Comments on: I've been SmartFiltered out of MeFi at work

I've been SmartFiltered out of MeFi at work

idiolect — Mon, 03 Dec 2001 19:46:28 -0800

I've been SmartFiltered out of MeFi at work. I swear I only looked when I was doing a build. Mostly.

I tried using Ben Brown's MeFi/RSS demo but it's got no links. Bad enough I can't see the discussions, but no links! (It's kind of like wanting a cigarette and having to make do witha picture of one.)

Where do I want to go today? Without MeFi, I haven't got a clue.

Is there a solution, or am I doomed to be more productive at work?

By: mathowie

mathowie — Mon, 03 Dec 2001 20:19:00 -0800

there are alternate URLs you can get to the site with. Did it block all the *.metafilter.com subdomains? If so, you can still access the site at other URLs.

Currently, there's a URL pointing at it that I haven't gotten around to using yet, try surfing to i.am.a.notalentassclown.org (it's a long story).

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Mon, 03 Dec 2001 20:31:43 -0800

quit your job.

By: machaus

machaus — Mon, 03 Dec 2001 20:35:35 -0800

or take stuff from work...

By: drezdn

drezdn — Mon, 03 Dec 2001 20:57:29 -0800

try surfing to i.am.a.notalentassclown.org (it's a long story).

So what is the long story?

I'm trying to imagine scenarios where registering notalentassclown.org would come up... Something along the lines of "oh yeah! I'll show you, I'll go register notalentassclown.org... That'll show you!"

By: j.edwards

j.edwards — Mon, 03 Dec 2001 22:01:10 -0800

Well, the only prior reference to the phrase "ass-clown" that it has been my pleasure to hear came from the movie Office Space, which makes this doubly funny.

By: rusty

rusty — Mon, 03 Dec 2001 22:02:15 -0800

notalentassclown.org? Yeah, Matt. I really want to hear that story too...

By: mathowie

mathowie — Mon, 03 Dec 2001 22:31:30 -0800

Here's the story: in reference to this thread, I said this. If you go to the root page of the site, you'll see a simple graphic sitting inside one of Eric Costello's CSS templates, waiting for me to do a new db table with everyone's potential web-related job skils, so you can sign up to announce your availability, proclaiming to the job world "I'm a no talent ass clown and you should hire me!"

Though another big sticking point is how to keep resume spammers out. Ever since I announced my availability on the sideblog of metafilter, I've gotten dozens of spams about how I should post my resume at resumerabbit, resumesuper2000, and resumewonderonline. It appears that people at these job sites (that charge recruiters for access, that's their revenue model) run bots searching for resumes online, and when they find one they pummel the attached email address with a couple spams.

By: palegirl

palegirl — Mon, 03 Dec 2001 22:50:16 -0800

i read that as "not talentless clown."
"no talent ass clown" is funny too.

By: moz

moz — Mon, 03 Dec 2001 22:55:54 -0800

ass clowns seem more interesting and of greater utility in today's market. not only can he or she make your webpages shine, but they can also bring a smile to even the gloomiest programmer!

By: skallas

skallas — Mon, 03 Dec 2001 23:41:29 -0800

Currently, there's a URL pointing at it that I haven't gotten around to using yet, try surfing to i.am.a.notalentassclown.org (it's a long story).

I've never used smartfiltered but the stuff I'm used to resolves to an IP then checks the naughty site list.

By: anildash

anildash — Tue, 04 Dec 2001 00:26:24 -0800

That Matt, he'll do anything to make J. Ko laugh.

By: fooljay

fooljay — Tue, 04 Dec 2001 00:48:14 -0800

Wish I had that one for my personal blog. Of course, sending employers there to view my resume is the next best thing...

By: dlewis

dlewis — Tue, 04 Dec 2001 03:22:23 -0800

Matt, cybersquatting is illegal. You won't get away with it.

It's possible that SmartFilter thought you trying to access the web site of a competing product, idolect :) Peacefire will hopefully perfect their anti-filtering proxy proxy sometime soon. They might give it a catchier name too.

By: jpoulos

jpoulos — Tue, 04 Dec 2001 09:05:53 -0800

The thing is, two years ago "notalentassclown.org" could have gotten tons of VC money.

By: rorycberger

rorycberger — Tue, 04 Dec 2001 10:24:36 -0800

my school used to block FuckedCompany, and I used to use SafeWeb to view it, but they went out of business. This anonymizer thing looks like the same idea though.

By: internal

internal — Tue, 04 Dec 2001 10:28:23 -0800

Enterprise engenderment accelerates initiative platforms, reducing staffing components, integration of technical accessibility, resulting in bottom line pluralisms, benefit-wise. Incidental re-sizing staff requirements through attrition can be accelerated by paridigm shifts and focusing on core suitability and cross-training.

Matt, that is one of the most beautiful specimens of consultant double-speak BS I have ever seen.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 04 Dec 2001 10:48:24 -0800

heh. I didn't write it, eric did.

By: obiwanwasabi

obiwanwasabi — Tue, 04 Dec 2001 15:04:48 -0800

Blurk - my office uses SmartFilter too. Does that mean come next site list update I'm gonna have to *gasp* work?!

Proxy chaining seems to fsck SmartFilter over nicely. Find yourself a nice public proxy list, pick one, and string it in front of the address you want to go to:

http://insert.proxy.here/http://www.metafilter.com