120: Hard Out There For A Nerd

Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast

• Episode: 120: Hard Out There For A Nerd
• Website: Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast
• Feed URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/MeFiPodcast
• Duration: 01:36:17
• Published: 2016-09-08 00:38

Coming down the pipe a little late because summer scheduling is complicated, Jessamyn and I catch up on MetaFilter, MeFites getting married, MeFites going camping, MeFites arguing about stuff, and all the other things the doldrums of August bring with. This episode is about an hour and forty minutes and covers August 4th through September 7th.

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Misc
- Dictionary social media shade
- Behold, the number 120
- AKA the long hundred AKA Jimmy Wrongdozens
- Jessamyn's officiatin' (it was hella scenic)
- You say nihilism, I say nihilism
- Maps! Free the maps!
- Leaning tower of Cheesa


Jobs
- Administrative Assistant to Accounting Practice by bkpiano
- Web Designer/Developer by hellomina


Projects
- Futile Fonts by scruss
- Ghost Patrol: Late Night Snack by aubilenon
- Lorem Ipsum by Elementary Penguin
- Handspan Theatre 1977 - 2002 by valetta
- Demake Bot by ignignokt (a couple of examples)
- Kevin's Files by luckynerd


MetaFilter
- Barber bottles and fire grenades, demijohns and carboys by jessamyn
- there exists no evidence for ontological nihilism... by the man of twists and turns
- "Maps codify the miracle of existence." by DigDoug
- ‾‾‾MAKE‾IT‾‾‾‾ ‾‾‾‾STRANGER‾‾‾‾ by Going To Maine
- Your stare was holding by steeringwheel
- Edible uses of cheese by Wordshore (of which: Friend acquires a lot of cheese. What to do with it?)
- Only shooting stars break the mold by Shmuel510
- Reasons I'm fat by Uncle
- Painting the Race to Space by Artw


Ask MeFi
- What are some surprising things that not everyone can do? by bq
- What do you call yourself in the second person singular? by signal
- My best manager did this... by Toddles
- Cooking shows - YouTube style by Lyn Never
- Fictional nerds by azalea_chant
- Appropriate to knit during classical music concert? by vacuumsealed
- Personal web-surfing at work: Is any amount acceptable? by alex1965


Music
Featured this month:
- Just a Stranger by erikgrande
- Million Watts by chococat
- God Only Knows [Beach Boys cover] by not_on_display
- Night Train to Memphis by OverlappingElvis


MetaTalk
- Of which, check out greenish's latest Music podcast
- Discussion of "derp" by hydropsyche
- Olympics on FanFare by cortex
- Happy Fun September by filthy light thief
- Mazel Tov! by not_on_display


FanFare
- last month: Rio Olympics
- starting today: Rio Paralympics
- also you should totally watch Stranger Things