Pictures from the February 4th meetup in Vancouver

February 5, 2006 2:00 PM

Pictures from the February 4th meetup in Vancouver:
posted by russilwvong to MetaFilter Gatherings at 2:00 PM (27 comments total)

... will be posted by PurplePorpoise, who had the most compact camera I've ever seen outside of a James Bond movie.
posted by russilwvong at 2:12 PM on February 5, 2006

Here's one:

posted by timeistight at 2:15 PM on February 5, 2006

2960 - Lenny70 (L) shaking hands with timeistight
2961 - (L->R) antifreez_, russilwvong, vernonalhart, Lenny70
2962 - timeistight & mediaddict
2963 - sanitycheck
2964 - antifreez_, ori, russilwvong
2965 - porpoise, mediaddict (bkgrnd) - Shoutout to sqeak
2966 - jeffj & Zack_Replica
2967 - fingerbang (oggle away, ladies), ori, jeffj
2968 - elizard/cruise_missive/dedicated_lurker*, Zack_Replica, fingerbang
2969 - ori - Shoutout to orthogonality, asparagirl, languagehat, felix betachat, & loquax
2971 - antifreez_, sanitycheck, *, Zack_Replica (obsc), fingerbang
2973 - Lenny70 - Shoutout to five fresh fish
2974 - Lenny70 - Shoutout to smedleyman
2975 - antifreez_, sanitycheck, *, Zack_Replica
2977 - (clockwise, bottom L) russilwvong, mediaddict, vernonalhart, antifreez_, sanitycheck, *, Zack_Replica, ori, Lenny70
2980 - mediaddict, vernonalhart, antifreez_
2983 - ori, somerandombloke, Lenny70, russilwvong
2984 - sanitycheck (bkgrnd), Zack_Replica - Shoutout to madamjujujive
2985 - * - Shoutout to jonmc, specklet (.)(.), dame, & dodgygeezer

* - Zack_Replica's mate, a longtime lurker of both Metafilter and Metachat who we managed to talk into signing up. Her "normal" nick is elizard; someone suggested dedicated_lurker and cruise_missive was a candidate name but she thought that it might sound too bitchy.

Thanks russilwvong!

I hope I didn't get anyone's names wrong or mangle it too much. I had a good time, thanks to everyone who could make it!
posted by PurplePorpoise at 2:17 PM on February 5, 2006

Many thanks for a great night, Porpoise. Y'all talked me into it--with such a fun group, how could I resist?
posted by elizard at 2:41 PM on February 5, 2006

I love the hockey on TV in many of the shots. Go Canucks!
posted by fionab at 3:06 PM on February 5, 2006

Shouts, Lenny.
posted by five fresh fish at 3:08 PM on February 5, 2006

What'd you use to take that photo, timeistight?
posted by smackfu at 3:18 PM on February 5, 2006

A Canon Digital Rebel with a Canon EF 85mm 1.8 lens. It's a really nice, fast lens, but a bit too long for shooting in a pub.
posted by timeistight at 3:27 PM on February 5, 2006

Really nice to meet some fellow mefites in the flesh, thanks for setting it up purple :) Keep in touch all!
posted by fingerbang at 5:29 PM on February 5, 2006

Welcome to metafilter, elizard!
posted by PurplePorpoise at 5:59 PM on February 5, 2006

Ayup. Good times. Thanks again, PurplePorpoise.
posted by vernondalhart at 6:14 PM on February 5, 2006

That was a fine meetup and a great group of people. Thank you PurplePorpoise for organizing it.


[...boy, do I look ~~high~~ on both of the shoutout pics.

*blames Porpoise camera and sits back to roll... ehem... to relax *]
posted by lenny70 at 6:39 PM on February 5, 2006

Thanks for the shoutout, PurplePorpoise!
posted by squeak at 6:49 PM on February 5, 2006

squeak; definitely tell us when you're back in town next, it'll make for a decidedly Vancouverish (and delicious) meetup!
posted by PurplePorpoise at 9:11 PM on February 5, 2006

Dang, pissed I couldn't make it. Found myself doing Bollywood dancing at UBC's Malaysia Singapore night instead. Next time!!!!
posted by stray at 10:40 PM on February 5, 2006

welcome to mefi, elizard!

What a big crowd, good job organizing PurplePorposie - looks like it was very fun! And nice pics, timeistight! Thanks so much for the most excellent shoutout, Zach, et al ... you made my day, really!
posted by madamjujujive at 10:59 PM on February 5, 2006

You're welcome, mjjj! It was fun, and it was great to see people in the flesh.
posted by Zack_Replica at 8:50 AM on February 6, 2006

A Canon Digital Rebel with a Canon EF 85mm 1.8 lens. It's a really nice, fast lens, but a bit too long for shooting in a pub.

Nice results, and that's a fair assessment of the lens. Especially with the multiplier.
posted by smackfu at 9:49 AM on February 6, 2006

Woah. I've totally seen lenny70 in the compsci labs here at UBC.
*wave*
Sorry I missed out.
posted by juv3nal at 10:36 AM on February 6, 2006

I'm supposed to be in Van (staying on the UBC campus) May long weekend. Any chance you'll want to do this again then?
posted by raedyn at 7:35 AM on February 7, 2006

There was talk at the end of a UBC meetup, since a good chunk of us were UBC students.
posted by vernondalhart at 8:01 AM on February 7, 2006

welcome to mefi, elizard!

Why, thank you, madam!
posted by elizard at 9:07 AM on February 7, 2006

Oh, man. That close-up of me is extreme. Check out those sideburns!
posted by antifreez_ at 9:13 AM on February 7, 2006

Hopefully next time, the cat won't swallow a ribbon and need a trip to the vet again. (Cat vomit induced. Pocket $60 lighter. A few towels cat puke-ified. Cat now fine.)
posted by birdsquared at 8:25 PM on February 7, 2006

I'd love to, I can hear Hon's Wun Tun House calling me. I just have to figure out how to make it work, my poor 250cc motorcycle would vibrate into peices (or I would) if I tried riding it into Vancouver so that leaves greyhound (ugh). But warbaby's hostel idea is one that I hadn't thought of before ... soooo a tentative count me in for the next meetup.

sorry it took so long to respond I have a difficult time keeping track of the threads I should be watching
posted by squeak at 12:40 PM on February 8, 2006

squeak, have you tried the mycomments page? I find that it helps me keep track.
posted by raedyn at 1:04 PM on February 8, 2006

I'm horribly scatter brained and have been accessing my comments through my profile page will give it a go and see if it helps, thanks for reminding me it's there.
posted by squeak at 2:38 PM on February 8, 2006