Seriously, wtf is the point of this FPP? The site's not in english so it seems to me to be a thread that has no other purpose than to comment on the attractiveness of the women who are featured. How is this appropriate for Metafilter?
posted to MetaTalk by dobbs at 8:20 AM on February 2, 2007 (149 comments)

Picnik. Free, online photo editing tools.
posted to MetaFilter by loquacious at 5:53 AM on February 1, 2007 (8 comments)

So. The write-and-record-an-album-in-Februrary RPM Challenge thing. Who's doing it? Who still needs convincing? [Recently, on mefi]
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 12:33 PM on January 27, 2007 (51 comments)

An autistic woman "speaks" her language, then ours. (YouTube) "My language is not about designing words or even visual symbols for people to interpret. It is about being in a constant conversation with every aspect of my environment, reacting physically to all parts of my surroundings." [more inside]
posted to MetaFilter by maudlin at 9:13 AM on January 25, 2007 (170 comments)

We give smoking advice to minors.
posted to MetaTalk by bigmusic at 3:00 PM on January 25, 2007 (151 comments)

As radicals of the 60s tried to find their place in the aftermath of Vietnam, former members of the Weather Underground, and former Black Panthers who were still dedicated to militant action were, in part due to COINTELPRO, increasingly marginal. Some joined the Black Liberation Army or other radical cells. In New York, a few activists who had recently spearheaded the use of accupuncture to treat drug addiction set out to fund an independent nation of New Afrika (although the money may have been feeding the leaderships' growing drug addictions). The Brinks truck robbery ended terribly. 3 men were killed. A number of the actors are still in prison (including Tupac's step-father). Some are gone. The child of two of the players was left without his parents to raise him. In retrospect, their tactics were questionable at best. But those who are concerned with making real change in the world can at least try to learn from the past.
posted to MetaFilter by serazin at 12:40 PM on January 24, 2007 (20 comments)

Politico.com has launched. Last year the venture made news due to the high-profile departures of John Harris and Jim VandeHei from the Washington Post. About 20 reporters from major newspapers have left their jobs to work at the new Web site which is devoted solely to politics.^* It’s launched by an established media company that owns several ABC affiliates - Allbritton Communications Company. They also are publishing a dead-tree version.
posted to MetaFilter by ericb at 5:40 PM on January 23, 2007 (14 comments)

Andre the Giant, Greatest Drunkard of all Time The key to Andre the Giant is this — even as a youth he knew that his disease would dramatically shorten his life. He knew there was no cure, and lived every day with the understanding that death could shamble around the very next corner. Knowledge of this sort can darken a life. It did not darken Andre’s. He chose instead to pack his days with as much insane, drunken fun as they could hold. Instead of languishing in the darkness, he chose to walk in the sun.
posted to MetaFilter by ColdChef at 12:38 PM on January 23, 2007 (95 comments)

In loving mammary - celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the invention of the brassiere. (may be risque for work) [more]
posted to MetaFilter by madamjujujive at 10:36 PM on January 17, 2007 (49 comments)

By semi-popular request, I present to you: Metafilter: The Deleted.
posted to MetaTalk by Mach5 at 2:29 PM on January 13, 2007 (52 comments)

My Post is Still Open.
posted to MetaTalk by sgt.serenity at 4:51 PM on January 11, 2007 (9 comments)

metatalk parody. no comment from me, i'll leave that to everyone else.
posted to MetaTalk by yhbc at 5:21 PM on June 6, 2005 (2684 comments)

Pork flavored stamp. In celebration of the Year of the Pig, China is releasing a stamp that smells (when scratched) and tastes (when licked) of sweet-and-sour pork. I thought this was a pretty innovative idea for a stamp. But it's not new. A few more examples (scroll down to "scratch-and-sniff").
posted to MetaFilter by ObscureReferenceMan at 10:15 AM on January 11, 2007 (25 comments)

. . . a group of us were talking about a particularly irksome message board contributor and the subject of sociopathy came up again. This particular person seemed to be oblivious to the rules of the board, didn't pick up on the social cues of other participants or moderators to modify his behavior, and was making public personal attacks against others while complaining that others were doing the same to him, even though they were not. Anyone who runs a community site, has comments on their blog, or participates on a message board knows this guy -- and it usually is a guy. Maybe he just suffers from cyber-disinhibition. One guy has some ideas about the problem.
posted to MetaFilter by landis at 12:58 AM on January 4, 2007 (59 comments)

Stop me hitting my iPod! My 4th gen iPod requires frequent slapping to encourage it to unfreeze (try Googling 'slap+ipod' to see what I mean). What does this particular 'fix' actually do? How do I fix my iPod in a more permanent way?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Kiwi at 10:35 AM on December 28, 2006 (8 comments)

World's smallest, most exclusive MeFi Meetup Evar: ufez, romakimmy's perennially lurking sister, romakimmy and a CareBears Checker Set were in Dallas these past two weeks. Despite a massive amount of obligatory family time, we did manage to do some shoutouts. Auguri y'all.
posted to MetaTalk by romakimmy at 11:33 AM on December 27, 2006 (114 comments)

Cleanup on Aisle 57279! What was a really awesome discussion about Hiroshima has now turned to feces-flinging . (This comment being the tipping point, as far as I can see. It's downhill from here.) As someone who was legitimately enjoying the thought provoking comments on the ethics of it all, can we at least move the personal in-fighting over here?
posted to MetaTalk by grapefruitmoon at 10:22 AM on December 27, 2006 (113 comments)

Is PreacherTom an astroturfer? He's made 13 posts to the blue, all in the past couple of months. And all 13 of them start with a link to Business Week. There's someone with the same name on Netscape.com's digg-esque site who does the same thing, and one on StumbleUpon, too. And that's not all. Am I being paranoid? Is this even worth frowning on, as long as they're all decent posts?
posted to MetaTalk by Plutor at 5:41 AM on December 22, 2006 (166 comments)

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, but do you know Stekkjarstaur, Giljagaur, Stufur, Thvorusleikir, Pottaskefill, Askasleikir, Hurdarskellir, Skyrgamur, Bjugnakraekir, Gluggagaegir, Gattathefur, Ketkrokur and Kertasnikir? They're the Jolasveinar, the impish "Yuletide Lads" of Iceland, and those are only some of their many names. During the thirteen days before Christmas, legend says that they do their best to monkeywrench the celebrations with hijinks like stealing sausages, milk, and candles, and peeping into windows and up skirts. The children of gruesome child-eating trolls Gryla and Leppaludi, who were known for snatching naughty children, the elves got their start in the 17th century. In the years since, their image has apparently mellowed, and now they leave children presents in their shoes and limit themselves to mild pranks.
posted to MetaFilter by Miko at 9:17 AM on December 22, 2006 (21 comments)

So much for Democracy, Tony Blair has hit back at claims a corruption probe into a Saudi arms deal with BAE Systems was dropped after commercial and political pressure.
posted to MetaFilter by zouhair at 8:58 PM on December 15, 2006 (38 comments)

Drawer Geeks is an illustration challenge founded by Greg Hardin. Alternate Fridays, a group of 25+ professional animators, illustrators, cartoonists, and designers riff on a given fictional character. This past week's theme was Santa Claus. Among archived themes, I particularly liked: Medusa and The Grim Reaper. (via diminished Responsibility)
posted to MetaFilter by madamjujujive at 7:06 AM on December 17, 2006 (33 comments)

Connoisseurs of Cunnilingus: What does it taste like to you?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Ambrosia Voyeur at 7:54 PM on December 1, 2006 (86 comments)

The children's book illustrators archive. Czeschka - Die Nibelungen; Nielsen - Hansel and Gretel; Goble - Japanese Fairy Tales; Dulac - Arabian Nights; Pavlishin - Folktales of the Amur; Finlay - The Ship of Ishtar; Detmold - The Arabian Nights; Crane - Flora Feast; Kirin - Croatian Tales of Long Ago; Clarke - Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination; Collard - British Fairy Tales, and; more Rackham in the gallery then you can shake a pen at.
posted to MetaFilter by OmieWise at 9:05 AM on December 13, 2006 (14 comments)

Korea, the Beats, Quality, and Mental Illness: A fantastic interview with Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance's Robert Pirsig.
posted to MetaFilter by malaprohibita at 9:03 AM on December 6, 2006 (51 comments)

What you have purchased for less than the price of a cup of coffee is arguably one of the most important "lost" music recordings out there. Record collector Warren Hill paid 75 cents at a yard sale in Chelsea, New York for an acetate in a plain cardboard sleeve. After some research, Hill's friends confirmed that the acetate disc, recorded by sound engineer Norman Dolph (who also wrote Reunion's "Life Is A Rock But The Radio Rolled Me"), was the third recording ever made by the Velvet Underground and the first album they ever did. A demo rejected by Columbia Records, the acetate is now up for auction on EBay, where the high bid is $124,640.50 and climbing, already breaking records as the most expensive LP ever sold at auction. (Bonus: see a post from a teenage eyewitness to the VU's 1966 session that produced this acetate.)
posted to MetaFilter by jonp72 at 9:17 AM on December 5, 2006 (32 comments)

Cooking with Cum. It's been a long time since I've been to a site that rendered me (almost) speechless.
posted to MetaFilter by adampsyche at 2:36 PM on November 18, 2004 (129 comments)

Now that I'm getting familiar with PHP and MySQL et al, what should I add to my portfolio to make myself hirable?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by cebailey at 8:43 AM on October 20, 2006 (4 comments)

Jobster is a 'web 2.0' answer to the perplexing puzzle of searching for employment or employees online. It allows you to tag yourself by skills, rank those skills and interact with other folks around the globe about where they work. Their search feature culls listings from every major job listing site on the net into one place as per your interests. It is a very clever design and offers some very intriguing features that, though they feel a bit 'beta-like', are already worth the visit if you are, like me, looking for work. I already like it a whole lot more than the many alternatives.
posted to MetaFilter by BrodieShadeTree at 9:07 PM on November 26, 2006 (39 comments)

clothesfilter: Why don't we wear coats on our legs?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by jourman2 at 11:04 AM on November 22, 2006 (29 comments)

Hundreds of hand-drawn turkeys. Teaching assistant for a Psych class is on copier duty: multiple-page midterm for a class of over 700. Appends "Draw a turkey" to the last page of the test. Here are the results. Gobble. [via mefi projects]
posted to MetaFilter by brownpau at 9:46 AM on November 22, 2006 (61 comments)

Autodidactic goodies on a budget: Free computer books and online lectures, seminars and instructional materials from a variety of renowned institutions.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 7:05 AM on November 21, 2006 (19 comments)