Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast

42: Elvis Costello is adneoidal

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:07:00 GMT

Show 42!

3M: MeFi Music interview with InfidelZombie

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:49:00 GMT

Third!

41: Yet another mention of Diplomacy

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Thu, 21 May 2009 06:05:00 GMT

MeFi Music played Macapa by umbÃ Days Are Long by chococat MetaFilter Tenth Anniversary sub-site MeFi Projects Fake photography licenses BuddaMachine built based on an earlier MetaFilter thread. Kickstarter (ex: crossword puzzles, 8-bit jazz cover "Kind of Bloop" (which also got a MeFi thread) features jake who did a great Thriller cover) Interrobang's book "Hole in the Wall" The Town that won't Stop Burning (The Straightener's other projects) MeFi Jobs Sandia Labs marketing/PR Mobile Applications Engineer in Banff (just look at it!) MeFi Posts Headbanging while making a fire Amanda Palmer does Neutral Milk Hotel for a play (someone on MeFi saw it!) Keyboard Cat! (make your own) Wayfarer game (At Play column at GameSetWatch) Vintage Cutaway Illustrations (example, other work from the same artist) Lost in Space based on this article Wolfram Alpha Option 4: stevis rides again Ask MeFi posts What's the best post you've ever seen on Ask MeFi? (zero answers but 100 favorites) What are the simple concepts that have most helped you understand the world? Who is the Dr. Phil for the Dan Savage audience? Bed sheet etiquette: tucked in or no? Deleted thread: ever been That Guy at a concert? Suggestions for weekend-long games? (Diplomacy gets a mention) Guy tips on shaving your junk Introduce me to your field of study with an experience What crimes were committed by Ferris Bueller on his day off? (jezebel's comment quips)

2M: That Postcolonial Baloney

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Thu, 7 May 2009 13:39:00 GMT

In the second episode of the Metafilter Music Podcast supplement, cortex interviews new mefite raisindebt. The episode features music by gmm, markulus, Jairus, umbÃ, MajorDundee, and uncleozzy, and runs for 33 and a half minutes.

40: scatterplots and baseball porn

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:36:00 GMT

Music mentioned Everything (is on fire) by The Great Big Mulp Stars by lovermont Frog versus Toad (Are Part Of A Zombie Bot Army From The Future) by The World Famous MeFi Jobs Work in a Pickle Factory! Public Radio Intern in LA MeFi Projects Sir Critter t-shirts The First Annual MetaFilter Interactive Fiction Contest (results thread, winners linked in this post) pjern's photo site Home of The Underdogs (some background info, also cashman) MetaTalk eamondaly's beard lift-off Mild April Fool joke MetaFilter posts 50 Top microbrews in America Malt Whisky sites Basque Sheepherding Arborglyphs in Nevada Baseball statistics pornography (example) Sorting Algorithms Some noteworthy comments Rhaomi's brilliant send up of grammar school essays (and the PRE tag) Logos and stolen artwork? Great story about social hacking (and a pentagon story I heard) AmazonFAIL thread (what really seemed to cause it) Diggbar shenanigans 137 Uncomfortable plot summaries Ask MeFi links What should I do with 240 porn mags? (the punchline two years in the making) Who orginated the bufoonish accent? (actual old sound samples) I used to do ______ but now I do __________ on the internet for free (lifehacker mention) Cootie catchers $8000 detroit house checklist post Mac viruses Interesting non-first person shooter games? (popular answers: Ico & Shadow of the Colossus)

MetaFilter Music Podcast Episode 1

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:57:00 GMT

First episode of the Music podcast, featuring a selection of several tracks plus an interview with Corduroy.

39: Tenth Anniversary Plans

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:49:00 GMT

Music Mentioned Harpy Go Lurky by ORThey Together (You are not alone) by sputgop I Command You to Be My Woman by frenetic The Score by clcapps Son of a Gun (Vaselines Cover) by grubi Tao XLVII + XLVIII + XXXVI by man vs sun MeFi Jobs Redesign a community site for a good cause MeFi Projects The Saddest Bear of All kid story Bugs drawn on an iPhone (background info) MeFi Posts Broken Picture Telephone (metatalk thread about it, examples 1, 2, 3) What were arcades like? Free first person shooters for all! TetrisHD Libraries' Surprising Special Collections Douglas Rushkoff signs in to respond Wells Fargo customer outreach on Ask MeFi Scrabble rule changes (old Ask MeFi scrabble question) Kutiman remixes YouTube Ask MeFi posts Wedding questions: Have to get a gift? and Is it tacky to ask for money on wedding invites? What are the offices like at Charlie Rose (featuring this great detail) What common questions do librarians hear? Random acts of kindness? MetaTalk threads Favorites What does the dot mean? (every old mention) MeFi usage venn diagrams

38: Zombie Bot Army

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Mon, 2 Mar 2009 19:09:00 GMT

Helpful links Podcast Feed MeFi Podcast on iTunes Direct mp3 download MeFi Music mentioned Saint V. Massacree by The White Hat Mefi Rock On by BrnP84, from the February challenge MeFi Jobs Design the cover of a MeFi collaborative fiction project Interactive Fiction-o-rama MeFi Interactive Fiction Contest (MetaTalk thread with a MeFi demo, a MeFi thread about IF, Don't Shit Your Pants IF game thread.) MeFi Projects Things My Beard Can Lift (fake beard lifting, awesome socks) Look at This Cat! (this cat) j, a cd command that learns MetaFilter posts DÃner mit alles! Letter People (graphic of all Letter People) The McNuggetini A detailed history of miniature golf (which is in response to the Time Magazine 25 top blogs article -- MetaTalk post about the Time article that prompted this post, MetaTalk post about the Slate Ask MeFi article) The President's Desk post Hey, look at this cat! (penned by jessamyn) User Friendly copy/paste comics snafu Ask MeFi questions What should I know before I shave my head? What is it like to dream? Slate guy commented in the thread after we started recording. What is the best order of blog comments? (hint: not YouTube's model) What are "taters"? Easy conversation starters? How can I be a good grandfather? Best documentaries about assholes?

37: SongSmith comes before the hack

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:11:00 GMT

With Matt on vacation in Hawaii, Josh and Jessamyn talk about SongSmith, Star Wars, whether or not anyone has actually read Wodehouse, and what the hell supermarkets are doing with bacon placement these days. This podcast was recorded Thursday, January 22nd, and runs just under an hour. Music Tracks Bubble Bath Baby Jimbo Jambo Rub-a-Dub-Dub Harmonica Odyssey (and other bad SongSmith ideas) Music MeFi Songsmith thread songsmith tag on music Bandbox software Did you say "banned in a box"? Happy Slider T-shirt Songsmith ad on YouTube mrzarquon's Runnin-With-The-Songsmith Projects School of Hard Knocks (posted to MeFi) Velociraptor Roulette(posted to MeFi) Jobs write me a letter creepy photo retouching MeFi Blandings' Wodehouse
Growing up Star Wars Svelte Young ColdChef Flickr pool
Sestina Madness Huge 17c/45 Spaceship in Conway's Life questionable programming utilities
Ask Animalstravaganza
Unanswered Ask questions Askme Stumped Name This Song, Please? ReGenesis Ice falling from buildings Nerd Training On Ghostbuster Nerddom
Music Talk February is album-in-a-month month

36: Thousands of little poops

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Sat, 3 Jan 2009 06:25:00 GMT

Best Post Contest for December Classic Animation Remixed (worked on for several months) by Namaste, Welcome to my Kitchen (Manjula's Kitchen) by Ambrosia Voyeur Traditional Christmas songs written by Jews by grobstein Beverly Hillbillies Casino by mudpuppie Rainbow Connection covers by cavalier Just People, Talking (Studs Terkel) by Miko Film location scout in NYC and their new blog by grumblebee (we discuss this page a bit) Classic Radio Shack Catalogs by davebush (1980! 150 in 1!) Arty posts bonus: woodblock100 offered a free print for the best post about art, so we picked a favorite from all posts tagged as art. Pill Art by rageagainsttherobots Pipe Cleaner Pixels by Knappster (vw bus) Dorkbot by funkiwan (a photo of someone leaving a comment -- old meetups, DaShiv!) 100 Cereal Box Covers by Brandon Blatcher Surrealist art by Maria de los Remedios Varo Uranga by CheeseDigestAll (one of her famous works) Final tally First place: Rhaomi (Cartoon Network post) Second: Miko (Studs Terkel post) Third: Ambrosia Voyeur (Manjula's Kitchen post) Art post winner: CheeseDigestAll (Surrealist Art post) Music links December Challenges were Holiday ("broken christmas") themed, one (of many) favorites was Christmas Rhapsody (also played at the end) Talk section of Music featuring How to do music while being a parent MeFi Projects Did you try rebooting? MeFi Jobs Front-end web developer at US News & World Report Ask MeFi links Name that restaurant where this waffle came from Puzzling kitchen gadgets The public bathroom discussion which showed up on MetaTalk $11,000 for the cheapest coffin at a funeral home?! (ColdChef showed up) Useful things: Good NetFlix streaming documentaries, How to become an interesting person to talk to, and How to learn about other people's professions through blogs. Music Challenge for January Record a song to be played simultaneously with another. Example song mashup with two songs.

35: Overeducated and underpaid

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Mon, 8 Dec 2008 16:22:00 GMT

Music mentioned Watching the Detectives by chococat Music challenges Country Death Song by chococat (with his daughter's scream) My Own Personal Jesus and Are You Gonna Go My Way and Immigrant Song by mexican Small Town News Affiliate Song by dagosto Like a Rock by Jenny is Crafty Together by Admira Jobs Redo Brad Sucks' website Projects Mentioned A blog about cufflinks Public Radio Podcasts (mefi's own kathryn's podcast feed) Internment Camp Research Project MeFi Posts d20 dice post Cryptic CompSci thread about the halting problem (blasdelf's jokes) The thread about delicious apples The Abominable Charles Christopher comic (some faves) 5 Card Nancy based on an exquisite corpse (wikipedia, example). Random Nancy comic panels rearranged to make a new comic (1, 2) Bunny Hopping The Gobbler classic midwest hotel It's the December Best Post Contest! Jerome, Arizona post Amanda Palmer joins MeFi effugas pipes up on MeFi Diplomacy games on MeFi Ask MeFi Posts What is "downstairs" on a plane? (a gallery of images) What happens to my iTunes music that I share with my wife when I get divorced (answer) What are some great public domain books & How to find new iPhone apps, What do you splurge on? (trash can upgrade I agreed with) Anon question: How to deal with the idea of my own impending death? A reminder: the list of recent anonymous questions makes for damn good reading How do I report an unsecure credit card database without being busted for hacking? features an answer from an attorney Resolved: I went to the midwest and survived, I actually did love those tamales, Cooking problem: how to make chocolate chip cookies with chocolate chip cookie dough (uncooked) still inside? NaNoWriMo at MeFi quantcast's MeFi demographics

34: cortex drives the bus

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:49:00 GMT

MeFi Music mentioned and played Here Comes Your Man by ORthey Music Challenge cover requests thread, all songs tagged as lessthanaminute Go Gadget, Go! by csimpkins Three-Camera Sitcom by uncleozzy Henry Pants by Karlos the Jackal Miss You by dagosto Jobs bshort's coder job in NYC Projects The Design State Channel 5 documentary title generator MeFi Posts QWOP flash "game" Election day box full of puppies Election day updates post Aspergers online test The perfect film Mathematician jokes Ask MeFi questions How do people on MeFi find interesting sites? Examples of Family Jargon I received a strange book in the mail Why doesn't everyone vote by mail? Why is Howard Dean leaving his DNC post? (answer from someone working for Dean) stevis update on his political campaign Obscure LOLanimals? (LOLtapirs) What are the best liquors for the money? MetaTalk mentions What have you bought as a result of a post/question/comment/answer on MetaFilter? NaNoWriMo 2008 tkchrist's story of his Vietnam War vet dad Ynoxas had a motorcycle accident MetaFilter users on Obama in January 2007 vs November 2008 Election contest results

33: Grains of rice

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Sat, 1 Nov 2008 00:42:00 GMT

Music Mentioned: Last Night a Werewolf Fell in Love with Me (Silver Lipstick Remix) by February28 Ugly Monster by AppleSeed Pretorius by sleepy pete MeFi Jobs: Library Tech, Library Assistant Digital Library Applications Analyst at UNC Chapel Hill MeFi Projects mentioned: Portland Day of the Dead parade How Much is Oil? AJAX Wikipedia search The Money Meltdown blog MeFi Posts: Halloween hobo code for trick or treating All the People in the World art exhibit (flickr set of the exhibit, MLK speech) Al Smith Dinner videos Code switching in Palin's language (Anil's response) Flawless Emergency Landings Oldest living human tissue: 123 year old eyes 100 skills every man or woman should know Ask MeFi questions: Where did the phrase "get off my lawn you kids!" come from? Why do people associate cops with doughnuts? Tape creep in my pockets? (photos of it) How can I ignore my ego and feelings of self-importance when trying new things? (Nattie's answer) Great comments: Standing in line story from Ask MeFi Story of trying to seek asylum in Canada More Ask MeFi questions: Documentaries that are reminiscent of history or science books Looking for upbeat music for happy dances What handmade gifts should I make for gifts? Classical music to scare kids at halloween with? MetaTalk mentions: Etsy team being formed of MeFi crafters Question resolution reminders Tags come to MetaTalk

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

18: The MeFites Have Been Drinking

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Wed, 7 Nov 2007 01:21:00 GMT

Helpful links Podcast Feed MeFi Podcast on iTunes Direct mp3 download (64Mb) MeFi Music Featured in the show Scarring Party's "Follow It Down" uploaded by foole (earlier Scarring Party song from MeFi Music) "The MeFite Has Been Drinking" by goodnewsfortheinsane (all the Tom Waits Impression songs are freaking great) Various topics mentioned in the introduction MetaTalk thread about Halloween costumes/pumpkins: Mythbusters costume (Adam Savage chimed in), grumblebee's costume, and Tobais Funke in blue. MeFi Contact Activity mockup A writer explains the writers strike peacay's blog, turned into a book mothershock's post about her new book MeFi Projects The Day the Soldiers Came book MeFi Jobs Ruby on Rails programming job at GameLayers "GameLayers is to internets what lol is to cats." MetaFilter links recap Baby porcupine eats a banana and has the hiccups Remix the Flags of the World The encylocpedic Buffalo State Hospital thread ".99999 is the same as 1" Great YouTube video of a 30 minute BBC show on how TV production works TubeSock for downloading/converting YouTube video to iPod formats (OS X) Chris Anderson's adventures with PR spam The Definitive list of MST3K episodes on YouTube and Google Video Van Halen playing off-key music at a concert Ask MetaFilter links Exhaustive list of the best food threads from Ask MetaFilter, complete with categorization Why is a white sheet associated with a ghost? Driving to different neighborhoods for better candy? Why do we hate Cuba again? (previous thread comparing Cuba with Vietnam travel) Brilliant recurring events you should add to your calendar How to make a trip around the world more meaningful Books or Movies where the protagonist dies unexpectedly I don't watch TV but I want to stay up on cultural memes (like Head On?) How do I break my addiction to stuff? Jessica Hagy's Index book/blog

17: Piles all the way down

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:47:00 GMT

MeFi Music Even Then by sleepy pete surely, something is meant by this (goddamn) by es_de_bah MeFi Music Challenge Projects Brewing in a pumpkin project (best picture of it) Jobs Museum Collections Manager (oops, applications due today) posted by Miko (who posted this metatalk thread about meta-metafilter sites) MeFi Posts "Photos pile" NYC Photos 1968-1972, Photos of American Cities from the mid-20th Century, and Photographs Of Unknown Origin "Music pile" Good MySpace Music, Djanjo Reinhardt, Roland Dyens "Ice Pile" Polar ice sheet breaks and Mysterious ice circles Legend of the Unicorn Kingdom random videos by a kid in his basement Randonneur bike rides 50 best breasts Radiohead: WhatPriceDidYouChoose.com Jessamyn interviewed by Chronicle of Higher Ed. Ask MeFi "Introversion pile" Bad at small talk, How much solitude can a telecommuter handle?, and How can I shut my brain up and enjoy my life? Classy behavior? In Search of the Perfect Spinach Salad Name your favorite mnemonic device for recalling historical facts Where do I find your country's b3ta? Looking for a disturbing image from several years ago Help jessamyn remember where she read something Food items that help with weight loss Beautiful, large public interiors (including the Krannert Center in Urbana, Illinois) Sad story pile Bad divorce story and sad coming out story scody interview The State thread

16: $40 Bridge to PEI

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:00:00 GMT

MeFi Music tracks Eggdrop by strangeguitars (intro song) The Superhero Challenge entries Right on said jeebus by kimyo (bumper song between MeFi and Ask MeFi recaps) This is Why I'm Fantastic mashup by EMRJKC94 Some Kind of Superhero by flapjax at midnite (ending song) MetaFilter recaps The monster Nick Cave thread by first-time poster the_very_hungry_caterpillar YouTube viewer, explained Flickr accidental upload thread and news about it I was a host at the Olive Garden comic thread showcasing Greg Nog's work. His earlier monkey joke. MeFi User Sites blog Famous movie scenes from the Simpsons Star Wars, the musical The cheap eyeglasses thread, with major shoutouts to the blog that started it all (what FUD means) Halifax meetup Bridge to PEI The Zork Map (waxpancake's Zork IM bot) Librarian link dump of online learning sources Ask MeFi recaps The perfect book for each profession (Popular posts in the past 30 days on Ask MeFi) What are good worldwide radio stations? list of online stations Why do classic rock stations play the same songs over and over again? An answer from someone that worked at a station. Previous Ask MeFi post about songs and nostalgia. Parents needing help and parents with hoarding issues. Good blogs by female magicians Alien story about human senses How to make conversation with celebrities? miss lynster's trick for throwing celebrities off-guard. miss lynster gets a kiss from Bono. scody hangs out with Bono. Richard Thompson. Automatic podcast device that works with WiFi? The source of the Calvin and Hobbes peeing sticker What to do about man boobs How to track down a lost camera using EXIF data on flickr (Judith's lost camera story and the closure on it)

15: Call-ins and recaps

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:33:00 GMT

Q & A Let's learn something together "Why is a mouse when it spins?" non-traditional joke MeFi threads How to draw a head The I-75 project Two stunning minutes of MTV Radical Honesty A discovered underground city Old Sears Catalogs scanned in Ask MeFi threads Cooking threads: stews and cookies How can I be more frugal? Building math skills as an adult Mystery Stone found and identified Building a clock that builds in daylight savings Polite responses to "what's it like being a female _____?" Handgun recommendations How to identify music played on NPR Music played (all from the August "bridge" Music Challenge) Sheepshead Bay by emelenjr Burn This Bridge by TwoWordReview from the bridge by nicolin

14: Race Car Beds for Adults

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 06:02:00 GMT

Music Turret Gunner's Farewell by LN Mountain Side Slide by **Randy Curtis** Reverso Madness by cortex MeFi links Days since a bannin' BPD thread bookish's comment Excel post Death mask Salt Mines County Migration patterns Make your own bacon Wedding photographer site Muppets post Charlie Rose's new site Content-aware resizing Comic Sans thread cortex's comment from the thread Ask MeFi links What to keep in a firesafe Missing fish mystery The resolution of the story Daddy and I photographer responds Awesome places to say thread Nova Scotia places Bike maintenance resources Creative Commons Porn DVD slideshows Children at funerals

13: Viewer Mail

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:25:00 GMT

The Viewer Mail show! Music Satiomega by tehloki Intro The Sound of Young America (by youngamerican!) metachat voices section NetZero's Private Phone service Questions 1. yhbc 2. ALongDecember StickyCarpet's advice for finding love We've Got Blog book KY's newest slogan 3. Miko penguin pie 4. shoesfullofdust The new user page that mentions Trust 5. Ambrosia Voyeur Kevin Kelly's review of Ask MeFi 6. carsonb 7. melissa may Melissa May interview on the previous show TravelFilter 8. woodblock100 MeFi Users Sites post about him 9. rob511 10. Mayor Peace Love and Unity 11. "anonymous" 12. dobbs 13. parmanparman

Show #12: Melissa May interview

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:41:00 GMT

Podcast Feed RSS (Subscribe to the MeFi Podcast in iTunes) Music played: Secure the Ports by snofoam Fume (beck cover) by erikgrande Lazlo, Buddy by sleepy pete (Harvey Girls) Until You Sever the Snake by flapjax at midnite MeFi posts discussed: Poems rewritten as Limmericks Jessica Dimmock photos of coke addicts (direct photo links) Abandoned relics Observatory in Europe Ask MeFi posts: Matt's media-related picks: suggest good indie movies, suggest good jazzy electronic music, post Harry Potter depression Haircut galleries wanted The Puzzle of the Puzzle Shop alternatives to mainstream baby junk covered in logos? Melissa May interview links: melissa may profile Harvey Girls site the River Girl song by verysleeping Muted Tones project

11: Music Challenge, TravelFilter, and the Party

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Fri, 6 Jul 2007 22:51:00 GMT

Podcast Feed RSS (Subscribe to the MeFi Podcast in iTunes) Direct mp3 download Stuff mentioned in this show: The mefimusicchallenge songs (a href="http://music.metafilter.com/tags/mefimusicchallenge+water">permalink this challenge). Songs played included Sailing on Right By and Rain in the Desert RSVP to the Portland 8th Anniversary MeFi Party located at Ground Kontrol. ludwig_van's tour announcement and his music site TravelFilter. Location demo: NYC, New York State, entire US. The URLs are hackable, so plop any country name you can think of or chop off the city name to see state or country level questions. My first demo Trip Report on Maui. MeFi recaps: gamers and their avatars Chess tactics in English & three blind mice's story about chess Public Domain photos via MeFi Projects The life of Otokichi (adrift across the ocean and back) Olympics best forgotten Nature reclaims amusement park Ask MeFi recaps: Dirty Jokes for Grandma How do I find out about a murder? (photo!) 52 week challenge & Help me become better rounded Decent financial advice

Show #10 of the MetaFilter Podcast: June 15, 2007

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:40:00 GMT

CatCam and Cat-scan Accordion Guy's happy wedding story and MA Gay Marriage News post James Burke on YouTube Largest lake on an island, in a lake, on an island, in a... Mister Rogers thread and the excellent comment JD Roth's blog post about saying yes how do you show that you had an object before a certain date? Time left in the title app unspoken rules of socializing Rules of Life for a 15 year old & F. Scott Fitzgerald's advice for his daughter afraid of the phone

Show #9: Coldchef goes six feet under

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Sat, 26 May 2007 01:41:00 GMT

Show #8: jjg interview

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:54:00 GMT

Song: Save the Fattest Girl for Me by markulus Things found in Books, especially cookies. Neutrino hunting in Antarctica. Japanese balloon bombs. U.S. Nuclear operations in Greenland. Gradient house paint. How to thank your mentor ten years later. American Indian/Native American blogs. ABCD = "American-born confused Desi" Sexist lounge songs. MetaTalk post about the good day on MeFi. T-Shirt MeTa thread.

Show #7 of the MetaFilter Podcast

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Wed, 2 May 2007 14:35:00 GMT

Stuck out on by ORthey LA Meetup in November 2006 Erin McKean, Alison Headly My BBQ cooking question on Ask MeFi Buster Keaton thread on MeFi, MetaTalk thread about it Roger Ebert thread on MeFi, MetaTalk post about Chicago Sun-Times covering it. Power of the Penis thread on MeFi, with Miko's points about transcribing slang Living on very little sleep at Ask MeFi Hospitalized by Exhaustion? thread on Ask MeFi Concealed gun Ask MeFi thread, with long MetaTalk thread about it Am I deaf/hard of hearing? thread on Ask MeFi Are Harleys for poseurs only? question at Ask MeFi Help me diagram this 94-word sentence at Ask MeFi, with a solution How are SF subway lines named? How are route numbers on public transit named? both at Ask MeFi Custom MeFi profiles for a few hours and chrismear's Myspace clone profile White Lines by the_bone

Show #6 of the MetaFilter Podcast

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:38:00 GMT

Music for this week: Sgt. Pepper 2.0 by cortex HI I'M ON METAFILTER AND I COULD OVERTHINK A PLATE OF BEANS by buriednexttoyou (his own music site) Summer's Ending from ludwig_van (off his upcoming album) MeFi Threads: Famous violinist busking in the subway thread and the MetaTalk thread about the multiple posts which has jessamyn's comment about it. Photos of writing on a fridge thread Ask MeFi threads discussed: Cat-calling construction worker thread Wedding Ring question Paul Bausch links: His profile and his site His flickr clone project ORblogs site Twitter developer on Ruby On Rails

Show #5 of the MetaFilter Podcast

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Mon, 9 Apr 2007 23:03:00 GMT

Shake your head if yes by ORthey Alanis My Humps video "Reading those YouTube comments was a mistake. Reading YouTube comments is always a mistake." local YouTube viewer on MeFi Missed Connections Comics and the Portland, Oregon comic Mandelbrot zoom Military lingo post UrbanDictionary firefox search plugin and Twitter posting through firefox Podcast equipment as requested by CitrusFreak12: Call Recorder for Skype, Logitech USB Headset, Rode Podcaster bingo's spices and cooking oil question Feminist porn lovers with Susie Bright's response Dirty words during sex with the funny generic sex talk answer and Clay201's followup

Show #4 of the MetaFilter Podcast

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:46:00 GMT

Stuff mentioned in this week's podcast: Sailor's Psalm by Baby_Balrog Jack and Jill relationship thread on Ask MeFi. Help me squish my food on Ask MeFi. MeFi thread on Elephant Seals featuring this story from Rumple. Murder etiquette thread on Ask MeFi BBC Movie Editing documentary on MeFi (and here's the gardening one I mention) jonmc's blog mentioned on MeFi Intelligent podcasts thread on Ask MeFi has tons of good suggested audio shows Chris Ware/This American Life post on MeFi Visualization of MeFi users from monju_bosatsu at MetaTalk MetaTalk post on how it's hard to find archived stuff in Ask MeFi Shorpy, the 100 year old photo blog on MeFi

Show #3 of the MetaFilter Podcast: Adam Savage Interview

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Tue, 6 Mar 2007 06:41:00 GMT

Stuff mentioned in the third episode of the podcast: Miss Me in the Morning by chococat Adam Savage's profile Adam's first comment here Sasha Frere-Jones' site (which MeFi covered and SFJ talked about) Fark Mythbusters site at Discovery.com Old West Myths requested at Ask MetaFilter It was fun and fans of the show and this site will enjoy it. For the first time, I was nervous doing this and I didn't get to ask a few more questions I wanted to, but overall I really liked hearing the behind-the-scenes info about upcoming shows. The next podcast will wait until jessamyn gets back (late next week) and we'll return to the normal "week in review + interview" format.

Show #2 of the MetaFilter Podcast

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:28:00 GMT

Stuff mentioned this week, in order of appearance: Saturday Night at the Ranch by snsranch (other songs) First podcast episode. MetaTalk thread where everyone submited questions for this show. Ask MeFi post about falling asleep quickly. A proper Churchill Nap. Question about how Fiona changed my life. Chocolate Chip Recipe thread. Craig Ferguson monologue from his show. Question about Librarianship vs. Censorship from the questions thread. cortex and his songs. MeFi Compilation CD site.

Show #1 of the MetaFilter Podcast

matt@metafilter.com (Matthew Haughey and Jessamyn West) — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:03:00 GMT

Links to stuff mentioned: Writers Block from goodnewsfortheinsane Popular Favorites page we use as a jumping off point: http://www.metafilter.com/favorites/all The Smart Kids post, and robocop is bleeding's comment/story. The sweet forts post. Story about jessamyn's dad. Why Work? question. Laughing Policeman post, along with massless' comment. 88 lines about 44 Mefites My Odeo Channel (odeo/bec4236155579862)