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75: goodnewsfortheinsane interview

mathowie — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:17:13 -0800

Episode 75 of the podcast features an interview with our newest moderator, goodnewsfortheinsane. Then we recap the best posts of November, the whole thing runs about 1hr 20min.

Interview goodnewsfortheinsane A Melotron MeFi best post contest MetaTalk post MeFi Wiki MeFi Projects The History League shirts of fake sports logos for famous periods/people of the past New Brad Sucks album! Dabbler: learn new stuff each month Cutefight, a place to playfully rank your pets Feedipedia a wiki for livestock feed Advent calendars: Badvent calendar, NYC advent calendar MeFi Posts Pool women cartoons Fire Tornado: firenado! (example) Farmer's Dilemma as a comic story (with an impressive interpretation of it) Explaining the smell you smell after it rains (thanks soil bacteria!) The infinite jukebox will loop your songs forever (using echonest API) Anthony Bourdain's rant against the Travel Channel Glitch is closing, memories here Comic Writers Services lists everything you need to know to write comics Red Rogue! Ask MeFi posts Delicious one-pot meals for busy people Looking for fun board games to play indoors that only last an hour or two (see also: Defective Yeti's annual board game gift guide) MeFi Mall! Stuff for sale from other members What weird stuff can I put in xmas stockings? Is there a name for Glenn Yarbrough's weird facial hair? What are household things you really need when you need them but would forget to have on hand? Might as well have the best: how do you find the best thing made? Tell me about the most relaxing nature documentaries besides Planet Earth/Blue Planet/Microcosmos MeFi Jobs Make me a springtime cthulu doll Musicians needed to make J-pop music MetaTalk posts Juliet Banana in Momentum Magazine MeFi Holiday Gift Drive for kids MeFightClub gamers raising money for Child's Play NanoWriMo recap All about sockpuppets Notable IRL events Pie Meetup! Massive meetup at Guy Fieri's NYC restaurant

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:42:34 -0800

zarq: "It's hard to screw up rice pudding."
He said, tempting fate.

By: Lutoslawski

Lutoslawski — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:43:34 -0800

This link is not for Matt.

By: Pronoiac

Pronoiac — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:18:01 -0800

The Fanscribed transcript page is live!

Want to join in? You can just jump in, or read some tips.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:27:18 -0800

I like jessamyn's eponymous song idea but I do not think I am a good candidate for such a thing.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:38:50 -0800

Careful! This podcast is infested with that attack submarine crew.

By: LobsterMitten

LobsterMitten — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:05:16 -0800

Yay!

"I like America." - gnfti

By: Wordshore

Wordshore — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:07:53 -0800

Half-wish I hadn't listened to this, now. Because I just know, with dread, that when finally meeting Jessamyn I will mess this up and blurt out some variation of "Ah, you must be Specimen West ... doh!"

By: Wordshore

Wordshore — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:38:21 -0800

Ironically, insomniacally listening to the Ask MeFi posts part right now, and a colleague emails me an Ye Gods have you seen this on Ask Yahoo? link. From two years ago (so, no moderation of medically dangerous suggestions on that site).

By: Pronoiac

Pronoiac — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:43:40 -0800

Oh yeah. I can talk about Music a bit.

The first draft of Metafilter Music came up early in the podcast. It launched in 2003:

mathowie: Ok, I guess if anyone is interested in putting their music on this site, you'll need to create two bitrates for your MP3 files, one at 128kbps, the other at something more modem friendly, like I suppose 56kbps.

Toss all your mp3s into a zip file, put them on a server somewhere, then email me where I can download them.

It started breaking in 2005, and it went away completely later that year.

If you look at the Wayback Machine, there's an incomplete archived version, showing literally dozens of posted songs.

The second and current version of Music got started in 2006, before I joined. In 2010, it crossed the 5000-song milestone! Today, it's over 6600 songs.

I have more personal stuff to write about Music, but it's late and it feels a bit spammy / self-promotional, so it can wait until morning.

By: Deoridhe

Deoridhe — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:47:26 -0800

Blasphemers! Do not sully the harpsichord! I and the Adams family bite our thumbs at you, sir!

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 01:16:52 -0800

Wow, goodnews is a mod? That's good news!

By: comealongpole

comealongpole — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 02:47:04 -0800

Good news for the brain!

By: russm

russm — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 02:56:50 -0800

you can do the infinite jukebox thing yourself with Dissociated Studio.

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 05:42:29 -0800

In 2010, it crossed the 5000-song milestone!

And nearly several comments!

By: 256

256 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:14:41 -0800

Sometimes Metafilter seems too big to really think of it as my online community. Then, other times, there's something like this that makes feel like we're all old friends who haven't seen each other in a while but when we do we'll have so much to catch up on. Except we'll skip that part and go straight to the drinks and laughs.

By: gauche

gauche — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:00:05 -0800

Wow, goodnews is a mod? That's good news!

For some people.

I keed, I keed.

By: Artw

Artw — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:19:09 -0800

Blasphemers! Do not sully the harpsichord! I and the Adams family bite our thumbs at you, sir!

Randal and Hopkirk, mofos!

By: cortex

cortex — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 08:28:43 -0800

The thing about the harpsichord is it is basically a bunch of tiny elves each playing a carefully tuned triangle but with no sense of dynamics; the elves just give their respective little triangles a hearty WHAP with their tiny elf stick when prodded by the motion of the key they're standing on.

Which has its uses, but.

By: Artw

Artw — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 08:58:52 -0800

Fun music fact: The Bjork song My Spine is in fact what Bjork's spine sounds like when played by tiny icelandic elves.

By: Greg Nog

Greg Nog — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 14:14:38 -0800

IT IS CORRECT that I will be at BOTH of the mentioned meetups, channeling John Stark in the Times Square meetup and channeling Guy Fieri in the Southern NH meetup!

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:50:47 -0800

Guy Fieri in a kilt.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 10:09:25 -0800

~~Guy Fieri in a kilt.~~
Guy Fieri in a wearable towel?

By: beryllium

beryllium — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:54:35 -0800

Just finished off the transcription on Fanscribed. I would like to note that transcribing the section on Infinite Jukebox was amusingly meta, since hitting the button to skip back five seconds would often skip back to an earlier repeat of Jessamyn singing the same thing. Indeed, that whole section made me quite happy, what with mathowie, jessamyn and cortex all bursting into song at various points!