MetaTalk posts tagged with Mefi

Mix CDs in Mefi Music?

empath — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:02:00 -0800

Is it ok to post dj mixes to mefi music? I guess there are like copyright issues, but what about if it's a link to a third party site?

46: Help, I'm trapped in my room

mathowie — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:48:10 -0800

Episode 46 of the podcast was recorded last week on October 27, 2009 (sorry about the delay getting it edited and out). We cover our favorites from Projects, Jobs, MeFi, Ask MeFi, MetaTalk and even throw in a few Music favorites. Show notes follow. (don't fear the) reaper by kimyo (with Cello) Halloween 97/98 by es_de_blah Meeting MetaFilter intro sequence Goodbye Horses (cover) by frenetic (end credits) MeFi Projects Post Apocalypse Dead Letter Office which takes a long time to explain (.gov site with exquisite corpse) How to Use the Print Server to Print with Zombies Why Balloon Boy Never Could Have Been This is just to say... blog (related: diamond joe song, sonogram) World War Vi MeFi Jobs Freelance Writer in London Paint my Portrait Book Designer MeFi Posts Canadian Drug Laws laxed? CAPS LOCK DAY THREAD (cortex abuses the admin powers) Vocoder out of a piano - David Lee Roth as midi 40 year anniversary of the Internet (me playing with the first node of the internet 1, 2) The Gervais Office Principle Diary of a Blacksmith (who wants to see my johnson meetup) Shoutout to All My Eichler Homies Name Dropper thread A brief musical history of Garage and A brief musical history of Electro Magic the Gathering nerding around Ask MeFi Questions Help I'm trapped in my room! MetaTalk posts Un-winnable Choose your own adventure story Stork Enemas What side of the bed should a gentleman sleep on? Was black and white scenery painted in color for black and white movies? MetaTalk Posts MeFi survey for an academic study

QuizMe

Rhaomi — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:23:58 -0800

It's time for yet another Metafilter quiz! Trivia site Sporcle (previ-ously) finally opened their quiz creation tool to the public and, inspired by good news for the insane's challenging 10th anniversary test, I decided to make one of my games dedicated to Mefi. Mine's not nearly as difficult as GNFTI's, but does require a little more effort. Instead of multiple choice, you just type your answers into a text box, based on the categories and clues given below. If you type in a correct answer, it'll show up on the board. If not, just backspace and try something else. There are seventy answers in all (plus a few seekrit invisible bonus slots that only show up if you guess the right thing). When you're done, click "See the Most Missed" to view charts of how often each answer was guessed and how you did in comparison to everyone else who took the quiz. (And once you start, make sure not to go back to Mefi until you're done, as a few questions depend on memory of what the site looks like.) [ Click here to play ]

Mark as Read

l33tpolicywonk — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:41:23 -0800

Yet-Another-Mefi-Mail-Pony: "Mark as Read" button in e-mail notification. So, I get my MeFi Mail sent to my e-mail address. Even when I read it there, though, I have to click onto the MeFi Mail box and read it again in order to mark it as read. Is there any way to have a "mark as read" button in the e-mail notification, or automatically mark as read all MeFi Mail sent by e-mail or something like that? Apologies for the 27 millionth MeFi Mail pony request. I just have a pathological need to get rid of the number next to my mail icon.

Do my subreddits qualify for MeFi Projects?

reenum — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:35:59 -0800

MeFi Projects Question: Can I post links to some subsites I've created on reddit? I've created a couple of subreddits, and wanted to see if it would be kosher to post links to them in MeFi Projects. Thanks!

Bringin' it old-school.

solistrato — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:05:20 -0800

Birthday thoughts from an old-timer. Think it was Lance Arthur, on the old-old-old Glassdog, who linked to MeFi and naturally, as a duly-devoted Web Follower I logged on, got an account and thought nothing of it. Later, as "blogs" stopped being some arcane buzzword and became a reality, I would find myself coming to Metafilter more and more often. It became a crash pad, a place to find some commonality and actually feel like you were in a crowd on the Web. Kaycee Nicole, the 2000 election, 9/11: these are the most intense periods of Metafilter activity I remember. Afterwards, the entire web became one huge reptilian brain stem, and a place where horribly intelligent people were screaming at each other about the end of the world was too much too handle. Still, though, even in my periods of fallow activity, I would check out links that people would bring in and was always struck by just how much knowledge and experience was actually here, diligently catalogued by its users. Now don't get me wrong: you're all crazy. Out of your damn minds. But here Metafilter stands, ten years on, which is downright Paleozoic and also heroic. I have parodied it (which got noticed) and I have vented my frustrations, but I just wanted to thank MeFi for being here, because the Web is so much better for it. I also want to thank and congratulate Matt on what really is an amazing achievement. Metafilter's now officially an institution; long may she stand. Er, run. On servers. Which stand.

Last shall be First, etc.

humannaire — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:56:32 -0800

Which location will be noted for having the latest-starting MetaFilter 10th anniversary celebration? It says July 17th - 19th. What I want to know is which one is the latest starting MeFi anniversary celebration? The last one to begin to close out the holiday? (Note: This is not to say the latest running, as I realize some may turn into week-long bacchanalias of epic 10th anniversary, in-joking proportions.)

Some guy: How 'bout that Citi Field? Me: You mean the green?

ocherdraco — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:20:04 -0800

I wore my brand spankin' new Mets-style MetaFilter t-shirt out in the streets of New York yesterday. Hilarity ensued. There were all sorts of conversations that went something like this: Some guy: "So you like the Mets, huh?" Me: "Not really. I'm a Red Sox fan, actually." Some guy: "So why are you... oh." [awkward pause] Some guy: "What the hell does THAT mean." The alternate (and less common) conversation was a little more awkward. Some guy: [stares at my boobs] But I'm used to that one anyway.

Scaavy

Christ, what an asshole — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:23:17 -0800

I'd like to organize a 1st Annual Great Mefi Scavenger Hunt Teams of 6-8 people, digital camera, and list of flash mob-type activities (form the longest conga line, reenact any scene from any movie, etc.) to accomplish within an allotted time. Then meet up at a lounge, hang out, drink, and watch all the movies and cast votes, with prizes for the top teams. Wouldn't be limited to Mefites (bring all the friends you want), or come by yourself and form a team on the spot. SF Bay Area (probably organized somewhere around the Haight), sometime around late Summer. So a couple things for people who might know a little bit more about this sort of project... What sort of legal ramifications could I be responsible for? Would I need people to sign waivers of some kind? What other issues may arise? A lot to take on solo, who'd enjoy helping me on such a task?

No A

netbros — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:30:44 -0800

Have we had a post on the front page without a link before? Not a callout. Just wondering if anyone remembers a link free FPP.

DrossFilter - brute force thread cleanser

hifimofo — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:09:21 -0800

As a bit of a brain saver I've made a GreaseMonkey script that hides every comment in a discussion on mefi that has less than 5 favourites. It was the anencephalic baby thread that drove me to it. I was thinking about writing a snark filter, but, you know, natural language parsing and all that, so I decided to make it simple and dumb. And it works. Only quality snark makes it through. And if you ever find yourself thinking "I can't believe I just spent thirty minutes reading 180 comments about W, which was mainly X, Y and Z bitching", you might also find it handy. Naturally, if you wish to fully participate in a thread you will have to turn the script off. Here is the script. It is based on someone else's script that highlighted favourited comments. Future developments I will never get around to implementing:

Scale the cut-off point to the length of the thread
Add a show all comments button

Nesting posts

carsonb — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:15:09 -0800

Posts within posts? I was doing a little digging around the MeFi archives today and found a great post on pre-cinema devices from madamjujujive. A few comments into the post snez drops in all disappointed, saying he'd been working on a pre-cinema post himself. He then goes ahead and contributes everything he'd been working on, effectively making a post within a post. I've definitely seen this type of thing before, though I can't think of any other examples off the top of my head and can't imagine how to find more on my own. So I'm asking, Do you know of other similar occurences?

Best of MeFi

mathiu — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:14:13 -0800

Where do I find a "best of MeFi" - i.e. collected AskMes as they can be found on the MeFi Wiki? As I'm just starting out I would like to dig deep in the MeFi Archives but have found no reliable way to do so (short of knowing exactly what to look for). I am specifically looking for threads on the favorite resources MeFis to utilize when embarking on research projects. I am a little reluctant to post this considering the fact that this must have been asked before. I searched extensively but just couldn't find anything to fit my bill. Thx a lot! Matthias PS: what a terrific moment

Who will throw the imaginary first pitch?

willpie — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:22:03 -0800

Fantasy Baseball, anyone? In years past, the various MeFi fantasy baseball leagues have filled up fast. In the interest of keeping this to one post and hopefully having room for everyone this year, mkultra, drezdn, and I have collaborated to set up a few different fantasy leagues for the enjoyment of MeFi. The league settings are as follows (choose wisely): mkultra will be hosting a 5x5 Roto league (this is the main MeFi league from previous years) of 14 teams. mkultra has graciously offered 2 $25 Amazon gift certificates as prizes in this league--one for the winner, and one for the most improved team after the all-star break. drezdn will be hosting the same custom 20-team H2H league that was the MeFi/MeCha league last year. I will be hosting an NL-only 5x5 Roto league of 12 teams. I will also offer 2 $25 Amazon gift certificates as prizes. mkultra has also offered to host an AL-only 5x5 Roto league if there is enough interest. If you would like to play, MeMail the host of the league you would like to join. Please join only one league at first; we'll make an announcement if there are more spots available after the initial rush.

Why do Americans always dance around singing the same song?

miss lynnster — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:57:41 -0800

The Sound of Music-oblivious Salzburg Lady. I decided to scan in a bunch of old photos to share with friends today, and figured I'd share one with Mefites too. Since y'all loved that story so much I figured I should give you a visual image to put with it. Adorable, ja?

Does that make Woody Guthrie an honorary MeFite?

roombythelake — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:41:39 -0800

Smithsonian Folkways pops by the blue to say hello... ...and respond to comments posted in a thread started by miko. Always cool to see the subject of a thread (or a representative thereof) turn up in it. All together now, MeFites: This site is your site, this site is my site, From the green of AskMe, to the grey of MeTa, From the blue of MeFi, to Jobs/Projects/Music, This site was made for you and me!

"V" is for "Valiant"

bunnycup — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:03:15 -0800

Thank you to all those who have sent kind words to us - they really do help us stay tough. And thanks as a whole to the MeFi community, which has kept me entertained, interested and mentally functioning the past weeks as I lurked, learning new things and following the drama. Vivienne passed away in her sleep last night - I guess she was waiting to make one final point.

Danke

pianomover — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:38:12 -0800

Thank you for deleting me. I was following this link and still am, but got caught up in a wild veer from the post. When I woke up the next morning I felt like an idiot for going off topic, but all trace of said idiocy was gone. Thanks

Moxie Cinema 2.0

planetkyoto — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:54:40 -0800

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. Also, some useful information for would-be entrepreneurs on the U-Haul damage insurance exemption and how to tell when you have an extra hole in your head, thoughtfully condensed into one blog post.

December Awesome Post Contest

mathowie — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:05:17 -0800

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. It'll be much the same as last time, make awesome posts to MeFi, and near the end of the month, me, jessamyn, and cortex will come up with our own personal top 3-5 posts we liked. We'll confer and likely figure out which ones showed up on everyone's lists and pick out the order as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. We may even record the conversation for an early January podcast so you know our thinking on these things. It's basically make a great post -- and that's a nebulous thing that usually means awesome interesting out of the way sites and subject matter. It could be a one-line post, it could be a wikipedia-esque monster post, but good stuff is what we're after. We won't go off raw favorites counts alone, but we of course always check the popular favorites to guide us towards what the community likes best (but there's no reason to game it and sign up 10 accounts to post fake favorites to your thing because your post still has to be awesome to win). For prizes, I'll do like last time (mostly iPods) with some other options. So how about this for prizes: 1st: iPod Touch (16Gb model) or $299 cash or $299 donated to Creative Commons 2nd: iPod Nano (16Gb) or $199 cash or $199 donated to CC 3rd: iPod Shuffle (2Gb) or $69 cash or $69 donated to CC Sound good? Great, post your best stuff this month for everyone to enjoy.

Most favorited comments?

arimathea — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:50:35 -0800

We have a most favorites. Can we get a most favorited comments on the green, or am I just missing it?

Long time listener first time caller

mippy — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:39:51 -0800

Jumping the snark I'm new to MeFi, mainly posting in AskMe (it's fascinating). Today I came across something I thought was interesting, posted it up, and copped some flak. Is it 'cause I unwittingly picked a topic there'd been three threads about before, because I inserted a link to a blog I like as a 'bonus', or just a different style (copped a comment on the structure of my post intro). I've lurked a bit and post a lot on a UK current-affairs messageboard which is pretty cutthroat at times - is it just MeFi takes a bit longer to settle into? And yeah, I'm aware there are people online who just like a good ol' bitch. I like it here and I wanna stick around a bit.

a poster posted by a poster

emd3737 — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:46:18 -0800

I'm trying to track down a post about a poster. About a year ago or so, there was a post on the blue about a poster highlighting all of the mistakes and scandals of the Bush Adminstration. If I recall correctly, the poster was created by a bunch of graphic designers, and the outcome was quite striking: black and white with a list of words like "Katrina" and "Abu Ghraib." I've tried searching the archives but can't find it anywhere. If anyone remembers the poster I'm referring to and can find the link to the post, that would be splendid. Thanks!

Canada 2008 General Election Thread

KokuRyu — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:03:12 -0800

The Canadian General Election kicks off in four hours. Can we use this as the official election thread, or is there a better way (snark away, but at least provide an example of a better way)? The multiple McCain-Obama-Palin-USElectionFilter-FinancialMeltdown thread have made me anxious...

(Possibly) deleted posts and books that are too long for their own good.

spongeboy — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:27:21 -0800

Ok. So, lets get two things straight-
a) i am a looooong time lurker.
b) i have just finished reading Anantham by Neal Stephenson.
I distinctly (DISTINCTLY!!) remember reading a post about this book and its idea of quantum consciousness, but deliberately (DELIBERATELY!!!) avoided it due to a wish to avoid spoilers. So, i ask two things- a) did this thread exist, or did i imagine it? (should the affirmative be affirmed, please take heed that i used all my google-fu to find this this thread to no effect...) b) look, we've got freakin' blogspot blogs listin' metafilter's deleted threads. Can we not register 'worstoftheweb.com' or 'deleterfilter.com' and make these threads searchable... Keep on rockin'. MeFi is the best ON the web.