I really gotta make a better effort to get out to this one, and I will chime in to say the Indo Cafe is REALLY good, but as a communal ordering type place, might be impractical depending on how many are showing up. Or posssibly actually totally practical, as they actually do the risjtafel smorgasbord-type thing for a large party. I actually like the Irish pub around the corner on Motor, which has pub grub of Irish and less Irish persuasions. The karoake place I usually find even more... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 9:43 PM on May 27, 2008

Crappo - I though the 3rd was tomorrow! I may still be there, but odds just went down considerably.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 6:20 PM on June 3, 2008

I may try to swing by the museum but I'll email klang for info on post-museum drinks, which is a slightly higher probability.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 1:51 PM on April 20, 2008

More or less what Mister_A said...
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 8:09 AM on January 29, 2008

Astro Zombie, if he had said he was McCarthyist, it would be similarly odd-tasting to me. If he said he was a child slave, and it turned out he had to mow the lawn as a teen-ager, I'd also be offended.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 8:26 AM on January 29, 2008

Ethiopian + Molly Malone's (if there's no cover) sounds pretty good for me, but I'm only at about a 50/50 - my usual, at this point...
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 5:05 AM on December 21, 2007

Dang. Looks like fun... Now that I have missed two (three?) LA meeups within 3 miles of my house, the next one is likely to be in Anaheim!
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 7:23 AM on January 4, 2008

Nu?
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 4:58 AM on December 21, 2007

I guess you could always post misleading information to try and get her off track. That'll learn her.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 12:27 PM on December 14, 2007

He's been a member for two years, but the only comments he has ever posted were made a half-hour before he made his first FPP a few days ago. Giving him the benefit of the doubt, I'd say he's just an axe-grinder. With less benefit and more doubt, I'd say he's trying to drive traffic to his blog.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 11:28 AM on October 19, 2007

I will be in town, and can't think of a good excuse yet... This whole "wearing clothing" thing is harshing my mellow. Oh wait! I left that godforsaken hellhole they call the Bay Area, I don't even have a mellow!
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 2:35 PM on October 17, 2007

Hey - I wanted to see what the dead of night looks like! Seems to skip the wee hours?
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 4:07 PM on September 13, 2007

90% of the moderation I am aware of is fantastically appropriate.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 7:34 AM on September 12, 2007

Is that a new login for an older user, because two years isn't really that longtime in my book. Not to mention posting a protest "I'm leaving" thread is such a freaking lame idea, anyone who does it might be a little unclear on the point of this place, however long they've been around.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 5:21 PM on September 11, 2007

I once ran into someone in metatalk that I know in real life.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 2:13 PM on September 10, 2007

languagehat, all the supporting links were links in the original article. The only change from the article itself was a link to it in the first word.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 7:54 AM on September 6, 2007

Still not really plagiarism, but it's not a single-link/multi-link issue.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 7:54 AM on September 6, 2007

Is there a proposed time for this schnitzel party?
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 12:20 PM on August 15, 2007

Oof! I was looking at September... I'll be coming from The Valley if at all, and chances go up if it's near my home, which is near Klang's, which is near Culver City. On the other hand the last one was a mile from my house, and I didn't make it, so I would not make any plans based on me, if I were you.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 10:37 PM on August 15, 2007

sergeant sandwich and fandango_matt distill the essence of the SCDB experience.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 7:52 AM on August 3, 2007

Doap! Up in Seattle for the week...
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 6:25 PM on July 21, 2007

I thought we agreed this kind of thing was creepy.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 9:33 PM on July 12, 2007

This is not a typical one-link youtube post. Watching the video is a chilling and fascinating experience. Frankly, its power would be diluted by including other sources, which certainly would have emerged in the comments anyhow. Seems like a hairtrigger deletion, though probably not for the reason ortho implies.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 9:02 PM on July 12, 2007

LOL@MAX
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 9:14 AM on July 5, 2007

Oh crap. I should get one of them Palms Pilots to keep track of these things.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 7:06 AM on July 3, 2007

Oooh... I am also in walking distance, there's a pretty good chance of my making it.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 12:43 PM on June 17, 2007

I can't quite tell if mibs created the poster, or just the graphic posted in the forums of the web site. Regardless, he seems to be an "administrator" on the forums there...
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 7:07 AM on April 20, 2007

Oh, never mind. He's pretty clearly the creator if you look at the rest of his comments in the original thread.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 7:10 AM on April 20, 2007

Seems like any category view...
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 4:43 PM on March 9, 2007

Sorry, I actually did not mean to post that yet. I mean for comments, not posts.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 12:58 PM on February 23, 2007

And yes, live preview should take care of that, but I am apparently enough of a bonehead that it does not.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 12:59 PM on February 23, 2007

Well, I'd say it is more analagous to why most diets fail, but that's just me... Time to try some greasemonkey, I suppose.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 1:19 PM on February 23, 2007

Umh. There really is only one rule.

There can be only one.

But seriously, there's only that one rule.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 9:51 AM on February 14, 2007

The only real concern seems to be this: Matt & Jessamyn feel the need to moderate all questions, remove sarcastic and off-topic answers, etc. And there's only two of them, so they have to cramp down on the volume.

Are you saying you have the secret answer that has never before been shared? Because I don't think that's case. I am almost positive that they are trying to make AskMe optimally good, not easier to run.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 9:38 AM on February 14, 2007

I don't read by RSS. I suspect that if I did read by RSS, I would only use RSS to read those sites that are regularly readable and non-annoying when read by RSS. Otherwise I'd get annoyed. If I persisted in reading sites that are sometimes annoying to read by RSS, I don't think, however, I would try to solve my problem by imposing on anyone else.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 8:07 AM on February 14, 2007

You might think before laying on that much snark, I'd check and see who the OP was, just in case I might actually know them personally.

Hi Kev! Can I get you a coffee?
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 8:14 AM on February 14, 2007

mathowie, I think you should add a category "Why was my AskMe deleted?" for MeTa. And auto-ban anyone who uses it.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 3:52 PM on January 10, 2007

What an ironic username.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 6:45 AM on January 9, 2007

this guy, I mean
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 6:46 AM on January 9, 2007

Bah. Clever, but probably will contribute to diminshing utility.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 9:51 AM on January 8, 2007

The way the site works now, there is unfortunately no way to tell conclusively if a question that stays on the front page for some X longer is more likely to be answered. Looking at my own questions, there are 6 stumped, and all the others were answered in less than 12 hours. So maybe it's ok as it is. But I think it must be clear that with questions hanging there longer, there is a greater likelihood that the more esoteric ones will get answered. To my mind, it is the esoteric ones being... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 11:41 AM on January 8, 2007

One thing I think would help would be some more intrusive category views, like tabs near the top for each category. If it was a single click into a filtered view of any category, the experts might head over there. Those who just like to browse can continue to do so, but perhaps motivated answerers will dig deeper into their areas of interest.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 11:51 AM on January 8, 2007

Fine form and way to show 'em who's boss!
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 2:53 PM on December 22, 2006

I don't think that word means what you think it does.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 3:29 PM on December 13, 2006

long read but interesting

I think you misspelled boring. You don't really meet the author, given that about 20 posts in after her 2nd or 3rd post, she's banned from the site.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 9:14 AM on December 9, 2006

This is a perfect example of why the rule is in place. The main reason I spent the 30 seconds looking into if Brian was involved is because the post is so uninteresting, only someone connected to the project in some way would bother to post it.

I find it a little amusing that neither hybernaut nor commonmedia are able to correctly construct a link. Or are hyperlinks too Web 1.0.3?
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 3:28 PM on December 6, 2006

Zing!

I don't miss the tag.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 3:58 PM on November 16, 2006

Daniel Pinkwater wrote about experiencing Art. The gist is that if you want to see Great Art, you need to see a lot of not-so-great art. But you can't just skip the art and go to the Art.

The web is big, so big that you can't actually expect that every post on this site will be the Best of the Web. You have to settle for all these things that are maybe not even best so you can experience all the Best ones.
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 12:52 PM on November 9, 2006

I do like The Roost... Though I lived a mile or two away for a bit, I don't know that side of the 5 all that well. Is there a burger joint or moderately good taqueria nearby?
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 4:57 PM on October 30, 2006

First, it was as politely phrased as possible for those who are Bush fans; they were, in a very non-trollish and respectful way, warned away two paragraphs in.

emphasis added, milk snorted through nose
posted to MetaTalk by mzurer at 12:12 PM on October 24, 2006