I'm in.

No cassette swap please. I don't have a working tape deck.

I'm all for themes, though, and I don't mind a challenge.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 5:15 PM on April 14, 2008

I'm also for "real" CDs instead of a collection of files. I'm for trading real objects. If I had a record lathe my group would get acetate LPs.

But is there a way to include ID3 data on a mix CD? I'd be happy to do so if someone explains it to me slowly.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 10:33 AM on April 16, 2008

Swapset Ace-Fu, my mix goes out today. Sorry for the delay, I had to wait for the rattlesnake hides to get back from the tanner, but then I ended up changing the cover design anyway. (Now what am I going to do with 47 miles of barbed wire?)

Anyway, if you can't wait, it's also up on DivShare. It's a collection of some of my favorite Música Popular Brasileira. There's a lot of hand-clapping, some flutes, an accordian, and my poor attempts to translate the song titles.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 8:34 AM on June 13, 2008

I'll be out of town that week and the next (in Crete!), but don't let that stop any festivities.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 7:08 AM on June 9, 2008

I think I can make it.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 5:06 PM on May 5, 2008

I suspect they've got extra thick walls on those mugs, or maybe a really heavy sham bottom.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 9:33 PM on May 22, 2008

Chuckles, you've been our diligent scorekeeper since the beginning, posting weekly tallies so anyone not in the top five can see their standing. Now you're asking for more work? My helmet's off to you, sir!
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 6:55 PM on April 16, 2008

7. Most flats
8. Bike weight multiplier
9. Heat index multiplier
10. Tackiest jersey
11. Biggest day
12. Biggest weekend
13. Biggest week

At the risk of been seen as setting myself up for this one:
12. Most miles commuting. We'd have to have a separate tally of strictly commuting miles.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 7:39 AM on April 17, 2008

I'd be my turn only if I'd gone to Quenchers, right? It's my girlfriend's birthday the weekend of the 19th, so sadly I won't be there, with prizes or no prizes.

I'd forgotten I had a karaoke party last Friday, so sorry I didn't make it. The host pulled off a surprising karaoke Rickroll, so be assured I had MetaFilter in my thoughts that evening.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 11:42 AM on April 9, 2008

Do note, however, that the snobbier Chicago mefites will refuse to come that far west. They think RiNo is the extreme edge of the city or something.

Not true! I've been to the Whirlaway Lounge a couple of times!

But y'know, there's been a movement to establish the Billy Goat Tavern as the official Chicago meet-up locale. Does this mean there's going to be a West Side splinter group? If I go to Quenchers, will I be shunned by... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 7:40 PM on March 31, 2008

Me too.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 5:48 PM on January 31, 2008

I too am sorry I had to leave early. I missed the women's room in the John Hancock lounge, the full drunkening and bloodening, and Tom Kranz. But I did catch up on much-needed sleep, and managed to barely finish my lesson plan.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 5:02 PM on February 21, 2008

And they were all some lame-ass honky haystacks, aghast that the neighbors had clearly been peeking in. On the plus side, it was time to go blinds shopping, as they could not live with window treatments that had been manhandled by God knows whom.

My ex-girlfriend's black co-worker once asked her why white people always keep their curtains open.

Another gem from her office: "Celebration" comes on the radio, and... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 2:06 PM on February 15, 2008

I don't know any Mexicans so I couldn't really say if a majority of them are actually lazy. I suspect they're not but as I said I don't really know. If they really are I would think "Mexicans are lazy" could be good satire

Think about it this way. The "Mexicans are lazy" idea likely comes from two things, Americans' experiences traveling through Mexico where there's a lot of unemployment, and their experiences hiring Mexican or... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 2:53 PM on February 15, 2008

The things listed on SWPL are describing a very particular subset of white people: middle class, college educated white people around 35 years old. It does a good job at satirizing THOSE white people, even if it's not broadcasting that subset in the title of the website.

It's not just the website title that's going on about white people, it's the entire basis of their shtick. Every post ends with recommendations on how to interact with white people.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 3:54 PM on February 15, 2008

I always thought the "mexican = lazy" meme was much older, from the early european introduction to the siesta.

Yeah. I guess it's interesting how Northern European stereotypical beliefs about Southern Europeans get carried over into American stereotypes stereotypical beliefs about Latin Americans.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 3:59 PM on February 15, 2008

scarabic, there's nothing specific to white people about The Sharper Image or anything on that website's list. If you don't believe me, turn on Oprah for five minutes.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 4:32 PM on February 15, 2008

dgaicun, pretty much everything on Stuff White People Like is middle class. Or maybe I'm doing better than I thought I was.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 11:53 PM on February 16, 2008

Tube, for shame. Surely you know to reign re: planes falls mainly to the vain.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 8:25 PM on January 30, 2008

Can we have a MetaPenance page? MePe for short.

BlessMe
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 2:15 PM on January 28, 2008

Apathy abounds, but who cares?
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 3:12 PM on January 23, 2008

The coldest I've ever ridden was -20F, with a wind chill factor of -60. It was finals week in Madison, Wisconsin and I had a morning to kill before my last exam, so I decided to do some last minute Christmas shopping. My best friend Mike lived across the hall. He had nothing to but hang around the dorm until his ride home the next day, so he decided to come along. We suited up with everything we had. He had and advantage over me with all his snowboarding gear, but I wasn't worried since I'd been... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 1:31 PM on December 31, 2007

So, yohko, how much lube does it take to make a fedora . . . oh forget it.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 9:10 AM on December 19, 2007

The Fedoralist Poppers!
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 11:40 PM on December 19, 2007

01 The Eternals – The Mix is So Bizarre
02 Les Savy Fav – Raging in the Plague Age
03 Battles – Atlas
04 Kenge Kenge – Kenge Kenge
05 Múm – They Made Frogs Smoke ‘Til They Exploded
06 Sir Richard Bishop – Canned Goods and Firearms
07 Bill Callahan – Sycamore
08 Andrew Bird – Simple
09 Caetano Veloso – Dreamland (Joni Mitchell)
10 Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake – For Brother... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 10:45 AM on December 15, 2007

08 Andrew Bird – Simple X
Dangit, I made the same typo on my covers.

So what was your mix, ND¢? C'mon, this was your idea, so show your hand.

Anybody interested in a side swap, let me know.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 4:01 PM on December 15, 2007

Kickbacks! I want my kickbacks, dammit!
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 11:46 AM on December 15, 2007

Oh my god, what a good time that was! I have a feeling this photo will come back to haunt me. Hope everybody else made it through their morning ok. I slept in, and forgot all about my new box of cereal.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 11:56 AM on December 13, 2007

I just updated my profile to answer that question and hour ago, and now people want to change it? Keep it, so everyone has a couple of basic questions to answer and everyone knows why we're all talking about ourselves. (Basically, what pb said.)

Won't somebody think of the noobs?
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 12:50 PM on December 12, 2007

All Hail Our Lord and Master, Stern Look Satan!
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 1:00 PM on December 5, 2007

Don't worry, Divine_Wino. I expect that come election day, a lot of Ron Paul supporters won't have bothered to register to vote, or won't have known they were supposed to.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 7:29 AM on November 26, 2007

Ambrosia Voyeur very much needs a new pic of herself looking to the left, with binoculars.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 6:23 PM on November 14, 2007

Some people don't know what an RSS reader is. I've never used RSS, but I have some vague sense of what it is from reading MeTa. (Sort of like hearing blind men describing an elephant, I imagine.)

How about
"Give a short, descriptive title. Please summarize your question with a single sentence (example: "How to get an iPod to work in my car?"

or restate, condense, shorten, sum up, etc.

Another... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 8:31 AM on November 12, 2007

Drat. I'm too late.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 3:34 PM on November 2, 2007

Aw shucks. You're welcome, Jessica. I saw it on core77, who saw it in Good Magazine.

Who gets the cut from the royalty check

I already got paid.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 12:36 PM on October 30, 2007

I am uber-uber lazy. Links plz.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 8:24 AM on October 30, 2007

Oh, I was joking, but thanks, Mitheral and blue_beetle.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 9:06 AM on October 30, 2007

I'm up for the challenge. Count me in. Although I wonder if we're going to end up with a lot of the same stuff on everybody's mix. Oh hey, you like Arcade Fire and The Shins? Me too!
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 7:38 AM on October 17, 2007

I'm in as long as I don't have to mail 11 CDs abroad, it's a bit expensive for me.

Could we swap files instead of CDs?
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 8:53 AM on October 17, 2007

2007 reissue of a long-out-of-print album?
Songs available only on a 2007 compilation?
2007 domestic release of an album previously available as an import?
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 11:45 AM on October 17, 2007

Fop Rock!
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 2:00 PM on October 17, 2007

I had a meeting to go to Wednesday night. Had I not, I would have seriously considered possibly attending. Sorry I missed it.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 6:54 AM on October 5, 2007

Ooh! Ooh! Are we doing a show of hands?

I don't mind either type of question. I've asked both, and I've been know to enthusiastically participate in the second.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 9:34 AM on September 2, 2007

Metafilter will have collectively ridden half way around the world.

We could really use the help of the swimmers on this. For the watery parts.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 5:52 AM on August 30, 2007

Oh cripes. It's the last day, and weendure is down.

Chuckles, I don't remember where we stood last night in our race for third, but I did 9.26 miles this morning.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 10:50 AM on August 31, 2007

53.22 km, huh. Lesse, that's...33 miles. Hmmm....

*rubs palms together, grins maniacally*
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 12:10 PM on August 31, 2007

Well I just got back, and I'm not going out again. So if you're going out, 3rd place is yours for less than half a mile tonight.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 7:27 PM on August 31, 2007

dame, you can create your own group at WeEndure just for swimmers.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 3:33 PM on August 12, 2007

I'm surprised to find myself in the top five. C'mon, you slackers, this is supposed to be a challenge!

CitrusFreak12, there is a contest for total miles in August. People can join any time, and with three weeks to go, it's not even super late.
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 1:17 PM on August 8, 2007

And good luck on your triathlon, bassjump!
posted to MetaTalk by hydrophonic at 12:59 PM on August 3, 2007