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A tiny story I am proud of
This is a very tiny story (less than 500 words) that I wrote years ago for a writing workshop, and the vagaries of social media recently reminded me that it exists. I re-read it, and remembered how much I like it and thought I would share it with Metafilter.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:29 AM on January 5, 2022 - 10 comments
This is a very tiny story (less than 500 words) that I wrote years ago for a writing workshop, and the vagaries of social media recently reminded me that it exists. I re-read it, and remembered how much I like it and thought I would share it with Metafilter.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:29 AM on January 5, 2022 - 10 comments
Its Our Nation
7 days ago ericb posted a thread called the politics of posters. The posters in question were several large posters of events, slogans, and people from the current republican administration all set off in imposing black font. After looking through the posters I had two thoughts, one it would be cool to organize a bunch of links for these posters, and two there are 251 topics OMFG I CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
Enter its our nation. I built the site relying on the design put forth in the posters and set up a wiki section so that people could help me populate each link with info.
Registration is now open, and I would love any feedback or help tracking down links.
posted by sourbrew at 9:18 PM on December 16, 2007
7 days ago ericb posted a thread called the politics of posters. The posters in question were several large posters of events, slogans, and people from the current republican administration all set off in imposing black font. After looking through the posters I had two thoughts, one it would be cool to organize a bunch of links for these posters, and two there are 251 topics OMFG I CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
Enter its our nation. I built the site relying on the design put forth in the posters and set up a wiki section so that people could help me populate each link with info.
Registration is now open, and I would love any feedback or help tracking down links.
posted by sourbrew at 9:18 PM on December 16, 2007
Both Ends of a Gun
Is a recording produced for RPM Challenge, the first event of its type. Based on the models of National Novel Writing Month and National Album Writing Month, the RPM (Record Production Month) Challenge asked bands and musicians from the Portsmouth, NH, music scene to write and record all the material for a 10-song or 25-minute album within the single month of February. This CD was my contribution to the project; it consists of songs built around two iconic American couples, Bonnie and Clyde, and Annie Oakley and Frank Butler. Submissions ran the gamut from highly produced, layered, professional studio work to humble kitchen-counter efforts like my own. The project, spearheaded by the local arts and culture paper, The Wire, galvanized the local music scene and forged connections between musicians both within and across genres. It's been a boon to the music community, and the model should definitely be emulated. The Portsmouth group is now throwing down the gauntlet by issuing the challenge to Northampton, MA, Portland, ME, and the entire State of Vermont.
posted by Miko at 12:02 PM on April 14, 2006
Is a recording produced for RPM Challenge, the first event of its type. Based on the models of National Novel Writing Month and National Album Writing Month, the RPM (Record Production Month) Challenge asked bands and musicians from the Portsmouth, NH, music scene to write and record all the material for a 10-song or 25-minute album within the single month of February. This CD was my contribution to the project; it consists of songs built around two iconic American couples, Bonnie and Clyde, and Annie Oakley and Frank Butler. Submissions ran the gamut from highly produced, layered, professional studio work to humble kitchen-counter efforts like my own. The project, spearheaded by the local arts and culture paper, The Wire, galvanized the local music scene and forged connections between musicians both within and across genres. It's been a boon to the music community, and the model should definitely be emulated. The Portsmouth group is now throwing down the gauntlet by issuing the challenge to Northampton, MA, Portland, ME, and the entire State of Vermont.
posted by Miko at 12:02 PM on April 14, 2006
The Next Big Web Thing
I've just launched a new collaborative project - a sort of slightly different take on Cool Site of the Day and Mefi Projects, The Next Big Web Thing is new a group blog looking for the exciting new and recent creations in the internet world.
From technologies to small sites, there's a panel of professional web types who are on the look out for things they think will be of interest and successful in the coming months. At the end of every month there will be a public poll to see who wins the honour of The Next Big Web Thing for that month. We are openly seeking nominations for sites, technologies, services, ideas, etc. - the best will be added to the nominations for that month. We will be having our first vote at the end of February.
posted by Dio at 8:08 AM on February 2, 2006
I've just launched a new collaborative project - a sort of slightly different take on Cool Site of the Day and Mefi Projects, The Next Big Web Thing is new a group blog looking for the exciting new and recent creations in the internet world.
From technologies to small sites, there's a panel of professional web types who are on the look out for things they think will be of interest and successful in the coming months. At the end of every month there will be a public poll to see who wins the honour of The Next Big Web Thing for that month. We are openly seeking nominations for sites, technologies, services, ideas, etc. - the best will be added to the nominations for that month. We will be having our first vote at the end of February.
posted by Dio at 8:08 AM on February 2, 2006
firefusk: a, uh, porn site.
nsfw to the maximum! take a fresh firefox extension that everyone uses to look at porn with, add a few cups of collaborative website, sprinkle with rss and a dash of tagging, and wham! you've got a self-updating, bountiful thumbnail post that you can tell your friends and family was all about the programming challenge.
posted by soma lkzx at 11:48 AM on January 28, 2006
nsfw to the maximum! take a fresh firefox extension that everyone uses to look at porn with, add a few cups of collaborative website, sprinkle with rss and a dash of tagging, and wham! you've got a self-updating, bountiful thumbnail post that you can tell your friends and family was all about the programming challenge.
posted by soma lkzx at 11:48 AM on January 28, 2006
The Universal Text Imitator
This is a set of software tools to generate random sentences that imitate the style and content of any (English) body of text. Like SCIGen or The Postmodern Generator, but more general-purpose, and less coherent. It's a bit too heavy-duty to work in a web app, but the scripts are there to download, and there are lots of samples, imitating Poe, Einstein, George Bush, and others. This was partly a project for a class, so the explanation might be a bit dense, but feel free to just skip to the funny sentences.
posted by antispork at 9:52 PM on January 2, 2006
This is a set of software tools to generate random sentences that imitate the style and content of any (English) body of text. Like SCIGen or The Postmodern Generator, but more general-purpose, and less coherent. It's a bit too heavy-duty to work in a web app, but the scripts are there to download, and there are lots of samples, imitating Poe, Einstein, George Bush, and others. This was partly a project for a class, so the explanation might be a bit dense, but feel free to just skip to the funny sentences.
posted by antispork at 9:52 PM on January 2, 2006
Project Porchlight
How hard can it be to get everyone in Canada to make one change?
Project Porchlight is a volunteer-based, not-for-profit group that aims to deliver one free energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulb to every household in Canada. If we are successful, the results will be amazing: the resulting reduction in pollution from energy saved will be the equivalent of taking 66,000 cars off the road.
Our test launch in the neighborhood of Ottawa South has been a success, with more than ten thousand bulbs delivered to homes by hundreds of volunteers. Extensive media coverage and our new website have spread the word far and wide, and people have contacted us from all over Canada, asking for their neighborhood to be visited by Project Porchlight next.
Change is within reach. Visit us for the full scoop.
posted by danwalker at 6:56 AM on December 6, 2005
How hard can it be to get everyone in Canada to make one change?
Project Porchlight is a volunteer-based, not-for-profit group that aims to deliver one free energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulb to every household in Canada. If we are successful, the results will be amazing: the resulting reduction in pollution from energy saved will be the equivalent of taking 66,000 cars off the road.
Our test launch in the neighborhood of Ottawa South has been a success, with more than ten thousand bulbs delivered to homes by hundreds of volunteers. Extensive media coverage and our new website have spread the word far and wide, and people have contacted us from all over Canada, asking for their neighborhood to be visited by Project Porchlight next.
Change is within reach. Visit us for the full scoop.
posted by danwalker at 6:56 AM on December 6, 2005
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