73: Direct to DVD
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October 4, 2012 12:52 PM Subscribe
Episode 73 of the podcast is up and recaps the best of September from all aspects of MetaFilter. It was recorded on October 1st and runs about one hour fifteen minutes long
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MeFi Projects
Tiny fixie bike gang
Fatnest twitter group posting
The Random MST3K-o-matic
A history of NIST Radio
Heard iTunes logger for your menubar
Handsome Atlas dataviz of historical documents
Do Go On 1990s video game magazine atrocities
Game of Thrones cake how-to
MeFi Posts
A cat named Room 8
The Super Mario timeline of the entire canon (funny story of Mario's life)
Badly recreated animated film CGI (examples: 1, 2)
The Christmas Story direct to DVD sequel
The McAllen, TX Public Library designed in a former WalMart
Tool-assisted Speedruns of games (example)
The Princess Bride 25th Anniversary post (with a great story)
ArtW's 750th post
filthy light thief's 500th post
Magic the Gathering is now Turing Complete
Ask MeFi Questions
Give me some non-USA streaming radio stations to play music
Give me more videos like Gangnam Style (Daler Mehndi's Tunak Tunak Tin)
Last 30 days popular questions
Name the worst musicians working in the music industry
Tell me about the history of identification cards
Help me finish my DIY doghouse
Give me other documentaries like Jiro Dreams of Sushi
What advice would you give your 30 year old self? (a good jokey comment)
How to Spot an Amateur? (forum moderator tip)
Give me documentaries about ordinary people, their secrets and lives
MetaTalk posts
A round-up of shoe questions
Kaycee Nichole, 10 years on
Podcast Transcripts!
MetaFilter's It Gets Better video coordination
(new mods & edit window)
Helpful Links
Podcast Feed
Subscribe with iTunes
Direct mp3 download
MeFi Projects
Tiny fixie bike gang
Fatnest twitter group posting
The Random MST3K-o-matic
A history of NIST Radio
Heard iTunes logger for your menubar
Handsome Atlas dataviz of historical documents
Do Go On 1990s video game magazine atrocities
Game of Thrones cake how-to
MeFi Posts
A cat named Room 8
The Super Mario timeline of the entire canon (funny story of Mario's life)
Badly recreated animated film CGI (examples: 1, 2)
The Christmas Story direct to DVD sequel
The McAllen, TX Public Library designed in a former WalMart
Tool-assisted Speedruns of games (example)
The Princess Bride 25th Anniversary post (with a great story)
ArtW's 750th post
filthy light thief's 500th post
Magic the Gathering is now Turing Complete
Ask MeFi Questions
Give me some non-USA streaming radio stations to play music
Give me more videos like Gangnam Style (Daler Mehndi's Tunak Tunak Tin)
Last 30 days popular questions
Name the worst musicians working in the music industry
Tell me about the history of identification cards
Help me finish my DIY doghouse
Give me other documentaries like Jiro Dreams of Sushi
What advice would you give your 30 year old self? (a good jokey comment)
How to Spot an Amateur? (forum moderator tip)
Give me documentaries about ordinary people, their secrets and lives
MetaTalk posts
A round-up of shoe questions
Kaycee Nichole, 10 years on
Podcast Transcripts!
MetaFilter's It Gets Better video coordination
(new mods & edit window)
We are trying to put them on the calendar monthly, yes.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:20 PM on October 4, 2012
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:20 PM on October 4, 2012
Thanks y'all!
"Yeah, this is neat" is basically what drives posts for me.
posted by the man of twists and turns at 1:46 PM on October 4, 2012
"Yeah, this is neat" is basically what drives posts for me.
posted by the man of twists and turns at 1:46 PM on October 4, 2012
This episode of the MetaFilter podcast was underwritten by the future blood, sweat and tears of the new mods. And viewers like you.
posted by griphus at 2:13 PM on October 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by griphus at 2:13 PM on October 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
Also, thanks for featuring Do Go On, y'all!
(The briefcase of unmarked and non-sequential bills is at the dead drop.)
posted by griphus at 2:14 PM on October 4, 2012
(The briefcase of unmarked and non-sequential bills is at the dead drop.)
posted by griphus at 2:14 PM on October 4, 2012
OMG we made the podcast. This is the most internet famous I will ever get. Thanks!!!
posted by misskaz at 3:18 PM on October 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by misskaz at 3:18 PM on October 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
"Metafilter was great this month"
This coming month will pretty amazing, I am currently working on a post that will be an order of magnitude larger than my recent massive Annotated Filmography of all of Charlie Chaplin or my other big posts. I expect making the tags to take hours, and viewing everything before the one month time limit to comment will require 14 hour days.
posted by Blasdelb at 4:00 PM on October 4, 2012 [3 favorites]
This coming month will pretty amazing, I am currently working on a post that will be an order of magnitude larger than my recent massive Annotated Filmography of all of Charlie Chaplin or my other big posts. I expect making the tags to take hours, and viewing everything before the one month time limit to comment will require 14 hour days.
posted by Blasdelb at 4:00 PM on October 4, 2012 [3 favorites]
The Fanscribed transcript page is up & running.
posted by Pronoiac at 5:02 PM on October 4, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by Pronoiac at 5:02 PM on October 4, 2012 [4 favorites]
Kitty bus.
posted by Artw at 5:37 PM on October 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Artw at 5:37 PM on October 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
Perfect timing. Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend coming up.
posted by arcticseal at 7:16 PM on October 4, 2012
posted by arcticseal at 7:16 PM on October 4, 2012
The podcast is/was/always has been a great idea, and good on all of you for hanging with it. Giving an actual voice to metafilter ( as opposed to all the ones and zeros of the purely visual aspect of text) makes it much more human. The more that people see/feel the people part of the Meta, the more we connect as a community.
posted by HuronBob at 7:37 PM on October 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by HuronBob at 7:37 PM on October 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
A most entertaining listening experience, which complements the website rather splendidly.
posted by Wordshore at 7:40 PM on October 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Wordshore at 7:40 PM on October 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
Looking forward to the Kaycee Nichole discussion because it is one of my all time favorite internet stories. That, and transcribing! Thank you, Pronoiac
posted by TangerineGurl at 7:42 PM on October 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by TangerineGurl at 7:42 PM on October 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
FYI, it is "mykescipark" like Myke "Science Park", as in the one-man band I was in back in college. Most people just stare at me blankly when I tell them my username at meetups, so I guess it's just one of those names that doesn't parse. :-) Thanks for the shout-out!
posted by mykescipark at 7:48 PM on October 4, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by mykescipark at 7:48 PM on October 4, 2012 [3 favorites]
It's a symbolic feast in which we give thanks for the return of lost syrup and celebrate the start of Hockey season.
posted by ceribus peribus at 8:58 PM on October 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by ceribus peribus at 8:58 PM on October 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
They like to bite our rhymes too!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 8:58 PM on October 4, 2012
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 8:58 PM on October 4, 2012
We're thankful that we don't have to fly on US Thanksgiving.
posted by arcticseal at 10:30 PM on October 4, 2012
posted by arcticseal at 10:30 PM on October 4, 2012
Yay, this is fantastic! I second the earlier sentiment about community. Thank you.
posted by undue influence at 10:46 PM on October 4, 2012
posted by undue influence at 10:46 PM on October 4, 2012
This is pure gut feeling, since I can't seem to work the infodumpster, but I feel like there have been more posts in the last few months.
posted by the man of twists and turns at 12:35 AM on October 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by the man of twists and turns at 12:35 AM on October 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
Listening to cortex laugh totally set me off on one; I kind of want a clip that I can listen to whenever I need a pick me up...
posted by catch as catch can at 4:26 AM on October 5, 2012
posted by catch as catch can at 4:26 AM on October 5, 2012
I haven't listened to the podcast yet, but from the description of the contents of the podcast, it looks like the New Mod MeTa post and the Comment Editing feature post could be back-linked, for posterity or whatnot.
posted by filthy light thief at 5:26 AM on October 5, 2012
posted by filthy light thief at 5:26 AM on October 5, 2012
I want to apologize for having created the impression that my head exploded when the aliens invaded. It all turns out to simply have been a giant misunderstanding between the aliens and I.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:30 AM on October 5, 2012
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:30 AM on October 5, 2012
Shoutout for the Dead Mall! Warmly nostalgic; slightly creepy. Nice.
posted by julen at 6:40 AM on October 5, 2012
posted by julen at 6:40 AM on October 5, 2012
jessamyn: Speaking of which...Bwah?
mathowie: Ouch.
jessamyn: ...why did you send me a picture of this racist peanut butter and jelly sandwich?
posted by zamboni at 7:50 AM on October 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
This. It was when mathowie was testing the link window on Skype and sent this picture (without the article) I didn't know if it was some coded message or something.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:54 AM on October 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:54 AM on October 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
That makes more sense. I was imagining some sort of meme - Advice Dog, Courage Wolf, Racism PB&J.
posted by zamboni at 7:59 AM on October 5, 2012
posted by zamboni at 7:59 AM on October 5, 2012
There is also a Kitten Bus!
I think you have to go to Japan to see it. Also probably speak Japanese. Will these obstacles some day be surmounted?
posted by Artw at 8:08 AM on October 5, 2012
I think you have to go to Japan to see it. Also probably speak Japanese. Will these obstacles some day be surmounted?
posted by Artw at 8:08 AM on October 5, 2012
That makes more sense. I was imagining some sort of meme - Advice Dog, Courage Wolf, Racism PB&J.
Ask and ye shall receive.
posted by griphus at 8:13 AM on October 5, 2012 [3 favorites]
Ask and ye shall receive.
posted by griphus at 8:13 AM on October 5, 2012 [3 favorites]
Listening to cortex laugh totally set me off on one
Man, listening back to that now, I'm just totally driving a truck over Matt trying to talk there, all wheezing and guffawing.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:46 AM on October 5, 2012
Man, listening back to that now, I'm just totally driving a truck over Matt trying to talk there, all wheezing and guffawing.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:46 AM on October 5, 2012
Oh my gosh, the Shoes post is on the podcast! Yay!
One more thing I can cross off my bucket list.
Next to-do on the bucket list: Actually writing out a bucket list!
posted by misha at 8:49 AM on October 5, 2012
One more thing I can cross off my bucket list.
Next to-do on the bucket list: Actually writing out a bucket list!
posted by misha at 8:49 AM on October 5, 2012
The kitten bus is practically dialogue-free, and you get a free animation cel with admission. You should go to Japan immediately. Immediately!
posted by ormondsacker at 9:24 AM on October 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by ormondsacker at 9:24 AM on October 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
Idiots, morons ext..
Incidentally, there are still people alive for whom these words are not defanged.
posted by Blasdelb at 9:53 AM on October 5, 2012
Incidentally, there are still people alive for whom these words are not defanged.
posted by Blasdelb at 9:53 AM on October 5, 2012
Wait wait. It's Griphus with a short i? THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING.
Also, anyone who has blanket fort and easy bake oven parties is obviously the most joyful person ever.
posted by Lutoslawski at 9:55 AM on October 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
Also, anyone who has blanket fort and easy bake oven parties is obviously the most joyful person ever.
posted by Lutoslawski at 9:55 AM on October 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
Cortex, I love that you are keeping the joke form alive and you are good at telling them.
posted by Miko at 10:48 AM on October 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Miko at 10:48 AM on October 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
I think you have to go to Japan to see it. Also probably speak Japanese. Will these obstacles some day be surmounted?
(Yes, they still only show it at the museum. The soundtrack CD is findable, though. Get it. It's lovely.)
posted by mintcake! at 10:56 AM on October 5, 2012
(Yes, they still only show it at the museum. The soundtrack CD is findable, though. Get it. It's lovely.)
posted by mintcake! at 10:56 AM on October 5, 2012
Cortex, I love that you are keeping the joke form alive and you are good at telling them.
I hope we can make "cortex tells a joke" a regular podcast feature.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 11:09 AM on October 5, 2012 [2 favorites]
I hope we can make "cortex tells a joke" a regular podcast feature.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 11:09 AM on October 5, 2012 [2 favorites]
I hope we can make "cortex tells a joke" a regular podcast feature.
Twist my arm. Though I watched Mel Brooks tell a super simple old joke the other day (a man gets in a terrible accident, in the ambulance headed for the hospital a paramedic puts a pillow under his head, says, 'are you comfortable', the guys shrugs and says, 'I make a living?'), and nailed it so perfectly and so offhand that just the thought of it gives me stage fright by comparison.
We should really make a working document for Regular Podcast Features and assign that stuff a few days ahead of time, as long as we're being all calendar-smart about this stuff lately. Josh: tell a joke! Mention some music! Jess: what's up with mossariums? Vermont police blotter news! Matt: how's bikes? Tell us what you made pb do last month! Etc. Could be a thing.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:40 AM on October 5, 2012
Twist my arm. Though I watched Mel Brooks tell a super simple old joke the other day (a man gets in a terrible accident, in the ambulance headed for the hospital a paramedic puts a pillow under his head, says, 'are you comfortable', the guys shrugs and says, 'I make a living?'), and nailed it so perfectly and so offhand that just the thought of it gives me stage fright by comparison.
We should really make a working document for Regular Podcast Features and assign that stuff a few days ahead of time, as long as we're being all calendar-smart about this stuff lately. Josh: tell a joke! Mention some music! Jess: what's up with mossariums? Vermont police blotter news! Matt: how's bikes? Tell us what you made pb do last month! Etc. Could be a thing.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:40 AM on October 5, 2012
Needs a snappy title for the regular Roguelike feature.
posted by Artw at 11:43 AM on October 5, 2012
posted by Artw at 11:43 AM on October 5, 2012
"You're listening to Where It's @, with Josh Millard..."
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:49 AM on October 5, 2012 [5 favorites]
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:49 AM on October 5, 2012 [5 favorites]
Twist my arm
i had a weird chill where for a tiny split second i thought i was being called to the teacher's desk. also because i was doing a little transcribing and it happened to be cortex's grow room story. and i thought oh no i'm doing it wrong already, and how the hell did a mod find out? eyes everywhere!
posted by twist my arm at 12:08 PM on October 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
i had a weird chill where for a tiny split second i thought i was being called to the teacher's desk. also because i was doing a little transcribing and it happened to be cortex's grow room story. and i thought oh no i'm doing it wrong already, and how the hell did a mod find out? eyes everywhere!
posted by twist my arm at 12:08 PM on October 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
Yeah, I've been listening to the Squeecast (which is delightful) and I really like their format - everyone brings a thing to the table and kind of prepares a little "this is why it's cool" thing, then there's discussion, then they either harass their guest or have a topic to wander off on. It works really well for keeping sometimes as many as 5 people talking without stepping on one another. Doesn't necessarily apply, but I have wondered how to make the podcast work if we wanted more of us on it at once.
posted by restless_nomad (staff) at 1:23 PM on October 5, 2012
posted by restless_nomad (staff) at 1:23 PM on October 5, 2012
the man of twists and turns: This is pure gut feeling, since I can't seem to work the infodumpster, but I feel like there have been more posts in the last few months.
I had the same impression a little while ago, but every time I've stopped and counted any given day's total number of posts, it seems to be on what I remember being the latest average (just under 30 posts per day) or actually fewer. I'd love to see the numbers - I can't figure out how to use the Infodumpster to calculate this.
posted by flex at 1:40 PM on October 5, 2012
I had the same impression a little while ago, but every time I've stopped and counted any given day's total number of posts, it seems to be on what I remember being the latest average (just under 30 posts per day) or actually fewer. I'd love to see the numbers - I can't figure out how to use the Infodumpster to calculate this.
posted by flex at 1:40 PM on October 5, 2012
It's a few months old, but I graphed the monthly number of posts to all the Metafilter subsites.
posted by Pronoiac at 1:54 PM on October 5, 2012
posted by Pronoiac at 1:54 PM on October 5, 2012
The pace has slowed a bit on transcribing the older transcripts, incidentally,* and I don't think anyone's feelings would be hurt if you looked into getting outside help. I think only around a dozen people have worked on them so far, and I worry about people quietly burning out. If Fanscribed would be helpful with Mechanical Turk, I'd be happy to set it up.
*Of course this reminded me to check on the older transcript effort, and I just now noticed that beryllium transcribed most of episode 65 on Tuesday. (Thanks, beryllium!) So, I just set up episode 63, and I might be totally wrong about the rest, too. :)
posted by Pronoiac at 5:27 PM on October 5, 2012
*Of course this reminded me to check on the older transcript effort, and I just now noticed that beryllium transcribed most of episode 65 on Tuesday. (Thanks, beryllium!) So, I just set up episode 63, and I might be totally wrong about the rest, too. :)
posted by Pronoiac at 5:27 PM on October 5, 2012
how do transcribing services work exactly? i'm trying to picture how a computer or non-mefite human would be able to understand the breadth of wordage on display. from bizarre usernames to memes to metafilter inside-jokes to puns-- how would that happen?
another option would be some more intensive crowd-sourcing like the askme backtagging you guys mentioned in the podcast. but that was (excuse my lack of computer knowledge here) coded onto metafilter somehow, if i'm not mistaken. anyways, so not the same way, but psychologically having a little constant nudge there.
30 seconds is short enough to be do-able, but even then, some clips are hard, what with the cross-talk. some clips are harder than others to get right. tagging is less of a commitment. keywords vs all the words. not all 30 secondses are created equal.
posted by twist my arm at 6:54 PM on October 5, 2012
another option would be some more intensive crowd-sourcing like the askme backtagging you guys mentioned in the podcast. but that was (excuse my lack of computer knowledge here) coded onto metafilter somehow, if i'm not mistaken. anyways, so not the same way, but psychologically having a little constant nudge there.
30 seconds is short enough to be do-able, but even then, some clips are hard, what with the cross-talk. some clips are harder than others to get right. tagging is less of a commitment. keywords vs all the words. not all 30 secondses are created equal.
posted by twist my arm at 6:54 PM on October 5, 2012
Wait... WHAT?
Matt, what the hell were you doing in Belgium without posting an IRL thread?
posted by Blasdelb at 11:54 AM on October 6, 2012
Matt, what the hell were you doing in Belgium without posting an IRL thread?
posted by Blasdelb at 11:54 AM on October 6, 2012
how do transcribing services work exactly? i'm trying to picture how a computer or non-mefite human would be able to understand the breadth of wordage on display.
Depending upon how the final transcript is used, you can image how it would enhance a google subject search if submitted properly. Just one example.
Also, metafilter is a text-based site. Many deaf and hard of hearing have full access to the site *except* the podcasts which, IMHO, adds to the community and admin feeling of the site. I am a huge fan of access for everyone and the podcast is a blast to do.
Appreciate all of the work you have done on this episode!
posted by TangerineGurl at 3:14 PM on October 6, 2012
Depending upon how the final transcript is used, you can image how it would enhance a google subject search if submitted properly. Just one example.
Also, metafilter is a text-based site. Many deaf and hard of hearing have full access to the site *except* the podcasts which, IMHO, adds to the community and admin feeling of the site. I am a huge fan of access for everyone and the podcast is a blast to do.
Appreciate all of the work you have done on this episode!
posted by TangerineGurl at 3:14 PM on October 6, 2012
no i understand the utility of transcripts, sorry if i wasn't clear. there was some talk on the podcast of farming out the transcription duties to some really cheap service, Pronoiac brought it up as well right above us, and i was just wondering what a transcription service is, like do human beings do it? just curious.
credit to flex for tearing up some shit all day. she bridged the gap. but i just made a new one.
posted by twist my arm at 6:56 PM on October 6, 2012
credit to flex for tearing up some shit all day. she bridged the gap. but i just made a new one.
posted by twist my arm at 6:56 PM on October 6, 2012
Oh that wasn't just me, yuwtze was filling in a bunch of those. Never done this before but now I have the hang of it it's kind of fun - the overlapping dialogue is a bit of a challenge - but this Fanscribed thing makes this quite accessible for anyone to jump in and do a little bit - great idea & good on you for setting it up, Pronoiac.
posted by flex at 7:18 PM on October 6, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by flex at 7:18 PM on October 6, 2012 [1 favorite]
The transcription for this podcast is 100% Complete!
(fanscribed page)
posted by TangerineGurl at 12:19 PM on October 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
(fanscribed page)
posted by TangerineGurl at 12:19 PM on October 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
This might be too meta, but the transcripts get mentioned around 74 minutes in - here's a link to that timestamp in the Fanscribed transcript. I want to do that on the wiki, but I don't see a way to do it without really ugly formatting.
twist my arm: how do transcribing services work exactly? i'm trying to picture how a computer or non-mefite human would be able to understand the breadth of wordage on display. from bizarre usernames to memes to metafilter inside-jokes to puns-- how would that happen?
I think the cheaply done transcriptions are farmed out to people on Mechanical Turk. Quality would probably vary drastically.
I could imagine getting an audiofile per speaker, and seeing how Dragon Dictate handles it. Though, I tried that myself, listening to the podcast & repeating everything into a microphone - it took longer to do that & fix the errors than to just type it in the first place.
posted by Pronoiac at 12:20 PM on October 7, 2012
twist my arm: how do transcribing services work exactly? i'm trying to picture how a computer or non-mefite human would be able to understand the breadth of wordage on display. from bizarre usernames to memes to metafilter inside-jokes to puns-- how would that happen?
I think the cheaply done transcriptions are farmed out to people on Mechanical Turk. Quality would probably vary drastically.
I could imagine getting an audiofile per speaker, and seeing how Dragon Dictate handles it. Though, I tried that myself, listening to the podcast & repeating everything into a microphone - it took longer to do that & fix the errors than to just type it in the first place.
posted by Pronoiac at 12:20 PM on October 7, 2012
thanks for the explanation. btw transcribing is done, i don't know if you want reviews done as well? b/c that has stalled at 29%.
well, as i said before, i think having a constant push a la the askme backtagging would help because as you said, though i wasn't involved in the earlier transcripts and don't know how they worked out, but on this one at least it definitely seemed to be a small number of people doing large chunks over several days. be a lot easier if there were more people involved. i don't know how popular the podcasts are, or how many people read the transcripts, others might have a better idea on that.
yuwtze-- my bad! for leaving you out earlier. props.
posted by twist my arm at 12:29 PM on October 7, 2012
well, as i said before, i think having a constant push a la the askme backtagging would help because as you said, though i wasn't involved in the earlier transcripts and don't know how they worked out, but on this one at least it definitely seemed to be a small number of people doing large chunks over several days. be a lot easier if there were more people involved. i don't know how popular the podcasts are, or how many people read the transcripts, others might have a better idea on that.
yuwtze-- my bad! for leaving you out earlier. props.
posted by twist my arm at 12:29 PM on October 7, 2012
oops, TangerineGurl with the good news, 10 minutes ago.
ha-- i did the part of the podcast talking about the transcription. i was well-aware of the meta-ness of the moment and told myself to stop being hypnotized by my own navel and keep typing.
posted by twist my arm at 12:34 PM on October 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
ha-- i did the part of the podcast talking about the transcription. i was well-aware of the meta-ness of the moment and told myself to stop being hypnotized by my own navel and keep typing.
posted by twist my arm at 12:34 PM on October 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
twist my arm, I would love reviews. The way that works is that it plays two 30-second segments, back to back. If you're the only reviewer, though, the next review you get overlaps 30 seconds with the previous one, which gets tiresome quickly. The best way I found to cope with that, was to listen just far enough into the second part to make sure that nothing got lost or duplicated between the segments, then move on to the next review.
I ought to document that on the wiki, and also link the related wiki pages on the Fanscribed page.
posted by Pronoiac at 12:34 PM on October 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
I ought to document that on the wiki, and also link the related wiki pages on the Fanscribed page.
posted by Pronoiac at 12:34 PM on October 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
The review:
Not really necessary IMHO. I tend to seam-up on the read tab through the edit button as I go. Although I did see several "??" near the beginning of the transcript (signifies WTF are they saying) that I wanted to go over to see if I can clarify the parts that were more difficult.
Pronoiac you can link it in the wiki just like you did up there. Too meta NOT to mention!
posted by TangerineGurl at 1:44 PM on October 7, 2012
Not really necessary IMHO. I tend to seam-up on the read tab through the edit button as I go. Although I did see several "??" near the beginning of the transcript (signifies WTF are they saying) that I wanted to go over to see if I can clarify the parts that were more difficult.
Pronoiac you can link it in the wiki just like you did up there. Too meta NOT to mention!
posted by TangerineGurl at 1:44 PM on October 7, 2012
Yeah, I found myself with a few hours to kill this weekend, so I jumped in. Never done any transcription before, and I was somewhat inconsistent in terms of style, but it was fun nonetheless.
twist my arm, no worries. It's easy enough to miss a contributor.
TangerineGurl, while I'd say the reviews aren't necessary, they're certainly helpful. I've done 30 or so of the reviews that are done so far, and I feel like I've corrected an error or so in pretty much every segment (whether that be typos, missed words, misheard phrases, or something that I can make out that the transcriber could not), so if someone was so inclined, it's worth doing.
posted by yuwtze at 10:39 PM on October 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
twist my arm, no worries. It's easy enough to miss a contributor.
TangerineGurl, while I'd say the reviews aren't necessary, they're certainly helpful. I've done 30 or so of the reviews that are done so far, and I feel like I've corrected an error or so in pretty much every segment (whether that be typos, missed words, misheard phrases, or something that I can make out that the transcriber could not), so if someone was so inclined, it's worth doing.
posted by yuwtze at 10:39 PM on October 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
Apparently I should be paying more attention to the podcast. Thanks for the shoutout and thanks to Ellie for letting me know!
posted by ersatz at 3:38 AM on October 8, 2012
posted by ersatz at 3:38 AM on October 8, 2012
With this transcript completed, I just want to thank the transcribers very much. It's a difficult task - I've started on some older episodes, and it took me half an hour to advance five minutes. Good job guys!
posted by undue influence at 5:16 AM on October 8, 2012
posted by undue influence at 5:16 AM on October 8, 2012
I've dipped in to try transcribing and even though I'm listenign to myself talk, it's still challening. Is the system working okay for you Pronoiac? Is there anything we could offer up in terms of resources at a site level that would help?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:00 AM on October 8, 2012
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:00 AM on October 8, 2012
oh god why is there a Christmas Story sequel
whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
posted by Pronoiac at 11:23 AM on October 8, 2012
whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
posted by Pronoiac at 11:23 AM on October 8, 2012
Richard Garfield, the inventor of Magic, has a PhD in math. He studied combinatorics and was a student of Herbert Wilf, who was in general quite interested in What Computers Can Do. (I knew Wilf; I do not know Garfield.) Although reasoning from the advisor's interests to the student's interests is dangerous, this is a long-winded way of saying that it wouldn't surprise me if the thought of Magic being Turing-complete had at least crossed Garfield's mind.
posted by madcaptenor at 4:42 PM on October 8, 2012
posted by madcaptenor at 4:42 PM on October 8, 2012
I've assembled some notes on using Fanscribed over on the wiki, and I'll put that link on the Fanscribed pages from now on.
TangerineGurl: Pronoiac you can link it in the wiki just like you did up there. Too meta NOT to mention!
That's not what I was thinking, but now that you mentioned it, I did! I'm still thinking of the wiki as the long-term location of the transcripts, but the transcripts on the wiki can't get linkable timestamps, without some ugliness.
jessamyn: Is the system working okay for you Pronoiac?
I'm good! I'm pretty happy both with Fanscribed and my new role with it, whatever that role is.
To deal with crosstalk, I'd ask for per-speaker audio files, but I don't want to deal with the space requirements or Fanscribed integration.
All right, I lie. It would be so cool.
posted by Pronoiac at 7:02 PM on October 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
TangerineGurl: Pronoiac you can link it in the wiki just like you did up there. Too meta NOT to mention!
That's not what I was thinking, but now that you mentioned it, I did! I'm still thinking of the wiki as the long-term location of the transcripts, but the transcripts on the wiki can't get linkable timestamps, without some ugliness.
jessamyn: Is the system working okay for you Pronoiac?
I'm good! I'm pretty happy both with Fanscribed and my new role with it, whatever that role is.
To deal with crosstalk, I'd ask for per-speaker audio files, but I don't want to deal with the space requirements or Fanscribed integration.
All right, I lie. It would be so cool.
posted by Pronoiac at 7:02 PM on October 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
It's a few months old, but I graphed the monthly number of posts to all the Metafilter subsites.
What's that bump-dip-bump in MeTa around the founding of AskMe?
posted by griphus at 6:23 AM on October 9, 2012
What's that bump-dip-bump in MeTa around the founding of AskMe?
posted by griphus at 6:23 AM on October 9, 2012
Askme originally shared a db table with Metatalk, and while it was all eventually ported to a nice clean table of its own the remains of those early heady askme days remain like some hidden lump of treasure beneath the grounds of the contemporary metatalk posts, invisible until you do a survey like this.
We really should probably just remove them from the db at some point since I think it's straight duplicate info, but it hasn't really been a problem either so, eh.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:06 AM on October 9, 2012
We really should probably just remove them from the db at some point since I think it's straight duplicate info, but it hasn't really been a problem either so, eh.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:06 AM on October 9, 2012
Is there anything we could offer up in terms of resources at a site level that would help?
Would it work to give Pronoiac a heads up on new podcasts, so you can have a link to the fanscribed page as part of the post?
posted by zamboni at 12:13 PM on October 9, 2012 [3 favorites]
Would it work to give Pronoiac a heads up on new podcasts, so you can have a link to the fanscribed page as part of the post?
posted by zamboni at 12:13 PM on October 9, 2012 [3 favorites]
Metafilter: a lecture on finite element modeling in the middle of a program review.
posted by herbplarfegan at 12:13 PM on October 10, 2012
posted by herbplarfegan at 12:13 PM on October 10, 2012
"To deal with crosstalk, I'd ask for per-speaker audio files, but I don't want to deal with the space requirements or Fanscribed integration.
All right, I lie. It would be so cool."
Pronoiac if you can find a way to have the separate audio tracks load up in fanscribed, that would surely solve the overlap issues that are most difficult to transcribe.
And if you find a way to do it, please document your work? It would be nice for the creator of fanscribed to find a way to add that feature into the software by default.
I know full-well that Skype conversations and delays therein make audio overlapping inevitable.
posted by TangerineGurl at 7:08 PM on October 13, 2012
All right, I lie. It would be so cool."
Pronoiac if you can find a way to have the separate audio tracks load up in fanscribed, that would surely solve the overlap issues that are most difficult to transcribe.
And if you find a way to do it, please document your work? It would be nice for the creator of fanscribed to find a way to add that feature into the software by default.
I know full-well that Skype conversations and delays therein make audio overlapping inevitable.
posted by TangerineGurl at 7:08 PM on October 13, 2012
Sure thing, TangerineGurl! Though I feel like I should point out: I don't have per-speaker audio files, and I'm not a Python hacker. I think a rough draft could be done with custom Javascript and HTML5 audio.
If anyone does word-by-word crosstalk, I will be furious.
posted by Pronoiac at 9:54 PM on October 13, 2012
If anyone does word-by-word crosstalk, I will be furious.
posted by Pronoiac at 9:54 PM on October 13, 2012
I know full-well that Skype conversations and delays therein make audio overlapping inevitable.
We don't really run into serious issues from the Skype side of things—practically speaking lag has never been a big issue there—but audio overlapping's pretty inevitable for us in any case because we're a bunch of overtalking ninnies in any case.
In any case, per-speaker files is something we could potentially make available going forward but I think Matt did some poking around and established he doesn't have those around for past podcasts anymore. I've got some of them for the last year or two worth of podcasts but unfortunately that's pre-edit raw files so they'd be unreliable in both timecode and content compared to the released product.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:17 AM on October 14, 2012 [2 favorites]
We don't really run into serious issues from the Skype side of things—practically speaking lag has never been a big issue there—but audio overlapping's pretty inevitable for us in any case because we're a bunch of overtalking ninnies in any case.
In any case, per-speaker files is something we could potentially make available going forward but I think Matt did some poking around and established he doesn't have those around for past podcasts anymore. I've got some of them for the last year or two worth of podcasts but unfortunately that's pre-edit raw files so they'd be unreliable in both timecode and content compared to the released product.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:17 AM on October 14, 2012 [2 favorites]
Ah. I'd figured you guys still had old GarageBand files around.
posted by Pronoiac at 9:32 PM on October 15, 2012
posted by Pronoiac at 9:32 PM on October 15, 2012
I think Matt needs the hard drive space for torrenting bike races or something.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:13 AM on October 16, 2012
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:13 AM on October 16, 2012
So, I just set up episode 63, and I might be totally wrong about the rest, too. :)
And Podcast 63 is now pretty much done. There's several bits where it's difficult to make out what people are saying - look for the "?]" markers.
posted by zamboni at 7:55 AM on October 19, 2012
And Podcast 63 is now pretty much done. There's several bits where it's difficult to make out what people are saying - look for the "?]" markers.
posted by zamboni at 7:55 AM on October 19, 2012
Resolved all those mysteries just now. Highlights:
- I actually am mumbling/laughing incoherently sometimes
- Matt saying "Willamette Week" a local alt newsweekly
- Jess saying she saw the Grateful Dead in Missoula
- The train take twelve hours, not small dollars
- Matt talking about a Long Now clock
- Jess saying (I think) "Are they DC comics people?" rather than "...see congresspeople?"
- Not long way back, Wrong Way Go Back!
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:58 AM on October 19, 2012
- I actually am mumbling/laughing incoherently sometimes
- Matt saying "Willamette Week" a local alt newsweekly
- Jess saying she saw the Grateful Dead in Missoula
- The train take twelve hours, not small dollars
- Matt talking about a Long Now clock
- Jess saying (I think) "Are they DC comics people?" rather than "...see congresspeople?"
- Not long way back, Wrong Way Go Back!
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:58 AM on October 19, 2012
I didn't see the Dead in Missoula... what? Oh, I saw them in Eugene! And yeah that was definitely me saying "DC Comics people"
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:29 AM on October 19, 2012
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:29 AM on October 19, 2012
Oh, right, that's where I was discussing Missoula being the Eugene of Montana, just got my wires crossed reporting it here.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:48 AM on October 19, 2012
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:48 AM on October 19, 2012
Yay! *high-fives zamboni, twist my arm, and everyone else who worked on #63!* And thanks, cortex, for clearing up the mysteries! I try to check mysterious phrases against the posts themselves (and by searching MeFi or Google, when that doesn't work)--if I didn't I'
posted by beryllium at 10:36 AM on October 19, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by beryllium at 10:36 AM on October 19, 2012 [2 favorites]
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d have quite a number more of them!
(Notably, in this podcast, we nearly had "Triumph of the Whale", which is an 1812 poem by Charles Lamb, an essayist known for his retellings of Shakespeare plays for children, instead of "Triumph of the Will", the 1935 Nazi propaganda film.
Also, I misunderstood Lawrence Lessig as Morris Lessig, despite the fact that nobody of the latter name appears to have done anything interesting ever. I'm sorry if I threw you by leaving off there, zamboni!
Previous podcast transcriptions have briefly featured "1896 AOL chatspeak" and "Year of the Mountain Now Dog", which I have decided makes a good birthday greeting.)
posted by beryllium at 10:59 AM on October 19, 2012 [1 favorite]
d have quite a number more of them!
(Notably, in this podcast, we nearly had "Triumph of the Whale", which is an 1812 poem by Charles Lamb, an essayist known for his retellings of Shakespeare plays for children, instead of "Triumph of the Will", the 1935 Nazi propaganda film.
Also, I misunderstood Lawrence Lessig as Morris Lessig, despite the fact that nobody of the latter name appears to have done anything interesting ever. I'm sorry if I threw you by leaving off there, zamboni!
Previous podcast transcriptions have briefly featured "1896 AOL chatspeak" and "Year of the Mountain Now Dog", which I have decided makes a good birthday greeting.)
posted by beryllium at 10:59 AM on October 19, 2012 [1 favorite]
Yay, episode 63 is done, episode 62 is open.
I just realized I ought to make a Projects post about transcripts, to allow ongoing conversation, but I'm not sure what link to use. Suggestions?
posted by Pronoiac at 1:34 PM on October 19, 2012
I just realized I ought to make a Projects post about transcripts, to allow ongoing conversation, but I'm not sure what link to use. Suggestions?
posted by Pronoiac at 1:34 PM on October 19, 2012
I was just thinking earlier that a Projects post would be a good idea! I'd suggest either the page on the MeFi wiki that was on the sidebar, or if a Projects post needs to be of something you yourself control, perhaps the front page of your wiki, since that also has links to all the Fanscribed pages?
posted by beryllium at 2:06 PM on October 19, 2012
posted by beryllium at 2:06 PM on October 19, 2012
Or actually, the Podcast page on the MeFi Wiki is probably a better choice, in terms of having explanation for new people wanting to jump in and extensive links, if you want to use something from that wiki. (If you need to use your wiki as the project page, adding a link to the Fanscribed notes page might be a good idea.)
posted by beryllium at 2:10 PM on October 19, 2012
posted by beryllium at 2:10 PM on October 19, 2012
Hang on, I'll get back to that shortly. I have an even more important question:
Should we transcribe last year's April Fools Day Metafilter Comics Digest Podcast?
posted by Pronoiac at 3:19 PM on October 19, 2012
Should we transcribe last year's April Fools Day Metafilter Comics Digest Podcast?
posted by Pronoiac at 3:19 PM on October 19, 2012
Okay, the podcast transcripts are on Projects.
posted by Pronoiac at 7:48 PM on October 26, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Pronoiac at 7:48 PM on October 26, 2012 [1 favorite]
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posted by the man of twists and turns at 1:17 PM on October 4, 2012