MeFi comment:
"I was wondering how long this would take to hit the front page. There seems to be a defined path now along blogs of increasingly greater readership. (I’m contrasting this scenario with the original intent of MetaFilter, which was to show you what you..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by wastelands
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Since this thread has the attention of Americans, please be advised that “Newfoundland” is pronounced to rhyme with, and have the same stress pattern as, “understand.” (The middle vowel is a schwa.)
It is not pronounced “new FOUND lind” or “NEW..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by joeclark
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"anildash, please stop acting like an elder statesman or some paragon of rationality. (We already saw that years ago, too.) Expressing opinions – even unfounded opinions, as many will be in a vacuum of facts – is what blog comments are for. You may be..." [
more]
favorited 10 times, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious, ninthart, hototogisu, orthogonality, Crabby Appleton, des, Sys Rq, Lentrohamsanin, boo_radley, mattbucher
3 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about, excuse my French, as I have seen numerous Pixar movies with Rear Window captioning and audio description (e.g., Finding Nemo).
Now!
If the issue is your local cinema isn’t getting the disc..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by wfrgms
Last month
Ask comment:
"The question is unhelpfully vague. What is the application for which you intend to use a sansserif font?" [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
2 months ago
MeFi post:
Your own Massimo Vignelli NYC subway map ($299)
favorited 11 times, recently by omarr, pantufla, langeNU, mcwetboy, inqb8tr, neetij, subtle-t, desjardins, muymuy, azlondon, evadery
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Well, if you want no margin on blockquote, CSS of
blockquote { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; }
will do. But you don’t really want that unless you know for sure that p has a margin-top, which I don’t feel like looking up. blockquote..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by paduasoy
3 months ago
MeFi post:
Veganizing Anthony Bourdain
favorited 26 times, recently by dtp, internet!Hannah, Megami, lahersedor, box, InstantSanitizer, Esoquo, 912 Greens, cestmoi15, nicolin, shawn, melorama, laminarial, jasonspaceman, Airhen, BrotherCaine, mediareport, team lowkey, salsamander, puddles, Lizc, klangklangston, mano, xthlc, yonation, Large Marge
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"You could preface each entry with a neutral apostrophe ('), which will force literal saving of the text you type." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Wet Spot
11 months ago
Ask comment:
"OK, it is seriously unwise to believe that degree of crush equals occupant protection, as several contributors have done. The Smart has only a tiny crumple zone by design; other Mercedes vehicles have large crumple zones. Do not make the macho..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by lalochezia
11 months ago
MeFi post:
Gopher protocol: Still undead
favorited 10 times, recently by pwb503, JanetLand, muckster, Jasper Friendly Bear, yohko, gc, trip and a half, JaredSeth, Muddler, reflection
Last year
Ask comment:
"Unfortunately, I find most of the recommendations here to be off-the-cuff and generic. The only place you want to go is Embros on Yonge at Summerhill. The very severe Germans have everything you would ever need.
Le Creuset is seriously debatable..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Songdog
Last year
