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We're putting together a new preferences option to toggle off titles on the front page of Mefi specifically, and we'd like some input on wording.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 2:03 PM on February 20, 2013
(133 comments)
It's been over a year since we first made the
Metafilter Frequency Tables available, and now they're updated with word frequency information for all of 2011 and 2012 as well, bringing the total number of words up to six hundred and thirty-six million. Gosh! (Is a word we've collectively used 5,707 times since 1999!)
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 11:13 AM on January 14, 2013
(99 comments)
It's time for round one of the
MeFites' Choice awards, aka the December 2012 Most Fantasticked Posts, Week 1. Come on inside for winners and prizes!
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 8:38 AM on December 10, 2012
(17 comments)
Hey there! No big thing, but it's time for a general reminder post about what's okay and what's not with sockpuppets, alternate accounts, Brand New Days, and other multiple-accounts-related stuff on Metafilter.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 11:24 AM on November 12, 2012
(177 comments)
So, we were lied to. The good news is that
holdkris99 is fine, rather than dead. He's also banned, his wife's (?) account is banned, and they're not welcome back to Metafilter, ever.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 12:03 PM on May 22, 2012
(1331 comments)
It's episode 69! Matt's in New Zealand this week, so restless_nomad joins us as we catch up on the site goings-on since early December of last year. This episode runs about 80 minutes.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 8:10 PM on February 15, 2012
(39 comments)
Infodump update! 1. We've relocated the data files for the Infodump to the mefi.us file server, to better manage load with large file transfers. If you retrieve Infodump files automatically, note the change and update your process accordingly. 2. New data files: postlengths for Mefi, Askme, Meta and Music.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 8:52 AM on January 30, 2012
(35 comments)
So, four mefites collaborated on a Metafilter-themed panel last month at at the
Association of Internet Researchers's 12th annual Internet Research conference, and we thought we'd go ahead and share our presentation notes and such. Come on in!
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 3:55 PM on November 18, 2011
(59 comments)
Curious about the weird this-is-
so-not-Metafilter-related mail we get at the contact form? Then you might enjoy
Thank You For Contacting Metafilter, aka Shit My Contact Form Says, a tumblr we've put together in the last few days.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 10:46 AM on November 8, 2011
(232 comments)
It's episode 61 of the podcast! We chat with new weekend moderator restless_nomad for twenty minutes or so up front, about moderation and video games and green vegetables; and then we ramble on for about a normal podcast's worth of chatter after that, so this comes in at a beefy 90 minutes or so.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 4:04 PM on April 29, 2011
(54 comments)
Good news! It's the inaugural episode of the Metafilter Comics Digest podcast! In this episode we cover Ziggy, Garfield, Cathy (RIP!), and a hitting-close-to-home Mary Worth story about internet addiction. The podcast runs just under one hour in length.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 11:30 AM on April 1, 2011
(128 comments)
Games are fun, and talking about games is fun. So it's pretty cool that stavrosthewonderchicken has recently built a mefi-inspired site called
Gamefilter, for linking to neat game- (video and otherwise) related stuff on the web and talking about those things. Go check it out!
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 1:04 PM on February 17, 2011
(55 comments)
The perfect gift for the computational linguist in your life:
Metafilter Frequency Tables! Finally you can know definitively how many times words such as "metafilter", "fucknozzle", or "mctootypoots" have been used on the site. (A: 127,484 times, 28 times, and once.)
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 8:51 AM on January 4, 2011
(59 comments)
Here, because I didn't sleep well last night, is a look at the use of the rhetorical device "[verb/adjective/descriptor] much?" on Metafilter. Specifically, on
the blue,
the grey, and
the green.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 12:35 PM on December 8, 2010
(94 comments)
Hey there, butt puzzles, here's me and jessamyn
rattling off insulting nicknames for your entertainment.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 4:31 PM on November 16, 2010
(170 comments)
Think you know your mefites? Try your hand at
Says Who?, the Metafilter identification game.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 11:03 AM on July 16, 2010
(317 comments)
Episode 5 of the Metafilter Music Podcast is the second, naughtier half of the two-part holiday series that started last week. It's about 46 minutes long and features 19 songs by 17 different metafilter musicians.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 3:02 PM on December 18, 2009
(18 comments)
Infodump update: we've added a few new features.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 7:20 AM on December 14, 2009
(163 comments)
This is the (long overdue) 4th episode of the Metafilter Music Podcast, and part one of two in a series of holiday-themed collections. This one is Nice, the next, in a few days, will be Naughty. This episode run just over 41 minutes and features songs by fourteen different mefite musicians.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 11:44 AM on December 11, 2009
(14 comments)
November is over, and favorites are back to normal. In addition, we've got a couple related things to mention:
a survey about the November exercise and favorites in general, and a couple of new display options for folks who want to alter the default favorites view.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 12:36 PM on December 1, 2009
(471 comments)
The 100K raffle is over! In just four days, we raised
$12,745 for five good causes thanks to the generosity of several hundred mefites.
Video of the drawing here...or if you can't stand the suspense, winners and miscellaneous details are below the fold.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 9:21 PM on November 20, 2009
(267 comments)
We're raffling off usernumber 100000!
For the next week Through Friday, you can buy
$5 raffle tickets (to benefit your choice of five charitable orgs) for a chance to win the big account
and airfare to a meetup of your choice.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 8:32 AM on November 16, 2009
(720 comments)
For the month of November, we're going to try an experiment with how favorites are displayed.
[Note: if this whole experiment is driving you crazy, here's a note on reverting the changes.]
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 12:02 PM on October 31, 2009
(2725 comments)
Meetup junket! I bought one of the last Jetblue
All You Can Jet passes (
previously on metafilter), and I'm gonna spend the month from September 8th through October 8th flying around, and hopefully meeting up with a crapload of mefites in the process. Help me figure it all out.
(NYC, Boston, Portland ME, Vermonsters, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore, DC, Raleigh, Vegas, LA, San Francisco, Salt Lake, Chicago, Denver: I'm talking to you!) [
wiki page with more information about specific meetups, etc.]
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 12:29 PM on August 20, 2009
(167 comments)
The Metafilter Infodump
is back, and moderately better than ever! Statistics nerds rejoice!
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 1:55 PM on August 13, 2009
(502 comments)
In episode three of the Metafilter Music Podcast, I do an interview with Jim "
InfidelZombie" Whitter, and play music by
Devils Rancher,
es_de_bah,
umbú (again!),
Baby_Balrog,
greekphilosophy, and
Potomac Avenue. The show runs about 39 and a half minutes.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 10:55 AM on June 15, 2009
(16 comments)
In the second episode of the Metafilter Music Podcast supplement, cortex interviews new mefite
raisindebt. The episode features music by
gmm,
markulus,
Jairus,
umbú,
MajorDundee, and
uncleozzy, and runs for 33 and a half minutes.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 6:28 PM on May 6, 2009
(36 comments)
I'll be in NYC soon (from Thurs. April 30th to Sun. May 3rd) for Gel 2009 and I'd love to have a meetup. mathowie will be in town too!
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 12:34 PM on April 17, 2009
(161 comments)
This inaugural episode of the new Metafilter Music Podcast supplement is hosted by cortex and features an interview with and music by
Corduroy, as well songs from
lovermont,
chococat,
micayetoca, and
The World Famous. It runs just under 36 minutes.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 8:28 PM on April 10, 2009
(60 comments)
We're going to be experimenting with some gentle scaling back of Metafilter's scope and services.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 8:00 AM on April 1, 2009
(482 comments)
With Matt on vacation in Hawaii,
Josh cortex and jessamyn talk about SongSmith, Star Wars, whether or not anyone has actually read Wodehouse, and what the hell supermarkets are doing with bacon placement these days. This podcast was recorded Thursday, January 22nd, and runs just under an hour.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 6:59 PM on January 26, 2009
(80 comments)
Nerds, start your engines: it's the new
Metafilter Infodump.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 7:58 AM on January 22, 2008
(279 comments)
I'd like to introduce
Big Big Question, an experimental home for hypothetical chatfilter and other "big discussion" questions.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 8:41 AM on November 30, 2007
(108 comments)
New toy:
Word Clouds, a script that creates a proportionally-sized list of user- or thread-specific words used relatively frequently compared to the (approximate) mefi average.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 5:33 PM on September 17, 2007
(152 comments)
Allow me to properly introduce you to
MarkovFilter.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 1:37 PM on September 11, 2007
(369 comments)
The first
Metafilter Music Challenge, "
water", has officially deadlined, with 27 entries as of this writing. Fantastic! A whole lot more below the fold, so come inside!
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 9:52 AM on July 7, 2007
(19 comments)
Announcing the
Metafilter Music Challenge! After a discussion here
last month, we're starting up an opt-in theme-based challenge over at
Music. A bit more inside!
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 12:19 PM on June 21, 2007
(42 comments)
MA meetup, Marlborough-ish, Sunday June 17th? I'll be in town with a free evening. [Update! We're aiming for the
Halfway Cafe, kicking off at six-ish!]
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 2:47 PM on May 24, 2007
(33 comments)
South Portland/Portland, ME meetup? I'll be in town for a few days, and I have Sunday 3/25 free.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 9:32 AM on March 22, 2007
(35 comments)
RPM Challenge, post-game: February is dead and gone, and a bunch of us either finished
an album in a month or didn't. Let's have the dirt, folks. And the links. And some Music posts.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 10:34 AM on March 1, 2007
(37 comments)
A new milestone passed. Say hello to
elricky,
roustem,
antareus,
waitingtoderail,
Koko,
pjlennon,
missouri_lawyer,
nikirobertson, and
esolo: among the first of metafilter's
50kers.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 8:33 AM on February 19, 2007
(155 comments)
So. The write-and-record-an-album-in-Februrary
RPM Challenge thing. Who's doing it? Who still needs convincing?
[Recently, on mefi]
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 12:33 PM on January 27, 2007
(54 comments)
Portland Meetup proposal:
The Harvey Girls (of whom I'm now part!) are playing at Valentines (232 SW Ankeny) Weds. December 6th. 9:30ish. More inside!
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 7:11 PM on November 18, 2006
(22 comments)
Metafiler Compilation Album is nigh!
Official website totally revamped! Details within!
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 1:23 PM on November 8, 2006
(51 comments)
And I would post
500 songs
And I would post 500 more
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 5:45 PM on August 29, 2006
(27 comments)
Followup / second call: record a cover of Elliott Smith's
Waltz #2 [mp3]for a wedding gift for my friend.
[original thread].
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 9:29 AM on August 25, 2006
(16 comments)
Music collaboration fun / favor: everybody record a cover of Elliott Smith's "Waltz #2". [more inside]
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 10:45 AM on July 19, 2006
(30 comments)
Podcast headaches!
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 9:32 PM on July 10, 2006
(8 comments)
Metafilter Compilation Album
Official Website
TM launched:
meficomp.com
Music submissions officially closed!
[em eye, baby!]
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 7:54 AM on May 2, 2006
(31 comments)
Metafilter Compilation Album
Call for Cover Art Submissions
Music Submission Deadline & Details
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 11:38 AM on April 21, 2006
(63 comments)
