I think me and the gal would be up for this one as well as the Lola G one.

Now, off to a picnic on riverside park!
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 10:29 AM on July 4, 2008

Also, will there be any way to describe the location somewhat better? Or an identifying characteristic?
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 2:30 PM on July 9, 2008

Did we decide on a time?
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 1:24 PM on July 22, 2008

Doh! Bree and I WATCHED the moth kite from under a tree, figuring we missed everybody.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 8:52 AM on August 4, 2008

I was just coming here to see if there were any NYC meetups I was missing. I have no suggestions, but am very interested in being there.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 1:21 PM on July 1, 2008

I'm up for dinoBBQ too. Although the making a reservation thing puts the entire meetup into a different light. BBQ will help in enticing the MeFiMember GF, though.

Lola, was that Carlin reference partially due to him being (repeated) on Brian Lehrer this morning. He started off discussing his neighborhood.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 8:14 AM on July 2, 2008

I never thought I couldn't split a check but now I'm nervous about it
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 10:13 AM on July 2, 2008

Me and the Beautiful Rubberkey will be attending.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 7:46 PM on July 2, 2008

7 is a bit tight for us...would 7:30 or 8 be okay? If not, we'll just have to hustle.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 11:26 AM on July 4, 2008

Me and Bree (Rubberkey) are still on!
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 11:05 AM on July 8, 2008

Me and Rubberkey will be there at 7:30. Work in the middle of Jersey prevents me from making the 7 one.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 2:10 PM on July 15, 2008

A. B should work just as well, but it doesn't. Too little white er green space surrounding a cluster. With B, when you're looking at a tag, your eye is hit with yellow on all sides. With A, there's lots of room to breathe.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 2:42 PM on June 18, 2008

Even though you specifically said no photo processing, I have so many different ways it can be charming and good natured and have that effect of breaking the ice / bringing some intimacy.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 2:02 PM on September 12, 2007

Alright, now I need to know.

What got the most flags ever?
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 7:39 PM on May 31, 2007

Back on topic: I think the idea is great and Cillit Bang's suggestion of outdenting the text the most subtle and least confusing and yet totally valuable. Instead of scrolling/scanning for lighter/darker green, you look at the left margin and scroll until something's in it. Depending on how the CSS is done, this might be difficult due to the box model.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 1:04 PM on May 24, 2007

While we're at it, I'd love just a teensy bit more white (green/blue/grey) space between comments than between paragraphs. When people use multiple paragraphs, it's confusing to tell where it ends.

I know that makes me sound like a moron since it has "Posted by the Deej" but its late and I can't quite describe how it does, but it does.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 1:13 AM on May 25, 2007

Problem
On the front page, your summary exists on it's own, on your question page it is part of the whole. That's a tough thing to write for. It's like the way Sunday comics have that two panel joke at the beginning.

It also means that we're looking at two different situations. One where the question can be asked completely on the front page and more info is just, well...more info. The other is where a question relies so much on context that the front page... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 7:23 AM on April 13, 2007

What if you had mefites submit drawings? Or apply to do one. Or something.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 12:11 PM on March 20, 2007

damn it! ive been reading the blue all this time! I missed all the excitement.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 10:53 PM on March 12, 2007

"It rolls off the tongue...yeah, like a turd."
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 4:09 PM on February 23, 2007

Astro Zombies was the first Misfits song I really loved.

I've been thinking that since I started reading here. Eventually I just had to say it.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 2:54 PM on February 16, 2007

I think we're trying to solve the wrong problem. No matter how limited each of us individually are, there are certainly enough people with possible questions to fill up the front page + n (and therefore cause scrolling) on any given day. Several brainstorm ideas:

Limit the total number of questions per day
Pretty self explanatory.
Pros: Simple. Clear. Affects all users equally.
Cons: Waiting... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 10:56 AM on February 15, 2007

I believe it's usenet.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 1:17 PM on February 15, 2007

I was going to post this in the thread, with the expectation that it would be deleted as noise, but thought this approach might be more constructive.

Its my first callout, so I'll try and load up on the snark next time.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 10:44 PM on January 30, 2007

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posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 10:44 AM on January 30, 2007

Late to the party, but I was really impressed when that infamous poop thread had 10 favorites and 0 answers. Like everybody came along, said "ooh this is gonna be...something" and was quietly waiting with baited breath. If it weren't for favorites, I would have thought it was community shunning due to the subject matter. I'm proud AskMe is above than that.

We're not above making silly poop jokes though.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 6:16 AM on January 9, 2007

I'm so late but I have to point out that all the bees in the hive are pretty damn related to each other. Almost clones or something.

Also I am right in the middle of that demographic.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 3:37 PM on January 4, 2007

Step 3: Make Her Open The Box!
posted by jonson at 6:36 PM EST on December 22 [+] [!]

Eponysterical
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 1:34 PM on December 23, 2006

I did. You can thank me for Rubber Key. And she can thank the anagram creator for the name.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 3:42 PM on December 20, 2006

I went to post last night (just to see how much time I had left) and was rewarded with the 14 days. I figured I had just missed the flipping of the switch a long ways back....sigh.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 1:37 PM on December 18, 2006

Nanuchka is one of my favorite bands and Yula is one of the prettiest women I know. Hmm, maybe I'll go.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 12:17 PM on December 5, 2006

I assume he wasn't? Too bad. Still, what a great callout.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 9:57 PM on October 10, 2006

Otis FTW.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 5:34 AM on August 24, 2006

I'm in panel one, cropped hair, ringed shirt, blank stare at the monitor, that's all me.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 1:34 PM on August 28, 2006

i have been looking for that cat taking the x box for years thank you loquacious! This thread seems so deteriorated punctuation doesn't seem nessisary

or spell checking.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 9:45 AM on August 28, 2006

I found the tags to be funny (with the punchline of "misleading tags") and very much in the spirit of the reviews linked. But just because it made me laugh doesn't make it useful to the community.

Just voicing this so that if they get deleted, blue_beetle will know it had the intended effect and all parties will be happy.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 10:55 PM on August 6, 2006

This would be awesome! I'm no good on Sunday and also, do not have a pool.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 11:08 AM on August 4, 2006

I'll probably be there, unless I'm off swimming.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 12:38 PM on July 14, 2006

Dumb question, as it's a bar, is it 21+ only? or 18+ or what? I can't find anything on the site.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 10:59 PM on July 14, 2006

Maybe small text after the question with
Best answers: 1, 2, 3,
each one being a link to that answer?

Or maybe a link on the question page that says "Show only best answers" and ajax-y auto hiding of everything else?

Just brainstorming.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 12:02 PM on July 14, 2006

If it's the 15th, I'm considering going too. Unless you have to be a member for a certain period of time or something else I'm unaware of.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 4:15 PM on July 7, 2006

and guys are allowed
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 4:16 PM on July 7, 2006

I was actually going to post about the alternating colors because I run 1600x1200 and the line lengths are long when i have FF maximized (which is always). So it's kind of difficult because the space between paragraphs is the same as the space between comments.

But I'd be all for a "just me" fix, like user style sheets, etc.
posted to MetaTalk by Brainy at 11:26 AM on June 15, 2006