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182: too many trees, not enough goats
Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast
03/07/22 • 191 min
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Misc
- I've been enjoying dry British trivia show Only Connect
- jessamyn watched The Sparks Brothers
- move over Wordle, here comes Semantle
- the old 100K user raffle video, Rafflers
Jobs
- Illustrator for Rider–Waite style drawing by wesleyac
Projects
- Quantle by lipsum
- DNDle - Wordle, but you're picking stats to guess D&D monsters by avapoet
- The World's First Granny Square Pattern by rednikki (MeFi Post)
- Saturday morning cartoons by Gucky
- WordleWordle by willF
MetaFilter
- Today's Wednesday...? Really? What does time even mean anymore? by not_on_display
- Russia orders troops into Ukraine by russilwvong
- twosday by fight or flight
- The story behind and after the photo by brainwane
- lol, buddy, good luck finding the Lincoln tunnel by bondcliff
- "Graham's number is effectively zero compared to TREE(3)" by mubba
- It was a great day for America, everybody by Rhaomi
- Crease and repeat by janell
- Do You Know Who That Worker You Just Hired Really Is? by Toddles
- "Back then longevity itself was a newsworthy topic." by jessamyn
- Thursday! What A Concept! by cortex
Ask MetaFilter
- How cold could I comfortably keep my house if I dress really warmly? by Juffo-Wup
- How can I monitor the temperature over time in several rooms? by unus sum
- Preserving Paper by roue
- Defunct blogging pla...
183: Severance, not Succession
Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast
04/11/22 • 191 min
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- Jessamyn has been reading The Rabbi Small Mysteries
- I have been tweeting about Semantle and word2vec
- turns out it's psychosomatic, ADDICT, insane, not "attic", which does make more sense
- we didn't do an April Fools thing this year, but there was a nice thread chatting about 4/1 stuff past
Jobs
- Distinctive Collections Coordinators by mfoight
- Distinctive Collection Librarian / Archivist by mfoight
- Call for submissions for women's writing anthology by Flock of Cynthiabirds
Projects
- A VR Schizophrenia Simulator for Us All by Lillitatiana
- Anoited by ignignokt
- You think you're addicted to Spelling Bee? by AMyNameIs
- Hermit Crabs of Paradise Cove, Vanuatu by dobbs
- Brass sextet for 6 trumpets and epic digital signal processing by range
- Crafting: Ceramics and Metal Wire Trees by gemmy
- Guess the AI Jukebox artist by Rhaomi
MetaFilter
- "Get Free Gold Rush Land Today!" by jessamyn
- You are now subscribed to Random Ball Facts! by loquacious
- How to make writing easier to read for everyone by storybored
- Not what I usually associate with talking mushrooms by clawsoon
- Guess the Secret Word! by not_on_display
- Mission Accepted.....Mission Complete. by Fizz
- These boots were made for narrative photographic essaying by <...
184: Sentences are music
Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast
05/08/22 • 179 min
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Projects
- BOKEH game by malevolent
- Reunion Tour by Valrus
- Set Side B by JHarris
- Ancient Animals by moonmilk
Jobs
- Usability and Delops cluster hire by rockindata
- Freelance project uploading to our CMS by Magami (filled)
Metafilter
- Elon Musk wants to buy twitter by joannemerriam
- the fail whale could not be reached for comment by fight or flight
- Harder Drive: Hard drives we didn't want or need by zengargoyle
- Medical Gaslighting by dancing leaves
- Calleafgraphy by curious nu
- I promise you, all of us up here tonight, we WERE that kid! by hippybear
- This is the time, and this is the record of the time by oulipian
- The Onions Has Been Permanently Banned from Twitter by DirtyOldTown
- A LaserWriter dreamscape by furtive
- I'm better at this than you are at everything you do. by Etrigan
- Gonna go down to Black Mesa and get myself a BajaaAAaaAa Blast by cortex
- "...a lot of fuss over a flight with one takeoff and one landing." by jessamyn
Ask Metafilter
- what have you got in your pocketses? by RobinofFrocksley
- Holes found in Net by storybored
- Umbrella/generalist terms for jobs/roles that have distinct subroles? by cortex
- Where is a pot a kettle? by evilmomlady
- Heavy, flat and cheap? by bondcliff
- What media hit you differently the second time around? by jeszac
- Find me gentle, fictional, happy ending TV by rednikki
Fanfare
- Our Flag Means Death: Season 1 by gladly
Metatalk
- Ch-ch-ch-changes! by Eyebrows McGee
- Transition Team Post #1 by warriorqueen
- Transition Team initial discussion summary and kickoff by cortex
- Masto and other accounts ...
185a: V Rising and Severance
Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast
06/15/22 • 122 min
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- V Rising's homepage
- Severance on FanFare
- that's all for links, what do you want from me, I don't even work here
186: Am I Being A User Right Now
Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast
07/05/22 • 182 min
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We were so busy just talking about Stuff that we did very little of the normal thread review this time, so the notes are real short. We mentioned in passing:
- jessamyn's adventures with the filtering Facebook
- the latest Transition Team update
- goofy amazon reviews e.g. this old post
Music
- On The Blue (With Apologies to John Coulton, Valve, Et Al) by cortex
- Make it Out Alive by Maaik
- A Conversation by thatwhichfalls
188: Big Stride Moonshot
Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast
12/05/22 • 154 min
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Jessamyn's Weird Bathroom
Damn Bitch, You Live Like This?
Buttplug.io
MeFi
Lumper or Splitter, Tag Yourself
Elon Musk Says Fuck It
The Deaf Child in Area is Now an Adult and He's Hot
The Chess Drama is Over
20 Years of Languagehat
History is Freaking Cool You Guys
This Post Brought to You by A SYNC
I don't Have 1 Billion in the Bank, I Don't Drive Lexuses
Oh Bother
If You Find A Strange Puzzle Box No Touchy
This Isn't How Grief Goes
Evil Across Millenia
A lumpy toaster a goat exoskeleton and a harmless car walk into a bar
Do You Remember
I Pray the Tomb Is Shut Forever I Pray the Rock Is Never Rolled Away
The Captain and Tenebrous Spiels
AskMe
What is your favorite song covered by another band
Best Video About X Is Y
Slowly the west reaches for clothes of new colors
Autumn Wedding Poems Please
How to Ensure A Happy Old Age
Field Specific Terms for We Don't Know
MeTa
We are Healthy and Vibrant and Remarkably Long Running
Have You Read TFA
Steering Committee Check In October 2022
Why Does a Librarian Own a Social Media Site Thats Been Around for Long
Music
Twitter Blues by lipsum
169: Soon May The Podcast Come
Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast
02/01/21 • 209 min
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- marvel at the Parler moderation interface
- please continue to End Meeting For All
- there are no rules, just run the dishwasher twice
Jobs
- Paypal checkout figure-outer by goatdog
- Shopify dev for quick job by rednikki
- Immediate Opening: Customer Journey Specialist by MiraK
- Burn and mail some dvds by mosessis
- Fact checker for non-fiction book by adrianhon
IRL remote events
- Saturday Morning Online Baking Club by Stanczyk
- Peripatetic Persistent Pirate Puffins' Pacific Peregrination*: SF to Tokyo (1411 of 1708 hours to go!) by aniola
Projects
- Happy Birthday To You free stock music by malevolent (MeFi Post)
- Finger.Farm: Advanced Finger Hosting by ph00dz (MeFi Post)
- A browser extension that chooses a random movie from your Kanopy.com watchlist by waninggibbon
- blob-opera-midi by OverlappingElvis
- Netflex: Work out while you watch Netflix by missjenny
- I promised MeFi some information about singing mice a long time ago... by sciatrix (MeFi Post)
- A new type of musical instrument that's ridiculously easy to play by MrVisible
MetaFilter
- Please Stop Calling Things Archives by niicholas
- BrachioGraph: the artistic, inaccurate and very cheap pen plotter by scruss
- Doug Scott CBE, 29 May 1941 – 7 December 2020 by
168: Marquee Biz
Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast
12/02/20 • 209 min
Like a Jess/cortex schmear
That's apodcast
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- Enter The Dominomatrix
- Jess said For the Love of Spock is good
- Also that Bob Weir flick
- I made a Minimalist/Conceputal art joke
- Keytar? Keytar? Keytar?
Jobs
- Looking for practice clients to receive free coaching sessions on Zoom by iamkimiam
- Are you a maker? (3d printing, laser cutting, moulded silicone...?) Make doll glasses by If only I had a penguin...
- Design the logo/banner for a non profit meetup group by usertm
- Tech Coordinator for Prison Education Program by anotherpanacea
Projects
- Dead Lies Dreaming by cstross
- Flossy: mechanical floss dancer by mpark
- SuperSym: A symmetry-based doodling toy by Salvor Hardin
- Blinking marquees of the early Web by avapoet
- How To Remember Everything: Tips And Tricks To Become A Memory Master by yankeefog
- The Reluctant Phoenix podcast by chinese_fashion
MetaFilter
- GitHub takes down YouTube-dl with DMCA notice. by geoff.
- NASA: There's definitely water on the Moon by Major Clanger
- Its origin and purpose still a total mystery by Stark
- 1969: Year of Telnet and Tip Of the Iceberg! by not_on_display
- Show these ads their place by adrianhon
- 'You're talking to someone at the very end of things' by adamvasco
- And hold you in the palm of His hand by Ranucci
Ask MeFi
- Sandi Toksvig claims she's never, ever farted: Discuss. by Paul Slade
- <...
163: You must understand!
Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast
05/01/20 • 94 min
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- jessamyn has been placing jokes in the local paper
- revisit the old Is MetaFilter Back Yet?" video Jess and I made, good god, NINE years ago
- Sufjan Stevens: teach the controversy
- Bruce fucken Campbell
Jobs
- Designer for print + web publication by Rich Text
Projects
- TV Opening Sequences Quiz by AndrewStephens (MeFi Post)
- I have eaten the plums by Lazlo Hollyfeld
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Deanna (TNG edition) by avocet
- Ultimate Quarantine House Selection! by Iridic (MeFi Post)
- Basho poems by vacapinta
- StockOrrery by lucidium
- Restoring 100- to 200-year-old woodworking planes by not_the_water
MetaFilter
- Twitch.tv is more than just video-games: by Fizz
- Rage Within the Machine by theodolite
- Aprs Sufjan, le dluge by Etrigan
- Evil Elvis sings Original Elvis by filthy light thief
- One Gruff Harding, Two Gruff Harding by i_am_joe's_spleen
- it's gotta be big and it's got to be dumb by Fizz
- Hello, Gordon! Hello, Gordon! Hello, Gor-- by cortex
- early "Stay Away" by jessamyn
- Gorgeous Libraries by Iris Gambol
- Mathematician John Horton Conway died yesterday of COVID-19. by Obscure Reference
- Bird's Eye View of What We Call the Brand Zoom Funk by WCityMike
Ask MetaFi...
181: Pivot Table the Calendar
Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast
02/04/22 • 188 min
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- my penance for being late getting this up is reusing last months experimental horn version of the original podcast theme even though it hurts to listen to now
- rabbit rabbit, apparently
- 181 is a palindromic prime
- I haven't gone back to figure out if I started doing the podcast at episode 34 or earlier, but god it's been a while either way
- Jessamyn, when the reference didn't land
Projects
- The year I won a year's supply of cheese by jessamyn
- The Rocinante, my hand-painted ship model from The Expanse by rachaelfaith
- The 885 films I saw and reviewed in 2021 by growabrain
- Birdsong Audio Separation by kaibutsu
- So I made a Wordle clone (with some extra features) by RustyBrooks
- Return to the Planet: a Zine Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of FFVII by subdee
MetaFilter
- "Life's hard enough, and I'm looking to make people feel better" by jessamyn
- WKRIP by guiseroom
- No More Waiting For The End Of Time by chavenet
- Up to 30 stitches per inch! No bobbins! Quiet! by metaquarry
- What came first? Or last, or in between? by brainwane
- A Brief History of Windfuckers by oulipian
- Ex-NM labor official shares real world experience: capitalism sucks by wenestvedt
- "There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time." by oulipian
- JEOPARDAMY! by Going To Maine
- Look at the quality of this 3D animation by They sucked his brains out!
- "It's like people who try to clone their dogs" by jessamyn
- Free thread! by cortex
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