MeFi Scoop! Two years ago, oneirodynia made this FPP about the Smothers Brothers. Tonight on Fresh Air, Terry Gross interviewed David Bianculli whose new book about the Brothers' career, Dangerously Funny, comes out tomorrow. [more inside]
posted by jaruwaan on Nov 30, 2009 - 35 comments

Update on this fascinating thread, which discussed a controversial new treatment and theory about Multiple Sclerosis. Mainstream (Canadian) news agencies are now picking up the story: Article and video. [more inside]
posted by Potomac Avenue on Nov 23, 2009 - 11 comments

Another update on Hoder (previously) via boingboing: [more inside]
posted by Tomorrowful on Nov 2, 2009 - 30 comments

Belated super-ultra-niche-updatefilter: I was dismissive of wordnik when it was posted to the blue, indicating that I preferred wordie. Surprise! They're merging.
posted by juv3nal on Oct 9, 2009 - 18 comments

For those interested in the story of Alice & Kev (first brought to our attention on the blue in this FPP), the final post will be made this coming Monday, October 5th. [more inside]
posted by brandman on Oct 1, 2009 - 67 comments

A while ago I did a post on group Where-The-Wild-Things-Are tribute blog Terrible Yellow Eyes. They're now having an exhibition for those lucky enough to live in LA, should you want to see some of the great artworks in person. I have no idea if any are for sale, I suspect not what with copyrights etc.
posted by smoke on Sep 7, 2009 - 3 comments

Update: Roger Ebert's blog post about Ben Stein's Expelled (6MB HTML), talked about here, had so many comments the software wouldn't allow any more.
posted by kmz on Sep 4, 2009 - 76 comments

Remember the Legend of Koizumi? Well, good news - it's going to be made into an anime. [more inside]
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing on Aug 21, 2009 - 21 comments

Minor double update on a big thread and a little thread... [more inside]
posted by unixrat on Aug 6, 2009 - 22 comments

Important update to this post. [more inside]
posted by dersins on Aug 3, 2009 - 80 comments

Update: controversial photomanipulator Edgar Martins eventually releases an essay in response to having his shenanigans busted: How Can I See What I See, Until I Know What I Know?. Those hoping for preposterous, opaque and evasive nonsense will be handsomely rewarded.
posted by Beautiful Screaming Lady on Jul 31, 2009 - 223 comments

Last year every reality show contestant wasn't here to make friends, and they still aren't.
posted by The Devil Tesla on Jul 7, 2009 - 100 comments

Update on the Ibuprofen search thread (now closed): Strip search illegal.
posted by sperose on Jun 25, 2009 - 86 comments

An update regarding the Singh vs. British Chiropractic Association lawsuit is available here. [more inside]
posted by five fresh fish on Jun 10, 2009 - 58 comments

Update to a closed thread: Earlier this year Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was appointed by the president and parliament of Iceland to be caretaker prime minister until new elections could be held, in the process becoming the world's first head of government to be openly gay. Yesterday she lead her Social Democratic party to victory in parliamentary elections, ensuring that she will continue to serve as prime minister for the foreseeable future.
posted by Kattullus on Apr 26, 2009 - 49 comments

FPP Update: The police officers who murdered Kathryn Johnston are going to prison with no chance of parole. [FPP]
posted by batmonkey on Feb 24, 2009 - 35 comments

Sita Sings the Blues, the animated Ramayana by MeFi's own Nina Paley, is finally going to air on TV on March 7th on PBS (WNET) in New York. [Via]
posted by homunculus on Feb 24, 2009 - 32 comments

An Update: Kellogg Company is acquiring the trademarks and recipes of Mother's Cake & Cookie Co., a regional brand with a loyal consumer following in the Western U.S. [more inside]
posted by Lizc on Jan 9, 2009 - 29 comments

Remember that time I kinda flipped out a little bit on MeTa about that AskMe question about how to get Zimbabwean dollars on the cheap? [more inside]
posted by allkindsoftime on Oct 22, 2008 - 22 comments

Because for some reason I can't sign into metafilter's main page, I thought I'd give a brief update on the situation in this thread here. [more inside]
posted by piratebowling on Aug 11, 2008 - 32 comments

Remember the big pig kill? Death threats came of it. [more inside]
posted by five fresh fish on Jul 31, 2008 - 49 comments

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.
posted by mwhybark on Jul 30, 2008 - 155 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

Update to this post on Greek lesbian/Lesbian controversy.
posted by Morrigan on Jul 22, 2008 - 15 comments

Remember Kevin Everett? Well, those of you who said Kevin Everett would walk, it turns out you were right. [more inside]
posted by ikkyu2 on Jun 30, 2008 - 20 comments

The end result of this question just needs to be preserved as a "wonderful AskMe moment." Crushing problem solved in a way neither of us would have considered if it hadn't been for the suggestion in AskMe. Now we know, and the other credit-card-ignorant will know too when they search!
posted by sparrows on Jun 26, 2008 - 30 comments

Follow up to y2karl's post about the stubbornest old lady in Ballard (Seattle). [more inside]
posted by Slarty Bartfast on Jun 17, 2008 - 43 comments

Update to this thread. [more inside]
posted by piratebowling on May 9, 2008 - 27 comments

AskMe vent: Is it just me, or does anyone else get frustrated when they answer questions and the asker never comes back to say "Hey, thanks, that's what I was looking for" or "That's not what I meant, but let me clarify" or never comes back to give feedback to the answers in any way? I'm not talking about "anonymous" askers who obviously can't follow up. I mean regular/mundane/normal questions whose askers never bother to respond at all. [more inside]
posted by amyms on May 2, 2008 - 141 comments

Gasp! Commas! [more inside]
posted by kittens for breakfast on Apr 30, 2008 - 180 comments

Unfortunately, I can't post it to the original thread because it's more that 30 days old, but Paul Schmeltzer just posted my contribution to his Signifier-Signed project to the blog. Heh. [more inside]
posted by Devils Rancher on Apr 1, 2008 - 8 comments

In case anyone wondered what happened with the College Admissions Official From Hell (thread here), an update! Thank you to the good people of AskMe. [more inside]
posted by InnocentBystander on Feb 20, 2008 - 93 comments

Aww. Remember this question? Here's the update.
posted by allkindsoftime on Feb 2, 2008 - 47 comments

The Givewell Board of Directors have issued a statement concerning the changes they made in the wake of the astroturfing and related activities earlier in the week. [more inside]
posted by jessamyn on Jan 6, 2008 - 536 comments

Can we get an update?
posted by c:\awesome on Nov 8, 2007 - 33 comments

i just wanted to mention that the plain theme is looking real nice these days and to thank matt and pb for keeping it updated. [more inside]
posted by quonsar on Oct 29, 2007 - 67 comments

No leaky fishtank mystery, but similar. Following up on this AskMe of mine. I have egg on my face.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur on Aug 30, 2007 - 49 comments

Followup to this post, the personal blimp hits the Boston Globe (video).
posted by plinth on Jul 23, 2007 - 11 comments

Update: Bejing's counterfeit pork dumplings [referenced in a prior food thread] have been discredited as byproducts of the monkeyfishing industry.
posted by Smart Dalek on Jul 19, 2007 - 19 comments

UPDATE: My SO with the aneurysm survived brain surgery. I didn't know if this was appropriate to post here, but the askme response was so comforting. It was the middle of the night and I felt really alone. Now she's home, having survived a craniotomy, and doing great. So, it's late at night again and I'm awake and she's asleep with her giant Frankenstein scar and I wanted to say thank you.
posted by generic230 on Jul 7, 2007 - 56 comments

UpdateFilter: while I was waiting in line for an iPhone with my friend yesterday (for him not for me) I was catching up on a little work. I was showing my friend the MeFi admin interface and someone looked over my shoulder and said "is that MetaFilter?" I said yes, was he a member? He said no but a video that he had made got linked on MeFi last February and had catapulted him to mini-stardom for a few weeks. He gave me some backstory on the movie....
posted by jessamyn on Jun 30, 2007 - 73 comments

Did someone already post the follow up to the post about the guy with the disfiguring growths on his hands? If so, I missed it.
posted by serazin on May 27, 2007 - 37 comments

A few weeks ago, I posted a question about our mountains of returnable bottles. Just thought I'd mention the outcome...two days after my post, we found a flyer attached to our doorknob. The local high school was collecting returnables as part of a fund-raiser for a student whose house had burned down. We hauled our many (many!) bags of bottles out to the curb as directed. We weren't there when they were collected, but a few days later our next-door neighbor caught me outside and mentioned that he'd been present when the kids came around to collect the bottles, and one of them yelled "Hey, jackpot!" to the others when they hit our curb. No particular point of this post, I guess, other than it was somewhat serendipitous timing that I had all our bottles bagged and had just posed the question as to what the heck to do with them.
posted by Oriole Adams on May 20, 2007 - 29 comments

Followup--remember that story about the Hispanic high-school kids who entered and won the robotics contest at MIT? I just met with their advisor.
posted by MrMoonPie on May 17, 2007 - 12 comments

Following up on this post from January, the Washington hospital which performed the "Ashley Treatment" has acknowledged that it broke the law.
posted by allen.spaulding on May 9, 2007 - 6 comments

Followup on Canadian spy coins. Today, an Associate Press FOIA request reveals that they were just the commemorative quarters we thought.
posted by LobsterMitten on May 7, 2007 - 4 comments

Northeast New England Meetup was a great success. There were lots of cameras and a delicious cake our wonderful hostess provided.
posted by terrapin on May 6, 2007 - 26 comments

For fans of the Laughing Song thread, there's a mention of George W. Johnson as well as other early African-American recording artists over at NPR's The Story. Photos and song samples there, too. I'd include a permanent link to the actual topic, but have so far not found one.
posted by malaprohibita on Mar 28, 2007 - 14 comments

In June last year, Anjumu posted a link to a New Yorker article about the aggressive copyright enforcement followed by the James Joyce estate. A Joycean academic sued the estate for the right to publish certain material. They won. (see also Lessig)
posted by peacay on Mar 27, 2007 - 19 comments

Ugh. Ok, we should be back now, mostly working. I'm sure there are lots of little things I need to fix and I'll try and get things going over the next couple days.
posted by mathowie on Mar 26, 2007 - 151 comments