50 Greatest Samples in Hip-Hop History with full original tracks. (via)
posted to MetaFilter by gwint at 7:26 AM on May 14, 2010 (51 comments)

This post is about two recent(ish) strands of British dance music.
posted to MetaFilter by Dim Siawns at 3:03 AM on March 10, 2010 (19 comments)

What is this metal thing, and where can I get another one?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by 40 Watt at 7:17 AM on January 9, 2010 (8 comments)

I haven't made anything in awhile; I guess I just used up all my stored inspiration.
posted to MeFi Music by tehloki at 7:51 AM on January 9, 2009 (5 comments)

So I can understand why Sys Rq's outing post was on shakey ground but how much astroturfing should Metafilter tolerate?
posted to MetaTalk by Kid Charlemagne at 7:02 PM on June 1, 2009 (487 comments)

Do you know of any more essays like Hackers, In the Beginning Was the Command Line, or the DadHacker Atari Articles?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by MotorNeuron at 2:46 PM on March 6, 2009 (16 comments)

What would a good Indian expression of suprise be? Specifically a pleasant suprise, such as the realisation that one is going to make a large amount of money, possibly from someone who is none too reputable. The Hindi (or other language) version and a literal translation would be most useful.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Artw at 11:48 PM on December 27, 2008 (6 comments)

Animatsiya in English is weblog (warning: livejournal) with a narrow focus: tracking the production of Russian animated feature films. Russian animation has a long history with output both abstract and obstructed; from the early influence of the Russian avant-garde and the work of small groups of enthusiasts, through Stalin-era Socialist realism and a style known as Éclair that was marked by the use of extensive rotoscoping, to the 1960's and beyond when surreal and politically charged (and unfortunately, in this case, anti-Semitic) as well as unconventionally structured, emotionally fueled films found release. Fortunately, when Pilot Studio—the Soviet Union's first private animation studio—decided to relegate parts of that history to the dumpsters out back, the people were ready to sift through the mess.
posted to MetaFilter by defenestration at 3:49 PM on November 16, 2008 (6 comments)

Best tiling window manager for Linux?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by swift at 2:19 PM on October 23, 2008 (12 comments)

Jorges Luis Borges - just read everything and nothing and I quite liked it. Recommend some of his poetry and short stories? Im looking to pick up a couple books so multiple suggestions would be great.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Tryptophan-5ht at 12:37 PM on October 16, 2008 (17 comments)

"The calculation of Libor is co-ordinated by just two people, who work in an unremarkable open-plan office in London’s Docklands .. They do this electronically, but sometimes the co-ordinators make a phone call to a bank that hasn’t sent in its estimates, and if the latter seem implausible – typos, for example, are fairly common – they’re checked, also with a quick call: ‘Hi there, is the Kiwi chap [provider of the estimates for borrowing New Zealand dollars] about? . . . Bit of a spread on the two month. Everyone else is coming in a good bit under that.’" Calculating the Libor and how London became the center of the international money markets, from the LBR.
posted to MetaFilter by geoff. at 9:45 AM on September 23, 2008 (12 comments)

I need the recipe for Whole Foods' miso onion soup. Like... now.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by kaseijin at 10:36 AM on September 18, 2008 (17 comments)

How would one write "it's hard to give a shit these days" in Latin?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dirtdirt at 7:11 PM on September 16, 2008 (6 comments)

Curtainless neighbours enjoy dumping in public and stealing cats.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by peggynature at 2:45 PM on September 13, 2008 (42 comments)

Hats made of meat. From the canadian, the brisket yarmulke, to the porkpipe, come inside and cherish the present of meat hats. [warning: frametastic, 1995 design, and via [31d1]]
posted to MetaFilter by Stynxno at 12:58 PM on July 25, 2008 (40 comments)

What are some great sci-fi novels that take place on planets with unusual climate/geography?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by mamessner at 3:32 AM on July 12, 2008 (42 comments)

Why is there no bat-acitor? (hybrid battery/capacity w/best of both) Is there some limitation in physics, chemistry, materials, etc. that prevents it, or has it just not been invented yet?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by bartleby at 1:02 PM on June 10, 2008 (24 comments)

mixed live in one take. going for sort of a "legion of green men" thing here. i have no idea what time signature this song is in.
posted to MeFi Music by tehloki at 5:08 AM on June 29, 2008 (4 comments)

How do I stop my cat from violently attacking strangers when they come over?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by jModug at 10:08 AM on June 29, 2008 (9 comments)

Have you ever wondered what a real IPA tasted like after the long, hot journey to India? Pete Brown found out.
posted to MetaFilter by uncleozzy at 9:31 AM on June 17, 2008 (53 comments)

Is there a quick way of copying files "up" an SSH connection?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by caek at 6:56 AM on June 2, 2008 (14 comments)

An online collaboration between myself and a mate who lives in California, and goes by the name DJ Hi-Speed.
posted to MeFi Music by tehloki at 2:45 AM on January 3, 2008 (14 comments)

What is the iconic (or just "your favorite") dead-tree product catalog (listing of merchandise for mail-order sale) for your hobby, industry, or trade?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by cadastral at 9:23 AM on April 1, 2008 (72 comments)

An industrial experiment I wrote, performed, and recorded to learn how to master the Fostex VF160 and to learn how to dump files from that into Cool Edit Pro........ It is a song about a friend of mine who is rather, er, sloth-like...... (Includes profanity)
posted to MeFi Music by peewinkle at 12:03 PM on January 2, 2007 (3 comments)

puff it, pass it, instant classic 505 where the beat was crafted
posted to MeFi Music by MNDZ at 12:12 PM on February 16, 2008 (1 comment)

It may lack the hilarity of an unaccompanied David Lee Roth crooning to himself like a lunatic, but surely someone has a use for twenty three unaccompanied John Bonham drum tracks.
posted to MetaFilter by The Straightener at 6:25 PM on February 14, 2008 (71 comments)

I'm reading Chaucer in Middle English. I frequently find constructions like "Ygeten us thise knedyng tubbes thre". What is the y+verb construction? The translator whose work I'm reading has paid more attention to scansion and feel than accuracy.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Netzapper at 3:35 PM on February 14, 2008 (14 comments)

Rainbow Divider warning: sound; animated gifs; awesomeness
posted to MetaFilter by Stynxno at 8:20 PM on February 11, 2008 (55 comments)

Congratulations to member 10000000000000000! (even though he/she has yet to complete the signup process)
posted to MetaTalk by mr_crash_davis at 3:19 PM on February 2, 2008 (92 comments)

Philly. Bowling. Me. You?
posted to MetaTalk by misanthropicsarah at 10:30 AM on January 30, 2008 (83 comments)

PISS LASER! How to use urine most efficiently in carving of urinal cake?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by klangklangston at 12:08 PM on January 29, 2008 (30 comments)

Ladies and Pilates - question about unintended sounds during class. I know it's normal but is there any way to clamp down to quiet down once in a while? This doesn't seem to happen as much during yoga, and it doesn't matter if I've had sex recently or not.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by barometer at 9:06 AM on January 24, 2008 (9 comments)

#!/usr/bin/perl
@d = localtime(time);
if ($d[4] == 11 && $d[3] == 18 ) {
 print "Happy ".($d[5]-87)."th Birthday, Perl!\n";
}
if( $ARGV[0] eq "love" || $ARGV[0] eq "hate" ) {
 print "$you can't deny its contribution to our culture\n"; 
} 

posted to MetaFilter by [@I][:+:][@I] at 11:46 AM on December 18, 2007 (135 comments)

A simple mashup of dmd's "this has unbreakable drm" and Athan Al-Fajr's "Call to Prayer".
posted to MeFi Music by snsranch at 2:49 PM on December 7, 2007 (3 comments)

I'm looking for a poster drawing in the style of Where's Waldo? where everyone is shitting.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by uncanny hengeman at 5:28 PM on October 27, 2007 (3 comments)

Made with samples from this video.
posted to MeFi Music by tehloki at 9:40 PM on November 20, 2007 (3 comments)

What fictional evil has great corporate branding? I'm knitting myself sweaters and want to use the merchandising logo of fictional and cinematic dystopian/corrupt/evil corporations or organizations.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by cowbellemoo at 1:09 AM on November 20, 2007 (96 comments)

MS Access: Text in Excel column formatted (with returns and pseudo-bulleted lists), and more than 255 characters...
posted to Ask MetaFilter by eatdonuts at 1:49 PM on November 14, 2007 (10 comments)

I am not sure how this happened.
posted to MeFi Music by motty at 9:37 AM on October 5, 2007 (10 comments)

Few books have given me as much sheer joy as Bringhurst's "The Elements of Typographic Style". Tufte's "Visual Explanations" is also up there in terms of content and presentation. What other exceedingly well researched, written and designed non-fiction books would you recommend for somebody interested in Design, Architecture, Programming, Information Visualization, Maps, Math, Music and Science?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by signal at 11:46 AM on June 27, 2007 (34 comments)

I bought a used macbook (osx 10.4.8). The previous owner is still set as the admin. I cannot add another account without their password. Putting in the install disks also requires a password. How can I delete the previous user and create a new account for myself?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by LavishingUndertone at 12:40 PM on May 4, 2007 (15 comments)

A couple days ago, my MacBook was stolen by one of my (high school) students. Due to the tireless work of school police and the principal, I now have it back. However, there is a great deal of data missing: pictures, music, documents, and (of course) my GRADEBOOK. Before you say it: Yes, I know I should have backed up to an external hard drive. I know MeFites have recommended companies like DriveSavers to do off-site data recovery, but I'm looking for something I can just download and do myself. I've found a few utilities available for download but I'm not finding anything that would work on an Intel MacBook. Any ideas, other than time travel and an external hard drive?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by elisabeth r at 2:30 PM on May 4, 2007 (13 comments)

In 1987 I visited a friend in Sweden and we went to the amusement island Gröna Lund. As he shopped at a kiosk, I leaned in to hear the pitch, and began suffering an odd symptom.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by thebrokedown at 7:53 PM on April 23, 2007 (10 comments)

Do bats have clitorides?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Pretty_Generic at 12:51 PM on April 25, 2005 (12 comments)

Help me remember the name and author of this short story. The pathetic male main character is abused and humiliated by an abusive female character (his wife, I think). The culmination involves some sort of grotesque and humiliating performance by the main character at a party, arranged by the wife.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by bubukaba at 5:53 PM on April 9, 2007 (12 comments)

Please help me understand what this OS X shell script is doing.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Armitage Shanks at 3:31 PM on March 22, 2007 (19 comments)

Does gravity make small pools of water curve slightly (I’m thinking a small lake size) or is surface tension enough to flatten it out? More importantly - how would I calculate whether the resistance from the surface tension is enough to keep it flat and when/what size that breaks off?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Smedleyman at 1:54 PM on October 11, 2006 (19 comments)

How do you start digitizing a dictionary? More specifically, how (and where) do I begin putting together a digital and internally cross-referenceable edition of the Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by awenner at 9:44 PM on September 16, 2006 (16 comments)

What's the world record for computer uptime?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by tweebiscuit at 3:59 PM on September 20, 2006 (27 comments)

"364.4 Smoots plus one ear" is the official length of the MIT bridge between Cambridge and Boston. In 1962, pledges to an MIT fraternity were ordered to measure the bridge using the shortest among them, Oliver R. Smoot, as a measuring stick. Since then, members of the fraternity have repainted the marks on the bridge twice a year. Oliver Smoot's daughter Sherry, eventually went to MIT but was not used to remeasure the bridge since she was shorter than her father. Her brother Stephen, also an MIT student, was too tall. Oliver, of course, was just right. He eventually went from being a unit of measure to controlling units of measure: in 2001 he was chosen to be chairman of ANSI and in 2003 he was selected to be president of ISO.
posted to MetaFilter by Steven C. Den Beste at 1:25 PM on September 9, 2006 (53 comments)