Wow, that's brilliant

Rookie of the Year + The Rookie = The Rookie of the Year
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 2:23 PM on September 2, 2008

Originally from a recent BibliOdyssey post by MeFi's very own Peacay. With links to larger versions.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 8:06 PM on August 6, 2008

Just the one cowbellmoo, but the account resets to zero at midnight, PST
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 8:25 PM on August 6, 2008

I think this was a popular motif at the turn of the last century. I remember seeing a late-Victorian history book on Rome that depicted a map the empire like this (Gauls, Huns, Persians etc). I also remember seeing a cartoon once (Punch?) of a map of the Russo-Japanese War also in this manner.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 8:39 PM on August 6, 2008

As a slight aside. I used AskMe the other day answer a reference question. The person wanted to find how to easily convert a dvd to watch it on an iPod.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 4:30 PM on July 19, 2008

But Taz, if you resort to a SLUT then you just end up with a nasty dose of Contested License and Access Protocals. And those things take months to clear up
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 4:44 PM on July 19, 2008

Interesting, but did we really need 16 links to the same site?
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 5:15 PM on July 12, 2008

Funny, I just helped a patron find a book with the same name, from 1990 I believe
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 11:47 AM on July 12, 2008

Have you ever caught This Hour has 22 Minutes? Sort of like the Daily Show meets SNL News
posted to Ask Metafilter by Razzle Bathbone at 4:05 PM on June 29, 2008

How desperate do you think he will be to get out of the airport? If he wanted to go somewhere like Stanley Park he would be looking at about a minimum 30min cab ride, at atleast $30. Plus he will also need time to reclear customs. He might be able to go out for a meal in Richmond, as there are many excellent Chinese and Asian restaurants and food courts to be had for a quick (10-15min cab ride) trip.

Not that it is the funnest place in the world, but the secure gate... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Razzle Bathbone at 3:23 PM on June 29, 2008

Also, I think if he has a laptop and sticks around the International gates for a while, the wifi is free.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Razzle Bathbone at 3:26 PM on June 29, 2008

Abandoned Nazi bunker, another thing I need to add to my Zombie Apocalypse survival checklist.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 3:12 PM on June 29, 2008

A looks better, but has scaling issues

B looks a bit dated but loads faster.

That said I never used the tag cloud and will probably never use either of these pages.

Now if you can do some sort of better smart grouping or stemming (jobs/job, wifi/wireless, apple/mac, gift/gifts to name just a few on the sample page) that is something I could really get behind.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 5:02 PM on June 17, 2008

Jessamyn: I can dream can't I?
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 5:13 PM on June 17, 2008

Not sure if Sorrento might be out of the way for you, but if not definitely look into dropping by Crannog Brewery. They grow their own hops (organic) as well as having a 10 acre fine. Plus the ales are yummy.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Razzle Bathbone at 3:43 PM on June 15, 2008

fine=farm. Need more ale I guess
posted to Ask Metafilter by Razzle Bathbone at 3:44 PM on June 15, 2008

I really enjoy Stephen Pressfield. I have just started reading "Killing Rommel" which is set in North Africa in WW2, but his previous books have been set in the ancient Mediterranean. I loved his book The Afghan Campaign, a grunts view of being in Alexander's army. I really like Pressfield's books because they are extremely well written and researched but not over long (300-400p).... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Razzle Bathbone at 12:42 PM on June 15, 2008

Barbara Hodgson's The Tattooed Map. I think some of her other books might also fit the bill.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Razzle Bathbone at 10:14 PM on June 13, 2008

Dustin the Turkey's Irelande Douze Pointe was robbed I say
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 4:37 PM on May 25, 2008

Pretty much all has been said. I use DVD Decrypter to copy everything (movies or tv shows). If I just want to load up a bunch of episodes on my laptop for a trip I use Handbrake to convert them to a small size. If I am backing up a movie to an actual disk I use DVDShrink.

I am not bothered by disc switching or menus (bathroom breaks), but you could use DVD Decrypter to copy all the episodes to your computer and then use Handbrake to convert them to a smaller size (AVI),... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Razzle Bathbone at 2:42 PM on May 22, 2008

Marxchivist - funny, one of our recent banned patron pics looks a lot like #5 Beardo
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 4:49 PM on May 18, 2008

I might be reading your question wrong, but what about in text references and then just a 'works cited' page at the end without any numbering? Something like this:

Text
A recent study showed the moon was in fact made of cheese (Jones, 2007)...

Work Cited page
Jones, S. (2007). The moon is made of cheese. Some Dubious Journal, 123, 691-699.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Razzle Bathbone at 4:00 PM on May 18, 2008

Depending on how much work you have already done and how soon the paper is due, using a citation manager (even this late in the process) might be easiest.

Does your school subscribe to RefWorks? That would be free at least and has all the major and minor citation styles built into it.

The other option would be to create it manually. In the text itself you can add a superscript number and then create the endnote page with the numbers yourself.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Razzle Bathbone at 4:23 PM on May 18, 2008

Eurovision fever, catch it NOW!!
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 7:45 AM on May 12, 2008

I agree with everything that has been mentioned already. Make use Gmail labels, I find them to be a real time saver. Once you have set up labels, you can apply filters for them so they are automatically applied. Plus when you are in am email it is real easy to remove a label.

Even if you don't want to drink the Get Things Done kook-aid, using the @ symbol when naming labels keeps that item close to the top of the list. When I am working on a project that will generate a... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Razzle Bathbone at 3:56 PM on May 11, 2008

Sadly SFPL does not seem to have any resources online, but both Vancouver Public Library and Seattle Public Library have information on how to start and run a book club. You also might want to see if SFPL has book club sets where they will lend you multiple copies of the same book along with background information on the author, etc.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Razzle Bathbone at 4:08 PM on April 30, 2008 marked best answer

If not jumping, at least dancing (4 stories up)
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 3:54 PM on April 1, 2008

I 2nd Accelerando by Charlie Stross (also a mefi member)
posted to Ask Metafilter by Razzle Bathbone at 9:45 PM on March 30, 2008

Rhaomi, I found the latest version I was using to be pretty buggy
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 4:14 PM on March 30, 2008

CKmtl: even worse, they have done it with a poor defenceless roomba. It appears that alcohol may have been involved.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 4:33 PM on March 30, 2008

If you try to woo me with that crap, you will get such a shushing.
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 2:39 PM on March 30, 2008

Guided By Voices in a Nissan ad (in Canada at least). Can't remember the song, but surprisingly it wasn't "Motor Away." Also similar ad for the same car company used The Clash's version of "Pressure Drop"
posted to Ask Metafilter by Razzle Bathbone at 1:51 PM on March 25, 2008

William Gibson's latest, Spook Country has about half the novel taking place in Vancouver
posted to Ask Metafilter by Razzle Bathbone at 9:42 PM on March 23, 2008

According to the Translink site the trip from Kootney Loop (in Burnaby, at the intersection of Franklin and East Hastings) should take about 15 minutes. If your main focus is your partner's commute, looking in that area is your best bet. Renting in Vancouver can be pretty pricey but it has been a while since I have had to do it.

Not sure if this link will work correctly but it shows the route from Kootney Loop to Cap College on Google Maps.

Not... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Razzle Bathbone at 5:45 PM on March 22, 2008

Cool post. The region has always fascinated me since I came across a copy of Byron's Road to Oxiana at a thrift shop when I was little. As an aside, I always wanted to name my Kraut Rock/Prog Rock power trio Transoxiana
posted to MetaFilter by Razzle Bathbone at 5:13 PM on March 22, 2008

It just seems so appropriate that the last tagged post was an I/P single newspaper link post that is now a brokenlink.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 7:00 AM on March 21, 2008

TheonlyproblemisthatIforgettoputinspaceswhenIwritenowfromdoingthefinalpushlastnight.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 7:03 AM on March 21, 2008

Not to second guess anyones choice of tags, but after these tags are cleaned up maybe somesort of front-tagging project may be a good idea.

Maybe a script that pulls 10 posts that have only 1 or 2 tags and then MefiMails a tagging posse member. They could then go in and add more tags if necessary or tick a box saying the tags are fine.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 7:27 AM on March 21, 2008

Well at least tagging metatalk threads would be simple: lamecallout flameout whinging
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 7:42 AM on March 21, 2008

Watch it cortex, you are getting dangerously close to a big library kerfufle between the pro-subject heading people and the pro-tagging people. Believe you me you do not want to get caught in that.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 8:06 AM on March 21, 2008

It was funny, I think probably atleast half of the last 50-60 that I did were broken links - single link posts. I know I counted on one of the last batches of 10 that 7 posts were broken.

When it came to those 2000 or 2004 election posts, thank god for auto-complete. I would just start typing algore or johnkerry and hit enter.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 4:53 PM on March 21, 2008

Did a quick search in JSTOR and found a review for a book that might be useful (non-electronic)

Children's Literature in Hitler's Germany: The Cultural Policy of National Socialism / Christa Kamenetsky - Ohio University Press 1984
posted to Ask Metafilter by Razzle Bathbone at 10:07 AM on March 21, 2008

If you read German this might be useful as well

Jugendliteratur im Dritten Reich : Dokumente und Kommentare / mit einem Vorwort von Klaus Doderer
posted to Ask Metafilter by Razzle Bathbone at 10:38 AM on March 21, 2008

Envisionware is not a great piece of software, but it sounds like it has not been configured at all to allow the kids to do all these exploits. It sounds like the Admin module has not been password protected properly as well as I have a feeling that the patron number dump does not work correctly. It is probably set up to read any Xnumbered digit as 'valid' (how ever long your library card numbers are) so typing in 123456789 and then next time using 987654321 works for them.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Razzle Bathbone at 7:20 AM on March 21, 2008

Done! And my last one was a brokenlink to an article about Ariel Sharon trying to legalize the use of torture posted by Postroad.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 6:23 PM on March 20, 2008

Huh, where are the balloons and champagne?
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 6:23 PM on March 20, 2008

Quick post it as a bug
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 6:24 PM on March 20, 2008

Same here. The Unknown Post. (quietly playing Taps for it)
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 6:26 PM on March 20, 2008

Yay!! Shredding documents here at work so I can make my own tickertape parade.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 6:30 PM on March 20, 2008

Can't...stop...staring....at....panda....ass
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 6:37 PM on March 20, 2008