 PM on February 19, 2007 (51 comments)

I'm interested in buying a corset for use as an outergarment and as nightclub wear.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Four-Eyed Girl at 8:01 PM on February 19, 2007 (23 comments)

A Gallery of Topless Women on the Streets of New York (nsfw) - Jordan Matter's photographs are alternately stunning, striking, inspiring, and provocative.
posted to MetaFilter by frecklefaerie at 9:16 PM on February 15, 2007 (60 comments)

It's REDICULOUS, I tell you, REDICULOUS.
posted to MetaTalk by unSane at 4:31 AM on February 14, 2007 (85 comments)

Where can I find communication/team building resources online (preferably for free)?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by SassHat at 7:27 AM on February 12, 2007 (2 comments)

Breakfast of the Gods: The Last Good Morning. A serialized webcomic featuring the sugary, crunchy stars of your childhood - destroying your childhood dreams one after another. Via Monkeyfilter.
posted to MetaFilter by loquacious at 10:22 AM on February 11, 2007 (32 comments)

No fucking way is this bearable on MeFi.
posted to MetaTalk by Civil_Disobedient at 10:03 AM on February 10, 2007 (186 comments)

At what age should you start giving a child an allowance? Personal experiences? Obvious follow-up: How much?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dirtylittlemonkey at 10:35 AM on February 6, 2007 (33 comments)

where on-line can we find great illustrations of animals, insects, vehicles and plants to turn into stencils for our homebrew t-shirts for our kids and friends?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by progosk at 4:01 PM on February 2, 2007 (6 comments)

Why does MetaFilter revolve around Dios? Isn't this a community of circa 50,000? It feels like everyday there is another Dios soap opera. I dread clicking on post comments anymore because chances are it will be more about him rather than the post.
posted to MetaTalk by Funmonkey1 at 4:37 AM on January 31, 2007 (295 comments)