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Archives for: December 2005

31 December 2005

Is it over? Put the year behind you yet?→Read more...
post by: ethylene at: 23:40 | 40 comments
I need YOUR help to make a mix... Bunnies, please hope me. I need the following mp3's to finish making a mix for some friends. If you can hook me up, I'll get you back. Promise. You'll see.→Read more...
post by: WolfDaddy at: 22:59 | 10 comments
Dick Clark? Regis? Ryan whatshisface? MTV? --bitch here, Americans. ABC is already showing some asinine thing with Ryan.
post by: amberglow at: 22:06 | 58 comments
Happy New Year's from Berlin! Somehow, this year turned out six hours shorter than usual...
post by: muckster at: 21:31 | 5 comments
Bunny! OMG! i apologize in advance→Read more...
post by: ethylene at: 21:21 | 24 comments
Mies del Dolor and alternate versions. Very pretty. Cheers!
post by: Wolfdog at: 19:14 | 4 comments
Hank Williams
post by: arse_hat at: 18:39 | 5 comments
Milk. (.wmv file) Amusing.
post by: fandango_matt at: 18:17 | 1 comment
Predicting the Shit Out of Stuff --what are your more unlikely predictions for 2006?
post by: amberglow at: 18:06 | 23 comments
I feel like a bag of hammered dogshit.
post by: Five Fresh Fish at: 17:51 | 15 comments
Weebl and Bob An eponysterical episode. Everybody else may well know about them already, but I didn't, and I've just been going slowly through them and laughing like a loon for hours. So happy weebl & bob new year!
post by: mygothlaundry at: 16:40 | 3 comments
You're Elected!? Donald Trump to run for NY governor??
post by: orthogonality at: 16:22 | 49 comments
My Last Audio Post of 2005. And fittingly it's an odd one.

Bob Landers with Willie Joe & his Unitarians - Cherokee Dance.→Read more...
post by: jonmc at: 13:44 | 7 comments
Random Radio Matildaben - D Edition Today's time-zone-shifted episode is brought to you by the letter D.→Read more...
post by: matildaben at: 13:41 | 12 comments
Indianapolis: How is it? Besides cold. Looks like I'm headed there in February. Never been.
post by: chewatadistance at: 10:24 | 8 comments
A new word I have come up with a new word:

Deliberance: n. The act of thinking about whether or not to sodomize someone.

ex: Locked in deliberance, Nathaniel stroked his chin and gazed at the languishing anal beads.
post by: shmegegge at: 10:22 | 14 comments
For some of our bunnies, it's already 2006... So I decided to go ahead and put up the New Year's bunnyhead! (refresh if you don't see it.) Happy New Year, everybody! I kiss you!
post by: taz at: 08:06 | 64 comments
MC King Kong? Why am i parsing this as "Rapper Chimp released from prison"?
post by: ramix at: 05:46 | 1 comment
Facts. To amaze and confound you.
post by: seanyboy at: 04:30 | 4 comments
Bunny! OMG!
post by: essexjan at: 04:27 | 3 comments
Bunny! OMG!
post by: loquacious at: 03:07 | 3 comments
Bunny! OMG!
post by: matildaben at: 02:55 | 7 comments
I'm shaving my beard! I am doing it gradually as to not upset the boy. When I was young my dad shaved his beard abruptly and it was very disturbing. Any who 2006 is going to see a clean me.
post by: Mr T at: 02:12 | 9 comments
This computer kinda sucks Sucks a lot, actually. So does being in Memphis. Hello hi how are you?
post by: weretable and the undead chairs at: 01:47 | 8 comments
Hip radio or hop radio? You decide.
post by: panoptican at: 01:04 | 2 comments
Ask MeCha: looking for royalty free or inexpensive photos that would be appropriate for... an online tax school. Preferably with different races represented and not children. Anyone got any links/suggestions?
post by: dobbs at: 00:16 | 14 comments

30 December 2005

I jingled all the way →Read more...
post by: ethylene at: 23:47 | 10 comments
Changing New York: Large format photographs by Berenice Abbott, 1935-1938 "Photography doesn’t teach you how to express your emotions; it teaches you how to see."
post by: arse_hat at: 22:29 | 1 comment
The boiled guts of birds (a.k.a Desolation Row) (13MB mp3)→Read more...
post by: Cryptical Envelopment at: 22:13 | 5 comments
Radio Matildaben - Random C The third installment in our random radio series. Brought to you by the letter "C". Starting at approximately the top of the hour.
post by: matildaben at: 20:54 | 15 comments
I want to share something cool, but it kinda feels like bragging. But I've been told I'm allowed to brag about this, though it makes my typical sense of humility quiver. →Read more...
post by: moonbird at: 20:43 | 34 comments
AJAX Translator = awesome.
post by: killdevil at: 20:09 | 13 comments
HAPPY THREAD!!! →Read more...
post by: puddinghead at: 20:00 | 5 comments
Billboard --weird average sound snippets of every #1 song since 58--reminds me of Capn's contest, but is completely unrecognizable.
post by: amberglow at: 19:57 | 2 comments
Need your shit cracked up? Try #metachat!
post by: matildaben at: 19:50 | 7 comments
FUCKABEES →Read more...
post by: ethylene at: 19:49 | 7 comments
Jack in the (Witness) Box, reports AP Abramoff's cooperation would be a boon to an ongoing Justice Department investigation of congressional corruption, possibly helping prosecutors build criminal cases against up to 20 lawmakers and their staff members.
post by: orthogonality at: 19:13 | 5 comments
Most Overhyped/Underappreciated Band of the Year?
post by: Lipstick Thespian at: 19:09 | 8 comments
AskMecha: Would it be OK to post a "commercial" web site I am working on to get some feedback?→Read more...
post by: Cryptical Envelopment at: 18:58 | 31 comments
Least favourite songs of the year →Read more...
post by: cmonkey at: 18:38 | 15 comments
My favorite albums of 2005 Insipred by the "favorite song of 2005" thread below.→Read more...
post by: BoringPostcards at: 17:08 | 44 comments
Friday Flash Funny Fighting Something for the end of the week, end of the year, end of the world as we know it.→Read more...
post by: wendell at: 16:17 | 2 comments
Finally, I finished Cloud Atlas. Anything we need to do before the 6th? How's it going to work? How many others have, will have or will not have finished reading it by then? I'm looking forward to talking nonsense about books!
post by: seanyboy at: 15:48 | 26 comments
Roger McGuinn's folk corpus. I found these poking around Gutenberg today.→Read more...
post by: omiewise at: 14:58 | 6 comments
Isn't it about time we did another Exquisite Codec? Post a link to a song that is connected in some way (artist, title, general theme) to the song posted previously).→Read more...
post by: matildaben at: 14:49 | 55 comments
My favorite song of 2005 What was yours?
post by: kellydamnit at: 14:33 | 43 comments
Hand-cranked Lexus. →Read more...
post by: Hugh Janus at: 13:47 | 7 comments
Radio b - Coincidentally 100% Walrus-Free Coming up at approximately the top of the hour.
post by: bmarkey at: 13:35 | 25 comments
Now with less flavour! So two products, a mouthwash and a gum have been launched in my market (and maybe yours, I dunno), both proudly proclaiming "NOW! With Less Intense Taste!"→Read more...
post by: Capn at: 12:58 | 14 comments
This morning, I would like to smell like a hint of a best beloved's cologne, a touch of campfire and sea water after an extended romp of nightswimming.

How 'bout you?
post by: Frisbee Girl at: 12:56 | 25 comments
AAAAARRRGGG! SHOUTING THREAD! →Read more...
post by: Specklet at: 12:42 | 97 comments
You will do well to expand your business →Read more...
post by: sciurus at: 12:21 | 12 comments
Best MetaFilter (Blue) FPPs of 2005? My favorite, off the top of my head.
post by: orthogonality at: 12:15 | 10 comments
I Am The Walrus Beginning at 12:15 EST: sixteen different versions by fifteen different bands. Why? BECAUSE I CAN!!! Bwah-ha-ha-ha!→Read more...
post by: yhbc at: 12:09 | 8 comments
I need help with math or statistics or something →Read more...
post by: orthogonality at: 11:13 | 6 comments
I smell like Jack Daniels and cigarette smoke this morning. How 'bout you?
post by: eamondaly at: 10:53 | 41 comments
Hi! Can I stalk you? Or maybe you can stalk me? Never had my own stalker before. Unless of course you count the guy who used to call my house in the middle of the night and say dirty things.
post by: Lola_G at: 10:10 | 64 comments
A change of policy. Lately there have been instances of Metatalk squabbles being brought over here and also discussion of Mefi users without their knowledge. This needs to be dealt with and here's what is going to happen.
→Read more...
post by: dodgygeezer at: 09:40 | 39 comments
Hey Chicago! I'll be in town next week.→Read more...
post by: Frisbee Girl at: 09:38 | 17 comments
I would just like to congratulate jonmc... →Read more...
post by: warbaby at: 09:23 | 18 comments
I'm drinking for jesus. You should too.
post by: stavrosthewonderchicken at: 07:22 | 16 comments
I went on record for decency. You should too.
post by: orthogonality at: 05:30 | 9 comments
I made a sand castle for MetaChat. →Read more...
post by: panoptican at: 03:15 | 12 comments
Paging Flopsy →Read more...
post by: deborah at: 02:21 | 4 comments
Some pop. Because I'm in the mood. →Read more...
post by: dobbs at: 01:30 | 13 comments
Tunes for a post-NYE-hangover open house? →Read more...
post by: go dog go at: 01:16 | 6 comments
Radio Mosch maxin and relaxin.
post by: mosch at: 00:30 | 2 comments
Ask Meatchat. Anyone have a chili recipe to share? →Read more...
post by: arse_hat at: 00:13 | 24 comments

29 December 2005

Radio yhbc in just a few minutes, when matildaben is done. A short, randomish set.
post by: yhbc at: 23:08 | 4 comments
Warning: Flash. Warning: Your Favorite Band Sux. Warning ... I wouldn't dare post it to MetaFilter ("Shill! Shill! Pepsiblue!" "Dude, flash totally SUCKS!!!" "So why is this here? What do we care about this, when people are dying?"), but the band Stereophonics has what I thought was a pretty cool flash-based website, and I just wanted to share it.
post by: yhbc at: 21:57
Yo, Philly! Come out and play!
post by: amro at: 21:36 | 2 comments
How Many Condoms at once? Let's hear it for science. Photos may be considered NSFW.
post by: matildaben at: 20:57 | 19 comments
Followup to the posthumous xmas AksMe
post by: bdave at: 20:44 | 4 comments
AskMeCha: Travel Which of those destinations would you choose? (i may have a week off at the end of Jan)
post by: amberglow at: 19:43 | 39 comments
Random Radio Matildaben - B Edition Random song titles beginning with B - starts at 5pm PST/8pm EST. Oh, and flaming squids on ice!
post by: matildaben at: 19:28 | 13 comments
in dastardly bastard fashion →Read more...
post by: ethylene at: 19:20 | 24 comments
mierda my old Uni's been the target of a terrorist attack.
post by: dhruva at: 19:11 | 8 comments
I have been called a stalker. *sob*
post by: Gator at: 18:16 | 59 comments
Emerald Nuts. Their ads make me laugh. And you, too, can enter their ad contest.
post by: chewatadistance at: 17:56 | 6 comments
'Cause I've got Atari and I'm Wild. →Read more...
post by: selfnoise at: 17:53 | 1 comment
Amusing banter.
post by: Hugh Janus at: 16:25 | 2 comments
dance monkeys, dance!
post by: gaspode at: 16:09 | 10 comments
C'mon out and play, y'damn kid! Serious mommy/puppy love, puppy seriously overwhelmed. Cuteness abounds.
post by: omiewise at: 16:05 | 14 comments
There is something wrong with my ears. I hate earbuds. Hate them with a passion. They won't stay in, they hurt, they are a huge pain.

And, they came with my new mp3 player.→Read more...
post by: kellydamnit at: 15:41 | 12 comments
The Kid From Brooklyn dot com. [nsfw] All you Noo Yawkahs probly know of dis guy, but I hadn't hearda him til today. Most amusing.
post by: chewatadistance at: 15:35 | 3 comments
ZOMBIE GRINDER 60000: PLAY IT REAL LOUD!→Read more...
post by: brainwidth at: 13:39 | 6 comments
Someone has a sense of humour. So at the video store today...→Read more...
post by: Capn at: 13:23 | 14 comments
My shoes arrived... I like 'em. Thanks! :)
post by: dobbs at: 13:00 | 7 comments
I'm sick... →Read more...
post by: Divine_Wino at: 11:39 | 23 comments
Two sites I like lots. →Read more...
post by: iconomy at: 10:33 | 12 comments
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books
post by: sciurus at: 10:11 | 7 comments
"If you were a notorious bandit...____(?)_____"
post by: mcgraw at: 09:57 | 10 comments
CabbageHead Redux A few people have asked me to repost this mix, so here it is. (~100mb)
post by: omiewise at: 09:49 | 1 comment
Jane Smiley post at HuffPo on differing mindsets and politics--is what she says true?
post by: amberglow at: 09:17 | 8 comments
Wiki wiki wah! Things like this can get lost so I'm just dropping in a little reminder: we now have a wiki so please check it out, help yourselves, think up clever uses, etc. If you need help then just ask.
post by: dodgygeezer at: 08:58 | 32 comments
50 across. 5 letters. Electric catfish. Although I refuse to Google this, I see nothing wrong with asking you for help. (2nd letter is an A) Bless you.
post by: DeepFriedTwinkies at: 08:55 | 7 comments
ARGH DAMNIT →Read more...
post by: loquacious at: 08:53 | 16 comments
My neighbor moved his/her router and now I can't get pirated WiFi and be on MetaChat when I'm at home. Hold me.
post by: sciurus at: 07:30 | 13 comments
I just wrote a new song →Read more...
post by: dodgygeezer at: 06:51 | 38 comments
Sonic the Hedgehog. As played by a piano. [oh noes! google video!]
post by: panoptican at: 03:30 | 1 comment
What new hot trend is right for YOU?
post by: Edible Energy at: 03:12 | 35 comments
War and Peace English translation→Read more...
post by: orthogonality at: 02:02 | 11 comments
Aplomb, do you have it? or how about sangfroid.

post by: Mr T at: 01:45 | 20 comments
2-year-old gets drunk; baby-sitter charged -- hon -- can you pass the Dubonnet? Thanks. Love. Kisses.
post by: jrun at: 01:03 | 7 comments
AskMe Christmas Suicide Note
post by: orthogonality at: 00:44 | 10 comments
SPAM SPAM SPAM i go to my gmail SPAM box and there's 1) SPAM e-mails do i want to see SPAM e-mails NO! [well maybe when there's funny names like 'pinto brada' and 'masato boss' and hilarious shite like penis growth patches i mean picture that--some dude walking around with a PATCH ON HIS WILLY! haha] but then in the SPAM box there's also 2) RECIPES USING SPAM! that's right ALWAYS TEXT ADS for RECIPES USING SPAM salty screwy 'meat' [?] in a tin recipes which NO ONE WANTS TO SEE! [and i'm a vegetarian] am i RIGHT? does this happen TO YOU!? [does google not have more sense than this or is it a joke?]

*phew*

Thank you for your time.
post by: shane at: 00:33 | 11 comments

28 December 2005

Defend Your Temple --a timely flash game for Hanukkah
post by: amberglow at: 23:47 | 2 comments
This is a test. This is a test of Wadio Wendell. If this were an actual emergency, you'd be on your own.
post by: wendell at: 22:53 | 5 comments
Brokebush Mountain --Cowboys. Neocons. Lovers. : >
post by: amberglow at: 22:39 | 5 comments
Alyson Hannigan is still the sexiest woman on TV. But Marissa Jarett Winokur and Kirsten Vangsness are nipping at her heels. This is what years of painstaking research ahve tought me.
post by: jonmc at: 21:31 | 33 comments
mitil "I am always recruiting the work of the picture. I will welcome the request of the picture from foreign countries."
post by: dhruva at: 21:06 | 2 comments
Random Radio Matildaben (A edition) Starting approximately on the hour (6 p.m. PST) - all random songs starting with the letter "A".
post by: matildaben at: 20:32 | 13 comments
Pimp yo puss! Press-on nails aren't just for people anymore...
post by: bonehead at: 19:35 | 1 comment
The world is ending in some strange, prescribed way. You can only have one of the following for the rest of your life: The company of people; the company of animals; music.

Which do you choose?
post by: mudpuppie at: 19:24 | 52 comments
Mac and *nix users point and laugh yet again. →Read more...
post by: trondant at: 19:18 | 8 comments
What do you wish you were doing immediately before you responded to this post?
post by: Specklet at: 18:58 | 50 comments
SQL Bug I occasionally get the following bug when clicking on the (n new) comments link. I only started seeing this today. Firefox 1.5 on Win2003 Server.→Read more...
post by: matildaben at: 18:38 | 3 comments
What were you doing immediately before you responded to this post?
post by: cmonkey at: 18:14 | 42 comments
Random Radio II In which I'll spin for an hour until matildaben gets home.
post by: moonbird at: 18:08 | 11 comments
Random radio. In which I tell WinAmp to play 20 tracks from my collection of 15,000 at random.
post by: panoptican at: 16:48 | 4 comments
Brains or balls? Trampy wimen make men dumm.
post by: arse_hat at: 16:40 | 32 comments
everybody send languagehat good thoughts
post by: scarabic at: 16:20 | 41 comments
2005 Year in Review News Quiz -- Bush | BTK | Terri Schiavo | Pope John Paul II ...
post by: ericb at: 15:37 | 13 comments
Radio Dodgy Just a quickie...
post by: dodgygeezer at: 15:11 | 14 comments
Term coinage I propose the following challenge to the Mecha masses...→Read more...
post by: mike9322 at: 14:46 | 29 comments
What notes do you have on your desk? And what do they say?
post by: Specklet at: 13:40 | 46 comments
Some Callahan. Because I'm in the mood. →Read more...
post by: dobbs at: 13:23 | 9 comments
A responsible adult can use the Jesus doll to teach young children. But what can I use it for?
post by: danostuporstar at: 13:02 | 6 comments
Winnar!!! Also, answers, inside...→Read more...
post by: Capn at: 12:22 | 23 comments
Mentioning the unmentionable.
post by: Eideteker at: 11:41 | 14 comments
eleek, inc. lighting Hand crafted metal work out of Portland, done with patternmaking: "the old world craft of making patterns --- detailed wood positives from which molds for metal castings are made."
post by: chewatadistance at: 11:31 | 5 comments
ooh! A couple drops of rain just splashed against my window and I turned to look, barely in time to catch a fleeting rainbow. Rainbow inside!
post by: taz at: 10:15 | 10 comments
Slice. A desktop (1024 x768) for anyone who wants it; the dual monitor version is here. (Thumbnails inside.)
post by: taz at: 09:30 | 27 comments
Captain Jack from Dr. Who is getting married : >
post by: amberglow at: 09:26 | 3 comments
Not that I want to start a trend. But I now sport my new name! Thanks ever so much, dodgygeezer. I feel shiny.
-mecha formerly known as yoga
post by: chewatadistance at: 07:34 | 16 comments
Postcards from beautiful Britain. Brought to you by the fine people of The Caravan Gallery.
post by: dodgygeezer at: 06:04 | 5 comments
Radio b - Headphones On edition →Read more...
post by: bmarkey at: 03:26 | 5 comments