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Film Addict
In response to one of those stupid Facebook note memes, I've made a page where it's easy to show how you are The Best at watching movies. How many of the top 250 movies have you watched? Why hasn't your co-worker seen The Godfather, what the hell is his problem?
posted by Plutor at 10:17 AM on December 13, 2008 - 30 comments
In response to one of those stupid Facebook note memes, I've made a page where it's easy to show how you are The Best at watching movies. How many of the top 250 movies have you watched? Why hasn't your co-worker seen The Godfather, what the hell is his problem?
posted by Plutor at 10:17 AM on December 13, 2008 - 30 comments
One Two Fiver - a writer's warm-up
One Two Fiver is a simple tool for warming up your writing muscles. It is based on a strategy I developed to overcome my own writing inertia. It relies on a progressively increasing word count that helps you make the transition from staring at the screen to writing. The interface is inspired by feature-free text-editors such as Q10 and WriteRoom, and is designed to be non-distracting. You will need javascript turned on to get the full effect.
posted by hifimofo at 10:47 PM on December 20, 2008 - 14 comments
One Two Fiver is a simple tool for warming up your writing muscles. It is based on a strategy I developed to overcome my own writing inertia. It relies on a progressively increasing word count that helps you make the transition from staring at the screen to writing. The interface is inspired by feature-free text-editors such as Q10 and WriteRoom, and is designed to be non-distracting. You will need javascript turned on to get the full effect.
posted by hifimofo at 10:47 PM on December 20, 2008 - 14 comments
Public Radio Podcasts
NPR is a treasure trove of great audio content but most of it is not accessible via a podcast feed. This site uses the NPR API to construct proper podcast feeds for their shows that don't current have feeds (e.g. Morning Edition, All Things Considered) as well as per reporter and topic based feeds. Enjoy (and try to look beyond my comically bad web design)...
posted by mmascolino at 7:31 AM on November 24, 2008 - 9 comments
NPR is a treasure trove of great audio content but most of it is not accessible via a podcast feed. This site uses the NPR API to construct proper podcast feeds for their shows that don't current have feeds (e.g. Morning Edition, All Things Considered) as well as per reporter and topic based feeds. Enjoy (and try to look beyond my comically bad web design)...
posted by mmascolino at 7:31 AM on November 24, 2008 - 9 comments
Portable Film Festival
The Portable Film Festival means the best of new international releases, and the best of the user-generated web by the world’s most exciting and established filmmakers. Curated, direct and accessible to online audiences and portable devices, on your terms and on the go every day of the year…
posted by alsays at 7:18 PM on October 7, 2008 - 3 comments
The Portable Film Festival means the best of new international releases, and the best of the user-generated web by the world’s most exciting and established filmmakers. Curated, direct and accessible to online audiences and portable devices, on your terms and on the go every day of the year…
posted by alsays at 7:18 PM on October 7, 2008 - 3 comments
The Money Meltdown
After much digging, I still couldn't find a site that clearly and concisely pointed me to good information on our financial crisis. So I've attempted to make one.
posted by grrarrgh00 at 7:03 PM on October 1, 2008 - 7 comments
After much digging, I still couldn't find a site that clearly and concisely pointed me to good information on our financial crisis. So I've attempted to make one.
posted by grrarrgh00 at 7:03 PM on October 1, 2008 - 7 comments
Short Meal Service
Very short recipe site. Meals in 140 characters or less.
posted by These Premises Are Alarmed at 5:37 PM on September 15, 2008 - 10 comments
Very short recipe site. Meals in 140 characters or less.
posted by These Premises Are Alarmed at 5:37 PM on September 15, 2008 - 10 comments
Library Finds
A blog about the cool books I find within the university Library where I work.
posted by inviolable at 8:45 PM on September 12, 2008 - 6 comments
A blog about the cool books I find within the university Library where I work.
posted by inviolable at 8:45 PM on September 12, 2008 - 6 comments
A Winner Is Me!
After a lot of encouragement from fellow MeFites about writing more, I went and started up a fiction blog. Each week I'll give the untold story behind some minor news item, do some Monday morning quarterbacking on some bit of popular fiction, or reveal a secret history you might not be aware of because I just made it up.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 9:31 AM on August 12, 2008 - 10 comments
After a lot of encouragement from fellow MeFites about writing more, I went and started up a fiction blog. Each week I'll give the untold story behind some minor news item, do some Monday morning quarterbacking on some bit of popular fiction, or reveal a secret history you might not be aware of because I just made it up.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 9:31 AM on August 12, 2008 - 10 comments
Symmetry explorer
Here's a little project I've been working on this week. It grabs photos from Flickr on any subject you like (e.g. kittens, or other fluffy things) and then presents them as pairs of mirrored halves. (If that makes no sense now, it will when you vist the site! :-) ) The results can end up quite weird and strange. :-) Here are a few of my favourites... (Thin/Fat cat) / (Fluffy dog thing) / (Seen my head(s)?)
posted by xlcus at 2:40 PM on August 3, 2008 - 23 comments
Here's a little project I've been working on this week. It grabs photos from Flickr on any subject you like (e.g. kittens, or other fluffy things) and then presents them as pairs of mirrored halves. (If that makes no sense now, it will when you vist the site! :-) ) The results can end up quite weird and strange. :-) Here are a few of my favourites... (Thin/Fat cat) / (Fluffy dog thing) / (Seen my head(s)?)
posted by xlcus at 2:40 PM on August 3, 2008 - 23 comments
Dead Funnies
The Tibetan Book of The Dead rendered in Comic Life. Great for explaining the afterlife to people with ADD.
posted by betteryeti at 2:54 PM on July 22, 2008 - 3 comments
The Tibetan Book of The Dead rendered in Comic Life. Great for explaining the afterlife to people with ADD.
posted by betteryeti at 2:54 PM on July 22, 2008 - 3 comments
The Life Less Traveled: How Ordinary People Do Extraordinary Things…And How You Can, Too!
I meet a lot of people who have done some really amazing things, the kind of things that make you say "Wow, I want to do that, too!" So, I thought it would be fun to interview people who dared to take a chance and do something cool (like leave their jobs to travel for a year, pick up an unusual hobby, start their own business, etc.) and share these interviews via a website for all to enjoy. Thus was born The Life Less Traveled. The goal of each interview is to capture how each interviewee committed to pursuing their idea (take that, naysayers!) and the benefits they reaped from doing so, perhaps inspiring readers to go after their own crazy dreams. Each interview is split into 4 sections: conception, implementation, reflection, advice.
posted by scrumtralescent at 2:59 PM on May 10, 2008
I meet a lot of people who have done some really amazing things, the kind of things that make you say "Wow, I want to do that, too!" So, I thought it would be fun to interview people who dared to take a chance and do something cool (like leave their jobs to travel for a year, pick up an unusual hobby, start their own business, etc.) and share these interviews via a website for all to enjoy. Thus was born The Life Less Traveled. The goal of each interview is to capture how each interviewee committed to pursuing their idea (take that, naysayers!) and the benefits they reaped from doing so, perhaps inspiring readers to go after their own crazy dreams. Each interview is split into 4 sections: conception, implementation, reflection, advice.
posted by scrumtralescent at 2:59 PM on May 10, 2008
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
Gooder Than Hell!
"Gooder than hell!" is one of my catch-phrases on my morning radio show, so it was inevitable that I registered the domain - then, inevitable that I use it to extol the virtues of stuff that turns me on. Stuff that is gooder than hell. Recent entries include Skyline cheese coneys, Swamp Thing, Eric Johnson, and girls with smoky eye.
posted by jbickers at 7:03 AM on June 19, 2008 - 4 comments
"Gooder than hell!" is one of my catch-phrases on my morning radio show, so it was inevitable that I registered the domain - then, inevitable that I use it to extol the virtues of stuff that turns me on. Stuff that is gooder than hell. Recent entries include Skyline cheese coneys, Swamp Thing, Eric Johnson, and girls with smoky eye.
posted by jbickers at 7:03 AM on June 19, 2008 - 4 comments
Capitol Words - US Congress in a word a day
Capitol Words gives you an at-a-glance view into the daily proceedings of the United States Congress through the simplest lens available-a single word. For every day that Congress is in session, Capitol Words displays the most frequently used word in the Congressional Record.
posted by sunlightfoundation at 9:52 AM on June 19, 2008 - 5 comments
Capitol Words gives you an at-a-glance view into the daily proceedings of the United States Congress through the simplest lens available-a single word. For every day that Congress is in session, Capitol Words displays the most frequently used word in the Congressional Record.
posted by sunlightfoundation at 9:52 AM on June 19, 2008 - 5 comments
The Hole in the Wall on Top Shelf!
My surrealistic cat story "The Hole in the Wall" (part of my Year in Comics project) is now being serialized by Top Shelf Comics as part of their new Webcomics section. Thrill to the pen & ink & watercolors adventures of two cats exploring a mysterious and dangerous underground landscape! More comics like this will be posted there depending on the popularity of this one.
posted by interrobang at 10:14 AM on May 16, 2008
My surrealistic cat story "The Hole in the Wall" (part of my Year in Comics project) is now being serialized by Top Shelf Comics as part of their new Webcomics section. Thrill to the pen & ink & watercolors adventures of two cats exploring a mysterious and dangerous underground landscape! More comics like this will be posted there depending on the popularity of this one.
posted by interrobang at 10:14 AM on May 16, 2008
Fruit Slinger: Behind the scenes at the orchard and the farmers market
For two summers I've worked for an heirloom fruit orchard, mostly at Chicago farmers markets, but also on the farm in Southwestern Michigan. Back when I was a market customer, I always asked myself what it would be like to work on the other side of the table. So last season I decided to keep a blog and tell the story. (The short answer: difficult but fun, with incredible quantities of free fruit.) In the run-up to the start of market season next week, I'm posting a selection of entries from last year. Next week, the markets start up and the blog will begin another season.
posted by veggieboy at 7:49 AM on May 28, 2008 - 1 comment
For two summers I've worked for an heirloom fruit orchard, mostly at Chicago farmers markets, but also on the farm in Southwestern Michigan. Back when I was a market customer, I always asked myself what it would be like to work on the other side of the table. So last season I decided to keep a blog and tell the story. (The short answer: difficult but fun, with incredible quantities of free fruit.) In the run-up to the start of market season next week, I'm posting a selection of entries from last year. Next week, the markets start up and the blog will begin another season.
posted by veggieboy at 7:49 AM on May 28, 2008 - 1 comment
Word Fractal
Word Fractals are stories that allow the reader to choose their own path through the story, leading them to an ever expanding set of endings. Additionally, any user can add their own choices to pages as they see fit, giving other readers the opportunity to make new and unexpected choices. We're just getting started... help us grow a tale!
posted by shogusumi at 11:43 PM on May 31, 2008 - 5 comments
Word Fractals are stories that allow the reader to choose their own path through the story, leading them to an ever expanding set of endings. Additionally, any user can add their own choices to pages as they see fit, giving other readers the opportunity to make new and unexpected choices. We're just getting started... help us grow a tale!
posted by shogusumi at 11:43 PM on May 31, 2008 - 5 comments
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 on April 20, 2008
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 on April 20, 2008
DailyCaption - Taking Flickr photos out of context
DailyCaption is a new community that takes Flickr photos out of context through caption contests. Each night, a new Flickr photo is generated for members to contribute new captions and rate others. Great way to find out if you are as funny as you think you are.
posted by Hildago at 8:37 PM on September 6, 2007
DailyCaption is a new community that takes Flickr photos out of context through caption contests. Each night, a new Flickr photo is generated for members to contribute new captions and rate others. Great way to find out if you are as funny as you think you are.
posted by Hildago at 8:37 PM on September 6, 2007
San Francisco bicycle route planner
This Yahoo maps mashup will calculate the best route by bicycle between any two addresses/intersections in San Francisco. It takes elevation and bike lanes into account. Bug reports / suggestions are welcome. I've only tested it on IE / Firefox for Windows thus far.
posted by jcruelty at 4:04 PM on December 28, 2006
This Yahoo maps mashup will calculate the best route by bicycle between any two addresses/intersections in San Francisco. It takes elevation and bike lanes into account. Bug reports / suggestions are welcome. I've only tested it on IE / Firefox for Windows thus far.
posted by jcruelty at 4:04 PM on December 28, 2006
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