Episode 77 of the MetaFilter podcast runs about 1hr 40min and was recorded yesterday afternoon with jessamyn and cortex. It features a run-down of our favorite posts from across the sites for January 2013.
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posted by mathowie
on Jan 29, 2013 -
41 comments
In this episode we interview our intern Dom, then cover the usual excellent spots from all parts of MetaFilter. We recorded this on Monday, July 11th and it runs about an hour and a half.
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posted by mathowie
on Jul 12, 2011 -
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Memmmmmories.... For MetaFilter's upcoming 12th anniversary we're collecting stories to put on a special new site unveiled on the magic day. Your task is simple: tell us how you found MeFi and what your favorite memory is from the site.
Submit your answers here. Thanks!
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posted by mathowie
on Jul 6, 2011 -
116 comments
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.
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posted by mathowie
on Nov 5, 2009 -
54 comments
Remember
Modest Needs? They turned five years old this week and hit one million dollars in funds dispersed since they started. In
the anniversary post, the founder mentions they got their whole start thanks to that post on mefi.
posted by mathowie
on Apr 3, 2007 -
29 comments
Mmmm. A one-link post to a mediocre commercial.
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posted by mathowie
on Jun 13, 2006 -
235 comments
A freaky unfortunate turn of events: As an update on
a very old thread on nudism that questioned and debated the gray area between nude adults and nudist children in the setting of a nudist colony,
one defender of nudist culture from that discussion was
arrested on charges of child sex abuse late last year (still being held awaiting trial afaict). It's freaky to go back and re-read the debate knowing what eventually came to pass.
posted by mathowie
on Jun 6, 2005 -
138 comments
Readability Results for http://www.metafilter.com:
Gunning Fog Index 10.70
Typical Fog Index Scores:
6 TV guides, The Bible, Mark Twain
8 Reader's Digest
8 - 10 Most popular novels
10 Time, Newsweek
11 Wall Street Journal
14 The Times, The Guardian
15 - 20 Academic papers
Over 20 Only government sites can get away with this, because you can't ignore them.
Over 30 The government is covering something up
We're just like Time and Newsweek!
posted by mathowie
on Apr 24, 2005 -
36 comments
I noticed an odd trend recently in the way a couple new people were posting and I think I've uncovered a problem. (more)
posted by mathowie
on Oct 1, 2001 -
100 comments
I think I fixed the sessioning. I reworked a lot of code tonight, and tested it, and I think I got it working correctly. Here's what's going on: you come to metafilter for the first time today, it says 3 new links and 24 new comments. You read the site, hitting the index page as many times as you want, and you'll never lose that 3 links and 24 comments status.
then you go away for a few hours, and you come back. it should say "1 new link and 13 new comments" (if that much changed between visits), and it should remain that way until you go away for over 15 minutes.
Now, the only place where this will be screwed up, is when you hit the site within 15 minutes from your last visit. That way, the session won't die and it won't update your last visit time.
I also got rid of the new window thing, and the double arrow things, since you won't lose state if you jump directly into a thread.
Let me know if you find any problems.
posted by mathowie
on Feb 22, 2001 -
26 comments
FYI: MetaFilter was down for about three hours this morning because of a shoddy power chord. The power chord could wiggle a little bit in the back of the server, and when it did, sometimes the power connection would break. This would happen occasionally as people walked right next to it, jostling it ever so slightly. Today though, it looks like it happened at 6 in the morning in a locked office, so I replaced the chord with one that won't cause it to power down.
posted by mathowie
on Apr 28, 2000 -
6 comments
I never thought we'd outnumber Lance's army of followers (of which I'm a member).
posted by mathowie
on Apr 22, 2000 -
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