MeTa post: NYC Meetup? I guess we agreed on Aug 6th, but do...

Seeing as it's a new enough bar to not have yet been reviewed in the usual places... that's a good thing if we're looking to avoid too much of a crowd (besides ourselves, of course).

So yeah -- I'll vote for that!
posted to MetaTalk by nstop at 12:23 PM on July 26, 2002

MeTa post: let's talk meetup. as has been briefly mentioned...

re: Manhattan

Following on witchstone's suggestion of a bar with outdoor space, perhaps Sweet & Vicious on Spring St? It's spacious inside, with a small patio out back. And when I walked by a little after 8pm last night it was pretty empty. Not sure how quick it fills up as the night progresses, though.
posted to MetaTalk by nstop at 12:24 PM on July 17, 2002

MeTa post: MeFi Swap II. Are you interested in taking part?...

Just to get this out there, if you receive a mix I send out, I don't treat this as a "put the most obscure stuff I've got on a disc" opportunity. I have zero interest in establishing indie cred in this group.

The songs I'll be putting on my mix are likely to be (relatively) obscure, but that's only because I happen to have pretty non-mainstream musical tastes. Besides, isn't wanting to let people know about great, but overlooked songs/bands... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by nstop at 1:43 PM on June 20, 2002

MeTa post: More Pictures of the New York MetaFilter meet-up....

The group shot came out really well. jonmc: thanks for the ID. Might as well ID the iPods, too, since there are still more pics of those: the left is mine (Bowie, David / Boyracer / Breeders / Brittle Stars / Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Butterglory) ; nicwolff's is on the right.

And you all have fabulous taste in music (those of you with whom I talked on that topic).
posted to MetaTalk by nstop at 6:44 PM on April 30, 2002

MeTa post: I seem to be the first one back home and at a PC,...

Hahahahaha... pictures of our iPod geekery! Will have to post more of my thoughts later, but it was definitely a fun time. (Damn you all for keeping me out 'til 3am on a weeknight!)
posted to MetaTalk by nstop at 8:01 AM on April 26, 2002

MeTa post: Maybe you will even be mocked in a medium that...

you can never be sure, but you're right that hits and pageviews are useless measures unless you're serving up ads.

however, a program that can track those things can also track unique IPs, which is the closest thing to knowing how many actual visitors you have on a given day

Combine that with a web stats package that can estimate average page view times -- noting page hit to page hit timestamps and calculating the lag as... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by nstop at 12:12 PM on April 2, 2002

MeTa post: Anyone up for a Manhattan MeFi gathering in late...

While I missed the Brooklyn get-together, one in Manhattan sounds great. And I like the sound of Pioneer. (Also like that it's about three blocks away from my office!)
posted to MetaTalk by nstop at 9:31 PM on March 30, 2002

MeTa post: Yay! It's on! NYC MeFiesta! Thursday, 24 January...

Heh, two blocks from a party I went to last week. F train is definitely the way to go, if a bit slow, being a local.
posted to MetaTalk by nstop at 9:52 PM on January 7, 2002

ParisParamus: Good analogy. At least in Boston there are a couple of "shortcut" bus routes to get you across the Charles River, esp. if you're travelling from, say, Allston to Cambridge. Alas, the whole Manhattan-is-an-island thing kind of precludes cross-borough bus travel as a reliable alternative to the subway.
posted to MetaTalk by nstop at 1:32 PM on January 10, 2002

nicwolff: I wonder if this wireless node (part of the NYC Wireless network) is close enough to Blah Blah? Though I fear our being irresistibly drawn to the computers -- I know I'd be tempted to bring my Powerbook...
posted to MetaTalk by nstop at 12:05 PM on January 17, 2002

Even cooler, access is absolutely free (assuming you've got a laptop equipped with a wireless card). This page describes the mission of the NYC Wireless project — basically, free public Internet access.

A few months ago a friend and I tested out one of the original nodes, at a New World Coffee on the Upper East Side. Worked like a charm. Your computer detects the network, and you connect. If a login is required, that info is either on the NYC Wireless site or... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by nstop at 5:22 PM on January 17, 2002

MeTa post: One of my favorites is going down. Hopefully,...

I used to read Robot Wisdom pretty regularly a few years ago when Jorn actually posted more than a one-liner for most of his links. As time went on, it became more and more a long list o' links and I kind of tuned out. Sounds like, based on the comments in this thread, the site degenerated in more than one way.
posted to MetaTalk by nstop at 11:39 AM on December 16, 2001