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March 18, 2001 10:59 PM

Welcome back! Welcome back, Matt! :)
posted by metrocake (25 comments total)

Glad to see Metafilter's back up -- don't know about anyone else, but I was spoiling for my fix...
posted by metrocake at 11:00 PM on March 18, 2001

jeez. I just took the redirect down maybe three minutes ago.
posted by mathowie at 11:01 PM on March 18, 2001

And it was back before Monday arrived. Woo! Now the question is...are there are changes that us end users would notice?
posted by gluechunk at 11:02 PM on March 18, 2001

Nope, not really gluechunk. I put the explanation all in the sidebar (you are using the latest browsers and have it expanded by default, right?)
posted by mathowie at 11:06 PM on March 18, 2001

Well, MeFi was my last surf before bedtime. "They up yet??!! They up YET??!!" :) Hey, the first step is admitting you have a problem...

I'm doing some code stuff myself; no idea how I'm getting up in the morning (it's 2:13 am here).

'nite, everybody. :: politely waving to all in the glow of my monitor and toddling off to bed! ::
posted by metrocake at 11:06 PM on March 18, 2001

And those "latest browsers" are what's keeping me up tonight, too. Standards-compliant CSS-ho!

:: and now I'm really going to sleep. really! ::
posted by metrocake at 11:12 PM on March 18, 2001

Yes, I have the sidebar on, but did you update the sidebar *after* taking down the redirect? I swear that new text was not there when I came in at 10:59 or so.
posted by gluechunk at 11:13 PM on March 18, 2001

Happy belated birthday, MeFi.
posted by hobbes at 11:35 PM on March 18, 2001

um... sidebar? guess who's not using the latest browser? what is this sidebar of which you speak? can someone give me a quickie explanation without the "you need the newest/latest/greatest..." lecture? I think I saw it once, but like that elusive green flash, it escapes me now. thank you.
posted by jessamyn at 11:56 PM on March 18, 2001

You can view the raw content of the sidebar at http://www.metafilter.com/sidebar.html
posted by gluechunk at 12:00 AM on March 19, 2001

jeez. I just took the redirect down maybe three minutes ago.

You make it sound like you don't like stalkers.
posted by holloway at 12:43 AM on March 19, 2001

We need a MeFi posters anon group. I thought I was having drug withdrawal.
posted by bjgeiger at 1:52 AM on March 19, 2001

MeFi is like crack, but good! Yayy Matt.
posted by lia at 3:14 AM on March 19, 2001

Thanks for the logout function Matt and many congrats on your 2 years.

MeFi is addictive like crack, but MeFi makes you look smart and cool at work.
posted by vanderwal at 4:38 AM on March 19, 2001

Smart and cool at work? That's great news - I was worried it makes me look like I'm not working.
The truth is, I'm a metaholic. (Thank you, Happy Birthday MeFi!!!)
posted by u.n. owen at 5:55 AM on March 19, 2001

Matt is a pusher, he's dealing this stuff out to everyone, and some of those are kids, kids god damnit!

Happy Birthday MeFi! Here's to two more.
posted by tiaka at 6:06 AM on March 19, 2001

Loved the MeFi history with images!
posted by quirked at 6:07 AM on March 19, 2001

A celebratory haiku:

Happy Birthday
Metafilter's two
Needed fix
posted by ed at 7:02 AM on March 19, 2001

That's not a haiku.
posted by daveadams at 9:33 AM on March 19, 2001

No, it's a celebratory haiku. Celebratory in this sense refers to the 4-5-3 syllable pattern.
posted by sonofsamiam at 9:35 AM on March 19, 2001

Dave: I thought you'd be aware of the poetic phenomenon known as the Jamiacan haiku, which involves the 4-5-3 syllabic system and, as sonofsamiam pointed out, is often used in a celebratory manner. I was also using the monosyllabic version of happy pronounced "HPY" without a diacritical break that is often uttered in the Ozarks. Apologies for any confusion.
posted by ed at 9:40 AM on March 19, 2001

Congratulations, big boy!
posted by Zeldman at 12:31 PM on March 19, 2001

Damn... outsmarted by poetry geeks. Who would've guessed. :) No, I've never heard of a Jamaican or celebratory haiku, and although I happen to live in the Ozarks, I am unaware of any monosyllabic pronunciation of "happy" as that to which you refer.

I'm obviously living under a rock or something. Help me out! :)
posted by daveadams at 1:19 PM on March 19, 2001

Dave: "HPY" is only spoken by the Ozarkians who live under the face of the earth in loving homage to H.P. Lovecraft. Here's their version of Happy Birthday:

HPY BDAY T'U
HPY BDAY T'U
HPY BDAY DR [clearning of throat]
HPY BDAY T'U
posted by ed at 2:30 PM on March 19, 2001

hi....everyone here....
this is the first time i join here....
welcome me?
posted by vickizhao at 1:22 AM on March 20, 2001