Can't believe I'm blowing a question on this: what lovecraftian two syllable unicode font mangling word, starting with a Z, was posted on this site a little while back? [more inside]
posted by leotrotsky on Oct 26, 2009 - 14 answers

help me find a particular website that previously appeared on metafilter... [more inside]
posted by thermonuclear.jive.turkey on Sep 14, 2009 - 8 answers

I have an "Everyone Needs A Hug" Metafilter t-shirt. It is too small for me to wear. What should I do with it? [more inside]
posted by ocherdraco on Jul 29, 2009 - 18 answers

Metafilter and other social media sites are excellent places to learn new things. Yet it's probably true for everyone that most of the world isn't like me and doesn't like the things I like, and I don't have the time to check every topic for interest value. How do you use Metafilter and similar sites to most efficiently find topics/people that interest you? [more inside]
posted by vizsla on Jul 21, 2009 - 10 answers

What should our five month old baby wear to our local 10th Anniversary Metafilter Meetup in 3 weeks? [more inside]
posted by onlyconnect on Jun 28, 2009 - 15 answers

Are there any Spanish-language metafilters out there? Could not find anything for all I tried.
posted by Laotic on Mar 23, 2009 - 6 answers

Why do some social web platforms catch-on (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, Wikipedia) while countless others don't? [more inside]
posted by GIMG on Feb 13, 2009 - 15 answers

Is anyone else who uses Bloglines not able to get their Metafilter feed? Mine hasn't come in for about 5 days now. I've tried deleting the feed and resubscribing... to no avail.
posted by gman on Oct 8, 2008 - 23 answers

What is the name of that French song from maybe five years back which had an animated music video of a little girl running through the pastures and playing? After a certain time, she stops playing, and she exits what turns out to be a big stage. A line of children are waiting their turn to enter the stage and play. [more inside]
posted by zaebiz on Aug 17, 2008 - 3 answers

I'm looking for a great short educational cartoon about oil and petroleum that may or may not have been posted in the blue a long time ago, definitely elsewhere on the net. My extensive searching has uncovered nothing and someone else may simply remember the title. It was 50's cartoony, obviously biased in favor of the industry, but seemed scientifically accurate. Any clue?
posted by BlackLeotardFront on Mar 17, 2008 - 7 answers

Is there an open course codebase similar to ... Ask Metafilter? I have a fun idea for a specialized group Q and A blog, but I'm not much of a coder.
posted by clango on Oct 15, 2007 - 7 answers

Help me make a private community-based mp3 blog, very much like, say... MeFi Music. [more inside]
posted by 40 Watt on Aug 21, 2007 - 7 answers

Why can I reach Metafilter from my PCs, but not my Macs? [more inside]
posted by danny the boy on Jul 14, 2007 - 14 answers

Networking mystery! My router hates one site on the Internet: MetaFilter. Why? [more inside]
posted by bicyclefish on May 11, 2007 - 4 answers

Why can't I get to Metafilter any more? [more inside]
posted by Eddie Mars on May 4, 2007 - 20 answers

If The Atlantic Monthly (or Harper's, or The New Yorker) were founded today, would it be Metafilter? [more inside]
posted by MarshallPoe on Oct 20, 2006 - 31 answers

What is this web revolution I see before me? [more inside]
posted by Smarson on Jun 29, 2006 - 29 answers

Please help me to get a/any MetaFilter killfile greasemonkey script working. [more inside]
posted by Bugbread on May 2, 2006 - 6 answers

I want to find other sites like Metafilter that focus solely on creativity rather than political issues or current affairs. [more inside]
posted by oxala on Dec 11, 2005 - 18 answers

A website featuring animal portraits in a human style... [more inside]
posted by fire&wings on Dec 10, 2005 - 5 answers

Does anybody know the backstory behind this image of a guy with many computers plugged into a streetlamp? [more inside]
posted by thedevildancedlightly on May 7, 2005 - 17 answers

I'm curious which bloggers and media people have gotten their 15 Minutes (or longer) after affiliation with Metafilter. [+]
posted by ParisParamus on Feb 18, 2005 - 18 answers

Very weird. The only website I can get to right now is the Metafilter family. Everything else times out with the error "www.cnn.com could not be found. Please check the name and try again." Dozens of other sites return the same error.

I'm on a cable modem. Win XP. My vonage phone works fine, as does email. I restarted the computer and the router. What the heck is going on?
posted by luser on Jan 2, 2005 - 13 answers

My memory fails me - there's a funny video that made the rounds online (including mefi) that was a fake industrial film for a device with a name like "interociter". It was loaded with all kinds of nonsensical technical terms. I'd appreciate it if someone could point me to it.
posted by O9scar on Dec 8, 2004 - 5 answers

Problems with metafilter.

For some reason, I can log into the ask metafilter section but cannot log into the standard metafilter site.

Even after clearing cookies, history, cache... when I login I just get the metafilter site presented to me as if I was not logged in... If I intentionally enter the wrong password I am told that I have errored, but cannot log into metafilter.

This happens using Firefox and IE6. I've even tried computers at friends houses and the same thing happens.

Is this because I close the browser without logging out?

I've never had this happen on another site.
posted by doctordendrite on Nov 27, 2004 - 13 answers

Recently, metafilter style sites were all the rage (using freefilter or metaphilter.) It seems (sadly) most of these have withered from neglect. I'd like to get my own version of a *filter going but the freefilter instructions make my non-tech head feel like it is going to explode. Anyone out there who gets this stuff want to set it up for me? I'd need the whole setup (sans graphics) ie. layout, freefilter and ongoing support if there are any maintenance problems. Name your ballpark price inside this thread and I'll get in touch.
posted by limitedpie on Nov 17, 2004 - 10 answers

Is there a firefox extension or an easy to use program that can block specific websites? While I don't normally have a problem, I've been noticing that I get on Mefi and basically don't get off. If I don't get on, that would probably solve the problem. The best and easiest way I can think of doing that, is a program. So: suggestions?
posted by stoneegg21 on Nov 17, 2004 - 15 answers

How many members of MetaFilter have been ex-communicated?

Either short term or permanently? [more inside]
posted by fenriq on Oct 22, 2004 - 25 answers

[FrontPagePostFilter]. What link has been the victim of the most front page posts on MeFi? I wonder, only because Strandbeest hit its 4th one today and I suspect that the record's got to be higher than that.
posted by warhol on Sep 28, 2004 - 7 answers

epilogueFil(l/t)er: so what happened? [more inside]
posted by ethylene on Sep 11, 2004 - 30 answers

A while ago, on my old site, I posted this parody of MeFi. (It was subsequently, um, noticed. Yeah, sorry about that.) I thought a fitting tribute would be to post it to my user page. As is plainly obvious, tis fux0red for I am not l33t. Or else, there's some sort of cotton-pickin' interference, as the anchor tags seem to be all kerfluuey. Help, pwease?
posted by solistrato on Sep 11, 2004 - 5 answers

If you bought MetaFilter from Matt tomorrow and he could make any development/interface/usability changes you desired, what would you request? [mi] [more inside]
posted by wackybrit on Sep 7, 2004 - 35 answers

I didn't know about lofi until graventy mentioned it in Metatalk. Are there any other tricks, sub-sites, whatever you want to call them to Metafilter?
posted by tetsuo on Aug 5, 2004 - 6 answers

Who would you want to meet if you died, went to a heaven, and there was a great big Metafilter reunion in the sky, free drinks? Who would you beat up? Do you think it's best we don't know each other personally?
posted by Keyser Soze on Jun 29, 2004 - 29 answers

Can someone please point me to an old Metafilter FPP? It was about an annual test or exam given at a university (I believe in the UK) that was supposed to be extremely difficult. It was a general knowledge quiz, and 10 out of 10 is impossible, according to the professor who administers it. Does this ring a bell with anyone?
posted by Oriole Adams on Jun 28, 2004 - 4 answers

I find the burn-outs of MeFi-past absolutely fascinating. Is there a good way to find/read the threads involved, or do you have links to excellent examples of MeFites losing their marbles? [more inside]
posted by graventy on May 14, 2004 - 63 answers

I'm currently developing a group weblog (personal project, non-commercial). My question is: if you could improve one thing about -- or add one feature to -- MetaFilter (or group weblogs in general), what would it be?
posted by reklaw on May 13, 2004 - 19 answers

Can someone recommend a decent Metafilter-esque site? [mi] [more inside]
posted by keswick on Apr 7, 2004 - 33 answers

I know I must suck hard core, because I can't get the search engine to work, but does anyone remember where that MeFi post about a recording engineer's "real" stories about working on a major artist's album, which devolves into Spinal Tap-esque antics? I read a description of Metallica's new documentary, and it sounds almost exactly the same, so I wanted to read it again. I've put everything I could think of into the search engine, and have come up empty. Can anyone help me out?
posted by emptybowl on Feb 17, 2004 - 10 answers

On the offchance that this kind of thing should happen again (Oh the humanity! Six horrible days!), can anyone recommend good replacement Metafilters? [more inside]
posted by graventy on Feb 16, 2004 - 13 answers

Metafilter, as a source to journalists for story ideas and also as a reservoir of good writing for plagiarists, has been discussed on a recent Metatalk thread. How could I acquire a script (I don't have much of a clue about this, technically), for my Mac (OS 9.2.2 and OS 10.2.8) to run automated searches looking for matchups on chunks of text from my 500 (or whatever it is) pages of Metafilter commentary ? (more inside)
posted by troutfishing on Feb 3, 2004 - 13 answers

In order to gear-up for the MeFi Swap I started making myself more familiar with iTunes. While doing so, I found out that even when one checks the "none" setting for seconds between songs, iTunes still ads a short gap between songs. Does anyone have some suggestions for how I might get iTunes to do Disc-at-Once (DAO)? If not, suggestions for other programs are appreciated, but realise I don't have Toast-like money handy. Thanks!
posted by terrapin on Jan 28, 2004 - 8 answers

Of all the free metafilter clones which one would you recommend as the best for someone who knows html, but not really any programming? What makes it good? [more inside]
posted by rhyax on Jan 17, 2004 - 2 answers

I am writing a term paper right now on Virtual Community (surprise - I am using MeFi as my case study!). Can I ask people here if they consider MeFi to be a 'real' community? Why or why not? (Interpret 'real' as you will). Also, any links to prior MeTa discussion on this topic would be grrreat. Thanks!
posted by Quartermass on Dec 10, 2003 - 11 answers

MetaFilter 2.0 - Ask MetaFilter is born. What is Ask MetaFilter? [more inside] [more inside]
posted by y6y6y6 on Dec 9, 2003 - 41 answers