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MeTa post:
How It Ends
Nails, are you like permanently out of town or are we just missing each other?
adipocere, will do, definitely.
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 5:28 PM on September 23, 2008
dearest fieldtrip, I very much wish you could come tomorrow night. But if not, yes, please! I should like another meetup, and soon! The Hornet was fantastic, or since the Rockies appear to be (thankfully) winding down perhaps we could revert to the Falling Rock.
NailsTheCat, I shall simply have to perfect my teleporter. I've very nearly got it... tho there appears to be a very minor quibble with the whole reassembly process, and you know how people will insist on... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 8:07 PM on September 23, 2008
MeTa post:
DNC MeFite Gathering?
I shall be STUCK in Denver during the DNC, because, well, I live there. It's actually going to suck for me as I depend on public transportation from central downtown to get back n forth to my job in Boulder every day and the RTD is one of those "terrorist vectors" that the homeland security type bozos are going to be leaning on, bleh.
That said, I shall be quite ready for alcohol and commiseration should you lot decide to do so.
If... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 5:37 AM on August 8, 2008
hi lukemeister, I've got this in my recent activity and have also been watching it.
What we've done in the past that's worked well with the Denver contingent has been send out a group email/MeMail. fieldtrip was the keeper of The List iirc.
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 6:43 PM on August 16, 2008
Hornet - plz to clue me in on where? I'll be there with bells on!
dr. fresh if you have that list don't be shy. I didn't capture it so I'd have to dig a bit.
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 7:29 PM on August 25, 2008
Hi guys, I've added this to the meetups calendar!
Thanks for taking care of this dr. fresh.
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 5:54 PM on August 26, 2008
okay, pictures are here and I also linked them to the meetup sidebar thingy as well.
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 10:51 PM on August 28, 2008
MeTa post:
Worldcons, bah. Hooray Beer!
ooh meetup!
I won't be at worldcon but I do live in Denver!
Nails, I vote we check to see if the Rockies are going to be in town. If they are, any LoDo bar on that end of town including Falling Rock will be tres lame.
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 10:41 PM on August 1, 2008
shit, the Rockies will be in town for a 1.05 matinee game on Thursday, which means the drunken hordes will be leaving the park and descending upon the bars just about the time we want to be there. I'd say any bar that's north(ish) of Lawrence/Larimer and east of, say, 17th is going to be a madhouse.
The Convention Centre is actually not in LoDo it's more of the Financial District shading towards uptown. Bonus: it's very close to lightrail. We should strive for... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 10:49 PM on August 1, 2008
Marlowe's is fantastic, Rock Bottom is a chain, but it's still pretty decent. The Mercury Cafe is weird, funky and perhaps a tad far from the convention centre.
And then there's this place. At Denver Worldcon, vodka infuses YOU!
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 7:12 PM on August 5, 2008
MeTa post:
Denver Meet Up
aw man! we already made plans this weekend! I am going to be at a bike race pretty much all day on Saturday then I'm heading by REI to collect the mister around 7.30ish.
hm. there is an outside chance I can swing by for a little bit. It depends tho.
for the record I now live in Five Points / Whittier (translation: practically downtown) so that (technically) my ability to achieve meetup nirvana should be greater than before.
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 5:33 AM on July 12, 2008
damn. I had a vague idea that -t was leaving soon but I didn't know that it was permanent. SUCKS. well not for the people where he's going anyhows.
YES we should plan another Denver meetup soon. I've been meaning to do this since like, months ago.
Either Denver or Boulder is fair game for the next one, Boulder especially for weeknights as I work in B, live in D.
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 11:08 AM on July 12, 2008
MeTa post:
This is not what AskMe is for.
that's fine xmutex and honestly, I don't disagree, however ridiculing the OP is also not what AskMe is for. Even stupid questions deserve answers.
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 9:36 AM on February 24, 2008
It was a rhetorical question jonmc, and you're smart enough to get that, I'm sure of it. WGPs snark definitely broke the guidelines (and, in review, I see has been deleted)
I know you enjoy being willfully obtuse, but come off it.
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 9:41 AM on February 24, 2008
Honestly, I enjoy snark as much as the next person, and have myself had silly one-liners deleted from Ask. That's not the point here.
The value in AskMe does not lie in being morally superior or selfrighteous. Dancinglamb, at the risk of being an asshole, what on earth gives you the right to judge the OP, whether by his prior post history or quality of the question or whatever moral/intellectual yardstick you feel is proper?
Anyway that's... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 9:48 AM on February 24, 2008
MeTa post:
Generic Celebrity Thread Blues
okay, thank goodness ND¢ made those points, because I don't have internet at the house and MeFi is blocked at work, so this leaves oh, about an hour a day when I can read the site.
I thought about bringing up exactly this same thing last night but didn't have time to read the whole damned thread plus THIS entire damned thread.
Here's my thing. I really, really LIKED Heath L. I thought he was a great talent and was looking forward to his... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 11:47 AM on January 23, 2008
What Smedleyman said... well and whomever-it-was he was quoting as well. It bears re-repeating. It's too bad that the mods don't appear to be in agreement.
It's just disappointing and mildly confusing to me to (re)discover that ObitFilters are apparently not held to the same tight standards as the rest of MeFi's FPP policy. Most of the time I don't much bother, as I'm not much of a celebrity gawker. In this case, it made me sad and somewhat pissed-off. Especially... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 5:26 PM on January 24, 2008
MeTa post:
Damn. That was cold!
hmm, guess I should start logging again. we've had lots of snow in Boulder so far this season.
tho I'll likely be skiing on NYE/NYD. I suppose sliding miles don't count, as it's forecast to be 6°F out at Copper tomorrow.
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 10:45 AM on December 30, 2007
Done and done. The wicked wind precluded our ski trip to Copper yesterday/today since I-70 was shut down from Evergreen to Vail. So I went and did a road ride instead.
Chuckles, I think I did this right? (stuck the temp in the comment on my WeEndure log). That was the daily high, mind you. Mean temp for the ride was prolly more like 25 or 26F.
Happy New Year from lovely Boulder!... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 4:06 PM on January 1, 2008
thanks, Chuckles. it's been mild here, but I've been riding the fixte like a fiend.
combo of WeEndure downage and lack of intertubes at chez lfr has been hammering my update capabilities. go check my account and prepare to be underwhelmed... I finally logged the last, oh, week and a half or so.
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 11:42 AM on January 14, 2008
MeTa post:
Taking the Denver Meetup North.
the 7th works for me. The 8th is comprehensively out. 15th/22nd is cool, too.
Thanks koeselitz. I posted to the bottom of the old meetup thread but it appears to have been abandoned :[
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 7:31 PM on December 3, 2007
-t, dunno about a blimp but there's a real, if outside chance that we could hook up a hot air balloon or a glider (both -ports which reside within a 5 mile radius of meetup locale).
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 8:24 PM on December 4, 2007
21st will work for me, thanks koeselitz!
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 5:40 AM on December 12, 2007
I'm going!! My better half is about 50/50 owing to the fact that he has an early shift next AM, but still...
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 6:58 PM on December 17, 2007
brian = reflection. haven't seen a post from him in a dog's age, and as he is a student I'd wondered if he was out of town now.
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 6:18 PM on December 19, 2007
aaand photos are up!
my heretofore most excellent speedlight is a sad frog :( thankfully I've got a fast prime for the D70.
anyway there they are, in all their noisy, soft ickiness. koeselitz, you are Mister Tag; go to it sir!
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 12:56 AM on December 22, 2007
why thank you k! I almost didn't use the black-and-white one because it was so blurry. However, I liked your expression enough to just run with it; figured the blur kind of lent itself to my old fallback for failed-but-interesting shots; the dreaded fauxlga workflow!
minus tee speaketh truth, Nails - we missed you, although I think barnacles did a great job stepping into the breach!
man, I missed PIE? crap.
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 9:13 PM on December 22, 2007
MeTa post:
Categories for favorites?
*Not to mention that del.icio.us would become completely cluttered with comments...and redundancy. I'd probably opt to "do not share" the comments saved to delicious, since I run the feeds on blogs and stuff and don't necessarily want my updating delicious lists to be cluttered with comments from Metafilter.
not to mention that del.icio.us is yet another site to keep track of. I read the NYT and MeFi and MeCha and flickr and a few other... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 11:14 PM on December 10, 2007
MeTa post:
Upsetting the plate of beans.
[OPENING SCREEN]
Utterly black screen fades to misty forested glade.
[GALADRIEL (WHISPERS)]: "I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, han mathon ne chae a han...
[GALADRIEL (OVERDUB)]: "The world is changed; I can feel it in the water, I can feel it in the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 7:35 PM on November 28, 2007
MeTa post:
Nice!
potch, I think that feature is called "favorites". but I could be wrong.
what I like is how after you click the "yes" option, the text dramatically and slowly fades off the screen, like it's terribly disappointed that you would do such a horrid thing as "remove from activity".
pb you are my hero, forever. I'd throw panties but I'm not sure which colour's your fave.
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 6:58 AM on November 28, 2007
MeTa post:
Your thoughts on current and future changes to make Metafilter more woman friendly
"Your thoughts on current and future changes to make Metafilter more woman friendly."
*reads threads, pounds head on desk*
tho I'm aware that this has been brought up repeatedly elsewhere, I don't particularly care to have MeFi "sanitised" for my delicate little sensibilities, thanks all the same.
I don't see this as an issue of gender unfriendliness, sexism, racism, that MeFi is a "boyzone"... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 5:42 PM on November 24, 2007
Actually Abiezer, I personally see it as an attempt to avoid the issue or take the lazy man's way out of a socially uncomfortable situation. By providing a specific flag, you then take the responsibility for the user base to publicly say to the offender "Hey, that kind of thing is not okay". It tidily sweeps the issue under the rug, where no one has to deal with it.
Me, I like my assholes over easy, with a big side of snark. But that's just me. And I don't... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 6:05 PM on November 24, 2007
meh, I meant "then take away the responsibility for the user base..."
Obviously I haven't drunk enough yet. I will now go and remedy this.
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 6:08 PM on November 24, 2007
"when you single out and pander to that which a particular group might find more than just "flag it and move on"
this is EXACTLY what I am taking issue with. Why not "homophobic"? Why not "fascist"? I could go on. I agree the "racist" seems a bit tacked on. Honestly the whole idea smells of special-snowflake-ism.
[NOT SPECIAL-SNOWFLAKE-IST]
or basically,... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 8:09 PM on November 24, 2007
MeTa post:
Denver Mefis! Go! Go! Go!
you goofballs! now you are REQUIRED!!! to come meet up with us in the Mile High city :)
(thanks for posting this jazon!)
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 2:44 PM on November 6, 2007
rats. i can't decide if mathowie and jessamyn have some grudge against Denver or we just have really crappy timing. This will be the second time in a row we've posted meetup stuff only to have it scroll off the front page in >24 hours due to "features spamming" on the part of the mods =P
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 6:39 PM on November 6, 2007
FAIL, I meant "less than" 24 hours, ugh.
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 6:39 PM on November 6, 2007
aw, -t we'd LOVE to meet her!
besides, you guys have all met my guy :)
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 4:17 PM on November 15, 2007
it's quite all right yodelingisfun, although you missed a good one. Denver MeFites are amazing, and amazingly adaptable!
don't forget to ask us about the sofa anarchy...
anyhow, da boyz (well koeselitz in particular) were making noise about doing a meetup SOONER not LATER and in Boulder this time. So, looks like chances are good to do another one before Xmas, even.
This time we're just gonna fire one off and whoever can... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 8:57 AM on November 18, 2007
scottreynan, I saw that Denver Post article too!
hm, the Sundowner... as far as I can recall, it can get pretty crowded.
I will do some research. I'm not totally against the Sundowner, mind you, it's just that we may want to look for other options.
How about showing up early and just taking over part of the community table at Southern Sun? There's good beer there!
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 10:55 PM on November 19, 2007
koeselitz, I'm actually more in favour of the Mountain Sun than the Southern if only because I'm a lazy prat and MS is much easier for me to get to from my house (i.e. not way out on the far end of South Boulder / South Broadway).
The reason I recommended it is simple: it's a much larger place.
The vibe is a little more with the college students, less with the clean hippies. The challenge with Mountain Sun is that if you don't get there by like,... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 9:47 PM on November 20, 2007
hm, maybe I should have gone to bed sooner... up there where I said "it" in the 2nd paragraph, I was referring to Southern Sun. It's a bigger place, and it's a bit more sports-bar-ish.
There's also the upstairs/mezzanine at BJ's Pizza on the Pearl St. Mall. Which also has excellent beer. And I believe can be reserved.
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 9:52 PM on November 20, 2007
okay lets not plate-of-beans this one. Southern Sun it is. they have couches but I dunno if one may reserve that section. I believe it's their waiting lounge for overflow for when they're waiting to seat people. I can find out tho.
The only day that's bad for me over the next couple of weeks is 8th December.
koeselitz, the ball's in your court, dude.
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 5:38 PM on November 22, 2007
MeTa post:
It's not *that* bad, but....
cortex, just for the record, I understand the desire to reduce MeTa callouts via email, but in this case I'm actually glad brett posted this, if only because I'd vaguely wondered the same thing about that bicycle sex thread and wasn't quite sure if it was flag-worthy or what.
and off topic but St. Justinian's jodphurs, is the entire rest of the planet having shitty weather or an increase in booby-hatch escapees or something? It seems like MeFi's had an unusually high... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 8:31 PM on November 15, 2007
MeTa post:
NPR headline unknowingly makes a MeFi funny.
"It's too goddam easy to post to MetaTalk."
I respectfully disagree. This morning I would have liked to post a confirming Denver Meetup post with dates/times/locales, however I was DENIED, since my 7-day posting limit has yet to expire.
and then I come here and find THIS SHIT?!
*wanders away, sobbing disconsolately*
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 6:19 AM on November 6, 2007
man that was a weak-assed deletion reason. I feel so let down, and after such a brilliant trainwreck, too.
CORTEX YOU ARE LOSING YOUR EDGE, YOU BIG GIRL'S BLOUSE!!
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 7:59 AM on November 6, 2007
MeTa post:
I CAN HAZ MEETUP PLZ?!
oooh snap! I've been meaning to make it to a Roller Dolls bout this year too, and have failed spectacularly on each attempt. I promised my friends we'd all go last weekend, even and then bailed on 'em because VeloSwap was the next morning and my logistics got ganked.
yea, you're right - the 17th does look better. You might be able to swing both in one night, but meetups usually kind of start to peter out around 10, so if you did come that late you may or may not find... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by lonefrontranger
at 8:39 AM on November 3, 2007
