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Kids, don't ever challenge your English professor to a rap battle.
posted by timsteil at Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:23:03 GMT


In Girl on Guy #30, Aisha Tyler talks to Margaret Cho about polymaths, San Francisco, and being a woman of color in comedy.
posted by psoas at Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:41:32 GMT


Lego Captain America kills a bunch of Nazis. (SLYT)
posted by MegoSteve at Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:08:39 GMT


Activists Fight Green Projects, Seeing U.N. Plot
posted by lalochezia at Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:05:07 GMT


"I'm banned," he says. "By whom?" I ask. "My landlord," he says. "And the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority." Jon Ronson on DIY science.
posted by fearfulsymmetry at Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:06:03 GMT


William Fucking Shatner in two parts.
posted by AElfwine Evenstar at Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:02:36 GMT


This is the perfect recipe for those of you who like to enjoy a big bowl of macaroni and cheese for dinner and absolutely nothing else. It's beautifully flavored, creamy, cheesy, and with the smokey bite of crisp salty bacon on top?? Oh man, you guys are in for a treat — I'm not even kidding. It's amazing. (previously)
posted by Trurl at Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:48:40 GMT


Woody Harrelson has been critically acclaimed for his leading role in the upcoming film Rampart. Harrelson has just recently begun an AMA (ask me anything) post on reddit to promote the film. But because he only wanted to discuss and promote the film (and has avoided some rather embarrassing questions), the reactions have been less than great.

As of this writing, it's been about 12 hours since the post began, so it may evolve even from now.
posted by zardoz at Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:03:45 GMT


It's On The Ceiling! Roll d12:
1. d100 Swords of Damocles
2. City of the Intellectual Bats
3. Manhole-like trap door to maintenance level
4. Tapestry of webs depicting events in spider history
5. Stalactite pueblo dwellers: evil dungeon fairies
6. Adventurers impaled on barbed spikes
7. The furniture: nailed up by prankster
8. Alarming amount of dripping water and muddy seepage
9. Pulsating illumination from strange glass tubes in metal fixtures
10. Shriekers!
11. Eyes (d1000)
12. Hand-chiseled diagram of dungeon level
This and many other useful tables for DM improvisation at The Dungeon Dozen. New table every day!
posted by JHarris at Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:46:05 GMT


Robot psychics of India
posted by latkes at Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:39:25 GMT


When it comes to hand tools, many woodworkers will tell you that they just don't make 'em like they used to. Unfortunately, making sense of the myriad versions and model numbers of antique hand tools can be a daunting task. Fortunately there's Patrick's Blood and Gore for Stanley hand planes, the Disstonian Institute for Disston saws, Old Tool Heaven for just about everything ever made by Millers Falls, and HyperKitten, which includes pages on Metal Routers, Stanley Bench Planes, and Harvey W. Peace saws.

For those with a keen eye for detail, there's also The Stanley Plane Features Timeline MegaChart.

This one is even more specialized: A Type Study of the Millers Falls No.2 Eggbeater Drill.

Once you've found an antique saw you'll want to know how to use and maintain it, and for that there's VintageSaws.com, particularly its library.

Bonus Link: The Museum of Woodworking Tools (previously) is less useful for identification but a great source of pictures and information about a diverse collection of antique tools.
posted by jedicus at Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:50 GMT


In 1993, Lifetime released Men Don't Tell, a landmark film exploring female on male domestic violence.

A gloriously mustachioed Peter Strauss faces shame and the disbelief of society as a man who is being beaten by wife on a regular basis.

The whole movie can be seen here on Youtube.
posted by reenum at Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:36:54 GMT


Mountain Dew, Gamma World - and cake! GeekDad's Ethan Gilsdorf uncovers a long-lost pile of loot - silent Super 8 footage of a 1981 Friday night D&D session. JJ Abrams couldn't have faked it this good. (SLYT-sorta)
posted by obiwanwasabi at Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:17:46 GMT


11 covers of "Just Like Honey", by the Jesus and Mary Chain. The original version. Cover by Guitar (German DJ + ethereal Japanese-inflected vocals) Hand-made ukulele cover. Cover by a teenage girl with a big voice, playing acoustic guitar in a bathroom. Closing scene of "Lost in Translation," with "Just Like Honey" playing over it.
posted by escabeche at Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:01:57 GMT


North Korean Accordion quintet covers "Take On Me." (SLYT) Part of a project by Morten Traavik, a Norwegian theatre and film director, (previously featured on Metafilter).

Via Foreign Policy's Passport blog.
posted by dismas at Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:38:55 GMT


F**k yeah, fireflies! Long exposures of Photuris lucicrescens in video (and faster) and photos. Hold still for a few moments and you'll see glowing dots, or set your camera alone for over an hour and they're dashes flitting about.
posted by filthy light thief at Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:36:32 GMT


Ever spill water on your iPhone? Well, now there's an app for that. Liquipel has a process by which it creates a barrier against water, coating even the internal electronic components, of your phone. They've demonstrated it by also coating a tissue paper through the same technology and the tissue paper was submerged and came out completely dry.

I thought this was pretty cool. Imagining how it may end up in different uses, from military (thinking submarines with zero friction) to manufacturing and underwater building applications.
posted by rich at Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:01:10 GMT


Hacker group Anonymous joined the FBI - Scotland Yard conference call coordinating their strategy against Anonymous. Call recording is now on YouTube with some suspect names bleeped.
posted by zeikka at Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:05:56 GMT


It's the weekend according to UNIQLO CALENDAR, portraying the four seasons and forty-seven prefectures of Tiltshift Timelapse Japan. Music by Fantastic Plastic Machine who did internet classic UNIQLOCK. [Previous]
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:34:25 GMT


"They stuck me at P.S.A. 7 in the South Bronx," he said, referring to Police Service Area No. 7 in the department's housing bureau. "They cover all the housing projects in that area." It was dangerous work, performing vertical patrols — marching up and down staircases — watching for drug deals, responding to violent fights and domestic brawls, and worse. Two years passed, and Officer Bolfo brought something else to work, along with his radio and his gun. A camera.
posted by swift at Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:30:55 GMT


"At my then-boyfriend's house I opened a drawer to borrow a T-shirt. All the T-shirts were perfectly folded, as if ironed. I knew right then and there that I must run for my life." And other tales of romantic dead ends. capturing the exact moment you realize a relationship is doomed, doomed, doomed.
posted by unSane at Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:24:42 GMT


Super Bowl commercial breaks have become the most expensive and arguably most coveted advertising timeslots on television. NBC is charging $3.5 million for each 30 second slot -- $116,667 per second of airtime. But this year, many companies have released their commercials online in advance of this Sunday's broadcast. Entertainment Weekly and Adland are compiling them -- the latter on their 40 Years of Super Bowl Commercials page. (Previously)

Here are a few that have already been released:

* Audi: Vampire Party
* Bridgestone: Performance Balls and Puck (teaser)
* Budweiser: Flash Fans (Reportedly only airing in Canada)
* Cadillac: Green Hell
* Careerbuilder: Business Trip (PETA went ape)
* Cars.com: Confident You
* Century 21: Deion Sanders (teaser)
* Century 21: Donald Trump (teaser)
* Chevrolet: 2012
* Chevrolet: Aliens
* Chevrolet: Joy
* Chevrolet: Stunt Anthem (with OK GO)
* Coca Cola: Catch: New England Bear / New York Bear (which one airs will depend on how each team performs during the second quarter)
* Coca Cola: Penguin Thief
* Coca-Cola: Superstition
* Dannon: Oikos Greek Yogurt (with John Stamos)
* Disney: John Carter
* E*TRADE: Fatherhood
* GoDaddy: Body Paint
* GoDaddy: The Cloud
* H&M: David Beckham Bodywear
* Honda: Matthew's Day Off (With Matthew Broderick, Jalopnik was unhappy about this one: SAVE FERRIS from Honda's Sacrilegious Super Bowl Ad)
* Honda: Transactions (with Jerry Seinfeld and others)
* Hyundai: All for One
* Hyundai: Cheetah
* Hyundai: Faster Acting
* Hyundai: Victory Lap
* Hyundai: Think Fast
* Kia: A Dream Car. For Real Life. (with Adriana Lima, Chuck Liddell and Motley Crue. Also see 5 Hours of Adriana Lima)
* Marvel: The Avengers (teaser)
* Pepsi: Check Out
* Pepsi: King's Court (With Elton John and Melanie Amaro)
* Samsung: Galaxy Note, The Next Big Thing is already here... Again
* Suzuki: Sled
* Teleflora: Adriana Lima
* Toyota: It's Reinvented
* Volkswagen: The Dog Strikes Back
posted by zarq at Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:02:56 GMT