June 2008 Archives (all archives)
June 30
Ugh, all RIGHT, mom, I get it.
Why do people feel the need to post the same (obvious) advice other people have given, especially after the asker has already marked the best answer? [more inside]
Because having your questions answered by *one* know it all is so pre-AskMe.
Salon's Cary Tennis referred one of his questioning letter writers to AskMe for a discussion on sighing. So how long is until is it until Dear Abby and Ann Landers just start to tell their readers, "Get counselling, and read AskMe, dear."
Mefi Followup Kevin Everett walks after spinal injury
Remember Kevin Everett? Well, those of you who said Kevin Everett would walk, it turns out you were right. [more inside]
My Little Pony Express
One thing that annoys me about long MeMail conversations is the lack of threading; before services like GMail and Facebook, which thread messages, this wouldn't have been such a big deal, but anymore I find it kind of irritating to have to click through several pages to read old messages in a thread. So how's about some conversation threading in MeMail? [more inside]
MeFi Follow-Up: Joe Horn is Cleared of All Charges
Remember Joe Horn? Well, those of you who said Joe Horn would walk, it turns out you were right. [more inside]
They erased his face!
Faces disappearing on the MeFi Twitter page [more inside]
June 29
First things first.
Can we more strongly encourage posters to make their first link their most important one? [more inside]
Fred and Sharon go to Hollywood?
Portland, ME meetup on July 2nd?
Short notice: meetup in Portland, ME on July 2nd? [more inside]
Can't find it.
I'm looking for a member's homepage that was a collection of weird and interesting facts. Can anyone point me in the right direction? [more inside]
how is babby scarred??
While composing an AskMetafilter question about where I might purchase baby clothes, I was told the following: [more inside]
More than one category for AskMes?
I, too, would enjoy a pony: the ability to select more than one category for an AskMe question. [more inside]
June 28
Post editing ability
Can I haz a pomy^D^Dny? 60 second editing. [more inside]
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it.
June 27
Kenya hack it?
Backstabbing is not conducive to intellectual discourse
Malor - your arguments have to stand on their own merits without bringing other people's names up. [more inside]
29: Happy Happy Joy Joy
Show #29 features calls from members describing their happiest MetaFilter-related moments as well as recaps from the last few weeks of postings across all MetaFilter sites. It was recorded on June 25th, and runs about an hour long. [more inside]
June 26
Single Day AskMeFi Archive Browse
Is there any way to browse the Ask archives a day at a time? Browsing by date (e.g. http://ask.metafilter.com/archived.mefi/10/01/2006/ ) currently brings up an entire month at a time, which is rather unwieldy. [more inside]
Quickest way to Metafilter Lofi
Is there an easy way to get to Metafilter's lofi version? I'm at work and must filter. But even a google search for "Metafilter lofi" can't get me there.
We're not so backwards after-all!
Anyone interested in a Central Mississippi Meetup? [more inside]
A question and answer area for people to talk about writing/recording music
Request for another way to interact in Metafilter Music. [more inside]
It's an AskMe Miracle
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!
June 24
Account Closing Protocol
What would be the reason someone would want to close their account? If someone didn't want to "belong" to this "community", wouldn't someone just quit posting to the site, and reading it? And what of the posts someone has previously posted? Would a request to delete all of someone's own posts be complied with? [more inside]
June 23
Give me disorder! In reverse descending order!
PONY: I like discussion! How about having some way of pulling up the "most active" threads...threads which have the most comments over the past x hours. [more inside]
help me find a post
Can anyone help me find an old AskMe post about keeping promises that I forgot to favorite? [more inside]
Weekly World MeFi
This is a crap post. Celebrity gossip, really?
June 22
Is MeFi music Creative Commons?
MeFi Music Uploading - Creative Commons license, please? Possible to replace or delete an uploaded song? [more inside]
June 21
MeFi breaking WebKit Nightly
Any other WebKit Nightly users noticing the MeFi front page main content is being shoved below the sidebar until you hit 'Refresh'? [more inside]
June 20
Spelunking for doubles
Son of Mass Canoe Rental Meet Up Concept
Let us cast our boats upon the water. (Seattle meetup) [more inside]
Cycling Streak Competition 2008
There are 73 days left in the Cycling Streak Challenge. It might look like ~35 days is a commanding lead, but any streak falls apart in just 24 hours, and with the adjusted rules - thanks to hanagashore's great generosity and competitive spirit - just about 2/3rds of the competition period is ahead of us. So let's go Mefites, fix up your bike, and take your shot at a Garmin Edge 705 (desc).
Inverted Sine Beta Sleep Waves.
Can anyone help me find the post where someone talks about a watch or clock that helps you wake up refreshed based on your wave cycles? [more inside]
Go Team?
Metafilter is the 3rd Smartest Website in the World
Happy Mefi-day to me!
Today just happens to be my one-year Mefi-versary! In honor of this, I thought it might be fun for some of you old timers* to tell me about your favorite thread, post, question or project. MeTa tends to be kinda stuffy -- let's let the light in here and have a little fun, neh?
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Previously
How about a Previously Box? People often make FPPs and link previous posts. Previously, previously, previously. Pretty Please? Previously (partially). [more inside]
June 19
Add to playlist from more places please
Mefi Music pony request: can we have an "add to playlist" link directly from the pages 1) listing all songs by a particular user 2) listing all songs with a particular tag. [more inside]
Metafilter Projects (Re)post Ettiquete...
Metafilter Projects (Re)post Ettiquete... [more inside]
Can we get a policy regarding the ads on Metafilter?
Can we get a policy regarding the ads on Metafilter? [more inside]
One is feets, the other is boots?
How local is too local for the Metafilter front page? [more inside]
Stealth pay marketing sucks.
Can we get a policy to discourage the pimping of "stealth pay" games here on Metafilter? [more inside]
June 18
Happy stories wanted for the Podcast
For next week's podcast: call in (either use the widget after the jump or call +1 (503) 465-4522 and leave a message) and tell us your happiest MetaFilter story ever. [more inside]
Montreal Meetup
Montreal meetup? [more inside]
June 17
The Little House in Ballard is now empty.
Oh shit, it's a walk-off!
Two new features, feeds and more feeds
Two new features: resolved question sidebar (and feed) and RSS feeds for the Popular favorites page. All is explained within. [more inside]
Bier in Sint Fransiscus
Hoi, let's meetup in SF around july 3rd! [more inside]
Toronto Pride Meetup!
Toronto Pride meetup? [more inside]
June 16
Related Questions should appear in preview
I'd like to suggest that the "related questions" feature of Ask appear in the preview stage of posting a question. It may cause the asker to find their answer pre-posting (great for people who suck at searching, like me!) or rephrase their question in a manner that's more helpful and therefore cut down on the asker having to clarify repeatedly in the thread.
Exact Phrase Search
Looks like you're searching for an exact phrase. The local search doesn't do that so well. Why not?
June 15
Don't ask me!!
Well, I've seen this type of phrase around, and it hit one of my questions.
"This sounds like a legal question. You should really ask a lawyer."
I think it's legit to ask legal related questions here. One, someone may have had experience with the situation. Two, there may be a friendly lawyer around (hey, I've given free advice for my areas of knowledge).
When someone asks a question about what song was being played in this movie or whatnot, wouldn't it be rude or just useless to respond with, "That sounds like a music question. You know who could answer that? A DJ!"
People might as well just put "I dunno" or "me too". "IANAL" is one thing, answering to say "don't ask me" is just fluff. Yes? No?
How to recall conversations with other users
Is there any way to identify threads that contain comments by me and another user? I'm picturing a world where I could click on someone else's profile, and there would be a link "conversations you've had with this user." I suspect I am missing something, but I can't find it.
June 13
Metafilter: All opinion?
Not About Tim Russert
Perennial Obit Thread Discussion [more inside]
28: Burning logs
Show #28 is a call in show, featuring answers to questions from a dozen or so members that left messages on the call-in line. It runs about 50 minutes long. [more inside]
Is it time for MetaFilter consignment?
I know a MetaFilter swapsite or Craigslist-y thing has been suggested before, but now that I have a thing burning a hole in my pocket that I'd like to give to an interested local Mefite -- like, today -- I'm wondering if it's time. I'd like to sell or give away things to you, and I'd like to buy stuff, too. I'm pretty sure that we could do some really interesting things with this, like what Miko did with her $9 something offer.
seofeed? really?
June 12
Spamspamspamspamspam
Do Mefites get sick of eating Chatfilter?
In the "Do chinese people get sick of eating chinese food?" AskMe discussion, which might have had a germ of a worthwhile idea behind it, the OPP has essentially come out and said "my question is chatfilter."
Metafilter is....
June 11
When I said "conceal", I meant pockets, not the rectum!
Stealing and concealing, rectal bleeding, and being gay. Oh my! [more inside]
June 10
Palestine
From whatever mod deleted it, I just wondered why my repsonse to this post was deleted, and what exactly is so offensive about it that it needed to be removed. A Mefi mail is fine, but if you want it public that's OK too. Thank you. Truly, I don't care about the deletion, but am truly interested about the policy/ethics involved.
Answers, not opinions.
I don't understand why some of the answers to this question aren't being deleted. They are expressing their opinions about whether or not it's appropriate to give children psychiatric drugs, or what drugs have worked for children they knew, and that wasn't what was asked.
Full disclosure
A few weeks ago, there was a post about two Muslims about to be deported from Britain. Today in AskMe, the poster reveals that one of the potential deportees is a friend of his. Shouldn't this have been disclosed at the time? Is it okay to make posts about your friends?
metaask
I asked a question and many of the responses were that I am "biased." Is a judgement of character a prerequisite for answering a question?
Call in show needs callers
We're doing another call-in show for the podcast this week so we need people to call in some questions for us to answer (ideally, in the next 24hours). Click the giant CALL ME button on the podcast sidebar, plop in your number, and grandcentral/google will ring you up and let you leave a message free of charge. [more inside]
double take
There appears to be a bug on the recent Flickr photos page. I've seen this bug regularly, though not every day. Today's example is a repeated picture by bibliowench on Jun 9th, 2008 and bevedog on Jun 9th, 2008. Both are displayed as "Omeka stickers", both link to the same external Flickr page. I am running firefox on macos. (I don't read MetaTalk much, so I apologize if this is a known bug. I did do a quick search for a posting about the same topic.)
Pepsi Blue Hawaii
Pepsi Blue...Hawaii will be sold in Japan this summer. We'll have photos from the next Tokyo MeFi Meetup (TBA) with our Pepsi Blue Hawaii in hand.
June 9
Where did that link go?
Should there be a visual indicator that someone has opted out of MeMail? [more inside]
June 8
Error when filling out your birthday in the preferences.
In your preferences, if you select a month and year for your birthday, but not a specific day of the month, you get an error message. Could that be changed so you have the option to fill in only the month/year?
Because beer makes fire better
All right, andycasses: Chicago meetup on July 3rd, 6pm, Billy Goat on (under) Michigan [more inside]
It's Quiet - Too Quiet
Did anyone notice that there were NO deleted posts on the Blue for all of June 7th? How common is that? [more inside]
June 7
Education with your host, DaShiv.
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]
AskMe is NOT an adoption service.
I adore konolia and have defended her before, but her comment in this thread is intolerable. [more inside]
eh ?
Does anyone know what is happening in waraws thread below ? [more inside]
June 5
"Now with more time-suck!"
I know that there's a dedicated cadre of Team Fortressers out there. Anyone playing Call of Duty 4? [more inside]
IRC Redux
I'd like to take the time to invite everyone informally to #metafilter on slashnet (irc://irc.slashnet.org/metafilter)! Ops for everyone! Please check your steve at the door. That is all.
Augusta meetup?
Augusta, GA meetup? [more inside]
Why do people make a post to say they've sent a mefi mail?
Best Answer(er)
Is there a way to see how many of a person's AskMeFi comments are marked as best answer? [more inside]
June 4
Hooray for highlights!
When did you start putting that little highlight bar on AskMe comments that are from the original asker? Kickass! Thank you... [more inside]
Related questions are awesome.
Related questions are awesome. [more inside]
It's a shame a derail can get a good post on cervixen deleted.
Quarters for PhatLobley!
So is the Ann Arbor MeFite mini-meetup tonight to save PhatLobley's laundry still happening? [more inside]
Gee, man.
I would like to congratulate gman on the occasion of his thirteenth deleted post of 2008. Is this a record?
Mark askee answers
Mark askee answers. (Meaning, highlight answers posted by the user who asked the question in askmefi). [more inside]
My Ask to include My favorites?
PonyFilter: when I favorite an Ask thread, it should appear in 'My Ask'
Ant Man in San Fran
The Brit abroad - San Francisco Meetup in August? [more inside]
I am a commenter, but not your commenter
Please, for the love of all that is holy, can we please stop?
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June 3
Meh.
In Our Lifetime
Not sure if (justifiable) politicsfilter objections trump history in the making, but I don't know whether this merits an FPP or not. Hence it seems legit for MetaTalk, even if only to get a moderator to rule on whether we can have what I think will be an FPP comment thread for the ages.
But dammit, Barack Obama, the son of a Kenyan immigrant and a Kansas farm girl, is about to be the nominee of the Democratic party for president of the US of Doggone A, and it is a moment worthy of of being marked and reflected upon for many in this community, I am sure, regardless of our political commitments.
Hello Sunnyvale!
Interviewing in Sunnyvale Thursday, nothing to do for 24 hours after, and I'd love to meet the locals... [more inside]
Asked for X, got Y (where X equals help and Y equals grief)
Ordered X, got Y. Not only the title of the thread, but a good description of some of the answers received. [more inside]
suspicious questions?
Just thought I'd mention that I noticed a couple of questions in askme that all had to do with ferreting out techniques people use to get around spam filters and the like. [more inside]
Make that in triplicate!
Religious issues aside, do we really need three separate posts covering slight variations of the same thing?
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AskMe OP Fervor
Which AskMe threads have been most dominated by the OP? [more inside]
Midwestern Meetup?
Are there any Mefites out there interested in a central-Indiana meetup?
June 2
Neverending Stories
What if we never closed old comment threads? [more inside]
It's Condiments All The Way Down
Hong Kong meetup
Hong Kong meetup on Lamma Island this Sunday? [more inside]
June 1
The MeFi Music Challenge wants YOU!
The MetaFilter Music Challenge is back, (*cue triumphant fanfare, followed by sound of jubilant, cheering throng*) and suggestions for the monthly Challenge themes are open to all MeFiers. This means YOU! You are hereby encouraged, month by month, to offer suggestions, and if yours is chosen, not only will your name go up in lights at the Music page, but you'll also be the spark that ignites the creative genius of some MeFi Musician. A chance at a little slice of immortality! [more inside]