I'd just like to take a moment to misuse MetaTalk and draw your attention to this lame gawker list type post revealing the origin of MetaFilters own Astro Zombie.
posted by Artw on Oct 12, 2009 - 52 comments

Metafilter 10th Anniversary party line and voice mailbox. Numbers inside! [more inside]
posted by Juffo-Wup on Jul 13, 2009 - 65 comments

One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find out why. [more inside]
posted by Smart Dalek on Apr 20, 2009 - 35 comments

Hey, AskMefites, thanks for potentially saving my life. [more inside]
posted by desjardins on Apr 7, 2009 - 53 comments

I checked out NPRs Planet Money to see what kind of insight they have on the financial situation. Turns out that they're linking to us [more inside]
posted by a robot made out of meat on Nov 2, 2008 - 17 comments

mathowie's opinion on the nerd vote has been posted over at boingboing.fyi.
posted by dr. moot on Oct 24, 2008 - 98 comments

Thanks MeFi for helping me move! [more inside]
posted by TomMelee on Oct 20, 2008 - 16 comments

I come in praise of orange swan and her many craft-related posts. They are wittily put together and loaded with tons of great links, especially those that recycle old things into amazing new ones. Thank you, orange swan!
posted by Lynsey on Oct 19, 2008 - 29 comments

I'd like to publicly thank MeFi user mattbucher for helping make last night a wonderful experience. [more inside]
posted by mrbill on Oct 10, 2008 - 48 comments

I just wanted to say what a wonderful memorial the David Foster Wallace obit thread has become. [more inside]
posted by crossoverman on Sep 14, 2008 - 45 comments

A follow up to this little post I made a few years ago about a fellow that was attempting to walk every street and lane of his surroundings. His passing has given me pause to reflect on the idea of community and how posting events from the local to the global bring us closer together. I want to say thank you to mathowie for providing us with this forum for sharing these often unheard stories.
posted by tellurian on Sep 12, 2008 - 16 comments

Sidebar request - grumblebee on finding your passion [more inside]
posted by Happy Dave on Sep 5, 2008 - 8 comments

I Vant To be Alone!* [more inside]
posted by jonmc on Aug 30, 2008 - 63 comments

Merlin Mann <3 us Eideteker
posted by boo_radley on Aug 22, 2008 - 41 comments

The responses to this AskMe are a "Best of" for me. Dunno if this is the venue... but I need to express myself! [more inside]
posted by mistsandrain on Aug 20, 2008 - 30 comments

Nicely done moderation on the Russian sexual harassment post. [more inside]
posted by Cool Papa Bell on Aug 11, 2008 - 101 comments

I found what I was looking for, after 2+ years, including an answer to my very first AskMe post! For posterity, the answer to this question is this, and the answer to this question is "Happy Go Lively" which is available here. I'd love to be able to update my own askme posts, even if they were from years ago. I understand that the discussion has to end at some point, but if I found what I believe to be the definitive answer (since it was my question, after all), it would help those who come searching later on to keep the answer and the question together.
posted by Wild_Eep on Aug 6, 2008 - 17 comments

Look who's back!
posted by netbros on Aug 2, 2008 - 162 comments

nasreddin hit one out of the park today.
posted by plexi on Aug 1, 2008 - 226 comments

I think it's about time Kattullus got a pat on the back for a staggering output of consistently excellent posts.
posted by UbuRoivas on Jul 29, 2008 - 83 comments

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]
posted by sjuhawk31 on Jul 29, 2008 - 4 comments

People who were interested in the original thread may enjoy seeing some big grins on kids' faces courtesy of baby_balrog's playground ministry; the playgrounds are evidently up.
posted by WCityMike on Jul 29, 2008 - 19 comments

I would like to thank Dee_extrovert for sharing her experiences and insights with us in this thread. [more inside]
posted by foxy_hedgehog on Jul 23, 2008 - 58 comments

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]
posted by ottereroticist on Jul 22, 2008 - 75 comments

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.
posted by allkindsoftime on Jul 3, 2008 - 195 comments

Mefi's Own Baby_Balrog: "Stephen and I traveled to Bilin, near Ramallah, on Friday. [...] IDF soldiers began firing CS gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets at the marchers [...] here's a video of me running away when the soldiers started firing gas canisters [...] I had my jump kit with me and tried to help a few people [...]" He's writing a pretty fascinating blog.
posted by WCityMike on Jun 24, 2008 - 14 comments

Over the last few months one of the Metafilter regulars has produced a number of comments demonstrating an above average grasp of the democratic parties political process as well as an above average ability to articulate that understanding in to language that highlights the substance of the comments. [more inside]
posted by iamabot on Jun 7, 2008 - 100 comments

I just wanted to point out how great a guy adamwolf is. When I asked this question he offered me an old oscilloscope of his he was replacing.
posted by phrontist on May 1, 2008 - 51 comments

I wanted to call out a post I like from misteraitch, circa 2003. I just ran across the site (specifically), and would have posted it myself had it not already found its way here five years ago.
posted by owhydididoit on Apr 21, 2008 - 28 comments

Something amazing is happening on the Blue. [more inside]
posted by lostburner on Apr 21, 2008 - 57 comments

Ten days have passed since I posted this thread to AskMetafilter. My postman is cranky with me, my friends think I'm crazy, I have about around 30 lbs of new catalogs [c. 200kb pics, flickr, 1, 2], and a reinvigorated appreciation for all y'all (not that it has ever been in jeopardy)... [more inside]
posted by cadastral on Apr 11, 2008 - 49 comments

Just a shout out to Lore , just watched your latest Alt Text, and spied what site you had on the computer behind you...its not tape on a door on a popular cable network show but I saw it at least
posted by ShawnString on Apr 9, 2008 - 21 comments

Normal Person + Anonymity + Audience = Sweetness & Light? [more inside]
posted by robself on Mar 21, 2008 - 94 comments

It all seems so clear now-- I had to share this comment of pure wonderment, I'm still smiling. If you've ever needed to really understand how far a distance is, behold the answer within. [more inside]
posted by Static Vagabond on Mar 19, 2008 - 61 comments

I'd like to say thanks to MIko, who not only just reached 2000 AskMe comments, but also routinely clogs up my "contact activity" feed with Best Answers.
posted by null terminated on Mar 15, 2008 - 70 comments

Just wanted to highlight this post by allkindsoftime (in case people miss it on the blue).
posted by hadjiboy on Feb 29, 2008 - 57 comments

A different kind of call out: MeFi has a brand new pony. [more inside]
posted by dawson on Feb 27, 2008 - 56 comments

My heartfelt thanks to loving MeFites: Brandon Blatcher, hadjiboy, Grammar Moses, madamjujujive, vronsky, hortense, It's Raining Florence Henderson, rtha and Hildegarde. [more inside]
posted by nickyskye on Feb 19, 2008 - 133 comments

I saw the best minds of mefi generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, clicking themselves through the blue pages at dawn looking for an angry fix....
posted by anastasiav on Feb 15, 2008 - 69 comments

Oh how easily we forget! Months ago (a year?) the server was consistently slow or down. Now it's smooth as a baby's butt and fast as the Google. Is Federer your server? I love it. My Mefi addicted brain thanks you.
posted by null terminated on Jan 29, 2008 - 23 comments

As of the time of this post, the blue has had an unbroken string of 71 undeleted FPPs (numbers 68210 to 68280). That's almost three full days with no doubles, no self-linkers, no crappy stunt posts, etc. Good work, people! It got me wondering, though, what's the longest string (number-wise and/or timespan-wise) of undeleted FPPs on the blue? Does this mean we're all finally "getting" what makes a good post? Or are people getting better at following the guidelines? Or is this just an anomaly? [more inside]
posted by amyms on Jan 18, 2008 - 71 comments

Languagehat revealed! Who is he? An insider tells all in his explosive new book! [more inside]
posted by Mo Nickels on Dec 18, 2007 - 97 comments

My recent activity is becoming homunculus' blog/link dump. [more inside]
posted by srboisvert on Dec 12, 2007 - 105 comments

Good Job! [previously]
posted by bigmusic on Dec 10, 2007 - 17 comments

A few months shy of three years later, I'm still knocked breathless by this thread. I've been rereading each story over this weekend, and it's really had me thinking about echoes and effects, human goodness, and the astonishing strength of human resilience. I'm really grateful to everyone who shared such meaningful and vulnerable moments of their lives. Mefi is one hell of a community.
posted by WCityMike on Dec 9, 2007 - 56 comments

Video buttons. Are. Awesome. Are they new? [more inside]
posted by NikitaNikita on Dec 2, 2007 - 40 comments

I DUNNO. ASK METAFILTER. A shoutout (in the company of some rather big web-names) from big-time webcomicker (and dead tree comicker), MetaFilter's Own clango.
posted by wendell on Nov 14, 2007 - 53 comments

Just wanted to call attention to an AskMe that really takes you on a roller-coaster ride -- opening with sadness, stopping off at beauty, providing lots of warm fuzzies throughout, stopping off for a surprising dollop of disgust on the way to inexplicable hilarity (ymmv), and ending up being a great reference point for anybody in a relationship.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders on Nov 13, 2007 - 27 comments

Today has been the best day in terms of FPPs in living memory. The sort of day that will keep me coming back for years to come. Can Fridays always be dedicated to the very best of the web? And statistically - what day has provided the most favourites?
posted by takeyourmedicine on Nov 9, 2007 - 82 comments

First of all, thank you to #1, pb, et al. for all of the new toys, it's not even Christmas! I'm wondering now, if it's worth the effort (or possible) to include the "Bold", "Italics" and "links" buttons to MeFiMail and much more importantly, to AskMe. [more inside]
posted by snsranch on Nov 7, 2007 - 25 comments