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I've got a phone conversation that's going to become a podcast. How can I use
Audacity to make it sound its best?
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at 11:58 AM on January 22, 2007
(11 comments)
What restaurant has the best vegetarian cuisine on the Vegas Strip?
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at 10:03 AM on December 1, 2006
(7 comments)
Seasonals, regionals, imports, varietals: What store has the best beer selection in San Francisco?
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at 10:37 AM on November 6, 2006
(8 comments)
Where can I buy a nice tuxedo in San Francisco, and how much should I expect to pay?
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at 12:43 PM on October 2, 2006
(3 comments)
If you worked in San Francisco but didn't want to live in San Francisco, where would you live?
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at 11:53 AM on June 26, 2006
(29 comments)
Is there a term for overestimating the importance of something you happen to be good at?
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at 9:51 AM on January 5, 2006
(18 comments)
Is there any way to recharge electrostatic vinyl cling decals? You know, the kind that stick to glass without adhesive.
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at 10:07 AM on December 5, 2005
(4 comments)
I stoop. I slouch. I hunch. I slump. Sitting or standing, my posture sucks. How can I fix it?
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at 9:50 AM on November 16, 2005
(25 comments)
Would a consumer-grade water filter (e.g. a Brita pitcher) be sufficient to make the floodwater in New Orleans safe to drink?
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at 11:03 AM on September 3, 2005
(15 comments)
What are the greatest rock instrumentals of all time? (i.e., not jazz, electronica, funk, etc.)
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at 9:52 AM on July 26, 2005
(74 comments)
The New Wave classic "Turning Japanese" by the Vapors opens with a short musical phrase signifying "stereotypical Asian music". You've heard it in many other places, usually (these days) for comedic effect. Did this phrase originate in any actual Asian composition? Or is it purely a Western invention?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjg
at 10:08 AM on March 11, 2005
(18 comments)
What do you wish someone had told you before you went to Japan (or, indeed, anywhere outside the United States) for the first time?
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at 9:58 AM on February 14, 2005
(42 comments)
Can you identify this obscure American independent film? It aired seemingly incessantly on IFC circa 1998-1999, and at the time seemed to be of recent vintage. It was shot entirely in black and white, and concerned a love triangle between a dissolute art photographer recently returned to New York City, his jaded, long-suffering wife, and the teenage girl both of them are sleeping with. The girl convinces her wealthy parents to bankroll a show of the photographer's work, which they are dismayed to discover at the show's opening consists almost entirely of naked pictures of their daughter. I should hasten to add that this was not an especially good movie.
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at 4:52 PM on January 10, 2005
(7 comments)
The responses to
this question got me thinking: Why would anybody adopt children? The strong urge adoptees seem to have to return to their birth parents seems like a recipe for guaranteed heartbreak for their adoptive parents.
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at 10:47 AM on December 14, 2004
(44 comments)
Are any retailers (online or otherwise) offering any freebies with the purchase of a new Xbox system other than (or in addition to) NCAA Football 2005 and Top Spin?
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at 10:43 AM on December 8, 2004
(4 comments)
Can I fly from the United States to Canada without a passport?
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at 12:12 PM on October 28, 2004
(20 comments)
This art photographer got a Hollywood effects house to build him a creature -- essentially a highly detailed, articulated puppet. He photographs the puppet in vaguely unsettling posed scenes alongside human models. What is this photographer's name?
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at 9:12 AM on August 4, 2004
(7 comments)
The number one movie last week was a
comedy about dodgeball that has a lot of people my age
waxing nostalgic about elementary school. There also seems to be a new televised
Extreme Dodgeball "league". There's just one problem: None of these people are playing or talking about the game I remember as "dodgeball" from my childhood.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjg
at 1:54 PM on June 22, 2004
(47 comments)
How and when did World War II get its name?
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at 3:27 PM on June 6, 2004
(10 comments)
In your personal experience, how long do you use a computer before buying a new one? What do you do with the old one?
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at 6:26 PM on March 11, 2004
(25 comments)
