Activity from mathowie

It seems like a lame and pointless addition to the post, but I don't know what we should do about it. It doesn't seem so strong and off-putting that we should delete the whole thread, but moving discussion here and off the thread is a good idea… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by mmoncur
MetaTalk comment - 6 days ago

It's too late to enter Luke's Death Pool,
favorited 1 time, recently by JimInSYR
MeFi post - 3 weeks ago

Sixteen Years
favorited 575 times, recently by GPF, Klipspringer
MetaTalk post - Last month

Cat-Scan.com
favorited 159 times, recently by buffalo, donio, Rufous-headed Towhee heehee, Ahmad Khani, TigerMoth
MeFi post - Last month

I found a zero view video! Super fun project. [more]
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Projects comment - 2 months ago

I wrote a piece about how to understand slack from an email veteran's perspective. Like how to convert all the ways you used email into Slack, and how to think about Slack as a replacement for email, and what behaviors on your own end can change as a… [more]
favorited 5 times, recently by SteveInMaine, lalochezia, holgate, jessamyn, momochan
Ask MeFi comment - 2 months ago

Happy Birthday MetaFilter! I'm so glad you're still around and thank everyone for keeping it afloat. [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

Could we get pb on a night shift for the next while then please? You joke, but I'm pretty sure pb woke up to fix it because he recently set up his phone to wake him up via SMS if the server was down for more than 20min. We're having a… [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by eckeric
MetaTalk comment - 3 months ago

man, this is a train wreck. dios got a timeout. y2karl isn't doing badly imo, and I encourage others to find good posts. [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by y2karl
MetaTalk comment - 3 months ago

I've been meaning to add flag functionality for months now (it's been at the top of my MetaFilter todo list since I started it), so I'll probably code this up next week, giving people a way to report double-posts, offensive stuff, whatever. My… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 3 months ago

How to adjust scroll distance in browsers?
favorited 3 times, recently by hap_hazard
Ask MeFi post - 4 months ago

My favorite bit about Sharon the therapist is she had to learn to ride that amazing Brompton for the role One of the funny things about this project was the bike riding. Before I started this job, I couldn’t ride a bike. I don’t know what happened… [more]
favorited 19 times, recently by Glinn, cooker girl, caviar2d2, LobsterMitten, skoosh, grog, peppermind, Spathe Cadet, suelac, contrapositive, sueinnyc, ugf, schmod, Mchelly, Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug, lilac girl, beandip, tangosnail, oneirodynia
FanFare comment - 5 months ago

Movie: Repo Man
favorited 17 times, recently by bendybendy, Pope Guilty, Gelatin, slimepuppy
FanFare post - 5 months ago

got banned because of it He is not banned. We didn't do anything of the sort. Honestly, I think this MetaTalk thread would have made more sense earlier today, to stem off a bunch of yahooooo! comments in the thread itself, but now that… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 7 months ago

Just as an update, I've talked to the Bakersfield police department and I'm awaiting a call back from a detective in the computer crime detail. It sounds like there is at least $10k in fraud here, given several fake laptop sales and all these bogus… [more]
favorited 13 times, recently by emelenjr
Ask MeFi comment - 8 months ago

Movie: Jaws
favorited 6 times, recently by Pronoiac, TheophileEscargot, valkane
FanFare post - 8 months ago

I didn't understand the convoluted ending. I mean I get all the high points about family and addiction and how the brother was setting up Carmy to start their dream restaurant and that Mikey and cousin Richie loved spaghetti for bringing people… [more]
favorited 12 times, recently by cosmologinaut, good in a vacuum, tristeza, progosk, some little punk in a rocket, ImproviseOrDie, pixie, naoko, Cash4Lead, svenx, ishmael, halehale
FanFare comment - 8 months ago

I wish more such people were publicly humiliated for their reprehensible abusive conduct. I wrote a story on my blog about how my parents (mostly my dad, but my mom too) would beat us with a belt about once a month or so, but worse than… [more]
favorited 260 times, recently by Intagliatedtaro
MeFi comment - 10 months ago

Adam, it does detract from what the site does normally, and takes it into a realm of being like a mailing list. It could be done, if controlled, so it's always and obviously a sort of "thing over there we also do, but not the primary function of… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by terrapin
MetaTalk comment - 11 months ago

Star Trek: The Cage
favorited 6 times, recently by The corpse in the library
FanFare post - 11 months ago

I think the difference between MeFi Music vs. MeFi with regards to snark is that here you are front and center with the creators. I'm all for snark if it is deserving and especially if it's someone being an asshole in some very public way on the… [more]
favorited 8 times, recently by Tehhund
Music comment - Last year

Patrick Farley's latest comic
favorited 1 time, recently by Faintdreams
MeFi post - Last year

13: Viewer Mail
favorited 3 times, recently by Ceridwen
MetaTalk post - Last year

Can you name any non-violent movies for 2-3 year olds?
favorited 29 times, recently by splitpeasoup
Ask MeFi post - Last year

Also, I forgot to add: "The longer we talk the more rational I will sound" will totally become a line nerd dudes will use on women after this movie becomes popular. [more]
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FanFare comment - Last year

Movie: Edge of Tomorrow
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FanFare post - Last year

An abandoned resort like you've never seen before.
favorited 107 times, recently by rokiabiko
MeFi post - Last year

I guess we won't see Lucy Lawless this season? From what I've heard she wasn't on set this season, working in Australia on another show, so I guess she never had the chance to make the trip and shoot any episodes, which is sad. I always… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by ActingTheGoat
FanFare comment - Last year

Crap, this was surprising and sad news to me. I've always recognized his username around these parts and on many other sites as a generally all-around nice dude. A couple years ago during a Hodgman comedy night in Eugene, I finally got to meet him… [more]
favorited 66 times, recently by socialjusticeworrier
MetaTalk comment - Last year

I never understood the whole man's man thing regarding George Bush. Sure he comes off as not so book smart but the man is a millionaire, many, many times over and has a knack for pushing laws that benefit his class over others. That a landscaper… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by BlunderingArtist
MeFi comment - Last year

If you haven't tried out Napster yet,
favorited 5 times, recently by Multicellular Exothermic
MeFi post - Last year

I feel like this season is going to solve the big question I had from season 1 which was "why on earth would his wife want a divorce from such beam of light kind of guy?" and I have to say the way the writers have made Ted like 10% folksier… [more]
favorited 17 times, recently by solotoro, bq, MiraK, johnasdf, widdershins, grog, schmod, Carouselle, purpleclover, Fiberoptic Zebroid and The Hypnagogic Jerks, rogerroger, dominik, theora55, beandip, lazaruslong, zuhl, jpeacock
FanFare comment - Last year

we all do. [more]
favorited 8 times, recently by chavenet
MeFi comment - Last year

I can't believe I've never heard of this site.
favorited 20 times, recently by JHarris
MeFi post - Last year

ooooh, skot vs. snarkout! and thirteen resurfaced! And Avogadro! So many old-timers, you'd think Kottke did something. [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by y2karl
MetaTalk comment - Last year

1: The First One
favorited 26 times, recently by calgirl
MetaTalk post - Last year

Man, it pisses me off so much when someone abuses the entire community like this. It reminds me of the anon suicide questions. For the first couple ones that came in years ago, I used to go to great lengths to talk people down from the ledge… [more]
favorited 273 times, recently by Faintdreams, mmoncur, Barbara Spitzer, urbanwhaleshark
MetaTalk comment - Last year

My mom gave me a set of Encyclopedia Brown books when I was a little kid and mentioned they were some of her favorite books as a kid (she still reads mystery books to this day). I was skeptical since I could rarely solve anything beyond a basic… [more]
favorited 61 times, recently by Richard Daly, taquito sunrise, GenjiandProust
MeFi comment - Last year

Wow. I kind of wish we could use the avatar builder here to make our own MeFi profile images. Heck, I wish every site/service I used offered glitch game art for backgrounds, avatars, and whatnot. [more]
favorited 6 times, recently by JHarris
MeFi comment - Two years ago

Imagine that thing's user number! Note the joined date. [more]
favorited 40 times, recently by JHarris
MeFi comment - Two years ago

falameufilho, Scott Adams draws community ire here for two reasons, one is personal taste related, the other is more philosophical. So there's the question of whether or not you find Dilbert funny. That's pure personal taste. I thought the strip… [more]
favorited 250 times, recently by Kye
MetaTalk comment - Two years ago

Here are the PSD files I used to use at CafePress to make these by hand, one by one: mefi-jersey.zip It uses the Superstar Font for the back, but I bet there's a free equivalent, and I bet someone could re-make the files in a vector program that… [more]
favorited 3 times, recently by aielen
MetaTalk comment - Two years ago

From the OP:You guys have given me a lot to think about and helped me clarify my thoughts and frustrations somewhat. I think my first step will be trying to bring this up with my therapist, with an eye towards giving couples' counseling another try… [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by stockpuppet
Ask MeFi comment - Two years ago

Kids was the most disturbing movie I ever saw when I was younger (I guess I was 22 when I saw it in the theater). There were a few reasons why: I knew tons of skateboarders and bmx kids, and a few of them were just like the kids in the movie. They… [more]
favorited 49 times, recently by artificialard
MeFi comment - Two years ago

So did the follow-up mean that someone did call the school and got the guard, but through confusion got forwarded to his voicemail? I mean, it sounds like we almost helped. [more]
favorited 8 times, recently by Salamandrous
MetaTalk comment - Two years ago

So it's just a nicer looking nomad? This was supposed to be a big deal? [more]
favorited 39 times, recently by sewellcm
MeFi comment - Two years ago

Movie: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
favorited 1 time, recently by Halloween Jack
FanFare post - Two years ago

Josh covered much of what I wanted to share, but I wanted to add my angle on the transfer. I ran MeFi day-to-day for 16 years but by the end, I was pretty well ground down. Over the years, a combo of depression, exhaustion, and anxiety from… [more]
favorited 401 times, recently by nayantara, emelenjr, catchingsignals, Miko
MetaTalk comment - Two years ago

gmail!
favorited 3 times, recently by bendy
MeFi post - Two years ago

I loved their recent Blair Witch parody. Although, I'm sure they'll soon be hearing from Bill Keane's lawyers. [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

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