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

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

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

Crap, totally forgot to get back to that.

Well off to add the Idon'tknowhowmany BUSH tags I have done
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 7:49 PM on February 26, 2008

I did a batch last night while on the reference desk (and will be doing some more in a bit) so it is sort of work related. Its funny how many 'hey check this out' posts #1 used to make. Now they all go to various dead pages.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 4:39 PM on February 27, 2008

194!!! We can finally kill this mofo today. So is the last link going to be a BUSHSUX post or a brokenlink by mathowie?
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 4:33 PM on March 20, 2008

78 and tagging furiously
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 5:45 PM on March 20, 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

Matt, any chance of the MeFi baseball jerseys coming back?
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 5:09 PM on March 19, 2008

Ask Mefi, the Apple of Q&A sites?
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 11:37 AM on March 19, 2008

Cowbellemoo: AnswerSack has a librarian. We have dozens of library people.

Metroid Baby: well first you need a Babby Daddy...
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 2:06 PM on March 19, 2008

cortex, I will double box's offer. $40 for an essay?

This is how some of the most important academic papers have started out.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 2:38 PM on March 19, 2008

Also take a look at the super secret, lofi.mefi. It also has all the postings, even deleted ones
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 6:11 PM on February 20, 2008

We go almost 31 fucking hrs without a fucking pointless callout for this? What the fuck Doohickie?
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 5:10 PM on January 26, 2008

All I know is that I have nothing on dvd to watch tonight, so I am hoping someone flamesout over this. Fingers crossed.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 6:14 PM on January 26, 2008

I could do the Brickhouse, but Feb 2nd may be a bit problematic (damn it seems the meetup gods are against me ever getting to go to one)
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 9:53 AM on January 24, 2008

Jessamyn's original post about paying to have the post written and the end result
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 10:56 AM on January 23, 2008

timeistight: give me ten bucks and I WON'T write about what you did with that sheep.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 3:03 PM on January 23, 2008

Thanks dersins for implying that I am making money on this.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 1:16 PM on January 9, 2008

Yes its a chunk of change, hence my comment about Professional Development money. I probably would have a tough time spending the $54 of my own money.

Cortex - it will be primarily a presentation with a small amount of time (10-15min) for questions. I believe Jessamyn will be posting her talk notes on librarian.net after the session but the Education Institute cannot post the audio. They used to do that, but it was becoming to much trouble to get all the copyright... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 1:24 PM on January 9, 2008

Sadly only Matt has the ability to raise the dead. He promises to pass that power only onto Cortex as #1 is afraid of what that ability will do Jessamyn.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 1:33 PM on January 9, 2008

Phire - usually what happens is an organization registers and then sets up a speakerphone in a conference room so as many staff as possible can attend. A typical session usually has 20-30 registered 'people'.

Dave Faris - you are right, I completely forgot about the old textads. Are they still around even?
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 1:39 PM on January 9, 2008

Up here we even an an unofficial British Columbia Library Association Bearded Library Staff Sub-committee/drinking team.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 12:35 PM on January 9, 2008

Furiously trying to get rid of Boz Scaggs from my playlist so I can fit in with all the cool kids.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 9:47 PM on December 11, 2007

IndigoRain: It is all part of Matt's plan to have 24hr omnipresent moderation. Cortex will soon be deployed to Siberia.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 11:17 AM on December 11, 2007

Holy crap. Good work dude. Now I need to find me some Dickensian Post-Apocalyptic short stories/novellas for teens who think they might be pagans.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 10:38 PM on December 8, 2007

I am in the same boat as donnagirl. Did lots a few months back, especially AskMe tags but work and the number of bush and deadlink tags wore me down. But I will try to get back at it.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 3:42 PM on November 27, 2007

I would kill, KILL, to see Died Pretty perform Winterland. Sadly I am on a different continent (though hoping to hit Melbourne in later 2008).
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 12:31 PM on November 23, 2007

People who can't type don't deserve our halp
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 9:21 AM on November 8, 2007

Oh man, I can picture the great anonymous AskMe questions now.

"Hope me hivemind. I am dating someone online and they have asked if they can cyber-fist me. What should I do?"
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 3:38 PM on October 24, 2007

Great news, thanks Matt.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 10:05 PM on October 17, 2007

Thirty-five years, try forty! Hell I have agoraphobia and just getting to the cornerstore for milk is traumatic, especially since I gave up on ordering it from Amazon.
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 7:01 AM on October 18, 2007

TT, I think it is the Canuck in us, many of us are PA. But the joke's on them as we clog their highways and interstates with our slow moving snowmobiles on our merry way to their outlet malls so we can flex our newly-regained purchasing power. Manifest Destiny is not about westward expansion but having a Loonie at par or worth more than the Greenback!
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 10:53 AM on October 18, 2007

No dersins, the Killing Moon will come too soon
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 11:00 AM on October 5, 2007

Jess, aren't you also doing the Keynote on the night of the 10th, or is the opening keynote on the morning of the 11th?
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 7:58 PM on October 1, 2007

For those in Victoria or going to Access, the opening night receptions (which hopefully Jessamyn will be able to make) is at Swans. Maybe some sort of Mefi meetup can be conducted on the side?
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 8:01 PM on October 1, 2007

You are right about the Keynote being on the 11th. The program page was not that clear originally and it made it sound like the Keynote was at the welcoming session on the 10th. I thought you were on the original list of speakers for the 'How to Skin an OPAC' preconference session?
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 10:16 PM on October 1, 2007

Ya dief I'll be there
posted to MetaTalk by Razzle Bathbone at 9:08 AM on October 2, 2007