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Extension, or browser that gives you better MetaFilter link reading?
I don't know how to describe this exactly, and it is sort of a general issue I have with webpages, but is there a better way to read posts that link to multiple articles? [more inside]
email link in PDF I made not working on PC
on a pdf created from INDD, I've added several link-outs to web pages, there are also a few email addresses. On my Mac, upon click, those emails set up an outgoing email populated with that email address in Mail. Client is saying when he clicks it (on a PC) "just opens a browser". Is there a method to making the email links work on a PC?
Where do you go for inspiration?
My laptop crashed and, with it, my entire RSS reader's links directory, which I had been lovingly cultivating for 10 years. As I rebuild it from scratch, I figured I'd ask this community for some recos. [more inside]
I want to read this later.
What's your favorite way to save links for later(ish)? [more inside]
How do you share a curated list of links to articles these days?
Is there a great and easy-to-use service for sharing a visually-appealing curated list of links to news articles these days, by making a public link and sharing the URL? Many services seem to be geared toward sharing with friends on social media, but I want to be able to share with people that I am not linked to on social media. Bonus points if the presentation is visually appealing--like Pocket or Pinterest--rather than just a bland textual list.
Looking for an excellent, wide-ranging medical blog/newsletter
I love reading The Prepared -- a great manufacturing and engineering-focused email newsletter with lots of fascinating links to articles, videos, and other content across an extremely broad range of topics. I'm hoping to find a similar newsletter (or blog / link aggregator) but with a broad medical/human health focus (or perhaps life science generally). Any recommendations? [more inside]
How to make an index of links for others to browse
I used to have a tumblr theme + plug in that created an index out of the post tags. I liked being able to index recipes and such, and liked that I could forward the whole site to others. I want to do this again, but can't find the theme, and the plug-in I was using is no longer. Alas. Any recommendations on how to do this?
Force outlook to linkify an odd TDL
My work has started using a niche TLD. They aren't using a www subdomain, instead links are this.domain.butt (not mad about it no). These aren't autmatically converted to links by outlook when I mail, can I force it somehow with a setting?
How to share links offline?
I'm facilitating a table discussion next week at a local software user group meeting. I want to put together some resources that participants can refer to after the event. Think YouTube videos, blog posts, white papers, etc. What is the easiest way to share links to these resources offline? [more inside]
Uploading Links to Google Free Webpage
I've just started using a free Google webpage. It lets me upload photos. I want to upload audiofiles to it, not just post links. Will it let me? IOW, does it have an ftp, or do I have to upload them to another site and post links instead?
Keep a list of links (accessible anywhere) and record date of last visit
I want to keep a list of links that I (and only I) can access from anywhere. And I want it to record (and ideally, let me sort on) the last day I clicked that link. So basically, bookmarks, and when I click the link, it updates the lastclick field and shows me a table with the bookmark and last-clicked data and let's me sort. I'm thinking maybe google docs? Maybe google docs+IFTTT somehow? How?
How to share recipe links across 2 people and 3+ computers?
My wife and I both scroll through recipes and bookmark them at random when we're web surfing. We're not very good at combining them into one resource we can both add to and view easily. We have bookmarks on multiple home and work computers. Is there a tool that will help us with this? [more inside]
Browser extension to show newsletter link destinations?
Are there any Chrome/Opera browser extensions that let you hover over the links in email newsletters and see the ultimate destination of the link? Generally newsletter links are wrapped in some kind of redirect URL so the sender can track which ones are clicked - but as it turns out this makes it way less likely that I will follow any link. Seems like it should be possible for an extension to do the following for me and show the destination but I haven't been able to find such a thing.
Dead simple GUI kit?
Is there a super simple GUI builder that can just spit out links based on user input? [more inside]
Help me scrape web!
My organisation hosts a number of web pages and other documents on OurOrg.co.uk.
A small proportion of these pages have links pointing to content on OtherLocation.com.
I've been asked to identify every page on OurOrg.co.uk that has a link to OtherLocation.com.
How? [more inside]
I will follow, I'll follow you deep web rivers
Who should I follow on Pinboard or elsewhere (Twitter, Alltop, Blogs..) for high quality links. I'm looking to curate my feeds to include more interesting individuals who post links to content I wouldn't have found otherwise. Areas of interest include: Science, Medicine, Programming, Learning and all kinds of general weirdness.
What is preventing me from backing out of this website?
I sometimes encounter websites that won't let me use the back button to escape them. In fact, each time I click them opens another tab which adds more time. Most recently, this one - http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/feedback/. Why does this happen? Do webmasters know it happens? Is it a technical problem or intentional somehow?
Automagically link pasted URLs in Word
How can I force Word to automatically recognize URLs in blocks of pasted text and link them? [more inside]
Detailed Tech Tales!
Based on this amazing comment, I've been hungry for more detailed stories of how (really any) tech stuff was designed, implemented, tested - written in an entertaining fashion. Webdev stuff, hardware stuff, software stuff, anything really, as long as it's well-written and pretty detailed (meaning probably not much from The Daily WTF but links to specific pieces there are ok, like the wonderful MUMPS story.) I especially want stories of a million things going wrong. Thanks!!
Solution for mobile browser megathread accidental link activation
I've been reading a lot of the recent megathreads on Firefox for Android, and accidental finger-clicking on links while scrolling/favoriting makes for a very frustrating experience. Looking for a browser/add-on/javascript hack to improve the situation. [more inside]
Windows link redirect problem with search failure
Infuriating windows 7 laptop problem opening/redirecting links [more inside]
How long do Links Survive on the Internet?
I linked to an article on LinkedIn in January of 2016. I went back to it yesterday, and it was gone. As I work on other projects, I notice that many links that don't seem very old (less than a year) return a "404" error message. [more inside]
What are some of the best curated reads in business and finance?
You are smart and well read. What curated link digests do you read on a regular basis? [more inside]
Why does facebook mark this guardian link as suspicious?
I posted a link on my facebook page to the Guardian piece about David Pocock calling out homophobic slurs in a recent Super15 rugby match. But during posting, facebook complained that the link looked malicious, and asked me to confirm it was safe. [more inside]
Moving around and renaming a massively linked Excel folder
At work I have the responsibility for an Excel-based model, which is a nested series of workbooks and folders with many links to each other. We need to be able to rename the master folder, move the folder about, and keep all links still linked to the enclosing folder. [more inside]
Seeking an affiliate marketing decoder ring
Are you an affiliate marketer? How did you get started? What are good resources? Forums, newsletters, etc? [more inside]
Easy-to-use hyperlinks in printed media?
I'm involved in writing a book that will published in both electronic and print versions. The book will be semi-academic, and will provide many (hyper)links to electronic sources.
While this is easy to do in the electronic version, what is an easy way for the reader to retrieve a link to something in the hard copy?
Possible solutions would be to print QR codes in the print version for every link, using Layar, or simply list a short number/code which would then correspond to the link when looked up on a separate website.
Do you have any other suggestions? Again, the goal is to make it as easy as possible for the reader of a print copy to dig deeper into the other sources. I'm just looking for ideas now, assume that there is no limitation on cost or manpower.
Thanks in advance!
And sometimes the blonde likes to wear...
I can't believe I'm burning a question on this, but in the last few months, one of those cartoon style text and picture... thingies was going around Facebook. It featured a women who was lamenting people who expect there to be guy and a girl in same-sex relationships, and (I think) ended in a panel that said "And sometimes the blonde likes to wear the strap-on." Does anyone have a link to it?
(As y'all can imagine, while the Google results for this particular query are highly interesting, they're not very useful to the particular question at hand. Thanks, all!)
Topical connections between existing documents?
Does anybody know of any software solutions for manually capturing connections between specified regions within and between documents? [more inside]
How can I create own automated "StumbleUpon" like pages?
I want to be able to easily create links to websites that I share on Facebook, that link to the site but with a small strip at the top crediting me, possibly providing an ad... how can I easily do this? [more inside]
removing links in Excel without losing formulas
I have a pretty large spreadsheet in Excel which I use to combine information from everyone in my department for monthly statistics. They all fill out the same spreadsheet, then I have links from all those to mine, with formulas adding everything up. I want to remove the links to one file while leaving the rest, without losing the formulas that contains the links. [more inside]
How to fix tags for bookmarks imported from delicious into Pinboard?
I need to know how to fix tags on links I imported from Delicious into Pinboard. [more inside]
Linking Social Networks
I have been combing the social networks I use trying to find a way to link two of them. It's not a big list; Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Soundcloud, and Wordpress. I know about IFTTT and Hootsuite, but I'd prefer to not use third party apps if possible. Facebook and Twitter of course, connect to almost everything. But I'm also trying to figure out how stuff I upload to Soundcloud can be posted on LinkedIn. And likewise, I can't get LinkedIn posts to show up my Facebook business page. Is it just not possible w/o 3rd party apps that will make posts I don't need? If there is a way, can somebody tell me?
Bookmarking Utility That Can Group and Organize Links
I'm looking for a collaborative bookmarking utility that can group links and organize links within the groups. It should be easy. We have no budget. [more inside]
In Russia, State Fairs are Sexy
Why are Russian dating and adult sites linking to my blog, and should I be concerned? [more inside]
HTML not supported
I am using Serif Webplus Free Edition to build a website. But I am unable to link the pages to each other as the built in site checker recommends. I can't generate .html or insert .html. The pages themselves are labled index.html, page1.html, etc. But when I preview it in Internet Explorer, the navigation bar won't take me to following or preceeding pages. Is the problem with me or the software? What am I doing wrong?
Looking for sites that post daily lists of curated links
What are some sites/blogs that post a daily or weekly list of interesting links? [more inside]
Interesting technology readings?
Looking for interesting article suggestions about how new and current technologies affect us on a day to day basis. [more inside]
Website's links suddenly broken in IE8
My company's website is having a bizarre experience: our links have stopped working, suddenly, in IE8 only. They focus but don't trigger the target URL to open. Naturally, most of our clients use IE8. No changes have been made recently. The site is DNN-based, and we've opened a support ticket with DotNetNuke, but I'm stumped. What should I be looking at?
Memail me if seeing the site would be helpful and I can give you the URL.
Google's motto, "Don't provide actual links"
Google's new links are timing out on me. I block cookies from Google as as part of my feeble attempt to maintain some internet privacy and, just today, the links on Google's search results are timing out. [more inside]
HTC Sensation question about links in emails/texts?
Tell me how to efficiently get links from emails/text out of an HTC Sensation to work w/minimal effort? [more inside]
How to get Blogger links to work?
How to get Blogger/Blogspot links to work? [more inside]
Wordpress Wizards of MeFi, can you help me?
Wordpress.org Links Widget Problem: This seems like it should be relatively easy, but I can't figure it out – Is there a way I can change the titles of the Wordpress Links Widgets (Blogroll) as seen in the admin panel? I'm using many instances of the the links widget for different groups of links (trust me that there's a good reason for this), and currently what I see in my sidebar section in the Widgets area of the admin panel is a column of LINKS, LINKS, LINKS, LINKS, etc., when what I want to see is LINKS Topic A, LINKS Topic B, LINKS Topic C, etc. [more inside]
Is there a Chrome extension to fix my issue?
Does anyone know of a Chrome extension which will allow hyperlinked text to copy over to email properly? [more inside]
Is a link to illegal content illegal in the UK?
In the UK, can a link on a website to illegal content (in this case a version of the leaked BNP membership list) itself be considered against the law? [more inside]
Pimp my browser (again)
I would like a chrome feature or extension that will have all (or those in a given "class") open in a new tab when I mindlessly left-click on them. [more inside]
How do I not let my website show up on 'Incoming Links' sections in a website's stats page?
I'm setting up a personal blog/ site and need some advice on not exposing my blog's URL through outgoing links. [more inside]
go to my friends house and he'll tell you how to get to my house.
product.com (fake name for this question) is the product. If given one space for a URL in advertising, why would you use facebook.com/product? [more inside]
Help keep the Czech escorts off my site!
Spam links keep appearing in my wordpress-powered website's footer! [more inside]
Deciphering an odd link plea
Can you help me decipher this odd email I received? It involves my college Web page and a request to link to terrible content from a random web site. [more inside]