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Forgotten?

carsonb — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:21:08 -0800

The shadowy back alleys of MetaFilter...

I've scoured the last 1000 MetaFilter-related MeTa posts and my sleep-deprived brains to come up with a list of pages and files that aren't officially linked anywhere, or are relatively unknown. Find here the remnant .gifs of one-off tweaks and limited-time promotions, ideas and directions abandoned or undeveloped, and there's also a couple of interesting files hosted at MetaFiltr. I feel like there's a lot missing from the list (ie I'm pretty sure BRAND_NEW_DAY.gif is hosted somewhere on metafilter.com) so feel free to add anything I missed. Here goes: Travel LoFi 100 random MeFite websites Google Earth KML File (Copy link to Google Earth) MetaFilter Taglines [MetaFiltr] Profile Photos - What do MeFites look like? Social Explorer - Where else do MeFites hang out? Recent Twitters - Say what? Recent Flickr Uploads - Say cheese. Recent LastFM Tracks - Sounds good. MarkovFilter - Come again? User Word Clouds Shop MeFi - $$ Metatalk thread closure status by month and per thread. [MetaFiltr] Flag Distribution [MetaFiltr] Threads containing at least one comment consisting solely of a single "." character - [MetaFiltr] Kottke header and footer Give the gift of MetaFilter Your very own Gold Star (image) Capital and Stratification within Virtual Community: A Case Study of Metafilter.com by Quartermass The Best Posts of August, 2006 (3/day) Banned For Life (image) Donate to MeFi The MetaFilter Scholarship Fund (2001) The Jabber Server (defunct) MetaFilter's Style Sheet (um, and another one?) There is no spoon... Banished won it (image) dios vs. rothko fundraiser Katrina Relief corner link (image) TextAds are phased out.

By: wheelieman

wheelieman — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:34:34 -0800

Dont you have a life? Just wondering

By: The Deej

The Deej — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:48:47 -0800

carsonb, that is so cool! You are my new (life-lacking) hero!!!

But I'm disturbed to see my word cloud so prominently features percoset, chucklehead, and quin.

By: ClarissaWAM

ClarissaWAM — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:48:56 -0800

Wow, that must have taken ages. But instead of snarking I will thank you cuz that's a rather useful list!

By: shothotbot

shothotbot — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:49:30 -0800

What post got flagged 526 times?

By: Wilder

Wilder — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:55:49 -0800

brilliant, thanks!

By: octothorpe

octothorpe — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:56:07 -0800

Wow, who knew there was so much stuff here. Cool.

By: The Deej

The Deej — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:59:45 -0800

Flagged as fantastic!

By: cashman

cashman — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:03:06 -0800

Nice!

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:05:38 -0800

Asshole. Secrets are secret for a reason. Why don't you just tell everyone where we hid Miguel's body, while you're at it?

By: dabitch

dabitch — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:15:34 -0800

Miguel's dead? Anyone have an office chair I can borrow?

By: cortex

cortex — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:18:56 -0800

*gives carsonb big noogies*

By: Abiezer

Abiezer — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:19:17 -0800

He has exposed the precious things of the Cabal! There can be no mercy. Dispatch the flying monkeys, Igor.

By: Rock Steady

Rock Steady — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:38:57 -0800

What post got flagged 526 times?

I think it was the one that announced the Ajaxy flagging system.

By: Jofus

Jofus — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:41:44 -0800

Carsonb, I have added you as a contact. There is no higher privilege.

By which I mean: Carsonb, I have added you as a contact. There are several thousand higher privileges.

By: dmd

dmd — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:48:35 -0800

There's a surprising number of people living in Kazakhstan.

Methinks many of these have forgotten the negative sign on their longitude, especially since they list their home as Maryland or the like.

By: cortex

cortex — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:50:21 -0800

There's actually a Maryland, Kazakhstan. Funky little town. Good music scene. No decent sushi, though.

By: Abiezer

Abiezer — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:52:02 -0800

I think they are the converts the Reverend Meatbomb made on his last Society for Metafilterian Knowledge mission in those parts.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:53:38 -0800

I was sure that cortex had written this post, but it was another one of you CVCCVC(c) guys. Nice job carsonb.

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:01:04 -0800

Let us not forget "We have cameras."

By: Green With You

Green With You — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:07:09 -0800

Only flagged 526 times? We can do better.

By: Devils Slide

Devils Slide — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:24:16 -0800

But I'm disturbed to see my word cloud so prominently features percoset, chucklehead, and quin.

It's percoCet, you amateur!

And cortex has a soft spot for it. He'd be willing to look the other way while you crack wise in AskMe and let you astroturf until the cows come home, all for a few sweet sweet percocets.

By: sushiwiththejury

sushiwiththejury — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:30:53 -0800

There's actually a Maryland, Kazakhstan. Funky little town. Good music scene. No decent sushi, though.

you watch your mouth boy!

By: The Deej

The Deej — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:32:59 -0800

It's percoCet, you amateur!

See what it does to you.

By: dmd

dmd — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:36:53 -0800

CVCCVC[V][V|C] cortex validates mathowie validates jessamyn validates

COINCIDENCE!!!!!!????!?@@@!?

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:37:41 -0800

I don't know about Miguel's body, but I do know that there's a fish and a pair of pants lying around the longboat. I'm not touching it.

By: Miko

Miko — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:11:15 -0800

Dont you have a life?

Glass houses....

Can someone explain the CVCCVCetc reference?

Also, this is cool, thanks. So many developments along the edges. MetaFractal.

By: dersins

dersins — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:14:23 -0800

This is v. cool. Thanks, carsonb.

By: your mom

your mom — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:16:48 -0800

wow, you spilled the plate of beans. thanks.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:18:11 -0800

C = consonant
V = vowel
me = a little noticing of such things

By: your mom

your mom — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:21:13 -0800

whatever. at least I don't have a FAT LIBRARIAN BUTT.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:22:23 -0800

This is great! We should throw this all on the wiki somewhere.

By: Devils Slide

Devils Slide — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:26:42 -0800

whatever. at least I don't have a FAT LIBRARIAN BUTT.

You sound like someone who left recently.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:28:16 -0800

whatever. at least I don't have a FAT LIBRARIAN BUTT.

Awesomely, neither do I!

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:36:50 -0800

Dont you have a life? Just wondering

If it weren't for people who had no life, THERE WOULD BE NO INTERNET.

And as we all know, people before the internet were stupid and didn't know anything. I hear that bumping into walls was a problem.

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:40:18 -0800

whatever. at least I don't have a FAT LIBRARIAN BUTT.
posted by your mom at 12:21 PM on January 12 [+] [!]

your mom has a fat librarian butt.

(yeah, I had to go there)

By: carsonb

carsonb — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:47:14 -0800

Dont you have a life?

I made the mistake of taking the last cup of coffee from the cafe before closing the store last night at 1am Pacific. It was only after shaking uncontrollably for 2 hours in bed that I realized I wanted all these damn links in one place.

By: tkolar

tkolar — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:54:47 -0800

Nice list.

Where did you get the flag counts from? I didn't think that information was available...

By: carsonb

carsonb — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:55:36 -0800

ALSO, one huge missing spot from this list are the various April Fools' jokes. I was very, very sad to find that most of them are not where they used to be, especially the fake AskMe front page. That thing is a lost work of art.

By: tkolar

tkolar — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:55:53 -0800

Where did you get the flag counts from? I didn't think that information was available...

[realizes that carsonb didn't actually create the content]

Where did someone get the flag counts from?

By: carsonb

carsonb — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:57:38 -0800

Where did you get the flag counts from?

That's one of the MetaFilr pages. When cortex got his admin privileges he also got direct access to the db. He forgot to protect the MetaFiltr.com/research/ directory, so it all hangs out.

By: cortex

cortex — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:58:25 -0800

All the dorky stats stuff on mefr is stuff that I've done since I got Seekrit Access to the db.

By: cortex

cortex — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:59:13 -0800

He forgot to protect

Naw, it's intentional. There's one directory in there that I've actually blocked, but the rest is for public consumption, if not particularly well-promoted.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:03:29 -0800

This is the unstyled April 1 page from last year. I'll have to dig in my email and see if I can find one that calls the stylesheet that is already on the server. If not, I can create one.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:06:55 -0800

Any chance of turning Travel into a non-shadowy back alley?

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:15:14 -0800

Well done, carsonb. An amazing feat of metafilter obsessiveness.

By: The Deej

The Deej — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:20:51 -0800

Any chance of turning Travel into a non-shadowy back alley?

Now you did it. The Cabal may have heard that. Nice knowing you.

By: tkolar

tkolar — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:25:47 -0800

It would be cool see all of this on the Wiki somewhere.

[...]I got Seekrit Access to the db.

Oh sure, rub it in.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:27:46 -0800

♥♥jessamyn♥♥

By: Plutor

Plutor — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:28:27 -0800

You forgot ~~Poland~~ Bingo.

By: DenOfSizer

DenOfSizer — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:31:48 -0800

Could someone explain all this to me? Please use simple words.

By: caddis

caddis — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:34:09 -0800

I always liked the MIT script thing. Wasn't that one of the April Fool's Day stunts?

By: occhiblu

occhiblu — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:35:38 -0800

I don't think I had noticed the "Popular Tags" category on the April Foods AskMe. The unstyled page shows those off better!

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:38:47 -0800

I got Seekrit Access to the db.

Which is now neither secret nor sekrit.

♥♥jessamyn♥♥

what does that even mean, is that like getting hugged with cricket bats?

By: carsonb

carsonb — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:54:00 -0800

It's on the wiki now.

what does [♥♥jessamyn♥♥] even mean?

It's love wrapped in an html hug, for the AskMe April Fools' joke.

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:01:07 -0800

The Star! The Star! IT IS MINE AGAIN! BWAHAHAHA!!!

Only 119 more and I can play Metafilter as Luigi.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:02:08 -0800

I like FAT LIBRARIAN BUTT and I cannot lie
All you other Mefites can't deny
That when a librarian walks in with an itty bitty waist
And a round thing in your face
You get sprung.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:03:07 -0800

Note that I was neutral on the gender of the librarian.

By: dersins

dersins — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:19:11 -0800

Oh, I don't think you're neutral, Astro Zombie...

By: Memo

Memo — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:31:10 -0800

WhatIsItFilter: help me ID this weird thing I found. It's flat, maybe 2.5 by 3.5 inches but made out of some thin, flexible material. Series of 16 number in groups of four, and somebody's name -- I guess? -- carved into it. There's a creepy black stripe on the back, and some indecipherable writing. I asked all my friends, and we're totally freaked out. Google returns nothing. Help!

What is this supossed to be, anyway?

By: Memo

Memo — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:31:52 -0800

Nevermind, too early in the afternoon.

By: disclaimer

disclaimer — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:36:21 -0800

I still want to respond to about half of those questions on the April 1 page.

By: disclaimer

disclaimer — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:36:44 -0800

...and apparently, I AM NOT ALONE.

By: flatluigi

flatluigi — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:36:54 -0800

Effigy2000: "The Star! The Star! IT IS MINE AGAIN! BWAHAHAHA!!!

Only 119 more and I can play Metafilter as Luigi."

Just put in a cheatcode, worked for me.

(aside: The MarkovFilter app keeps reminding me that I don't comment too often. My lurking habits still prevail, I guess.)

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:44:30 -0800

The MetaGram™ Official Meetup Shoutout Card, can be downloaded here. (Adobe Acrobat PDF)

Be Safe and Smart on MetaFilter! (MetaTalk thread)
Maothowie/Brand New Day (origin)
Jesus Cortex
MetaFilter Flickr group

By: LobsterMitten

LobsterMitten — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:59:35 -0800

cool - good idea and thanks for doing the legwork.

By: davey_darling

davey_darling — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:24:05 -0800

Be Safe and Smart on MetaFilter!

This is one of the best things ever.

By: sushiwiththejury

sushiwiththejury — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:28:59 -0800

The Metafilter Redesign Contest was sweet.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:36:53 -0800

Good one, sushiwiththejury; added to the list

By: Arturus

Arturus — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:37:52 -0800

scripts.mefi and styles.mefi give you some nice Hooray, you've installed Apache! pages. This is probably because matt never thought to drop a little redirect in there more than anything else, but still.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:58:14 -0800

That is the best thing ever, you ostentatious nincompoop!

By: localhuman

localhuman — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:12:49 -0800

did anyone mention the deleted thread link?

By: puke & cry

puke & cry — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:19:07 -0800

Yes, don't forget the deleted thread blog. :D

By: puke & cry

puke & cry — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:20:55 -0800

And yes, the post that got flagged 526 times was the metatalk thread where mattyboy introduced the asynchronous flagging widget.

By: Rumple

Rumple — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:27:13 -0800

The AskMe followup/roundup of resolved questions was fun. Can't find the link though.

By: jayder

jayder — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:30:12 -0800

Maybe this is mentioned somewhere above and I missed it, but I think this is really cool:

Metafilter Contribution Index

Scroll down to calculate your own contribution index.

By: Rumple

Rumple — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:32:47 -0800

I thought the 526 favorite comment would be this one, but no.

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:39:42 -0800

He has exposed the precious things of the Cabal! There can be no mercy. Dispatch the flying monkeys, Igor.

I don't remember any of these things at the cabal meetings... or anyone named Igor.

Crap.

I've said to much.

By: Johnny Assay

Johnny Assay — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:50:53 -0800

It's too bad the pixies got deleted. Although it's pretty amusing this way too.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:53:27 -0800

Thanks. I had a hell of a time finding that profile photos page again after it had scrolled off the page. Google was no help, but it turned out I was able to find it on Matt's profile. (I would have found it quickly if I'd tried there first)

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:02:53 -0800

It's too bad the pixies got deleted.

they just got repurposed.

[hint: reload]

By: puke & cry

puke & cry — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:10:10 -0800

Ha. Awesome.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:10:50 -0800

That is so wrong, jess.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:11:26 -0800

I mean, the poor chicken. And to have all five of them flying around the page like that!

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:13:05 -0800

chickens can't fly, yhbc.

By: puke & cry

puke & cry — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:27:59 -0800

Actually, I think the flying sirens should now be on every metatalk thread.

By: nanojath

nanojath — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:38:42 -0800

chickens can't fly, yhbc.

If you don't know the answer, don't answer the question. It's that simple.

By: cortex

cortex — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:40:15 -0800

This sort of aggregation-of-stuff was kind of what I was thinking of for metafiltr when I started it, but I'm starting to think more and more that we should just have a stuff.metafilter.com front page that tracks all of it as a sort of Portal To Fun.

By: middleclasstool

middleclasstool — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:00:41 -0800

The Metafilter Redesign Contest was sweet.

I wish there had been a more thorough actual redesign as a result, but oh well.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:06:23 -0800

cortex says: we should just have a stuff.metafilter.com front page that tracks all of it as a sort of Portal To Fun.

I think the wiki serves this purpose well; it's accessible to everyone and has already gathered an excellent amount of MeFi ephemera. Sometimes I feel like a broken record in MeTa, but read the wiki! read the archives!

By: eddydamascene

eddydamascene — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:31:10 -0800

METAFILTER PANCAKE SYZZZRUP (via)

By: The Deej

The Deej — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:54:30 -0800

cortex says: we should just have a stuff.metafilter.com front page that tracks all of it as a sort of Portal To Fun.

I think the wiki serves this purpose well; it's accessible to everyone and has already gathered an excellent amount of MeFi ephemera. Sometimes I feel like a broken record in MeTa, but read the wiki! read the archives!
posted by carsonb

Wait. Did I just enter some weird admin/member flip-vortex?

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:03:41 -0800

Maybe carsonb can move to Mali and be our antipodal mod.

By: tkolar

tkolar — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:59:26 -0800

carsonb writes...
I think the wiki serves this purpose well; it's accessible to everyone and has already gathered an excellent amount of MeFi ephemera.

None of which is apparently organized or reachable through the main page of the wiki other than through "The Index".

Not to mention that the wiki itself can be hard to find since there is no link to it from the Metafilter Front Page or from AskMe.

Given the current state of the wiki, tossing this stuff in there is only moving it a very small step above "Forgotten".

read the wiki! read the archives!

Is this a "Save the cheerleader, save the world!" sort of thing?

By: jacalata

jacalata — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:20:50 -0800

And there's the thread where they broke through the html filter.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:01:17 -0800

None of which is apparently organized or reachable through the main page of the wiki other than through "The Index".

Yeah the wiki flat structuring isn't ideal, but the fact that anyone can mess with it means that it's much easier to get things up quickly and easily. Maybe we should start with some categories. Oh hey look, I just did! There are a few other ways to find stuff on the wiki.

- the search box on the wiki actually does search the site
- googling
- the recent changes page
- you could follow me or cortex around
- you could login and create a watch list
- you could click on one of these Special Pages

I do get your point tkolar, but I think a better idea would be more visibility for the wiki here at MeFi and also maybe some better tools for grouping and finding stuff on the wiki generally. It's a great way for enthusiastic members to help out by putting stuff together in neat new ways and keeps modtime free for doing moddish stuff.

By: bjgeiger

bjgeiger — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:20:24 -0800

I miss kittens and pancakes........

By: divabat

divabat — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:25:29 -0800

thanks for the link to the Gift an Account page! I've just gifted two friends with accounts and one's already signed on, yay :)

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:42:34 -0800

I had the bare majority of these bookmarked, but now I can delete all those and just keep this one. Nice compiling.

By: slogger

slogger — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:44:35 -0800

Ooh ooh! Don't forget about Mr. Blag's Cavalcade of Whimsy!

By: flatluigi

flatluigi — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:34:40 -0800

jacalata: "And there's the thread where they broke through the html filter."

That's... epic. Very epic.

By: Kadin2048

Kadin2048 — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:53:45 -0800

Wow, the ~~Stalker~~Social Explorer is pretty neat.

Is the recent Flickr uploads thing broken, or has nobody really uploaded anything in the last day?

By: The corpse in the library

The corpse in the library — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:10:47 -0800

Flickr's been having an rough day today.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:59:53 -0800

Maybe carsonb can move to Mali and be our antipodal mod.

Yes! I do!

By: cortex

cortex — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:23:16 -0800

You do can?

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:41:19 -0800

A coupla things I've enjoyed through the MeFi years. And let's pour a 40 on the curb for our late, lamented mascot, Oolong.

By: ilovemytoaster

ilovemytoaster — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:09:14 -0800

I'm not sure what it all means... but I think I like.

By: wendell

wendell — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:18:51 -0800

Why a mod in Mali? You guys should be benevolent, not Malicious.

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:25:15 -0800

For the first time, after years and years of looking at pictures of Oolong, I wondered if the pancakes were cold or warm.

Well... anyone know the answer?

By: carsonb

carsonb — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:17:09 -0800

You do can?

Sorry, jessamyn's off-hand remark excited me so; I lost the handle a bit and got kinda mixed up as to what was jokingly proposed. The thought of bumbling 'b administering antipodal moderation of MetaFilter is perhaps one of a few Great Potential Boons that would rush me west far enough to be East again.

By: blacklite

blacklite — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:47:29 -0800

You do can?

Hadoken!

By: ersatz

ersatz — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:57:04 -0800

- you could follow me or cortex around

*Stalks cortex*
*Gets eaten by pet bear*

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:58:04 -0800

I lost the handle a bit and got kinda mixed up as to what was jokingly proposed.

I'll save my MeTa proposal for when you do something even awesomer. But now I already have your answer!

wendell, if not Mali, where, antipodally speaking?

By: Meatbomb

Meatbomb — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:31:19 -0800

Hey, WTF? Am I chopped liver?!? HELLO, it's me, on the other side of the fucking planet!!

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:40:38 -0800

Meatbomb, you are already our mod in the astral plane.

By: maudlin

maudlin — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:47:47 -0800

I don't know. If any new mods are going to be brought in, antipodally or astrally, shouldn't they demonstrate a new skill set? Like, say, dancing?

By: carsonb

carsonb — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:15:46 -0800

Funny you should mention mods dancing; I found this the other night while 'researching'.

By: localhuman

localhuman — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:51:10 -0800

Ha! That video should be side-barred.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:56:39 -0800

(I'm about 83% sure mathowie is not the Daily Dancer. MeTa.)

By: mumkin

mumkin — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:28:39 -0800

"We're sorry, but this video may not be available."
CENSORSHIP!

By: terrapin

terrapin — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:41:17 -0800

"whatever. at least I don't have a FAT LIBRARIAN BUTT."

jessamyn: "Awesomely, neither do I!"

She's right. She doesn't.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:50:26 -0800

It isn't Matt. He has a much nicer crib than that.

By: Arturus

Arturus — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:44:40 -0800

For those playing along at home, what I pointed out here is now no longer the case.

By: Rumple

Rumple — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:40:35 -0800

From waxy, overall top links from Metafilter 1999-2006, and top 50 links, and the corresponding MetaTalk thread.

By: terrapin

terrapin — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:51:31 -0800

BTW, I didn't realize that I had gone too far by taking/posting/linking to the photo I posted a few comments up, and so I have removed it. The photo was taken and posted in October, and it was never called to my attention that it was offensive to the subject (jessamyn).

I should have known better, but it never made it to my brain. I wish I had been told in person, via email, IM, etc. that it was offensive to jessamyn. I would have liked to been told somewhere other than in the Booooooooobs thread.

I apologize to Jessamyn for any hurt I may have caused her. I am sorry. The photo has been deleted.

By: Horken Bazooka

Horken Bazooka — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:36:17 -0800

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