MetaFilterThe past 24 hours of MetaFilterUK Government data mash-up competition- July 5, 2008 Co-design a public service in a UK Government mash-up competition that carries a &0163;20,000 prize. The UK Government wants to hear your ideas for new products that could improve the way public information is communicated. The Power of Information Taskforce is running a competition on the UK Government's behalf, and they have a &0163;20,000 prize fund to develop the best ideas to the next level. You can see the type of thing they are are looking for on their examples page. There have...http://www.metafilter.com/73063/UK-Government-data-mashup-competition Personal photos from the Pacific (WWII)- July 5, 2008 According to the photographer's daughter, "All photos in this collection were taken by then Lt. and later Capt. George S. White, my Father, while he was serving in the Pacific as a pilot. They are generally between 1945 and 1948 from what is documented." My favorites The barmaid or postwar Tokyo or wrecked planes and airplane graveyards.http://www.metafilter.com/73061/Personal-photos-from-the-Pacific-WWII JR Williams- July 5, 2008 J.R. Williams is a prolific comics artist with a distinctive visual style 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. He is fond of fanciful takes on pop culture icons like Quisp and Yogi Bear, as well as more ribald characterizations like Polly Purebred and Jane Jetson (NSFW) More recently he has branched out into abstraction, which might be characterized as psychedelic pictographs.http://www.metafilter.com/73060/JR-Williams The good kind of Noise. And the non-racist kind of White.- July 5, 2008 Simply Noise. Streaming white noise for your auditory zen needs. That is all. That is enough.http://www.metafilter.com/73059/The-good-kind-of-Noise-And-the-nonracist-kind-of-White John McCain, Prisoner of War- July 5, 2008 John McCain, Prisoner of War: A First-Person Account. Originally appeared in the May 14, 1973, issue of U.S.News & World Report. "My six years of hell" is a February 2008 extract from McCain's book Faith of My Fathers.http://www.metafilter.com/73058/John-McCain-Prisoner-of-War Super Jesus!!!- July 5, 2008 Jack English American presents I Hate Britain Day. (Just pretend it's yesterday, ok And ignore the Baywatch chick.) Another holiday he promoted: Fuck the Earth Day.http://www.metafilter.com/73057/Super-Jesus Is Day Care a luxury or a benefit- July 5, 2008 On Day Care, Google Makes a Rare Fumble Youre probably guessing that because it involves do no evil Google, Fortune magazines Best Company to Work For the past two years, this is a heart-warming tale of a good company reversing a dumb decision. If only.http://www.metafilter.com/73056/Is-Day-Care-a-luxury-or-a-benefit Freaky Face Paint- July 5, 2008 Face + Paint = ! Astonishing effects using the human face as canvas.http://www.metafilter.com/73055/Freaky-Face-Paint Eat it- July 5, 2008 Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian. President Bush has linked higher food prices to higher demand from India and China, but the leaked World Bank study disputes that: "Rapid income growth in developing countries has not led to large increases in global grain consumption and was not a major factor responsible for the large price increases." Even successive...http://www.metafilter.com/73054/Eat-it You know who else had his head torn off- July 5, 2008 Displaying Hitler alongside celebrities, pop stars, world statesmen and sporting heroes at the new Madame Tussauds in Berlin was a bit controversial to begin with. And it didn't last long before one of the first visitors literally tore off the Fuehrer's head.http://www.metafilter.com/73053/You-know-who-else-had-his-head-torn-off |