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MeFi: I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:42:34 -0700

MeFi: I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over:

If you loved Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, check out these gorgeous, high-resolution promotional photographs. The film’s special effects supervisor Douglas Trumbull invented…

lakestcreamery: Come to Barnsdall tonight.. Have a bananerella float.. Fresh Banana ice cream with nutella swirls.. Try it with chocolate soda!

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:14:35 -0700

lakestcreamery: Come to Barnsdall tonight.. Have a bananerella float.. Fresh Banana ice cream with nutella swirls.. Try it with chocolate soda!

Ask MeFi: Will my Facebook photos still be around in 600 years?

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:39:03 -0700

Ask MeFi: Will my Facebook photos still be around in 600 years?:

Can you point me to any good writing (research-based, speculative, or heck, even fictional) about the potential historical permanence or impermanence of digital media? I’m interested in both…

"I have always wondered why the people who call themselves “American” most loudly are..."

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:35:24 -0700

“I have always wondered why the people who call themselves “American” most loudly are often the ones with the least understanding of the freedoms that word should represent.

When the country is threatened, our civil liberties are among the first casualties - as if we can fight the enemy by taking away our own freedoms before the enemy has a chance to.”

- nice quotes from Roger Ebert’s 1991 review of Come See The Paradise

MeFi: Early color film tests

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:48:36 -0700

MeFi: Early color film tests:

Early color film tests : 1912, Chronochrome, Deauville, France :: 1922, Kodachrome, Paragon Studios, Fort Lee, New Jersey (details)

scottsimpson: "As someone who has shown an interest in vacuums," the email from Amazon said, unsubscribedly.

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:50:50 -0700

scottsimpson: "As someone who has shown an interest in vacuums," the email from Amazon said, unsubscribedly.

Ask MeFi: Investment for this Dummy.

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 06:19:11 -0700

Ask MeFi: Investment for this Dummy.:

I have $1000 to invest and I’d like to do it wisely. One problem: I have never invested any amount of money in anything. Ever. Where should I start?

MESSENGER Looks Back at the Earth and Moon | Universe Today

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:43:06 -0700

MESSENGER Looks Back at the Earth and Moon | Universe Today

Ask MeFi: I need a way for people to get my attention while I am wearing heaphones.

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:04:31 -0700

Ask MeFi: I need a way for people to get my attention while I am wearing heaphones.:

How to attract the attention of a be-headphoned person in a cube across an aisle facing away from the entrance without touching them? Ideally this would be inexpensive and not require any…

MeFi: "She can't be all bad. No one is." "Well, she comes the closest."

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:04:31 -0700

MeFi: "She can't be all bad. No one is." "Well, she comes the closest.":

Over the course of four months earlier this year, Dave at Goodfella’s Movie Blog posted 100 (!) sharply written analyses of a wide range of classic Noir films. The top position was a bit of a…

stevensantos: OUTRAGE OVER PLANS TO BUILD LIBRARY NEXT TO SARAH PALIN http://t.co/DpEdjbS

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:54:15 -0700

stevensantos: OUTRAGE OVER PLANS TO BUILD LIBRARY NEXT TO SARAH PALIN http://t.co/DpEdjbS

anildash: Can't wait until Facebook decides to clone Gmail, but with the default setting being that everyone can read your inbox.

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:54:15 -0700

anildash: Can't wait until Facebook decides to clone Gmail, but with the default setting being that everyone can read your inbox.

MeFi: Sans Soleil

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:52:11 -0700

MeFi: Sans Soleil:

Sans Soleil is a pseudo-documentary meditation on memory by Chris Marker (of La Jetée fame)

jasonmustian: In fairness, we've been building 'ground zeros' near Iraqi mosques since March 2003.

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:46:24 -0700

jasonmustian: In fairness, we've been building 'ground zeros' near Iraqi mosques since March 2003.

MeFi: If I had an octopus and you were a haenyo...

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:25:18 -0700

MeFi: If I had an octopus and you were a haenyo...:

The Haenyo divers: Korea’s women of the sea

MeFi: Cincinnati, Ohio. September 1848. 1:55pm.

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:58:57 -0700

MeFi: Cincinnati, Ohio. September 1848. 1:55pm.:

Eight daguerreotypes from 1848, taken by Charles Fontayne and William Porter, which comprise a panorama of the waterfront of Cincinnati, Ohio, at the city’s zenith have recently been restored…

LindsB: Wow. I am Obsessed with this essay. So insightful: Intimacy as Text; Twitter as Tongue. http://bit.ly/aZAet4 Thanks, @jennieaverbook

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:58:58 -0700

LindsB: Wow. I am Obsessed with this essay. So insightful: Intimacy as Text; Twitter as Tongue. http://bit.ly/aZAet4 Thanks, @jennieaverbook

MeFi: The Music of Jacques Brel

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:44:56 -0700

MeFi: The Music of Jacques Brel:

The Music of Jacques Brel is an article by music journalist Amy Hanson about the career of pop music legend Jacques Brel and his effect on popular music in the English language. A lot of songs and…

preschoolgems: "I love my mom way over a hundred, and I just love my dad a hundred."

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:02:57 -0700

preschoolgems: "I love my mom way over a hundred, and I just love my dad a hundred."

sethmeyers21: Prop 8 was always my least favorite Prop. Favorite Prop: Joe.

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:20:33 -0700

sethmeyers21: Prop 8 was always my least favorite Prop. Favorite Prop: Joe.