That would be awesome. Get a garrison of stormtroopers to turn up and arrest them all, frog march them to the nearest supermarket, and force (no pun intended) their boss to buy EVERYONE ice cream.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 3:57 PM on May 18, 2008

Ironically, the firewire drive is the backup, and although the speakers aren't used very much (only during recording/production), and the drive itself has a cute little rubber rim around its exposed edges, I think I'll find somewhere else to stow it.

Thanks guys!
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 3:03 AM on May 10, 2008

It's not to do with space before tables, or line breaks. Note how the table appears just after the navigation on the left hand side. The navigation on the left is squeezing the table down below it in IE.

As an alternative to narrowing the table, you could change line 226 of styles.css to read:

margin: 0 10px 20px 150px;

That'll knock out the excess spacing on the right of the full_page div that's pushing it all out of whack.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 4:52 AM on April 23, 2008

My current boss, when he was 24, moved to London and looked for a job in Loot. He called up a fairly innocuous looking ad, and two weeks later was Brian Eno's PA. He spent a few years living above a recording studio with his future wife, between jetting around the world to U2 gigs and studios.

Like stubby phillips just told you - an atypical job will find you - but - you've got to make yourself available for it, which (as you're realising) means more than squatting in... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 4:06 PM on March 19, 2008

I've no idea about the HDMI interconnectivity (though I'm convinced that'll be fine), but if they bring a US-voltage Blu-Ray player over here, I hope they've got a nice, fancy means of transforming the power supply for it. Otherwise, they'll have a Blu-Weight instead.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 7:31 PM on January 12, 2008

To clarify, I don't mind spending the money - I was quite prepared to pay for the 100 Club - until I found out they stop serving at 11pm. Which is a bit weak. Forgot to mention that in the OP!
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 4:44 AM on January 12, 2008

Alternatively, hide them with CSS by making the boxes height:0; and overflow:hidden (maybe even position:absolute; top:0; left:0; too, for good measure). That'll render them pretty invisdible, but still part of the DOM, so no JS errors, and no loadEvent stuff (in which the users may see the boxes flash up before the script executes).
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 11:51 PM on November 14, 2007 marked best answer

Seconding Battlestart Galactica.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 5:37 AM on June 24, 2007

Uh... Battlestar.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 5:38 AM on June 24, 2007

To this day, I get a mental itch just trying to figure out what that bloke on the floor said when the subtitles abruptly stopped.

He says "Last one on the floor's a rotten egg."

No, really. Watch his lips.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 4:31 PM on June 15, 2007

PE Teacher
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 4:16 PM on May 23, 2007

I doubt the bottleneck here is your bluetooth - the N73 supports Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, which gives it 3mbps of bandwidth - certainly more than your 3G.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 5:43 AM on May 13, 2007

When I started in a bar, at Uni, the landlord (it was a freehold pub) came down on me really hard about a lot of things I did, most of all pouring the real ales. His technique was no better than mine, but it was his bar, and I realised that he wanted to let me (and the customers) know who was in charge. Two or three years later, when he sold the pub, we were really good friends, and I still poured the beer the way I had on the first night.

I should point out that I was... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 10:29 AM on February 18, 2007

Stylophone!
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 4:15 AM on February 4, 2007 marked best answer

I'm actually for the Empire State Building. You can go up to the oddly tiny 102nd floor for a little bit of extra money, which is never really that busy (it's not very well advertised). I'm sure if you talk to the staff, they may be able to give you some privacy, if you want edit. When I visited in January, it wasn't cold, the view was amazing, and there was just myself, my friend, and two eerily peaceful staff there for about 10 minutes.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 6:35 PM on February 2, 2007

Some kind of Escher staircase between a military hospital and the gun turret of a bomber would probably do it.

Or you could do something with eggs begin dropped from planes.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 3:56 PM on January 25, 2007

*being
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 3:56 PM on January 25, 2007

I was thinking Neons for the fish. Nice and small.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 9:51 AM on January 23, 2007

When yanking the Ken lock to bits, the guy managed to dent the underside of the thing so hard that the housing for the RAM was smashed, along with the slot itself. Impressive, really, though the way the Kensington lock failed is worrying.

Shame he covered it in his own blood and paint, after coming in through the window he smashed with a paint can.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 10:08 AM on January 23, 2007

That link is ace - gives me an idea of what gubbins I need to make teh display work.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 1:32 PM on January 24, 2007

Having considered it, and having read the other suggestions, I have a great idea.

Install some sort of noise detector that attaches to the main light(s) in the room, that works as a VU meter - loud noises make the lights bright in the room. Put some really high wattage bulbs in there too.

Either it'll work, and they'll shut up, or they'll have some strange sensory experience (and a really good time) in there.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 5:20 PM on January 21, 2007

Digital pen? A stylus?

Anyway. If it were me, I'd fork out £80 or so quid for a second hand W800i on eBay in the UK, get an Orange PAYG sim card from Bob's Mobiles (as the W800i is probably locked to Orange, so you might as well), then get an iPhone when you get back to the States.

As it's you, and you're clearly not as excited by the iPhone as I (and I imagine chrismear) am... uh... are, you should probably get a W810i or K800i (bit big for my... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 8:46 AM on January 17, 2007

To clarify the above posts:

If you buy a hanset only (sim free) phone, you can then trot off and buy a PAYG sim card anywhere you like.

As an alternative, I'd suggest having a look at Carphone Warehouse's Pay As You Go Shop, where handsets that aren't tied to a contract (but they are locked to a network [unlock it at Bob's Mobiles for £10 before you fly back]) are selling for less than half the cost of a sim free handset.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 9:14 AM on January 17, 2007

Ditto the comments about Rosetta if you're running (notoriously slow) MS Office, which is PowerPC native, and even runs badly on PowerPC Macs. Go Microsoft!
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 4:45 AM on January 14, 2007

By 'decent jolt', nathan_teske means 'lethal jolt'.

That said, I've taken countless G3 iMacs apart, and as long as you don't go poking around bits that you clearly shouldn't (you don't need to touch anything related to the CRT), you'll be fine.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 4:45 AM on January 14, 2007

Floaters
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 8:06 PM on January 3, 2007

Ink Space
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 8:07 PM on January 3, 2007

Oh, the gravity.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 8:08 PM on January 3, 2007

I was considering the M600i, but I ended up getting a Blackberry Pearl instead - but one of the biggest flaws with it is the keyboard - the buttons are fairly soft, small and close together.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 4:26 PM on January 1, 2007

Sobering Up. But, clearly, I'm biased.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 1:22 PM on January 1, 2007

I've had no trouble syncing my Blackberry Pearl to my Macs using PocketMac.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 11:47 PM on December 19, 2006

Also, cats LOVE earwax. You probably know this already, but I imagine it makes your headphones a lot more delicious than you think they are.

Try it, stick your finger in your ear and present it to your cat.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 1:33 PM on December 17, 2006

Two step solution:

1) Get a Mac.

2) Use FastDVDCopy to copy the ISO's you have mounted on the Mac onto a single-layer DVD.

It'll automatically reencode the video to fit your blanks, and even gives you the option to drop specific special features, language translations and so on, to give more room for higher quality video.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 2:33 PM on December 14, 2006

I think you should add a ton of similar (but redundant) silver pipes, making a really complicated plumbing sculpture out of it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 6:00 PM on December 10, 2006

Of course, if you're bent on buying a new block of plastic, these look lovely.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 3:00 PM on December 10, 2006

Boxing Day is the 26th of December. It wouldn't be impossible for me not to not have anything to not declare.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 3:43 PM on December 4, 2006

If I was gonna get it back through customs, I'd leave the empty box back in the US, or maybe mail it back to myself. It'd look just as if I'd brought the laptop with me. In fact, I've every intention of CarbonCopyCloning my current laptop onto a firewire disk and restoring it when I got the new laptop.

Amazon seems like a good idea - I'm there for 10 days, and would be able to get it delivered.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 12:19 AM on December 5, 2006

Or, more logically, that he's already been to this time, and knows exactly when it stopped raining the last time he was there.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 3:14 PM on December 4, 2006

Oh, wait, scratch that.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 3:15 PM on December 4, 2006

You might be able to find someone renting in Vizion 7, on Holloway Road.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 4:18 AM on December 3, 2006

The SoundSticks II sound nowhere near as good as the original firewire one, fwiw.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 4:07 AM on December 2, 2006

Little Barrie.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 4:25 AM on November 19, 2006

Do you run Software Update regularly? Which version of OS X are you using? This sounds like a bug that may have been wiped out with a point release.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 11:39 AM on November 18, 2006

I'd try upgrading to Tiger.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 4:22 AM on November 19, 2006

Surely, you want a MacBook or MacBook Pro with the RAM upgraded to 2gb, and running XP via Boot Camp?
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 12:26 AM on October 10, 2006

Living in Upper Holloway (Around the Kentish Town/Tufnell Park/Islignton area) I'd say North London's pretty fun, but it's not settling down territory, unless you're further North East, in say - Crouch End, which is lovely (I was there tonight, and a barmaid old me that I was 'a very attractive man' - bonus points for Crouch End). Thing is, it's not too well connected for transport - no tube.

Try looking around Notting Hill. There's some lovely places round there - and... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 4:16 PM on October 4, 2006

I just stumbled across this post. You need WriteRoom
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 11:35 AM on September 15, 2006

I chose the MacBook over the Pro. Granted, the massive price difference was a factor, but looking at the specs, it was much more sensible to get the Black MacBook. Effectively, the same spec as the Pro, faster, even, with the 2gb RAM added. I upgraded my hard disk to a 7200rpm 100gb drive, because I *could*, and the keyboard is lovely. It really is a matter of taste.

My Dad bought the Pro, and I'm glad I didn't - it's a little too big to be as portable as I'd like to be.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 1:24 PM on September 8, 2006

Something like this would do it, if you have USB 2.0 ports, which I'm skeptical that your G4/500 does.

That said, there are plenty of similar (older) firewire and USB 1.0 devices on eBay that would do just what you're after. Search for Miglia or Elgato.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 5:31 PM on September 7, 2006

I use flickr's Blogging bit's to do this, and post photos from my flickr, or straight from my cameraphone.
posted to Ask Metafilter by armoured-ant at 2:20 PM on September 3, 2006