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MeFi: Open Movie Educator

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:09:31 -0800

Raffaella Traniello (Vimeo
profile) is an educator and multimedia enthusiast who describes
herself as “Animation lover. Linux user. Hungry for clever
beauty.” She’s also committed to bringing
free/open source software to the classroom

A plate of farro-and-lentil salad and citrus beets is made for a...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:13:11 -0800

A plate of farro-and-lentil salad and citrus beets is made for a diner at Forage in Silver Lake. (Christina House / For The Times) (via SCENE SETTER: Forage - latimes.com)

Ask MeFi: acoustic french ladies

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:02:52 -0800

Ask MeFi: acoustic french ladies:

lady songs by ladies…. en francais?

Ask MeFi: Lady songs by ladies

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:02:52 -0800

Ask MeFi: Lady songs by ladies:

What other songs and artists fit my overly-specific criteria? Briefly: female vocalist; sweet, soothing voice; singing quietly and backed by lush acoustic instrumentation.

MeFi: We could see such people - no longer as mythical figures, but alive - as alive as their work

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:14:40 -0800

MeFi: We could see such people - no longer as mythical figures, but alive - as alive as their work:

“The people whose stories you watch on Peoples Archive are leaders of their field, whose work has influenced and changed our world as we know it.” The archive includes talks by luminaries such as

MeFi: Films of the 1930s

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:14:40 -0800

MeFi: Films of the 1930s:

Great 1930s Movies on DVD (and a Few More That Should Be)

MeFi: Anatomy of a rumor

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:50:19 -0800

MeFi: Anatomy of a rumor:

Chief Justice Roberts is not resigning. But here’s why you might have heard that he was.

oliver schwarzwald: breakfast

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:43:14 -0800

oliver schwarzwald: breakfast

MeFi: Art imititates life?

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:56:38 -0800

MeFi: Art imititates life?:

Bringing New Understanding to the Director’s Cut (NYT) Art imitates life? Neuroscientists studying vision have observed a 1/f distribution in the natural scenes we encounter everyday. A new…

MeFi: Stolen Descartes letter found at Haverford by Dutch scholar's online detective work

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:14:15 -0800

MeFi: Stolen Descartes letter found at Haverford by Dutch scholar's online detective work:

A letter by Rene Descartes, stolen in 1840s, recovered in 2010 by online detective work. The letter was stolen by Guglielmo Libri, inspector general of the libraries of France, who stole thousands…

Ask MeFi: How it's all connected.

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:14:15 -0800

Ask MeFi: How it's all connected.:

What non-fiction have you read that shows the unity underlying vastly different subject matter?

workin' for the man.

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:42:13 -0800

I thought about joining the Oscar pool at work but realized almost everyone there would be much better at it than I would =p

MetaTalk: Anyone remember this photoshop adventure on Metafilter a while back?

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:57:56 -0800

MetaTalk: Anyone remember this photoshop adventure on Metafilter a while back?:

Looking for something I saw on Metafilter ages ago: A man posts a picture of himself and his nephew (possibly) on a digital photography forum. The photograph was badly scanned and has white pixels…

Gran Vals - Francisco Tárrega

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:35:37 -0800

Gran Vals - Francisco Tárrega

Modes and Motors |

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:29:34 -0800

Modes and Motors |

origin of the NORAD santa tracker

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:20:25 -0800

The plot bears a striking resemblance to a real event in history as reported by Bruce Watson on DailyFinance’s Website on 24 December 2009: ‘…In December 1955, Sears Roebuck ran a newspaper ad with what they claimed was Santa’s direct number. Unfortunately, the phone number they offered was one digit off; instead of Sears, it linked to a top secret line at CONAD, the Continental Air Defense Command. When Colonel Harry Shoup, the command’s director of operations, answered the phone, he expected to hear about a missile strike against the US. Instead, he got a little kid who wanted to talk to Santa. Although the conversation ended with the child crying and Shoup fuming, the Colonel eventually came around and began giving the children updates on Santa’s travels through the night sky. The following year, CONAD offered a new, non-secret, phone number that children could call. In 1958, when CONAD became NORAD, the new command continued the tradition…’

from trivia for “Mercury Rising” (1998)

I <3 colin firth (part the twelve thousandth)

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:11:00 -0800

1 - “A Single Man” was very good. Especially considering what it was.

2 - Colin Firth was phenomenal. I’m so not being biased about this.

3 - I loved that Jon Hamm made a vocal cameo in the movie. I recognized his voice almost immediately and it momentarily distracted me from the gloriousness of Colin Firth.

4 - COLIN FIRTH WAS AT THE SCREENING. I knew this in advance, of course - it was pretty much the main reason why I attended! But to suddenly see him standing there, and then striding down the aisle in that inimitable way he has, wearing a smart suit with his perfect white shirt with the top few buttons undone. AHHHHHHH

5 - And he has such lovely hands and he’s so smart and funny and handsome and lovely.

6 - The Colin Firth Fan Club is even bigger than I thought. The show was sold out, and the estrogen level in the room was definitely palpable. Especially when they showed that montage of his films and especially the scene from Pride & Prejudice.

7 - So much perfectness AHHHHHHH

one of the best WWF campaigns

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:56:32 -0800

one of the best WWF campaigns

MeFi: Charles Vance Millar and The Great Stork Derby

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:16:25 -0800

MeFi: Charles Vance Millar and The Great Stork Derby:

Charles Vance Millar was a Canadian lawyer and financier with a love of pranks and practical jokes. His greatest and final prank was his last will and testament.

MeFi: Georges Méliès, the Cinemagician

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:55:09 -0800

MeFi: Georges Méliès, the Cinemagician:

He invented or popularized a startling array of the fundamental elements of film: the dissolve, the fade-in and fade-out, slow motion, fast motion, stop motion, double exposures and multiple…