MetaTalk posts tagged with podcast

47: Creepypasta

mathowie — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:57:05 -0800

Our last podcast of the year was recorded on December 11th and covers the last month or so on the sites including the charity drive/raffle and the favorites kerfuffle. It runs about an hour long, with notes inside. 100k user raffle charity drive (video of the raffle pulls) MeFi Music douce nuit by nicolin Texas 89 by crapples MeFi Jobs Tenure Track Faculty position in New Media MeFi Projects The Secret of Invisibility comic book by interrobang Bart's Blackboard by McGuillicuddy Wallet Garden by Alt F4 How is boo_radley's performance in Team Fortress 2? StackOverflow-like cooking site by kbrower3 (posted to MeFi) MeFi Posts How to Start Reading Comics Bop the Alligator successor to Rocky's Boots Grand Canyon 1983 Mapping the Choose Your Own Adventure books (featuring beautiful visualizations and script to change spelling) Holiday stuff: Cookie Exchange and MeFi Shops DARPA Challenge (MIT won, we came in 26th out of 40?) Secret Quonsar 2009 Muppets do Bohemian Rhapsody Great comment from a former casino employee about big gamblers Mike Rowe TED talk on Dirty Jobs and honest work Ask MetaFilter Questions Christmas presents for under $20 also Gift Ideas on the MeFi Wiki Is cheating cheating in Clue? Show me videos that make me cry / show me stuff that is super creepy (creepypasta) Google Wave, can anyone explain it? (Google Wave whiteboard comic) etc terrapin's one year on the farm time lapse Meeting MetaFilter

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

45: The one we recorded live at Jessamyn's house

mathowie — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:00:35 -0800

This was our first in-room recording of all three of us, sitting in jessamyn's house in Vermont. It was recorded on September 14th right before this meetup and runs about 25 minutes. cortex made the theme song about an hour ago, in the Portland, Oregon airport and the song at the end is Meanest Words by chococat. There's a bit of echo from the room and a couple cellphone syncing noises but otherwise it turned out great. Hopefully we'll get to record like this again sometime.

2007 ColdChef podcast song?

Morrigan — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:36:37 -0800

Can someone point me toward the song featured on the 2007 "ColdChef goes six feet under" podcast? I imagine this has been asked before but I can't seem to find it. It is a sort of spoken word piece setting forth commandments such as "Thou shall not read Fark" and other emphatic exhortations.

44: Sex dreams and Unicorns

mathowie — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:26:31 -0800

Episode 44 was recorded on August 21st, features recaps from all sections and runs a scant 45 minutes long. MeFi Music Music Challenges (jingles/Velvet Underground/Hallelujah) MeFiMu Promo by uncleozzy Prenup by sredefer Let's Kick It by CarrotAdventure Distance of the Moon (Albedo Mix) by speicus MeFi Jobs Knock down a wall for me Web job in NYC MeFi Projects Quitter - command-line twitter In Which I Ruin Rashomon For Everyone Forever (which got posted to MeFi | full poster) Good, the Bad, and the Etsy (follow-up on MetaTalk) Angry Octopus Comics (posted to MeFi | favorites: 1, 2) MeFi Shop refresh coming soon MetaFilter Posts Every calculator you could possibly require (comment) How to cook like your grandmother (writer behind the blog showed up to say hey) Billy Faier and his banjo (he didn't have a problem with a torrent of his stuff) Phineas Gage photo identified (photo in question) Forgotten Bookmarks (previously | Miko's own blog) Translation Party! Ask MeFi posts How to build cheap, weird instruments How do I learn to build stuff? Help me get some real tools for fixing things MetaTalk posts homunculus' 1000th post Languagehat's book is out You can search your MeFi Mail Best MeFi parodies ever The infodump is back

43: 10th Party Memories

mathowie — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:06:58 -0800

Exactly what it says on the tin, memories of the 10th parties. Don't Stop Believing pb's video of the Portland Meetup Jessamyn and "Miguel" (more photos from mygothlaundry) All 1,900+ photos tagged with mefi10 on Flickr South Pole meetup shots: 1 and 2 Earthquake thread. (I lost track of all the users that called in (phone calls weren't linked to usernames so it's a crapshoot), but big thanks to cortex for his mad audio-editing skills for melding them all together so well (including the weird repeated joke calls people left))

Call into the podcst

mathowie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:11:11 -0800

Please call into what will become our next podcast: Tenth Party Remembrances. Dial up +1 (503) 465-4522 and leave a message up to three minutes in length. Let us know your favorite memory from last weekend's parties around the globe, or your favorite memory from MetaFilter over the past ten years. We'll take the best and edit them into our next podcast to share with everyone. Thanks!

A Tale of Two Podcasts

Effigy2000 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:02:38 -0800

Can we please separate the download feeds for the Music podcast and the normal podcast? Whilst organising some music and podcasts in iTunes just now, I noticed that I've gone and automatically downloaded both the Metafilter Podcast and the Music Podcast and they both appear in the same podcast folder in iTunes. Now, as much as I like cortex and his shenanigans, the Music Podcast is something I have no interest in and it irks me to have them occupy the same space. Yes, I can delete them, no biggie, but I'd rather not have to download them in the first place. Given I've subscribed to the feed and downloading podcasts is an automatic process, I'd need to keep a watchful eye that iTunes doesn't ever start downloading a music podcast. Sounds like a lot of hassle. That said, I'm sure that there are opposing points of view and others might want to keep them as part of the same feed. Is the consensus here that the two podcasts should remain together, or should we seperate them?

42: Elvis Costello is adenoidal

mathowie — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:08:50 -0800

Episode 42 was recorded on June 16 and runs about an hour long. We cover the past thirty days or so of all sections of MetaFilter Jobs mentioned: Google Wave Developer Projects: Super URL shorteners (also ended up on MeFi) Flash game version of Starcom (again, also on MeFi) Can I marry gay? (wow, posted to MeFi as well) Markov generator for Twitter Old Postcards MeFi Music: Current challenge: Hallelujah covers Skallelujah which prompted skinny jeans talk which prompted obesity lookups (1, 2) Ask MeFi questions: Strange Cookie Recipes Help me find easy tactical RPGs Seeking long-term art project for my newborn son What is the song they always use...? (examples: busy office gets the typewriter song, Civil War movie writing home a letter background music) How to deal with being mediocre and How to get creative again Turning 30 and not married yet MetaFilter links: Elvis Costello mentions from the NYTimes (plus shibboleths mention) Awesome hug story from ColdChef Three Frames My Milk Toof Childhood cereal boxes nostalgia gallery Why can't I find Coke Zero and where to find no caffeine drinks Cloud appreciation society (phronist's dad won their cloud of the month) Night sky above Texas (time-lapse) All about the Milky Way Some comics about mental illness (related: Ask MeFi post about crazy-seeming websites with melissa may's comment) Toto: Africa sung by a choir (related: Heat of the moment dot asia) MeFi Music Collaboration #2

41: Yet another mention of Diplomacy

mathowie — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:10:06 -0800

The 41st podcast was recorded on Monday, May 18th and runs about an hour. It covers the past month of activities on and off the site. MeFi Music played Macapa by umbú Days Are Long by chococat MetaFilter Tenth Anniversary sub-site MeFi Projects Fake photography licenses BuddaMachine built based on an earlier MetaFilter thread. Kickstarter (ex: crossword puzzles, 8-bit jazz cover "Kind of Bloop" (which also got a MeFi thread) features jake who did a great Thriller cover) Interrobang's book "Hole in the Wall" The Town that won't Stop Burning (The Straightener's other projects) MeFi Jobs Sandia Labs marketing/PR Mobile Applications Engineer in Banff (just look at it!) MeFi Posts Headbanging while making a fire Amanda Palmer does Neutral Milk Hotel for a play (someone on MeFi saw it!) Keyboard Cat! (make your own) Wayfarer game (At Play column at GameSetWatch) Vintage Cutaway Illustrations (example, other work from the same artist) Lost in Space based on this article Wolfram Alpha Option 4: stevis rides again Ask MeFi posts What's the best post you've ever seen on Ask MeFi? (zero answers but 100 favorites) What are the simple concepts that have most helped you understand the world? Who is the Dr. Phil for the Dan Savage audience? Bed sheet etiquette: tucked in or no? Deleted thread: ever been That Guy at a concert? Suggestions for weekend-long games? (Diplomacy gets a mention) Guy tips on shaving your junk Introduce me to your field of study with an experience What crimes were committed by Ferris Bueller on his day off? (jezebel's comment quips)

40: scatterplots and baseball porn

mathowie — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:37:38 -0800

The big four-oh, this podcast features recaps from around the site for the last three weeks. It was recorded on April 17th and runs about an hour and ten minutes. Music mentioned Everything (is on fire) by The Great Big Mulp Stars by lovermont Frog versus Toad (Are Part Of A Zombie Bot Army From The Future) by The World Famous MeFi Jobs Work in a Pickle Factory! (old pickle thread) Public Radio Intern in LA MeFi Projects Sir Critter t-shirts The First Annual MetaFilter Interactive Fiction Contest (results thread, winners linked in this post) pjern's photo site Home of The Underdogs (some background info, also cashman) MetaTalk eamondaly's beard lift-off Mild April Fool joke MetaFilter posts 50 Top microbrews in America Malt Whisky sites Basque Sheepherding Arborglyphs in Nevada (suggested reading) Baseball statistics pornography (example) Sorting Algorithms Some noteworthy comments

Rhaomi's brilliant send up of grammar school essays (and the PRE tag) Logos and stolen artwork? Great story about social hacking (and a pentagon story I heard)

AmazonFAIL thread (what really seemed to cause it) Diggbar shenanigans 137 Uncomfortable plot summaries Ask MeFi links What should I do with 240 porn mags? (the punchline two years in the making) Who orginated the bufoonish accent? (actual old sound samples) I used to do ______ but now I do __________ on the internet for free (lifehacker mention) Cootie catchers $8000 detroit house checklist post Mac viruses Interesting non-first person shooter games? (popular answers: Ico & Shadow of the Colossus)

1M: Corduroy Is My Guinea Pig

cortex — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:28:31 -0800

This inaugural episode of the new Metafilter Music Podcast supplement is hosted by cortex and features an interview with and music by Corduroy, as well songs from lovermont, chococat, micayetoca, and The World Famous. It runs just under 36 minutes.

direct link Songs featured in the podcast, in play order: 00:00 - Improvised banjole theme by Corduroy (podcast exclusive!) 00:30 - Stars by lovermont (her first post!) 04:01 - I Said It All by chococat, part of April's 2-chord challenge 06:45 - Naming Everything by Corduroy 15:40 - Apfel Augen by Corduroy 25:31 - King of Carrot Flowers, a Neutral Milk Hotel cover by Corduroy & friends 27:50 - Kimo by micayetoca 30:59 - There Is No by The World Famous A few other personal Corduroy favorites that didn't come up in the podcast: Whoop Heet Hobbes (yeah, I'm pretty sure that's a Mythbusters promo in the background) Bury Your Tracks It's Time to Get Up And, like most of The Kids Today, Corduroy has a myspace page.

Trash talking

tellurian — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:18:02 -0800

Is there a reason for not having a search facility in the podcasts section? I'm in the market for a new bin. mathowie talked about THE BEST BIN IN THE WORLD on a podcast some time ago. I'd like to check it out. Does anyone know which podcast it was?

Metafilter Music Podcast?

rollbiz — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:19:20 -0800

Has anyone thought about doing a periodic podcast of tunes exclusively from music.metafilter? Would Metafilter or any of the artists have an issue with someone doing this? Would anyone want to host it or help in other ways? Would anyone listen to it?

39: Tenth Anniversary Plans

mathowie — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:54:14 -0800

Right out of the gate we talk about our ideas for the tenth anniversary party coming up in July, then follow it up with the best bits from the month of March. It was recorded on the 23th of March and runs just over an hour.

direct link Helpful links Podcast Feed MeFi Podcast on iTunes Direct mp3 download Music Mentioned Harpy Go Lurky by ORThey Together (You are not alone) by sputgop I Command You to Be My Woman by frenetic The Score by clcapps Son of a Gun (Vaselines Cover) by grubi Tao XLVII + XLVIII + XXXVI by man vs sun MeFi Jobs Redesign a community site for a good cause MeFi Projects The Saddest Bear of All kid story Bugs drawn on an iPhone (background info) MeFi Posts Broken Picture Telephone (metatalk thread about it, examples 1, 2, 3) What were arcades like? Free first person shooters for all! TetrisHD Libraries' Surprising Special Collections Douglas Rushkoff signs in to respond Wells Fargo customer outreach on Ask MeFi Scrabble rule changes (old Ask MeFi scrabble question) Kutiman remixes YouTube Ask MeFi posts Wedding questions: Have to get a gift? and Is it tacky to ask for money on wedding invites? What are the studioes like at Charlie Rose (featuring this great detail) What common questions do librarians hear? Random acts of kindness? MetaTalk threads Favorites What does the dot mean? (every old mention) MeFi usage venn diagrams

38: Zombie Bot Army

mathowie — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:30:29 -0800

First episode after the great server hackening, this podcast covers activity across MeFi for the month of February. It was recorded on the 25th of February and runs about an hour.

direct link Helpful links Podcast Feed MeFi Podcast on iTunes Direct mp3 download MeFi Music mentioned Saint V. Massacree by The White Hat Mefi Rock On by BrnP84, from the February challenge MeFi Jobs Design the cover of a MeFi collaborative fiction project Interactive Fiction-o-rama MeFi Interactive Fiction Contest (MetaTalk thread with a MeFi demo, a MeFi thread about IF, Don't Shit Your Pants IF game thread.) MeFi Projects Things My Beard Can Lift (fake beard lifting, awesome socks) Look at This Cat! (this cat) j, a cd command that learns MetaFilter posts Döner mit alles! Letter People (graphic of all Letter People) The McNuggetini A detailed history of miniature golf (which is in response to the Time Magazine 25 top blogs article -- MetaTalk post about the Time article that prompted this post, MetaTalk post about the Slate Ask MeFi article) The President's Desk post Hey, look at this cat! (penned by jessamyn) User Friendly copy/paste comics snafu Ask MeFi questions What should I know before I shave my head? What is it like to dream? Slate guy commented in the thread after we started recording. What is the best order of blog comments? (hint: not YouTube's model) What are "taters"? Easy conversation starters? How can I be a good grandfather? Best documentaries about assholes?

37: SongSmith comes before the hack

cortex — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:59:53 -0800

With Matt on vacation in Hawaii, ~~Josh~~ cortex and jessamyn talk about SongSmith, Star Wars, whether or not anyone has actually read Wodehouse, and what the hell supermarkets are doing with bacon placement these days. This podcast was recorded Thursday, January 22nd, and runs just under an hour.

direct link Helpful links Podcast Feed MeFi Podcast on iTunes Direct mp3 download Music Tracks Bubble Bath Baby Jimbo Jambo Rub-a-Dub-Dub Harmonica Odyssey (and other bad SongSmith ideas) Music MeFi Songsmith thread songsmith tag on music Bandbox software Did you say "banned in a box"? Happy Slider T-shirt Songsmith ad on YouTube mrzarquon's Runnin-With-The-Songsmith Projects School of Hard Knocks (posted to MeFi) Velociraptor Roulette (posted to MeFi) Jobs write me a letter creepy photo retouching MeFi Blandings' Wodehouse Growing up Star Wars Svelte Young ColdChef Asbestos McPinto's pic Sestina Madness Huge 17c/45 Spaceship in Conway's Life questionable programming utilities Ask Animalstravaganza Unanswered Ask questions Askme Stumped Name This Song, Please? ReGenesis Ice falling from buildings Nerd Training On Ghostbuster Nerddom Music Talk February is album-in-a-month month

36: Thousands of little poops

mathowie — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:37:38 -0800

Most of this podcast covers the Best Posts of December Contest as we determine our favorites and come up with a list of winners (results are inside), then follow it up with favorite posts from other sections of the site. Recorded on January 2, it's just under an hour long.

direct link Helpful links Podcast Feed MeFi Podcast on iTunes Direct mp3 download (53Mb) Best Post Contest for December Classic Animation Remixed (worked on for several months) by Rhaomi Namaste, Welcome to my Kitchen (Manjula's Kitchen) by Ambrosia Voyeur Traditional Christmas songs written by Jews by grobstein Beverly Hillbillies Casino by mudpuppie Rainbow Connection covers by cavalier Just People, Talking (Studs Terkel) by Miko Film location scout in NYC and their new blog by grumblebee (we discuss this page a bit) Classic Radio Shack Catalogs by davebush (1980! 150 in 1!) Arty posts bonus: woodblock100 offered a free print for the best post about art, so we picked a favorite from all posts tagged as art. Pill Art by rageagainsttherobots Pipe Cleaner Pixels by Knappster (vw bus) Dorkbot by funkiwan (a photo of someone leaving a comment -- old meetups, DaShiv!) 100 Cereal Box Covers by Brandon Blatcher Surrealist art by Maria de los Remedios Varo Uranga by CheeseDigestAll (one of her famous works) Final tally First place: Rhaomi (Cartoon Network post) Second: Miko (Studs Terkel post) Third: Ambrosia Voyeur (Manjula's Kitchen post) Art post winner: CheeseDigestAll (Surrealist Art post) Music links December Challenges were Holiday ("broken christmas") themed, one (of many) favorites was Christmas Rhapsody (also played at the end) Talk section of Music featuring How to do music while being a parent MeFi Projects Did you try rebooting? MeFi Jobs Front-end web developer at US News & World Report Ask MeFi links Name that restaurant where this waffle came from Puzzling kitchen gadgets The public bathroom discussion which showed up on MetaTalk $11,000 for the cheapest coffin at a funeral home?! (ColdChef showed up) Useful things: Good NetFlix streaming documentaries, How to become an interesting person to talk to, and How to learn about other people's professions through blogs. Music Challenge for January Record a song to be played simultaneously with another. Example song mashup with two songs.

35: Overeducated and underpaid

mathowie — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:23:56 -0800

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.

direct link Helpful links Podcast Feed MeFi Podcast on iTunes Direct mp3 download (63Mb) Music mentioned Watching the Detectives by chococat Music challenges Country Death Song by chococat (with his daughter's scream) My Own Personal Jesus and Are You Gonna Go My Way and Immigrant Song by mexican Small Town News Affiliate Song by dagosto Like a Rock by Jenny is Crafty Together by Admira Jobs Redo Brad Sucks' website Projects Mentioned A blog about cufflinks Public Radio Podcasts (mefi's own kathryn's podcast feed) Internment Camp Research Project MeFi Posts d20 dice post Cryptic CompSci thread about the halting problem (blasdelf's jokes) The thread about delicious apples The Abominable Charles Christopher comic (some faves) 5 Card Nancy based on an exquisite corpse (wikipedia, example). Random Nancy comic panels rearranged to make a new comic (1, 2) Bunny Hopping The Gobbler classic midwest hotel It's the December Best Post Contest! Jerome, Arizona post Amanda Palmer joins MeFi effugas pipes up on MeFi Diplomacy games on MeFi Ask MeFi Posts What is "downstairs" on a plane? (a gallery of images) What happens to my iTunes music that I share with my wife when I get divorced (answer) What are some great public domain books & How to find new iPhone apps, What do you splurge on? (trash can upgrade I agreed with) Anon question: How to deal with the idea of my own impending death? A reminder: the list of recent anonymous questions makes for damn good reading How do I report an unsecure credit card database without being busted for hacking? features an answer from an attorney Resolved: I went to the midwest and survived, I actually did love those tamales, Cooking problem: how to make chocolate chip cookies with chocolate chip cookie dough (uncooked) still inside? NaNoWriMo at MeFi quantcast's MeFi demographics

34: cortex drives the bus

mathowie — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:51:16 -0800

The 34th podcast features newly pantless full-time employee cortex and is unfortunately jessamyn-free. It features recaps from around the MeFi universe and runs about 45min long.

Helpful links Podcast Feed MeFi Podcast on iTunes Direct mp3 download (44Mb) MeFi Music mentioned and played Here Comes Your Man by ORthey Music Challenge cover requests thread, all songs tagged as lessthanaminute Go Gadget, Go! by csimpkins Three-Camera Sitcom by uncleozzy Henry Pants by Karlos the Jackal Miss You by dagosto Jobs bshort's coder job in NYC Projects The Design State Channel 5 documentary title generator MeFi Posts QWOP flash "game" Election day box full of puppies Election day updates post Aspergers online test The perfect film Mathematician jokes Ask MeFi questions How do people on MeFi find interesting sites? Examples of Family Jargon I received a strange book in the mail Why doesn't everyone vote by mail? Why is Howard Dean leaving his DNC post? (answer from someone working for Dean) stevis update on his political campaign Obscure LOLanimals? (LOLtapirs) What are the best liquors for the money? MetaTalk mentions What have you bought as a result of a post/question/comment/answer on MetaFilter? NaNoWriMo 2008 tkchrist's story of his Vietnam War vet dad Ynoxas had a motorcycle accident MetaFilter users on Obama in January 2007 vs November 2008 Election contest results

33: Grains of rice

mathowie — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:44:03 -0800

The 33rd podcast covers the best of the MetaFilter universe for the month of October and since we recorded this on Halloween morning, there are Halloween-themed mentions wherever possible. It runs about 50 minutes long and features music from the October Music Challenge (mostly Halloween-themed)

direct link Helpful links Podcast Feed MeFi Podcast on iTunes Direct mp3 download (49Mb) Music Mentioned: Last Night a Werewolf Fell in Love with Me (Silver Lipstick Remix) by February28 Ugly Monster by AppleSeed Pretorius by sleepy pete MeFi Jobs: Library Tech, Library Assistant Digital Library Applications Analyst at UNC Chapel Hill MeFi Projects mentioned: Portland Day of the Dead parade How Much is Oil? AJAX Wikipedia search The Money Meltdown blog MeFi Posts: Halloween hobo code for trick or treating All the People in the World art exhibit (flickr set of the exhibit, MLK speech) Al Smith Dinner videos Code switching in Palin's language (Anil's response) Flawless Emergency Landings Oldest living human tissue: 123 year old eyes 100 skills every man or woman should know Ask MeFi questions: Where did the phrase "get off my lawn you kids!" come from? Why do people associate cops with doughnuts? Tape creep in my pockets? (photos of it) How can I ignore my ego and feelings of self-importance when trying new things? (Nattie's answer) Great comments: Standing in line story from Ask MeFi Story of trying to seek asylum in Canada More Ask MeFi questions: Documentaries that are reminiscent of history or science books Looking for upbeat music for happy dances What handmade gifts should I make for gifts? Classical music to scare kids at halloween with? MetaTalk mentions: Etsy team being formed of MeFi crafters Question resolution reminders Tags come to MetaTalk

32: This kid doesn't even know how to drive

mathowie — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:14:52 -0800

The 32nd podcast features recaps from the month of September on all the mefi sites and a very special comment reading from TryTheTilapia. It runs about an hour long.

direct link MeFi Music 1988 and There's a Party in My Head by god particle La Tarea by ORThey Intro stuff Jessamyn's posts about Palin on her blog that became newsworthy Banned books week Cycle Oregon (my vacation write-up and photos) Old meetup threads now have direct photo links MeFi Jobs Designing Treehouse Plans (lovely sketch) International English job MeFi Projects Library Finds Short Meal Service Modista "Ivy League Elitists" MeFi threads Musical Highway! Pickering and Female Computers history David Foster Wallace obit thread Paul Newman obit story by TryTheTilapia (she reads it in the last 8min) Adam Savage's hour long talk about his Dodo bird skeleton and the pursuit of knowledge Solitaire Civilization paper game Stack Overflow blog launched (cortex on their podcast talking about lots of behind-the-scenes MeFi stuff) Ask MeFi How do I get websense to unblock my innocuous blog? Make the Beeriodic Table How do you make your own log cabin? Presidential Debate party ideas It burns when I pee!

31: The Big Picture

mathowie — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:07:38 -0800

This podcast was recorded on August 25th and features an interview with kokogiak about his Big Picture project. Interview runs about 30 minutes of the hour long show.

direct link MeFi Music You Need More MeFi In Your Life by davejay Dub Dub by god particle Young Devin Funck by cortex (some background on it) Take Five by danb kokogiak interview kokogiak's profile Alan's personal site (flickr account) "Tunnel Town" Whittier, Alaska thread Big Picture at Boston.com (Big Picture thread on MeFi) The New King of Tonga at the Big Picture Firefighting photos at the Big Picture Similar (copycat?) big picture sites: Denver Post, Sacramento Bee, and Wall Street Journal (WSJ's weak 404 on the old URL). kokogiak in the National Geographic (from this post on his blog) Other projects mentioned: large bodies in the Solar System and Megapenny Project Music mentions MusicTalk area (throat singing!) MeFi links Greaser Gangs post The Shire in Foreclosure US Presidential Campaigns videos Literary Voyeurism Every single MST3k Episode Worst Colleges in America Emily out of the Uncanny Valley Ask MeFi threads Help me cut costs and live cheaply What item do you use all the time and couldn't live without? Share your favorite photography hacks Help me track down beautiful science/math posters Is the act of your parents unpacking your apartment without asking first a privacy/boundary violation? Extroverts help an introvert out. Should I learn to flirt and be more of a party girl? MetaTalk What's your all-time favorite comment? (dong_resin gets the pixies)

I am curious (podcast)

pjern — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:18:08 -0800

Just personal curiosity at work here- I noticed a reference elsewhere a few days ago to recording the upcoming podcast, which, unaccountably, cheered me up. (I look forward to the podcasts, because like as not they cover something interesting I didn't see in my normal perusals of the site.) So, what I got to wondering was ... ... how long does the post production take after you guys record the 'cast? What's the process, Matt? :) Or is it sitting locked away in a vault, waiting to be published in the dark of night, when the entrails that need be cast are ripened sufficiently?

30: Punched in the dick

mathowie — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:01:51 -0800

This podcast was recorded on August 1st and covers the month of July on Metafilter. It runs about an hour long.

direct link MeFi music, songs mentioned: You've got a ring of radiation by February28 Royal Quiet Deluxe (featuring chickens) by chinese_fashion Punch 'Em In The Dick by mediocre Stuff mentioned: Espresso over ice is NOT OK thread on MeFi Music Challenge for August Projects: It's Lovely, I'll Take it blog (projects post) Stupidfilter (projects post) tangent: NY Times trolling article (Trolling MetaFilter O'Reilly book) Infodump reformatted (projects post) Meetup mention: Book about comics that won an award. MeFi posts: DNS exploit thread with comments by the subject Steve Tevis is running for state rep in Kansas using online comics with comments from stevis himself. Cool old photos on Livejournal (featuring Lion in a sidecar on the vertical wall of death and also some creepy photos) Astro Zombie's Pixar story (other love for Astro Zombie and thread about Disney shutting down their 2D animation) Librarian stories: gay marriage kids book response and cake pans shared at a library. Espresso over Ice again Custom van conversions from the 1970s Ask MeFi posts: Scrabble tips on Ask MeFi (good list of tips here) MeFi Posts: Facebook shuts down Scrabulous (older) Great comedians available on Youtube? Intermediate swimming advice for people that can swim but don't swim laps? How to complain without sounding like a prude? Weird compulsion to blurt out a noise when you think of old embarrassing moments? (with MetaTalk!)