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You're all drones! Especially the drones!
I meant to write a genre-shattering zombie comic....
Dead Eyes Open: How I Screwed Up The Zombie Revolution I meant to write a genre-shattering zombie comic. What I actually wrote was an overambitious sprawling mess that started off well and devolved into complete incoherence. Now, with the publisher's permission, I'm blogging the entire run of my comic book Dead Eyes Open, with page-by-page notes and a particular focus on how things went horribly, horribly wrong in the writing process. First page here.
Giddy with the illusion of choice!
Just curious... why are the "Meta" and "Filter," "Meta" and "Talk," and etc. identifiers at the top left of each page discrete clickable elements instead of one clickable element comprising the entire compound word?
A pop-up comic using fold-in technology
How can I fold a comic book page to make a story more interesting and still legible when unfolded?
Fewer Twitters with caffeine jitters?
According to the Wall Street Journal, coffee shops in New York are starting to cut back on laptops -- by reducing WiFi privileges, removing outlets, or banning the machines outright. This article has spawned a vast number of spin-off pieces and conversations across the Web.
Trying to "solve" Rashomon is absolutely...
In Which I Ruin Rashomon For Everyone, Forever Trying to "solve" Rashomon is absolutely the stupidest possible way to approach this Kurosawa masterpiece. But diagramming it in a bullheaded attempt to figure it all out... that can only be described as a sensible use of one's time. Now with added Ted Sallis!
NSFW the NSFWing NSFW.
Buying Used Without No Clues
I'm generally freaking out about buying a car (used, my first) and have a short laundry list of very general questions.
Panthers vs. Sharks, Blue Jays vs. Cardinals, Bears vs. Lions...
Is it mainly North America that has a thing for animal-themed sports teams?
Will I blow more money on a repairperson or by screwing things up myself?
When is it worth trying to fix your own appliances (an Amana ARB1917 bottom-freezer fridge in my case)?
Busting a move (while moving a bust)
Advice on sports bras for the bustier woman?
So I wrote the Captain Blood adaptation for SLG,...
Captain Blood and the Peril of Indie Comics! So I wrote the Captain Blood adaptation for SLG, and we were all kind of gloomy about its chances, given that rack space in comic shops for indie books is limited, especially for classic novel adaptations. Then we had an idea.
Magic Ring vs. Space Skeleton in the Battle for Sigma 5 or whatnot
Geek Lantern Filter: a half-remembered GL comic from my youth, some sort of mega-event from the era before mega-events.
Handley pleads guilty
Christopher Handley has pleaded guilty to Possessing Obscene Visual Representations of the Sexual Abuse of Children. He faces a maximum of 15 years in prison, a maximum fine of $250,000, and a three-year term of supervised release. What Handey was arrested for was not child pornography, however, but Japanese Manga. Previously on MetaFilter.
Recurring text box in Word?
I need to make a sticker sheet in MS Word updatable -- all the stickers on the sheet look the same, but if I type "Q" in the first sticker, "Q" will appear on all the other stickers. Is this possible?
These scissors go "snikt."
You, like me, have probably often wondered where exactly Wolverine fits in the grand continuum of comic-book hair. Wonder no more.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach, then up, using sharpened shishkabob spears.
Help me weaponize food.
Smoke, smoke, smoke le cigarette
What is the best equivalent for Camel Ultra Lights among Canadian convenience-store cigarette brands in Quebec?
"Police, stop or you will be hit with 50,000 volts of electricity!"
Taser use in law enforcement has been under increased scrutiny in recent years, especially following the death of Robert Dziekanski in a Vancouver airport last year after being Tasered by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (previously). Now the CBC and Canadian Press have sifted through over 5,000 incident reports to create a RCMP Taser use database, tracking use of tasers by Canada's federal law enforcement by province, incident, year or stuns used.
An MP3 player with Bluetooth on top?
Recommend an MP3 player that's compatible with stereo Bluetooth headsets?
We've got a full tank of gas, two cats in carriers, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.
Ramblin' up from Georgia to Vermont from March 26-28 with a new wife, two cats, and minimal luggage. So this is a two-pronged question: first, what do you recommend as a nice scenic fun route with minimal leave-the-car requirements, and second, how do you deal with two cats in one car for three days?
Alternate Lyrics to Carmina Burana (SLYTMNDP)
If you, like me, find it sometimes difficult to parse the intricacies of great opera, this modernized and localized translation of O Fortuna might be of use. Some men, apparently, like cheese.
Best online organizational tools for 2009?
How do you organize yourselves using online tools? [lengthy]
It is pronounced "uh-GRIK-oh-lah."
Vegetable farming! Boar breeding! All the maniac thrills of 17th century agriculture -- on your tabletop! Since its introduction two years ago, Agricola has grown from being a German hit to a runaway success worldwide -- at least among the niche market of serious board game fans.
Short films, court métrages and more from up north
Mentioned here earlier in its beta form, Canada's National Film Board has released the bulk of its films online, for free, in the NFB Screening Room.
With hundreds of films from the 1920s onwards, including groundbreaking work by animator Norman McLaren, documentaries, dramas, bizarre anti-smoking (or pro-smoking?) screeds and much, much more, it's a breathtaking trove of amazing film to be discovered from north of the 49th.
Getting lucre for my Kuypers
How do I sell my antique* art deco** bedroom furniture?
Thinking out of the box about boxes
Help me find exemplary packaging.
In the kingdom of idiots, the halfwit is king
Is there a name for the literary device where you make your protagonist stand out by surrounding him/her with dunderheads?
Tired of shirkin' when shirtin'
What do I need to know before buying a white dress shirt?
But... how new is it? And IS it truly "improved"?
Contemporary reading on ethics in marketing?
*, 1? 1, *?
Mixed footnotes: do numbered notes precede symbol notes, or vice versa?
I just posted moments ago, freshly.
Fresh/just posted/moments ago: are these specific spans of time?
Basically a one-off Friday/Saturday...
McCain: The Mavericking Maverick Mavericks More Basically a one-off Friday/Saturday done-on-the-GIMP project that took root in my brain when I realized that John McCain is essentially exactly the same character as Frank Miller's crazed sexagenarian Batman from The Dark Knight Returns. It's been linked to on a coupla blogs (and I mentioned it in The Palin Thread), but I'd like to see the meme spread, and I think it's fun.
Lose weight now! Ask me hOH MY GOD
How does heart rate correlate to calories burned, and can I lose weight by just being incredibly nervous?
Thick in size but thin in content
Quebec clothing chain Simons has pulled its newest catalogue after getting hundreds of complaints that the models in it were too thin. The genesis of the complaints may have been a story about the catalogue (and complaints) on Radio-Canada (Canada's French-language national broadcaster) about a week ago.
Julie, Don't Go!
While England had the Two Ronnies (earlier today), Canada had, more or less simultaneously, its own hit comedy duo in Wayne and Shuster. Johnny Wayne was the manic engine and Frank Shuster the perpetual straight man, and even if they weren't to your taste, you have to admit they never underestimated their audience -- with sketches like Shakespearean Baseball, (full versions on YouTube, in 1950s and 1970s flavours!) Rinse The Blood off My Toga (excerpt), and Frontier Psychiatrist (the latter being the sample base for a surprising hit by Melbourne-based band The Avalanches) combining the sciences, classical literature, pop culture and ancient history simultaneously.
I feel like the Flash at a disco.
Why is MP3 playback sssuuudddeennllyy gggrriiinnddiinngg doowwnnnn?
Keeping my hot side hot and my cool side crisp
When is a heat pump worth it? [warning: a bit long]
With well over 1300 strips in the archives (plus...
Man-Man Comics: superheroic satire since 2001! With well over 1300 strips in the archives (plus another 1000 or so from the first version of the strip), Man-Man is hardly a "new" project, but continues to evolve...
DTMFontA
Hey, FontFilter! It's FONT-SPOTTIN' TIME!
I Vant To Resuscitate Interest In Your Novelty Board Game
MetaFilter: makes games hot!
Oh, well, if there's MORE inside I'll read it then.
Why do we need to know there is more inside?
Is this a dagger I see before me, footnote toward my hand?
MetaStyle: When using a superscripted dagger (cross) to indicate a footnote, should the footnote at the bottom of the page be preceded by a superscripted dagger or a regular-sized dagger? Should there be a space between the dagger and the footnote?
Bob Fleischburg's Gettysburg Address, as Read By Lincoln?
When did professional speech-ghostwriting start, and how confident can I be that those who delivered "classic" speeches and letters actually wrote them themselves?
Owney is a tramp, as you can plainly see. Only treat him kindly, and take him along with ye.
Owney the Postal Dog was the unofficial mascot of the U.S. postal service in the 1890s, riding the rails with the mails and accumulating an impressive collection of dog tags on a specially designed vest. He even made it as far as Japan, being issued a special postal class (Registered Dog Package) and an official Japanese passport. After an illustrious career, however, Owney met a sticky end -- shot by the police under dubious circumstances in Toledo in 1897.
Is it jazz? Listen, bud...
The swingin' sounds of Spider-Man! After years of searching, Kliph Nesteroff found original reels of the incidental music to the classic Ralph Bakshi Spider-Man cartoon, and has included most of the masters in his podcast.
Dead Letter Office
What happens when I tell catalogue people I am dead?
Initially thought of as a sort of online sidebar...
The Venerable Bédé: an English-language resource focused on European comics Initially thought of as a sort of online sidebar to a column I'm writing on bande dessinée (European comics, most commonly Franco-Belgian) for a North American comics magazine, this project just kept growing in scope and scale as I looked and looked for current, engaging English-language information on European comics and found that there just isn't much out there.
The ineffable scent of sunbeams and happiness
Line laundry smells awesome and rack laundry... doesn't. Why?
Charity begins at home. And sometimes ends in jail.
The Banyan Tree Foundation promised to take donations from contributors to be redistributed to worthy Canadian recipients. The foundation also gave donors inflated charity receipts for tax declarations, and donors were encouraged to borrow money to contribute even more, and did... from a company now owned by Banyan Tree president Robert Thiessen. Now, the money has stopped flowing, and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has called the organization a "sham" and is going after Banyan donors for past charity receipts totalling more than CAD$100 million.
Moving at a speed of 100 inventions per year
Madman or genius? Well... madman. But being confined to an asylum (with one of his symptoms described as "manic invention") didn't keep Karl Hans Janke from developing elaborate theories of atomic energy, flight, space travel and the history of humanity, creating over 4,000 complex drawings and even models over 40 years of incarceration for paranoid schizophrenia.
