Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast

115: Boaty McBoatface, with barchan


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Coasting in fashionably late, it's Ep #115 of Best Of The Web, wherein jessamyn and I chat with the geologirrific barchan about dunes, oil rigs, industrial accidents, her dog who also makes a couple cameos, and all kinds of MetaFiltery stuff. This show covers March 3 through April 7 and runs for just under two hours. Helpful Links Podcast Feed Subscribe with iTunes Direct mp3 download Guest facts - barchan is a friendly MeFite who does geology stuff - but barchan also a kind of dune - seriously it's a pretty rad kind of dune - go look at barchan's profile page for rad dune links Misc - Map folding! - Stamp folding! - Public Library Association Con! - Grok Enthusiasm! - Fart Patrol! - Cranioklepty! - cortex and Secretariat's new cat - They are on a boat! Jobs - Videographer for our Booth at PAX East (April 22-24) by musofire - Whitewater Kayaking Instructor by Deflagro - Station Manager -- CFRC 101.9 FM, Kingston, Ontario by Shepherd MeFi Projects - confirmshaming by danb (MeFi Post; Jessamyn's submission) - Goofus and Muad'Dib by Fizz (MeFi Post) - Rule 34 - If something exists, there is porn of it. by metameat (MeFi Post; Irregular Carrots) - A Year In Glitch by CjEggett - Cookbook Title Generator by veggieboy (MeFi Post; cf veggieboy's Will It Waffle) MetaFilter - Hydraulic Press Channel: let's get crushing! by filthy light thief - How to use a modem by Wordshore - An odd disturbance at the head end by beerperson - Don't lick the paintbrush by We had a deal, Kyle - The Harvard Library That Protects The World's Rarest Colors by Brandon Blatcher - I've liberated my modules by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit - "They tell their friends, 'My mom's a truck driver!'" by Fizz - Why not love Queen by playing its hits on trombone? by goofyfoot - 8,000 vintage Afropop songs, streaming online by nickyskye - A loaf of Dad, a Jug of Vine by curious nu - Speaking Machines: the history of synthesizing speech by filthy light thief (of which, Talking Moose) - The best election all year by taff Ask MeFi - How do Canadian cooks measure? by andrewesque - 1631 sugar by aniola - Please help me find a (horror?) movie from the 1970's or 1980's by maldrin - The connection by Termite - How to pick one biography of many? by kristi - NASA question: Who runs satellites? (And where can I find out about such by krautland - a comment by Rob Rockets - Women's underwear built in liner by wildeepdotorg - How do you initiate sex? by Dynamo05 - Could I ask out a girl on ride-shares like lyft without sounding weird? by daveg02 MetaTalk - You do it HOW?! by MsMolly (Jess made a wiki page, get to it!) - Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote... by CMcG - pjern is home from quad bypass! by pjern - omg shoes by phunniemee - Show Us Your Sunday Best by The Whelk - greenish's MeFi Music podcast, Ep 2 by greenish - Paradigm shifting the edit window by cortex Music Featuring a couple of songs off of greenish's podcast: - Ashes by ochenk and billiebee - Jonathan's Guitar by Corduroy
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Best of the Web: the MetaFilter PodcastBy Jessamyn West and Josh Millard

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