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rofo.ca - a geo/social network visualization of the Rob Ford saga.
The Rob Ford story has been a wild one, but there's so many characters that it's hard to remember them all. I'm a social psychology PhD student studying memes, and I've gotten deep into social network analysis over the past 2 years. Naturally, I decided to find out whether I could apply social network methods to the Rob Ford story. The result is rofo.ca, which displays many of the people, places, events, and phone calls that have shown up in newspapers and police reports. rofo.ca can serve as a complement to Robyn Doolittle's book, Crazy Town, and to the other reporting that has covered Rob Ford.
posted by iandennismiller at 9:50 PM on April 24, 2014 - 5 comments
The Rob Ford story has been a wild one, but there's so many characters that it's hard to remember them all. I'm a social psychology PhD student studying memes, and I've gotten deep into social network analysis over the past 2 years. Naturally, I decided to find out whether I could apply social network methods to the Rob Ford story. The result is rofo.ca, which displays many of the people, places, events, and phone calls that have shown up in newspapers and police reports. rofo.ca can serve as a complement to Robyn Doolittle's book, Crazy Town, and to the other reporting that has covered Rob Ford.
posted by iandennismiller at 9:50 PM on April 24, 2014 - 5 comments
Finnegans Sleep
I took the first few paragraphs from the first ten chapters of Finnegans Wake, printed them onto strips of paper, then punched out the vowels (always Y!) and ran the cards through a punchcard music box player mounted on the wall in my bathroom.
posted by stokast at 9:06 AM on March 10, 2014 - 1 comment
I took the first few paragraphs from the first ten chapters of Finnegans Wake, printed them onto strips of paper, then punched out the vowels (always Y!) and ran the cards through a punchcard music box player mounted on the wall in my bathroom.
posted by stokast at 9:06 AM on March 10, 2014 - 1 comment
Jellytext
Teletext was finally killed off recently in the UK... so I've summoned it from the grave. With this little web app you can make & share teletext-like pages, optionally accompanied by music that will stir memories in anyone who ever watched Pages From Ceefax in the early hours.
posted by malevolent at 10:23 AM on June 24, 2013 - 5 comments
Teletext was finally killed off recently in the UK... so I've summoned it from the grave. With this little web app you can make & share teletext-like pages, optionally accompanied by music that will stir memories in anyone who ever watched Pages From Ceefax in the early hours.
posted by malevolent at 10:23 AM on June 24, 2013 - 5 comments
MetaMitchell&WebbFilter
On January 4th, 2013, Authorized User said: “For the longest time I have had the theory that for every FPP there is a somewhat relevant Mitchell & Webb sketch.” This project is intended to both test that theory and act as an indispensable tool for MeFites.
posted by malevolent at 8:57 AM on May 2, 2013 - 3 comments
On January 4th, 2013, Authorized User said: “For the longest time I have had the theory that for every FPP there is a somewhat relevant Mitchell & Webb sketch.” This project is intended to both test that theory and act as an indispensable tool for MeFites.
posted by malevolent at 8:57 AM on May 2, 2013 - 3 comments
Slow Paparazzo
Whenever I see a celebrity, I take a picture of where they just were. 100% For Reals.
posted by dontoine at 12:59 PM on February 5, 2013 - 8 comments
Whenever I see a celebrity, I take a picture of where they just were. 100% For Reals.
posted by dontoine at 12:59 PM on February 5, 2013 - 8 comments
Start to Finish, A Metafilter Music Podcast
I've been listening to the songs on Metafilter Music - all the songs! - from the very beginning. On weekday mornings, I'll add a song I like. It's a song of the day podcast. The most popular tags for the music I like so far: electronic, pop, dance, ambient, rock, electronica, synth, techno, instrumental, & indie.
posted by Pronoiac at 8:53 PM on February 12, 2011 - 3 comments
I've been listening to the songs on Metafilter Music - all the songs! - from the very beginning. On weekday mornings, I'll add a song I like. It's a song of the day podcast. The most popular tags for the music I like so far: electronic, pop, dance, ambient, rock, electronica, synth, techno, instrumental, & indie.
posted by Pronoiac at 8:53 PM on February 12, 2011 - 3 comments
For Great Justice - My Justice of the Peace blog
I was elected justice of the peace in my small town in Vermont. I'm not official until February. I started a post-a-day blog about what's involved in being a Justice of the Peace, weddings, JP history, that sort of thing.
posted by jessamyn at 9:14 AM on December 9, 2012 - 5 comments
I was elected justice of the peace in my small town in Vermont. I'm not official until February. I started a post-a-day blog about what's involved in being a Justice of the Peace, weddings, JP history, that sort of thing.
posted by jessamyn at 9:14 AM on December 9, 2012 - 5 comments
FaveRunner: The Video Game Of Missing The Point Of Metafilter
I'm teaching myself the blitting-centric Flash games library Flixel, and my Hello World program sort of got carried away and turned into this silly little platformer in which you try to collect favorites while avoiding the menacing flags. Fifteen levels in three worlds (blue, green, and grey), random fave and flag placement, and, in fine oldschool platformer fashion, compensating for it's shortness by being unfairly hard in spots. Features chiptune snippets of matthewchen is Spamming and Doing the Churlish Pule!
posted by cortex at 11:16 AM on September 29, 2011 - 8 comments
I'm teaching myself the blitting-centric Flash games library Flixel, and my Hello World program sort of got carried away and turned into this silly little platformer in which you try to collect favorites while avoiding the menacing flags. Fifteen levels in three worlds (blue, green, and grey), random fave and flag placement, and, in fine oldschool platformer fashion, compensating for it's shortness by being unfairly hard in spots. Features chiptune snippets of matthewchen is Spamming and Doing the Churlish Pule!
posted by cortex at 11:16 AM on September 29, 2011 - 8 comments
The Code Challenge - a maths treasure hunt by the BBC
I helped make the games and treasure hunt for a BBC Two series called The Code, a fantastic three-part series about maths in the world around us presented by Prof. Marcus du Sautoy. While it's just finished, you can still watch clips; play games about tessellation, prime numbers, symmetry (this one is awesome), and physics; and tackle our beautiful, free 84 page book of puzzles. Then there's the treasure...
posted by adrianhon at 12:14 PM on August 11, 2011
I helped make the games and treasure hunt for a BBC Two series called The Code, a fantastic three-part series about maths in the world around us presented by Prof. Marcus du Sautoy. While it's just finished, you can still watch clips; play games about tessellation, prime numbers, symmetry (this one is awesome), and physics; and tackle our beautiful, free 84 page book of puzzles. Then there's the treasure...
posted by adrianhon at 12:14 PM on August 11, 2011
Reading 33 1/3
I'm reading Continuum's 33 1/3 series, each one of which sees a different writer take on a notable album, and I'm writing a review to go with one volume each week. There's 80 currently released, and so far I've tackled Fleetwood Mac's Tusk by Rob Trucks, Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the Lights by Hayden Childs, and R.E.M.'s Murmur by J. Niimi.
posted by carbide at 5:14 PM on July 25, 2011 - 3 comments
I'm reading Continuum's 33 1/3 series, each one of which sees a different writer take on a notable album, and I'm writing a review to go with one volume each week. There's 80 currently released, and so far I've tackled Fleetwood Mac's Tusk by Rob Trucks, Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the Lights by Hayden Childs, and R.E.M.'s Murmur by J. Niimi.
posted by carbide at 5:14 PM on July 25, 2011 - 3 comments
MetaFilter Guided Tours
MeFi Guided Tours is a Tumblr that I'm writing that takes comments from Metafilter that are really awesome and builds posts around them, adding context so they can be understood without reading a whole thread. I plan to write up a few that I like a lot, and to start writing about whole threads more. Also, since I haven't read as much of MetaFilter as some of you guys I'm accepting submissions if anyone has any ideas.
posted by The Devil Tesla at 5:38 PM on January 24, 2010 - 10 comments
MeFi Guided Tours is a Tumblr that I'm writing that takes comments from Metafilter that are really awesome and builds posts around them, adding context so they can be understood without reading a whole thread. I plan to write up a few that I like a lot, and to start writing about whole threads more. Also, since I haven't read as much of MetaFilter as some of you guys I'm accepting submissions if anyone has any ideas.
posted by The Devil Tesla at 5:38 PM on January 24, 2010 - 10 comments
ThinkStank: Josh Millard's Bad Ideas
I have a lot of ideas. Most of them are pretty questionable, underdeveloped, or poorly-thought-out. ThinkStank is a blog where my ideas go to hang out. I even put some of them in action, like the WTF LOL OMFG flier and Always Be (Snow-)Cloning.
posted by cortex at 8:06 AM on April 2, 2010 - 22 comments
I have a lot of ideas. Most of them are pretty questionable, underdeveloped, or poorly-thought-out. ThinkStank is a blog where my ideas go to hang out. I even put some of them in action, like the WTF LOL OMFG flier and Always Be (Snow-)Cloning.
posted by cortex at 8:06 AM on April 2, 2010 - 22 comments
DNC 2004 - Blogging the DNC in Boston
In 2004 I was one of a handful of "credentialled bloggers" who got press passes and special seating at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. I took a bunch of low res photos and kludged them together with some narrative text in a php scriptish set of pages and forgot about it. Now, thanks to Flickr I can put them all in order and tag and title them. The original photo essay is here. The blog posts I wrote are here. Special treat for MetaFilter readers here.
posted by jessamyn at 7:44 PM on August 31, 2008 - 6 comments
In 2004 I was one of a handful of "credentialled bloggers" who got press passes and special seating at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. I took a bunch of low res photos and kludged them together with some narrative text in a php scriptish set of pages and forgot about it. Now, thanks to Flickr I can put them all in order and tag and title them. The original photo essay is here. The blog posts I wrote are here. Special treat for MetaFilter readers here.
posted by jessamyn at 7:44 PM on August 31, 2008 - 6 comments
Colliding Particles - Hunting the Higgs
A series of online films following a team of physicists involved in research at the new particle collider, the LHC, at CERN in Switzerland. The project will follow the team for 2 years, documenting their work at the frontiers of particle physics as they attempt to find the Higgs Boson, AKA 'The God Particle'.
posted by gravelshoes at 7:29 AM on September 2, 2008 - 13 comments
A series of online films following a team of physicists involved in research at the new particle collider, the LHC, at CERN in Switzerland. The project will follow the team for 2 years, documenting their work at the frontiers of particle physics as they attempt to find the Higgs Boson, AKA 'The God Particle'.
posted by gravelshoes at 7:29 AM on September 2, 2008 - 13 comments
PoliticalFilter
PoliticalFilter is a community weblog focused on, you guessed it, politics. All nationalities and political topics are welcomed and encouraged, so come on over and make a post or two, but please leave your soapbox at the door.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 8:37 PM on August 18, 2008 - 9 comments
PoliticalFilter is a community weblog focused on, you guessed it, politics. All nationalities and political topics are welcomed and encouraged, so come on over and make a post or two, but please leave your soapbox at the door.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 8:37 PM on August 18, 2008 - 9 comments
Tarot In Plain Sight
After many discussions about the Tarot back in my hermitosis days, I've made my own site. Arcanalogue gathers all the most evocative and inspiring things that I find online (mostly MetaFilter, of course) and re-interprets them through the centuries-old eyes of the Major and Minor Arcana.
posted by [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST] at 1:51 PM on June 27, 2008 - 8 comments
After many discussions about the Tarot back in my hermitosis days, I've made my own site. Arcanalogue gathers all the most evocative and inspiring things that I find online (mostly MetaFilter, of course) and re-interprets them through the centuries-old eyes of the Major and Minor Arcana.
posted by [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST] at 1:51 PM on June 27, 2008 - 8 comments
Stuff Nobody Likes
Tired of all the "Stuff X People Like" sites? How about a site for Stuff Nobody Likes?
posted by Afroblanco at 8:35 AM on April 3, 2008
Tired of all the "Stuff X People Like" sites? How about a site for Stuff Nobody Likes?
posted by Afroblanco at 8:35 AM on April 3, 2008
An open letter from Nickyskye
This is single page put together for another Metafilter member. It's designed simply to update friends on her medical status and request a bit of help.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 6:03 PM on March 11, 2008
This is single page put together for another Metafilter member. It's designed simply to update friends on her medical status and request a bit of help.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 6:03 PM on March 11, 2008
This is My Jam
The Echo Nest recently released their audio analysis API. Anyone is now able to upload any track and get an extremely detailed computer readable version of the song -- how each note sounds, what the beat is throughout the song, the pitches, etc. (It's what powered The Jingler.) To get something awesome out in time with the API release, Team Jam made the micromix site This Is My Jam using the API in about a week. Tell it the names of the tracks in your jam, click the button, and in a minute we'll make it sound good. (Check my alternate Terry Riley history.)
posted by brianwhitman at 8:06 AM on March 27, 2008
The Echo Nest recently released their audio analysis API. Anyone is now able to upload any track and get an extremely detailed computer readable version of the song -- how each note sounds, what the beat is throughout the song, the pitches, etc. (It's what powered The Jingler.) To get something awesome out in time with the API release, Team Jam made the micromix site This Is My Jam using the API in about a week. Tell it the names of the tracks in your jam, click the button, and in a minute we'll make it sound good. (Check my alternate Terry Riley history.)
posted by brianwhitman at 8:06 AM on March 27, 2008
Dear Rockers - Paying Musicians Back $5 at a Time
Many of us own music that we didn't pay for. We don't feel guilty about shafting the record company, but what about the musicans themselves? Here's how it works:
1. Pick a musician
2. Write them a letter
3. Scan or photograph the letter and send it to us
4. Send off the letter
5. Enjoy your new, guilt-free life
posted by dbarefoot at 8:23 AM on November 14, 2007
Many of us own music that we didn't pay for. We don't feel guilty about shafting the record company, but what about the musicans themselves? Here's how it works:
1. Pick a musician
2. Write them a letter
3. Scan or photograph the letter and send it to us
4. Send off the letter
5. Enjoy your new, guilt-free life
posted by dbarefoot at 8:23 AM on November 14, 2007
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