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I like this idea. Are you going to review Hardcore History?
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Sleeper at 10:45 PM on January 14, 2015

Oh, hey. The Flat Earth Society has (or had) a podcast.

http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/cms/index.php/flat-earth-podcast
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Sleeper at 1:42 AM on January 15, 2015

Is it possible that you might add a button that causes the page to emit a Hodor at random intervals? I had that tab open and kept on going back to it to punctuate other things I've been reading online.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Sleeper at 1:51 PM on July 21, 2014

There was an episode of Star Trek: Voyager where an alien race was given some tablet computers (which hadn't yet been invented when the episode aired) and allowed to type on them to facilitate their language. The aliens had a capacity for language, but the computers and the chimes they made when they typed on them helped to enhance their communication. Captain Janeway walked in while they were typing and without knowing what was going on commented that she had just heard a great composition,… [more]
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Sleeper at 12:46 AM on November 6, 2012

Very Cool. I'm surprised this hasn't attracted more favorites or votes so far. A 2010 Ted Chiang post is the most-favorited post on Metafilter ever.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Sleeper at 11:26 AM on October 6, 2012

By the way, I strongly feel that any organization with the acronym "AAWW" should have a cute puppy or kitten in its logo.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Sleeper at 11:47 AM on October 6, 2012

Kudos. I think everybody who makes an Earth Sandwich should get some sort of small award.

...I just realized that I should have done this when I was in the Philippines a few months ago. Oh well, next time.

How did the sandwich taste? _{did it have an earthy flavor?}
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Sleeper at 11:22 AM on October 6, 2012

I have a 53% chance of surviving the Zombie Apocalypse, and am most likely to be killed by a talking zombie. But I have a 95% chance of surviving Jason Voorhees.

I suspect this analysis isn't strictly scientific.

Seriously, it's a sort of funny quiz. Though there's already several others like it out there, this is the first I've seen that breaks it down according to your likelihood of surviving specific zombie types.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Sleeper at 11:04 AM on October 6, 2012

I'd suggest spelling out "You only live once" rather than using the abbreviation "YOLO!" I didn't realize what it meant at first.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Sleeper at 11:09 AM on October 6, 2012

Hot damn.

Congratulations, Jack and Teresa!
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Sleeper at 11:09 PM on August 6, 2012