Image by Casey Fleser, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/somegeekintn/) When and why did Google search get so bad? Zenon's post has an answer! It's about Edward Zitron, who pinpoints the date and reasons to February of 2019, click to read the details! | Continue reading
Check out this neat tool made by MeFite robintw: the British Placename Mapper and it lets you search for British place names that match certain queries. So you can find all places named 'churchill' or 'royal' in their name. Sadly, nothing seems to be named 'biscuit'. | Continue reading
Lions and snakes on astronomical ceiling at Dendera Rhaomi has a fabulous in-depth post on the very fabulous Dendera temple complex, home to "some of the most superbly-preserved ancient Egyptian art known, ranging from early Roman times back to the Middle Kingdom period over 4,00 … | Continue reading
Photo by Artem Maltsev on Unsplash.com jasondigitized wants to know your magic work phrase that helps you better communicate, frame, set expectations, lead, or work with your colleagues. | Continue reading
nobody posted the beautifully minimalist Hirayama Fireworks' Illustrated Catalog of Night Bomb Shells from the 1890s, via the Yokohama City Library. | Continue reading
Photo by Kendrick Erickson, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/wheresmysocks/) | Continue reading
Photo of author by Lisa Blaschke MonkeyToes made a post about Martha Wells, author of the popular Murderbot series, and a keynote address she gave about the rationale behind the main character of the series. Topics range from achieving body and mental autonomy, to slavery, to the … | Continue reading
Photo by Andrew Roberts, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewr/) You just want to fall asleep, we get it:emoji: But it doesn't always come easy and you've tried a few different things already. So, check out this post by brainwane, which highlights a few notes on how t … | Continue reading
The tv adaptation of the retro futuristic game Fallout has premiered on Amazon Prime, and MetaFilter is digging it on the FanFare sub-site. Each episode has its own thread to discuss the particular episode, you can subscribe to an RSS feed about the series, so what are you waitin … | Continue reading
Photo by shellac on Flickr In Ask Metafilter bluloo is looking for deeply engrossing beach reads, 168 would like recs for really good book blogs, and WithWildAbandon seeks what seems to be a unicorn — "a comprehensive, continually updated list of celebrity book clubs with ALL of … | Continue reading
Hello, Bob. "it's like a cross between an aquarium and a reality show," observes MrVisible in nobody's meow.camera post about Hello Street Cat's video network of cute human decorated cat feeders set up throughout China to feed and track strays ... plus entertain the folks at home … | Continue reading
Detail from Thomas Dolby album The Golden Age of Wireless She BLINDED me, with one of these several distinct, though interrelated, things! biogeo breaks down what we mean when we say "science." | Continue reading
How are crayons made? Let Mr. Rogers explain it to you in his soothing voice as we marvel at the mixing, melting, and metamorphosis of these magical makers of mental movies. Thanks to bq for this colorful post! | Continue reading
One of many creations made with The Incredible Machine XKCD made a machine and Rhamoi made a post about it! There are balls involved, along with a fan, gears, an anvil and other stuff to direct the things in various ways. This is all about having fun, so come on in, the water's f … | Continue reading
Crested Tit, by Roy Scholten, from his 50 birds project. | Continue reading
Screenshot from video! Ok, say you want to make a film about a clown, complete with colorful hair and attire, on the red sands of Mars. That would be incredibly complicated to do with modern green screen techniques. But what if this technology has been developed decades ago and t … | Continue reading
The first Eyewitness News theme was literally lifted from the 007 James Bond movie theme ... Wow! flug has a fantastic, chewy answer full of background and context for nouvelle-personne's fascinating question, "Tell me more about news music. What is it doing to me?" | Continue reading
oneirodynia asked about their persistent, shifty Mystery House Smell, and answerers have offered an alarming number odorific tips, including sol's experiences with sewer or waste water/drain pipes and a great link to a related article (see the Metafilter post on Man Called Fran, … | Continue reading
Black-anther Flax-lily is one of the many indigenous species planted by ReSource RICA. Photo by Geoff Nowak on Flickr "There were four living trees on it, lots of erosion and it was an eyesore ..." chariot pulled by cassowaries posts the wonderfully inspiring story of a group of … | Continue reading
In MetaTalk, kensington314 has a fun idea for a collaborative mixtape! | Continue reading
Image of the F5 Sayler Park/Bridgetown tornado taken near Bridgetown Ohio, just west of Cincinnati, on April 3, 1974. On April 3 and 4, 1974, thunderstorms spawned more than 100 tornadoes, killing more than 300 and injuring another 6000: backwoods has spun up a whopping megapost … | Continue reading
Photo by Kevin Gale via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gale_house/) Here's a roundup of recent recommendations over in Ask MetaFilter: Toucan is searching for pleasant sensations to help themselves feel physically good every day and the suggestions are great!() Caxton1476 … | Continue reading
Bust of Napolean from 'The Six Napoleans' in The Sherlock Holmes Museum by Gail Frederick A hat is defined as a shaped covering for the head worn for warmth, as a fashion item, or as part of a uniform. So yes, there have been a lot of hats throughout history, as chronicled by the … | Continue reading
Screenshot from video Rapper Lil Jon is famous for bringing crunk to the foreground in the early 2000s. He's also down with the benefits of meditation, as pointed out in this post by Shepard. | Continue reading
Detail of Michelangelo's grocery list for an illiterate servant List fiends and ephemera fans will want to make a note of chavenet's post on the excellent One Thing After Another: A Reading List for Lovers & Makers of Lists by Kanya Kanchana, and add Mefi's own gnimmel of "Listin … | Continue reading
In Ask Metafilter, "The Google Podcast app will no longer work after April 2nd ... What free Android podcast apps do you recommend?" | Continue reading
JY14-VACHAGAN NARAZYAN, Small Victory, 2005, 7.75in x 13.5in, oil on canvas cupcakeninja posted about Ukrainian painter Vachagan Narazyan, whose dreamlike paintings "offer imaginings of fantastic journeys both horizontally (representing physical experiences) and vertically (repre … | Continue reading
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) drone image of Francis Scott Key Bridge and Cargo Ship Dali In hydra77's thread about the cargo ship crashing into the bridge, two comments in particular stand out. First, automatronic's experience gives a look at the various issues of … | Continue reading
Photy by Микова Наталия Hello, could you get the doorbell please ️ There are some fish trying to migrate upstream in the Netherlands that need to get past a boat lock The lock is closed, so if you see a fish on the cam (yes, of course there's a cam!), press the button to let them … | Continue reading
Photo by I am R. via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/isfullofcrap/) What is your advice for soft cotton and linen sheets that are soft and will last a while? 'Cause over in Ask MetaFiilter, peperomia is looking for suggestions, and really who wouldn't want the best bed shee … | Continue reading
lost baby hedgehog perched atop the head of an unsuspecting sightseer, apparently. (photo by Erik Mclean, pexels.com) Post from fight or flight on Woman mistakes bobble for baby hedgehog wins for best photo of the day, best crouton petting post; best "bobble" vs "pompom" vs "puff … | Continue reading
photo by Steve Wilson on Flickr Are you drawn to any combination of interesting tidbits about Australia, fascinating flora and fauna, natural history, and huge, fierce, flightless birds with blingy plummage, funky headgear, deadly talons, and an hypnotic stare? If yes, may I refe … | Continue reading
photo by Steve Wilson on Flickr Are you drawn to any combination of interesting tidbits about Australia, fascinating flora and fauna, natural history, and huge, fierce, flightless birds with blingy plummage, funky headgear, deadly talons, and an hypnotic stare? If yes, may I refe … | Continue reading
Original image by Andrey Grushnikov on pexels.com Wheatlets asked "What does your daily schedule look like, hour by hour?," and it's interesting to read how various people juggle their various to-dos, must-dos, and wanna-dos vis a vis their various workloads and personality types … | Continue reading
Book Cover for Gaudy Night In Ask Metafilter, azalea_chant investigates recs for golden age or other older mysteries that stand the test of time. | Continue reading
Screenshot from video! Come descend into types of font jokes with Elle Cordova, in this light post by Jesse the K. Enjoy the fun as Elle keeps the spacing tight, gets to the point, and knows when to be bold! | Continue reading
Photo by Pascal Willuhn, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/backkratze/) Let's make this house absolutely weird, to the point it's something that people gawk at on real estate listings sites. What would you do? 'Cause over in Ask MetaFilter, Number Used Once is waiting for … | Continue reading
Stand In Pride is an organization that provides stand in family members for the LGBTQ+ community when their biological family doesn't show up. Because family is what you make it, as highlighted in chocoat's post about this amazing organization! | Continue reading
One will talk about its kiln dried hardwood frames all day, but make you dig to find out it's using sinuous springs: Grimp0teuthis recently went down the rabbit hole on couches and shares what they found beneath the cushions in the Why Are (Most) Sofas So Bad? thread. | Continue reading
image by Marco Verch on Flickr Faintdreams posted the neato Free Mixed Media Art Supplies Compatibility Chart by artist, designer and educator Nela Dunato: "the most detailed free art mediums compatibility reference!" | Continue reading
In Ask Metafilter, Phanx is seeking cookbook joke titles that are puns on classic literature, "eg 'Loaf of Pi' or 'Bun day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich,'" while mermaidcafe would like ideas for "Southern Slothic fiction titles." Time to put your mighty lowest-form-of-humor skil … | Continue reading
In Ask Metafilter, Klipspringer wants to know, What are your favourite general-interest browser extensions in 2024? | Continue reading
The race is on to finish all 8 million levels on Super Mario Maker for the Wii U, before the servers shut down on April 8, 2024 ️ This post by lubujackson has the details as fans band together to get it done in time! | Continue reading
Photo by Laura Hadden, via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/raucousrage/Fun and interesting commentary in this post by Going to Maine on the subject of how some non-penis havers think those with said organ urinate. Many discoveries were made and techniques shared! | Continue reading
Photo by Daniel Hargrave, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielhargrave/) Are you looking for NON-erotic sci-fi stories about humans being kept as pets by aliens? Well over in Ask MetaFilter, so is PikeMatchbox and MeFites are chiming in with their recommendations! Be … | Continue reading
Irises by Vincent van Goghadamrice posted The Getty Makes 88,000 Art Images Free to Use However You Like, featuring a huge trove of images released under a CC0 license. | Continue reading
detail of photo by Calebe Miranda at pexels.comnightrecordings is asking for "recommendations for memoirs and personal diaries written by people who made a conscious choice to live a more ascetic life, and in turn discover how to better appreciate simple, but meaningful, pleasure … | Continue reading
The one thing I have definitively learned is the old Doctor House mantra applies: Everybody lies: Mefi's own garius (Gareth Edwards) comments in the post on his article about the Rise and Fall of Steve Jobs's Greatest Rival ... and adds "a sneaky Mefi bonus" preview of next month … | Continue reading