MetaChat - August 2014

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Archives for: August 2014

31 August 2014

OMG I can't believe it -

post by: Doohickie at: 22:40 | 3 comments

How's your weekend going? →Read more...

post by: amro at: 06:36 | 17 comments

30 August 2014

What, if anything, of your household possessions came from the side of the road? →Read more...

post by: Miko at: 22:12 | 22 comments

What are you waiting for?

post by: serena at: 11:04 | 21 comments

29 August 2014

Limits of Autodidacticism I've been reading various classic texts lately, guided mostly by stumbling upon titles while reading literary essays and other criticism. So I sent Milton's Lycidas (wikipedia link) to my Kindle→Read more...

post by: Firas at: 13:13 | 1 comment

Friday Question from the Book of Questions When was the last time you stole something? Why haven't you stolen anything since?

post by: bearwife at: 11:00 | 9 comments

Photo Friday: Shiny

post by: Kronos_to_Earth at: 00:01 | 8 comments

27 August 2014

You're not likely to ever get more OMGBUNNIES than this...
Giant Pink Bunny on the Hillside, You've Been Served!

post by: oneswellfoop at: 13:06 | 3 comments

The theme for this week's Photo Friday is Shiny. I'm looking at you, Doohickie. I hope this doesn't mean lots and lots of pictures of shiny bicycles ...

post by: Senyar at: 10:11 | 2 comments

Who's on Pinterest? Link to your boards! Link to somebody else's boards!

post by: ThePinkSuperhero at: 09:19 | 7 comments

24 August 2014

OMG! BUNNYKITTY!

post by: oneswellfoop at: 19:09 | 2 comments

23 August 2014

Update from twiggy: it's always darkest before the daw... oh hai there dawn!!!! Thought you guys might like an update on super good news!!! →Read more...

post by: Twiggy at: 08:43 | 10 comments

22 August 2014

Bunny! OMG!

post by: Senyar at: 15:33 | Leave a comment

21 August 2014

Photo Friday: Stories

post by: Kronos_to_Earth at: 23:50 | 3 comments

Something I laughed at today

post by: Obscure Reference at: 12:07 | 1 comment

I'm going Off-Broadway! Hey, guys! Big performance news for me…→Read more...

post by: Eideteker at: 11:59 | 11 comments

20 August 2014

Could anyone look over some code for me? →Read more...

post by: Thorzdad at: 09:15 | 1 comment

Your Photo Friday assignment should you choose to accept it:

a story

A picture that tells a story, has a story, starts, ends, or implies a story, accompanies the text, etc. etc.

post by: ethylene at: 02:21 | 4 comments

19 August 2014

Is anyone else excited about the new Leonard Cohen album?

post by: rmless2 at: 14:34 | 5 comments

18 August 2014

the face-kini

post by: Obscure Reference at: 13:23 | 10 comments

16 August 2014

Boozy Stuff Came across some more good things related to alcohol/cocktails/history. The indie film Hey Bartender on Netflix, and the authors of 12 Bottle Bar, and their blog, all about how to stock a perfect minimalist bar.

post by: Miko at: 22:02 | 1 comment

Steven Pinker on English grammar style

post by: jouke at: 03:42 | 1 comment

15 August 2014

How to make links open in new tabs. I wrote a greasemonkey script to do this and I post it here for those who would like to use it.→Read more...

post by: Obscure Reference at: 20:48 | 3 comments

Friday Question from the Book of Questions You discover that your wonderful one year old child is, due to a mixup at the hospital, in fact not yours. Would you want to exchange the child for the child that is biologically yours?

post by: bearwife at: 13:29 | 7 comments

3-point weekend update. Whatcha up to?→Read more...

post by: Senyar at: 07:02 | 15 comments

MetaChat may be up and down on Monday 18 August for a few hours starting at 2200 GMT, as our web host is doing some machine upgrades.

post by: chrismear at: 03:48 | Leave a comment

Photo Friday: Surface/Facade/Veneer

post by: Kronos_to_Earth at: 00:28 | 3 comments

14 August 2014

Brutally Honest Liquor Bottle Labels Shared with you as I enjoy a glass of Boring Weeknight.

post by: Miko at: 22:42 | 2 comments

OMG! Whole Foods Hassenpfeffer! (trigger warning: refers to rabbits for eating)

post by: oneswellfoop at: 14:00 | 1 comment

13 August 2014

My cover of "Not Made Of Stone" by Lykke Li or "What I've been doing lately"

post by: Ardiril at: 17:29 | 2 comments

Your Photo Friday challenge: surface/facade/veneer

how do you even know it's there if the mask never slips-- get creative, people, and don't be so danged literal.

post by: ethylene at: 02:53 | 1 comment

12 August 2014

Bunny pony request Am I the only bunny who keeps losing my MeCha connection when I click on a link? If I do that at MetaFilter or most sites, a new tab opens in my browser. If I do it on MetaChat, the link opens in MeCha's stead.

Merely a website consumer, not a computer science type here, but I wondered if maybe opening links in a new tab could be a special pony request?

post by: bearwife at: 19:03 | 34 comments

I always wondered what the bunny was for Seriously, I didn't know you could make desktop shortcuts from those icons. From the time they came out, however many years ago until now, I thought they were just logos...

post by: serena at: 13:13 | Leave a comment

10 August 2014

Bunny! OMarvelG! (yes this was really a thing, from the old days when Captain Marvel belonged to the long-since defunct Fawcett Comics... who he belongs to now nobody knows but if Marvel can make Rocket Raccoon a movie star, welll...)

post by: oneswellfoop at: 21:16 | Leave a comment

09 August 2014

prodigal twiggy returns... Hai guyz!!!! I'll be brief...→Read more...

post by: Twiggy at: 13:56 | 14 comments

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MIKO AND ELSA!!!!!!

post by: brujita at: 12:46 | 8 comments

Lego Academics Someone decided to start making lego scenes depicting "The female academics of the Lego Research Institute take on the challenges of modern academia." Funny.

post by: Firas at: 11:54 | 1 comment

OMG Bunny!

post by: sperose at: 11:13 | 2 comments

08 August 2014

Lucky Us LT and I got to meet EssexJan and some of her OH family this week. We had a wonderful time (her cooking prowess is not overhyped) including a micro-meetup with us and initapplette. Been a long time since we met a new bunny, and it sure was fun.

post by: Miko at: 22:19 | 7 comments

How Did “Bunny” Become a Cutesy Word for “Rabbit”?

post by: oneswellfoop at: 15:40 | 2 comments

Friday Question from the Book of Questions What do you most strive for in your life: accomplishment, security, love, power, excitement, knowledge, or something else?

post by: bearwife at: 11:26 | 16 comments

Which house would you buy if you HAD to buy one?

post by: ThePinkSuperhero at: 09:03 | 10 comments

Photo Friday: Unexpected

post by: Kronos_to_Earth at: 00:26 | 3 comments

06 August 2014

Haha, the bunny found a book.

post by: oneswellfoop at: 18:57 | Leave a comment

Your Photo Friday theme: The magic word is Unexpected.

post by: ethylene at: 00:09 | Leave a comment

04 August 2014

Photo Friday help needed. I'm going to be busy and/or away for the next few Wednesdays. Could I have a volunteer to post Photo Friday themes on Wednesday for 6, 13 and 20 August?

post by: Senyar at: 11:12 | 2 comments

02 August 2014

This is delightful: at the end of a Colbert episode, Jon Batiste and Stay Human perform "Express Yourself" ... leading the audience outside, they jam in the street.

post by: Firas at: 00:06 | 2 comments

01 August 2014

Jimmy Eat World - "Goodbye Sky Harbor" -- It took an entire reel of tape to make the 16 minute song.

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post by: filthy light thief at: 22:18 | 1 comment

Back from vacation -- Friday question from the Book of Questions If you were guaranteed honest responses to any three questions, who would you question and what would you ask?