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A coupla years ago, a very nice Mefi user, whose user name began with A, (I think) made Metafilter pins and he sent me some. I can't for the life of me remember his name. Does anyone remember who made the neat-o Metafilter pins?
posted to MetaTalk by Lynsey
at 8:52 PM on July 11, 2007
(19 comments)
Dear seasoned travelers of MeFi, help me plan for my trip to PDX. I haven't flown in a while and am a bit nervous about the whole airport security thing. I want to avoid issues with the TSA and airline workers, so if you would, please give me suggestions on packing.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Lynsey
at 9:53 PM on June 23, 2007
(18 comments)
Shark bite photography
By their contributions ye shall know them.... Metafilter member
Tonebarge is um, enjoying a media blitz after being in the
right place at the right time to take photos of a shark bite
victim at Dillon Beach. From the
Bodega Bay
Navigator,
Santa Rosa
Press Democrat ,
SF
Chronicle and
NBC TV.
posted to Projects by Lynsey
at 8:19 PM on December 12, 2006
How to make your own wireless camera remote.
Man buys Minolta 5-D, can't find a remote for less than $30 on eBay; can't find any that are wireless; goes to an electronics store, buys the parts; makes his own wireless remote; then takes pictures of himself skating, using the remote!
I love diy stories like this. (Warning: popups at the linked site.)
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:32 PM on July 9, 2006
(22 comments)
So, Portlanders, I see London meetup pics, where are the PDX pics?
posted to MetaTalk by Lynsey
at 10:16 PM on February 19, 2006
(23 comments)
Does anyone remember a thread in AskMe, around the holidays, discussing a wall-mounted monitor-type thingie that allowed you to load it up with your pictures, say from your computer and view them as a slide show? Did I imagine that or did it really occur, and didn't Mathowie even mention a product like that that he knew about? Not knowing what such a thing is called makes it very difficult to Google for it successfully; does anyone have a clue about what I'm trying to find?
posted to MetaTalk by Lynsey
at 10:48 PM on February 6, 2006
(13 comments)
Advent calendars 2005.
Back when the
internets were very young, people began combining a wonderful old holiday tradition, the
Advent calendar, with the latest in communications, the internet, and thus it was that interactive Advent calendars were born. This one (requires Flash) was the first one I ever saw and here are some other of my favorites:
Leslie Harpold's and
Tibi and Beens. Want more? Check
Google.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 11:12 AM on December 1, 2005
(13 comments)
200 amazing secrets!
Well, maybe not so secret to some but there are some darn helpful tips here!
seen at presurfer
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:58 PM on August 1, 2005
(45 comments)
I am taking a brain-painful networking class (hint: it's all about the
routers, baby!) and the studying is intense. It's hard, but I'm holding my own. I see questions here on AskMe that bring really cool answers from lots of folks, with a lot of repeat answerers, which leads me to ask, How Did You Learn What You Know About Computers/the Internet? Was it in school? Did you apprentice with someone who had m4d sk1lz? Did you teach yourself? Other?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Lynsey
at 10:47 AM on October 11, 2004
(18 comments)
Do any MeFites have ideas/experience/recommendations for a way to archive VHS tapes to DVD? So far my Google-fu has turned up software that requires having to add video cards to computers, plus a DVD burner, etc. My work would prefer a product that is a stand-alone thing that you can pop in a tape, then convert it to DVD and pop out a DVD. Is there such a thing?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Lynsey
at 11:06 AM on August 26, 2004
(9 comments)
Want to know what the difference is between real life and the internet?
The funny folk at
Red vs. Blue would be happy to demonstate.
(Warning: 22.125MB Quicktime .mov file but worth the wait, I thought. The Red vs. Blue site also offers a DivX download.) Metafilterians may enjoy the Political Section, where they do political discussions as badly as we do. One naughty word may make the audio NSFW in some locations. Seen at
Bifurcated Rivets.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 1:21 AM on August 18, 2004
(12 comments)
Silly, fun music link.
Stuff like this is what I consider the best of the Web, even though it took a
loooong time to download over dial-up, as it's a 34.8 MB mpg. You lucky broadband folks may enjoy it more. (Seen at
Bifurcated Rivets)
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 8:52 PM on June 20, 2004
(9 comments)
A new Samarost-style game
brought to us by
Amanita, the same folks who authored
Samarost. You can see the same style, although this one is actually a
band advertisement and is much shorter and easier than Samarost.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 11:33 PM on June 12, 2004
(15 comments)
Comments not opening in AskMe at 10:00 a.m. PDT Monday, 5/10. Administrator, please hope me?
posted to MetaTalk by Lynsey
at 10:00 AM on May 10, 2004
(7 comments)
My faithful HP 520 black inkjet printer, our very first ever networked printer, died after 10 years of use (and abuse) by high school students. (Sniff!) (Please see inside for more)
posted to Ask Metafilter by Lynsey
at 4:29 PM on March 16, 2004
(11 comments)
I need a version of Adobe Acrobat to encode pdf files that will work on Mac OS 9.x. From what I've googled so far, that seems to be Adobe Acrobat 5, but when I go to the websites listed, I can't seem to find tech specs/product reviews that confirm that it actually works in Mac OS 9.x machines. Does anyone have any familiarity with this product and can you confirm that it does actually work in Mac OS 9.x systems? Even better, do you have a source from which I can buy a new, full edition? Price is not necessarily an object....
posted to Ask Metafilter by Lynsey
at 11:19 AM on February 5, 2004
(7 comments)
I hang my head in shame as I post this, but here goes: in my zealous effort to eliminate browser helper objects on 2 Windows 2000 Pro Dells in our computer lab, I somehow seem to have eliminated IE and Mozilla's ability to browse, as well. I can ping our webserver so I know they can get online, but I keep getting "unable to resolve this (or any other) web page" errors. Do I now have to reinstall IE or wipe the hard drive and reinstall Windows to make this work? Or....
posted to Ask Metafilter by Lynsey
at 11:49 AM on January 30, 2004
(4 comments)
Why no commentary nor pictures of the MeFi Portland meetup? Here it is, Monday, and not a word about it. Did it happen? Did #1 make it? Did any of you?
posted to MetaTalk by Lynsey
at 12:25 PM on January 26, 2004
(28 comments)
Has anyone ever had cracked ribs? (More inside - heh)
posted to Ask Metafilter by Lynsey
at 12:40 PM on January 20, 2004
(10 comments)
I just got another Windoze update. After ignoring them for all these years, I got "Blasted" in August, so have started downloading and accepting them all ever since. This one, from Tech Bulletin MS04-003 says the vulnerability is a "Buffer Overrun in MDAC Function Could Allow Code Execution (832483)." I want to know, before I install this one, is it necessary? Is it always/ever safe to trust Microsoft?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Lynsey
at 6:26 PM on January 13, 2004
(12 comments)
Mr. Lynsey got the live Led Zeppelin DVD for Christmas and we have been enjoying it ever since. In one of the concerts on the 2nd DVD, it looks to me as if Jimmy Page is wearing a Nudie suit. Any rock historians, Led Zep freaks or Nudie aficionados know if Jimmy Page ever wore a Nudie suit onstage?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Lynsey
at 8:18 PM on January 10, 2004
(4 comments)
I wanted to post a question to AskMe, which I see ok in preview but when I hit post, only 1 sentence of it comes up and I get a 404 page saying the rest of it can't be found, etc. I'm using Mozilla 1.4 on Windows XP but I tried it in IE6 and the same thing happened. What am I doing wrong?
posted to MetaTalk by Lynsey
at 4:46 PM on January 10, 2004
(7 comments)
My son moved to Portland over a year ago from the SF Bay Area and misses the radio choices we have here, especially for techno. I googled for info but am not sure how current the information I found is. Does anyone have suggestions for techno radio stations in the greater metro Portland/Seattle/Vancouver area? He drives a lot between Portland and Seattle for his work and would appreciate the call sign as well as the number.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Lynsey
at 9:36 PM on December 20, 2003
(11 comments)
I feel so burned.
I can't believe I
(called in sick to go see) went to
Matrix Revolutions. IMO, they shouldn't have made it into a franchise, as the first Matrix was just fine as a stand-alone movie.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 3:44 PM on November 5, 2003
(123 comments)
Edward Teller dies
What would it be like to have your obit identify you as "Father of the Atom Bomb?"
"Teller exerted a profound influence on America's defense and energy policies, championing the development of the atomic and hydrogen bombs, nuclear power and the Strategic Defense Initiative...."
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 11:26 PM on September 9, 2003
(22 comments)
And now, the California Recall Candidates Deck of Cards,
proceeded by the
Iraqi most-wanted deck of cards, then the Trade Relief Organization's
"regime change" deck, among others. Are we carrying this deck of cards thingy too far?
(Beware of nasty popups, slowloading page and possible NSFW ad on 1st linked
page, which was seen on Geisha Asobi blog.)
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 11:24 PM on August 31, 2003
(8 comments)
Was anyone else offline last night between 6 & 11 p.m. PDT besides me?
posted to MetaTalk by Lynsey
at 11:35 AM on June 9, 2003
(11 comments)
How to symbolify your life!
I put in both "I am a no talent ass clown" and "Life is just a bowl of cherries" and was rather pleased with the results. (I made sure to click on "all" in the options, on the right side.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 9:13 PM on May 28, 2003
(9 comments)
Are people who are not logged on, or who do not have accounts, allowed to see MetaTalk threads? I just sent my husband, who is a recording engineer and he got a message saying he didn't have permission to view it.
posted to MetaTalk by Lynsey
at 2:39 PM on April 15, 2003
(13 comments)
I want to break a rule here and propose a shoutout - a cheerleader post, if you will indulge me. I note a immense upward jump in the quality of both MeFi and MeTa posts and comments, with a corresponding downward jump in noise, trolling and trash. I note comments by Matt have a more relaxed tone than in the past few weeks. I see discussions kept to a mostly civil if not downright respectful tone. I observe efforts running the gamut from herculean to humorous by members like frykitty, y6y6y6, waxy, riffola, adrianhon, et al, to help make this wondrous place ever more enjoyable and user friendly. I want to say thank you, to everyone. [*Cue Dorothy, who taps heels of ruby slippers 3 times, chants "There's no place like Metafilter, there's no place like Metafilter, there's no place like Metafilter...*]
posted to MetaTalk by Lynsey
at 8:09 PM on November 19, 2002
(21 comments)
Peace protest really takes off.
I live in West Marin, where some people take their peace protests fairly seriously, and this has been the topic of conversation pretty much in every little town that the Point Reyes
Light covers since Thursday's issue of the paper came out. I can just see the White House staff and Dubya's dad when they get a load of this. "See, those people in Marin County are all nuts, just like John Walker Lindh!"
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 3:19 PM on November 16, 2002
(19 comments)
Find yourself using IM shortcuts in your everyday writing?
According to the article, many teachers are seeing IM shortcuts such as u, r, 2, @, etc. turning up in students' papers. Some think the IM influence contributes to literacy and others worry about the death of handwriting as well as normal written English. Wonder how many students have ended papers with the odious
kthxbye?
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 12:28 AM on November 2, 2002
(65 comments)
MetaFilter - now serving candy along with pancakes and ponies! Thanks, Matt and Happy Halloween, everyone!
posted to MetaTalk by Lynsey
at 11:23 PM on October 30, 2002
(41 comments)
MeFi outage last night from about 8 p.m. PDT until 10 when I logged off and went to bed . Just me or anyone else?
posted to MetaTalk by Lynsey
at 12:46 PM on October 9, 2002
(9 comments)
Couple evicted from treehouse in San Mateo County.
Despite the
new law signed by California's Gov. Davis requiring a 60-day notice for evictions, Thelma and Besh are being given the old heave-ho. Actually, San Mateo County has had an eye on them for quite a while, but didn't make a move until they were sure that the couple's treehouse fell within county parks jurisdiction, rather than state jurisdiction.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 3:54 PM on September 5, 2002
(14 comments)
Blogging for credit....
We've had some interesting posts about weblogs on MeFi today - is there room for one more? This one is about a credit course offered at UC Berkeley (of course) on weblogs and weblogging.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:32 PM on June 3, 2002
(1 comment)
I can't see a preview of my comments in Metatalk using N4.79, and the login screen isn't showing. It worked just fine before the MeFi server outage (*pouts*). It does work correctly in MeFi, tho.
posted to MetaTalk by Lynsey
at 6:19 PM on May 20, 2002
(4 comments)
You thought you were a Star Wars fanatic?
Thanks to the always excellent Lily Tao, who posts the most interesting links on her
blog, we have the tale of the fan boy who built a life-size Millenium Falcon in his (former?) friend's back yard. Another set of pics
here.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 9:22 PM on May 16, 2002
(13 comments)
Say it ain't so - heard this on the radio.
I heard a brief thing on the radio that said a body found in Seattle's University District might be Alice In Chains singer Layne Staley. Down in a hole - forever?
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 12:28 AM on April 20, 2002
(26 comments)
I just finished e-filing my taxes and I want to tell you about it!
It has been, without qualification, the
worst Internet experience I've ever had. The Quicken/Intuit software was confusing, my ISP and/or the Quicken server timed out and I had to re-log on about 20 times and the software requires far more intrusive answers (like email address & phone number) than any paper forms I've ever used. Anyone have a good experience e-filing or one more like mine?
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:39 PM on April 15, 2002
(49 comments)
Eww, what's that smell?
It's kind of sad, really, a poor little creature, velella, also known as
"by-the-wind sailor" that spends its life cruising the wavetops, is unceremoniously stranded all along the west coast beaches, due to a shift in the spring winds. It happens in my town, Dillon Beach, every couple of years but they're really thick this year.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 2:12 PM on April 11, 2002
(18 comments)
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but name-calling hurts, too.
Remember in middle school, the awful things people would call one another? (It even happens around here once in a while ;-) Students at Brook Haven Middle School are taking steps to stamp out name-calling at their school and maybe start a nationwide movement while they're at it.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:37 AM on March 20, 2002
(18 comments)
