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Before the year is out it's worth giving a belated Metafilter sendoff to Thomas Scot Halpin, who died in February, his place in history secure as one of the great
substitutes of all time, alongside
Earl Morrall,
Mr. Bergstrom, and tofu.
posted to MetaFilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 7:39 AM on July 25, 2008
(11 comments)
When AVG antivirus finds a virus, it tells me where it is and the filename. Is there any way to find out where it came from? I'm showing a handful of trojans and exploits over the past six months and I'm curious.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 10:58 PM on July 5, 2008
(3 comments)
"I wanted to ask for survival tips in case I am unexpectedly transported to a random location in Europe (say for instance current France/Benelux/Germany) in the year 1000 AD (plus or minus 200 years). I assume that such transportation would leave me with what I am wearing, what I know, and nothing else. Any advice would help."
How to rock the Middle Ages with your bad 2008 self.
posted to MetaFilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 9:22 AM on June 11, 2008
(233 comments)
I'm moderately handy. Is installing a replacement window something I can do? Or should I leave it to the pros?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 1:21 PM on June 10, 2008
(10 comments)
Is there a service that will give me a "throwaway" phone number in another US area code (of my choice) that will ring on a second (US) phone number I specify? Looking for a solution that's dead simple, and free or very cheap.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 6:21 AM on May 9, 2008
(5 comments)
I need to create a website in Wordpress in a test domain, and then when it's all ready, to move it to another domain. What's the best workflow to accomplish this?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 6:48 PM on April 18, 2008
(5 comments)
If throw an address like c:\my documents into an IE address bar, it opens up the folder in windows explorer. If I put the same thing in a firefox address bar, I get an html page that displays the folder/files as a series of links down the page. Anyway to get firefox to replicate the IE behavior on this type of address?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 11:26 AM on April 11, 2008
(7 comments)
Looking for online quiz material to help 7-8 year-olds learn rudimentary baseball defensive strategy.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 3:17 AM on March 26, 2008
(3 comments)
What are some songs where the narrator's occupation is the focus of the song? For instance, "
Customer" by Raheem DeVaughn, where the lovin' comes with fries, or "
Garbage Man" by Ike Turner (thanks Miss Lynnster), where the lovin' is expressed through gifts of garbage.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 9:02 PM on March 6, 2008
(52 comments)
Good news! Going through some old paperwork I just found a check for $2,600 that I'd never cashed from 2003. Bad news! It was a rollover distribution from a 401K at Fidelity, made out to E-trade. Fidelity says they did file a 1099 in the year they cut the check. Am I screwed for the back taxes, plus penalties?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 8:00 AM on February 19, 2008
(12 comments)
Why is there a disdain for the future conditional tense among people who talk about sports?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 8:26 AM on February 8, 2008
(31 comments)
Is there a way (plug-in, hack) to give Wordpress a more fully featured post submission box?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 9:05 PM on January 29, 2008
(5 comments)
Finally,
one central point of aggregation for the complaints of white people. So this solves that problem -- now, who's going to make a mayonnaise jar with a mouth wide enough to make it easy to scrape out the last bits? GOSH!
posted to MetaFilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 10:12 AM on January 23, 2008
(67 comments)
Every now and again there's an etymology question on AskMe, and lately they inevitably feature the beloved languagehat
popping in to
warn people that speculation is pointless and that the only valid answers are to be found in reference books. (not bookist)
posted to MetaTalk by stupidsexyFlanders
at 7:39 AM on January 10, 2008
(257 comments)
I like the idea of "tour" audio that's loaded into my GPS unit, and as I drive through, say, Virginia, a voice tells me about Civil War battles and troop movements that took place in my immediate area.
Here's one vendor that makes these. Question is -- how hard would it be to make my own? What technical expertise/hardware/software would be required?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 10:50 AM on December 26, 2007
(3 comments)
I know that if a President (U.S.) were to send/receive emails, that those would be considered government documents, subject to retention policies, archiving/disclosure, etc. What about all the other online stuff?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 11:23 AM on December 11, 2007
(4 comments)
Another puppy housetraining question. She'll be 1yo in three weeks and she's still having accidents.
help
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 8:27 PM on November 28, 2007
(6 comments)
Just wanted to call attention to an AskMe that really takes you on a roller-coaster ride -- opening with
sadness, stopping off at
beauty, providing lots of
warm fuzzies throughout, stopping off for a surprising dollop of
disgust on the way to inexplicable
hilarity (ymmv), and ending up being a great reference point for anybody in a relationship.
posted to MetaTalk by stupidsexyFlanders
at 7:33 AM on November 13, 2007
(27 comments)
I volunteered to be an auctioneer for a charity event. All I know is that I have to acknowledge people's bids and try to nudge people higher, while talking really, really fast. What else should I know?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 9:26 AM on November 8, 2007
(15 comments)
I asked for the headspace post on the writer's strike to be posted to the sidebar. BUT I DIDN'T ASK FOR IT TO BE POSTED TWICE GODDAMNIT!!!
posted to MetaTalk by stupidsexyFlanders
at 9:56 AM on November 2, 2007
(2 comments)
What is the cheapest model of satellite radio receiver I can purchase for my car with these requirements:
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 8:36 AM on November 1, 2007
(7 comments)
He once stopped a school bus on a busy interstate because he “needed a hug” from the kids inside. He’s been known to strap weapons to his chest and leg that he has no authority to carry or conceal, then wear them in public. He once bulldozed an elderly woman’s house, promising to build her a better one. He then forgot to build it. He recruited a team of kids to torch a row of dilapidated shotgun houses, without clearance or first turning off the utilities.
Meet The Worst Mayor In America.
posted to MetaFilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 11:57 AM on October 23, 2007
(82 comments)
I have long contended that when people randomly whistle a tune, walking down the street or whatever, 9 times out of 10 they will be whistling a certain melody. I have no basis for this contention other than gut suspicion. My wife scoffs.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 7:11 PM on September 16, 2007
(103 comments)
How was the AskMe about "your favorite frugalities" chatfilter? Seemed like a legitimate
question to me with some decent, interesting answers. Bad deletion.
posted to MetaTalk by stupidsexyFlanders
at 7:05 AM on September 7, 2007
(80 comments)
Another treehouse question. I'm almost done building mine, and I can't figure out why it's so wobbly. Take a look at photos & video, please, and let me know what I might do to make it more solid. No treehouse experience necessary, this is mostly carpentry 101.
Degree of difficulty: I do not want any posts in the ground supporting the treehouse. I want all the support to be in the tree.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 8:54 PM on September 3, 2007
(16 comments)
I think the sidebar in AskMe as currently constituted is a big fat waste of real estate.
posted to MetaTalk by stupidsexyFlanders
at 9:32 AM on August 29, 2007
(54 comments)
MP3 tagging: I have hundreds and hundreds of songs tagged with the title like this: Stairway_To_Heaven. In a Word file, fixing this is trivial, and I could save that to a txt file. Is there tagging software that will rename by pulling from a text file? Windows only, please.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 5:48 PM on August 16, 2007
(9 comments)
Brookings Institution analysts Michael O'Hanlon and Kenneth Pollack last week called for another "
six months or so" in Iraq.
The month before, "
This is a decisive phase," a member of Petraeus' staff told [Joe Klein] and began to laugh. "...It's always a decisive phase. But this time, I guess you'd have to say, it actually is."
"Pinky swear?" Klein held out a soft, pink, gullible digit expectantly. "Pinky swear!" the aide responded, shrugging.
You people will believe anything.
posted to MetaFilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 1:41 PM on August 8, 2007
(41 comments)
Can someone point me toward a fake newspaper layout I can easily modify? I would prefer to pay for it, no, I mean NOT pay for it, sorry!
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 4:21 PM on August 6, 2007
(7 comments)
I want to fear my toilet. Have a seat and grab the sports section while I explain.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 12:37 PM on July 23, 2007
(14 comments)
Is there an alternative to Windows Media Center?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 12:27 PM on June 27, 2007
(7 comments)
I'm vaguely interested in the Ralph Wiggum thread but at 350+ comments I'm afraid to enter. Please summarize the general drift of it, including excerpts and/or links to any particularly entertaining portions. Thank you.
posted to MetaTalk by stupidsexyFlanders
at 6:49 AM on June 11, 2007
(4 comments)
cortex notes in passing something about the "admin console." Jessamyn drops a dark reference to the "admin-facing flags" interface. Come on MeFi elite admin caste! Let's see screenshots! Feel free to lie if the truth is not interesting.
posted to MetaTalk by stupidsexyFlanders
at 6:47 PM on May 31, 2007
(56 comments)
I'm building a media center PC for my living room and I'm trying to plan out the hardware/software I'll need. So I have several questions.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 12:09 PM on April 28, 2007
(4 comments)
Gmail question, here's the scenario: I want to forward an email to an ad hoc list of people (meaning, not a group I've forwarded to before, or am likely to again). I open the email, I hit reply, and on the To: line, I click....what?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 2:45 AM on April 16, 2007
(9 comments)
Did you ever have your handwriting analyzed by a professional graphologist? What did you learn about yourself? What does it cost? Was it worth it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 7:21 AM on March 28, 2007
(12 comments)
Popped in a DVD, the Paramount thing with the circle of stars around the mountain starts in with that sweet drumroll and that martial music that means the movie is starting. Wife turns to me and says, "That music?"
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 6:01 PM on March 12, 2007
(6 comments)
Please help me save my digital camera. Inside the compact flash card slot, I have a bent pin. I can see it, but I can't think of anything small enough, yet rigid enough, that I could get in there that could straighten it out.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 7:29 AM on February 20, 2007
(19 comments)
XP machine in a reboot/restart loop. I want this to happen. Is there a script I can run that will cause it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 8:49 PM on January 27, 2007
(11 comments)
How can I turn off a hot-water radiator to avoid heating a room I never use?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 3:52 AM on January 11, 2007
(20 comments)
