He was a hero banker, not words that go together these days ... adept256 has a great comment about a guy named Amadeo Giannini and the early 20th century Bank of Italy in San Francisco, the Great Fire, and Snow White. It will all make sense, I promise!
The hustle by allaboutgeorge (cc by)
I like to dance to music, alone, in my room. But I don't have any moves.
Shopping cart thrown in a lake. Birds flying in the background by Ivan Radic (cc by)
When I worked on industrial robots, we had a rule, DO NOT PUT YOUR HANDS (or any other body part) IN THE ROBOT'S WORK ENVELOPE: cyanistes comments in the case of the chess robot that broke its child opponent's finger.
Scooby by sietyn (cc by-nc-nd)
One Metafilter member seems to have a theory about that Brinks truck robbery ... and their username hints that they just might have an inside scoop. Hmmm.
The Metafilter Transition Team announces that self-nominations are now open for the inaugural Steering Committee
Sciatrix has some excellent recs and observations for some of Eric Flint's non-1632 series books in the Flint obituary thread.
Summer reading by miyagisan (cc by-nc-nd)
In Ask Metafilter, I'm on staycation in a week and want to spend a good part of my time in my backyard, off the internet and social media, with my nose jammed into a book that I can't put down.
auto-focus to the rescue by auspices (cc by)
If you are ever in my area and want to pet an emu, get in touch! birdsongster introduces Lucy and Ricky in the Emmanuel Don't Do It thread.
Frame by seyed mostafa zamani (cc by)
RichardP posted Inside the Mind-Boggling World of the Antiquities Theft Task Force
Scene of the crime (novels) at Hay on Wye by Ian-S (cc by-nc)
In Ask Metafilter, There have been many mystery novel questions but this one is mine...
Transition Team Post #4
In Metatalk, Transition Team Post #4: The team shares the initial member survey results.
Gasoline by Ayolt de Roos (cc by)
ShooBoo posted Jalopnik's excellent multi-part series on the history of gasoline by Jamie Kitman
spoonful of diamonds...... by Rolf Dietrich Brecher (cc by)
In Ask Metafilter, jeszac is looking for your favorite not-widely-known versions of songs that are themselves widely known? Great answers here.
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