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Trump Learned
Tweets when the president learns (and tweets) a word for the first time. Like @nyt_first_said, but applied to the president.
posted by zazerr at 11:56 AM on March 28, 2019 - 2 comments
Tweets when the president learns (and tweets) a word for the first time. Like @nyt_first_said, but applied to the president.
posted by zazerr at 11:56 AM on March 28, 2019 - 2 comments
The Solar Nerd
In which I nerdily compile everything you might want to know if you are planning to stick solar panels on your roof or your backyard. If you already have panels and a supported inverter, you can join the community and your inverter data will show up automatically, and people can you ask you stuff.
posted by caffeine_monkey at 1:21 PM on February 20, 2019 - 4 comments
In which I nerdily compile everything you might want to know if you are planning to stick solar panels on your roof or your backyard. If you already have panels and a supported inverter, you can join the community and your inverter data will show up automatically, and people can you ask you stuff.
posted by caffeine_monkey at 1:21 PM on February 20, 2019 - 4 comments
The Movie Crash Course
Being the blog of an ordinary movie buff, unschooled in film for the most part, who is attempting to watch (or rewatch as the case may be) and review each and every one of the films that has ever been in any edition of the 1001 Movies To See Before You Die.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 3:05 PM on February 27, 2019 - 2 comments
Being the blog of an ordinary movie buff, unschooled in film for the most part, who is attempting to watch (or rewatch as the case may be) and review each and every one of the films that has ever been in any edition of the 1001 Movies To See Before You Die.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 3:05 PM on February 27, 2019 - 2 comments
Shit Solidarity: Magnetic Memes on Workers' Wages in Shitter Stalls
I make cheap, crude magnets bearing the ancient poem of worker solidarity (boss makes a dollar; I make a dime; that's why I shit on company time). These magnets include a URL, shitsolidarity.com, which offers a brief spiel about income inequality and corporations' attempts to curtail workers' rights to pinch a loaf (drop anchor, lay cable, squeeze out a senator) on the job. Interested parties can buy their own cheapo magnets, with 100% of proceeds supporting Jobs With Justice.
posted by duffell at 2:38 PM on February 5, 2019 - 3 comments
I make cheap, crude magnets bearing the ancient poem of worker solidarity (boss makes a dollar; I make a dime; that's why I shit on company time). These magnets include a URL, shitsolidarity.com, which offers a brief spiel about income inequality and corporations' attempts to curtail workers' rights to pinch a loaf (drop anchor, lay cable, squeeze out a senator) on the job. Interested parties can buy their own cheapo magnets, with 100% of proceeds supporting Jobs With Justice.
posted by duffell at 2:38 PM on February 5, 2019 - 3 comments
Pinboard Cooking Challenge
In which I cook and photograph my way through my recipe backlog, and test the limits of one tiny studio apartment kitchen.
posted by capricorn at 6:21 AM on February 12, 2019 - 5 comments
In which I cook and photograph my way through my recipe backlog, and test the limits of one tiny studio apartment kitchen.
posted by capricorn at 6:21 AM on February 12, 2019 - 5 comments
Making a Menger sponge in stained glass
I spent the last six weeks taking a stained glass course from a local artist (Vavroch Glass Studio) and the culmination of that is a 15"x15" stained glass Menger sponge rendering that I'm absolutely delighted with. This is a writeup with pictures of the whole process from conception to completion.
posted by cortex at 12:07 PM on February 12, 2019 - 8 comments
I spent the last six weeks taking a stained glass course from a local artist (Vavroch Glass Studio) and the culmination of that is a 15"x15" stained glass Menger sponge rendering that I'm absolutely delighted with. This is a writeup with pictures of the whole process from conception to completion.
posted by cortex at 12:07 PM on February 12, 2019 - 8 comments
Side Quest Limericks
I write goofy limericks to strangers, seal them in envelopes, and leave them in public places with strict instructions that they only be opened by someone bearing the name on the envelope.
posted by duffell at 8:35 AM on December 6, 2018 - 5 comments
I write goofy limericks to strangers, seal them in envelopes, and leave them in public places with strict instructions that they only be opened by someone bearing the name on the envelope.
posted by duffell at 8:35 AM on December 6, 2018 - 5 comments
J. R. "Bob" Dobbs Memorial Inverse Hessian Multiplication
Inverse hessian multiplication in linear gradient time has been an open problem in neural networks since Reagan was president or so. I believe I have a successful attack on the problem and like an idiot I posted it on a blog instead of like a journal or something. Done with Something Awful goons yelling at me the whole while
posted by hleehowon at 7:32 AM on January 7, 2019
Inverse hessian multiplication in linear gradient time has been an open problem in neural networks since Reagan was president or so. I believe I have a successful attack on the problem and like an idiot I posted it on a blog instead of like a journal or something. Done with Something Awful goons yelling at me the whole while
posted by hleehowon at 7:32 AM on January 7, 2019
Moshpit Memories II (1982-2002): Alan Moore, The Pogues, Jim Rose & pals
What we have here is a sequel to PlanetSlade's 2015 collection of gig-going anecdotes from the golden age of UK pub rock, punk and ska (previously on Projects). This time round, I'm covering the years from 1982 -2002, when my major obsessions included Alan Moore, The Pogues, The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow and any twanged-up country band I could find playing the bars of Nashville, Austin, San Antonio and Detroit.
posted by Paul Slade at 8:29 AM on January 12, 2019 - 2 comments
What we have here is a sequel to PlanetSlade's 2015 collection of gig-going anecdotes from the golden age of UK pub rock, punk and ska (previously on Projects). This time round, I'm covering the years from 1982 -2002, when my major obsessions included Alan Moore, The Pogues, The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow and any twanged-up country band I could find playing the bars of Nashville, Austin, San Antonio and Detroit.
posted by Paul Slade at 8:29 AM on January 12, 2019 - 2 comments
Two-sentence Horror Stories
Every workday I write a horror story that is exactly two sentences long, although those sentences do sometimes run on a little.
posted by maxsparber at 9:48 AM on October 1, 2018 - 3 comments
Every workday I write a horror story that is exactly two sentences long, although those sentences do sometimes run on a little.
posted by maxsparber at 9:48 AM on October 1, 2018 - 3 comments
peaceful, easy gmail
New Gmail sucks and I hate change. So I used someone else's userstyle and made a Gmail that is incredibly mellow (and yes, a little broken). You can use it if you want. No warranty expressed or implied.
posted by jessamyn at 9:38 AM on October 2, 2018 - 3 comments
New Gmail sucks and I hate change. So I used someone else's userstyle and made a Gmail that is incredibly mellow (and yes, a little broken). You can use it if you want. No warranty expressed or implied.
posted by jessamyn at 9:38 AM on October 2, 2018 - 3 comments
Artpal!
Artpal! is a podcast I created about, well, art. Season 1's 9 episodes act as a guerrilla audioguide to a group of objects on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (although I wrote them with the idea that you could also just listen anywhere and look at images online if you wanted). Show's available on iTunes and Google Play, as well as streaming at the site.
posted by the phlegmatic king at 8:06 AM on September 19, 2018 - 2 comments
Artpal! is a podcast I created about, well, art. Season 1's 9 episodes act as a guerrilla audioguide to a group of objects on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (although I wrote them with the idea that you could also just listen anywhere and look at images online if you wanted). Show's available on iTunes and Google Play, as well as streaming at the site.
posted by the phlegmatic king at 8:06 AM on September 19, 2018 - 2 comments
Standup/story video about nightmare NYC apt. hunt
I'm a standup and storyteller in NYC, and you may have heard my stuff on 'The Moth' podcast or 'This American Life.' I just got some good video of a new story that I'm really proud of and I'm showing it off here.
It's about a NIGHTMARE apartment hunt in NYC and a chance encounter with Ryan Gosling.
posted by chinese_fashion at 9:56 AM on September 18, 2018 - 3 comments
I'm a standup and storyteller in NYC, and you may have heard my stuff on 'The Moth' podcast or 'This American Life.' I just got some good video of a new story that I'm really proud of and I'm showing it off here.
It's about a NIGHTMARE apartment hunt in NYC and a chance encounter with Ryan Gosling.
posted by chinese_fashion at 9:56 AM on September 18, 2018 - 3 comments
Graphic Novel TK: Your Podcast Guide to Comic Book Publishing
Co-hosts Gina Gagliano (Publishing Director of Random House Graphic) and Alison Wilgus (Cartoonist, writer, editor and MeFite) guide listeners through the inner workings of graphic novel publishing through a series of interviews where professionals in the industry -- editors, agents, cartoonists, designers, etc -- explain the details of their jobs.
posted by Narrative Priorities at 8:57 PM on September 23, 2018 - 2 comments
Co-hosts Gina Gagliano (Publishing Director of Random House Graphic) and Alison Wilgus (Cartoonist, writer, editor and MeFite) guide listeners through the inner workings of graphic novel publishing through a series of interviews where professionals in the industry -- editors, agents, cartoonists, designers, etc -- explain the details of their jobs.
posted by Narrative Priorities at 8:57 PM on September 23, 2018 - 2 comments
Tiny Skulls and otherwise
Recently I've been sculpting tiny skulls and leaving them out in public as free art for people to find and claim.
posted by komara at 8:41 PM on July 24, 2018 - 8 comments
Recently I've been sculpting tiny skulls and leaving them out in public as free art for people to find and claim.
posted by komara at 8:41 PM on July 24, 2018 - 8 comments
I’ve Been To A Marvelous Party
An excerpt from The Lavander Ledger, a manuscript in progress by John Leavitt about murder, gossip, and scandal in the gay underworld of 1940s Hollywood.
posted by The Whelk at 7:41 AM on July 31, 2018 - 1 comment
An excerpt from The Lavander Ledger, a manuscript in progress by John Leavitt about murder, gossip, and scandal in the gay underworld of 1940s Hollywood.
posted by The Whelk at 7:41 AM on July 31, 2018 - 1 comment
Half-Witch.
My debut novel, Half-Witch, is published today by Big Mouth House, an imprint of Small Beer Press.
posted by Slithy_Tove at 7:33 AM on July 10, 2018 - 8 comments
My debut novel, Half-Witch, is published today by Big Mouth House, an imprint of Small Beer Press.
posted by Slithy_Tove at 7:33 AM on July 10, 2018 - 8 comments
The Tapestry of the Search for Terrestrial Intelligence
I took some degraded low quality audio from a youtube video of a copy of the Voyager Golden Record, and turned it into a 44 yard long tapestry, now on view at Science Gallery Dublin. I'd been obsessed for a couple of years with the ghostly imagery I'd recovered from the crappy audio - you can almost see the message from Earth hiding in the static just beyond reach - and I'm really happy with how it turned out. Lots of pictures and info at the blog post!
posted by moonmilk at 7:37 PM on July 10, 2018 - 8 comments
I took some degraded low quality audio from a youtube video of a copy of the Voyager Golden Record, and turned it into a 44 yard long tapestry, now on view at Science Gallery Dublin. I'd been obsessed for a couple of years with the ghostly imagery I'd recovered from the crappy audio - you can almost see the message from Earth hiding in the static just beyond reach - and I'm really happy with how it turned out. Lots of pictures and info at the blog post!
posted by moonmilk at 7:37 PM on July 10, 2018 - 8 comments
This Is A Boring Shark Attack: 8 Rules for Fascinating Storytelling
I've been doing standup and storytelling in NYC for ten years this month. Now I'm convinced that the big money comes from telling stories that are built out of jokes, but I'm still waiting for the data to come in.
This Is A Boring Shark Attack: 8 Rules for Fascinating Storytelling
posted by chinese_fashion at 11:34 AM on March 16, 2018 - 2 comments
I've been doing standup and storytelling in NYC for ten years this month. Now I'm convinced that the big money comes from telling stories that are built out of jokes, but I'm still waiting for the data to come in.
This Is A Boring Shark Attack: 8 Rules for Fascinating Storytelling
posted by chinese_fashion at 11:34 AM on March 16, 2018 - 2 comments
Bartender.live Cocktail App
I had been looking for an app to help me figure out what cocktails I could make with what I have in my home bar, but just didn't really like any of the ones out there. So I bit the bullet and finally taught myself Swift and created this app.
posted by GatorDavid at 10:14 AM on February 13, 2018 - 5 comments
I had been looking for an app to help me figure out what cocktails I could make with what I have in my home bar, but just didn't really like any of the ones out there. So I bit the bullet and finally taught myself Swift and created this app.
posted by GatorDavid at 10:14 AM on February 13, 2018 - 5 comments