Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast

32: This kid doesn't even know how to drive

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:09:00 GMT

MeFi Music 1988 by god particle La Tarea by ORThey Intro stuff Jessamyn's posts about Palin on her blog that became newsworthy Banned books week Cycle Oregon (my vacation write-up and photos) Old meetup threads now have direct photo links MeFi Jobs Designing Treehouse Plans (lovely sketch) International English job MeFi Projects Library Finds Short Meal Service Modista "Ivy League Elitists" MeFi threads Musical Highway! Pickering and Female Computers history David Foster Wallace obit thread Paul Newman obit story by TryTheTilapia (she reads it in the last 8min) Adam Savage's hour long talk about his Dodo bird skeleton and the pursuit of knowledge Solitaire Civilization paper game Stack Overflow blog launched (cortex on their podcast talking about lots of behind-the-scenes MeFi stuff) Ask MeFi How do I get websense to unblock my innocuous blog? Make the Beeriodic Table How do you make your own log cabin? Presidential Debate party ideas It burns when I pee!

31: The Big Picture

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:07:00 GMT

MeFi Music You Need More MeFi In Your Life by davejay Dub Dub by god particle Young Devin Funck by cortex (some background on it) Take Five by danb kokogiak interview kokogiak's profile Alan's personal site (flickr account) "Tunnel Town" Whittier, Alaska thread Big Picture at Boston.com (Big Picture thread on MeFi) The New King of Tonga at the Big Picture Firefighting photos at the Big Picture Similar (copycat?) big picture sites: Denver Post, Sacramento Bee, and Wall Street Journal (WSJ's weak 404 on the old URL). kokogiak in the National Geographic (from this post on his blog) Other projects mentioned: large bodies in the Solar System and Megapenny Project Music mentions MusicTalk area (throat singing!) MeFi links Greaser Gangs post The Shire in Foreclosure US Presidential Campaigns videos Literary Voyeurism Every single MST3k Episode Worst Colleges in America Emily out of the Uncanny Valley Ask MeFi threads Help me cut costs and live cheaply What item do you use all the time and couldn't live without? Share your favorite photography hacks Help me track down beautiful science/math posters Is the act of your parents unpacking your apartment without asking first a privacy/boundary violation? Extroverts help an introvert out. Should I learn to flirt and be more of a party girl? MetaTalk What's your all-time favorite comment? (dong_resin gets the pixies)

30: Punched in the dick

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:59:00 GMT

MeFi music, songs mentioned: You've got a ring of radiation by February28 Royal Quiet Deluxe (featuring chickens) by chinese_fashion Punch 'Em In The Dick by mediocre Stuff mentioned: Espresso over ice is NOT OK thread on MeFi Music Challenge for August Projects: It's Lovely, I'll Take it blog (projects post) Stupidfilter (projects post) tangent: NY Times trolling article (Trolling MetaFilter O'Reilly book) Infodump reformatted (projects post) Meetup mention: Book about comics that won an award. MeFi posts: DNS exploit thread with comments by the subject Steve Tevis is running for state rep in Kansas using online comics with comments from stevis himself. Cool old photos on Livejournal (featuring Lion in a sidecar on the vertical wall of death and also some creepy photos) Astro Zombie's Pixar story (other love for Astro Zombie and thread about Disney shutting down their 2D animation) Librarian stories: gay marriage kids book response and cake pans shared at a library. Espresso over Ice again Custom van conversions from the 1970s Ask MeFi posts: Scrabble tips on Ask MeFi (good list of tips here) MeFi Posts: Facebook shuts down Scrabulous (older) Great comedians available on Youtube? Intermediate swimming advice for people that can swim but don't swim laps? How to complain without sounding like a prude? Weird compulsion to blurt out a noise when you think of old embarrassing moments? (with MetaTalk!)

29: Happy Happy Joy Joy

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:59:00 GMT

Calls onlyconnect (talking about meeting NortonDC (he of We have cameras fame)) Meatbomb (Meatbomb's traveling roadshow) Navelgazer (Stuff Nobody Likes) not_on_display (his first deleted thread) Projects Garkov Garfield/Markov mashup The Big Picture Jobs Columbia Business School Blogger Operations assistant for online library-related product which features the following line in the listing: "You can read MeFi all day so long as our customers are happy and all your work is done. I'm trying to hire someone full-time but could also work with someone who's able to keep a regular part-time schedule. You could probably go to school at night and have this job during the day. Dependability is key." MeFi Posts Orphan works copyright list released by Google Books Copyright story of Happy Birthday (a pretty smart, balanced comment about it all) Sesame Street youtube round-up of stars saying the ABCs (Meatbomb's own sorta version) Squirrel eats a cracker Burger King ads from Europe (1, 2, 3, 4) jessamyn: "Best comment on MetaFilter of 2008" Popular posts and comments are now available in a feed format (MetaTalk post about it) Platformer Primer George Carlin obit thread Ask MeFi Resolved tag and feed in Ask MeFi Help me find real-world "magic" items Books to read about really cold places (for someone in a hot place) How do deal-of-the-day sites work? Help me make a friend understand she's being scammed (depressing comment describing the entire scam) Used car low-ball offer scam Why are dead deer bodies all over the Merritt Parkway (includes a story of someone that hit deer purposely) How to drill through human teeth without breaking them? Give me a bunch of brain teasers For next time Call (503) GO-LILAC and leave a message describing your favorite Ask MeFi thread of all time.

28: Burning logs

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:22:00 GMT

MeFi Music (mystery caller playing a guitar) Til we're dead (cover) by BrnP84 Flyball's Lament (cover) by ORthey Calls and links flapjax at midnite: mefi music challenge never used baby shoes pjern not_on_display: MeFi 2nd birthday page with old mockups alison hellojed goodnewsfortheinsane: euro 2008, Native American tattoos on Italians? fijiwriter: JeffL's Florida to Maine ride page, Anarchist in the Library, Revolting Librarians parmanparman misha: re: jessamyn's twitter post Blazecock Pileon: MeFi Scholarship (2001)

27: bigger than a breadbox

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:02:00 GMT

Music mentioned: til we're dead by inoculatedcities melancholy piece by xmutex Book of Love (cover) by sleepy pete MetaTalk posts Projects gets public comments vacapinta as midnight mod Jobs Intelligent Female American Voices Wanted MetaFilter Posts Gary Snyder Utah Phillips obit One Man's Polaroid Collection Earthquake on your wedding day Rimshot and Sad Trombone The Weezer webmeme video Muxfind search for Muxtape Tables of Contents: Flickr set and tags Ask MeFi Posts Why can't my cat's paw work a laptop trackpad? Minibike stunt death of the world's largest twins? Handbrake ripped off by a commercial software company Why is the only .arpa site about unicycles? What do I need to know about wine as a restaurant server? What are code words in your field? Difference between a bag and a purse Do you wear your shoes indoors? Notable comments DaShiv on Clinton/Obama and Democrat primaries in history Downsides of Wii Fit

26: Equine Stylist

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:11:00 GMT

MeFi Music You and Me by johanze All The Things... (...I've Stuck up my Arse, Ode to an A&E Nurse) by nthdegx Don't Rely on the Radio by 6am This Town by kingbenny MeFi Projects HURF DURF ANALYZER Popular Projects page (top 10 of each month) ROFLcon wrap-up Day 2 Keynote about microcelebrity MetaFilter links MetaFilter Popular Favorites page Green Porno Patriots' Day post (Wikipedia on this) Unscrew America (lightbulbs) Refacing Government Tender (some favorites: IT'S PEANUT BUTTER WASHINGTON!, Daredevil Jackson, Headshot Lincoln, 300 Jackson) All you ever wanted to know about the most isolated city in America Ways of Seeing book/show Greener Golf Courses? Ask MeFi links Did your family sing together? I'm looking for a whitenoise recording of the rain (featuring this awesome recording of rain) Seeking the Internet's Clueless by gusandrews and her gumbaby.com site about this subject "How can I convince my wife that living in a Yurt would be fun while I'm in medical school?" "Oh, so you're a [insert profession here]! How [insert whacky generalization and misguided curiosity here]?" featuring the equine stylist How far away would you have to live outside a city to not see a building? What are your favorite non-fiction essays found online? (sparked by this MeFi post about an Esquire article) Best comments: How drug test work (from a technician) and How inflation is calculated (from a programmer that worked on the project) MeFi sidebar blog on Twitter

25: The train episode

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:33:00 GMT

Love More, All My Hearts (Are Belong To You), and Marie, all by kingbenny (there is an album of these songs available for purchase/download) Upcoming Cambridge and Salt Lake City meetups. Meetup video from a recent Chicago meetup. Lots and lots of users with "pants" in their name. Projects The Bicycle Tutor instructional videos. Paperdoll blog YouTube vs. MetaFilter comments ended up on the Freakonomics blog. They should use Stupidfilter to delete junk from youtube (MeFi thread about Stupidfilter). MeFi links Wendell Berry post with a personal account of meeting him. Multiple SIDosis "Political ties to a secretive religious group" post features a comment by the author of the book being discussed. Jurassic 5 does hip-hop for kids at babyloveshiphop.com. Other funny URLs. Snoop Dogg on The View thread features a youtube video from the crew, as they prepared the lighting/sound for Snoop Dogg. Recycled Bowling Balls thread Ask MeFi links Why does the pharmacy take so long to fulfill a prescription The Spring Cleaning thread (unSane's 100s of trees being planted) Getting a shock when pulling out a plug slowly Why do Tilt-Shift photos look like toys? (some examples on flickr) How to speak with stutterers Do I need a social life? What are the most useful dead-tree catalogs? I want to buy a train car and travel in it. How do I do this? (pjern worked on a private train before)

24: Jill Sobule Interview

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:40:00 GMT

Jill Sobule interview JillSobule.com, Jill's Next Record, and the related MeFi thread. Music mentions You Said by johanze, Boom Chicky Boom by flapjax at midnite, and Kissinger's Diaries by TheWaves. Projects mentions The 21 Steps story set in Google Maps (ARG). Fork'd is a new recipe/cooking site. Jobs mentions The $100k flash job, Wesabe needs a System Engineer, and lawyer needed for incorporation. MetaTalk mentions The tagging project is complete. Brokenlink is a popular tag from the project, MetaFilterHistory is also another popular one, and the ultimate metatalk post. MetaFilter mentions Farmer post gets a response from a subject of the article, Miko's was good as well (see also: the movie King Corn). Good rundown of blogs covering the financial melt-down that is currently happening in the US (see also: the safest thing to do with your money Ask MeFi question). A great story of meeting Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons and Dragons. The ultimate Cheech and Chong post. Bert and Ernie dubbed video thread. Sensimilla Street and the (NSFW) Casino scene also mentioned. Ask MetaFilter mentions Where to take a vacation for stargazing and the best answer featuring a list of destinations. What part-time or full-time job allows for lots of reading? has a nice comment from davejay. What is the deal with those Webkinz things kids are nuts about? How to stop young dudes from taking over library computers. Can I gain weight from drinking lots of soda features some organic chemistry and math. The Wire is over, what's next? mentioned Gang Leader for a Day. What to do while housebound (aside from TV) which mentions StoryCorps. And Sixfoot6's entry into blogging.

23: One Year Down

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Mon, 3 Mar 2008 07:07:00 GMT

Music played The Punisher by cyphill Tyme Flyes When You're Havin' Rum by Faint of Butt Shelter by Corduroy Links mentioned in intro RPM challenge MetaFilter Infodump MetaFilter Data Playground Links mentioned in calls Old "What if Matt gets hit by a bus" questions (2006, 2002) "Linus Torvalds hit by a bus" Viewropa at the archive MeFi Jobs New Media Assistant at the Smithsonian Video Engineer at Disney MeFi links The Dyatlov Pass Mystery (mentioned on the SF Chronicle site) Bob and Doug McKenzie post Frozen, firegutted building (honeyx's comment in it) Astro Zombie's comment in the homeless thread (Afroblanco wrote a similar story) Ask MeFi links How does the Apple Store in NYC keep its heat in? How not to be a dork at a They Might Be Giants concert (Greg Nog's favorite songs) Meatbomb's laptop seized in Canada (Modest Mouse guy lost his too) Name some blogs like kottke.org How much weight can you possibly gain in a weekend? What is the origin of the term "Spoiler Alert"?

22: Librarians, librarians, everywhere

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Fri, 1 Feb 2008 20:38:00 GMT

MeFi Music Lady Bad Luck by MNDZ As kids by ORthey Enough #2 by robotot MeFi Jobs Babysitter job in Seattle Election '08 Online Editor Special Projects Librarian MetaTalk Best Mockup for a feature request ever in this thread SF meetup photos: 1, 2, 3 (last photo used this technique which prompted "Awesome. One step closer to 100% edible Muppets.") MetaFilter Lost Camera gets found thread Alcatraz backroom tour in photos Barefoot for a cause Donnie Osmond workin' it Responses from the subjects of a MeFi post: Jill Sobule, Photo essay photographer (Parallel Worlds), Performance enhancing drugs writer FAIL meme blog BMW Crash thread White Whine blog Ask MeFi How do you learn to live with rich, privileged friends Related: How did you get rich? How much does Steve Guttenberg make these days off his work? The incompatible food triad puzzle thread which links to this page PISS LASER how to beat THIS URINAL CAKE Great movies a person should see Best global morning real estate? Can I get an engagement ring made out of moon rocks? How to do a Wookie roar? (from 2005, thanks to recent favorites and recent delicious activity)

21: Jesse Thorn Interview

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:04:00 GMT

Helpful links Podcast Feed MeFi Podcast on iTunes Direct mp3 download (65Mb) Jesse Thorn Interview YoungAmerican's mefi profile The Sound of Young America site (blog, podcast) The Pee Wee Herman thread Misc Links mentioned Kaycee Nichole FAQ (archive.org link) Givewell wiki summary, NYT piece on it. Ask MeFi Collections: featuring Best Of lists like this one for books and this one for cooking. MeFi users share shots of their desks (lots of photos are on the metafilter tag search in Flickr) MeFi Jobs Cool job at the Guggenheim Museum MeFi Projects Bike Hacks Alvy's MeFi Music Podcast MeFi Music played in this podcast Janie in the Lake by Baby_Balrog At The Airport by scottandrew Nothing to Say by not_on_display Political Science by BrnP894 MetaTalk posts carsonb's exhaustive post about one-off pages on the MetaFilter server (featuring the floating cupids/sirens thread) MetaFilter posts Which Solid Gold dancer are you? Awesome photos from Olan Mills/Sears portrait studios Live action Garfield strips The Sonderkommando Revolt Ask MeFi posts Going to rock shows alone? Cheap but bombproof products Slightly morbid question about cremations and atoms being passed around (related: no smells at the crematorium) How far can go when making Pizza from scratch? (which reminded me of the kids book Pancakes Pancakes also: mefi pancakes joke image) Games to play while in line (Set game) Porn for girls that isn't gross? (Violet Blue's guide) Bunk and Bubs on The Sound of Young America

20: Call-in Show

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Tue, 4 Dec 2007 01:49:00 GMT

Helpful links Podcast Feed MeFi Podcast on iTunes Direct mp3 download (51Mb) Questions came in from: Meatbomb, headspace, Ladies I sure do love cunnilingus, parmanparman, konolia, BitterOldPunk, ludwig_van, ThePinkSuperhero, Argyle, ParisParamus, dios, jason's_planet, Afroblanco, item, jazon, wendell, and spiderskull Links to pages, sites, and threads mentioned BigBigQuestion announcement Day-shun-day? Daykundi Sexism changes thread and I miss the old MetaFilter thread on MetaTalk All profile photos on MeFi The camgirl invasion of '01 Christmas Time for Girls and Boys by ludwig_van item forgives everyone for his transgressions MetaFilter Music podcast by Alvy Ampersand MeFi Music We All Live by umbu Weighin' me down by ORthey

19: The Daring Interview

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:55:00 GMT

Helpful links Podcast Feed MeFi Podcast on iTunes Direct mp3 download (48Mb) MeFi Music Featured in the Show A Shrieking Blue by ORthey MeFi Collab Teaser Vocals by goodnewsfortheinsane Daddy Don't Live Here by markulus On The Blue (With Apologies to John Coulton, Valve, Et Al) by cortex Interview mothershock interview Books that changed your life as a girl thread that ended up in Daring Book for Girls It's a Girl When I Was Twelve (excerpts) MetaFilter in Ruins at The Morning News Daring Book for Girls Audiobook at iTunes MetaTalk thread thanking everyone when the book was released. MetaFilter links recap Found Photos and a note from the photographer Funny Bran Cereal Commerical Walking around the world Stanford School of Medicine archive of cigarette ads from 1920-1950 Teen saves life, with help (sorta) from Mythbusters with a response from Adam Savage Logboy thread about the ESPN video on him (original injury thread) MeFi Projects Dear Rockers: pay $5 to your favorite downloaded artists by Darren Barefoot (his earlier username and password video) Ask MeFi links Tell me about SFW Porn of every possible non-sexual type like Espresso Porn and Tornado Porn Should Fat People Run? Help me find the right angle of clockhands Failed in School, Succeeded at Life I need examples of things and secrets only a very in the know sort of person would know about featuring things like Fedex Custom Critical What's the Deal, Banana Peel? and other rhymes Help me make more of my own food