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Washington, DC Police Tweets
An open-ended research tool for everything that the DC Police Department writes on their twitter feed. The department made the controversial decision to encrypt all radio communications last year, with no allowance for journalists, and thus have devoted more time to twitter. The site allows you to view the last three thousand tweets and quickly analyze factors like age, city quadrant, gender, etc., though a clever regular-expression-based interface.
posted by tmcw at 2:19 PM on August 30, 2012 - 7 comments
An open-ended research tool for everything that the DC Police Department writes on their twitter feed. The department made the controversial decision to encrypt all radio communications last year, with no allowance for journalists, and thus have devoted more time to twitter. The site allows you to view the last three thousand tweets and quickly analyze factors like age, city quadrant, gender, etc., though a clever regular-expression-based interface.
posted by tmcw at 2:19 PM on August 30, 2012 - 7 comments
The Long Bleep, a podcast and blog about taboo language.
The Long Bleep will be a public forum for discussion of four-letter words, "dirty" words, swearing, cursing, obscenities, and more. The first step is a questionnaire. Its results will be used to create podcasts and blog posts structured around things that really happened when taboo language was used: confrontations, first encounters, eureka moments, learning situations. Those stories will lead us down cultural and historical paths as we tease out the complicated relationship English-speakers worldwide have with "dirty" words. More information on the blog.
posted by Mo Nickels at 3:35 PM on April 21, 2012 - 3 comments
The Long Bleep will be a public forum for discussion of four-letter words, "dirty" words, swearing, cursing, obscenities, and more. The first step is a questionnaire. Its results will be used to create podcasts and blog posts structured around things that really happened when taboo language was used: confrontations, first encounters, eureka moments, learning situations. Those stories will lead us down cultural and historical paths as we tease out the complicated relationship English-speakers worldwide have with "dirty" words. More information on the blog.
posted by Mo Nickels at 3:35 PM on April 21, 2012 - 3 comments
80s Joke Line
My friends and I built an 80s Joke Line for a hackathon event here in Toronto. You can call in to hear a joke and then share one of your own. It's cobbled together using Flask (a Python web framework) and APIs from Twilio and Soundcloud. The code is on GitHub. We are a bit short on jokes. Maybe you can help with that.
posted by chunking express at 11:38 AM on April 18, 2012
My friends and I built an 80s Joke Line for a hackathon event here in Toronto. You can call in to hear a joke and then share one of your own. It's cobbled together using Flask (a Python web framework) and APIs from Twilio and Soundcloud. The code is on GitHub. We are a bit short on jokes. Maybe you can help with that.
posted by chunking express at 11:38 AM on April 18, 2012
How long does it take to find the most important bit of information on your website?
This is a new webapp I've built to handle a specific question in usability testing: how long does it take the average user to find a particular bit of information (like a phone number or an address) on your website? I built it after seeing too many small business website that had important information hidden away at the bottom of a web page. Questions/comments/suggestions/typos appreciated!
posted by primer_dimer at 10:02 AM on March 21, 2012 - 2 comments
This is a new webapp I've built to handle a specific question in usability testing: how long does it take the average user to find a particular bit of information (like a phone number or an address) on your website? I built it after seeing too many small business website that had important information hidden away at the bottom of a web page. Questions/comments/suggestions/typos appreciated!
posted by primer_dimer at 10:02 AM on March 21, 2012 - 2 comments
This is My Jam
The Echo Nest recently released their audio analysis API. Anyone is now able to upload any track and get an extremely detailed computer readable version of the song -- how each note sounds, what the beat is throughout the song, the pitches, etc. (It's what powered The Jingler.) To get something awesome out in time with the API release, Team Jam made the micromix site This Is My Jam using the API in about a week. Tell it the names of the tracks in your jam, click the button, and in a minute we'll make it sound good. (Check my alternate Terry Riley history.)
posted by brianwhitman at 8:06 AM on March 27, 2008
The Echo Nest recently released their audio analysis API. Anyone is now able to upload any track and get an extremely detailed computer readable version of the song -- how each note sounds, what the beat is throughout the song, the pitches, etc. (It's what powered The Jingler.) To get something awesome out in time with the API release, Team Jam made the micromix site This Is My Jam using the API in about a week. Tell it the names of the tracks in your jam, click the button, and in a minute we'll make it sound good. (Check my alternate Terry Riley history.)
posted by brianwhitman at 8:06 AM on March 27, 2008
Instrument-a-day
Every year I spend the month of February making a new musical instrument (or vaguely musical-instrument-like-thing) every day of the month. I'm up to Day 7 of Year 5. I document each instrument on the blog, and often try to share all the construction details, plans, and so forth. The instruments-a-day range in ambition from banging a trash can with a stick to a complete working violin, depending on the time, energy, and inspiration I have each day. Some of the things I've made have been fun for a few days; some are complete garbage; and some have actually been used in performances around the world, by me and by real musicians! Although the blog posts often have more details, the flickr collection is a nice way to get an overview of the project.
posted by moonmilk at 7:41 AM on February 8, 2012 - 7 comments
Every year I spend the month of February making a new musical instrument (or vaguely musical-instrument-like-thing) every day of the month. I'm up to Day 7 of Year 5. I document each instrument on the blog, and often try to share all the construction details, plans, and so forth. The instruments-a-day range in ambition from banging a trash can with a stick to a complete working violin, depending on the time, energy, and inspiration I have each day. Some of the things I've made have been fun for a few days; some are complete garbage; and some have actually been used in performances around the world, by me and by real musicians! Although the blog posts often have more details, the flickr collection is a nice way to get an overview of the project.
posted by moonmilk at 7:41 AM on February 8, 2012 - 7 comments
You've Got Mail: letters at Houghton Library
I'm one of the contributors to the blog of Houghton Library, Harvard's primary repository for rare books and manuscripts. This year we've inaugurated a new feature called You've Got Mail, which highlights a letter from Houghton's collections every Friday. Posts so far have included letters from Ben Franklin, Herman Melville, Rene Descartes, and the conjoined twins Chang and Eng.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 9:12 AM on February 12, 2012
I'm one of the contributors to the blog of Houghton Library, Harvard's primary repository for rare books and manuscripts. This year we've inaugurated a new feature called You've Got Mail, which highlights a letter from Houghton's collections every Friday. Posts so far have included letters from Ben Franklin, Herman Melville, Rene Descartes, and the conjoined twins Chang and Eng.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 9:12 AM on February 12, 2012
Pre-Recorded Late Night
It's a comedy show of interviews with absurd fake guests, plus improv scenes, sketches and other funny bits.
posted by jayfrosting at 10:22 AM on January 28, 2012 - 1 comment
It's a comedy show of interviews with absurd fake guests, plus improv scenes, sketches and other funny bits.
posted by jayfrosting at 10:22 AM on January 28, 2012 - 1 comment
"SXSW Baby", still bringing SXSW to the world
I found MeFi after I found SXSW. I found MeFi because of Bradlands. And I knew Brad because of SXSW Baby. The Unofficial Blog For SXSW is still going, and if you're heading to SXSW and could contribute a post or two (or if you want to do something a wee bit more) then I'd love you to get in touch with me ... Previously...
posted by ewan at 4:46 PM on January 16, 2012
I found MeFi after I found SXSW. I found MeFi because of Bradlands. And I knew Brad because of SXSW Baby. The Unofficial Blog For SXSW is still going, and if you're heading to SXSW and could contribute a post or two (or if you want to do something a wee bit more) then I'd love you to get in touch with me ... Previously...
posted by ewan at 4:46 PM on January 16, 2012
Commons Image Browser
A website that lets you browse CC and public domain images.
posted by jsturgill at 3:19 PM on January 13, 2012 - 22 comments
A website that lets you browse CC and public domain images.
posted by jsturgill at 3:19 PM on January 13, 2012 - 22 comments
Unicode Frenzy
Random configurations of Unicode characters, stacked or scattered off-kilter
posted by rottytooth at 8:24 PM on December 26, 2011 - 8 comments
Random configurations of Unicode characters, stacked or scattered off-kilter
posted by rottytooth at 8:24 PM on December 26, 2011 - 8 comments
Mockingbird -- a typewritten poem
"Mockingbird" is a 40-foot-long typewritten double-sided interrupted mobius strip of poetry -- the culmination of 3 and a half years of (intermittent) thinking and typing. Please enjoy it!
posted by sleevener at 8:32 PM on December 20, 2011 - 2 comments
"Mockingbird" is a 40-foot-long typewritten double-sided interrupted mobius strip of poetry -- the culmination of 3 and a half years of (intermittent) thinking and typing. Please enjoy it!
posted by sleevener at 8:32 PM on December 20, 2011 - 2 comments
"World Made of Words"
Words and music by Eef Barzelay of Clem Snide. Video by me.
posted by drjimmy11 at 1:04 PM on December 21, 2011 - 5 comments
Words and music by Eef Barzelay of Clem Snide. Video by me.
posted by drjimmy11 at 1:04 PM on December 21, 2011 - 5 comments
Open Letter To My Kids About Santa Claus
A letter to my grade school kids about transitioning from a belief in Santa Claus to a more mature belief in Santa Claus (from a Christian perspective). Offered as some help to other parents with kids at this stage.
posted by cross_impact at 11:53 AM on December 6, 2011
A letter to my grade school kids about transitioning from a belief in Santa Claus to a more mature belief in Santa Claus (from a Christian perspective). Offered as some help to other parents with kids at this stage.
posted by cross_impact at 11:53 AM on December 6, 2011
MetaQuilter
Our MetaFilter Quilting Bee is up and running. This blog is where we'll display our plans for each quilt, blocks as they're finished, and (eventually!) the finished quilts.
posted by ocherdraco at 12:35 AM on December 11, 2011 - 2 comments
Our MetaFilter Quilting Bee is up and running. This blog is where we'll display our plans for each quilt, blocks as they're finished, and (eventually!) the finished quilts.
posted by ocherdraco at 12:35 AM on December 11, 2011 - 2 comments
ThinkUp
ThinkUp is a powerful, free, open source PHP/MySQL app that you install on your web server to collect and store all of your activity on social networks like Twitter, Facebook and Google+. It can analyze your activity, lets you search for your data (even past Twitter's search limits!) and is constantly being extended with new features and capabilities by a very active, diverse developer community.
posted by anildash at 11:55 AM on November 16, 2011 - 8 comments
ThinkUp is a powerful, free, open source PHP/MySQL app that you install on your web server to collect and store all of your activity on social networks like Twitter, Facebook and Google+. It can analyze your activity, lets you search for your data (even past Twitter's search limits!) and is constantly being extended with new features and capabilities by a very active, diverse developer community.
posted by anildash at 11:55 AM on November 16, 2011 - 8 comments
Classified Humanity
random bits from the past via Seattle newspapers (1900-1984), mainly helmed by crasspastor and myself. Not all the content relates to Seattle, but it is all content that a Seattle resident would have been exposed to. A mashing together of eras and topics (with the occasional commentary), generally leaning more towards the forgotten/"trivial" and less towards the obvious moments of history.
posted by gluechunk at 10:00 AM on November 1, 2011
random bits from the past via Seattle newspapers (1900-1984), mainly helmed by crasspastor and myself. Not all the content relates to Seattle, but it is all content that a Seattle resident would have been exposed to. A mashing together of eras and topics (with the occasional commentary), generally leaning more towards the forgotten/"trivial" and less towards the obvious moments of history.
posted by gluechunk at 10:00 AM on November 1, 2011
Jesus Markoving Christ
An incoherent savior for an incoherent age.
posted by cortex at 7:35 AM on November 4, 2011 - 13 comments
An incoherent savior for an incoherent age.
posted by cortex at 7:35 AM on November 4, 2011 - 13 comments
The Occupy Wall Street People's Library
The People’s Library is the collective, public, open library of the Occupy Wall Street leaderless resistance movement. Located in the northeast corner of Liberty Plaza, the library provides free, open and unrestricted access to our collection of books, magazines, newspapers, ‘zines, pamphlets and other materials that have been donated, collected, gathered and discovered during the occupation. The working group for the library, which is composed of all those engaging with the library on any level, conduct all of our business through the web site in order to keep the library open, democratic and transparent.
posted by jardinier at 7:39 AM on October 9, 2011 - 8 comments
The People’s Library is the collective, public, open library of the Occupy Wall Street leaderless resistance movement. Located in the northeast corner of Liberty Plaza, the library provides free, open and unrestricted access to our collection of books, magazines, newspapers, ‘zines, pamphlets and other materials that have been donated, collected, gathered and discovered during the occupation. The working group for the library, which is composed of all those engaging with the library on any level, conduct all of our business through the web site in order to keep the library open, democratic and transparent.
posted by jardinier at 7:39 AM on October 9, 2011 - 8 comments
Mefi Tartan
I made a mock up of the proposed tartan (a jokey pony suggestion for mod uniform in meta talk)
posted by titanium_geek at 7:29 AM on October 5, 2011 - 26 comments
I made a mock up of the proposed tartan (a jokey pony suggestion for mod uniform in meta talk)
posted by titanium_geek at 7:29 AM on October 5, 2011 - 26 comments