wendell's votes
Displaying vote 61 to 80 of 112
Henchman's Helper
This is a thing i was inspired to make by an active desktop item that was floating around a long time ago. The idea is this is the online version of that giant wall that the bad guys in movies, evil scientists, mad doctors etc. stare at when they plot. It's got a sinister feel to it and I am adding new modules each week.
posted by joelf at 9:59 PM on February 6, 2007
This is a thing i was inspired to make by an active desktop item that was floating around a long time ago. The idea is this is the online version of that giant wall that the bad guys in movies, evil scientists, mad doctors etc. stare at when they plot. It's got a sinister feel to it and I am adding new modules each week.
posted by joelf at 9:59 PM on February 6, 2007
Ask a Dumb Guy
Bad advice and incorrect information, free of charge.
posted by jbickers at 3:59 PM on February 5, 2007
Bad advice and incorrect information, free of charge.
posted by jbickers at 3:59 PM on February 5, 2007
schoolr.com
After a long night of continuous acronym and dictionary searches, I decided to set this site up. It's one page mash-up of various academic related search engines and resources. The site also features a unit converter, translator, and a citation builder provided by NCSU.
posted by 913 at 8:46 PM on February 3, 2007
After a long night of continuous acronym and dictionary searches, I decided to set this site up. It's one page mash-up of various academic related search engines and resources. The site also features a unit converter, translator, and a citation builder provided by NCSU.
posted by 913 at 8:46 PM on February 3, 2007
It's A Trap
April 29th 1982, EMI - Elstree Studios, England. A frustrated Richard Marquand is not getting the performance he needs from one of his key actors, Timothy Rose. In a last ditch effort, Marquand shows Rose, playing the role of Admiral Ackbar, a number of films to help him prepare for his final scene of "Return of the Jedi"...
A silly idea taken way too far. Here's our chapter in the epic saga that is the Admiral Ackbar "It's a trap!" meme. Brilliant suggestions for other traps might spawn a follow-up video. Created by myself and nathancaswell.
posted by fidgets at 10:43 AM on February 5, 2007
April 29th 1982, EMI - Elstree Studios, England. A frustrated Richard Marquand is not getting the performance he needs from one of his key actors, Timothy Rose. In a last ditch effort, Marquand shows Rose, playing the role of Admiral Ackbar, a number of films to help him prepare for his final scene of "Return of the Jedi"...
A silly idea taken way too far. Here's our chapter in the epic saga that is the Admiral Ackbar "It's a trap!" meme. Brilliant suggestions for other traps might spawn a follow-up video. Created by myself and nathancaswell.
posted by fidgets at 10:43 AM on February 5, 2007
Super Bowl Commercial Extravaganza
Many, many talented coworkers and myself have created a Super Bowl minisite at iFilm, where the commercials from the big game will be posted online just minutes after appearing on air. The real fun begins tomorrow, but for now you can also watch every Super Bowl commercial from the past five years, as well as outtakes, sneak peaks, and the so-called "banned" ads. Organized by advertiser, year and our esteemed "editor's picks."
posted by dhammond at 5:07 PM on February 3, 2007
Many, many talented coworkers and myself have created a Super Bowl minisite at iFilm, where the commercials from the big game will be posted online just minutes after appearing on air. The real fun begins tomorrow, but for now you can also watch every Super Bowl commercial from the past five years, as well as outtakes, sneak peaks, and the so-called "banned" ads. Organized by advertiser, year and our esteemed "editor's picks."
posted by dhammond at 5:07 PM on February 3, 2007
Kevin Church and Benjamin Birdie Announce New Webcomic, THE RACK.
Just what it says. I've been writing comics for a while now, and now my preferred artist for humor and I are doing a twice-weekly strip about a comic shop in SoCal.
posted by beaucoupkevin at 11:44 PM on February 1, 2007
Just what it says. I've been writing comics for a while now, and now my preferred artist for humor and I are doing a twice-weekly strip about a comic shop in SoCal.
posted by beaucoupkevin at 11:44 PM on February 1, 2007
John Martz Illustration / RobotJohnny.com
I've just launched a complete redesign and overhaul of my illustration portfolio and personal blog. Complete with free fonts, comics, and rhyming movie reviews!
posted by Robot Johnny at 3:12 PM on January 26, 2007
I've just launched a complete redesign and overhaul of my illustration portfolio and personal blog. Complete with free fonts, comics, and rhyming movie reviews!
posted by Robot Johnny at 3:12 PM on January 26, 2007
Hoopla! comic book reviews
My friend Paul once had a weekly review column at Comic Book Galaxy. Now he's on his own, covering DC, Marvel, Image, Grant Morrison, Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, Joss Whedon, and others. Plus, he's funny.
posted by Dean King at 2:55 PM on January 25, 2007
My friend Paul once had a weekly review column at Comic Book Galaxy. Now he's on his own, covering DC, Marvel, Image, Grant Morrison, Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, Joss Whedon, and others. Plus, he's funny.
posted by Dean King at 2:55 PM on January 25, 2007
Balloon Based Aerial Photography
My father used to be a professor, and then he decided he would fly balloons for a living. His photos have been used in advertising, presented in court, and shown in galleries. They are most often used, in conjuction with 3D renderings, to show the visual impact of proposed architechtural projects (from cell-towers in southern Virginia to skyscrapers in Manhattan). But this post is about the ooh-ahh factor. See DC, San Francisco, and New York from a new angle.
posted by phrontist at 8:04 PM on January 21, 2007
My father used to be a professor, and then he decided he would fly balloons for a living. His photos have been used in advertising, presented in court, and shown in galleries. They are most often used, in conjuction with 3D renderings, to show the visual impact of proposed architechtural projects (from cell-towers in southern Virginia to skyscrapers in Manhattan). But this post is about the ooh-ahh factor. See DC, San Francisco, and New York from a new angle.
posted by phrontist at 8:04 PM on January 21, 2007
Online Farmers' Market System
After running my local online farmers' market for five years using a mess of bastardized open source php projects and unsuccessfully trying to get other markets to follow my steps, I finally re-wrote the entire system from the ground up as a fully hosted, drop-dead simple, ruby on rails application. In less than 15 minutes, a market (or a single grower) can go from nothing to selling produce to local customers.
My own market was moved over to the new system this week. You can find it at athens.locallygrown.net.
In the several months it took me to write this, several other groups of growers followed closely behind, using what I had working to get their own markets started. In the upcoming months, you'll find markets across the country using this system. And judging from how it's changed the way people in north-east Georgia buy locally grown food, it may do for locally grown produce what Amazon.com has done for books.
posted by ewagoner at 4:25 PM on January 22, 2007
After running my local online farmers' market for five years using a mess of bastardized open source php projects and unsuccessfully trying to get other markets to follow my steps, I finally re-wrote the entire system from the ground up as a fully hosted, drop-dead simple, ruby on rails application. In less than 15 minutes, a market (or a single grower) can go from nothing to selling produce to local customers.
My own market was moved over to the new system this week. You can find it at athens.locallygrown.net.
In the several months it took me to write this, several other groups of growers followed closely behind, using what I had working to get their own markets started. In the upcoming months, you'll find markets across the country using this system. And judging from how it's changed the way people in north-east Georgia buy locally grown food, it may do for locally grown produce what Amazon.com has done for books.
posted by ewagoner at 4:25 PM on January 22, 2007
Recipes, reviews, and reports from around the world
A weblog and catalog of recipes by two wide-traveling food lovers.
posted by Nothing at 6:46 PM on January 23, 2007
A weblog and catalog of recipes by two wide-traveling food lovers.
posted by Nothing at 6:46 PM on January 23, 2007
A web site by guys for guys.
Guy.com is a relatively new male-centric web log/web mag written, in part, by me3dia and kevinskomsvold. We cover sports, tech stuff, style, food and sex.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 8:09 AM on January 24, 2007
Guy.com is a relatively new male-centric web log/web mag written, in part, by me3dia and kevinskomsvold. We cover sports, tech stuff, style, food and sex.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 8:09 AM on January 24, 2007
Get a First Life
My one-page satire site of Second Life, because I'm a little tired of all the hype. More on why I made it.
posted by dbarefoot at 12:17 PM on January 21, 2007
My one-page satire site of Second Life, because I'm a little tired of all the hype. More on why I made it.
posted by dbarefoot at 12:17 PM on January 21, 2007
The healing power of placebo
Did you know that the sweet potato is a natural source of placebo? Or that the multinational drug companies are consipiring to keep the potent chi energy of dehydrated distilled water a secret? Of course you didn't, because none of it is true. Hopefully it's at least slightly amusing though.
posted by thparkth at 2:30 PM on January 15, 2007
Did you know that the sweet potato is a natural source of placebo? Or that the multinational drug companies are consipiring to keep the potent chi energy of dehydrated distilled water a secret? Of course you didn't, because none of it is true. Hopefully it's at least slightly amusing though.
posted by thparkth at 2:30 PM on January 15, 2007
On This Day Pre-Y2K
In conjunction with my recently released novel about Y2K anxiety, I'm maintaining this retroblog. It offers a small daily dose of the doomsaying about the Y2K bug that was circulating online last millennium, from today's date in 1999. There are also some notes on the sources of the material and a glossary of jargon frequently used by the "Y2K-aware."
posted by staggernation at 10:56 AM on January 9, 2007
In conjunction with my recently released novel about Y2K anxiety, I'm maintaining this retroblog. It offers a small daily dose of the doomsaying about the Y2K bug that was circulating online last millennium, from today's date in 1999. There are also some notes on the sources of the material and a glossary of jargon frequently used by the "Y2K-aware."
posted by staggernation at 10:56 AM on January 9, 2007
The Mustache Rangers
Bringing podcasts back to the 1920s. The Mustache Rangers is a weekly comedy serial in the style of old radio sci-fi adventure programs like Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon.
posted by a47danger at 9:08 AM on January 8, 2007
Bringing podcasts back to the 1920s. The Mustache Rangers is a weekly comedy serial in the style of old radio sci-fi adventure programs like Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon.
posted by a47danger at 9:08 AM on January 8, 2007
Font Image Generator
I was looking for a way to have absolute control of fonts on web pages and started playing around with font images via PHP. I threw in a few goodies like drag-drop positioning, layers, justification, clipart upload, etc and the result is Font Image Generator. Its fun to play with and handy for bloggers and webmasters too. Comments and suggestions welcome.
posted by jorlando at 12:05 AM on January 6, 2007
I was looking for a way to have absolute control of fonts on web pages and started playing around with font images via PHP. I threw in a few goodies like drag-drop positioning, layers, justification, clipart upload, etc and the result is Font Image Generator. Its fun to play with and handy for bloggers and webmasters too. Comments and suggestions welcome.
posted by jorlando at 12:05 AM on January 6, 2007
A Year in Comics
I'm drawing a page of comics once a day for the rest of the year. Most of them so far are autobiographical—things that have happened to me on that particular day. They're somewhat crude, but the quality is guaranteed to improve. They're also viewable as this Flickr set. Comics are usually posted late in the day, because I don't manage my time well.
posted by interrobang at 11:56 AM on January 6, 2007
I'm drawing a page of comics once a day for the rest of the year. Most of them so far are autobiographical—things that have happened to me on that particular day. They're somewhat crude, but the quality is guaranteed to improve. They're also viewable as this Flickr set. Comics are usually posted late in the day, because I don't manage my time well.
posted by interrobang at 11:56 AM on January 6, 2007
Pen and Inklings - Josh Learns To Draw
Have tablet, will scribble. Daily sketches & related autobiographical notes, as I try and figure out how to draw. Credit due my awesome mother-in-law for surprising me with a Wacom tablet for xmas.
posted by cortex at 8:53 AM on January 4, 2007
Have tablet, will scribble. Daily sketches & related autobiographical notes, as I try and figure out how to draw. Credit due my awesome mother-in-law for surprising me with a Wacom tablet for xmas.
posted by cortex at 8:53 AM on January 4, 2007
One Music Geek's Favorite Songs and Why.
As someone who posts at various communities about music a lot at various communities, I decided to create a vox blog where I count down my 300 favorite (note: I'm talking about subjective favorites here, not objective 'best') songs at the rate of (usually) one a day, accomapnied by an essay. This could either be illuminating and interesting or an exercise in pure narcissism. Due to vox's limitations, the songs are streaming mp3 only. This entry gives a detailed description on my intents.
posted by jonmc at 8:33 AM on December 30, 2006
As someone who posts at various communities about music a lot at various communities, I decided to create a vox blog where I count down my 300 favorite (note: I'm talking about subjective favorites here, not objective 'best') songs at the rate of (usually) one a day, accomapnied by an essay. This could either be illuminating and interesting or an exercise in pure narcissism. Due to vox's limitations, the songs are streaming mp3 only. This entry gives a detailed description on my intents.
posted by jonmc at 8:33 AM on December 30, 2006