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If I buy a cheap, pay-as-you-go cell phone in Guatemala to use while I'm traveling there, can I then use it in other countries I visit later - and which ones? Is it as simple as replacing a SIM card every time?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 11:23 PM on September 23, 2008
(4 comments)
How do two self-employed people who work at home (writers) deal with having their first child?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 10:59 PM on August 18, 2008
(15 comments)
First-timer thinking of going to Burning Man this year, alone - good idea? Advice?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 10:17 AM on July 10, 2008
(17 comments)
What are some great backpacking trips (2-4 days, up to say 30 miles) with a 5-hour drive of Portland, OR? Loops preferred, but out-and-back is OK.
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 6:28 PM on June 9, 2008
(7 comments)
123 mm = 12 stacked CD cases. 6 miles = 30 Eiffel Towers. 5 acres = 11 ice hockey rinks.
Sensibleunits.com converts any length, area or mass into real objects.
posted to MetaFilter by gottabefunky
at 1:19 PM on June 5, 2008
(34 comments)
What are some crazy and/or impressive things guys have done for love, or to win a woman's hand?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 10:29 AM on May 13, 2008
(29 comments)
I have a Blogger blog that I set up a while ago but never put anything on. Now I can't modify it at all, even though the URL is "taken" - by me.
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 3:32 PM on April 17, 2008
(4 comments)
I'm looking for examples of crowdsourcing approaches to conservation science, where anyone - not just scientists - can help in conservation efforts by gathering data, etc.
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 11:43 AM on March 28, 2008
(9 comments)
Family vacation to Cancun area - where should we stay?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 5:22 PM on January 20, 2008
(7 comments)
This one's for the Mrs: As a successful freelancer in a creative industry (writing-ish), is it enough to have a decent website and nice business cards, or is it worth it to a hire a graphic designer to come up with a business "brand" or "identity" for you? (And what should this involve besides just a logo?)
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 12:21 PM on January 8, 2008
(11 comments)
If toes and fingers are digits, and arms and legs are appendages (limbs, extremities), what's the general anatomical term for hands and feet?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 10:49 AM on December 17, 2007
(14 comments)
The "Nuclear Nav."
On March 11, 1958, Captain Bruce Kulka was the navigator on an Air Force B-47 Stratojet carrying nuclear bombs to an airfield in North Africa. Somewhere over the southeastern US, the captain sent him to back the bomb bay to check on a cockpit warning light. As he climbed through the narrow space around the
Mark 6 nuclear bomb, Kulka grabbed the emergency release pin by mistake.
posted to MetaFilter by gottabefunky
at 4:00 PM on October 10, 2007
(21 comments)
Looking for "barcades" (classic arcade games + bar/music) around the country. Basically places for those of us of a certain age to relive our childhood Saturday afternoons at the arcade, with the addition of alcohol.
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 11:48 PM on October 5, 2007
(14 comments)
How can I and the soon-to-be-Mrs. start tracking our joint finances simultaneously on separate computers?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 9:11 PM on September 28, 2007
(9 comments)
Glacier surfing.
Filming in Alaska in 1995, photographer and surfer Ryan Casey looked at the huge waves kicked up by calving glaciers – up to 30 feet high, breaking on an ice shelf 18 inches deep, surrounded by tumbling chunks of ice as big as buildings – and thought,
I bet you could surf that. A month ago, Hawaiian big-wave surfers
Garrett McNamara and Keali’i Mamala
did it.
(YT)
posted to MetaFilter by gottabefunky
at 1:23 PM on September 13, 2007
(32 comments)
Honeymoon in Vanuatu? Or Fiji?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 12:45 PM on September 7, 2007
(13 comments)
Mezzowave.
super sensory chill out lounge for relaxation and balancing the space. subsonic resonance and morphing visuals. Think
Boobah meets
SomaFM.
[Flash, psychedlica]
posted to MetaFilter by gottabefunky
at 2:46 PM on July 15, 2007
(11 comments)
What's the best and safest way to travel through some rather sketchy parts of Africa with a sizable chunk of cash?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 12:06 PM on July 9, 2007
(14 comments)
I'm looking for a DJ, photographer, florist and...marimba player for a wedding in Sundance, UT this October.
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 5:42 PM on June 10, 2007
(4 comments)
What can I get my mother for her 70th birthday? I'm thinking a cultural/educational experience more than an object.
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 7:07 PM on May 30, 2007
(11 comments)
A Better Way to Read Text Online?
By reorganizing text into
cascading patterns, more circular (even vaguely
poetic) than the usual dull horizontal layout,
visual-syntactic text formatting (VSTF) increases online reading comprehension and efficiency while reducing eyestrain.
Among high school students, who read with the format over an entire academic year, the VSTF method increased both academic achievement and long-term reading proficiency by more than a full standard deviation over randomized controls. Try it out. (Any login works)
posted to MetaFilter by gottabefunky
at 11:03 PM on May 13, 2007
(48 comments)
What are some nice small-to-medium cities on the Portuguese coast to spend a week or two? And how can I find places (apartments/homes) to rent there from the US?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 11:31 AM on May 7, 2007
(12 comments)
The Crying Game.
The Japanese proverb
Naku ko wa sodatsu says that "A crying child thrives." During the annual
Konaki Sumo ("Crying Sumo") festival held at
certain temples in Japan, babies are held facing each other and
encouraged to cry by priests and sumo wrestlers. The one who bawls first, or loudest, is the winner, thought to be blessed by the gods with good health.
posted to MetaFilter by gottabefunky
at 7:48 PM on April 30, 2007
(29 comments)
What can you store in a damp basement, and what's the best way to do it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 6:39 PM on April 4, 2007
(12 comments)
i haven not slept in 126 hrs. my mental aptitude is completely shot. words that come out of my mout are completely random ; nonsensicle...dropping into bed will be GOOD FEELNGI.. How long can you stay awake? This guy made it just over 5 days, and kept a journal.
Randy Gardner holds the world record of 11 days, which he set as a high school student in 1964.
On the fourth day he had a delusion that he was Paul Lowe winning the Rose Bowl, and that a street sign was a person. Previously: [1], [2]
posted to MetaFilter by gottabefunky
at 11:04 AM on March 23, 2007
(115 comments)
Every time you hear that people filming themselves doing stupid, dangerous things is a recent trend, consider Austrian tailor
Franz Reichelt. He invented a combination overcoat/parachute, and on February 4, 1912 decided to test it himself by jumping off the Eiffel Tower. It didn't work--and there's
video.
posted to MetaFilter by gottabefunky
at 10:25 AM on March 12, 2007
(38 comments)
Are you a snowboarder without snow, a surfer without surf or a skate rat sick of concrete? Grab a
Scarpar (as soon as they're available) and hit the...
trails. Or, if you prefer a nonmotorized offroad shredding experience, try a
mountainboard. Just try really hard
not to
fall.
posted to MetaFilter by gottabefunky
at 2:19 PM on March 2, 2007
(21 comments)
The Hatto Hoax.
Joyce Hatto has been described as "the greatest living pianist that almost no one has ever heard of." Her performances of piano works by Liszt, Schubert, and Rachmaninov were
praised by classical afficionados for their "addictively beautiful sonority, cultured musicianship, and total instrumental mastery."
Since she died in June 2006, however, Hatto has been at the center of one of the stranger scandals to hit classical music in years. It's starting to look like some or all of her treasured, hard-to-find recordings made since 1990
are not her playing at all. [Via]
posted to MetaFilter by gottabefunky
at 6:52 PM on February 16, 2007
(52 comments)
Ghost ridin da whip + Society for Creative Anachronism + viral marketing =
RAV4 Jousting.
Warning: flash, opera
posted to MetaFilter by gottabefunky
at 6:32 PM on January 31, 2007
(28 comments)
HyperBike!
Invented by
Curtis DeForest, this sci fi-looking gizmo has its rider standing up between a pair of cambered eight-foot wheels and pedaling with both arms and legs.
It can "easily" hit 50 mph and it much harder to tip over than a regular bike (and doesn't kill your sperm count, either).
NASA is interested in it for low-gravity environments.
posted to MetaFilter by gottabefunky
at 1:35 PM on January 25, 2007
(54 comments)
How can I find out how much the standard Medicaid coverage is for a certain surgical procedure?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 12:27 PM on January 24, 2007
(10 comments)
The Ideological Animal.
We think our political stance is the product of reason, but we're easily manipulated and surprisingly malleable. Our essential political self is more a stew of childhood temperament, education, and fear of death. Call it the 9/11 effect. Or the Metafilter effect.
[ducks]
posted to MetaFilter by gottabefunky
at 9:55 AM on January 9, 2007
(44 comments)
Speak to me of engagement. Why do people get engaged nowadays? Why don't they just get married?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 9:33 AM on January 8, 2007
(43 comments)
PARO:
Seal Type Mental Commit Robot for Psychological Enrichment.
posted to MetaFilter by gottabefunky
at 8:30 PM on December 28, 2006
(18 comments)
Who are some relatively modern (1950s+) and famous artists whose work was inspired by national parks in the U.S.?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 10:47 AM on December 18, 2006
(10 comments)
I'd like to offer visitors to my website the option of buying prints, cards, calendars, etc. of my photographs. (Just paper goods for now.) Are there any better print-on-demand options for this than Cafepress? What other factors haven't I thought of?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 5:21 PM on November 11, 2006
(11 comments)
How can I make sure I'm not being overcharged for surgery and/or ripped off by my health insurance company?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 11:38 AM on October 27, 2006
(6 comments)
I'm trying to track down a graph I once saw in a book - pretty sure it was an evolutionary psychology book - that compared the ratio of number of mates/sexual partners with either brain or body size among primates. Humans fell somewhere in the middle, at about 2.5 mates each (i.e. an argument about how "natural" monogamy is to our species.) Any ideas?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 2:56 PM on October 3, 2006
(10 comments)
