July 2008 Archives (all archives)
July 31
Pompous bands do not make good questions.
Related tags feature request
Pony request for related tags feature.
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The ever wonderful Metafilter
A metafilter shoutout from the Globe and Mail (Randy Pausch content but see last paragraph).
Haha! Let's make things worse.
"similar questions" as a search tool
When you post a question in AskMe, on preview, you're shown similar questions and asked whether you've seen those. Is there a way to open that functionality up as a search tool? [more inside]
I predict the answer will be neigh...
Two Shetland ponies for you. One's cute and cuddly... the other one you may not like... [more inside]
Alabama big pig followup
July 30
I invoke the banhammer!
The longest boat
Shed a tear for the passing of the LongBoing, this day at 9:58am. We got 2516 oars in the water before setting the whole thing aflame, standing on the strand to watch it drift beyond the horizon. It's where we were all Vikings.
Mac Envy / Windows Envy / Eliminating Envy is a Step to Buddha-Nature
From this to this - when Windows people are left out it's justified, when Mac users are left out it's a tragedy that must be addressed. Note: tongue firmly in cheek, I know these are two different users. I'm just feeling snarky.
Tokyo meetup?
Tokyo meetup week of 11 Aug.? What about elsewhere in Japan? [more inside]
Can You Repeat The Question?
July 29
remove from activity, keep in favorites?
Is there a way to remove a post from the My Favorites tab in Recent Activity while keeping the post as a favorite?
hugs all round
I think it's about time Kattullus got a pat on the back for a staggering output of consistently excellent posts.
The Case of the Missing Favorite
Displaying post 1 to 1 of 2 from projects.
How do I see my other favorite? [more inside]
Merge With Caution
Ask MeFi inspires an author: there's a plethora of traffic-related questions that pop up on the green, but one such question (I'm betting this one) helped to inform a book that's out today. [more inside]
You need a license for that.
I Vant To Resuscitate Interest In Your Novelty Board Game
MetaFilter: makes games hot! [more inside]
July 28
A midsummer night's dream...a Chicago meetup?
Can we try again for a Chicago meetup? [more inside]
Astor Zombie is a Favorite Tycoon
Astro Zombie had a comment with 15 favorites in MetaFilter. 5 hours ago
Astro Zombie had a comment with 41 favorites in MetaFilter. 6 hours ago
Astro Zombie had a comment with 23 favorites in MetaFilter. 6 hours ago
How do I get rid of this Astro Zombie character, anyway? [more inside]
Astro Zombie had a comment with 41 favorites in MetaFilter. 6 hours ago
Astro Zombie had a comment with 23 favorites in MetaFilter. 6 hours ago
How do I get rid of this Astro Zombie character, anyway? [more inside]
Metafilter in the Globe and Mail
Metafilter mentioned in Globe and Mail [more inside]
Region filter?
How about some kind of regional filter for AskMe questions that relate only to a specific country/area? Like this one. If the question appeared on the front page as [AU] What should I do ..., it would be more easily brought to the attention of people who could answer it and allow people who can't answer it to easily skip over it. [more inside]
July 27
I think my AskMe question belongs in more than one category.
London picnic meetup
London picnic meetup! [more inside]
The Prime Of Miss Jean Bonaldi
You'll have had your Meetup
Edinburgh -this August !
(Silvery Robot Men not included) [more inside]
July 26
Hubbard tested, Xenu approved!
Your better memory is much appreciated
Does anyone remember a post on the blue about teaching English in China, possibly including links to a news story ending with murder and a blog that involved a lot of gratuitous sex with students? It might have actually been deleted for involving too much luridness.
Call Olbermann, we got us THE WORST PERSON ON METAFILTER
No, you're not a kind person, and you haven't faced anyone threatening. You are so full of shit that it isn't even amusing on metafilter.
posted by Brian B. at 9:19 PM on July 25
...in response to Dee Extrovert.
Brian should be ashamed of himself, but probably lacks that ability. So let's all be ashamed of him. [more inside]
posted by Brian B. at 9:19 PM on July 25
...in response to Dee Extrovert.
Brian should be ashamed of himself, but probably lacks that ability. So let's all be ashamed of him. [more inside]
Men do have babies. Ask any transgender man who has had one.
How much anti-trangenderism is considered tolerable? [more inside]
July 25
Thought or not
Having taken some personal time out myself, and thus looking at things from a non-contributor perspective, is it possible that we can avoid terms like douchebag, asshole, dickwad, etc. These are violent words that make the reader take a step away.
I am not saying they should be banned, but they really do have a proliferation within the site that is off putting to someone who might wish to contribute.
Randy Pausch, 1960-2008
A sad follow-up to last year's post on the Last Lecture: Randy Pausch passed away this morning at the age of 47.
July 24
Crafty folks have friends too!
Pony Request: Can we add Instructables.com to the list of social networks?
I HATE YOU ALL (EXCEPT OBAMA)
Followup to this post.
July 23
Too much steampunk?
Too much steampunk? [more inside]
History from a witness.
I would like to thank Dee_extrovert for sharing her experiences and insights with us in this thread. [more inside]
July 22
Your solitary compulsion becomes a shared experience.
This AskMe post blows my mind in a minor and enjoyable way. Who knew? It turns out a lot of people have a Tourette's-like response to embarrassing memories. [more inside]
Users and tags and dendrograms, oh my!
Lesbian / lesbian
July 21
Seattle Brunch
Since everyone else is doing one, let us have a Seattle Brunch Meetup. [more inside]
Give it to me scrambled
San Francisco Sunday Brunch? Meh. Washington DC Longest Table in the House Sunday Brunch with Extra Bacon! [more inside]
Musings
"Muse" is romantic? [more inside]
The Cabal Strikes Back
Anyone up for another Boston-area pub trivia meetup? [more inside]
Whoa - security/cookie issues?
Whoa - security/cookie issues? [more inside]
Sun day, sun day, sun day!
San Francisco Sunday Brunch? [more inside]
July 20
The title of the proposed LA meetup.
I'm in LA working for a large sports league for the next two weeks, and I haven't met up in this city since E3 2005 (wow, three years already?). So, to keep me from dying of boredom, is anyone up for a meetup between Monday July 21st, and Friday August 1st? [more inside]
Singapore Meetup
Repost: Singapore Meetup July 25. [more inside]
July 19
Grand Rapids Impromptu Drink?
Grand Rapids impromptu drink? [more inside]
Gotta scroll, baby, gotta scroll...
This is just a small point, but about those little yellow slider bars on the right side of the music players on the Music top page and the Music Challenges page and individual user's pages... [more inside]
Numeristerical!
Are there any Mefi user accounts that have a coincidental (or intentional) relationship with their user number? [more inside]
Please don't ask
I was in my local public library today and wanted to look up a thread about Paris that I'd seen in Ask Metafilter, so I got on one of the library's computers. I was surprised to find that the library blocks Ask MeFi. How common is this? How can I get the library to unblock it?
July 18
He likes education, thinks he's innocent, so what?
Tags in RSS feeds
I know we've discussed not adding tags to front page posts, but how about the RSS feed? For posts that are somewhat cryptic, it could help with context.
AskMe Answer Generator
Before you post your next AskMe question, you might try checking out MetaChat's thread of suggested automated AskMe answers. From "Don't eat it" to "Try Craigslist" to "Check out these twenty-five identical previous AskMe questions on this topic" to "Learn how to communicate. Pouring your heart out to 60,000 random strangers on the internet ≠ effective communication with your partner", we've pretty much got every topic covered.
July 17
Amsterdam Meetup?
Amsterdam Meetup? Somewhere between Aug 5th (tues) and up to (and through) friday night the 8th? [more inside]
Wonky deleted threads showing up in place of music players.
MeFi Music: MusicTalk threads showing up on main page as deleted threads, tossing out the flash player for the preceding song. Latest example: July 11, the track Settle Down's player is gone and replaced by "Deleted thread:2308", which was actually posted on MeFiMuTa later. [more inside]
"xx new" links in Recent Activity?
Pony: Can the recent activity page topics include a link to "xx new" just like the front page? [more inside]
Why deleted?
My answer deleted. Please explain why. [more inside]
July 16
MetaFilter DNS records goofy?
Are the metafilter.com DNS records configured properly? I'm having to do a DNS lookup of all mefi sites like once a minute, as if the expiration counters in the records are set way off. Even if you were planning a server move, that's way too tight. Seconds vs minutes error?
Spam from a MeFi user.
I don't know what the policy is on this but I just got this spam via MeFi email from someone I don't know or care to know:
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More favorited posts, more awesomeness
Somewhat selfish pony request: Could we add a "more results" or "next" button to the All Time Popular Favorites tab, allowing people to scroll through a larger list? [more inside]
Some kind of weird AskMe troll?
This AskMe question was posted by "fairlysober", and a pointed response was posted by "prettydrunk". Both joined in the last couple of weeks and only have a 5 posts/comments between the two of them. How did prettydrunk happen upon his "extremely close friend of 10+ years" on a MeFi when he/she has no other method of getting in contact? Coincidence? Trolling? This doesn't pass the smell test.
MeFi/myopenbar Chicago meetup?
shakespherian posted this (imo) great fpp about myopenbar.com, suggesting coordination with MeFi meetups. I don't have a plug-in solution, but wondering when you full-time Chicagoans are thinking about a next meetup, so an ex-pat (ex-paddy?) might do some planning? [more inside]
Adobe Acrobat scanning issue
Adobe Acrobat 8.1.2 no longer reads an entire document from the attached scanner. It used to read and scan the whole document, now it stops at 1 page. Scanner works when used thru another program.
recursive linking?
Why do people keep linking back to the thread they're in? [more inside]
July 15
This guitar fights flashism
Is there a flash-less way to download and/or listen to songs on Metafilter Music?
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Likely Small, Perhaps Difficult Meet-up in the Big Easy
New Orleans meet-up on Thursday, July 24th featuring ColdChef, Afroblanco, Navelgazer and... maybe you? [more inside]
pyMeFi
not maine, oregon, let's meet in portland
Portland Oregon, let's meet up Friday or Saturday! [more inside]
July 14
NYC meetup, Aug 22 weekend?
I'm coming to NYC on the weekend of August 22-24. Meetup, y'all?
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Searching posts by user via keyword?
Am I missing something from the search function? I can't ever, ever seem to find posts. [more inside]
Instapaper doesn't like Metafilter?
Instapaper, a very useful offline reading tool for the iPhone and iTouch, doesn't seem to work with Metafilter. [more inside]
broken posting - preview
One or more of the links you entered were found in 47597 previous threads. [more inside]
Oh, well, if there's MORE inside I'll read it then.
Why do we need to know there is more inside? [more inside]
??????
Noticed that this post has what might be Unicode replacement characters instead of (presumably) Cyrillic characters in its tags. Er? [more inside]
Ten Ten Ten Ten For Everything Everything Everything Everything.
In case you haven't noticed, the cat scan thread is back. It'll be back again, I'm sure, in a year. And you know what that requires? [more inside]
"Second Editions"
I would like to know what people's thoughts are on the idea of allowing Metafilter posters to make a "second edition" of a post after a certain amount of time has passed (a week?, a year?). [more inside]
How do I get a heads-up on new comments to an FPP I didn't post?
Can I subscribe to a specific FPP in order to get email notification when a new comment appears? [more inside]
July 13
London meetup, Saturday 26th July?
London meetup, Saturday 26th July? [more inside]
108 ain't bad.
July 12
A SHIT OBIT
MeFiNo round one completed.
Exclusively viewing new questions.
Whenever I visit the green front page I see that there are x number of new questions and y number of new comments. Is there somewhere I can click to see ONLY the new stuff that has arrived since I last visited?
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-t's roadtrip and the first ever Fayetteville, Arkansas (and region) meetup.
July 11
Y'all kick ass! Brag on Yourselves!
As a group-wide hug: I'm just curious as to what everyone's own personal favorite post or comment of their own has been. What do you look back on now and think, "right on, go me!"?
monkey king
You can take your own sanctimonious smugness and shove it deep and far up inside your poophole.
loquacious, maybe you should relax and not be so violent.
loquacious, maybe you should relax and not be so violent.
HTML Special Characters
Super-trivial bug with HTML special characters. [more inside]
Bay Area Meetup?
I just moved to the bay area this past Saturday- anyone care to meet somewhere for food, drinks, etc? [more inside]
MetaFilter: It is what it is
MetaFilter: It is what it is? [more inside]
St. Louis Meetup
St. Louis Meetup on the 17th... [more inside]
Nibbles in Tibbles
Meetup in Tbilisi in July?
over wine and dumplings, or perhaps at a mafioso disco.
over wine and dumplings, or perhaps at a mafioso disco.
July 10
Dubai Meetup?
Any interest in a Dubai meetup? I'll be there from July 23rd- through Aug3.
Why anon?
This anonymous question about swimming has picked my curiosity. The guidelines say that questions that 'don't appear to require anonymity' may not be approved. Is swimming a reason to be ashamed in some part of the world?
Announcing: York Beach, ME, Meetup & SkeeBall Tourney, August 16!
Announcing: York Beach, ME, Meetup & SkeeBall Tourney, August 16! (Posting for Miko the bunny!) [more inside]
"Wow, look at the Boobies!"
It's is not the possessive form of it.
The apostrophe seems to trip up just about everyone, even many Mefites. For future reference, you may want to bookmark this site that gives the 13 rules for the use of the apostrophe.
pullus requestus
Recent Activity on My Comments Pony Request: I live on this page, but would find it more useful if I could limit how far back it goes. For example, if there were an option to "don't show any comments over 12 hours old", etc. What say you?
Comment quantity on tag pages.
It would be nice if tag pages for MetaFilter (e.g.) showed the number of comments for each post, as those for AskMe do.
X-posting AskMeFI and Uclue - is it bad?
Is it considered bad etiquette to post the same question to both Ask Metafilter and Uclue? [more inside]
July 9
I c*nt stop saying twat.
UK vs. US or shock value vs. prudishness? Swearing in the drum circle thread. [more inside]
FYI
When I preview my inchoate FPP, the link search informs me that my links were found in three previous threads, but only sometimes. [more inside]
Bleh.
MeFi Seed Exchange
MeFi Gardeners: Save your Seeds! [more inside]
Cause there's some life yet, in them thar old posts, I'm a tellin' ya right now!
Can we get an « Older posts button for the new Music Talk section over at MeFi Music? Seeing as how there's only room for five posts at a time (I suppose), it seems like a feature folks will want. [more inside]
July 8
Bleep bloop
Looking for a post about a programmer who worked at Atari and blogged about his work... [more inside]
Let's meetup during my excursion
Attention MeFites between Colorado and Tennessee. I want to meet you. [more inside]
July 7
Yes we can meet up in Berlin?
Berlin meetup 24/25/26 July? [more inside]
What'd I miss?
How the heck do you catch up after a MeFi hiatus? I've been too busy to read the site the past few weeks, and a zillion posts have passed me by. What's the best way to filter the Filter? What'd I miss?
Wherefore art thou mdn?
Does anyone know whether mdn left or is just taking a break? Or why? I was just clicking through some favorites and noticed her account has been closed since June. There is no way left to contact her directly on her user page, and I can't remember how to find her website. [more inside]
what they bring the coal in
Pony Request: All-time favorites.
I recently found the Weekly Favorites page. Is there a way to get the all-time best of the best?
July 6
A million monkeys... and some editors!
An update to the Metafilter Writers Collaboration Project, and a request for volunteer editors. [more inside]
South Florida meet up
South Florida meet up [more inside]
SCIENCE! bags and tees
The website of the Mefite who made science! themed tees and bags? [more inside]
Bawlmer with or without Boh
Anyone for a Baltimore pile on? [more inside]
Denver Meet Up
Denver meetup anyone? [more inside]
trying to find an old askme about browser portal thingy
Coulda swore there was an AskMe about a site that would allow you to punch in a URL and see what the site looks likes on different browsers/platforms... but of course I can't find it. Anyone recall this or am I imagining it?
July 5
Mumbai
Mumbai meetup next week? I'll bring har.har.
July 4
work out your personal issues somewhere else, will you?
this personal drama thing that dirtynumbangelboy has got going needs to stop - this whiny victim playing has utterly wrecked this thread and it's getting ridiculous
just.stop.it.
Burning the black book
Another open letter.
Another open letter. [more inside]
July 3
"... The Bronx is up and the Battery's down ..."
Yes, it's another NYC meetup thread. [more inside]
Grow the hell up.
An open letter. [more inside]
We'll build our house and chop our wood
Is there are gardening wiki, or do we have enough gardeners here to have a garden.metafilter.com?
Everything here is chatty
Singapore meetup
Singapore meetup (in a hawker food center!) between Juy 24 and 27? [more inside]
5 minutes of great reading.
Lest anyone miss it on the blue, this post needs to be added to the list of those that are referred to whenever someone asks what an excellent FPP looks like.
July 2
Memorial fund?
What would the community think about a memorial fund or something for the family of Brooke Bennett? [more inside]
Metafilter - lessons learned from the BB problem?
Music Talk and Charts and Challenges, Oh My!
New stuff for Music! We've added a Talk section, a page dedicated to Challenges, and made the Charts more obvious. [more inside]
I would like to re-find a MeFi post on the "artxhibit" website exhibit template.
I would like to re-find a MeFi post on "artxhibit". [more inside]
July 1
Start Conference in San Francisco
I saw the ad for the Start Conference, and clicked on it. Love the concept and the speaker's list looks solid as well. I also noticed that MetaFilter is a sponsor of the event. So who here is planning on going?
How to find Mefites by city
How to find Mefites in a specific location? I want to find all Mefites in Panama City, Panama. Is it possible to do this; if so, how?
Someone suggested editing my profile and changing my location to the city I want to locate others in and then looking at nearby mefites but that didn't work.
Thread pagination +500 comments
On thread pagination +300-500 comments [more inside]
Using the stumped tag in askme
Since promoting the resolved tag worked so well, how about promoting the stumped tag?
Hot Fun in the Summertime.
To all the NYC Mefites I loved before, it's been too long. Let's meet-up. Above 14th street. On the West Side. You can all discuss how uncool that is inside this thread. [more inside]
Anyone mentions "gibson" they get to buy a round.
Can I post something I tested to Projects?
A friend developed a new Firefox extension. While I didn't write any code for it, I was one of the testers during development and like to think that my input has helped the product. Is this okay to post to Projects?