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52 Challenges in 52 Weeks
I decided to make a list of 52 challenges: little ways of improving myself and making a positive difference in my life and the life of others. I gave myself a week to do each challenge, and I am now starting week 4. You may recognize this link from this askmefi question.
posted by alon at 5:53 PM on July 15, 2007
I decided to make a list of 52 challenges: little ways of improving myself and making a positive difference in my life and the life of others. I gave myself a week to do each challenge, and I am now starting week 4. You may recognize this link from this askmefi question.
posted by alon at 5:53 PM on July 15, 2007
Public Domain Photos
If you're looking for public domain photos, the US government is a good place to start. But finding images on a specific topic can be tough, so I've started a directory of photo galleries from various federal agencies. Enjoy!
posted by Sparky11 at 6:58 PM on June 20, 2007
If you're looking for public domain photos, the US government is a good place to start. But finding images on a specific topic can be tough, so I've started a directory of photo galleries from various federal agencies. Enjoy!
posted by Sparky11 at 6:58 PM on June 20, 2007
Learning to be a leftie.
Roughly two and a half weeks ago I was hit by a motorcycle while biking to work. My right arm was broken at the wrist, elbow and shoulder. I'm right handed. Faced with the prospect of not being able to draw anything for eight weeks, I decided to teach myself how to draw with my left hand. The blog is the record of my ongoing efforts, which are turning out surprisingly well. The main hurdle is just how goddam long it all takes.
posted by renraw at 10:15 PM on June 15, 2007
Roughly two and a half weeks ago I was hit by a motorcycle while biking to work. My right arm was broken at the wrist, elbow and shoulder. I'm right handed. Faced with the prospect of not being able to draw anything for eight weeks, I decided to teach myself how to draw with my left hand. The blog is the record of my ongoing efforts, which are turning out surprisingly well. The main hurdle is just how goddam long it all takes.
posted by renraw at 10:15 PM on June 15, 2007
This Day in Type
This Day in Type is a collaborative venue for typographical art that uses the day's date as its subject. Guests submit original artwork for each day of the year. When more than one submission is received, the community votes for the best representative. Screw productivity calendars: it's all about Getting Things Undone!
posted by fezdel at 12:30 PM on June 7, 2007
This Day in Type is a collaborative venue for typographical art that uses the day's date as its subject. Guests submit original artwork for each day of the year. When more than one submission is received, the community votes for the best representative. Screw productivity calendars: it's all about Getting Things Undone!
posted by fezdel at 12:30 PM on June 7, 2007
listening to words
Find and discuss free audio and video lectures from around the web. You can filter audio/video/mp3 only, create playlists (which can be exported to iTunes and other players), and add tags and comments to lectures.
posted by gwint at 11:26 AM on April 9, 2007
Find and discuss free audio and video lectures from around the web. You can filter audio/video/mp3 only, create playlists (which can be exported to iTunes and other players), and add tags and comments to lectures.
posted by gwint at 11:26 AM on April 9, 2007
Truly Awful Stuff
Brett and I present the insanely tacky clocks, knick knacks and art we've tortured each other with over the last few years along with reader contributions.
Highlights include: the anatomically correct pegacorn clock, teenage Jesus and the toy molotov cocktail, for kids!
posted by joe beggar at 4:38 AM on April 1, 2007
Brett and I present the insanely tacky clocks, knick knacks and art we've tortured each other with over the last few years along with reader contributions.
Highlights include: the anatomically correct pegacorn clock, teenage Jesus and the toy molotov cocktail, for kids!
posted by joe beggar at 4:38 AM on April 1, 2007
Smallist: Better living through Smallistry
My new blog is about all things small: Small products, tips on how to live more efficiently, and never biting off more than you can chew. It's a bigger topic than you might think: in the last two weeks I've covered (or lightly dusted, really) 10 watt linux boxes, small sailboats, portion control, nanofiction, and electric cars. And there's a lot more small out there. Read the first post for a more in-depth description.
posted by condour75 at 3:26 PM on March 21, 2007
My new blog is about all things small: Small products, tips on how to live more efficiently, and never biting off more than you can chew. It's a bigger topic than you might think: in the last two weeks I've covered (or lightly dusted, really) 10 watt linux boxes, small sailboats, portion control, nanofiction, and electric cars. And there's a lot more small out there. Read the first post for a more in-depth description.
posted by condour75 at 3:26 PM on March 21, 2007
Free WiFi hotspots around the US
Hey, all. This has been active for a while, but I've recently overhauled and added some new features: I Love Free WiFi -- the community-driven wifi hotspot finder. It's all user-generated, at this point, and there are a few thousand locations listed. Also: If you're in Austin for SXSW this week, the Austin page has tons of hotspots for you to check out. Yup!
posted by chasing at 4:32 PM on March 10, 2007
Hey, all. This has been active for a while, but I've recently overhauled and added some new features: I Love Free WiFi -- the community-driven wifi hotspot finder. It's all user-generated, at this point, and there are a few thousand locations listed. Also: If you're in Austin for SXSW this week, the Austin page has tons of hotspots for you to check out. Yup!
posted by chasing at 4:32 PM on March 10, 2007
Illustration Friday Blog!
I'm pleased as Punch to announce that we've launched a new blog over at Illustration Friday, with a great round up of authors. Hope to see some fellow Mefites there...
posted by annathea at 8:43 AM on March 9, 2007
I'm pleased as Punch to announce that we've launched a new blog over at Illustration Friday, with a great round up of authors. Hope to see some fellow Mefites there...
posted by annathea at 8:43 AM on March 9, 2007
Spouse Notes
Spouse Notes is a project that collects notes written from one loved one to another. I thought it would be interesting to share the funny, embarrassing and bizarre messages that my wife writes to me.
My hope for Spouse Notes is to have an archive of awful pet names, Dear John letters and the like. More importantly, I wanted to find a way to preserve these special moments. Email seems to last forever these days, but the random, "Pick up the dog crap!" message scrawled on a post-it note is always permanently destroyed.
I understand that the idea of collecting personal/private missives isn't new or novel, but I do feel that Spouse Notes has a unique niche. Even if it only serves as a destination for collecting my wife's messages, the project is fun aside to my day-to-day work. I do, however, hope to collect more messages like this and this.
The site has received a few random submissions and I thought that perhaps the MeFi group might provide some meaningful feedback.
posted by snowsuit at 10:23 AM on February 19, 2007
Spouse Notes is a project that collects notes written from one loved one to another. I thought it would be interesting to share the funny, embarrassing and bizarre messages that my wife writes to me.
My hope for Spouse Notes is to have an archive of awful pet names, Dear John letters and the like. More importantly, I wanted to find a way to preserve these special moments. Email seems to last forever these days, but the random, "Pick up the dog crap!" message scrawled on a post-it note is always permanently destroyed.
I understand that the idea of collecting personal/private missives isn't new or novel, but I do feel that Spouse Notes has a unique niche. Even if it only serves as a destination for collecting my wife's messages, the project is fun aside to my day-to-day work. I do, however, hope to collect more messages like this and this.
The site has received a few random submissions and I thought that perhaps the MeFi group might provide some meaningful feedback.
posted by snowsuit at 10:23 AM on February 19, 2007
Brad Sucks Digital Download Store
I wrote a digital download store for myself using Paypal for payment and Amazon S3 for cheap storage and bandwidth (you can see it here). I thought other artists might find it useful so I've released the source for free.
posted by frenetic at 3:14 PM on February 19, 2007
I wrote a digital download store for myself using Paypal for payment and Amazon S3 for cheap storage and bandwidth (you can see it here). I thought other artists might find it useful so I've released the source for free.
posted by frenetic at 3:14 PM on February 19, 2007
Mixed States
I got tired of trying to keep up with all the blogs by scientists I read and I knew other people were missing out on a lot of great stuff. So, I did the only thing a sensible person would do and wrote an aggregator. Enjoy the work of physicists at Mixed States, of biologists at Recombinants and of computer scientists at Upper Bounds. Of course, there's MetaMixed, concerning the state of the aggregates, and there's the a nice place to send me other science blogs you know. And, finally, there's a feed for each of the aggregates, if you're feeling crazy.
posted by jmhodges at 5:38 AM on January 12, 2007
I got tired of trying to keep up with all the blogs by scientists I read and I knew other people were missing out on a lot of great stuff. So, I did the only thing a sensible person would do and wrote an aggregator. Enjoy the work of physicists at Mixed States, of biologists at Recombinants and of computer scientists at Upper Bounds. Of course, there's MetaMixed, concerning the state of the aggregates, and there's the a nice place to send me other science blogs you know. And, finally, there's a feed for each of the aggregates, if you're feeling crazy.
posted by jmhodges at 5:38 AM on January 12, 2007
ActionSheets: pulling javascript out of HTML- simply.
A no-nonsense, fairly lightweight JavaScript library designed to allow developers to keep their JavaScript events in a separate "Cascading Action Sheet", except minus the cascading. By placing a reference to such a sheet in a element, the library will load the sheet, and apply its action rules to the document. The library depends on, and takes heavy advantage of the Prototype.js library.
posted by potch at 9:38 AM on January 10, 2007
A no-nonsense, fairly lightweight JavaScript library designed to allow developers to keep their JavaScript events in a separate "Cascading Action Sheet", except minus the cascading. By placing a reference to such a sheet in a element, the library will load the sheet, and apply its action rules to the document. The library depends on, and takes heavy advantage of the Prototype.js library.
posted by potch at 9:38 AM on January 10, 2007
Improve your prose style
Robert Graves and Alan Hodge wrote a terrific book on English prose style, The Reader Over Your Shoulder. It included a history of English prose styles, the "principles of clear statement", and (most important) 54 passages of clouded prose in which they showed how violating the principles ruined the prose. But: if you simply read their critiques, nothing sinks in. You murmur, "Yes, yes, of course," and learn nothing. So I typed up the passages (downloadable as a PDF file) for you to mark up before you read their critiques---which will then sink in: "Oh, wow, I didn't see that." 54 passages---one a day for almost two months, and your readers will thank you. Also includes a link to secondhand copies of the text.
posted by LeisureGuy at 9:45 AM on November 14, 2006
Robert Graves and Alan Hodge wrote a terrific book on English prose style, The Reader Over Your Shoulder. It included a history of English prose styles, the "principles of clear statement", and (most important) 54 passages of clouded prose in which they showed how violating the principles ruined the prose. But: if you simply read their critiques, nothing sinks in. You murmur, "Yes, yes, of course," and learn nothing. So I typed up the passages (downloadable as a PDF file) for you to mark up before you read their critiques---which will then sink in: "Oh, wow, I didn't see that." 54 passages---one a day for almost two months, and your readers will thank you. Also includes a link to secondhand copies of the text.
posted by LeisureGuy at 9:45 AM on November 14, 2006
Polyoramas!
Polyoramas (or myrioramas) are illustrated cards that fit together in any order, forming an endless landscape. This is my attempt at making them. I will be adding to this Flickr set all month long (and possibly longer), and soon, they'll be for sale as high-quality mini-cards printed by moo.
posted by interrobang at 5:04 PM on October 10, 2006
Polyoramas (or myrioramas) are illustrated cards that fit together in any order, forming an endless landscape. This is my attempt at making them. I will be adding to this Flickr set all month long (and possibly longer), and soon, they'll be for sale as high-quality mini-cards printed by moo.
posted by interrobang at 5:04 PM on October 10, 2006
One Sentence
This project came from an idea I had a number of years ago that originally manifested itself as a single blog post. The idea is simple: true stories, told in one sentence. There's all the good stuff like RSS and tags, of course, but the main focus is on the visitor-submitted stories. Launching the project is fun, but it'll be a lot more fun to see what types of stories people tell.
posted by laze at 9:17 PM on August 9, 2006
This project came from an idea I had a number of years ago that originally manifested itself as a single blog post. The idea is simple: true stories, told in one sentence. There's all the good stuff like RSS and tags, of course, but the main focus is on the visitor-submitted stories. Launching the project is fun, but it'll be a lot more fun to see what types of stories people tell.
posted by laze at 9:17 PM on August 9, 2006
Click survey
I want to find out where people click on on this sample painting. Try it out, your click will be saved, and you'll be able to see the patterns that emerged from other clicks so far. The more people click, the better the results, I imagine.
posted by philipp at 12:01 PM on July 14, 2006
I want to find out where people click on on this sample painting. Try it out, your click will be saved, and you'll be able to see the patterns that emerged from other clicks so far. The more people click, the better the results, I imagine.
posted by philipp at 12:01 PM on July 14, 2006
All My Kisses
After writing the gory details of every job I've ever worked (All My Jobs), I'm now giving the same treatment to every romantic entanglement; from my first love letter in second grade to several disastrous attempts at perfecting the polyamorous relationship. It’s sometimes cute, maybe even romantic in spots, and quite frequently disturbing as I try to figure out what the hell I’m doing.
posted by joe beggar at 9:52 AM on July 1, 2006
After writing the gory details of every job I've ever worked (All My Jobs), I'm now giving the same treatment to every romantic entanglement; from my first love letter in second grade to several disastrous attempts at perfecting the polyamorous relationship. It’s sometimes cute, maybe even romantic in spots, and quite frequently disturbing as I try to figure out what the hell I’m doing.
posted by joe beggar at 9:52 AM on July 1, 2006
Snacksby: A Recipe Site
I got tired of not being able to tell a cooking site "Hey! I've got two onions, 4 eggs, a loaf of bread and some mayo. What can I make?", so I made one that would listen. Snacksby can learn about substitutions and new measurements, and since it's after 1997 it's got things like tagging and rating (and rounded borders!)
posted by soma lkzx at 8:50 AM on June 20, 2006
I got tired of not being able to tell a cooking site "Hey! I've got two onions, 4 eggs, a loaf of bread and some mayo. What can I make?", so I made one that would listen. Snacksby can learn about substitutions and new measurements, and since it's after 1997 it's got things like tagging and rating (and rounded borders!)
posted by soma lkzx at 8:50 AM on June 20, 2006
MetaFilter Writers Group
The MetaFilter Writers Group, as suggested by grumblebee in this MetaTalk post, is open for business. The plan is for members to post short fiction—short as in 500 words—on a weekly theme. There's also a section where members can submit their other fiction work or poetry for the group to read and discuss. If you'd like to join in the fun, you can register here. The first weekly theme is announced here.
posted by jack_mo at 3:24 PM on June 9, 2006
The MetaFilter Writers Group, as suggested by grumblebee in this MetaTalk post, is open for business. The plan is for members to post short fiction—short as in 500 words—on a weekly theme. There's also a section where members can submit their other fiction work or poetry for the group to read and discuss. If you'd like to join in the fun, you can register here. The first weekly theme is announced here.
posted by jack_mo at 3:24 PM on June 9, 2006