MetaTalk posts by kindall

Dumb Windows XP question time. I burned some files...

kindall — Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:30:12 -0800

Dumb Windows XP question time. I burned some files to a CD-ROM using Nero. Then I burned some more files to the same CD-ROM, creating a multisession CD. Afterward, when I insert the CD into the drive, I see only the second batch of files on the disc. On the Mac I'd expect to see a separate volume icon for each session; how do I access the various sessions under Windows?

MetaFilter: More Evil than Bert

kindall — Wed, 10 Oct 2001 22:18:24 -0800

MetaFilter: More Evil than Bert

Just happened to look at the MeFi source and reali...

kindall — Tue, 15 May 2001 15:54:42 -0800

Just happened to look at the MeFi source and realized that it contains no fewer than ten META tags, all identical expiration directives with a date in 1990. Is this some kind of workaround for a weird browser bug with expiring pages from its cache? If so I'm mildly curious to hear which browser needs ten copies of the tag to take the hint. ;)

It's great that MetaFilter shows how many comments...

kindall — Sun, 05 Nov 2000 20:06:08 -0800

It's great that MetaFilter shows how many comments for each posting are new for you on the main page. It would be even greater if, on the comments page itself, there was some kind of indication of which were new. A simple

tag at the boundary would do...