What, exactly, is this? It's a comment posted right before the closing that really doesn't have anything to do with the thread. (I was just looking back at my own post today and found it.) The user seems to wanted to have posted something about the thread but didn't have enough time (maybe?) but instead just posted 5 random links, two of them to Mansferd Mann's Band, two now dead YouTube links, and some crazy Scobby Doo thing. Not that I have a problem with any of it, but it just seems... weird.
posted to MetaTalk by smallerdemon at 8:40 PM on May 12, 2007 (58 comments)

Even if you're not a baby boomer, you might remember a little something called the kiddie matinée that apparently went all the way up to the mid 80s. I remember them because in the 70s they were still popular enough that the 1959 Mexican Christmas flick Santa Claus continued making the rounds and I saw it in the theater. Imagine my surprise 20 years later when my favorite man in space and his robot pals are subjected to one of own childhood traumas of Santa Claus vs Satan for the soul of a small Mexican child. One man was responsible for my trauma: K. Gordon Murray. Importer of not only fine children's classics like Little Red Riding Hood Vs The Monsters but also other great MST3K experiments like The Robot vs The Aztec Mummy and Samson vs The Vampire Women. It wasn't all X vs Y. Sometimes it was about peaceful things.
posted to MetaFilter by smallerdemon at 11:43 AM on May 12, 2007 (13 comments)

Mac / iPod / iTunes / Growl Filter: I would like to know when my iPod has completed synchronizing via Growl. Is there an existing Growl plugin module that I can use to do this? I have searched and found nothing. Am I just going to have to create a Automator or AppleScript to run when the synch is finished that notifies Growl?
posted to Ask Metafilter by smallerdemon at 11:59 AM on May 9, 2007 (3 comments)

On the heels of this excellent thread about the usefulness of a Palm III, I am now curious as to what I could do with my aging Sony Clie PEG-NX73V.
posted to Ask Metafilter by smallerdemon at 2:33 PM on April 9, 2007 (9 comments)

Hogfather finally debuts a live action version of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. A two part, four hour mini-series that aired on December 17th and 18th on Skyone, it will re-air on December 25th and 26th. For you sad Americans not in Britain, you can sate your live action Discworld desires with The 12 Days Of Hogswatch {loud, annoying flash entry portal from Skyone's other show Project Catwalk}, the Skyone Skyone Website and The Making Of Hogfather podcast. And yes, The Grim Squeaker makes an appearance.
posted to MetaFilter by smallerdemon at 12:20 PM on December 23, 2006 (53 comments)

Half of IT managers admit to hating their users... a lot. - But it's ok, because the users hate IT too. No, they really hate IT. Perhaps IT isn't meeting customer demands. And it isn't like either side's attitudes have changed much over time (July 2001).
In the long term, it simply may never work out between IT and the users. After all, IT support is just like any other customer service job. And we all know customers suck enough for people to start web pages about it... again and again.
posted to MetaFilter by smallerdemon at 3:33 PM on August 28, 2006 (60 comments)

My place of employment sees a LOT of laptops come and go. Recently a PIII Dell Latitude L400 ultralight came through and was marked for surplus, but I want to use it for Ubuntu. One snag, though.
posted to Ask Metafilter by smallerdemon at 4:01 PM on August 21, 2006 (12 comments)

iBook SE 466 (Clamshell) and iBook 500 (white, G3 processor) - Can I use the Clamshell's DVD drive in the iBook 500?
posted to Ask Metafilter by smallerdemon at 3:51 PM on March 22, 2006 (4 comments)

BurnoutFilter: Were you an IT / Help Desk / Computer Support Tech in your past and successfully switched to a different career? If so, please tell me about your career switch story. Successful and unsuccessful stories welcome!
posted to Ask Metafilter by smallerdemon at 8:10 PM on March 7, 2006 (16 comments)