MetaFilter posts tagged with craigslist

Lost in the Forster

not_the_water — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:40:49 -0800

"Room With A Screw: My 45-day quest to convince a craigslist scammer to write me a poem-- and how she lost her mind and tried to become my friend"

just a fun loving (and surprisingly buff) nerd!!!

Dirjy — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:10:33 -0800

Just a Fun Loving Nerd!!! "the names abilio people just call me bill , let me tell you about myself..."

I'm on Jones above the massage parlour

plexi — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:34:10 -0800

Need an apartment? MapsKrieg is a mashup of Google Maps and Craigslist real estate listings that can show you just how close to the Tenderloin you'll be.

What if yellow and red started breeding?

Blazecock Pileon — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:27:52 -0800

Survival of the fittest

You're Not My Father

defenestration — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:55:13 -0800

You're Not My Father Created by Paul Slocum. From the project PDF Document: This video project is composed of a sequence of recreations of a 10 second scene from the television show, Full House, overlaid with a set of sound loops from the scene's original music. The crews who re-shot the scene were recruited through Internet message boards and Craigslist, and each of the original 10 crews were paid $150, using a commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., for Networked Music Review. The project included participants from Austin, Cincinnati, Chicago, Dallas, Denton, London, and San Francisco. The following pages of this document are the instructions that were issued to the participants who responded to my ads and message board posts. Although the commission money has been exhausted, I am still accepting submissions to the project. If you are interested in participating, follow the instructions in the following pages of this document for shooting the scene and delivering the footage, and I will add the footage to the video sequence online and in any current or future gallery exhibitions.

Circuit Split on Online Housing Ads

goatdog — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:22:05 -0800

Last month, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals: you cannot sue Craigslist for housing ads that violate the Fair Housing Act. Full decision (PDF); summary and analysis. This week, Ninth Circuit: you can sue Roommate.com for housing ads that violate the Fair Housing Act. Full decision (PDF); summary and analysis. The difference? Roommate.com facilitates the violations with its insidious check-boxes. It all hinges on how the courts interpret a section of the Communications Decency Act, a question that the Supreme Court may have to settle.

Possibly the best Craigslist post ever

porn in the woods — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:30:03 -0800

Possibly the best Craigslist post of all time. via Daring Fireball Cinderblock content ahead!

Rents are rising: News at 11

rtha — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:52:23 -0800

Rents are up in San Francisco. CraigStatsSF can tell you by how much over the last year. (coming soon: NYC, Chicago, Toronto, Boston, and more. What neighborhoods are hot? (Heatmaps are cool). Firefox is your friend.

This is why we dont build on spec anymore

crunchywelch — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:09:33 -0800

Columbia Law grad is scammed, along with 78 other professionals, into working for free for weeks. Craigslist, some detective work, and the unusual motivation behind the scam all contribute to this interesting story of internets-related shenanigans.

Fate: 1 Internets: 0

zarq — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:03:43 -0800

Newsfilter: 30,000 customers in the San Francisco area lost power today at about 1:50pm PDT, in a series of power failures which knocked out a major datacenter hub: 365 Main. The hub controls servers for many social media sites, including Technorati, Netflix, Yelp, Craigslist and all Six Apart properties, including TypePad, LiveJournal and Vox. (6A's twitter stream has updates.) More here and here. Amusingly enough, 365 Main tempted fate and released a press release today patting themselves on the back for "two years of 100-percent uptime".