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Name: James Kew
Joined: February 13, 2009
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MeFi tags: history (5) beer (4) japan (3) photography (3) slyt (3) spider (3) animation (2) architecture (2) bbc (2) cars (2)

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About

What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

Pulled a quote from a then-recent South Park episode; it kinda stuck. I have been suffering some regret over this.

I haven't posted for a while! Some of my favorites from back in the day:

I like spiders 1 2 3.
The Iconic Mailbox and A bristling unbroken current of mongoose-osity; a multilink post needs a narrative and I think I got it right on these ones.
The poem that defined a town; this one fizzled but I love it still; Betjeman's verse is so bulletproof.

Things I've learned:

Metafilter loves talking about food: 1, 2. It also loves talking about strange body stuff.
Lead with your best link: that's the one that most people will read. I made that mistake here (should have led with the thoughtful response, not the trashy attack) and here (last link is the best link).
Sometimes a single link is quite enough. Adding more links can dilute the focus. I don't do single links often enough: more frequently I magpie related stuff into the More Inside.
Sometimes commenters pick holes in your subjects; sometimes they're right. Don't take it personally.
Sometimes posts sink like a stone. Don't take it personally.
Proof well; tag well; test every link. Use the Contact form when mistakes (inevitably) slip by you.
Keep a list of post ideas; drop thoughts and URLs into it as they occur to you. Lots of them won't work out. But lots will.
Have fun.

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