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Armageddon Or Not?
I tried this briefly last year, but when I found a plug-in to put a 1-10 rating system on WordPress and Barry Manilow's album hit #1, I knew that this was the right time for an interactive web-based system for public voting on the doom-worthiness of current Apocalyptic trends (Global Warming, Bird Flu, Britney's Babies, etc.). So please, visit, vote and suggest some of the Signs of the Apocalypse I have obviously missed. But do it soon. The world could end tomorrow.
posted by wendell at 11:33 PM on May 11, 2006
I tried this briefly last year, but when I found a plug-in to put a 1-10 rating system on WordPress and Barry Manilow's album hit #1, I knew that this was the right time for an interactive web-based system for public voting on the doom-worthiness of current Apocalyptic trends (Global Warming, Bird Flu, Britney's Babies, etc.). So please, visit, vote and suggest some of the Signs of the Apocalypse I have obviously missed. But do it soon. The world could end tomorrow.
posted by wendell at 11:33 PM on May 11, 2006
West Memphis Murders
For a time I've been fascinated by the murders that took place in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993, made infamous by the documentaries, Paradise Lost and its sequel. Although there are other sites that advocate for the convicts celebre, the West Memphis Three, I believe this is the first site dedicated to the murders itself. I opened this web site two months ago, but now I finally feel I have enough basic information to round out a picture, at least as an introduction.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 2:03 PM on May 11, 2006
For a time I've been fascinated by the murders that took place in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993, made infamous by the documentaries, Paradise Lost and its sequel. Although there are other sites that advocate for the convicts celebre, the West Memphis Three, I believe this is the first site dedicated to the murders itself. I opened this web site two months ago, but now I finally feel I have enough basic information to round out a picture, at least as an introduction.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 2:03 PM on May 11, 2006
Day and Night on a Google Map
The title sums it up pretty well: the pattern of night and day on a Google map, for any area of the Earth, for any date and time. You can select up to ten locations on the map; in addition to seeing at a glance whether it's daytime there, you can show their local time, sunrise and and sunset times, and length of day. The site can thus function as a graphical world clock, and can be used to show relative times of any future or past event.
posted by String at 7:14 AM on May 9, 2006
The title sums it up pretty well: the pattern of night and day on a Google map, for any area of the Earth, for any date and time. You can select up to ten locations on the map; in addition to seeing at a glance whether it's daytime there, you can show their local time, sunrise and and sunset times, and length of day. The site can thus function as a graphical world clock, and can be used to show relative times of any future or past event.
posted by String at 7:14 AM on May 9, 2006
Rx for Healthcare—Healthcare Reform discussion
RxforHealthcare is a blog on healthcare reform. About 600,000 Oregonians are uninsured and hundreds of thousands of others are underinsured. The goal of this blog is to catalyze a solutions-oriented dialogue. It's start is in Oregon, but we don't want to limit the discussion to Oregon healthcare. All healthcare topics, ideas, suggestions are welcome. It's only been running a few weeks, but we are hopeful that it will find a large audience over the next several months.
posted by nramsey at 9:53 PM on May 8, 2006
RxforHealthcare is a blog on healthcare reform. About 600,000 Oregonians are uninsured and hundreds of thousands of others are underinsured. The goal of this blog is to catalyze a solutions-oriented dialogue. It's start is in Oregon, but we don't want to limit the discussion to Oregon healthcare. All healthcare topics, ideas, suggestions are welcome. It's only been running a few weeks, but we are hopeful that it will find a large audience over the next several months.
posted by nramsey at 9:53 PM on May 8, 2006
e3buzz - latest video game news from E3
News aggregator of the various video game sites covering this years E3. Currently tracking around 20 different sources.
posted by toby\flat2 at 10:01 AM on May 8, 2006
News aggregator of the various video game sites covering this years E3. Currently tracking around 20 different sources.
posted by toby\flat2 at 10:01 AM on May 8, 2006
The Internet's Best Four Legged Links
A simple little blog that brings you fun and interesting dog, cat and pet links with a little sense of humour. More than just pictures of cute little furry animals, FourLeggedLinks.com covers the stranger side of our relationships with the various four legged beasts that inhabit our homes.
posted by dripdripdrop at 6:52 PM on May 4, 2006
A simple little blog that brings you fun and interesting dog, cat and pet links with a little sense of humour. More than just pictures of cute little furry animals, FourLeggedLinks.com covers the stranger side of our relationships with the various four legged beasts that inhabit our homes.
posted by dripdripdrop at 6:52 PM on May 4, 2006
Get Rich Slowly
This site picks up where a popular weblog entry left off, with daily information about personal finance and related topics. I share stories about debt elimination, saving money, and practical investing. I post occasional reviews of web sites, books, magazines, and software. (Sometimes I mine AskMe for topics!) I also post news about simplicity, frugality, and personal development. There's even a personal finance forum where like-minded people can exchange ideas. This is a new venture for me, and I'm still trying to find my footing. The site will evolve over time, improving at every step. Please feel free to leave suggestions and comments.
posted by jdroth at 7:45 PM on May 3, 2006
This site picks up where a popular weblog entry left off, with daily information about personal finance and related topics. I share stories about debt elimination, saving money, and practical investing. I post occasional reviews of web sites, books, magazines, and software. (Sometimes I mine AskMe for topics!) I also post news about simplicity, frugality, and personal development. There's even a personal finance forum where like-minded people can exchange ideas. This is a new venture for me, and I'm still trying to find my footing. The site will evolve over time, improving at every step. Please feel free to leave suggestions and comments.
posted by jdroth at 7:45 PM on May 3, 2006
Machine Gum - comics by me!
A series of comics and experiments in funny pictures. Machine Gum is an outlet for me to play around in the medium of comics. It's not a webcomic per se since it's not confined to a singular narrative or format; it's more like a playground where I can have fun with the medium and with drawing silly things. Fun for the whole family!
posted by Robot Johnny at 9:21 AM on April 27, 2006
A series of comics and experiments in funny pictures. Machine Gum is an outlet for me to play around in the medium of comics. It's not a webcomic per se since it's not confined to a singular narrative or format; it's more like a playground where I can have fun with the medium and with drawing silly things. Fun for the whole family!
posted by Robot Johnny at 9:21 AM on April 27, 2006
FFUR--The Foundation for Feline Urban Rescue
This is the website for a volunteer-run cat rescue organization in Philadelphia. FFUR rescues cats and places them in loving homes throughout the Philadelphia region. Before being put up for adoption, all cats are spayed/neutered, treated for any injuries or illnesses, tested for feline leukemia and HIV, and socialized to humans.
posted by misanthropicsarah at 7:38 AM on April 27, 2006
This is the website for a volunteer-run cat rescue organization in Philadelphia. FFUR rescues cats and places them in loving homes throughout the Philadelphia region. Before being put up for adoption, all cats are spayed/neutered, treated for any injuries or illnesses, tested for feline leukemia and HIV, and socialized to humans.
posted by misanthropicsarah at 7:38 AM on April 27, 2006
The Cricketing Yak: Live Cricket Maps and Fixtures
The culmination of a series of experiments with Google's mapping and calendar APIs, The Cricketing Yak is a site devoted to following the international sport of cricket in real-time.
The site includes a real-time map of cricket matches (tests, one day internationals, and Twenty20 fixtures) currently underway around the world. It includes live score updates, and features accurately geo-coded stadium positions.
It also hosts a Google Calendar of all international cricket matches that gets updated daily via the Google calendar API.
posted by Reto at 7:38 AM on April 27, 2006
The culmination of a series of experiments with Google's mapping and calendar APIs, The Cricketing Yak is a site devoted to following the international sport of cricket in real-time.
The site includes a real-time map of cricket matches (tests, one day internationals, and Twenty20 fixtures) currently underway around the world. It includes live score updates, and features accurately geo-coded stadium positions.
It also hosts a Google Calendar of all international cricket matches that gets updated daily via the Google calendar API.
posted by Reto at 7:38 AM on April 27, 2006
photi.ca -- photo gallery host
Hierarchical folders, instant & reversible image editing, multiple parent folders, tag combination searching, AJAXy popups and page updates, watermarks and size restrictions ... and easily capable of organizing my collection of 14,800 images (so far). Has its own colocated server, open and free signups, and a single developer (me!) who reads his mail and acts on feedback. Some entry points: San Diego December 2005, my 1980's geek cred, a search for the tag combination ontario and long.exposure, my folder tree, the photomosaic page, and the answer to the question, "why reinvent the wheel?" Many more features in the works.
posted by seanmpuckett at 10:36 AM on April 25, 2006
Hierarchical folders, instant & reversible image editing, multiple parent folders, tag combination searching, AJAXy popups and page updates, watermarks and size restrictions ... and easily capable of organizing my collection of 14,800 images (so far). Has its own colocated server, open and free signups, and a single developer (me!) who reads his mail and acts on feedback. Some entry points: San Diego December 2005, my 1980's geek cred, a search for the tag combination ontario and long.exposure, my folder tree, the photomosaic page, and the answer to the question, "why reinvent the wheel?" Many more features in the works.
posted by seanmpuckett at 10:36 AM on April 25, 2006
The Cape Cod Ice Cream Challenge
One day while driving with my friend we were talking about our love of ice cream. We got to talking that on Cape Cod (where we both live) there are about a million ice cream shops. Some are well known, some are not. After a bit of talking we came up with the idea that we would eat ice cream from as many of them as we could. We would record the results and post them here for the rest of the world to see.
posted by stilgar at 11:47 AM on April 25, 2006
One day while driving with my friend we were talking about our love of ice cream. We got to talking that on Cape Cod (where we both live) there are about a million ice cream shops. Some are well known, some are not. After a bit of talking we came up with the idea that we would eat ice cream from as many of them as we could. We would record the results and post them here for the rest of the world to see.
posted by stilgar at 11:47 AM on April 25, 2006
Miracle Tortilla - Jesus Had One, You Can Too
Jesus, Mary, George Bush...Seems like everybody's face is appearing on miraculous toast and tortillas these days.
Well, now it's your turn!
At MiracleTortilla.com, you will find the latest techniques for getting an image to miraculously appear on tortillas, tostadas, and other food items. Demonstrations, image galleries, and the latest news about miraculous images are all here for you. Creating miracles is never easy, but at MiracleTortilla.com, you'll find the tools to make it happen!
posted by Sparky11 at 3:34 AM on April 24, 2006
Jesus, Mary, George Bush...Seems like everybody's face is appearing on miraculous toast and tortillas these days.
Well, now it's your turn!
At MiracleTortilla.com, you will find the latest techniques for getting an image to miraculously appear on tortillas, tostadas, and other food items. Demonstrations, image galleries, and the latest news about miraculous images are all here for you. Creating miracles is never easy, but at MiracleTortilla.com, you'll find the tools to make it happen!
posted by Sparky11 at 3:34 AM on April 24, 2006
Grazer's Song a Day Songs
Inspired by the results of various rigorous ‘blank’-a-day exercises of writers (100 nights, 100 stories – click the banner at top) and artists (40 days of drawing) that I’ve seen online, I’ve decided it’s time to take the challenge myself, and write/record a song a day. With the notion that no melody or idea is too small, overused or simple, I’ve set a few restrictions for myself: I have to make the song up on the spot – sit down, write the song, record it. For the most part, lyrics have to be improvised, but I can improvise freely then write them down before recording (though this has generally not been the case). If I do a take and it’s not terrible, I have to leave it and move on to overdubs and attempt to fix and flaws with additional vocals or sounds. I’ve allowed myself a seven day buffer before uploading (and uploaded 12 songs here before announcing), since I’m a busy guy and all… but any days I miss I’ll have to make up by recording two songs the next. And I must accept failure if what I record is no good, and move on. I’ve chosen the blogger format for the song directory so I can easily post links from anywhere, and so anyone interested can leave comments on the songs. I hope that listeners will take part in helping me choose which aspects of which songs work and which do not, so I can further develop. I have no idea how long I'll be able to keep it up, but I hope to make it to at least fifty songs. If you’re looking for a song to start with, try today’s upload, eye peach.
posted by SmileyChewtrain at 8:37 AM on April 21, 2006
Inspired by the results of various rigorous ‘blank’-a-day exercises of writers (100 nights, 100 stories – click the banner at top) and artists (40 days of drawing) that I’ve seen online, I’ve decided it’s time to take the challenge myself, and write/record a song a day. With the notion that no melody or idea is too small, overused or simple, I’ve set a few restrictions for myself: I have to make the song up on the spot – sit down, write the song, record it. For the most part, lyrics have to be improvised, but I can improvise freely then write them down before recording (though this has generally not been the case). If I do a take and it’s not terrible, I have to leave it and move on to overdubs and attempt to fix and flaws with additional vocals or sounds. I’ve allowed myself a seven day buffer before uploading (and uploaded 12 songs here before announcing), since I’m a busy guy and all… but any days I miss I’ll have to make up by recording two songs the next. And I must accept failure if what I record is no good, and move on. I’ve chosen the blogger format for the song directory so I can easily post links from anywhere, and so anyone interested can leave comments on the songs. I hope that listeners will take part in helping me choose which aspects of which songs work and which do not, so I can further develop. I have no idea how long I'll be able to keep it up, but I hope to make it to at least fifty songs. If you’re looking for a song to start with, try today’s upload, eye peach.
posted by SmileyChewtrain at 8:37 AM on April 21, 2006
JoeRockhead.com -- an indie rock boutique
Well, whaddya know? I just gave birth to a new record store -- and today is opening day! If you're a fan of indie rock, garage rock, twang, jangle, power pop, roots, folk, punk, whatever, I'd like to invite you to come on by and check it out. This is a good place to go if you're looking for something new and interesting to listen to. As a bonus treat for MeFi members -- enter coupon code MEFI100 and get free shipping on any order placed during our first 100 days. (sorry, USA only at this point... but international shipping is coming soon.)
posted by spilon at 2:20 PM on April 19, 2006
Well, whaddya know? I just gave birth to a new record store -- and today is opening day! If you're a fan of indie rock, garage rock, twang, jangle, power pop, roots, folk, punk, whatever, I'd like to invite you to come on by and check it out. This is a good place to go if you're looking for something new and interesting to listen to. As a bonus treat for MeFi members -- enter coupon code MEFI100 and get free shipping on any order placed during our first 100 days. (sorry, USA only at this point... but international shipping is coming soon.)
posted by spilon at 2:20 PM on April 19, 2006
Erasures
Erasure is a process by which you can take any text, and from it, create a poem.
posted by gwint at 7:18 AM on April 19, 2006
Erasure is a process by which you can take any text, and from it, create a poem.
posted by gwint at 7:18 AM on April 19, 2006
Fleshh (NSFW)
Fleshh is a user-directed content system for erotica and adult news. The goal is to create a respectful adult community where users can share their favorite links and commentary. Quite a bit of content is already in the system, and we're looking for users!
posted by symbebekos at 7:51 AM on April 18, 2006
Fleshh is a user-directed content system for erotica and adult news. The goal is to create a respectful adult community where users can share their favorite links and commentary. Quite a bit of content is already in the system, and we're looking for users!
posted by symbebekos at 7:51 AM on April 18, 2006
Because great minds discuss ideas.
Ponderfodder is a new community designed to give people something to think about. Come to PoFo to learn about and discuss the latest ideas, theories, discoveries and inventions.
posted by Zinger at 7:51 AM on April 18, 2006
Ponderfodder is a new community designed to give people something to think about. Come to PoFo to learn about and discuss the latest ideas, theories, discoveries and inventions.
posted by Zinger at 7:51 AM on April 18, 2006
Thrupp: Get music from iTunes to MP3 players
Thrupp is a program for Macs that automates the process of copying music from iTunes to non-iPod MP3 players and phones. You just drag songs, albums and playlists over from iTunes and Thrupp does the rest - it even keeps playlists up to date if you edit them. And music in AAC or Apple Lossless format is converted to MP3 while it's being copied.
posted by cillit bang at 7:36 AM on April 17, 2006
Thrupp is a program for Macs that automates the process of copying music from iTunes to non-iPod MP3 players and phones. You just drag songs, albums and playlists over from iTunes and Thrupp does the rest - it even keeps playlists up to date if you edit them. And music in AAC or Apple Lossless format is converted to MP3 while it's being copied.
posted by cillit bang at 7:36 AM on April 17, 2006
Pysanky!
Ok, it's only easter eggs, but check these out! More here and here. A bunch of us get together to do this every year and it is a blast. This is definitely not PAAS territory.
posted by Occams Hammer at 10:15 PM on April 15, 2006
Ok, it's only easter eggs, but check these out! More here and here. A bunch of us get together to do this every year and it is a blast. This is definitely not PAAS territory.
posted by Occams Hammer at 10:15 PM on April 15, 2006