134: Stuff and Things

Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast

• Episode: 134: Stuff and Things
• Website: Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast
• Feed URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/MeFiPodcast
• Duration: 01:37:07
• Published: 2017-11-01 20:14

Hey, it's me and Jessamyn chattering about MetaFilter and Halloween and more MetaFilter and large burdensome televisions and even more MetaFilter. This episode covers the month of October and runs about an hour and a half.

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Misc
- traditional and maybe sorta poorly labeled HALLOWEEN COSTUME THREAD by clavdivs
- bondcliff's signature chocolate or clams offer
- Jessamyn West, quarter sorter


Jobs
- Need an illustrator to express my ideas for a children's book by mrtony60
- Expert Adobe Illustrator tutor needed (online) by pH Indicating Socks
- Feedback on my application for library assistant in an academic library by paduasoy
- Recycle an ancient and enormous TV by janell


Projects
- Portland (OR, USA) Resistance Calendar by vjpdx
- Play Payba¢k by missjenny
- Incredible Doom by churl (MeFi Post)
- Wrestling Social - The Independent, Progressive, Pro Wrestling Community by zerolives
- Clips for Hiking Poles with Hinge and Clasp by OverlappingElvis
- MuckTweet: a browser extension for tracking your Twitter (abuse) reports by waninggibbon


MetaFilter
- Shack by stinkfoot
- Give the drummers some by not_on_display
- it's like Vine for old-school console games by cortex
- The delay doubled every time a wrong PIN was entered. by bondcliff
- A post of a good sort by Gyan
- A-ha - Take On Me by severiina
- The body broker industry by mandolin conspiracy
- Googly Eyes by chavenet
- The Suffix That Tells the Story of Modern Science by blue_beetle
- Marmaduke is no longer a suspect by Atom Eyes
- Play as an AI who makes paperclips by juv3nal
- "Hooray for people being allowed to enjoy a game in a different way..." by Fizz
- YADKCOLSPAC by kenko


Ask MeFi
- Which textual message would you have tattooed on your body? by koenie
- Blog or blog post? by ramenopres
- Lend me your delightfully tedious hobbies by pintapicasso
- Visualizing Cleverness by .kobayashi.
- What are the most common phrases you type on your smart phone? by Winnie the Proust
- I'm tiling a kitchen backsplash. I need pattern ideas! by Pig Tail Orchestra
- i have to stop eating cold tablets by quadrilaterals
- Parallels to the Catalan referendum crackdown? by clawsoon (c.f. I only saw the ocelot smile once, the day it escaped by Sys Rq)
- Examples of rural tech communes? by Karmacane


MeFi Music
Featured in this episode:
- Keep My Love in Amber by not_on_display
- Summer Follows Redux by limeonaire
- Be a light by Bluebird Wine
- Get Rid of the NRA by flapjax at midnite
- Theme from the television series Star Fleet/X-Bomber/Ｘボンバー by Television Name
- A Memory of Pittsburgh Bells by odinsdream


MetaTalk
-The Mighty, Mighty Mastodon Thread by Major Matt Mason Dixon
- Things are getting better! by tedious
- October Showers bring November Flowers by hippybear
- secret quonsar 2017: Signups are Open! by julen
- Get your MetaFilter sticker pack! by cortex
- Looking back on ten years of FPPs by Rhaomi
- US Politics threads are getting a little... out there by dbx


FanFare
Lately people have been chattering a bunch about:
- The Good Place
- Star Trek: Discovery
- Stranger Things
- Blade Runner 2049