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PriceGrocer.com: Track your grocery prices
This is a web app that turns photos you take of grocery price displays into meaningful price data, so you can track prices over time, identify sales, and shop smarter.
posted by The Ted at 1:13 PM on June 17, 2015
This is a web app that turns photos you take of grocery price displays into meaningful price data, so you can track prices over time, identify sales, and shop smarter.
posted by The Ted at 1:13 PM on June 17, 2015
Deep Sea Dubstep
As part of the current round of the SciFund Challenge - a group that trains scientists to do outreach via crowdfunding their work - we see a ton of really cool videos about science. But this deep sea dubstep adventure - from an amazing deep sea scientist who studies how wood falling into the deep sea creates an oasis of food for a whole bizarre menagerie of critters - stands out. No surprise since he's one of the founders of Deep Sea News which publishes amazing pieces about life in the briny deep.
Also, insert jokes about deep sea wood here.
wub wub wub wood.
posted by redbeard at 11:09 AM on February 21, 2014
As part of the current round of the SciFund Challenge - a group that trains scientists to do outreach via crowdfunding their work - we see a ton of really cool videos about science. But this deep sea dubstep adventure - from an amazing deep sea scientist who studies how wood falling into the deep sea creates an oasis of food for a whole bizarre menagerie of critters - stands out. No surprise since he's one of the founders of Deep Sea News which publishes amazing pieces about life in the briny deep.
Also, insert jokes about deep sea wood here.
wub wub wub wood.
posted by redbeard at 11:09 AM on February 21, 2014
Paul Ryan Marathon Calculator
As a fairly ardent Democratic supporter and political junkie, the unrepentant mistruths of Paul Ryan's GOP convention speech annoyed me a great deal. As a distance runner, Paul Ryan shaving over an hour off of his actual marathon time, and putting himself into the much-envied group of runners who've achieved a sub-3 hour marathon, outright angered me. And as a web nerd, I figured I could at least help others understand what their Paul Ryan marathon speeds would be -- so I built a quick calculator to do just that. Enjoy!
posted by delfuego at 10:41 AM on September 4, 2012 - 3 comments
As a fairly ardent Democratic supporter and political junkie, the unrepentant mistruths of Paul Ryan's GOP convention speech annoyed me a great deal. As a distance runner, Paul Ryan shaving over an hour off of his actual marathon time, and putting himself into the much-envied group of runners who've achieved a sub-3 hour marathon, outright angered me. And as a web nerd, I figured I could at least help others understand what their Paul Ryan marathon speeds would be -- so I built a quick calculator to do just that. Enjoy!
posted by delfuego at 10:41 AM on September 4, 2012 - 3 comments
Friendship is Magic: The Gathering
A bunch of people asked me if I was serious about a single, one like joke comment I made in a MeFi thread six months ago. I decided to be serious. Shards of Equestria is a complete, 270-card custom M:TG set based on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. It uses no custom attributes or abilities making it playable as both a self-contained set or with friends in casual play alongside real cards. And at the end of this month, the set will be free for download so that it can be printed and played.
posted by XQUZYPHYR at 8:41 AM on June 14, 2012 - 8 comments
A bunch of people asked me if I was serious about a single, one like joke comment I made in a MeFi thread six months ago. I decided to be serious. Shards of Equestria is a complete, 270-card custom M:TG set based on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. It uses no custom attributes or abilities making it playable as both a self-contained set or with friends in casual play alongside real cards. And at the end of this month, the set will be free for download so that it can be printed and played.
posted by XQUZYPHYR at 8:41 AM on June 14, 2012 - 8 comments
Couplets: a multi-author poetry blog tour
I'm coordinating a book blog tour for April, to help promote poetry and poets for National Poetry Month, for upwards of 70 poets visiting upwards of 25 poet-bloggers.
posted by joannemerriam at 9:54 PM on April 11, 2012
I'm coordinating a book blog tour for April, to help promote poetry and poets for National Poetry Month, for upwards of 70 poets visiting upwards of 25 poet-bloggers.
posted by joannemerriam at 9:54 PM on April 11, 2012
Meet The Lady - Two Years Later
Since first posted to MeFi over two years ago, Meet The Lady has branched out in many directions. We've amassed a found photo archive of over 325 original pictures, mostly salvaged from flea markets, trash heaps, and abandoned family albums (captions preserved where possible). We are also a live variety show, part of the film program at NYC's venerable 92nd Street Y.
posted by hermitosis at 5:43 AM on March 28, 2012 - 4 comments
Since first posted to MeFi over two years ago, Meet The Lady has branched out in many directions. We've amassed a found photo archive of over 325 original pictures, mostly salvaged from flea markets, trash heaps, and abandoned family albums (captions preserved where possible). We are also a live variety show, part of the film program at NYC's venerable 92nd Street Y.
posted by hermitosis at 5:43 AM on March 28, 2012 - 4 comments
The How Not To Kill Your Baby Official Growth Chart Of Doom
Have you ever read a parenting book that left you feeling inadequate and/or terrified? In other words, have you ever read any parenting book whatsoever? Then you might enjoy my new book How Not To Kill Your Baby, a parody of all those crazy-making pregnancy and parenting manuals. It comes complete with a poster-size detachable Growth Chart of Doom, which will tell you if your baby is big enough to survive an encounter with an angry capybara. For the story of why I decided to write the book, you can read my guest post at the New York Times Motherlode blog.
posted by yankeefog at 9:56 AM on March 28, 2012 - 8 comments
Have you ever read a parenting book that left you feeling inadequate and/or terrified? In other words, have you ever read any parenting book whatsoever? Then you might enjoy my new book How Not To Kill Your Baby, a parody of all those crazy-making pregnancy and parenting manuals. It comes complete with a poster-size detachable Growth Chart of Doom, which will tell you if your baby is big enough to survive an encounter with an angry capybara. For the story of why I decided to write the book, you can read my guest post at the New York Times Motherlode blog.
posted by yankeefog at 9:56 AM on March 28, 2012 - 8 comments
A Poem From Us
Funded by a $1,000 grant from the Chicago Awesome Foundation, A Poem From Us is kicking off National Poetry Month by inviting people to share a favorite poem via YouTube or Vimeo. The one rule for the project: the poem you read cannot be your own.
posted by avoision at 10:13 PM on April 1, 2012
Funded by a $1,000 grant from the Chicago Awesome Foundation, A Poem From Us is kicking off National Poetry Month by inviting people to share a favorite poem via YouTube or Vimeo. The one rule for the project: the poem you read cannot be your own.
posted by avoision at 10:13 PM on April 1, 2012
Supercut.org
A comprehensive database of nearly 200 "supercuts" -- those rapid-fire video remixes that edit a million of the same thing together in one video. (Think every single "dude" from the Big Lebowski, or a hundred clips of people saying "We've got company!" in movies.) Add any I missed!
posted by waxpancake at 10:56 PM on November 7, 2011 - 8 comments
A comprehensive database of nearly 200 "supercuts" -- those rapid-fire video remixes that edit a million of the same thing together in one video. (Think every single "dude" from the Big Lebowski, or a hundred clips of people saying "We've got company!" in movies.) Add any I missed!
posted by waxpancake at 10:56 PM on November 7, 2011 - 8 comments
It's Not A Sprint, It's A Marathon.
Everyone knows that the key to becoming a better writer is consistently writing every day, but that's often easier said than done. A kind of Couch-To-5K for writers, It's Not A Sprint, It's A Marathon is a one-page site that details a simple method for creating a daily writing habit.
posted by Ian A.T. at 3:44 PM on October 25, 2011
Everyone knows that the key to becoming a better writer is consistently writing every day, but that's often easier said than done. A kind of Couch-To-5K for writers, It's Not A Sprint, It's A Marathon is a one-page site that details a simple method for creating a daily writing habit.
posted by Ian A.T. at 3:44 PM on October 25, 2011
How to Shoot a Wolf
MFK Fisher's 'How to Cook a Wolf' was a masterpiece of food writing that explored the time of food rations during WW2 (related, related). We set out create a photo series that would capture the tone and atmosphere of the book and to explore that kind of hunger - going from comfortable fulfillment to a forced cutting back. Photographed recipes include sardine pie, tomato soup cake, chicken foot soup, and ladyslipper tea, along with moldy cheese, pigeons, and frogs. Delicious. This is our 5th in a series (previously, previously, previously).
posted by infinitefloatingbrains at 8:53 PM on October 26, 2011 - 3 comments
MFK Fisher's 'How to Cook a Wolf' was a masterpiece of food writing that explored the time of food rations during WW2 (related, related). We set out create a photo series that would capture the tone and atmosphere of the book and to explore that kind of hunger - going from comfortable fulfillment to a forced cutting back. Photographed recipes include sardine pie, tomato soup cake, chicken foot soup, and ladyslipper tea, along with moldy cheese, pigeons, and frogs. Delicious. This is our 5th in a series (previously, previously, previously).
posted by infinitefloatingbrains at 8:53 PM on October 26, 2011 - 3 comments
RPGWrite - an inspirational writing tool
RPG Write is a tool to help you beat writer's block, by giving you RPG-style incentives when you write. We've all been there, stuck playing an RPG for a few more minutes, "just until I level." Many of us have been grinding that last bit of XP when we should have been writing! Rather than fight it, we've decided to cave to the compelling nature of RPGs!
posted by trunk muffins at 4:00 PM on October 28, 2011 - 8 comments
RPG Write is a tool to help you beat writer's block, by giving you RPG-style incentives when you write. We've all been there, stuck playing an RPG for a few more minutes, "just until I level." Many of us have been grinding that last bit of XP when we should have been writing! Rather than fight it, we've decided to cave to the compelling nature of RPGs!
posted by trunk muffins at 4:00 PM on October 28, 2011 - 8 comments
The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break
Several times a week, during my lunch break, I'm recording a story from "The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm" as translated by the great Jack Zipes, editing it, and uploading it as a podcast. There are over 250 stories, so this will take a while.
posted by ewagoner at 10:03 AM on October 3, 2011 - 5 comments
Several times a week, during my lunch break, I'm recording a story from "The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm" as translated by the great Jack Zipes, editing it, and uploading it as a podcast. There are over 250 stories, so this will take a while.
posted by ewagoner at 10:03 AM on October 3, 2011 - 5 comments
You Are Not Dead: The Book, The Play, The Album, The Fridge Magnets
In 2008, Meg Holle and I released a book and an album to critical acclaim on Metafilter, Stumbleupon, and other aggregators. Since then, this demented Guide To Living combo has been downloaded over 26,000 times, including once by a Vancouver theater company who loved it enough to make it into a play, where representatives of the Fakeproject Corporation teach you how to be Not Dead. The play is going on stage at Vancouver Fringe Festival starting THIS FRIDAY, and is awesome. In honor of this honor, we've completely rebuilt this mind-altering book in online form with new life-mangling exercises, a Real Physical Book to buy, and a set of fridge magnets that will finally express your innermost thoughts, fears, and failures.
posted by fake at 11:40 AM on September 6, 2011 - 8 comments
In 2008, Meg Holle and I released a book and an album to critical acclaim on Metafilter, Stumbleupon, and other aggregators. Since then, this demented Guide To Living combo has been downloaded over 26,000 times, including once by a Vancouver theater company who loved it enough to make it into a play, where representatives of the Fakeproject Corporation teach you how to be Not Dead. The play is going on stage at Vancouver Fringe Festival starting THIS FRIDAY, and is awesome. In honor of this honor, we've completely rebuilt this mind-altering book in online form with new life-mangling exercises, a Real Physical Book to buy, and a set of fridge magnets that will finally express your innermost thoughts, fears, and failures.
posted by fake at 11:40 AM on September 6, 2011 - 8 comments
Scientific Side-Lights
I have a big honkin' encyclopedic book of science from 1902, and I blog one excerpt from it every day.
posted by mismatched at 2:37 PM on August 15, 2011 - 1 comment
I have a big honkin' encyclopedic book of science from 1902, and I blog one excerpt from it every day.
posted by mismatched at 2:37 PM on August 15, 2011 - 1 comment
F & P Daguerreotype, The Cincinnati Panorama of 1848
Experience a 19th century American city through Charles Fontayne and William S. Porter's world famous panorama. This site combines the superior clarity of daguerreotypes, made from the first practical method of photography, with 21st century technology, making it possible to enlarge the Cincinnati Panorama of 1848 and see details that even the photographers could not have seen from their camera location across the Ohio River in Kentucky. Navigate and zoom in for a glimpse of life along the riverfront. Enter the Panorama through Points of Interest, vividly illustrated with portraits, newspapers, advertisements, early documents, and maps.
posted by Mick at 9:47 AM on July 16, 2011 - 2 comments
Experience a 19th century American city through Charles Fontayne and William S. Porter's world famous panorama. This site combines the superior clarity of daguerreotypes, made from the first practical method of photography, with 21st century technology, making it possible to enlarge the Cincinnati Panorama of 1848 and see details that even the photographers could not have seen from their camera location across the Ohio River in Kentucky. Navigate and zoom in for a glimpse of life along the riverfront. Enter the Panorama through Points of Interest, vividly illustrated with portraits, newspapers, advertisements, early documents, and maps.
posted by Mick at 9:47 AM on July 16, 2011 - 2 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
Farmers Market Recipes
In 2007 I released a turn-key online farmers market system. This is a major enhancement to that system, but also is a stand-alone resource. Customer, growers, and market managers at the markets using my system can now build a collection of recipes for their market. It offers the usual things you'd find in an online cookbook, but what sets this apart is the default view is seasonal, and reflects what is on sale at the market at that moment. Ingredients are tagged to available products, so shoppers can see recipes while they're shopping and recipe browsers can buy ingredients while they're reading. It helps close the distance between market and kitchen that intimidates timid market shoppers. All of the recipes for all of the markets are aggregated into a master searchable recipe listing (and that master list is what i've linked to), so if you're not a patron of one of the markets, you can still access the recipes, see where they came from, and subscribe via RSS to get seasonal recipes from around the country all year long.
posted by ewagoner at 1:56 PM on March 4, 2011 - 1 comment
In 2007 I released a turn-key online farmers market system. This is a major enhancement to that system, but also is a stand-alone resource. Customer, growers, and market managers at the markets using my system can now build a collection of recipes for their market. It offers the usual things you'd find in an online cookbook, but what sets this apart is the default view is seasonal, and reflects what is on sale at the market at that moment. Ingredients are tagged to available products, so shoppers can see recipes while they're shopping and recipe browsers can buy ingredients while they're reading. It helps close the distance between market and kitchen that intimidates timid market shoppers. All of the recipes for all of the markets are aggregated into a master searchable recipe listing (and that master list is what i've linked to), so if you're not a patron of one of the markets, you can still access the recipes, see where they came from, and subscribe via RSS to get seasonal recipes from around the country all year long.
posted by ewagoner at 1:56 PM on March 4, 2011 - 1 comment
Palate Spasms: No Laughing Matter
I edited and filmed a short film about a strange symptom of my ladyfriend's Multiple Sclerosis. It's entered in the Neurological Film Festival, which has a Fan Voting prize, so if people like it and want to vote for it you can do so here. It's the first thing I've ever shot and edited!
posted by Potomac Avenue at 8:07 AM on February 27, 2011 - 5 comments
I edited and filmed a short film about a strange symptom of my ladyfriend's Multiple Sclerosis. It's entered in the Neurological Film Festival, which has a Fan Voting prize, so if people like it and want to vote for it you can do so here. It's the first thing I've ever shot and edited!
posted by Potomac Avenue at 8:07 AM on February 27, 2011 - 5 comments
Sea Level Rise Maps now up to +60m
This has been up here before, but (by popular demand) I've now extended it to cover sea level rise scenarios up to +60m. So now you can work out where the best seafront property will be when Antarctica melts...
posted by mr. strange at 5:04 PM on February 28, 2011 - 8 comments
This has been up here before, but (by popular demand) I've now extended it to cover sea level rise scenarios up to +60m. So now you can work out where the best seafront property will be when Antarctica melts...
posted by mr. strange at 5:04 PM on February 28, 2011 - 8 comments