26: Equine Stylist

May 9, 2008 10:14 PM

Show #26 features recaps from the past three weeks of MetaFilter. It was recorded on May 7, 2008 and runs about 50 minutes long.

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MeFi Music
You and Me by johanze
All The Things... (...I've Stuck up my Arse, Ode to an A&E Nurse) by nthdegx
Don't Rely on the Radio by 6am
This Town by kingbenny

MeFi Projects
HURF DURF ANALYZER

Popular Projects page (top 10 of each month)

ROFLcon wrap-up
Day 2 Keynote about microcelebrity

MetaFilter links
MetaFilter Popular Favorites page

Green Porno

Patriots' Day post (Wikipedia on this)

Unscrew America (lightbulbs)

Refacing Government Tender (some favorites: IT'S PEANUT BUTTER WASHINGTON!, Daredevil Jackson, Headshot Lincoln, 300 Jackson)

All you ever wanted to know about the most isolated city in America

Ways of Seeing book/show

Greener Golf Courses?

Ask MeFi links
Did your family sing together?

I'm looking for a whitenoise recording of the rain (featuring this awesome recording of rain)

Seeking the Internet's Clueless by gusandrews and her gumbaby.com site about this subject

"How can I convince my wife that living in a Yurt would be fun while I'm in medical school?"

"Oh, so you're a [insert profession here]! How [insert whacky generalization and misguided curiosity here]?" featuring the equine stylist

How far away would you have to live outside a city to not see a building?

What are your favorite non-fiction essays found online? (sparked by this MeFi post about an Esquire article)

Best comments: How drug test work (from a technician) and How inflation is calculated (from a programmer that worked on the project)

MeFi sidebar blog on Twitter

posted by mathowie (staff) to MeFi Podcast at 10:14 PM (32 comments total)

Huh, new podcast. Must be time to shave my head.
posted by !Jim at 10:37 PM on May 9, 2008

Thank you for another great podcast :)
posted by gen at 8:47 AM on May 10, 2008

You are so loud, Matt.
posted by synaesthetichaze at 8:55 AM on May 10, 2008

This is the first podcast I've listened to, and it was great. I have a submission for Gus, the Gumbaby woman, but it looks like the comments are closed. Anyway, it's a link to a web page where people think they are leaving messages for Bill Murray and it's a hoot. Hope she sees it. BTW, Jessamyn, you have a great musical laugh.
posted by fixedgear at 9:03 AM on May 10, 2008

Wait, you're only loud when talking about ROFLCON, which must be some kind of meta-statement about the internet.
posted by synaesthetichaze at 9:07 AM on May 10, 2008

huh, I tried a bunch of "Bill Murray [keyword]" searches and it looks like that blog entry comes up in the top 4 results when you put "write Bill Murray" into Google. The first three are obvious bio pages about Bill Murray, so maybe people are posting on the blog because it appears a human wrote it and it looks like a personal essay from Bill (that is being quoted, but blockquotes are subtle) and there's a big comment form below.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:31 AM on May 10, 2008

A few people have left messages for Mohamed al-Fayed.
posted by fixedgear at 9:54 AM on May 10, 2008

Good job as always.

The music was fantastic, and I'm now a fan of Kristy London and the Other Halves.
posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 11:39 AM on May 10, 2008

Maybe not the right place to post this, but the top 10 favorite projects page is borked.

My project just shows up as the date, without the title.
posted by Afroblanco at 4:01 PM on May 10, 2008

Afroblanco, you were the guy mentioned with no Title on your project. I'll go add one.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:23 PM on May 10, 2008

Jessamyn, you didn't ever visit the Hampshire College yurt?! It's insulated, temperature-controlled, and is wired for the internet!
posted by gusandrews at 4:52 PM on May 10, 2008

All podcasts are made better with faded-in sounds of rain behind them.
posted by sarahnade at 9:22 PM on May 10, 2008

...and I was so hoping to hear a dramatic rendition of Pulp Metafilter! :)
posted by pjern at 9:45 PM on May 10, 2008

I just looked at the jobs page and indeed, all web stuff. And no MeFi jobs within a 100 miles of here. Not that I'd commute beyond 10 miles...

Good podcast, thanks!
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 6:36 AM on May 11, 2008

I take notes.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:05 AM on May 11, 2008

you didn't ever visit the Hampshire College yurt?!

I almost never went back after I graduated, no.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:01 PM on May 11, 2008

Metafilter: Internet sensation!

That sensation: Tingling.
posted by sparkletone at 2:13 PM on May 11, 2008

THe kingbenny song is magnificent, thanks.

I agree with Matt about the preponderance of web jobs! I may post to MeTa to urge more sharing of library/arts/culture jobs. I know they're out there and I know you folks know about 'em!
posted by Miko at 9:28 AM on May 12, 2008

The song at the end of the podcast was very nice.
posted by mmascolino at 11:25 AM on May 12, 2008

Dude. I was wondering why my storm recording got a flurry of favorites a couple days ago! Thanks for the include. And yeah, I wish it was longer.
posted by zsazsa at 3:59 PM on May 12, 2008

I just went from thinking "I could maybe tape some waves sometime" to thinking "gah, sudden freakin' heatwave, I should go to the beach RIGHT NOW." I'm off to Ocean Beach. Wish me luck!
posted by Pronoiac at 6:09 PM on May 14, 2008

Okay - currently uploading, the sound of the waves. About an hour's worth.
posted by Pronoiac at 12:13 AM on May 15, 2008 [5 favorites]

Currently uploading, the sound of the waves. About an hour's worth.

You are fucking awesome.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 3:22 AM on May 15, 2008

Thanks, Jessamyn!

I worry about encoding artifacts, but I doubt I could listen to it & stay awake right now.
posted by Pronoiac at 6:19 PM on May 15, 2008

Wow, that's some awesome wave sounds, thanks Pronoiac!
posted by mathowie (staff) at 6:55 PM on May 15, 2008

Yay! More pooooooooooodcast!

Y'all might want to sidebar the Twitter feed. It's twitteriffic.
posted by DarlingBri at 7:35 PM on May 15, 2008

My first callout! You like me, you reeeeeeeaaaallly like me!
posted by psmealey at 6:01 AM on May 17, 2008

... although, if it ever comes up again, my name is vocalized as P.S. Mealey (my initials and surname). I heard "Pee Smealey", and thought: "hmmm.... that's not good. I don't even like asparagus."
posted by psmealey at 6:28 AM on May 17, 2008

Mod note: death of the author man, I vocalize them like I read them. but so noted
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:57 AM on May 17, 2008

I just love this podcast. That is all.
posted by SassHat at 1:35 PM on May 18, 2008

death of the author man

I read this as if an analogue of "Death of a Salesman". Like maybe the world-shaking 57th issue of Author Man's series, in which he is killed by a vengeful publisher.
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:00 PM on May 18, 2008

I just got a chance to listen to this today. You guys did a great job. That was so fun, so true, and mostly so funny. You guys should get a show on Comedy Central - Stewart, Colbert, West/Haughey.
posted by caddis at 5:29 PM on May 18, 2008