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I am in Los Angeles (Silver Lake area) and need to get to Anaheim (Disneyland/Convention Ctr. area) for this library conference this afternoonish. Is the best way to do this to go back to the airport and grab a shuttle, or is there something simpler?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn
at 9:12 AM on June 27, 2008
(14 comments)
I don't like the WordPress 2.5 look and feel. I am not interested in switching CMSes. What are my options for basic postings to my blog with minimal interaction with the WordPress interface?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn
at 1:48 PM on June 18, 2008
(11 comments)
I would like a good t-shirt to wear at ROFLcon. However, it must be DIY. Suggestions?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn
at 5:23 PM on April 23, 2008
(103 comments)
Just a quick note on what's going on with
the backtagging project and some "go go go!" momentum for a final push to the finish.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 6:44 PM on February 26, 2008
(106 comments)
It's podcast call-in time again. Leave your messages and questions at +1 (503) 487-0014. We'll be recording the show on Wednesday.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 4:23 PM on February 10, 2008
(21 comments)
What is a workshop? I have been giving public speeches at conferences and the like for years, but occasionally I am asked to give a workshop and I'm not sure what one is or how to do one under the specific circumstances that I am often in.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn
at 10:34 AM on February 9, 2008
(28 comments)
The Givewell Board of Directors have
issued a statement concerning the changes they made in the wake of the astroturfing and related activities earlier in the week.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 9:31 PM on January 6, 2008
(536 comments)
We've added a widget for checking out Meetup photos without having to leave placeholder comments in meetup threads. Check the MeTa sidebar.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 3:25 AM on December 15, 2007
(21 comments)
How are people putting their main question in the title box in AskMe so often? Is something wrong with the form?
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 7:58 AM on November 12, 2007
(142 comments)
A few little functionality improvements with Recent Activity and some favorites action.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 5:31 PM on November 6, 2007
(29 comments)
Help me properly remember this study or who wrote about it. It was about some animal that, in experiments, preferred the anticipation centers of their brain -- seeking circuits? -- stimulated over the pleasure centers. I read it in some poppish science book in the last few years and now I'm trying to more accurately recall it so I can use it in a talk, if I'm rembering it correctly.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn
at 3:49 PM on October 13, 2007
(10 comments)
Halifax NS meetup next week?
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 3:21 PM on September 13, 2007
(28 comments)
[posting for a friend]
Jefe del
Centro de Informacion y Biblioteca
Posicion del cargo en la organizacion:
* Area: Cultural.
* Unidad: Biblioteca.
* Reporta a: Director Ejecutivo.
Objetivo del cargo:
Planifica, coordina, organiza y dirige las actividades del Centro de Informacion y Biblioteca (CIB).
Educacion y Experiencia:
Estudios de Bibliotecologia (minimo dos anos). Tres anos de experiencia realizando tareas similares a las del cargo.
Conocimientos especializados en:
* Bilingue.
* Sistema de organizacion de biblioteca.
* Tecnicas de investigacion y busqueda de informacion.
* Politicas y procedimientos de Biblioteca.
* Conocimiento computacional alto nivel usuario.
My friend adds:
The job would be in Santiago, 45 hours a week. The person should speak Spanish, and the pay would be competitive with what Chileans make, at least twice the national average, and maybe up to five times as much. It's a wide margin, between 500,000 and 1,000,000 pesos a month. (approx $1-2k) Ideally, the person has two years of studies in library... something, a master's is probably not necessary, 3 years of experience. They have to know cataloguing, research, library policy and procedures and a high level of computer expertise (forgive me if these are not the terms of art, this just came across my desk in Spanish, and I don't know English library terms). We're not looking to maintain, rather to develop resources and services.
posted to MeFi Jobs by jessamyn
at 11:03 AM on September 5, 2007
Witness trees
teach us about presettlement landscapes,
surveying methods and
Native American art forms. Witness trees
inspire us,
hide in plain sight, have
free parking,
become forgotten and sometimes
become tables. Witness trees are protected
by law and sometimes
by signs, but not protected
from stupidity. Photos:
1,
2,
3,
4,
5
posted to MetaFilter by jessamyn
at 8:10 AM on September 3, 2007
(19 comments)
"
The storm carried twice as much dirt as was dug out of the earth to create the Panama Canal. The canal took seven years to dig; the storm lasted a single afternoon. More than 300,000 tons of Great Plains topsoil was airborne on that day."
Black Sunday. April 14, 1935.
Timeline, Oral Histories (
Kansas,
Nebraska), Dust Bowl Movie (
part I,
part II), Black Sunday photos (
1,
2,
3,
4).
[previous dust on mefi: iraq, texas, africa, china]
posted to MetaFilter by jessamyn
at 5:56 PM on August 26, 2007
(17 comments)
I would like to stay someplace nice and interesting in Halifax, NS for three days in September. Help me find it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn
at 6:25 PM on August 6, 2007
(13 comments)
Cookout at my place, Saturday August 4th. Grilling starts at 5 or so. Drive-in movies at 8-ish assuming the chosen films aren't totally awful. Rain plan is drinking and Scrabble/Boggle/old Connections episodes. Details to follow in the comments once we know who's coming.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 9:52 AM on July 26, 2007
(61 comments)
UpdateFilter: while I was waiting in line for an iPhone with my friend yesterday (for him not for me) I was catching up on a little work. I was showing my friend the MeFi admin interface and someone looked over my shoulder and said "is that MetaFilter?" I said yes, was he a member? He said no but
a video that he had made got linked on MeFi last February and had catapulted him to mini-stardom for a few weeks. He gave me some backstory on the movie....
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 1:58 PM on June 30, 2007
(73 comments)
I flew with JetBlue last month. Some small items were missing from my luggage when I arrived at my destination. I am trying to figure out how far I want to go with this to try to 1) get reimbursed for lost/stolen items and 2) get them to make their legal documents reflect their actual policies. I'd like some advice from people who have dealt with airlines and their luggage policies to help me strategize.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn
at 8:10 PM on June 27, 2007
(30 comments)
So we've been working on
backtagging old posts for about five days now. We've gotten about 10% of them done. I just wanted to drop a note here for anyone who missed the sidebar note, the podcast note or the other MeTa thread. If you'd like to help with tagging old untagged posts, drop me an email or IM with your usernumber and email address and I'll get you set up. If you're already helping,
thank you very much, we're making great strides.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 8:39 AM on May 28, 2007
(105 comments)
Northern New England Meetup @ My Place Sunday May 6th, Early Suppertime.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 9:40 PM on April 22, 2007
(41 comments)
Popular:
It's Like That,
Humble Neighborhood,
Son of a Preacher Man,
Beautiful,
Barbi Girl,
Truly Madly Deeply,
I'm Alive
Indie:
Blister in the Sun,
Across the Sea,
Tom's Diner,
Zombie; Classics:
The Rose (
more, also
without lyrics),
Revolution,
Hotel California
Rap/Hip Hop (some comedic):
Baby Got Back,
Ice Ice Baby,
Music (
more),
Paul Revere,
Grillz,
White and Nerdy,
Where'd You Go
Non-English songs:
Film Dust,
Comme Elle Vient;
Pseudosign:
Torn (
again),
Sweet Home Alabama
Instructions:
general tips,
religious songs, and how to sign "
rock & roll"
posted to MetaFilter by jessamyn
at 9:58 PM on March 14, 2007
(27 comments)
Starting in a few weeks I will be doing a lot of travelling with my laptop. Help me choose a wifi provider for airports and possibly other locations.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn
at 9:45 AM on February 13, 2007
(19 comments)
Driving across Australia, totally excellent, or totally awful?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn
at 9:06 PM on December 3, 2006
(38 comments)
13,000! Happy
six and a half years of griping, feature requests, whinging, meetups, bugs and etiquette battles everyone!
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 8:31 PM on October 31, 2006
(90 comments)
The article that I wrote for Library Journal about Ask Metafilter is
now online. It lost a wee bit in the editing process, but I'm pretty happy with it. MeFiBrarian Posse represent!
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 4:59 PM on October 16, 2006
(30 comments)
Troubleshooting a SanDisk 2GB card, is it broken or is there another problem?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn
at 9:12 AM on October 1, 2006
(10 comments)
Attention Best Posters from August
Please go to your profiles and make sure you have some PayPal information entered so that mathowie can give you the $30 you so rightfully deserve. This means you b_thinky, bigmusic, blahblahblah, cenoxo, CodeBaloo, ColdChef, dios, Drunken_munky, emph, HuronBob, hydrophonic, jason's_planet, jonp72, jonson, ktoad, languagehat, LobsterMitten, MetaMonkey, Miko, mygothlaundry, nthdegx, ottereroticist, peacay, pwedza, reklaw, signal and y2karl. Thanks for making MetaFilter in August rock!
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 5:51 PM on September 1, 2006
(69 comments)
"It’s a cliché among hikers that there are as many ways to hike the trail as there are people who hike it. Most start at Springer Mountain in Georgia and end at Katahdin in Maine; a few start in Maine and head south. Purists walk every 2,167.1 miles of the trail marked by white rectangular blazes painted on the trees. Blue blazers take short cuts on side trails marked with blue. Yellow blazers hitchhike ahead along roads. And then there are the pink blazers.
Pink blazers pursue women."
posted to MetaFilter by jessamyn
at 6:14 AM on August 28, 2006
(157 comments)
