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MeTa post:
Fuelly
This is a cool site. I've been keeping track of mileage/fuel data in the little notebook that came with the truck when I bought it from a grandpa out in the sticks. It's been fun continuing the pages and pages of his neat handwritten notes, but I'm looking forward to migrating to this site.
Fuelly has a forum—an odd mixture of MeFi and MeTa with a splash of BB confusion—in which every one of the feature requests here has been mentioned and addressed. The... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 7:51 AM on August 8, 2008
MeTa post:
Related tags feature request
What is this thing that, simply by its existence—no, by the knowledge of its existence and propagation thereof—prevents or obstructs similar existences? I call it the Jim Jones Performance Potential Recognition Conundrum, and it pains me so.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 3:11 AM on August 2, 2008
Dear me, my weapon was not properly cocked! Be a champ and heave another bird up yonder, sir.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 11:43 PM on August 6, 2008
SPROING thacka-thacka-thacka wrom wrom zoooooPOW!
If I may say, good show!
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 9:42 AM on August 7, 2008
MeTa post:
List of Mefites on different social networks
Social Explorer
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 8:18 AM on August 5, 2008
There's a list (with a dumb name) of many random MeFi pages on the wiki.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 8:39 AM on August 5, 2008
I've started keeping these links on my profile page.
Yeah, profile pages are handy for that sort of thing. You know, though, rtha, that if you've got Twitter listed as one of your social networks it'll display that link to all MeFi Twitters below your most recent twitter. Same for the Flickr (linked above) and Last.fm bits, too.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 9:16 AM on August 5, 2008
MeTa post:
MeFi stream graphs
Oh, I miss jonson.
Was there drama or is he catching up with the real world? lilbrudder is gone too! What happened?
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 6:07 PM on August 3, 2008
MeTa post:
Suddenly Nicky
Welcome back, nickyskye! You bring good news. You are good news!
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 10:07 PM on August 2, 2008
(context?)
context
context
context
I only know nickyskye through her contributions to this site over the years, but it's been more than enough to engender feelings usually reserved for people I hug tight. Can't tell if you're being facetious or not Eideteker, but thank you anyway for the opportunity to point folks who may honestly not know the who or why of this... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 12:43 PM on August 3, 2008
MeTa post:
Misogyny Filter (?)
I still think people are reading too much into things and taking their hypotheticals way too far.
So, what are you saying? Are you calling me fat?
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 9:12 PM on August 2, 2008
MeTa post:
Post Ident Please
the description doesn't even begin to suggest what it's about
Sorry about that; I was going for statuesque minimalism at the time and included the description-type stuff in the link mouse-overs. As much as I'd love to be able to write engaging copy for all my posts—like so many of my favorite MeFi posters—I'm inevitably struck with writer's block on that damned New Post page.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 8:26 PM on August 1, 2008
Well, this doesn't match up with the 'silent film star' nor 'British humor' restraints, but the Estelle Getty obit thread has YouTube video of her Clueless spoof wherein she acts about 70 years younger than her actual age.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 1:48 PM on August 2, 2008
MeTa post:
The title of the proposed LA meetup.
So, Barragan's Echo Park too? 8pm Wednesday?
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 8:43 AM on July 24, 2008
Or earlier... its a schoolnight.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 8:47 AM on July 24, 2008
Everything in LA is 20 minutes.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 9:07 PM on July 24, 2008
OK, 25 minutes. I've made the drive from here (I live right behind Barragan's) to LAX and back a number of times. The freeway route can be horrendous during rush hour, but it only adds 10-15 minutes if you click the little 'avoid freeways' box and go that way.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 9:11 PM on July 24, 2008
This avoids the usual snarl downtown, transferring from the 110 Harbor Fwy to the 101 Hollywood.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 9:16 PM on July 24, 2008
Is there a cover?
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 11:02 AM on July 26, 2008
Well that was interesting. Put a little twist on the term 'couch surfing'. I hope all is well with the rest of you LA-fites. The thing with the quakes down here in LA is that they seem to happen regularly enough that I'm not nervous about a 'big one.' I was flabbergasted watching the news afterward. The newscasters and city officials seemed to relish reminding everyone that this was 'just a precursor' and 'THE BIG ONE IS STILL COMING, NEXT TEN YEARS!' Talk about scaremongering!... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 7:03 PM on July 29, 2008
Yeah, that struck me as weird too. If that's the haps however, I'm down for whatever little joy we may find in the surrounding area.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 11:34 AM on July 30, 2008
2 or the 5 should work, as long as you end up on the 2 as it ends. Then make sure you get off Glendale before you get to Sunset, use either Scott or Montana to jog over to Echo Park Blvd. I'll be there in a few minutes.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 6:53 PM on July 30, 2008
There was something glorious in the way she'd gravitate those bar trays laden with saltysweet tequila drinks over our heads, wasn't there? Blessings from above, manna from heaven, you know.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 10:48 AM on July 31, 2008
MeTa post:
I predict the answer will be neigh...
The workaround I use to figure out when someone marks my answers as best is to add myself as a contact, so that my best answers show up in the sidebar.
I do it this way too. It's not obvious how to add yourself as a contact though, so...
Go to a profile page of a user you're not already contacts with and that is also not your own profile, and click 'Add as a contact.'
On the next page, fill out whichever XFN metrics... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 9:29 AM on July 31, 2008
MeTa post:
"similar questions" as a search tool
Yep, mudpuppie is right, it's using a combination of tags and categories to come up with suggestions. It won't be perfect, but it's a way to point out possibly similar questions in the archive. We started with "Possibly Related Questions" as the headline, but ended up thinking that was too wishy-washy. (Though it is a more accurate title.) I've found questions with more specific tags get more accurate related questions—to a point. If something has completely unique tags that... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 9:17 AM on July 31, 2008
why we don't have the "similar questions" in metatalk
TAGS FOR METATALK!
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 9:18 AM on July 31, 2008
MeTa post:
hugs all round
Exile to Surtsey, I say.
There was a post recently on this topic, and I have the inside report that the subject matter, wording, and layout of said post was in heartfelt tribute to Kattullus' unmatched style. You are a muse, sir, and I thank you!
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 10:40 AM on July 30, 2008
MeTa post:
Hubbard tested, Xenu approved!
But I believe that Scientologists have the right to pray and to pay and to serve and to work and to love and to cherish because I know they would want the same for me.
Nobody's debating that. MetaFilter is a privately owned business, however, and the members of it reserve the right to try to convince mathowie to refuse service to anyone they see fit. If he makes the decision on his own, well again, that's quite literally his own business.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 12:36 AM on July 27, 2008
I am responding to blazecock pileon's sad and cowardly suggestion that somehow I am a Scientologist.
Wouldn't it just be easier to say, "No, I'm not a Scientologist?"
Either way, parmanparman, the crux of what I said is that your argument for equal treatment of beliefs systems doesn't apply to MetaFilter, because MetaFilter is a privately owned business. I wish I could say that it's stated somewhere that MetaFilter... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 1:06 AM on July 27, 2008
Disclaimer: The above comment was written by a complete moron with zero understanding of the legal rights issues at hand. It is recommended that all assertions contained therein be taken with these grains of salt.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 1:09 AM on July 27, 2008
MeTa post:
Randy Pausch, 1960-2008
The news is on the blue now, and more appropriate there, I think.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 8:53 AM on July 25, 2008
On the blue too, even.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 8:57 AM on July 25, 2008
OK, I know this is touchy to bring up because ostensibly we're talking about a life well-lived and over, but is this really MetaFilter-related? I would argue no, just because it has been posted to MetaFilter in the past does not make it MetaFilter-related. It is Randy Pausch-related, life-and-death-related, Last Lecture-related, and news-related. Those are the tags that are attached to the two MeFi posts. MetaTalk doesn't have tags because really it's only for discussing... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 9:19 AM on July 25, 2008
Furthermore, I think the second MeFi thread should be re-opened for proper discussion.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 9:22 AM on July 25, 2008
Well, this is the bureaucratic classification section of the site, Mike. MetaTalk is here for all of us to discuss site policy and procedure, so while you're welcome to continue to ask us to stop talking I think it's wholly appropriate to discuss where on the site we should be discussing the death of Randy Pausch right here.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 9:38 AM on July 25, 2008
Oh God, that sounds hot.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 10:01 AM on July 25, 2008
MeTa post:
I HATE YOU ALL (EXCEPT OBAMA)
For all your HTML character needs.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 8:29 AM on July 24, 2008
I can't be the only one who read just enough of Left Behind to get freaked out whenever there's a political candidate riding such a large crest of populist fervor.
What? Oh, well never mind then.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 9:45 AM on July 24, 2008
What was the site, originally...?
I HATE YOU ALL.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 2:43 PM on July 24, 2008
We can still do the feats of strength when the time comes, right? Please?
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 2:50 PM on July 24, 2008
There is, however, a secret underground internet fort. Accessible only by submarine...and iPhone!
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 6:29 PM on July 24, 2008
Sad Trombone
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 6:34 PM on July 24, 2008
MeTa post:
Crafty folks have friends too!
It looks like pb gets in there occasionally, so hope springs.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 3:51 PM on July 24, 2008
How does one start an account at fixed gear gallery? What does the userpage URL look like? Feel free to add stuff to the list; the wiki is open to all MeFi members.
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 4:22 PM on July 24, 2008
