zipcode query pony wanted

May 12, 2003 7:19 AM

I respect the new zipcode geotracker as much as the next guy, but I think it would be that much cooler if there were a page where we could enter a zipcode and see the users around it. I'm road-tripping next week, and it would be awesome to see which of my favorite MeFites lie en route.
posted by kaibutsu to Feature Requests at 7:19 AM (37 comments total)

What to get for the stalker who has everything?
posted by crunchland at 7:27 AM on May 12, 2003

this week i'm ordering my garvin and a set of delorme 3-d topos. w00t!
posted by quonsar at 7:39 AM on May 12, 2003

Just change your zipcode on your user page and save it. Write down the results. Rinse. Repeat.
posted by zpousman at 7:41 AM on May 12, 2003

Or just search for the cities you'll be hitting, find someone with that City in their profile and check their near-bys.

(Where you heading, anyways, kaibutsu?)
posted by Ufez Jones at 7:47 AM on May 12, 2003

Speaking of which, whatever happened to the official Metafilterian latitude-longitude tracker^TM? Or, as Jim Morrison asks in The Doors: "Where's the feast they promised us?" ("They" being, in this case, mathowie.)

Where you heading, anyways, kaibutsu?

I don't know if it's true, but I heard he's planning to ride the snake to the end of time. Whatever that means.
posted by Ljubljana at 8:10 AM on May 12, 2003

well, yeah, but I'm lazy, see? And using dial-up. refreshing that user and customize page twenty times ain't fun.

[starting from ol' st. louis, going west through Kansas City, followed by (connect the dots) Topeka KS, Denver CO, Boulder CO, Flaming Gorge WY, Salt Lake City, UT, Boise ID, Portland OR, and finishing the journey in Eugene OR. I've got a car, and no real worries so long as I'm in Eugene by June 1st. This is gonna rock. Anyone on (or near) the route willing to provide food and/ or shelter to my broke college-boy ass will be responded to with great shows of magnanimous affection.]
posted by kaibutsu at 8:14 AM on May 12, 2003

Oh. Um. Which is to say, ride the snake until the end of time. Anyone wishing to provide food or shelter or accompany me on the trip will probably not remember their name by the time the thing is over with. Or that nasty Oedipal incident in the nth verse.
posted by kaibutsu at 8:16 AM on May 12, 2003

Anyone on (or near) the route willing to provide food and/ or shelter to my broke college-boy ass...

Aha. Not a stalker. A mooch.
posted by crunchland at 8:20 AM on May 12, 2003

yep, after a scandinavian conversation broke out in one of the threads, i'd love to see a official Metafilterian latitude-longitude trackerTM too. heh.
posted by dabitch at 9:27 AM on May 12, 2003

Boise ID, Portland OR

You're missing out on the best thing about the northwest!
posted by j.edwards at 10:49 AM on May 12, 2003

Ah, dabitch, just found the scandinavion conversation. Man, I'm always late for everything. ~sukk~
posted by widdershins at 11:05 AM on May 12, 2003

scandinaviAn...!
posted by widdershins at 11:06 AM on May 12, 2003

Please come to Boston in the springtime
I'm staying with some friends and they've got lots of room
You can sell your paintings on the sidewalk
By a cafe where I hope to be working soon
posted by PrinceValium at 11:40 AM on May 12, 2003

PrinceValium is wasting away in Margaritaville?
OR just a Cheeseburger in Paradise?
But then, I always was a Warren Buffett fan.
posted by wendell at 12:03 PM on May 12, 2003

widdershins - you speak it too? Vad många vi är!
posted by dabitch at 12:10 PM on May 12, 2003

Hey kaibutsu, I lie along that path! In Lawrence, right between KC and Topeka. But only until Friday. Then I'm 2.5 hours out of your way in Wichita.
posted by katieinshoes at 12:17 PM on May 12, 2003

Ja - ganske mange - flere svensker enn nordmenn - som vanlig! Danskene er stille?
posted by widdershins at 12:54 PM on May 12, 2003

You're missing out on the best thing about the northwest!

No, I've got some in Portland. Drop by.
posted by Ignatius J. Reilly at 12:55 PM on May 12, 2003

wendell: PrinceV is a Rambling Boy.

[claven] Now your David Loggins is a cousin of Kenny Loggins of Footloose fame and while he wrote that Boston song, not the band Boston, but the song Rambling Boy which talks about your Boston springtimes, he also wrote a fair share of songs with the old Pirate, Jimmy Buffett, who, as far as can be determined, only recorded Rambling Boy according to some bad Kazaa lists. To wit, you confused your Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy with your God's Own Drunk.[/claven]
posted by ?! at 1:00 PM on May 12, 2003

finns det dansker på webben? ;-)
posted by dabitch at 1:28 PM on May 12, 2003

[starting from ol' st. louis, going west through Kansas City, followed by (connect the dots) Topeka KS, Denver CO, Boulder CO, Flaming Gorge WY, Salt Lake City, UT, Boise ID, Portland OR, and finishing the journey in Eugene OR.

You really won't find anything interesting on this route, other than the pangs of cultural isolation.

Although, I hear the girls in Salt Lake City are pretty easy.
posted by The Jesse Helms at 2:21 PM on May 12, 2003

finns det dansker på webben? ;-)

Tydligen!
posted by soundofsuburbia at 3:43 PM on May 12, 2003

Aha. Not a stalker. A mooch.



Not just a mooch, but a mooch with a guitar!
posted by kaibutsu at 3:58 PM on May 12, 2003

Is that better or worse?
posted by dg at 4:04 PM on May 12, 2003

"Is that better or worse?"

If it's a bass guitar, worse.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:14 PM on May 12, 2003

It's very bad when the drums stop.
posted by timeistight at 4:21 PM on May 12, 2003

Seems like it would be better if Geourl supported arbitrary groups. Does it?

As in <meta name="geo.group" content="metafilter">
posted by holloway at 4:51 PM on May 12, 2003

Yes, interrobanger, my synapses have fallen into such severe decay since the 1970's that I can no longer distinguish "Come Monday" from "Please Come to Boston", except for the fact that they were the only two songs of the era with "Come" in the title that did not trigger a Beavis-and-Buttheadish reflex "heh heh heh, he said 'Come'..." from my college roommate. As long as I'm trying to come clean, let me say that my comment in the CSS Zen Garden thread was also a deeply stupid question ("Why replace text with graphics inside the CSS? To do all the CSS-based designs with different graphics demonstrated in the site, Bozo."). And to my personal knowledge, Dave Loggins has never been a "mooch with a guitar", but I'm not sure about either Jimmy or Warren Buffet. I'm just glad kaibutzu isn't coming to L.A., because in the year I've lived in my current address, I have not yet successfully given directions to it, even though it is less than 100 yards/meters from Ventura Blvd. Right now, I wonder if I can tell the difference between THIS Great Dane and this one. And my drums stopped years ago.
posted by wendell at 5:01 PM on May 12, 2003

ahh kaibutsu, if only you were coming through my neck of the woods. i'd totally hook you up, if only because my first cat was named kaibutsu-chan. can i call you bootsy (collins) too?
posted by sugarfish at 7:53 PM on May 12, 2003

Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yër?
posted by dhartung at 12:51 AM on May 13, 2003

let me know when you make it to northern Greece, kaibutsu; I have an exceedingly uncomfortable couch with your name on it (and believe me, it wasn't easy to find a couch upholstered in "kaibutsu"). I'll even wash some sheets...
posted by taz at 1:20 AM on May 13, 2003

listen people , its called a POSTCODE not a ZIPCODE , ok ?
do you ever get people sending you ZIPS for your birthday ?
no , you get CARDS and LETTERS , people POST them to you !
have you ever bought a ZIPCARD ? no ! you buy a POSTCARD !
(morning caffeine kicks in)
posted by sgt.serenity at 3:54 AM on May 13, 2003

Yeah! kaibutsu, come to Sweden! See the löveli lakes, our wönderful telephöne system and mani interesting furry animals! (Including the majestic mööse!)

Although, if you want to sleep on my floor, pay no attention to dhartung's title tag. Borrowing my beer is not an option!
posted by soundofsuburbia at 4:58 AM on May 13, 2003

Hey Taz, I'll be in the Pelion this summer. We rented a house on the island of Trikeri. Fancy a beer?
posted by ginz at 6:47 AM on May 13, 2003

sgt serenity, thanks for sending me that zip on my birthday. i appreciate the gesture however, olsen_twins_naked_and_petrified.zip isn't really my cup of tea, thank you.
posted by quonsar at 6:55 AM on May 13, 2003

ginz, you're on - Trikeri meetup! Or will you be coming through Salonika? Email me...

sgt.serenity, you failed to mention that The Zipman Always Rings Twice.
posted by taz at 9:09 AM on May 13, 2003

I realize no one is checking this thread now, but:

Update!
posted by frykitty at 8:15 AM on May 21, 2003