Comments on: 22: Librarians, librarians, everywhere

22: Librarians, librarians, everywhere

mathowie — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:43:47 -0800

Show #22 of the podcast features updates from the last few weeks of MetaFilter. It was recorded on January 30, 2008 and runs 53 minutes long.

Helpful links Podcast Feed MeFi Podcast on iTunes Direct mp3 download (49Mb) MeFi Music Lady Bad Luck by MNDZ As kids by ORthey Enough #2 by robotot MeFi Jobs Babysitter job in Seattle Election '08 Online Editor Special Projects Librarian MetaTalk Best Mockup for a feature request ever in this thread SF meetup photos: 1, 2, 3 (last photo used this technique which prompted "Awesome. One step closer to 100% edible Muppets.") MetaFilter Lost Camera gets found thread Alcatraz backroom tour in photos Barefoot for a cause Donnie Osmond workin' it Responses from the subjects of a MeFi post: Jill Sobule, Photo essay photographer (Parallel Worlds), Performance enhancing drugs writer FAIL meme blog BMW Crash thread White Whine blog Ask MeFi How do you learn to live with rich, privileged friends Related: How did you get rich? How much does Steve Guttenberg make these days off his work? The incompatible food triad puzzle thread which links to this page PISS LASER how to beat THIS URINAL CAKE Great movies a person should see Best global warming real estate? Can I get an engagement ring made out of moon rocks? How to do a Wookie roar? (from 2005, thanks to recent favorites and recent delicious activity)

By: danb

danb — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:32:17 -0800

Hooray for more regular podcasts!

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:37:19 -0800

Best global morning real estate?

Typo, but I kinda like it. It's all optimistic. When the sea level rises, a new day will dawn for the plankton.

By: dw

dw — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:42:12 -0800

Kansas is in the Midwest. Why does the wind blow so much there? Because Nebraska sucks.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:50:38 -0800

We have Labour Day in Canada. We spell it more laboriously, though.

By: aubilenon

aubilenon — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:05:49 -0800

Matt should have also read the third best answer on that wookiee thread.

By: danb

danb — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:08:13 -0800

I love "What, what are you even talking about...what?" at about 28 minutes.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:13:55 -0800

For more about the Alcatraz occupation, see Alcatraz is Not an Island (clip).

By: rtha

rtha — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:18:10 -0800

More about Crissy Field.

(And it never occurred to me before this most recent SF meetup that my nick could be pronounced. Apparently, it's pronounced like Eartha (like Kitt!). In my universe, it's spelled out, if you will: are-tee-aitch-ay. Now I know!)

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:22:46 -0800

Mods love urinal questions.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:24:11 -0800

rtha: Not like RZA with a lisp?

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:25:39 -0800

Wow, stuff I missed. Cool!

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:34:20 -0800

Ambiguous username pronunciation clan ain't nothin' to fuck with, Sys Rq.

By: rtha

rtha — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:34:41 -0800

Sys Rq: Nope. Each letter pronounced separately. You?

Had to come back in and say: mathowie, get thee to a video store or whatever and see Blazing Saddles. You owe it to your kid to show her the magic of the fart scene!

(I've never seen Titantic or ET, either, so I'm with you on those. Or Forrest Gump.)

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:35:09 -0800

Mods love urinal questions.

I am really enjoying the "what's taking you so long in there" question from today actually.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:45:24 -0800

Everyone. Seriously. See E.T. already. But ONLY if you can procure the pre-walkie-talkied version; the CGI pretty successfully sucks all the charm out of it.

Titanic, meh.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:48:38 -0800

Sys Rq's username is pronounced "Seriously, why is that even on keyboard anymore?"

Although some folks pronounce it "Hey, it's handy for invoking emergency kernal messages during a system failure. Yeah, I know we could use a different key if it weren't around, but it's not like we're not using it right now, so, hey. Besides, having a use for a weird key that nobody else knows what to do with feels kind of neat and tingly. Also, don't get me started about Scroll Lock."

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:50:19 -0800

the pre-walkie-talkied version

What, what are you even talking about...what?

I guess I can go look it up....

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:55:01 -0800

Spielberg went and got all Han Doesn't Shoot First on ET, replacing M16s with walkie-talkies in the rerelease. God forbid the scary government intervention in these kids' life was, you know, scary.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:59:32 -0800

jessamyn: What, what are you even talking about...what?

~~It's in the same arena as "Han shot first". Officious characters in E.T. originally carried firearms. They've been digitally replaced with walkie-talkies.~~

I want a handicap on cortex, please.

By: mumkin

mumkin — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:04:05 -0800

I mean, there aren't any lady wookies anyhow, are there? —Jessamyn

Chewie's wife, Malla, from The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) would take issue with that.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:15:49 -0800

I'd always assumed that Wookiees were just Ewoks with a genetic abnormality on the Y chromosome.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:23:34 -0800

For God's sake, cortex. Put down that damn donut. It's clear you've had enough sugar.

By: geekyguy

geekyguy — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:39:27 -0800

Wow. Cool. The first MeFi podcast I listen to and a post I made is mentioned. I even recycled! BTW, Jessamyn, he collected the 110,000 by tip-off of the game he was barefoot for. They are continuing to collect for the season.

And a shoutout for SpoFi! The amount of shouting by homers over at SpoFi has been kept in check with the introduction of a test to join.

By: null terminated

null terminated — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:03:54 -0800

The white whine commentary sounds vaguely racist. I don't see how owning a private plane is a "white whine" more than it's just a "rich whine".

By: dersins

dersins — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:06:15 -0800

a test to join.

What's that supposed to be a test of, other than ability to use google and / or wikipedia?

By: The corpse in the library

The corpse in the library — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:28:08 -0800

Not only is my job posting adorable, but so are my kids! Anyone? Anyone? Please?

By: mathowie

mathowie — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:49:34 -0800

The white whine commentary sounds vaguely racist.

Yeah, a lot of people flagged it as such too. I don't really get it, I read the site and laughed at how I can hear myself saying half the things posted there.

I don't see how owning a private plane is a "white whine" more than it's just a "rich whine".

True, but if you look at the posts on the site, a lot of them can be classified as "petty gripes of the privileged class" and a friend's family member complaining about having to find a car when they land their jet always cracked me up and reminded me of the most pathetic complaint I'd ever heard.

By: Miko

Miko — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:20:50 -0800

Oh man! I want to listen now. But if I do, what will I listen to when I go running tomorrow? A new podcast always makes me a lot happier about going running.

/restrains self, dwells in suspense.

By: Tuwa

Tuwa — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:22:57 -0800

Scroll Lock is for making Excel go all wonky.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:23:51 -0800

btw, I wrote a how-to on how we record these things. It's not very difficult and doesn't use much hardware or software.

By: ObscureReferenceMan

ObscureReferenceMan — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:35:41 -0800

Matt - For the next podcast, I'll volunteer to do a Wookiee roar for you.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:51:47 -0800

mathowie, get thee to a video store or whatever and see Blazing Saddles. You owe it to your kid to show her the magic of the fart scene!

Titanic, meh.

Both seconded. As for ET, you should see it with your kid because she'll love it, but I'm not sure you'll be as thrilled with it. It's kind of saccharine.

Also, I've been biting my tongue for months and I can't hold back any longer: YOU GUYS REALLY REALLY NEED TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO SAY "AWESOME."

*pant pant pant*

Whew, I feel better now.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:55:29 -0800

YOU GUYS REALLY REALLY NEED TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO SAY "AWESOME."

You're the language guy, do you have suggestions?

By: cortex

cortex — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:07:18 -0800

I think he should pre-record a series of superlatives that you can just drop in over the word "awesome" when Matt does the final edit.

By: jouke

jouke — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:46:22 -0800

You could say ontzagwekkend.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:46:19 -0800

I just say "superlative" in place of whatever superlative it feels like I'm using too much. I find it appropriately MeTa.

By: CKmtl

CKmtl — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:12:38 -0800

"Is that a durian? I had one of those in Dubai..."

Nope, they look rambutans.

Durians look like S&M rugby balls. I haven't had the guts to try one yet (aside from some 'durian flavoured' candies, which weren't too bad. Tasted a bit like Werther's Originals). This sums them up nicely, apparently.

If you ever see them, you should try lon gans and cherimoyas. Longans have that rambutan / lychee texture, but I find they have more taste... a bit cantaloupe-y, sort of. Cherimoyas are icecream grown on trees, I swear. Cut one up, throw it in the freezer, then go nuts with a spoon. *Homer drool*

I'm really jonesing for good fruit right now.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:40:19 -0800

You're the language guy, do you have suggestions?

Aces, admirable, adroit, consummate, dynamite, exceptional, fantastic, fine, first-rate, hellacious, marvelous, masterly, nifty, perfect, proficient, skillful, superb, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, or of course ontzagwekkend.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:47:24 -0800

Nope, they look rambutans.

Ah right, I had one of them in Dubai and someone there told me it was a durian.

languagehat, where I'm from hellacious means bad. The dictionary has a curious split definition.

By: Abiezer

Abiezer — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:20:53 -0800

Brilliaaaaant! Ace! Smart! Outstanding! Mint! I say, top-hole, what? 太牛！ Wizard! Spiffing! Absolutely splendid, Tarquin. Fab! Canny!

By: rtha

rtha — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:18:15 -0800

Wicked neato peachy keen.

By: Tuwa

Tuwa — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:56:04 -0800

I love contranyms. Especially on pancakes.

By: geekyguy

geekyguy — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:20:32 -0800

太好了！
tai hao le!
Too good!

By: Miko

Miko — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:49:57 -0800

It's a mark of my oldness that when I hear people say "wizard" I am agog at its foolishness.

By: jouke

jouke — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:59:09 -0800

How old are you Abiezer? 80?

By: Abiezer

Abiezer — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:07:49 -0800

I travel through time via the magic of the written word, jouke.
A couple of them are recent coinages, but "Wizard prang" was already stock-in-trade comic wartime RAF pilot speak by the time I heard it, I do confess.

By: jouke

jouke — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:07:34 -0800

Top-hole and spiffing made me imagine you wearing a moustache and gripping a pipe between your teeth.

By: Miko

Miko — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:38:51 -0800

Though it may historical origins, 'wizard' definitely wasn't stock in trade when I grew up, and would have sounded either archaically dorky or just dorky. Thus, I feel old when I hear people much younger than me say it unblushingly.

By: Miko

Miko — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:44:46 -0800

It doesn't look like "wizard prang" was a superlative, but shorthand for a shiny person having a colossal fuckup.

Looks like a smashing good tale.

By: Abiezer

Abiezer — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:49:49 -0800

Oh you're right as to the whole phrase there, Miko, but "wizard" was the superlative - "awesome wipe-out" type of thing, I believe.

By: Miko

Miko — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:25:08 -0800

Gotcha.

By: danb

danb — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:58:44 -0800

If I overused "first-rate" instead of "awesome" do you think anyone would hold it against me?

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:11:25 -0800

I am really enjoying the "what's taking you so long in there" question from today actually.
"chatty 'poll the audience' questions without a problem to be solved."

By: Terminal Verbosity

Terminal Verbosity — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:25:50 -0800

mathowie: "...Illi-NOYZ..."

Illinoyz? Illinoyz!? Someone's been listening to too much Sufjan Stevens. While I find your pronunciation of my state hellacious, this podcast was quite hellacious.*

*Alternately, "While I'd like to cleave your skull for mispronouncing Illinois, this wonderful podcast cleaves my broken heart," or, "This podcast was positively decadent, minus, of course, your decadent pronunciation."

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:11:58 -0800

There are dishwashers making $10.00?!?

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:12:40 -0800

Also, Seinfeld does plenty. Just last month, he donated an airstrip to an inner city neighborhood.

By: edgeways

edgeways — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:57:47 -0800

Never saw ET or Titanic either, intentionally.