I'm going to second OmniWise on the run challenge. That's just begging for some injuries. Why not most runs of 5k (3.1 miles) between May 1 and August 31?

notsnot, I hope you're going to have a not insignificant number of active recovery runs and rides. I'll be a bit sad if you get injured. You're a bit of a role model. I hope to follow in your footsteps once I am cleared to run.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 8:50 AM on May 13, 2008

Hrm. The last time I knew TPS was in town, I bailed while on the way. I still owe her a beer, so maybe I'll actually make this one!
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 6:31 AM on May 2, 2008

Would anyone familiar with the area care to comment on this planned route to the meetup? Strangely, I am already in VT for the weekend and would be cycling to the meetup. Also, can anyone suggest an inexpensive hotel for Saturday night on my proposed route or in the area of the meetup?
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 1:44 PM on May 7, 2008

I am so in. I owe languagehat a beer.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 1:14 PM on March 19, 2008

Mark me as a definite. I am coming up from Suffield, CT and can give rides from most anywhere. I'm a teetotaler and spent much of my time in the Pioneer Valley, thus making me a super reliable designated driver who won't get entirely lost! Contact me via the email in my profile if you are interested in a ride.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 11:11 AM on March 31, 2008

I just finished uploading 300 mb of photos. I didn't finish editing everything, adding tags, or even properly identifying most people, but feel free to check them out.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 8:16 PM on April 6, 2008

Didn't know about the contest. Thanks for the post.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 3:03 PM on January 21, 2008

Yay! A Boston area meetup that I'll be around for. Count me in. My vote is for keeping it simple for dinner and eating at the Middle East.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 8:57 AM on January 21, 2008

Need a challenge, pokey? Is that what you're saying? I'm looking at you, longdaysjourney!
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 1:46 PM on January 2, 2008

I agree that a lot of relationship questions can be distilled down into one or two ur-questionsPerhaps this is off-topic. I certainly don't disagree with this statement, even as someone who is probably more guilty than most of asking RelationshipFilter questions. However if what you propose is true then why is there not a simple flow chart of questions that can answer most relationship questions? I ask in earnest, regardless of the fact that such an invaluable resource... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 10:02 AM on December 18, 2007

Congratulations on the new arrival, middleclasstool!

I've created Metafilter Burns v1.0 for the month of October. The challenge is who can burn the most calories in 31 days. No device is required, so you can count calories expended any way you want.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 8:11 AM on October 1, 2007

I'm also giving the distance challenges a rest for a bit while I focus on preparing to run a half marathon in under 2 hours.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 11:52 AM on October 1, 2007

In Spanish, americanos literally refers to "people from the Americas" and estadounidense, derived from Estados Unidos de América, specifically refers to "people from the United States". In other words, americanos does not literally translate to American as it is commonly accepted to mean in American and British English.

And there's a perfect example of... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 5:46 AM on September 29, 2007

Damnit! I am leaving Waltham at 6:30 pm on October 5.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 11:04 AM on September 28, 2007

How can /dev/boyband *NOT* be my biggest word?
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 7:41 PM on September 17, 2007

I'm in for swimming, running, and cycling in September.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 7:44 AM on August 29, 2007

For what it's worth, the pace requirement is ridiculous either way you split it. If it's a 4 minute mile, no one from any of the previous Nike+ challenges will actually be able to participate. "The current world record in the mile is 3:43.13, set by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco on July 7, 1999. The current women’s record is 4:12.56 by Svetlana Masterkova of Russia, set on August 14, 1996."

If it's a 4 mile per hour pace requirement, I'm afraid you've set the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 12:25 AM on August 25, 2007

I'd really like to see the the running and cycling challenges run on We Endure, or a site like We Endure. Perhaps I'm a bit jaded by my Nike+ experience that turned a 50+ mile lead in the July running challenge into withdrawing*, but I liked competing with y'all.

May I also suggest we run concurrent monthly challenges for time and distance? I am reasonably sure, and yes, this is a challenge, I can walk further than a vast majority of runners,... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 9:18 AM on August 8, 2007

Mister_A, We Endure appears to operate entirely on the the honor system.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 9:48 AM on August 8, 2007

Does anyone know of a reasonable HR monitor for swimmers? (Preferably one that tracks calories and is useful for running and cycling as well.)
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 9:58 AM on August 8, 2007

I'll be biking down (weather cooperating) from Montpelier, VT.

Motorcycle or bicycle?
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 12:40 PM on July 26, 2007

I gave up on my Nike+ shoes, but looks like a little bit of DIY spirit will get me into the running, so to speak. Email in my profile is my login. Count me in.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 11:33 PM on June 28, 2007

Count me in - I owe you at least one beer.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 5:25 PM on May 8, 2007

I'll also be driving if anyone needs a ride to or from Salem. I'm coming from CT via the Pike, but am reasonably comfortable making the trip to Boston if need be.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 10:41 AM on May 17, 2007

The ending was great. Thanks for the laugh, I really needed it. Is the whole episode going to be done like this or is this just some fun?
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 5:27 PM on May 8, 2007

Odd style related bug: the close window link in the youtubery is in the same Metafilter blue as the background for me. I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.2 with the plain theme.

Not really a problem now that I know where it is, but I spent a few minutes dumbfounded that no one else seemed to notice that there was no way to close it. So I moused around until I saw the hover.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 10:01 PM on March 16, 2007

Add me to the list of people who'd like an invite.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 3:22 PM on March 16, 2007

What? No one has paged languagehat yet?
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 9:46 AM on March 16, 2007

OK, over and out.

Doh! I had such high hopes. Then again, don't all good flame outs include a line like this?
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 9:50 AM on March 16, 2007

I haven't backed away from anything.Clearly you haven't backed away from the keyboard. There's still hope.Depending on the content of that conversation, a law may have already been broken.Kemayo has sought volunteer editors for short works of fiction, some of which contain explicit sex scenes not unlike those found in mainstream bookstores. The fact that the volunteer is seventeen apparently gave Kemayo pause. That same seventeen year old can walk into... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 11:36 AM on March 16, 2007

all the four-color jpegs I could find depicting nasty acts

32-bit color images depicting nasty acts will blow your mind, then. Wait until your 18, though, you wouldn't want your growth stunted.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 11:45 AM on March 16, 2007

If you can find even ONE recent example where straight up porn of ANY kind, kink or flavor got a pass (and I'm talking about PORN, not content about porn), anotherpanacea, then you're allowed to make this about homophobia.Whores of Warcraft does not mean this is about gay porn. Nor does the recent update. Neither post actually links to porn at the moment, though. The domain changed sometime between October and February and the most recent poster didn't check.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 11:21 AM on February 10, 2007

Alternately, I could up the questions per page to 100 up from 50, to ensure that an entire day fits on the front page, but that would tend to promote more questions, wouldn't it?Why not just always show the last 24 hours of questions? Hitting "older questions" goes back 24 hours. Hitting "newer questions" goes forward 24 hours. You could make the RSS feed for the last 24 hours as well.

I'm not sure if it promotes more questions,... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 9:25 PM on January 4, 2007

How out of touch do you have to be to think that cool teenagers of any race listen to Jurrasic 5, Blackalicious, Portishead, Handsome Boy and The Roots? 1997 called.Let me help you out here. Jurassic 5 released a single in 1995, and an EP in 1997. Despite critical acclaim, they languished in relative obscurity and struggled to sell records until, well, after 1997. J5 made their mark while touring colleges (something a lot of bands do before they make it). They did not... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 10:32 AM on January 4, 2007

Ahem. Favorite noun verb.

Shamed! I feel so ashamed. I take back everything I've ever said.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 11:30 AM on January 4, 2007

But the point you've missed is that none of these backback and trip hop acts are cool among teenagers who are into non-chart music in 2007I disagree entirely, but don't feel like it would be productive to argue the point. My anecdotal evidence says otherwise. Yes, I know a bunch of teenagers who are into bands that probably qualify in your taxonomy of the world as "teenagers who are into non-chart music in 2007". They listen to things like Man Man, Matt Pond PA,... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 12:25 PM on January 4, 2007

Shorter self: You're right, caek. J5 isn't cool as you've described it. That doesn't mean the target audience for the question wouldn't find them interesting. Better?
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 12:58 PM on January 4, 2007

I can't seem to log in to Mefi, but the rest of the properties work fine.

(via Wii!)
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 11:12 AM on December 22, 2006

Weird, it's just the front page.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 11:17 AM on December 22, 2006

You couldn't have sent me an email?
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 5:00 PM on December 14, 2006

If the future Mrs sequential ever finds this, he is SO busted.

Actually, we're celebrating my first call out, even if it is lame. Now, who wants some wine?
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 5:27 PM on December 14, 2006

May I suggest a MeriTage?

Thanks for the suggestion. It sounds delicious. Would someone mind flaming out for me while I run to the liquor store?
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 5:35 PM on December 14, 2006

I mean you dropped out of school to support your finance's plastic surgery dreams?No, and that's a silly conclusion. I finished my last semester in May. She decided she wanted plastic surgery in November. As a result of the question, she has decided against it.one can't help leaping to conclusions given that series of questionsYou'd have to be following my AskMe questions for eight months to jump to these conclusions so easily. The events I asked about... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 6:35 PM on December 14, 2006

"Dropping outta college to cover our mounting debt while the financee fiddles" sounds bad, hence the response from people.

What's your source for that quote, because it doesn't even remotely resemble what I stated:

As a result of this problem, I've dropped out of college to pursue more clients to stem the tide of debt that we started to accumulate. ¹

posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 6:38 PM on December 14, 2006

Sequential, sometimes this is not a serious site. Now would be one of those times.

For reasons I don't quite fathom, your saying so made me feel a bit better. Thank you.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 8:52 PM on December 14, 2006

A large portion of the advice in that thread can be summed up by saying that if you look at this quote from the eyes of someone (maybe almost anyone) who's not close to the relationshipI had to check my own writing to be certain I hadn't written something even more ridiculous than I had actually written. I'm okay with being paraphrased, but I'm was not okay with the paraphrasing not even remotely resembling reality. I tried to salvage the question from my own error, but it... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 10:06 PM on December 14, 2006

More on MetaRSS:

1) You don't need to use Greasemonkey or even FireFox. You can use the "Add URL" bookmarklet from this page.

2) It works with AskMe, MeFi, MeTa, and Projects. I will add Music support in the near future.

3) So very few people use this that I find it difficult to justify spending any time on it. Those who use it appear to use it with regularity so I do try to make sure it works, though no... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 1:24 AM on November 23, 2006

white supremacists are, to me, in the same vein as mecha and the black panthers1Wait, MeCha is like white supremacists? I think I can see how they are like the black panthers: both were the subject of COINTELPRO, right? That's what you're getting at, because, other than having some members of color, these three things have little in common.

Oh, Wikipedia tells me you might have meant this mecha. What the hell do the Black Panthers, white... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 6:07 AM on November 10, 2006

Why is MetaRSS at sourceforge?My hope is that by opening up the code, it would be easier for multiple people to keep on top of changes in the site, new feature requests, and bugs. At this point in time I do not have the time to commit to it.I don't understand what it is if there's nothing to download, no discussions, and no code.I opened the project over the holiday weekend and never received a "Your project has been accepted" letter. I logged in... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 10:15 PM on October 18, 2006

jack_mo, MetaRSS hasn't gone away. It was just down while Dreamhost had some major problems with the server it was hosted on. I've just brought it back up.
posted to MetaTalk by sequential at 6:11 AM on August 15, 2006