And count me in, obviously.
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 7:25 PM on June 2, 2008

A think a few meetup records were broken:

1. first meetup with a baby.
2. first meetup where visa runs via hydrofoil boat to Macau were proposed and would have been part of the meetup. Did you New Yorkers ever take the party to Atlantic City?
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 3:43 AM on June 9, 2008

The 15 year old inside of me has always been astonished that most of the world doesn't eat a proper breakfast. Proper meaning anything from a British fry up and its colonial variants to milk splashed over corn flakes. It's so obvious and, well, correct, but they're all "kimchi and rice" or "dim sum and a coke" or "non toasted bread and a strong coffee" or "cheese" or "let's reheat what we cooked for supper and make new rice in the rice cooker" or... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 10:31 AM on May 2, 2008

A self-dialogue? Like. you want me to mutter to myself about...

...the cost of chickens at the wet markets? $42 HKD / 斤。Screw that, I'll start my own chicken farm by building a coop atop the air conditioner just outside the apartment. That'll show those bastards.

...the abundance of 7-elevens in this city?

...Shenzhen as the new wild west, despite the lack of visible horses? But, for the full experience, you gotta get... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 1:02 AM on March 14, 2008

That looks like it. I guess we'll wait a bit longer and, Etaoin, I'll send you a MefiMail on Thursday to see what's up. At the very least, you can tell me places to go that don't have $50 HKD Coronas.

languagehat, apologies. Next time I'm in Ulan Bator, I'll set up a meetup and have myself a rousing bout of self-dialogue.
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 4:57 AM on March 18, 2008

<DIV CLASS="green scrolly">#mefi = bunch of fucking wankers</DIV>
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 5:01 AM on March 18, 2008

FPP on the little-known but very influential R&B scene that thrived in ancient Egypt's Middle Kingdom (11th-14th Dynasties). All I know is that it started when Pharoah Amenemhat the First founded his new royal residence near Memphis.

Extra points for YouTube links with good audio.

Like this?
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 12:48 PM on March 4, 2008

I'll be there. Anyone else? I missed the London one in Green Park (they moved it to a rainier day), but this one I'm planning to go to. Anyone else?
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 4:32 AM on May 25, 2007

Rien?

Oh well, I tried.
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 6:27 PM on January 15, 2007

one of the densest areas on the posts graph < is ethereal bligh's> little cadre of April Fools. Not that I've contributed much to that.

If I were adding notation, I'd call that area the EB Band.
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 8:42 AM on June 23, 2006

Wait, this is true? The Republicans and the Democrats wern't assigned colors before 2000?

Seriously, my mind is blown. I just assumed that, like Canada, it was always so.

What was the reasoning behind the color assignations?
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 7:41 PM on May 2, 2006

Happy 6, folks!

Has anyone yet created a viable shorthand way to refer to this decade? Civilization should really get that project started.
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 9:22 AM on January 2, 2006

i really hate to do this, but i need a comment to remind myself that I was once at work for 30+ consecutive hours in the last 35, a period of time which is culminating right... now.
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 2:50 AM on November 10, 2005

What kind of a city is Ypsilanti? My company's got some sort of a factory down there, and I've known *of* Ypsi for 5 years strictly as an abstract concept. Over the years, I've obtained information that has led me to believe that actual people inhabit this area, and there is a civil entity of sorts beyond the ephemeral factory to the south.

Just asking, I'm in no position (career-wise) to actually go there.
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 7:46 AM on October 25, 2005

I think i'd agree w/ quonsar on this one... the only time that this is useful is when you're trying to be be all cute with the HTML entities. If you're just using text like 95% of the comments, it's only displaying the same conceptual information in two seperate places.
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 9:59 AM on July 21, 2005

(on preview...) !!!!!!
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 10:00 AM on July 21, 2005

A user interface idea: when the archived posts are viewed, could the previous link be on top of the page instead of at the bottom? When I tried this out, that was the first place I looked when I wanted to go back to the previous screen of posts. I don't know why... perhaps because I view the posts as a list that is to be scrolled through?

Not a request, just an observation.

regarding the crickets: I think this will solve the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 1:28 PM on June 18, 2005

andrew: "previous" refers to "previous page", and actually means the newer posts.

I'll shut up now and not confuse everyone. It's quite obvious what is going on when you use it.
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 1:54 PM on June 18, 2005

The Toad in the Hole in Osbourne Village would be the place to do this... count me in. Anyone else?
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 5:05 PM on April 12, 2005

This is kinda small... and very Winnipeg-esque in its execution. Next time, we should join up with (gasp) fark or whatever to get some bodies.

Anyways, if 7pm at the Toad works for WD, it's a go.
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 8:01 PM on April 14, 2005

I make software to create lottery tickets.
if (loser) {
max_symbol_usage = 2;
GAME_AREA = get_symbols(max_symbol_usuage, SYMBOLS);
}
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 10:40 AM on March 13, 2005

In case you don't know: Searching for threads by a certain user doesn't work.

(though on preview, it looks like this may be implemented later tonight. It *appears* a script wasn't copied over, or hasn't been added yet.)

here
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 7:03 PM on June 14, 2004

(ahem... i see it is being worked on now.)
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 7:05 PM on June 14, 2004

This guy couldn't find it, even though I recently viewed your profile.

It's gotta be out there somewhere...
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 9:00 AM on May 24, 2004

You could try this tool... might make it more user friendly. I don't use netscape, so I can't vouch for it.

I use mozilla, so I "grepped", (or used the XP search dog) for files containing "stavrosthewonderchicken". I've got cygwin, so I should of used that, but, like, that dog's kinda cute. That cache is usually in C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\NNNNNNN\APPLICATION DATA\Mozilla\Profiles\default\XXXXXXXX.slt, where NNNNNNN is your profile's username and... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 6:43 PM on May 24, 2004

counterpoint
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 6:18 AM on May 21, 2004

about COUNTERPOINT...

don't click if you have 'delicate sensibilities'.

That is all.
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 6:42 AM on May 21, 2004

Huh? What's all this now? What did I sign up for this time?

(smiles)
posted to MetaTalk by sleslie at 2:26 PM on April 2, 2004