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It's Lovely! I'll Take It!
Sometimes people make bad decisions when they choose the photos for their real estate listings.
posted by The corpse in the library at 5:10 PM on July 10, 2008 - 6 comments
Sometimes people make bad decisions when they choose the photos for their real estate listings.
posted by The corpse in the library at 5:10 PM on July 10, 2008 - 6 comments
The Greatest Sideshow Video Ever Made.
The Greatest Sideshow Video Ever Made was shot at the Moore theater in Seattle in 1992. The oddball cousin of Seattle's grunge music scene, the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow mixed vintage sideshow acts with novel stunts never before seen. Previously available only on VHS tape or DVD, this mind-blowing collection of feats of human daring is now available online in six parts for your viewing pleasure: 1 2 3 4 5 6 As an added bonus, watch as Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam participates.
posted by Tube at 4:48 PM on July 13, 2008 - 2 comments
The Greatest Sideshow Video Ever Made was shot at the Moore theater in Seattle in 1992. The oddball cousin of Seattle's grunge music scene, the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow mixed vintage sideshow acts with novel stunts never before seen. Previously available only on VHS tape or DVD, this mind-blowing collection of feats of human daring is now available online in six parts for your viewing pleasure: 1 2 3 4 5 6 As an added bonus, watch as Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam participates.
posted by Tube at 4:48 PM on July 13, 2008 - 2 comments
Find Your French Boyfriend
A French friend of mine was asked how he met his American girlfriend. "On FrenchBoyfriend.com of course!" he replied. I learned that the domain name was available, and...he still doesn't know about this.
posted by exogenous at 7:58 AM on August 26, 2008 - 7 comments
A French friend of mine was asked how he met his American girlfriend. "On FrenchBoyfriend.com of course!" he replied. I learned that the domain name was available, and...he still doesn't know about this.
posted by exogenous at 7:58 AM on August 26, 2008 - 7 comments
Library Finds
A blog about the cool books I find within the university Library where I work.
posted by inviolable at 8:45 PM on September 12, 2008 - 6 comments
A blog about the cool books I find within the university Library where I work.
posted by inviolable at 8:45 PM on September 12, 2008 - 6 comments
Ajax Wikipedia Search
This is a small app with a specific goal - provide a better way to search through Wikipedia. I often go to Google to find Wikipedia pages on a specific topic. Having multiple search results in a sidebar makes it easy to skim through a variety of Wiki pages easily.
posted by chime at 7:21 AM on October 22, 2008 - 6 comments
This is a small app with a specific goal - provide a better way to search through Wikipedia. I often go to Google to find Wikipedia pages on a specific topic. Having multiple search results in a sidebar makes it easy to skim through a variety of Wiki pages easily.
posted by chime at 7:21 AM on October 22, 2008 - 6 comments
The OGs, back in the old neighborhood
Barbara and Harry are a nice Jewish couple, married for 73 years, who've moved back to the old neighborhood, to L.A.'s first retirement community, Hollenbeck Palms. Of course, Boyle Heights has changed a bit since Barbara dubbed it "a Jewish Tijuana," circa 1930! Barbara is a social butterfly and problem solver, Harry is a self-taught Zen master with a yen for science and exploration. We've enjoyed the wit, wisdom and weirdness of our grandparents for our whole lives, and think it's high time the rest of the world got a chance. The OGs blog promises all Barbara and Harry, all the time. Tune in for a daily dose.
posted by Scram at 8:34 AM on November 9, 2008
Barbara and Harry are a nice Jewish couple, married for 73 years, who've moved back to the old neighborhood, to L.A.'s first retirement community, Hollenbeck Palms. Of course, Boyle Heights has changed a bit since Barbara dubbed it "a Jewish Tijuana," circa 1930! Barbara is a social butterfly and problem solver, Harry is a self-taught Zen master with a yen for science and exploration. We've enjoyed the wit, wisdom and weirdness of our grandparents for our whole lives, and think it's high time the rest of the world got a chance. The OGs blog promises all Barbara and Harry, all the time. Tune in for a daily dose.
posted by Scram at 8:34 AM on November 9, 2008
Film Addict
In response to one of those stupid Facebook note memes, I've made a page where it's easy to show how you are The Best at watching movies. How many of the top 250 movies have you watched? Why hasn't your co-worker seen The Godfather, what the hell is his problem?
posted by Plutor at 10:17 AM on December 13, 2008 - 30 comments
In response to one of those stupid Facebook note memes, I've made a page where it's easy to show how you are The Best at watching movies. How many of the top 250 movies have you watched? Why hasn't your co-worker seen The Godfather, what the hell is his problem?
posted by Plutor at 10:17 AM on December 13, 2008 - 30 comments
INTERNET PIRACY FUNDS INDIE-ROCK BANDS
Castor.Pollux Records [that would be me] is torrenting the complete Fugitive Kind back-catalog
posted by [son] QUAALUDE at 2:51 PM on January 11, 2009
Castor.Pollux Records [that would be me] is torrenting the complete Fugitive Kind back-catalog
posted by [son] QUAALUDE at 2:51 PM on January 11, 2009
Velociraptor Roulette
After getting a random request with only those two words to go by, I've created a silly, pointless time waster. Spin the wheel for your chance to win a deadly dinosaur. You can't win if you don't play!
posted by Plutor at 2:06 PM on January 12, 2009 - 20 comments
After getting a random request with only those two words to go by, I've created a silly, pointless time waster. Spin the wheel for your chance to win a deadly dinosaur. You can't win if you don't play!
posted by Plutor at 2:06 PM on January 12, 2009 - 20 comments
School of Hard Knocks.
In 2008 I spent some time working in a special classroom for kids with behavior problems in one of Philadelphia's most notorious public high schools, in one of the city's worst neighborhoods. The experience resulted in an seven part web series that tells in great detail what it's like to be inside room 315.
posted by The Straightener at 1:15 PM on January 20, 2009 - 4 comments
In 2008 I spent some time working in a special classroom for kids with behavior problems in one of Philadelphia's most notorious public high schools, in one of the city's worst neighborhoods. The experience resulted in an seven part web series that tells in great detail what it's like to be inside room 315.
posted by The Straightener at 1:15 PM on January 20, 2009 - 4 comments
Look At This Cat!
I made Look At This Cat because I figured there are a lot of cats out there that people should look at. And I don't see why that has to involve like crazy Web 2.0 crap when all you really need is some pictures of cats and the ability to say to yourself "hey, look at that, that is one great cat right there".
posted by cortex at 5:48 PM on February 3, 2009 - 16 comments
I made Look At This Cat because I figured there are a lot of cats out there that people should look at. And I don't see why that has to involve like crazy Web 2.0 crap when all you really need is some pictures of cats and the ability to say to yourself "hey, look at that, that is one great cat right there".
posted by cortex at 5:48 PM on February 3, 2009 - 16 comments
TPLFans: Fans of Toronto Public Library
I’m doing something happy, fun, and constructive for a change – in this case, by starting a pop-up blog for fans of the Toronto Public Library.
posted by joeclark at 12:15 PM on March 5, 2009 - 1 comment
I’m doing something happy, fun, and constructive for a change – in this case, by starting a pop-up blog for fans of the Toronto Public Library.
posted by joeclark at 12:15 PM on March 5, 2009 - 1 comment
Phil Jern Photos
I've created a website to display and, potentially down the road, sell my photography. I'd welcome constructive feedback from any and all of you!
posted by pjern at 7:53 PM on April 6, 2009 - 21 comments
I've created a website to display and, potentially down the road, sell my photography. I'd welcome constructive feedback from any and all of you!
posted by pjern at 7:53 PM on April 6, 2009 - 21 comments
Kickstarter, crowdfunding for people who make stuff.
Kickstarter lets creative people -- journalists, artists, musicians, game developers, entrepreneurs, bloggers -- raise money for their projects by connecting directly with their fans, who receive exclusive access and rewards in exchange for their patronage. Set a fundraising goal, deadline, and a set of rewards for backers. If the goal's reached by the deadline, then everyone's charged and backers get their goodies. If not, nobody's charged. Make stuff, without the upfront risk!
posted by waxpancake at 3:33 PM on May 1, 2009 - 13 comments
Kickstarter lets creative people -- journalists, artists, musicians, game developers, entrepreneurs, bloggers -- raise money for their projects by connecting directly with their fans, who receive exclusive access and rewards in exchange for their patronage. Set a fundraising goal, deadline, and a set of rewards for backers. If the goal's reached by the deadline, then everyone's charged and backers get their goodies. If not, nobody's charged. Make stuff, without the upfront risk!
posted by waxpancake at 3:33 PM on May 1, 2009 - 13 comments
tinyarro.ws - Shortest URLs on Earth
Using the magic of Unicode and international domains, TinyArrows provides the shortest URL shrinking possible. All with stats and cute symbol domains and everything. In addition, we just started a pay service where you can roll your own domain as a URL shrinker, too, with pretty easy steps for getting setup.
posted by Rezand at 4:58 PM on June 11, 2009 - 8 comments
Using the magic of Unicode and international domains, TinyArrows provides the shortest URL shrinking possible. All with stats and cute symbol domains and everything. In addition, we just started a pay service where you can roll your own domain as a URL shrinker, too, with pretty easy steps for getting setup.
posted by Rezand at 4:58 PM on June 11, 2009 - 8 comments
Duck Duck Bingo: Bingo card creator for teachers
Do you remember learning vocabulary by playing word Bingo? Would you like to play the same game with your students, but you're finding it too time-consuming to create new Bingo cards on your own? Yeah? Then do check out my Duck Duck Bingo app, please :-)
posted by jacob at 8:22 AM on June 14, 2009 - 3 comments
Do you remember learning vocabulary by playing word Bingo? Would you like to play the same game with your students, but you're finding it too time-consuming to create new Bingo cards on your own? Yeah? Then do check out my Duck Duck Bingo app, please :-)
posted by jacob at 8:22 AM on June 14, 2009 - 3 comments
In SRO Land, lost lore of L.A.'s historic core
The latest time travel blog project from the social historians behind 1947project, On Bunker Hill and Esotouric bus adventures, InSROLand explores the forgotten history of Downtown Los Angeles, up the grand entertainment boulevard of Broadway (where SRO means "Standing Room Only") and down the mean streets of Main (where SRO stands for "Single Room Occupancy," shorthand for a rented room with a sink in the corner, shared toilet down the hall). Between these two poles, straddling the financial center of Spring Street, modern Los Angeles was born.
posted by Scram at 12:05 PM on June 22, 2009
The latest time travel blog project from the social historians behind 1947project, On Bunker Hill and Esotouric bus adventures, InSROLand explores the forgotten history of Downtown Los Angeles, up the grand entertainment boulevard of Broadway (where SRO means "Standing Room Only") and down the mean streets of Main (where SRO stands for "Single Room Occupancy," shorthand for a rented room with a sink in the corner, shared toilet down the hall). Between these two poles, straddling the financial center of Spring Street, modern Los Angeles was born.
posted by Scram at 12:05 PM on June 22, 2009
Biking Rules!
Mefites often (hotly) debate etiquette as it relates to bicyclists, cars and pedestrians. Now everyone has a chance to make their point and win a prize -- NYC's Transportation Alternatives has launched a contest to promote responsibility in the biking community. Submit your video or still-image PSA and you could win $4,000 or a new Kona bike.
posted by hermitosis at 11:21 AM on July 29, 2009 - 1 comment
Mefites often (hotly) debate etiquette as it relates to bicyclists, cars and pedestrians. Now everyone has a chance to make their point and win a prize -- NYC's Transportation Alternatives has launched a contest to promote responsibility in the biking community. Submit your video or still-image PSA and you could win $4,000 or a new Kona bike.
posted by hermitosis at 11:21 AM on July 29, 2009 - 1 comment
Quitter - A Quiet Little Twitter Client
Quitter is a feature-rich Twitter client that runs in a command window (or "DOS window").
posted by DWRoelands at 8:52 PM on August 5, 2009 - 7 comments
Quitter is a feature-rich Twitter client that runs in a command window (or "DOS window").
posted by DWRoelands at 8:52 PM on August 5, 2009 - 7 comments
Revolving Floor
A curated community of writers and artists, focused around creative nonfiction. Jessamyn and mdn are contributors. A different topic each month. Original cartoons from Liza Donnelly, who draws for the New Yorker, and other well-known cartoonists. Poetry and a little fiction too.
posted by bingo at 9:38 AM on August 22, 2009 - 5 comments
A curated community of writers and artists, focused around creative nonfiction. Jessamyn and mdn are contributors. A different topic each month. Original cartoons from Liza Donnelly, who draws for the New Yorker, and other well-known cartoonists. Poetry and a little fiction too.
posted by bingo at 9:38 AM on August 22, 2009 - 5 comments