mssv

  • Apple Rules*, Flat vs. Threaded Discussions

    ·

    6–8 minutes

    ·

    1 comment on Apple Rules*, Flat vs. Threaded Discussions

    I spotted this ad on the tube recently, and it made me think about Apple’s unappreciated dominance over the lives of hundreds of millions of people: 600 free prints a year – what a deal! Clearly there must be a catch, and sure enough, there is a tiny asterisk next to “App!” I wasn’t able…

  • The Once and Future Metafilter

    The Once and Future Metafilter

    ·

    5–7 minutes

    ·

    3 comments on The Once and Future Metafilter

    Issue 10 of my newsletter – subscribe here Metafilter is a weblog that anyone can contribute a link or a comment to. A typical weblog is one person posting their thoughts on the unique things they find on the web. This website exists to break down the barriers between people, to extend a weblog beyond just…

  • English Literature

    ·

    3–5 minutes

    ·

    1 comment on English Literature

    At my school, all students were entered into the English Literature GCSE. What this meant was that a couple of times a week, we would take out copies of ‘English Literature’ – things like The Crucible, A Passage To India, various Shakespeare plays, poems – and take turns reading them out. There is nothing that…

  • The GiveWell Fraud

    ·

    4–6 minutes

    ·

    2 comments on The GiveWell Fraud

    A few weeks ago, I read a New York Times article about a new charity organisation called GiveWell, founded by two young ex-hedge fund managers. The story described how these two mavericks were about to shake up the charity world by using their financial skills to demand and interpret data from charities, and thus discover…

  • Wearing the Niqab

    ·

    1–2 minutes

    ·

    No comments on Wearing the Niqab

    Interesting Metafilter discussion about the Muslim niqab (dress for females that covers everything except the eyes)

  • Jingle Rock Bell

    ·

    1–2 minutes

    ·

    1 comment on Jingle Rock Bell

    Bell rock jingle rock Bell jingle rock Rock jingle rock Bell jingle bell Rock bell Jingle Rock rock bell Jingle rock, jingle rock Bell bell bell Quite possibly the greatest Christmas song ever – Jingle Rock Bell (Jingle Bell Rock sung using only the words ‘bell’, ‘jingle’ and ‘rock’.

  • Remembrance of Books Past

    ·

    1–2 minutes

    ·

    No comments on Remembrance of Books Past

    Remembrance of Books Past – an article by Ray Bradbury in which he talks about the idea of rewriting books from memory; a never-realised sequel to Fahrenheit 451. “Why not a sequel to ‘Fahrenheit 451’ in which all the great books are remembered by the Wilderness People and are finally reprinted from memory. What then?…

  • Ask Metafilter

    ·

    1–2 minutes

    ·

    No comments on Ask Metafilter

    Ask MetaFilter – truly one of the best ideas that’s hit the Internet this year. There are other websites that provide general advice, but none with the community and (some might say) highly intelligent and educated userbase of MetaFilter.

  • Thank you

    ·

    1–2 minutes

    ·

    No comments on Thank you

    Thank you… – this MetaFilter thread on how to write thank you letters is going to get very silly, very quickly.

  • Mefi photos

    ·

    1–2 minutes

    ·

    No comments on Mefi photos

    Metafilter UK Oxford meetup photos – a highly geeky and highly successful meetup of Metafilter UK members, featuring drinks, noodles, more drinks, a run-in with the police, a gig in a dive bar, yet more drinks and ice cream. I had a lot of fun and met a bunch of very interesting people; hopefully another…