124: Happy New Year Call-In Show

Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast

• Episode: 124: Happy New Year Call-In Show
• Website: Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast
• Feed URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/MeFiPodcast
• Duration: 01:36:56
• Published: 2017-01-04 02:35

It's a new year, and good riddance to the old; jessamyn and I do a shorter-than-usual version of our usual MeFi roundup podcast chatter, but the real star of this episode is the dozens of MeFites who called in to the podcast voicemail with greetings, memories of 2016, wishes for 2017, quotes, songs, baby and pet noises, and more. The episode alternates between chatter and strings of voicemail; it covers December 1st through January 2nd and runs about 90 minutes total.

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Misc.
- 124 is a boring number and nobody cares.
- Although now that look at it the digits are a sequence of powers of 2 and that's kinda cool.
- Still, though.

Jobs
- Okay, fine:
- librarian thing
- math pal for dad

Projects
- 1958 Rambler Super Station Wagon Rebuild by hilaryjade
- Hocus Growcus by brecc
- Travels With Brindle by pxe2000
- xn--qeiaa.ws: Emoji Domain Registration by ph00dz
- Jingle Rock Bell music video by nickmark

MetaFilter
- Weather forecasts, uncensored by beagle
- Hopefully Fox Won't Take This One Down by BiggerJ
- The Gay Blade: An Independent Publication Serving the Gay Community by waninggibbon
- Musical Chord Progression Arpeggiator by Foci for Analysis
- Bhangra for the shoveling season by mandolin conspiracy
- My God, it's full of cake! by Uncle Ira
- Bee movie but by Etrigan (in which, cortex's regrets)
- but then: (this feels like the future I was promised) by MCMikeNamara
- here's my number (6.02210^23) so call me tasty by not_on_display
- Knots on Mars by dhruva

Ask MeFi
- What does "next weekend" mean? by Automocar
- To the Cross Stitch-ery! by forkisbetter
- How do I find the old BBC documentary The Mind Traveller? by just.good.enough
- usonian found their barber!
- What are some small things you can do to help service people? by amicamentis
- Gift ideas for a dude who likes weird things by banjo_and_the_pork
- Things to "collect" in a neighbourhood or place? Non-internet edition. by solarion
- Duvet sets, amirite? by orrnyereg

MetaTalk
- Fuckin' duvet covers: how do they work? by whimsicalnymph
- SSL Issues by restless_nomad

A big thanks to everyone who called in, whether for the podcast or just a private note: Wordshore, Eyebrow McGee's son, frenetic, eamondaly, hippybear, Johnny Wallflower, infinitewindow, rabbitrabbit, phunniemee, jazon, emelenjr, agatha_magatha, Fizz, carsonb, duffell and CatastropheWaitress and their baby Mabel, LobsterMitten and her nephews, valentinepig, not_on_display, jinjo, h00py, bookmammal, wheelieman, Samizdata, deludingmyself, Afroblanco, ellieBOA, jouke, yes I said yes I will yes, Devil's Advocate, JanetLand, Elly Vortex, jonmc, Stanczyk, grumpybear69, key_of_z, _Mona_, plinth, Fig, 80 cats in a dog suit, kimberussell, teponaztli, bondcliff, Ivan Fyodorovich, EM's son Isaac, my mother in law, mygothlaundry, 922257033c4a0f3cecdbd819a46d626999d1af4a, yhbc, Hermione Granger, chococat, the wrong kind of cheese, dw, wallabear, Mike Mongo, Greg Nog, ocherdraco, a mysterious Virginian, Weeping_angel, Mrs. Pterodactyl and her anti-giggling baby, MonkeyToes and her pet sow, nickmark, insectosaurus and her pre-recorded baby, SillyShepard, mandolin conspiracy, Mchelly, EmpressCallipygos, knuckle tattoos, tracert, restless_nomad and her cat, mysterious kid saying butthead and poop poop poop, vespabelle, a surprise appearance by Monty Python's Flying Circus, It's Raining Florence Henderson, valetta, apartment dweller, MCMikeNamara, Songdog, and languagehat.

It was a bit of a zoo to work with all that audio, so I did my best to include y'all but big apologies if anything fell through the cracks. Lemme know and we can fix it up in the next one!