Comments on: 63: The Intern Speaks

63: The Intern Speaks

mathowie — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:04:36 -0800

In this episode we interview our intern Dom, then cover the usual excellent spots from all parts of MetaFilter. We recorded this on Monday, July 11th and it runs about an hour and a half.

Music played darkriver by doctor_negative Nu Slang by Potomac Avenue Dom interview MeFi Intern Blog (ask him questions) MeFi Projects Cosmos longterm iPhone alarms Unichar, a hot-or-not rating systems for high level text characters SPENT: Can you make it through the month? Money budgeting game also mentioned on MeFi months earlier DOOM CAKES a blog of showcasing movies where something terrible happens when fancy cakes appear (troll's comment) Drew's Infinite Reboot blog filled with ideas for comic book universe reboots Cold War Arcade Classics that never were, in HTML5 nice little flash-free retro games with a 80s cold war bent The MetaCooler a discussion board for talkin' TV No Poster Girl: Life with severe ME/CFS MeFi Jobs PHP Contractor needed with Magento experience Become LibraryThing's SysAdmin Data Analytics Systems Engineers needed for Wikipedia Jazz Pianist needed in Chicago this Fall Sequential Comic Artists needed MeFi Posts History of Rome podcast Mondo Arrested Developed post Industrial shredder shreds Awesome freestyle-themed skateboarding Factory rejects as objects of art Erik Fensler's new film HBS 8,000 glowing lanterns going skyward 80s USSR show post Philosophy in bro speak Everything is a Remix: part 3 Jews, texting and the half Shabbos Human Centipede sequel jokey thread Ferris Bueller's Last Day Off & Foo Fighters cover by kids DC Universe reboot LA Noire Game thread Ask MeFi Questions How do you make showers even better & Why do I have trouble taking a shower? Where can I watch the Tour de France in Portland, Oregon? (answer) A mind-blowing Broccoli recipe "But at least I'm not from..." what are some stereotypes about your neighboring states Where does the "wolf whistle" come from? What are some great running playlist power songs? What are your favorite recipes for ginger? What are some of the classic posts from the early blogging era?

By: clavdivs

clavdivs — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:38:55 -0800

Get out your partyhats, kids.

By: Potomac Avenue

Potomac Avenue — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:40:41 -0800

well now that bum note in the first mandolin solo is going to bother everyone as bad as it bothers me. FORGET IT MOM YOU WOULDNT UNDERSTAND

By: Potomac Avenue

Potomac Avenue — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:41:56 -0800

Bora Horza Gobuchul's username is based on a character in an Iain Banks novel.

By: FelliniBlank

FelliniBlank — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:06:33 -0800

In this episode we interview our intern Dom

I believe you mean "pintern."

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:38:26 -0800

Woo! Not only a shout out for my blog, but my son as well. Indeed, everything is coming up roses.

By: CautionToTheWind

CautionToTheWind — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:05:17 -0800

An intern dominatrix, what a delicious conflict of roles!

By: arcticseal

arcticseal — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:09:27 -0800

Podcast and new MeFi mag in the same week, and me with the weekend by myself to enjoy them without disturbance :)

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:27:09 -0800

Also, robocop is bleeding's hair smells like wildflowers and his eyes are limpid pools.

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:33:23 -0800

An intern dominatrix, what a delicious conflict of roles!

If they had a substitute intern when he was out sick, that person could be a Sub Dom.

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:42:17 -0800

Pretty sure I stole that broccoli recipe from elsewhere in AskMe, but I must not have favorited the comment because I can't find it now.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:01:50 -0800

that bum note in the first mandolin solo is going to bother everyone

I heard it, but tried to fade the song out before it hit so people couldn't catch it.

By: chrchr

chrchr — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:39:33 -0800

Enchanted Forest is awesome! Be sure to watch the movie in the Western town. The place was all made by this one guy and his family. It's a total DIY labour of love. Also, I'm not huge into amusement park stuff, but I thought the rides were pretty great.

By: Jpfed

Jpfed — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:41:13 -0800

Also, robocop is bleeding's hair smells like wildflowers and his eyes are limpid pools.

I don't know, I got more of a "gibbous moon" scent from them.

By: misha

misha — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:43:08 -0800

Mondays seem to be peoples most hated day of the week and in certain cases I've learned, push them into doing crazy things. Sure, I'm only eighteen but I don't understand why some Mefi users feel the need to take out their "start of the work week" anger by posting things in MetaTalk that make themselves look foolish. It doesn't make sense to me at all, but I guess they are blinded by their rage? The best part of all this in my opinion, is post freakout when the rage subsides and the user is left standing amidst the rubble of their already shell- ridden online reputation and they have the audacity to point fingers at someone else. Let's put this plain and simple, if you don't like it, you can leave.

Wow, Dom has some righteous anger going on over there at the intern blog.

By: ryanrs

ryanrs — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:31:40 -0800

The anger, I can forgive. The missing apostrophe, not so much.

By: crunchland

crunchland — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:35:46 -0800

Yeah, I read that entry and wondered how heartfelt the entry was, and how much was him parroting something he heard someone else say.

By: ryanrs

ryanrs — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:40:37 -0800

"gibbous moon"

Heh, monkey butt.

(Gibbous is the adjective form of gibbon, right?)

By: Dominic. Allen

Dominic. Allen — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:53:22 -0800

Wow, Dom has some righteous anger going on over there at the intern blog.

This isn't me being angry at all, I honestly just can't believe that some people don't think through the outcome of their posts in MetaTalk a little more. It was typed in a completely calm manner, and I was intending it to be read the same way.

Yeah, I read that entry and wondered how heartfelt the entry was, and how much was him parroting something he heard someone else say.

That entry was most definitely all my thoughts, I'm not parroting something that I heard. Each day I have a MetaTalk tab open in my browser that I am checking periodically, so that I can see if any new posts have been made. I enjoy reading the posts, and observing how the community acts and responds to complaints, bugs, etc. Monday's thread just surprised me a little bit because I haven't seen anything like it directed towards cortex, jessamyn or pb before.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:07:14 -0800

I honestly just can't believe that some people don't think through the outcome of their posts in MetaTalk a little more.

You and I are in total agreement on that.

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:08:43 -0800

Aw thanks for the sweet things you said about DOOM CAKES, cortex. I suspect I wil be quoting your Chekhov line somewhere on the site!

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:08:52 -0800

If there's anything I've learned from MetaFilter, it's think before you hit that yellow button.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:10:16 -0800

If there's anything I've learned from MetaFilter, it's think before you hit that ~~yellow~~ UNICORN button.

ftfy

By: ryanrs

ryanrs — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:40:00 -0800

Monday's thread just surprised me a little bit because I haven't seen anything like it directed towards cortex, jessamyn or pb before.

Jessamyn hate threads are the most common. Here's a lovely example.

By: ryanrs

ryanrs — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:49:38 -0800

Google: site:metatalk.metafilter.com jessamyn censorship

Try replacing 'censorship' with 'fascist', 'popcorn', or 'chicken sodomy'. Fun times!

By: doctor_negative

doctor_negative — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:46:10 -0800

Yay:)

I've never been on a podcast before. Thanks.

By: ArmyOfKittens

ArmyOfKittens — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 01:57:28 -0800

If there's anything I've learned from MetaFilter, it's think before you hit that yellow button.

Me too, although this has left me at a disadvantage in situations where I don't have access to a yellow button.

By: ignignokt

ignignokt — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:27:43 -0800

Me: Jessamyn runs to the Sonic the Hedgehog soundtrack.
Not a bad idea!

Metroid Baby: YESSS
I LOVE SONIC THE HEADHORG

By: royalsong

royalsong — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:02:59 -0800

We love Jessamyn!

By: jocelmeow

jocelmeow — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:44:50 -0800

Hey, thanks for the nice mention of No Poster Girl, jessamyn! Yes, the cats are Mingus, Coltrane, and Bootsy Collins. And my handle is JOSS-el-meow. Like Jocelyn, just take the end off.

It's funny how my situation has become so totally normal. I've had seven years to get used to it, and I sort of forget sometimes that most people can sit up. I really am pretty happy, honestly - I have a wonderfully supportive husband, great friends I get to visit with all day online, and a big, terrific family. Life would be a lot poorer without those things, and I'd honestly rather be sick and have them than well and have none of them.

By: iamkimiam

iamkimiam — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:41:05 -0800

Thanks for the gold data nuggets, Dom!

By: Chrysostom

Chrysostom — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:26:55 -0800

For some reason, my playback got all stuttery, and I discovered that stuttering cortex sounds EXACTLY like Max Headroom.

By: gamera

gamera — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:43:08 -0800

Unexpectedly finding this podcast on my ipod turned a long boring drive into an awesome drive.A Mefi internship sounds like an awesome job. So, in a couple of years maybe I'll put my son on a bus to McMinnville. Also Adventure Time is awesome.

awesomeawesomeawesome...Stop me before I say awesome again!

By: Harald74

Harald74 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:12:06 -0800

Re: Matt's comment which went something like "CS departments teach you very low-level stuff so you'll be able to do anything". Well, not only that, they're really trying to give you a solid foundation so you'll end up actually understanding what you'll end up doing every day on a really deep level. This is in some part due to the law of leaky abstractions, coined by Joel Spolsky, which states that the underlying complexity of any abstraction cannot always be ignored.

By: iamkimiam

iamkimiam — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 07:45:00 -0800

I made the broccoli in the amazing way last night and it was delicious.