MetaFilter posts tagged with profiles

Google says give me more info

cashman — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:32:20 -0800

Profiles. Google's answer to control what comes up when people Google you. A brief listing of four profiles appears at the bottom of name search result pages. There is talk that this may be part of a social media strategy by Google, though they say it is not.

The Impersonals

blasdelf — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:45:51 -0800

The Impersonals – Our own the jam couldn't find a personals site that he wasn't embarrassed to join, so he made his own. No popularity contests, no horoscopes, no buddy lists. Just profiles made from wide-open text fields and anti-creepiness features baked in at every turn.
[Lifetime membership will be $5, but until it hits 10,000 profiles, it's free.] via mefi projects

CBC Radio Available in Podcast Form

boost ventilator — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:44:47 -0800

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is pumping out a pile of podcasts that have covered the importance of offensive comics to Art Spiegelman, 600 bands over 54 shows, Captain America versus the American government, Amy Sedaris and geekdom, the journey of young immigrants, French philosopher Alain Finkielkraut and Harper's publisher John MacArthur discussing Europe and America perspectives since 9/11, the after life, sex with monkeys, what radio producers do, the french word "corps", Bonnie Fuller's "The Joys of Much Too Much: Go For the Big Life — The Great Career, The Perfect Guy, and Everything Else You've Ever Wanted (Even If You're Afraid You Don't Have What It Takes)", Veteran Washington reporter Helen Thomas and some other bits & bobs [Breakdown inside]

A Profile of Alan Greenspan

Gyan — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:30:20 -0800

Alan Greenspan Takes A Bath : a profile of Greenspan

Legitimate Businessmen only.

drezdn — Sat, 25 Dec 2004 22:05:38 -0800

Worried that the new guy might tip off the feds about your "concrete company?" The internet gives you the perfect research tool.

cell divide — Fri, 12 Oct 2001 11:21:41 -0800

Terrorist or Not? OK, I know what you're thinking, another AM I _____ or not? It is, but this one is actually pretty cool. Dossiers of famous terrorists and non-terrorists from the present back to Atilla the Hun. Interesting stuff and worth a few minutes of your time.