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the square foot
A new photoblog documenting Portland one square foot at a time. Flora, fauna, graffiti, food, art, &c. A few new pictures each day.
posted by cortex at 9:43 AM on December 5, 2011 - 1 comment
A new photoblog documenting Portland one square foot at a time. Flora, fauna, graffiti, food, art, &c. A few new pictures each day.
posted by cortex at 9:43 AM on December 5, 2011 - 1 comment
Your Superfund
What environmental catastrophe is your neighbor? A map of all 1.6k Superfund sites and an instant finder for your own by using some interesting math hacks.
posted by tmcw at 10:22 PM on September 29, 2011 - 8 comments
What environmental catastrophe is your neighbor? A map of all 1.6k Superfund sites and an instant finder for your own by using some interesting math hacks.
posted by tmcw at 10:22 PM on September 29, 2011 - 8 comments
THE FLYING BIKE - an audio drama
My friend and I have created a 5-part audio drama about how a really bad Hollywood movie gets made. The story is told sequentially, in self-contained 30-minute pieces, from the perspectives of the writers, the producer, the script supervisor, the van driver, the assistant editor, and an audience member after the movie comes out. The first 30-minute piece took six months to produce (in our spare time with even sparer money), but I’m happy with how it turned out. We’re trying to decide if we want to record the rest of the episodes. I’m for it (as is the cast, etc.) but my friend’s not sure if people will be interested in listening to something like this. We would love any feedback you have to offer. Thank you!
posted by Kloryne at 6:54 AM on September 15, 2011
My friend and I have created a 5-part audio drama about how a really bad Hollywood movie gets made. The story is told sequentially, in self-contained 30-minute pieces, from the perspectives of the writers, the producer, the script supervisor, the van driver, the assistant editor, and an audience member after the movie comes out. The first 30-minute piece took six months to produce (in our spare time with even sparer money), but I’m happy with how it turned out. We’re trying to decide if we want to record the rest of the episodes. I’m for it (as is the cast, etc.) but my friend’s not sure if people will be interested in listening to something like this. We would love any feedback you have to offer. Thank you!
posted by Kloryne at 6:54 AM on September 15, 2011
Miss Gender — A Video Podcast About my Transition From One Gender to Another
Miss Gender is a video podcast created by Jay Frosting and me about about my transition from male to female. I’ve been contemplating my gender identity since I was 13 or 14 and, now in my mid-30s, I’ve started to get my head around the reality that I’m transgender.
posted by Handcoding at 1:37 PM on September 12, 2011 - 6 comments
Miss Gender is a video podcast created by Jay Frosting and me about about my transition from male to female. I’ve been contemplating my gender identity since I was 13 or 14 and, now in my mid-30s, I’ve started to get my head around the reality that I’m transgender.
posted by Handcoding at 1:37 PM on September 12, 2011 - 6 comments
Blogging a century of history in L.A.'s Skid Row
The 1947project time travel blog is thrilled to announce the launch of a very special new series, The Union Rescue Mission at In SRO Land. Past 1947project blogs have always been based in historic newspaper research. That changes today, with the debut of the first 1947project blog series based entirely on original research in an historic, significant--and previously unknown--Downtown L.A. archive, that of the Union Rescue Mission.
posted by Scram at 12:27 PM on September 8, 2011 - 1 comment
The 1947project time travel blog is thrilled to announce the launch of a very special new series, The Union Rescue Mission at In SRO Land. Past 1947project blogs have always been based in historic newspaper research. That changes today, with the debut of the first 1947project blog series based entirely on original research in an historic, significant--and previously unknown--Downtown L.A. archive, that of the Union Rescue Mission.
posted by Scram at 12:27 PM on September 8, 2011 - 1 comment
Surrealists all the way down.
This plain, unembellished wiki is an ongoing work highlighting the relationships between the Surrealists and their associates as well as brief biographies of many of the major and minor players. It is intended as an Historical document.
posted by adamvasco at 10:59 AM on August 9, 2011 - 1 comment
This plain, unembellished wiki is an ongoing work highlighting the relationships between the Surrealists and their associates as well as brief biographies of many of the major and minor players. It is intended as an Historical document.
posted by adamvasco at 10:59 AM on August 9, 2011 - 1 comment
Free kitten with every project?
The animal non-profits I work with are always short on funds for spay/neuter, transport, boarding, you name it. The gist of the idea we had was for our business to offer special packages for web sites, and a portion of the project fee would be donated to the partner charity. The non-profits love it, my accountant says its legal, but I could use feedback on the idea, the presentation, ways to attract some attention in the surrounding community - anything.
posted by korej at 3:27 PM on August 10, 2011 - 3 comments
The animal non-profits I work with are always short on funds for spay/neuter, transport, boarding, you name it. The gist of the idea we had was for our business to offer special packages for web sites, and a portion of the project fee would be donated to the partner charity. The non-profits love it, my accountant says its legal, but I could use feedback on the idea, the presentation, ways to attract some attention in the surrounding community - anything.
posted by korej at 3:27 PM on August 10, 2011 - 3 comments
The Lisa McPherson Files
Lisa McPherson died on December 5, 1995, after 17 days in the custody of the Church of Scientology. She was 36 years old. This site catalogs the 6,700 pages of evidence the Clearwater Police Department collected in the investigation of her death.
posted by kristi at 10:11 PM on July 13, 2011 - 6 comments
Lisa McPherson died on December 5, 1995, after 17 days in the custody of the Church of Scientology. She was 36 years old. This site catalogs the 6,700 pages of evidence the Clearwater Police Department collected in the investigation of her death.
posted by kristi at 10:11 PM on July 13, 2011 - 6 comments
The Carter Family Project
We're recording every single song the Carter Family ever cut. In order. One per day. In one or two takes. And we've got to get it done during naptime.
posted by Ollie at 9:03 AM on July 13, 2011 - 12 comments
We're recording every single song the Carter Family ever cut. In order. One per day. In one or two takes. And we've got to get it done during naptime.
posted by Ollie at 9:03 AM on July 13, 2011 - 12 comments
Five minutes into the future
A Tumbleblog in which I scour the web for what seem to me to be transmissions from our very near future.
posted by Astro Zombie at 3:16 PM on July 13, 2011 - 4 comments
A Tumbleblog in which I scour the web for what seem to me to be transmissions from our very near future.
posted by Astro Zombie at 3:16 PM on July 13, 2011 - 4 comments
No Poster Girl. Life With Severe ME/CFS: A bed-lyin', pill-poppin', muscle-wastin' good time.
I developed myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome in 2004, and I've been bedridden because of it since 2007. Having gotten a little bit of improvement in the last year or so from the intensive attention of a prominent specialist, I've been able to be online more. And with that, I realized that though I interact frequently with friends via social networking, almost nobody outside my family and very close friends knew what the disease had done to me - or much about it in general. I didn't like that that was the case, and so No Poster Girl was born.
posted by jocelmeow at 7:22 AM on July 7, 2011 - 5 comments
I developed myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome in 2004, and I've been bedridden because of it since 2007. Having gotten a little bit of improvement in the last year or so from the intensive attention of a prominent specialist, I've been able to be online more. And with that, I realized that though I interact frequently with friends via social networking, almost nobody outside my family and very close friends knew what the disease had done to me - or much about it in general. I didn't like that that was the case, and so No Poster Girl was born.
posted by jocelmeow at 7:22 AM on July 7, 2011 - 5 comments
Play SPENT: Can you make it through the month?
My agency created this game for a local poverty services non-profit. Too many people assume that being poor is the result of a moral failing or laziness. Hopefully SPENT challenges those assumptions.
posted by missjenny at 3:18 PM on June 22, 2011 - 12 comments
My agency created this game for a local poverty services non-profit. Too many people assume that being poor is the result of a moral failing or laziness. Hopefully SPENT challenges those assumptions.
posted by missjenny at 3:18 PM on June 22, 2011 - 12 comments
Learn to play by ear online.
So I was looking to improve my aural skills, and instead of doing some ear training ended up creating this site with excercises.
posted by victorclebens at 10:11 AM on June 23, 2011 - 6 comments
So I was looking to improve my aural skills, and instead of doing some ear training ended up creating this site with excercises.
posted by victorclebens at 10:11 AM on June 23, 2011 - 6 comments
Documentary About No Jobs
With the invaluable help of some friends, I put together this mockumentary about the economy. NSFW, if anyone still has work.
posted by millipede at 10:37 PM on June 12, 2011
With the invaluable help of some friends, I put together this mockumentary about the economy. NSFW, if anyone still has work.
posted by millipede at 10:37 PM on June 12, 2011
Map of prevalent winds in North America
Curious which way the wind blows? Here's a map of historical winds in California and here's a detailed view of Honolulu. WindHistory is an interactive web map that shows wind roses for 2500 stations in North America. Built with SVG, Polymaps, and D3.
posted by Nelson at 10:26 AM on June 7, 2011 - 8 comments
Curious which way the wind blows? Here's a map of historical winds in California and here's a detailed view of Honolulu. WindHistory is an interactive web map that shows wind roses for 2500 stations in North America. Built with SVG, Polymaps, and D3.
posted by Nelson at 10:26 AM on June 7, 2011 - 8 comments
What Is TOR? or "The face of the surveillance state is totally an octopus in a top hat"
WHAT IS TOR: A poster for the Electronic Frontier Foundation by Molly Crabapple and myself explains what the TOR network of anonymous nodes does, why it's important, and what you can do to help, via the medium of cartoon raccoons in waistcoats.
posted by The Whelk at 9:24 AM on June 8, 2011 - 6 comments
WHAT IS TOR: A poster for the Electronic Frontier Foundation by Molly Crabapple and myself explains what the TOR network of anonymous nodes does, why it's important, and what you can do to help, via the medium of cartoon raccoons in waistcoats.
posted by The Whelk at 9:24 AM on June 8, 2011 - 6 comments
Borneo Blog
Huge collection of scanned photos/slides from c. 1969 when my family lived in Borneo, where my dad worked as a surgeon. Includes photos of family, hospital, town, Ibans, longhouses, ceremonies, tribesmen, river, jungle, native dress, animals, etc... Click on pictures, then click again for hi-res images.
posted by puny human at 9:23 PM on May 30, 2011 - 4 comments
Huge collection of scanned photos/slides from c. 1969 when my family lived in Borneo, where my dad worked as a surgeon. Includes photos of family, hospital, town, Ibans, longhouses, ceremonies, tribesmen, river, jungle, native dress, animals, etc... Click on pictures, then click again for hi-res images.
posted by puny human at 9:23 PM on May 30, 2011 - 4 comments
Portrait of Kitchener
I'm the artist-in-residence for the city of Kitchener, Ontario this year (2011). My project is to photograph 1,000 or more people within the city to create a photographic documentary of the diversity of our community.
posted by seanmpuckett at 10:14 AM on May 16, 2011 - 5 comments
I'm the artist-in-residence for the city of Kitchener, Ontario this year (2011). My project is to photograph 1,000 or more people within the city to create a photographic documentary of the diversity of our community.
posted by seanmpuckett at 10:14 AM on May 16, 2011 - 5 comments
Bullet in a Quiver
Just self-released my debut LP, Bullet in a Quiver, and thought that fellow MeFites might appreciate it! It's a completely DIY affair, recorded at home in Minneapolis and in the Harvard Lampoon's semi-secret castle headquarters while it was drained of people for spring break. It's a sort of a concept album about cats, hues, prime numbers, alien invasion, and subprime lending, so if you are interested any of those things, however vaguely, by all means, check it out and pass it along! It is free, so ⌘C/⌘V away.
posted by DNAshwood at 12:47 PM on May 10, 2011 - 2 comments
Just self-released my debut LP, Bullet in a Quiver, and thought that fellow MeFites might appreciate it! It's a completely DIY affair, recorded at home in Minneapolis and in the Harvard Lampoon's semi-secret castle headquarters while it was drained of people for spring break. It's a sort of a concept album about cats, hues, prime numbers, alien invasion, and subprime lending, so if you are interested any of those things, however vaguely, by all means, check it out and pass it along! It is free, so ⌘C/⌘V away.
posted by DNAshwood at 12:47 PM on May 10, 2011 - 2 comments
Without a Net: Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide
I wrote a book! It's at the printers. I made a website for it that contains the appendix, some supporting information/handouts/links and some other stuff. I used the INFLUX one-pager design (thanks ArcAm) and then I tampered with it. It's fine if you don't buy it. I'm just so happy it's finished.
posted by jessamyn at 6:21 PM on April 19, 2011 - 19 comments
I wrote a book! It's at the printers. I made a website for it that contains the appendix, some supporting information/handouts/links and some other stuff. I used the INFLUX one-pager design (thanks ArcAm) and then I tampered with it. It's fine if you don't buy it. I'm just so happy it's finished.
posted by jessamyn at 6:21 PM on April 19, 2011 - 19 comments