May 6
Dear Hillary
I realized a couple weeks ago that I own the domain dearhillary.org. I forget exactly why I bought it; probably at the behest of an earnest friend, but no matter now. When I saw this timely domain, I knew I had to do something with it. First, I built a simple petition application. Then, I realized that online petitions are lame artifacts from Internet version 2004, and took it down.
After discussing a few concepts with my coworkers and friends, I settled on a Madlib. Pick a dozen or so words, and you have an instant letter to Senator Clinton along with a link to email it to her campaign.
If anyone has a better idea of what to do with the domain, please, by all means share.
posted by netaustin at 12:51 PM PST - view votes/leave feedback
May 3
Save the Los Angeles Public Library
This is a grassroots community site initially launched to protest a proposed $1-per-book inter-branch loan fee, a plan which was
tabled in direct response to 875 eloquent emails. Yay! But the L.A. library is still in dire straights, with devastating cuts threatened to its budget, which was already among the lowest in the US. If these cuts go through, they will result in closed branches, curbed book purchases and database and periodical subscriptions and unemployed librarians. Please
send an email in support of a well-funded library, wherever you happen to live. These messages are being read by the Budget and Finance Committee as they consider what services Angelenos will have to learn to live without. The bookworms, librarians and families of Los Angeles thank you!
posted by Scram at 7:19 AM PST - view votes/leave feedback
May 2
Sonic ID
Stepping back in time...in late 2006 I posted my shiny new
Audio Branding Blog here. (Topic: the intentional use of music, sound and voice to create a cognitive and emotional connection between people and organizations.)
Update: this nascent field is expanding, and I've recently teamed up with Dan Kirby and Martyn Ware (Human League, Heaven 17,
Future of Sound and
Illustrious) to grow Sonic ID, a sonic-identity firm on both sides of the Atlantic.
We just launched our new site. (And yes, it's brochure-ware...with guitar. Or in this case keyboard.) It's a work in progress, but by all means feedback welcome.
posted by diastematic at 3:28 PM PST - view votes/leave feedback
Comically Large Things 2.0
Totally redesigned and just as comically large as ever! Now featuring a Web 2.0-ish interface, which means it has all sorts of little buttons and icons and thingies. Also now on its own domain, which is the mark of quality. Come and get your comically large love!
posted by jbickers at 8:09 AM PST - view votes/leave feedback
May 1
METAFILTER WILL KILL US ALL
A fun little thingbot i made for April fools. It's a mad-lib type of site where you put people's names into the sub-domains and it creates a story. It was made to give to your friends for a laugh.
The neat thing is it will grab images from
flickr.com based on the words you punched in. all you have to do is type
your.friends.namae.willkillusall.com into the address bar and away you go. Here's a few to get you going:
posted by joelf at 4:37 PM PST - view votes/leave feedback
Deadly Moves
In our latest improv comedy short, my wife, Adria Dawn (
Popular,
Nip/Tuck) is visited by our neighborhood door-to-door kung-fu salesman, guest star Pat Kilbane (
Mad TV,
Semi-Pro).
Enjoy!
posted by MythMaker at 3:02 PM PST - view votes/leave feedback
deCODEus
"Welcome to deCODEus. deCODEus is an experiment. We want to find out what
this is all about. deCODEme is a service provided by deCODE of Iceland. They’re a biotech firm that has made a name for itself by cataloging the genetic material of hundreds of thousands of people, and using that information to ‘decode’ the human genome. We want to think about what the appearance of services like these means for how we think about life, health, personhood, and science and technology. We want to place ourselves right in the middle of the ‘personal genomics revolution’ as consumers, citizens, and cultural analysts. Most of all, we want to document and discuss the process of getting a personal genetic profile."
Read, comment, and help us to raise the $985 we need to get a profile through 'swarm funding' micro-donations.
posted by mariokrat at 1:44 PM PST - view votes/leave feedback
On The Mommy Track
Most of the so-called "mommy blogs" (including those written by dads as well) are written by parents where at least one parent is lucky enough to stay at home with the child. My life is different. We have a toddler, I work two jobs, and my husband works full time as well. Since I was having trouble finding blogs that reflected my own experience I started to write about it. These are the results so far.
posted by anastasiav at 10:49 AM PST - view votes/leave feedback
Katie Enlow
This is a 6-track "EP" of mashups produced by me (Lenlow), all featuring vocals from my sister Katie Enlow. Some blues, some funk, some dance, some soul... Should be something here for everyone.
posted by Lenlow at 10:12 AM PST - view votes/leave feedback
April 29
A blog on Stand Up Comedy in the Uk
This is The Stand up blog, a project i have set up as apart of my journalism degree. The blog features an interview with stand up legend Stewart Lee and will feature many more over the coming weeks. Any feed back would be helpful. Not only this, but the blog will try to collate people own videos of stand ups.
posted by jamra at 7:46 AM PST - view votes/leave feedback
April 28
April 27
Twitter Theater - Fight Club
Fight Club deconstructed into status updates by its main characters, looped continuously on Twitter. Follow all the characters to catch the full dialog or tune into your favorites for
choicer bits. The updates fire once per minute, so the actual film takes about 26 hours to run it's course. The
Fight Club Meta-User on twitter follows all the characters, and is probably a good starting point.
posted by casconed at 7:11 PM PST - view votes/leave feedback
April 25
TED talks, on DVD
Recently I compiled a DVD of talks from the excellent TED.com as a thank you present for a friend.
I figured that, since all the talks are released under a Creative Commons licence, I might as well make them available for download over the Internet.
Thanks to some very helpful people over on Ask MeFi I got the format and such sorted, and as requested by a couple of people I've also collected the original TED mp4 files into a single torrent.
So, head over to
http://www.mcqn.net/tedtaster and grab yourself a copy.
posted by amcewen at 10:47 AM PST - view votes/leave feedback
April 24
The Invention of the Letter
-- a rare hand-drawn book by Beat poet and Zen teacher
Philip Whalen. Though lesser-known than his peers
Jack Kerouac and
Allen Ginsberg, Whalen was a wonderful and subtle poet who was also one of the first Americans to study Zen in Japan. (He appears in Kerouac novels like
The Dharma Bums under pseudonyms like Warren Coughlin and Ben Fagin, "a quiet, bespectacled booboo, smiling over books.") He met
Gary Snyder and
Lew Welch at Reed College, where he studied calligraphy with the illustrious
Lloyd Reynolds. While in Kyoto in 1966, Whalen sketched out a charming fable about the invention of language in the Garden of Eden that was eventually published by pioneering communard
Irving Rosenthal and given away for free at a 1968 reading in San Francisco.
The Invention of the Letter has since become extremely scarce and is now available
online for curious scholars and Beat fellow travelers.
posted by digaman at 5:46 PM PST - view votes/leave feedback
Mouthwash
A TV show about college life and the insignificant turmoils that come along with it. Relive the days fondly or remember the worst parts of last week.
We've finished parts 1-3, 4-8 are coming in the next week or two so stay tuned.
posted by stvspl at 5:46 PM PST - view votes/leave feedback
Vehicle Fixer Videos
I started this project years ago and the original concept was to sell auto repair videos in the retail marketplace. I simply wanted to provide easy video instruction designed to help everyday people to fix their own cars. If you have ever tried to distribute a video, music or a book, you will find it to be a daunting task that is stacked against the little guy.
A little more than a year ago I started this website and have base of viewers from around the world.
posted by Redlands Ed at 5:46 PM PST - view votes/leave feedback
April 23
April 21
Carbon Footprint Snaps
A silly blog we started to a) be fun, b) be funny, and c) raise awareness of energy and climate issues. It's like "yo mama" snaps, but about your carbon footprint. Please feel free to register, contribute, and click on ads if you're feeling extra spunky.
posted by folktrash at 9:45 AM PST - view votes/leave feedback
April 20
HURF DURF METAFILTER ANALYZER
I've spent the last few days conducting a comprehensive review, and constructing an annotated index, of the use of variations of the phrase "hurf durf" on Metafilter. The index covers 357 separate comments (and 10 posts) on various parts of the site, in chronological order.
posted by cortex at 1:49 PM PST - view votes/leave feedback
Open Data Definition
The Open Data Definition is a forthcoming draft format designed to be an extremely simple method for moving your data from one social network to another, subscribing to a user's profile like a kind of social RSS feed, or streaming updates between two or more services.
posted by bwerdmuller at 9:03 AM PST - view votes/leave feedback
April 18
April 16
April 15
Grooveshark Lite
Here's the roundup. You can listen to over 1.5 million songs, stream them free and legally and even grab a few recommendations. Think Pandora but with custom playlists. Enjoy.
posted by socalsamba at 1:29 PM PST - view votes/leave feedback
The Stuff I Like
I'm taking advantage of that "Stuff X People Like" meme. This blog has selfish intents, though. It's all about the stuff that
I like. The reason for its birth? Typing "Stuff Fifth Generation Canadians From Manitoba Like" into the browser is difficult. What I hope to get out of this is some practice in writing with regularity and to formulate a response to this meme that is based upon stereotypes.
posted by sleslie at 5:47 AM PST - view votes/leave feedback
April 14
The Thrifty Digger.
I wanted to share some of the non-Canadian music that I've come across (while looking for records for
these two
sites) so I started up another audioblog. This one features selections from records I've found at garage sales, thrift stores and bargain bins for less than five bucks.
posted by The Card Cheat at 5:45 PM PST - view votes/leave feedback
Excelsior 1968
A high school yearbook for the fictional Bristol County Secondary School in the fictional Staedtler, Ontario. Each student here is redrawn (and renamed) from my mother's actual 1968 high school yearbook.
I've put the entire thing on Flickr, but it's also available as a physical book from the online shop of my newly-redesigned
blog/website, which has all sorts of other
comics,
illustrations,
fonts, and other goodies.
posted by Robot Johnny at 10:28 AM PST - view votes/leave feedback
April 13
April 12
La Vie en Green
Like dear Kermit the frog once wisely said, it's indeed: "not easy being green". La Vie en Green is a blog that aims to explore, present and help to raise the awareness of the current issues revolving around environmental degradation and the importance of sustainable development.
posted by SSofia at 2:42 PM PST - view votes/leave feedback
BorderStories
Co-created by a grant-bound friend of mine, BorderStories documents life on the US/Mexican border. I hope they get the grant they need to keep this project alive.
"Border Stories is an ongoing multimedia project dedicated to documenting life along the U.S.-Mexico border. Our crew is traveling the length of the international boundary, shooting, producing and uploading video installments about people and places from Brownsville to Tijuana. Along the way, we'll endeavor to present stories that convey the human reality of the region and spur a better understanding of the challenges it faces."
posted by bloodniece at 8:46 AM PST - view votes/leave feedback
April 9
Self help guide to credit repair
I screwed up my credit five or more years ago, and still was having trouble renting apartments. I researched what the credit repair firms do, followed my research, and improved my scores by quite a bit. Here's my notes, edited into shape, which I sent out to my friends. I'd love to get some comments back on the site and the strategy.
posted by talldean at 8:31 PM PST - view votes/leave feedback
Warming to the Process.
To participate or not participate in the democratic process is the question facing Philadelphia's black Muslims as the primary election approaches. A rare conversation on politics with some prominent members of the community reveals a move towards moderation and selective participation.
posted by The Straightener at 2:40 PM PST - view votes/leave feedback
Meta Life-Change
So I recently discovered one of
AskMeFi's most famous threads—the one invites the community to recall a single life-altering experience in their childhood. That thread is a goldmine of stories that run the gamut of inspirational, depressing, touching, and silly. My goal with "Meta Life-Change" is to find patterns, make connections, and simply geek out on life-change. I condensed each story into a two-sentence cause-n'-effect summary and then strung them all together with dhtml kung-fu.
posted by philosophistry at 1:29 PM PST - view votes/leave feedback
April 8
Fairtrade London
This project is following London in its quest to become the 1st 'Fairtrade City'...
many towns and boroughs across, not just London but the whole of the UK are being granted Fairtrade status as long as they follow and carry out certain procedures to declare themselves full supporters of the organisation!
This
blog shows events, interviews, as well as any news of Fairtrade going on in the Big Smoke...
Check it out ;)
posted by aria123 at 10:07 AM PST - view votes/leave feedback
Radio Northwick Park
Radio Northwick Park is a hospital station based in Northwick Park Hospital in North-West London. It is a charity based organisation which is entirely run by volunteers, whose aim is provide patient visiting and a broadcast entertainment service. Making a patients’ stay happier, RNP is known as a vibrant, fun station with a variety of people.
The purpose of
this blog is to constantly update the events organised by Radio Northwick. These help generate funds for further investments the station want to undertake. Events such as quiz nights and outside broadcasts overall generate awareness within the local community and inform people about the organisation and the work they complete
posted by angel29 at 8:48 AM PST - view votes/leave feedback
Shop 'Till They Drop
We all realise the importance of wages, whether we have a 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday job, a part-time job or know someone that works to provide for us.
Not only does the money that people gain help to provide a roof over their heads, electricity, heating and food, but for many, wages also enables one to have entertainment and to splash out on the latest 'I want this' consumer goods.
Yet, imagine a world where none of this was possible. Imagine a world where 80 hours of work per week is the norm and the cost of living widely surpasses the wages that you receive per month. This isn't the storyline of some fictious novel, it is real life for many that work to provide the clothes that you and I wear in Western society.
My blog, entitled "Shop 'Till They Drop," is a university project and not only explores the relams of sweatshops around the globe, but also exploitation in many spheres that you wouldn't imagine, such as the innocent-looking cut-fllowers that we all purchase from supermarkets.
The aim of my blog is to not only highlight the events that are currently occuring around the globe, but also how we can all help to reduce the amount of exploitation that is happening and last, but not least, learn more about the entire happenings myself!
All comments and suggestions are much appreciated!
posted by MagikGuy at 6:25 AM PST - view votes/leave feedback
April 7
Put Your Fag Out!
A blog highlighting and discussing the issues concerning the newer and stricter smoking bans worldwide. Who is severely and negatively affected and why?
posted by Pia at 10:21 PM PST - view votes/leave feedback
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