How Google perfected the web
posted to MetaFilter by TheophileEscargot at 11:50 PM on January 8, 2024 (48 comments)

Travel from Southern Cross Station to Warrnambool terminus with Driver 667 [SLYT, 3hr20m] For railfans, lovers of slow media, and anyone else who needs some brain brillo for the upcoming festive season, this early Spring morning journey from Melbourne's Southern Cross Station to the south-western coastal city of Warrnambool offers a unique perspective on the landscape of Australia, suffused with the glorious gold of the southern sun...
posted to MetaFilter by prismatic7 at 9:03 PM on December 11, 2023 (16 comments)

7 October, 1948: French automaker Citroën unveils a strange little car intended for rural farmers. Built to be cheap to buy, reliable, rugged, and easily maintained, its design spec was that it could carry up to four people wearing clogs and hats and 50kg of farm goods at speeds of at least 50kph, and be able to carry a basket of eggs across a plowed field without breaking any. 75 years later, the Citroën 2CV remains an enduring emblem of French culture and engineering.
posted to MetaFilter by sonascope at 1:56 PM on October 7, 2023 (51 comments)

Not asking what you think the funniest movies are, or what you consider the funniest movie for kids now that you're an adult who has seen All The Movies. But when you were an actual kid (say age 7-12), what was that one movie that made you laugh the most?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Mchelly at 3:00 PM on May 3, 2020 (91 comments)

A few months or a year ago I found a website that specialized in selling baseball caps (and I think maybe jerseys as well) that were high quality reproductions of negro league and old minor league teams with cool logos/history. Now I'm having trouble tracking it down...
posted to Ask MetaFilter by DynamiteToast at 7:57 AM on November 6, 2019 (6 comments)

Can you help me recreate the vegan mushroom couscous from Zaytinya?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by slenderloris at 5:22 PM on October 29, 2019 (13 comments)

Santore does not shy away from these questions: He has the word temptation tattooed on his right forearm. It’s a reminder, he told me. “What do safecrackers do?” he once asked. “They crack safes. It’d be better if they do it legally, but the game is the fucking game. I’m just saying, it takes a certain mindset to want to do this stuff, to have the patience for it, and some people can channel that in a positive way and other people fucking can’t.” Meet the Safecracker of Last Resort
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 3:33 AM on December 18, 2018 (47 comments)

Last night, Nicole Cliffe asked people to tell her their favorite weird fact (twitter) (kottke)
posted to MetaFilter by the man of twists and turns at 10:39 AM on December 11, 2018 (52 comments)

I am going to be making some batches of the Serious Eats kimchi recipe. Any ideas of ways I can mix it up, or different kimchi recipes to try? The only limitation is the recipe has to be vegetarian. Please let me know what to add/change/remove, and any changes to the prep. Thanks!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by andoatnp at 1:03 PM on September 4, 2018 (15 comments)

I'm looking for webpages from the dawn of the World Wide Web (i.e. 1991-1998) which compile lists of URLs, mailing list addresses, newsgroups, etc., still standing and not updated for over 20 years, such as Mike's List.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by paleyellowwithorange at 4:23 AM on August 24, 2018 (5 comments)

Is it possible to have suicidal ideation without actually being considered suicidal? I'm asking for my mid-1980s junior high self. I never took any action towards self-harm, but I spent a lot of time fantasizing how "they'd miss me if I was gone." (Don't worry, I've had plenty of therapy in the decades since and feel thankful for where I am in life.)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 3:01 PM on July 26, 2018 (14 comments)

"A few years back, I worked for a small, questionably honest used car dealership and repair shop. I'm a service writer, which means I'm the interface between customers (who are idiots) and the technicians (who are mostly felons). Think Tom Smykowski from Office Space. I will warn you ahead of time, I am not the hero of my stories, just the protagonist. There are no heroes in the car industry - we are all villains in our own ways." u/36055512 regales r/talesfromtechsupport with stories about Dishonest Used Car Dealership.
posted to MetaFilter by J.K. Seazer at 10:00 PM on June 22, 2018 (68 comments)

Looking for a great recipe for a vegan meat loaf. Not looking for your awesome Google skills. Please — only recipes you've personally tried and loved and only recipes that are vegan — unless you've made it vegan and it's still turned out great. Online and cookbook recipes are fine — I can get most vegan cookbooks at the library. Looking for something that is good hot or cold and holds together for sandwiches. No vegan fake foods (yogurt, cheese, Earth Balance). Low or no oil a plus, but great taste a necessity. Thanks!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by FencingGal at 6:05 AM on June 24, 2018 (11 comments)

One of the Deepest Caves in the World is Even Bigger Than We Thought Sistema Huautla is now known to be 53 miles long and has 25 distinct entrances. With a depth measurement of 5,118 feet (1,560 meters) from its highest known entrance to its lowest reached point, System Huautla is the deepest cave in the Western Hemisphere and the ninth deepest cave in the world.
posted to MetaFilter by MovableBookLady at 7:16 AM on June 11, 2018 (34 comments)

Toto's "Africa" refers to Mount Kilimanjaro rising above the Serengeti, but the mountain isn't actually in that geographic area. Chicago's song "Saturday in the Park" has a line that's supposed to be someone singing in Italian, but it's actually made-up Italian-sounding gibberish. What other songs have factual mistakes and errors in them?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by cadge at 7:34 PM on May 31, 2018 (89 comments)

Why can't I have carbonated lemonade on demand?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by mccxxiii at 2:50 PM on March 19, 2018 (22 comments)

Fifteen years ago, when Sando founded Rancho Gordo, he had no food-retailing or farming experience. Now he’s the country’s largest retailer of heirloom beans and a minor celebrity in the culinary world. He’s a side dish who’s become a staple. "The Hunt for Mexico’s Heirloom Beans: Rare varieties discovered by Rancho Gordo’s Steve Sando have turned the humble legume into a gourmet food," by Burkhard Bilger.
posted to MetaFilter by lazuli at 9:04 AM on April 19, 2018 (47 comments)

It's been a rather crappy past decade for me.. Wife passed away in '09 as y'all well know, diagnosed with T2 diabetes and stage 4 kidney cancer last June, surgery to remove a kidney and tumor last September, and ongoing chemo to reduce the metastasis in my lungs, and I'll eventually need surgery to rebuild my left shoulder due to a bone lesion. Through all this - y'all have been the most kind, caring, considering, and just gently awesome folks I could ever as for. Even when I'm having a really crappy day, I end up reading something on here, or talking to a MeFite on twitter (I'm @mrbill) that just makes me smile and cheer up a bit. So, in short, I'm all schmoopy right now.. thank you. Thank you Matt, Cortex, Jessamyn, and all y'all.
posted to MetaTalk by mrbill at 4:08 AM on April 17, 2018 (55 comments)

Please tell me what, if anything, I can find at a Trader Joe's that's standardized vegan that I can just buy and reheat or whatever without having to cook it myself and/or nitpick the crap out of the ingredients to make sure they're absolutely 100% animal free.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by jenfullmoon at 1:35 PM on April 13, 2018 (40 comments)

Food journalist Mark Bittman and Dr. David L. Katz, founder of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, sit down with Grub Street for a lengthy, exhaustive, no-"wellness"-nonsense interview about diet and nutrition.
posted to MetaFilter by cichlid ceilidh at 11:10 AM on March 20, 2018 (84 comments)

Suppose you killed somebody...

How would you dispose of the body without getting caught? Would you dump it somewhere? Bury it in the backyard or basement? Dissolve it in lime? What? What would your master plan be that would allow you to get away with it?

And no, I haven't killed anybody and I'm not planning to - I was just curious.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by ashbury at 5:48 PM on June 13, 2004 (74 comments)

I want to hear about your favorite vegetarian sandwich combinations!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by skycrashesdown at 3:12 PM on February 11, 2018 (39 comments)

In an effort to try new healthful things, I bought millet. Now I have questions.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by FencingGal at 11:35 AM on January 31, 2018 (17 comments)

Well, it is that time of year again where we promise ourselves to get off the couch and be more physically active, so I just wanted to remind everyone that there is a MetaFilter Strava Club that is open to anyone who wants to join.
posted to MetaTalk by Literaryhero at 5:57 PM on January 3, 2018 (21 comments)

In the season finale of Chart Party, MeFi favorite Jon Bois discusses in detail the suffering that is the Cleveland Browns. (SYLT)
posted to MetaFilter by NoxAeternum at 2:13 PM on December 21, 2017 (24 comments)

I'm going to a barbecue, and I expect to be the only vegan there. When I google vegan potlucks, most of the entrees I find seem like they're best served warm. I want to bring something that will be good at room temperature and (a) will give me something to eat, (b) will taste good to omnivores, and (c) is not super labor intensive. Also, I really don't want to draw attention to my diet. Further picky details below.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by FencingGal at 5:51 PM on July 16, 2017 (34 comments)

We won't have a rental car, so probably most things we'd do would be on the strip. Neither of us have been to Vegas in years, and understand the dining options have evolved quite a bit from the all-you-can-eat buffets I remember. We eat very little meat. What vegetarian/pescatarian restaurants or meals shouldn't we miss? I did see these two previouslys, but figured restaurants change quickly.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by korej at 9:04 AM on July 13, 2017 (8 comments)

I think I want to buy a banjo. Can you help?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by kbanas at 7:13 AM on April 11, 2017 (21 comments)

Requirements: visible, but not "laser their retinas out of their skulls" bright; options for steady or slow-pulse (no strobe); long battery life (doesn't matter if it's AA/AAA or USB-recharge, or even dynamo). What should I be looking at?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by curious nu at 9:21 AM on February 8, 2017 (22 comments)

A periodic table of the elements that tells you what each element is used for.
posted to MetaFilter by Cash4Lead at 8:34 AM on November 7, 2016 (20 comments)

Bikepedia contains detailed bicycle specifications dating back to 1993, for all your bicycle building and selecting purposes. The site also has a broader catalog of related gear, and a stolen bike registry. But if you want a ton of information about bikes, which parts to pick and how to maintain them, Sheldon Brown's (memorial*) website is still a key resource, and it's being updated all the time.
posted to MetaFilter by filthy light thief at 11:00 AM on October 28, 2016 (15 comments)

Alan Mulally became famous for turning around Ford from the brink of bankruptcy without having to become an ax-man to do it. I am looking for examples of other leaders (CEOs, world leaders, ect.) out there who proved that being successful in business doesn't necessarily mean having to be a jerk. I am going to be doing a research paper on the similarities and differences of each leader's approach.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by LilithSilver at 4:43 PM on August 29, 2016 (24 comments)

I've come to the conclusion that I have way too much stuff and want to simplify and get rid of a lot. For those who've gone before, any regrets?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by jzb at 6:47 AM on May 24, 2016 (54 comments)

In the summer of 2015, FiveThirtyEight's Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller, the editor in chief of Baseball Prospectus, took over the baseball operations department of an independent-league team in California, the Sonoma Stompers, putting their sabermetric beliefs to the test with actual professional players. As spring training approached, they compensated for their lack of connections, tight budget and even tighter time frame by using statistics to scour the country for overlooked talent. "If the [Moneyball] A’s were 'a collection of misfit toys,' as Michael Lewis wrote, then we’ll be building a team out of toys that got recalled because they were choke hazards."
posted to MetaFilter by DirtyOldTown at 12:54 PM on May 9, 2016 (23 comments)

If you only watch one Rube Goldberg machine today, make it this one: Magnets and Marbles!
posted to MetaFilter by Joe in Australia at 3:27 AM on May 10, 2016 (34 comments)

My 5-year-old sometimes makes a face with her eyes crossed, just to look silly. Last night I noticed one eye moves more to the corner/center than the other when she does it.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by kitcat at 9:01 AM on May 5, 2016 (9 comments)

The only limit is yourself. [via mefi projects]
posted to MetaFilter by not_on_display at 5:59 PM on May 1, 2016 (32 comments)

Reddit user _9MOTHER9HORSE9EYES9 is leaving long comments on various seemingly unrelated threads that link together into a very horrifying secret history of LSD, WWII, and the end of the world.
posted to MetaFilter by Potomac Avenue at 10:31 AM on April 26, 2016 (81 comments)

Kenji Lopez Alt's Vegan Experience is the highlight of my culinary year, and I literally dine out on his recipes all year long. I've made basically every recipe in The Vegan Experience, and I'm after more Kenji-style food inspiration. Further details below.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by nerdfish at 4:50 AM on March 10, 2015 (19 comments)

Andy Yeung’s drone photos of Hong Kong.
Michael Wolf’s many photos of Hong Kong (and other megacities).
Peter Stewart’s photo art of Hong Kong. (Before and after)
posted to MetaFilter by Going To Maine at 3:31 PM on April 3, 2016 (19 comments)

What are your recipes for weeknight meals? What do you have for dinner that you make yourself in a relatively short amount of time and/or with relatively little effort? Help us figure out a variety of dinners to put on a meal-planning list!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 7:27 AM on March 9, 2016 (77 comments)

Planning a romantic evening, a night of meteor watching or taking pictures of the milky way or auroras? Want to know the closest, darkest place to observe the night sky? Consult the Light Pollution Atlas for the darkest viewing areas near you. Yes, even those of us residing outside the borders of the USA.
posted to MetaFilter by Mitheral at 12:42 AM on January 25, 2016 (38 comments)

Whatever happened to television’s most famous couples?
posted to MetaFilter by crazy with stars at 12:10 PM on January 21, 2016 (70 comments)

How many miles can you cycle in a year? British cyclist Tommy Godwin’s "unbreakable" 1939 record of 75,065 miles has just been beaten by American Kurt “Tarzan” Searvogel, who achieved 76,156 miles, or 208.6 miles a day, between January 10, 2015 and January 9, 2016.
posted to MetaFilter by grahamparks at 5:31 AM on January 19, 2016 (42 comments)

I love 99 Percent Invisible, Radiolab, Serial & This American Life. What else do I love?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by thebrokenmuse at 1:11 PM on October 21, 2015 (51 comments)

I'm looking for recommendations for great reading material on "2001: A Space Odyssey" (the movie, not the novel or source story). I could go through and read all the reviews, but are there any particularly noteworthy pieces (magazine, Web, newspaper) or books out there that I can't miss? Interesting theories or discussions? Other non-reading media would be of interest as well. Thanks in advance.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by jroybal at 1:07 PM on September 15, 2015 (8 comments)

Openpuppies is a web toy created by Olivia Cheng. Press the space bar to load a new puppy. (It may not work correctly on mobile devices.)
posted to MetaFilter by jessypie at 7:26 PM on August 21, 2015 (40 comments)

In 1983, at the height of the Cold War, the National Film Board of Canada produced War with Gwynne Dyer, a seven part series in which the historian Gwynne Dyer traced the evolution of total warfare from its origins to the present day.
posted to MetaFilter by MartinWisse at 12:44 AM on July 29, 2015 (7 comments)

A while ago I came across a webpage where the author provided a short, one-line email to use in business situations where you are being ignored or not receiving a timely response. For the life of me I can't recall the exact wording of the message, nor the webpage. Ring any bells?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by sociology at 3:21 PM on July 27, 2015 (3 comments)

How World War III became possible: A nuclear conflict with Russia is likelier than you think (SLVox).
posted to MetaFilter by Cash4Lead at 10:38 AM on June 29, 2015 (106 comments)