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I can has buckle swashed too?
I love history, and I love adventure. What real-life historical adventurers were awesome, and have books written about them worth reading?
I Like To Read Things
What are some of your absolute favourite online essays, articles and other pieces of non-fiction writing?
National Lampoon "non-jokes"
Does anyone remember "Non-Jokes" from National Lampoon magazine?
Great words... that you actually use
What are some interesting, uncommon "vocabulary" words that you use regularly or semi-regularly?
FLASH
Where do I find FLASH programmers, preferably offshore (AKA cheaper)?
Please God don't make me read.
So, I've seen Sagan's Cosmos. I've seen The Universe. I've listened to Feynman's lectures on physics. What's next?
Flash URL Variables Problem
Flash problem: I know it's just me, but...variables don't always seem to be passed in URL query strings.
77th Earl of Groan
Gormenghast, that is, the main massing of the original stone, taken by itself would have displayed a certain ponderous architectural quality were it possible to have ignored the circumfusion of those mean dwellings that swarmed like an epidemic around its outer walls.
When? Ella, When?
Finally available on CD is the Original Cast Recording of Sondheim's Evening Primrose. Although other recordings of the score have been made available, this is the first time that the original cast will be heard on a publically released recording.
Behind Door Number One...
The Monty Hall Problem has struck again, and this time it’s not merely embarrassing mathematicians. If the calculations of a Yale economist are correct, there’s a sneaky logical fallacy in some of the most famous experiments in psychology." The NY Times' John Tierney reports on new research into cognitive dissonance as examined through the famous Monty Hall Problem. [A previous MetaFilter thread about the Monty Hall Problem: Let's Make A Deal!]
What is your favourite blog?
What is your favourite blog?
Fidgeting with a purpose.
How does one fidget with a purpose?
Actionscript community site?
Mailing list, forum, or other community for advanced actionscript coders?
Brain Stem! Brain Stem!
"How many brain scientists have the chance to study a stroke from the inside?" In 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor did (previously), and she recently gave a moving TED talk on her experience. If that merely whetted your appetite for more brainy videos, check out the complete archive of UCSD TV's Grey Matters, a series of lectures on the brain. And for dessert, The Parts of the Brain, as performed by Pinky and The Brain. [via Neurophilosophy]
Why do we use radians?
What's the advantage of using radians instead of degrees? I've never had a satisfactory answer to this. In high school, we always used degrees to measure angles and starting in university we switch to radians. Is there really any benefit to using radians?
Ideas in the Air
To The Best Of Our Knowledge
is one of the most wide-ranging and literate public radio shows in the US, a two-hour "radio salon" featuring leisurely exploration of weekly themes like No Smoking, Identity Crisis, Weekend, and The Mind, Music, and Math. Host Jim Fleming approaches these big ideas through the works of authors - journalists of all stripes, memoirists, poets, fiction writers, essayists. Five years' worth of shows are available on audio archives; you can also search the impressive list of authors by name, or subscribe to the podcast.
What are some good blogs/sites that are like kottke.org?
I love reading sites like kottke.org and Neatorama (and, of course, Metafilter). It's exciting - I never know what I'll come across next. What are some other sites that have lots of interesting stuff, preferably on a daily basis (but less often is fine as long as the content is high quality)?
17thc. books online?
Resources for recreating the look and feel of 17th century books (their title pages specifically?)
Useful Books
What is the most useful book you own?
I spy with my little eye
What do you look at/notice, as you wander through the world, that I probably ignore?
The Mechanical Universe on Demand
The Mechanical Universe...and Beyond is a critically-acclaimed series of 52 thirty-minute videotape programs covering the basic topics of an introductory university physics course.
This well produced and highly informative 52 episode series, hosted by David Goodstein of Caltech, is available as Video on Demand (Note: simple registration required to view videos).
Music in 3/4 time -- any suggestions?
Music in 3/4 time: Any suggestions?
What's Taking So Long in There?
What do people do in public bathrooms (besides the obvious) that takes so long? Why am I quicker at it?
Basic Concepts in Science: A List
Basic Concepts in Science: A List
A regularly updated list of blog entries explaining the basics of science and mathematics.
Have ears, have brain, willing to learn.
Where can I learn about music history and music theory for free?
Waiting Games
Give me your best games to play while waiting in line, going on long car trips, or on airplanes. Requirements: 2 or preferably more players, minimal, self-made or no equipment necessary (deck of cards is OK), and fun! So far I have: rock/scissors/paper tournament, Mafia/Werewolf, 20 questions. I need more!
Best book publication methods?
I have a web site. I want to write a book based on the topic. I have publishers/agents asking to talk to me, but I don't know if I'm ready. For one thing, I'm not convinced traditional publication is best — I'm intrigued by self-publishing and e-books. I'm looking for general advice: What are the pros and cons of each method? It seems that unless I'm lucky, traditional publishing offers the lowest dollar return. But are there other, intangible benefits I'm missing? Exposure? Having somebody who knows what they're doing guide me along? And how do I approach a discussion with agents/publishers so as to get the best deal?
Old videotapes
What do people do with old videotapes?
I freeze, you freeze, we all freeze for banh mi...s
When you're in NYC and it's winter, where do you take your food to eat when the place you're buying from doesn't have seating?
Not your usual Nintendo DS titles...
I'm looking for any good Nintendo DS games that are unusual, particularly innovative or just plain weird. In a genre of their own kinds of stuff.
Abandoned souls and the last taboo. Good readin'!
Dan Simmons' amazing book, The Terror, has me now longing for more survival/failure to survive stories. What can you recommend?
Simple home studio
Will you help me set up a simple yet functional home recording studio?
Regex Alms for the Perl-less?
Help me composite some regex.
(That phrasing makes this question sound way less nerdy than it is)
quantum pathology
quantum physics. what am I not getting?
Books like "The Name of the Rose" and "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell"?
Could you recommend books similar to The Name of the Rose and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell? There's something about the tone, the mashing of genres together, and the over-immersion in details that is unbelievably appealing to me. (But don't recommend Tolkien!)
Like the phone book, but with more plot
Looking for some good, loooong novels.
Algorithm Challenge!
Algorithmfilter: I have a set of tasks and a set of workers. Tasks vary in size. Each task can be done by only some of the workers. How can I find a mapping from tasks to workers that minimizes the load on the the heaviest-loaded worker, and assigns all the work?
"And then they made a stew out of blanched chicory root and ostrich feet."
Please to recommend novels that could function as survival manuals.
Gift-worthy history books?
My dad has mentioned that he would like a history book for Christmas. Help me find one that will really knock his socks off!
Help build my contrarian library
I'm looking for a good list of books that take a contrarian view of their respective fields of inquiry. Books like Freakanomics, The Tipping Point, The Black Swan, Good Calories Bad Calories.
I shortchanged myself in education
How do you get the education you should have gotten in high school and college?
Make my Christmas dinner a success!
[first time holiday dinner filter] It's my first holiday FEAST. And I must impress FUTURE INLAWS. Give me your tried-and-true "omfg where on EARTH did you get this recipe" holiday recipes - traditional is okay, but I'd prefer the off-kilter.
Tale of Two....or Three Cities
I am looking for books ( fiction or non-fiction ) about the adventures of city living. Give me tales of colorful characters in New York, dandys in London, and criminals in Tokyo. I want to read about restaurants, jazz clubs, gambling dens, eccentric shops, and seedy alleyways.
What are the most intellectually stimulating podcasts?
What podcasts will make me more intelligent just by listening to them? I enjoy the BBC's "In Our Time", which features serious discussion of historical events and people by academics working in the field, and also quirky, thought-provoking programs like WNYC's "Radio Lab" and "This American Life". I'm not so keen on some of the podcasts I typically get from newspapers that gloss over the surface of a subject with little analysis. What other highbrow podcasts are made by people who really know their shit?
Where are all the good PC games?
I am becoming increasingly frustrated with the PC games market. Help me find something that's not another damn FPS!
jQuery vs. Scriptaculous
JavaScript: jQuery vs Scriptaculous - Which is currently the favorite amongst developers?
Need a ch-ch-ch-change
I've become bored of digg, slate and reddit. I'd like some substitutes (but not too close of substitutes that I get quickly bored again).
The Duplex Planet audio and interviews w/David Greenberger
Almost 100 audio segments of David Greenberger's The Duplex Planet are available on PRX
(site requires registration -- Bugmenot). More about The Duplex Planet and a lengthy audio clip are available here. Interviews with David Greenberger here (transcript only), here (second one down, click the headphones) and here (~10 MB mp3 file, 45 minutes long). The infrequently updated Duplex Planet blog is here. Previous Metafilter post on Duplex Planet here.
What can I do to not get bored while exercising?
What can I do to cure my boredom while exercising?
201 Stories by Anton Chekhov
201 Stories by Anton Chekhov
translated by Constance Garnett presented in order of Russian publication.