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Crates are falling out of the sky.
Push them off the platform. Keep doing it until one of them crushes you. Which it will. Soon.
posted to MetaFilter by yhbc
at 6:57 AM on June 27, 2008
(47 comments)
I'm sorry. I (really do!) hate it when this happens, but I unfortunately feel the need to both dip into the ugliness of U.S. politicsfilter and second-guess our moderators at the same time.
posted to MetaTalk by yhbc
at 7:23 PM on May 23, 2008
(353 comments)
Help me, AskMe, you're my (last) hope. The Actiontec wireless router that Verizon insists is the only thing they can give me to use for our home FIOS service is keeping me from accessing MetaFilter at home.
posted to Ask Metafilter by yhbc
at 10:46 AM on February 27, 2008
(18 comments)
hey whats the lowest number of metatalk threads ever posted over a two day period or maybe a weekend? TIA
posted to MetaTalk by yhbc
at 7:24 PM on January 20, 2008
(61 comments)
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all who celebrate it, and Happy Holidays to everyone. Best wishes for the New Year, and wherever you are, please enjoy the season with your family and friends.
posted to MetaTalk by yhbc
at 9:49 PM on December 24, 2007
(93 comments)
Ever felt like flying a missile down a tube filled with rotating obstacles? No? Well,
here’s your chance.
posted to MetaFilter by yhbc
at 11:14 AM on November 9, 2007
(38 comments)
Uploading a picture to your profile?
UPLOADING A PICTURE TO YOUR PROFILE!
posted to MetaTalk by yhbc
at 2:08 PM on November 2, 2007
(229 comments)
Hey, I see we now have a "This account is disabled" flag to slap on banned users' profiles. Any other additions along these lines?
posted to MetaTalk by yhbc
at 1:47 PM on August 30, 2007
(103 comments)
Massachusetts will retain gay marriage. For now.
The initiative petition which sought to amend the Massachusetts constitution to ban gay marriage (thereby revoking the decision of the Supreme Judicial Court in
Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health) will not appear on the ballot. The petition needed the votes of fifty legislators in two consecutive constitutional conventions to proceed;
my representative was one of the nine house members who changed their votes from the last time. Thank you, Jim.
posted to MetaFilter by yhbc
at 6:38 PM on June 14, 2007
(104 comments)
Error: File Not Found
Clicking on the (xx new) section after a post gives me a 404 - but only when I'm in "Recent Comments" view.
Does that make sense? I hope so.
posted to MetaTalk by yhbc
at 7:51 PM on February 15, 2007
(4 comments)
Okay, fess up.
Who are
you, with no comments, posts or anything else, but
19 favorites (and counting?)
Hmmm?
posted to MetaTalk by yhbc
at 7:51 PM on January 6, 2007
(53 comments)
Last week, my sister (34 years old, very active and in good health) suddenly developed complete numbness in her legs and arms that completely incapacitated her within 24 hours. After a few harrowing days in the hospital during which more and more things were ruled out, today the definitive diagnosis is
Transverse Myelitis.
I had never heard of this before; does anyone have any experience (direct or indirect; family or friend) with the disease? Thanks in advance for any stories or indications of what we can expect.
posted to Ask Metafilter by yhbc
at 2:14 PM on November 15, 2005
(6 comments)
Bob Denver,
beloved to millions as the lovable beatnick
Maynard G. Krebs on the early television show
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis,
has died at age 70.
he was also on a later show about seven stranded castaways
posted to MetaFilter by yhbc
at 12:21 PM on September 6, 2005
(82 comments)
It is the
dead of winter at the
bottom of the
Earth.
Therefore, it's a
great day for some
lucky intrepid foolhardy souls to join
The 300 Club! Those wishing to join in the future are advised to hurry, though.
posted to MetaFilter by yhbc
at 8:45 AM on August 1, 2005
(7 comments)
metatalk parody. no comment from me, i'll leave that to everyone else.
posted to MetaTalk by yhbc
at 5:21 PM on June 6, 2005
(2686 comments)
Boo. There were a lot of fairly well-thought out and witty references to MetaFilter history, past and present, in that thread before it was closed to further comments and had its middle taken out.
Not every thread here should be a linear progression from a problem to a solution. There should be some room for frivolity and banter. Without it, we lose our sense of community and shared experience.
Discuss.
posted to MetaTalk by yhbc
at 8:31 PM on February 15, 2005
(153 comments)
MetaTalk is a discussion area for topics specific to MetaFilter itself
However, it seems like half (or more) of the MetaTalk posts lately are actually specific to AskMetafilter. (more inside)
posted to MetaTalk by yhbc
at 8:16 PM on January 20, 2005
(27 comments)
Matt, there appears to be a coldfusion error in
one of my old threads, which I found when I tried to post it as a link in the current thread on lottery winners.
posted to MetaTalk by yhbc
at 5:17 AM on April 6, 2004
(2 comments)
Mullet haiku, brought to you from the fine folks at the
Beer Church (The Largest Unorganized Religion in the World!)
It's Two! Two! Two links in one!
posted to MetaFilter by yhbc
at 8:34 PM on October 14, 2003
(2 comments)
The long wait is nearly over; tonight, all will be revealed. Who will be
Miss Gothic Massachusetts 2003?
Come watch as they fasten their fingers to their foreheads with a piece of Victorian silk so as not to strain the gossamer skin on their delicate digits of doom.
The Living Need Not Apply.
posted to MetaFilter by yhbc
at 12:28 PM on January 24, 2003
(15 comments)
Pocket Calclulator Show
looks like it started as a sideline of a
shortwave radio show about "products from the electronics revolution of the 1970s and 1980s", but its of primary interest for their collections of classic nerd toys. Thrill to the memories in the
Digital Watch Museum, the
Walkman Museum, the
Boombox Museum, and especially the collection of
Magical Gadgets, which includes a not-so-useful-anymore
cb radio to 8-track adapter, an incredible
casio talking clock/calculator (listen to it talk!), and, of course, that great pioneer of personal sound technology - the
Bone Fone (it vibrates, you know!)
posted to MetaFilter by yhbc
at 8:46 PM on November 14, 2002
(7 comments)
Hey - if this isn't a new feature, or if I missed a memo, please tell me, but does each thread have it's own title now? I only ask because when I just thought better of posting to the "pancakes" thread and saw "Prattling On About Pancakes" up in the title bar, it startled me a wee bit, and now I see that each thread is similarly titled. New thing?
posted to MetaTalk by yhbc
at 7:31 PM on November 12, 2002
(20 comments)
The Folk Den Archive
In November, 1995, Roger McGuinn (yes,
that Roger McGuinn - the same guy, BTW, who was originally
Jim McGuinn) started uploading
original renditions of traditional folk songs for free distribution.
He's been doing it every month ever since. In seven years, he's covered American classics from
"John Henry" to
"Get Along Little Dogies" while also covering the rest of the world in tunes as diverse as
"Finnegan's Wake" and
"Waltzing Matilda". He also puts up an
appropriate holiday song each December. Each song is usually available in a variety of downloads, and is heavily annotated, so if you ever wanted to know the original 1829 lyrics to
"Stewball", this is the place to go.
posted to MetaFilter by yhbc
at 9:37 PM on October 4, 2002
(15 comments)
MetaFilter is mentioned in
today's Boston Globe - oddly, though, it's
this nine-month old thread about Provigil that is the topic, and the source of quotes (unattributed to specific users).
a group weblog with thousands of chatty members
Well, that sounds about right.
posted to MetaTalk by yhbc
at 8:34 AM on September 22, 2002
(44 comments)
A lot of days it seems like newer members make an equal number of posts compared to all other users combined. -
jonah
His non-troll posts seem quite rare*. -
websavvy
* - not to pick on hama7 again, just using his posting frequency as an example.
Frankly, there are too many things being posted now that we have all these new members ... -
mathowie
Is it time to
reconsider a one-post-per-week limit?
posted to MetaTalk by yhbc
at 6:46 AM on August 22, 2002
(148 comments)
Like, Omigod! Rhino Records' latest orgy of nostalgia,
The '80s Pop Culture Box,
arrived in stores this week. The package boasts seven disks, 142 songs, and an impressive array of extras, including
liner notes by Jamie Malanowski of Spy magazine, so this may be all that you need to become an instant '80s expert. If the
$99.98 sticker price is too steep for you, and you're
already an expert, though, you can try their
contest for a chance to win a set (and a whole bunch more!) Gag me with a spoon!
posted to MetaFilter by yhbc
at 11:06 AM on July 22, 2002
(47 comments)
Emboldened as I am by positive reinforcement (thank you
Stavros, and
Sennoma), and
joyous as I may be at the successful migration to the new server ( Happy Birthday, MetaFilter!), I am still
saddened by the many "things are not so good at MetaFilter" discussions that seem to have been occurring recently, both here and off-premises. Although you may all count me in the "I love this place, and all who frequent her shores" category, after carefully reviewing the complaints and giving the matter due consideration, I do have two (and only two) suggestions ... (more inside)
posted to MetaTalk by yhbc
at 9:26 PM on July 15, 2002
(75 comments)
