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I finally found you, Kelly Shanks -- or, rather, you found me!
posted to MetaTalk by grumblebee
at 2:23 PM on August 17, 2007
(99 comments)
Matt, there's still a Spell Check button on the Projects post page.
posted to MetaTalk by grumblebee
at 8:30 AM on October 7, 2006
(1 comment)
My
FPP was deleted (not complaining; I agree with the reasoning). Aren't I supposed to get an email about this? I didn't. Forgive me if that's not the policy. I thought it was.
posted to MetaTalk by grumblebee
at 9:01 AM on September 22, 2006
(13 comments)
If people feel this is Pepsi Blue or self linking/promoting, please accept my apology and flag away: I'd like to offer any MeFites in NYC
FREE TICKETS to the final performance of my show, "Much Ado About Nothing." The performance is tomorrow (Sunday, Aug 27th) at 2pm. After the show, the actors and I are going out for drinks and MeFite attendees are welcome to join us.
email me (address in profile) if you'd like to attend. Location and more info
here.
posted to MetaTalk by grumblebee
at 9:48 AM on August 26, 2006
(7 comments)
Is Projects only for 100% (or close to 100%) web-based projects? I ask, because I'm producing a play that's opening in NYC (where there are many MeFites). I would like to announce it, but it's not a website. (My theatre company HAS a website, and I could link to the play's page, but that seems like a fudge to me. Yes, there's a website, but the real project is in meatspace, not cyberspace.)
posted to MetaTalk by grumblebee
at 7:09 AM on July 31, 2006
(43 comments)
Is there a way to paste formatted (e.g. indented) code into an AskMe response? If not, could such a feature be added? It would really help out threads like
this.
posted to MetaTalk by grumblebee
at 2:49 PM on June 29, 2006
(46 comments)
This fun and useful thread made me think about how many great writers participate here. Some of us are published authors; some are unpublished (but great) wordsmiths. I've learned many things about writing from Metafilter members, and I admire the care with which they construct their clear, evocative prose.
Would anyone be interested in forming some soft of MeFi Writers Group? I have no idea what form it would take, but I though we could toss the idea around and see if it lands anywhere specific.
posted to MetaTalk by grumblebee
at 10:56 PM on June 2, 2006
(57 comments)
PLEASE don't be a spoilsport! I can't understand why people gleefully post spoilers. In the thread linked below (read it if you want some movies spoiled), one poster proclaimed "15 years is well past the spoiler expiration date." Maybe this is a joke (i.e. Milk Carton expiration date), but if not I totally disagree. A young person might see an old movie for the first time. He deserves to see it unspoiled. [
link] [more inside]
posted to MetaTalk by grumblebee
at 6:56 AM on November 5, 2005
(69 comments)
I created a gmail account for anonymous askme followups. The username is anon.metafilter and the password is metafilter. Anymore can post there. Just log in at gmail.google.com and send email from that account TO that account (anon.metafilter@gmail.com).
Since gmail allows tags, you can tag your messages. You can also reply to them (or other users can reply to them) and gmail will automatically keep all the replies together.
Why hasn't someone already done this? Is it a bad idea? (No one will be forced to use it). If it's a bad idea, why is it a bad idea? Of course, it could (perhaps will) get utterly chaotic with people deleting each others posts, etc.
Lets see what happens.
posted to MetaTalk by grumblebee
at 12:36 PM on August 22, 2005
(40 comments)
In an askme post,
I said I'd be willing to set up a mailing list for shy MeFi members.
posted to MetaTalk by grumblebee
at 1:56 PM on June 13, 2005
(8 comments)
I had a crazy idea that I mentioned, off the cuff, in
this thread. It seems there are many of us who hate it when people talk during movies. My idea: theatres should have special "complete silence" shows. During these shows, you would not be allowed to talk or munch popcorn. There would be an usher stationed in the theatre to enforce the rules. The theatre would charge double the normal ticket price (to pay for the usher and as a further deterrent to talkers).
I was surprised so many were into it. What if we contacted a theatre an proposed the idea? If we get enough people interested, they might go for it. There are many of us in the NYC area. And we could, perhaps, partner with other sites like
ainitcool.com. What do you guys think?
posted to MetaTalk by grumblebee
at 11:19 AM on March 12, 2005
(38 comments)
In
this AskMe post, ad hoc asked whether or not people would accept an offer of immortality. Rushmc dubbed it a "chatfilter" question. Vacapinta pointed out that rushmc had asked a
similar question ("what poetry books do you like?").
Here is rushmc's response to Vacapinta's accusation:
...That question was of direct practical benefit to me, as I discovered new-to-me poets to investigate and bought five of the works recommended in the thread, which was my purpose in asking the question. Immortality is not an option, so debating its desirability leads to no practical outcome.
[MORE INSIDE.]
posted to MetaTalk by grumblebee
at 1:31 PM on January 20, 2005
(97 comments)
In
this askMe post, which is now gone from the front page, rio (and several other people) wondered if there was a way to post to del.icio.us from FireFox without a pop-under window. After some research, I found
this extension which does the trick (tested on my winXP machine). After installing it, you can post to del.icio.us in a pop-UP window (even with the blocker turned on) by pressing ctrl+shift+s.
posted to MetaTalk by grumblebee
at 8:51 AM on December 16, 2004
(14 comments)
In the green, I recently posted a question about a poem I once read but couldn't locate. I was asked to post the poem if I found it, which I have. The original thread has been archived, so I'm posting it here. I hope this isn't an etiquette violation. If it is, I'm sorry.
posted to MetaTalk by grumblebee
at 11:07 AM on September 16, 2004
(12 comments)
I vote for a moratorium on prefacing posts with xFilter (i.e. foodFilter, sexFilter, tivoFilter, etc.) Maybe in a few month it will be amusing again, but at the moment it just makes me tired.
posted to MetaTalk by grumblebee
at 7:27 PM on March 22, 2004
(94 comments)
A couple of months ago, I posted a question to AskMe. It generated a lot of interest and responses, but no definitive answer. I now think I have an answer. What should I do?
1. Keep it to myself.
2. Post it to the old, archived thread?
3. Make a new FPP?
I suspect #3 would piss some people off (because the FPP wouldn't be asking a new question), but if someone else found an answer to an old question, I'd prefer them to make a FPP. If they posted it to an ancient, archived thread, I would probably never think to go there and read it.
posted to MetaTalk by grumblebee
at 10:27 AM on February 2, 2004
(21 comments)
It's common knowledge that written text lacks some of the communications cues used in speech, like intonation and body-language. So we all know that it's easy to make a false assumption about someone's intended meaning. Yet I see constant flame wars breaking out on the MeFi sites because two people interpret the the *subtext* of a post in two totally different ways. My question is, why make an ASSUMPTION about someone's intent? And if you do make an assumption, why make a negative assumption? If you think it might be intended as an insult, why not ask (via email preferably) the writer about his intent BEFORE posting a nasty retort? [more inside.]
posted to MetaTalk by grumblebee
at 11:14 AM on January 7, 2004
(72 comments)
