Followup: it seems that davesecretary has a new-ish blog. [more inside]
posted by archagon to MetaFilter-Related at 11:46 AM PST - 66 comments

What are your New Year's resolutions for MetaFilter? As in, I resolve to attend more meetups in Iceland without making gender-based assumptions about the other attendees. [more inside]
posted by desjardins to MetaFilter-Related at 6:57 AM PST - 192 comments

Thank you for deleting me. [more inside]
posted by pianomover to Etiquette/Policy at 2:38 PM PST - 121 comments

For those who are interested, Iranian officials have confirmed hoder's arrest. His "case is under preliminary investigation and he is in custody." The old (closed) Metatalk thread about his initial disappearance is here.
posted by schroedinger to MetaFilter-Related at 7:08 AM PST - 44 comments

The Chicago cabal* has given its blessing on a separate northside Meetup! So what say, Chicago northsiders? Any night but Wednesday, Tommy Nevins? Prairie Moon? I don't hang out in bars (--cough--), so I'm open to suggestions. *TINC [more inside]
posted by nax to MetaFilter Gatherings at 4:03 PM PST - 48 comments

I met Marisa Stole the Precious Thing for coffee earlier today and he and I thought it was about time Iceland had a MetaFilter meet-up. So, MeFites in Reykjavík and nearby towns, are you game for a meet-up on January 2nd?
posted by Kattullus to MetaFilter Gatherings at 9:24 AM PST - 148 comments

"Hi, I'm from MetaFilter, and I wish to hunt you down, bury you alive and beat you Clockwork Orange-style because I dislike your blog post." [more inside]
posted by cillit bang to Etiquette/Policy at 4:00 PM PST - 128 comments

Kitsap County represent! Meetup time, now that the snow has mostly melted? [more inside]
posted by librarina to MetaFilter Gatherings at 9:39 PM PST - 20 comments

Anyone interested in a Philadelphia meetup? [more inside]
posted by piratebowling to MetaFilter Gatherings at 2:11 PM PST - 105 comments

So come on, what did you get?
posted by Artw to MetaFilter-Related at 10:45 AM PST - 262 comments

Happy Christmas Metafilter! That is all.
posted by asok to MetaFilter-Related at 4:17 AM PST - 144 comments

What's up with the way favorites are now displayed on Popular Favorites? (See screenshot.) [more inside]
posted by nitsuj to MetaFilter-Related at 12:08 PM PST - 23 comments

Giga-meetup at 3.171 nano-Herz? [more inside]
posted by StickyCarpet to MetaFilter Gatherings at 11:21 AM PST - 44 comments

FPP link leads to spyware. [more inside]
posted by availablelight to Bugs at 8:54 AM PST - 30 comments

"I like to sing Jingle Bell Rock, but using only the words "bell", "rock", and "jingle": bell rock jingle rock Bell jingle rock Rock jingle rock Bell jingle bell Rock bell Jingle Rock rock bell Jingle rock, jingle rock Bell bell bell Drives my wife nuts. I'd record an MP3 of me doing it if someone could find me a karaoke track. posted by PinkStainlessTail at 12:25 PM on December 22, 2004 [8 favorites +] [!]"... [more inside]
posted by vapidave to MetaFilter Music at 10:23 PM PST - 60 comments

It seems like half the time I try to post an answer on the green, it will show up saying it was successfully posted, then disappear. This isn't just in preview, it POSTs the comment and I get a full HTML page back with the new comment included. But if I look later, anytime between minutes and hours later, the comment's gone. It disappears from my posting history too, and I've gotten no mail from admins or anything like that. This doesn't seem to happen on the blue.
posted by vsync to Bugs at 9:24 PM PST - 30 comments

Today's Marketplace (skip to 22:30) from American Public Media made a special comment on the Givewell Holden Karnofsky astroturfing saga, almost certainly due to feedback by you people.
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 to MetaFilter-Related at 4:04 PM PST - 130 comments

Wow. I'm so impressed with the healthy, interesting, and totally civil (from what I've read) discussion in this post . I just wanted to say THANK YOU. :) [more inside]
posted by miss lynnster to MetaFilter-Related at 11:55 AM PST - 112 comments

Redboxes...you always wanted one! [more inside]
posted by TomMelee to MetaFilter-Related at 9:27 AM PST - 2 comments [closed]

There are x MetaFilter links to this post... [more inside]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson to Feature Requests at 9:13 AM PST - 27 comments

Gay Mefi Cabal Roll Call [more inside]
posted by greekphilosophy to MetaFilter-Related at 9:13 AM PST - 20 comments [closed]

Dallas: meetup December 26! , 27, or 28? [more inside]
posted by item to MetaFilter Gatherings at 8:00 PM PST - 18 comments

Sometimes the ads really are the best thing on AskMe [more inside]
posted by Riemann to MetaFilter-Related at 6:40 PM PST - 20 comments

Problems uploading to MeMusic? [more inside]
posted by clcapps to Bugs at 4:47 PM PST - 11 comments

Maybe it's just my love of ἀρετή, but to me, the best thing about the end of the year is the best-of-year lists. I can't help it! I love it when professionals and friends start reeling off their picks of excellence in a Gregorian-calendrically-delimited fashion. Could we have just one place where Mefites get to say what were the best albums, books, movies, poems, gadgets, concerts, political events, celebrity pratfalls, Supreme Court opinions, and websites of 2008? And could this thread be the place? [more inside]
posted by anotherpanacea to MetaFilter-Related at 12:09 PM PST - 261 comments

I'm back in Sydney for early January. Beer? [more inside]
posted by zamboni to MetaFilter Gatherings at 8:15 PM PST - 21 comments

L.A. folks: let's get together and bid farewell to '08. [more inside]
posted by HotPatatta to MetaFilter Gatherings at 6:26 PM PST - 85 comments

In this FPP, pjern averred that almost everyone is familiar with airliners.net; the resultant answers from people who were innocent of it led me to search out what other things everybody knows, according to FPPs: [more inside]
posted by ricochet biscuit to MetaFilter-Related at 1:02 PM PST - 172 comments

Does it mean something when a Meetup thread isn't updated after the event?
posted by four panels to MetaFilter Gatherings at 1:41 PM PST - 94 comments

I AM THE KEEPER OF THE MONTHLYMETAMICHAVEMEETUP. YOUR NEXT CHICAGO MEETUP WILL BE... [more inside]
posted by eamondaly to MetaFilter Gatherings at 1:24 PM PST - 41 comments

Tucson or Nogales area meetup on Monday, Dec 22nd? [more inside]
posted by pjern to MetaFilter Gatherings at 11:36 AM PST - 10 comments

AskMe category tag for History? [more inside]
posted by liketitanic to Feature Requests at 9:47 AM PST - 18 comments

Looking for the amazing thread, from a couple years ago (?), that became an anthology of stories about really dangerous things we did as kids. [more inside]
posted by Miko to MetaFilter-Related at 8:42 AM PST - 37 comments

Metaprinter: Q&A with MetaFilter.com founder Matt Haughey
posted by ColdChef to MetaFilter-Related at 8:41 AM PST - 16 comments

You have got to be shitting me.
posted by KokuRyu to Etiquette/Policy at 8:10 PM PST - 122 comments

Just wanted to float an idea about Ask Mefi categories. [more inside]
posted by WCityMike to MetaFilter-Related at 6:40 PM PST - 29 comments

Secret Quonsar Thank You Thread! [more inside]
posted by sugarfish to MetaFilter Gatherings at 5:33 PM PST - 97 comments

We're considering a new feature and could use some help kicking the tires. [more inside]
posted by pb to Feature Requests at 4:56 PM PST - 220 comments

When I try to open mefi on my computer at home, the system freezes. [more inside]
posted by symbioid to Bugs at 2:10 PM PST - 22 comments

art-sam is a chronic self-linker. [more inside]
posted by bardic to Etiquette/Policy at 2:04 AM PST - 105 comments

With the roaring success of the last Melbourne meetup, I propose another one. [more inside]
posted by wilful to MetaFilter Gatherings at 9:16 PM PST - 53 comments

Its been a tough month, but you are good people. I would like to thank you. [more inside]
posted by allkindsoftime to MetaFilter-Related at 8:33 AM PST - 26 comments

I seem to remember an fpp about a webpage that acts as a google translate frontend. It supposedly makes translating quickly between languages a bit easier. Does this sound familiar to any of you?
posted by matkline to MetaFilter-Related at 9:41 PM PST - 4 comments

Are you one of the sad people who have to come back to the DMV to work on the 29th, 30th, and 31st (for half the goddamn day)? If so, how about an end-of-year meet-up in King Street, Alexandria or somewhere else on Blue/Orange Line (Eastern Market)?
posted by parmanparman to MetaFilter Gatherings at 3:59 PM PST - 72 comments

What's up with gas prices? [more inside]
posted by BrnP84 to MetaFilter-Related at 10:56 PM PST - 39 comments [closed]

MeFites + Snow = AWESOME. That's why we should have a meetup in the Lake Tahoe area on Sunday, February 1st, at a snowpark. [more inside]
posted by scrump to MetaFilter Gatherings at 6:14 PM PST - 80 comments

This is why I paid the five bucks. [more inside]
posted by Joe Beese to MetaFilter-Related at 6:34 PM PST - 150 comments

The use of "let me google that for you" is getting a little snarky.
posted by desjardins to Etiquette/Policy at 2:52 PM PST - 73 comments

Hermitosis, you got some 'splainin' to do! [more inside]
posted by explosion to MetaFilter-Related at 2:09 PM PST - 50 comments

When is it okay for the sexiness/attractiveness of a woman to be discussed? The Amanda Palmer post versus the Grace Jones post. [more inside]
posted by lord_wolf to Etiquette/Policy at 11:41 AM PST - 154 comments

How about a London meet-up for an out-of-towner? I'll be visiting for a couple of weeks and may be lonely! [more inside]
posted by booknerd to MetaFilter Gatherings at 9:04 AM PST - 48 comments

While I understand that this was a "stunt post", why are some threads deleted and others are simply closed to new comments? [more inside]
posted by gman to MetaFilter-Related at 4:23 AM PST - 96 comments [closed]

It's coming up on that most wonderful givewell time of the year. [more inside]
posted by tractorfeed to MetaFilter-Related at 7:40 PM PST - 112 comments

MagCloud, HP's invitation-only PDF magazine publishing service FunkyHelix posted about in June, and which I managed to get in on the beta and have been playing around with, sent me ten invites via email to send to whoever I wanted. I don't really have anyone to give them to so I'm offering them here to whoever wants one. [more inside]
posted by JHarris to MetaFilter-Related at 4:03 PM PST - 7 comments [closed]

I remember an Ask Metafilter question in which it was asked whether, if the current Queen of England went by a name based on her forename and surname (the format many of us go by, such as "John Smith" or "Jane Doe"), what that name would be. I can't seem to find it under the "queen" tag or via a Google search. [more inside]
posted by WCityMike to MetaFilter-Related at 3:13 PM PST - 69 comments

Howdy, Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL- let's have a meetup the first weekend in January! [more inside]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero to MetaFilter Gatherings at 8:29 AM PST - 29 comments

An offhand comment by Pastabagel leads to the creation and explosive growth of an entirely new field of studies: Deskology, a song and a poem. [more inside]
posted by nooneyouknow to MetaFilter-Related at 10:59 PM PST - 77 comments

A follow-up to last year's AskMe about Chuck E. Cheese. [more inside]
posted by k8t to MetaFilter-Related at 6:39 PM PST - 39 comments

Christmas? Chanukah? Kwaanza? Festivus? Who the hell cares!? Everybody knows the funnest holiday ever is really SanFranProdigalMefitesMeetupMas! This year, it falls on December 27th! Share your festive ideas and traditional SanFranProdigalMefitesMeetupMas customs inside! [more inside]
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur to MetaFilter Gatherings at 1:33 PM PST - 102 comments

Meetup Durham, NC. New Year's Eve. The Pinhook. Come welcome leesh back to town! [more inside]
posted by Stewriffic to MetaFilter Gatherings at 7:29 AM PST - 43 comments

Just how "Self"-ish does the self-link ban cover? [more inside]
posted by Nice Guy Mike to Etiquette/Policy at 8:33 PM PST - 22 comments

Body-positive feminists, stand UP. [more inside]
posted by peggynature to MetaFilter-Related at 3:07 PM PST - 38 comments [closed]

As a follow up to this post, I ran into this book at Barnes and Noble last night, and I was pretty thrilled to see it (so saullgoodman, your wish was answered). Apparently, the site was turned into a real, legitimate book with Jim Davis' endorsement. I thought this fact was pretty great, with all of the copyright paranoia going on these days. In the secret wishes of my heart, I'd like to think that Metafilter sent some traffic there that helped make it possible. In the beginning of the book, the author talks about how traffic to his site escalated, leading to this new project being possible. [more inside]
posted by SpacemanStix to MetaFilter-Related at 1:48 PM PST - 26 comments

This AskMe thread on helping the homeless really hit me hard. [more inside]
posted by ObscureReferenceMan to MetaFilter-Related at 10:17 AM PST - 25 comments

A report on the outcome of a "Does she like me?" AskMe question. [more inside]
posted by forforf to MetaFilter-Related at 9:24 AM PST - 68 comments

Episode 35 of the MetaFilter Podcast features all three mods talking about the last couple weeks on MetaFilter. It was recorded on December 3rd and after an unfortunate delay, it's finally up. There's a lot of music discussed and sampled and it runs a little more than an hour total. [more inside]
posted by mathowie to MeFi Podcast at 8:23 AM PST - 43 comments

Boston, it's been too long. Is anyone down for one last 2008 meetup? [more inside]
posted by Ryvar to MetaFilter Gatherings at 5:58 PM PST - 93 comments

I'm getting the impression that a huge percentage are like myself: -Mac users, living in Toronto who ten to leave food out on the kitchen counter too long.
posted by bonobothegreat to MetaFilter-Related at 5:17 PM PST - 78 comments

[ICanHazPony?] Can the author's name please link to their profile on the MeMail Inbox?
posted by disillusioned to Feature Requests at 2:42 PM PST - 22 comments

Isn't it mildly (or greatly) annoying when a commenter makes a second comment in order to correct some small spelling error? How about we refrain from joining joke pile-ons focused on those errors? Sometimes they're funny, for a limited time. Often, they start as or quickly become noise. I think they are a reason for people's nervously jumping back in to add the missing f onto that 'of,' which act is itself noise. [more inside]
posted by Kirth Gerson to Etiquette/Policy at 2:17 AM PST - 137 comments

This thread with this comment and the follow up warmed my stoney heart. [more inside]
posted by piratebowling to MetaFilter-Related at 6:05 PM PST - 23 comments

Why was this painting's image removed from this question? [more inside]
posted by geos to Etiquette/Policy at 7:12 AM PST - 146 comments

Question about the order of AskMe questions, or possibly a browser cache issue. [more inside]
posted by odinsdream to Bugs at 1:25 PM PST - 32 comments

*clears throat* What is the exact reason why self-linking is metafilter's #1 sin? Help out this sorta-newbie. [more inside]
posted by sixcolors to MetaFilter-Related at 12:54 PM PST - 75 comments

How about letting posters see that their posts have been flagged? [more inside]
posted by le morte de bea arthur to Feature Requests at 7:44 AM PST - 102 comments

When people say "print out this post and take it to your therapist"....do people do that? How does the therapist react? Does it help? Will they go check out your other posts? [more inside]
posted by sweetkid to MetaFilter-Related at 7:17 PM PST - 55 comments

Same old "tried to add favorite, bumped to top of page" stuff. [more inside]
posted by Sys Rq to Bugs at 4:51 PM PST - 18 comments

Does "Christ, what an asshole" count as an "In Joke"? [more inside]
posted by Joe Beese to Etiquette/Policy at 8:22 AM PST - 231 comments

Moxie Cinema 2.0 is box office boffo! MeFite Bjork24 and wife hand-built (with AskMe help) an independent theater with kitschy appeal that won Springfield, MO's Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2007 and last week moved to its new, hand-built 2-screen home. [more inside]
posted by planetkyoto to MetaFilter-Related at 6:54 AM PST - 37 comments

Recent Photos From All broken for me. I get an instant "connection timeout" and no pictures. Is it just me? I love that page! Make it come back. [more inside]
posted by Devils Rancher to Bugs at 5:40 PM PST - 13 comments

Is there a good way to get email notifications of updates to AskMe threads? [more inside]
posted by Blazecock Pileon to Feature Requests at 1:58 PM PST - 17 comments

This is the more civil Metafilter? [more inside]
posted by tkchrist to Etiquette/Policy at 10:39 PM PST - 388 comments

Vancouver NDP-Liberal coalition rally meetup? (Thursday Dec 4, 6pm, Canada Place) I'm wondering if any mefites want to join me at the pro-coalition rally on Thursday. Maybe beers afterwards as well?
posted by rhinny to MetaFilter Gatherings at 7:46 PM PST - 14 comments

look-who's-here-filter: Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls shows up in a thread about her.
posted by UbuRoivas to MetaFilter-Related at 12:18 PM PST - 150 comments

This is why I still read MetaFilter.
posted by timeistight to MetaFilter-Related at 11:38 AM PST - 52 comments

Wii players of Call of Duty: World at War should post their friend codes in this thread. [more inside]
posted by baphomet to MetaFilter Gatherings at 10:45 AM PST - 9 comments

Austin/Central TX White Elephant Planning Pt. II [pt. 1] We got excited, started the planning, made a few course corrections, figured some things out...and then things dropped off while we still had things to work out. I hope this is okay &, if it isn't, please forgive me and let me know (gently) and I'll never do it again. [more inside]
posted by batmonkey to MetaFilter Gatherings at 10:29 PM PST - 33 comments

A couple years back we did a best post contest in December (winners here). A couple days ago, anotherpanacea suggested we do it again, and it sounded like a good idea, so yeah, consider this the announcement of a December 2008 Awesomest Post of the Official Recession Contest. With Prizes. [more inside]
posted by mathowie to MetaFilter-Related at 5:05 PM PST - 68 comments

I posted a personal project to mefi projects about a year ago. Ive made a few (fairly significant) improvements since. Appropriate to post it again, or abuse? [more inside]
posted by nihlton to Etiquette/Policy at 2:52 PM PST - 5 comments

Category request: Fitness [more inside]
posted by ShootTheMoon to Feature Requests at 11:38 AM PST - 61 comments

Show us your wares! We're going to do a MeFi Mall page again for holidaytime this year. If you'd like to be included, please drop me a line with your username, a link to a page where people can see/purchase your items and a short text description. A few specifics inside. [more inside]
posted by jessamyn to MetaFilter-Related at 8:46 AM PST - 46 comments

Anyone up for a meetup in Lyon, France sometime this month? [more inside]
posted by mustcatchmooseandsquirrel to MetaFilter Gatherings at 5:28 AM PST - 15 comments