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I've got an upconverting DVD player hooked up to an HDTV via an HDMI cable. I can't get the closed captions to display at all, and I know I'm not the
only person to
have this
problem. Any suggestions?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Faint of Butt
at 5:35 PM on September 6, 2008
(7 comments)
Help me fix the aspect ratio of this .MOV video, please! It's an emergency!
posted to Ask Metafilter by Faint of Butt
at 7:21 PM on April 30, 2008
(15 comments)
When snow threatened the Cleveland Indians 2007 opening game, the stadium grounds crew was there to save the day. Watch them battle the forces of nature in this
time-lapse video. Think you can handle this monumental task yourself?
Play the game and find out.
posted to MetaFilter by Faint of Butt
at 3:56 AM on April 2, 2008
(18 comments)
Emilio Gonzalez, Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, will be
resigning next month. To mark the occasion, the
New York Times prints an
editorial exposing the magnitude of the case backlog that USCIS currently faces, and their decided lack of speed in handling said backlog. Gonzalez doesn't like the editorial, so he
blogs about it. And that's when the
comments start rolling in.
posted to MetaFilter by Faint of Butt
at 12:07 PM on March 24, 2008
(37 comments)
"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." "Breakfast improves your metabolism." "Breakfast makes you work, think and feel better." Okay, fine, you've convinced me to eat breakfast. But what time, smart guy? If I wake up at 6:00 AM and eat my first meal at 2:00 PM, that's still technically breakfast, but I'm pretty sure that's not what people are talking about. So, for optimal health benefits, how long after waking up should I eat?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Faint of Butt
at 1:08 PM on February 13, 2008
(27 comments)
Help me identify these four short horror stories, based on descriptions of their plots and endings. SPOILERS AHEAD!
posted to Ask Metafilter by Faint of Butt
at 6:16 PM on January 29, 2008
(3 comments)
How can I load up my iPod from my wife's computer without disrupting her iTunes?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Faint of Butt
at 7:13 PM on January 7, 2008
(10 comments)
Handbags of Horror
High-fashion handbags: They're expensive and ugly. So ugly, in fact, that they could only have been inspired by monsters from horror movies. Radar compares and contrasts.
posted to MetaFilter by Faint of Butt
at 3:15 AM on October 3, 2007
(23 comments)
The bad news is that you're controlling a lone, unarmed tank against countless enemies, and your fuel is limited. The good news is that you're completely indestructible, and can destroy the bad guys by hurling your own tank into them.
Play Indestructotank!
posted to MetaFilter by Faint of Butt
at 8:51 AM on September 12, 2007
(28 comments)
You post a comment, but it contains an HTML error because you're dumb, so you hit the
[!] and flag your own comment with "HTML/display error." A few minutes later, a helpful mod comes along and fixes your dumb mistake, and all is right with the world... except that you still see
[Flagged] sitting right there below your comment, forever, reminding you of your typographical failings and offending your sense of aesthetics. Please, oh please, can the
[Flagged] flag be taken away by the same moderator who cleans up your HTML? I promise I won't ask for anything ever again
until I find something new to whine about!
posted to MetaTalk by Faint of Butt
at 11:01 AM on August 29, 2007
(22 comments)
Help me identify these horror stories! Sounds like an everyday AskMe post, right? It's not. There's a twist here...
posted to Ask Metafilter by Faint of Butt
at 9:39 AM on August 16, 2007
(16 comments)
A few months ago, I saw
Paul and Storm in concert, opening for Jonathan Coulton. They sang a song about a pirate captain who brings his whole crew home, and his wife's dismay at discovering-- you guessed it--
seamen all over the house. The song isn't on either of their albums, and there's no mention of it on their site, so I don't even know if it's originally theirs or a cover. Google reveals message board posts from people who have heard them sing it, but nothing more conclusive. Please help me track down this song!
posted to Ask Metafilter by Faint of Butt
at 12:02 PM on July 20, 2007
(6 comments)
Hot damn, Matt! I love the new "Favorited by others" page! Beautiful work, sir.
posted to MetaTalk by Faint of Butt
at 10:47 AM on May 17, 2007
(3 comments)
I have problems with my feet. Help me wear my new pirate boots comfortably.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Faint of Butt
at 12:41 PM on May 3, 2007
(7 comments)
I want to publish a fiction anthology, and pay contributors for accepted submissions. Is it unutterably shady and horrible to ask prospective contributors to send a token fee (perhaps $1) with their submissions to defray costs?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Faint of Butt
at 8:27 AM on March 27, 2007
(16 comments)
Please translate this Howard University diploma from Latin to English for me.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Faint of Butt
at 7:19 AM on March 12, 2007
(4 comments)
The All-New MicroHorror.com
I announced MicroHorror.com months and months ago, when it first launched, but it's been growing enormously since then, and now I've just finished a grueling redesign. Come read over 150 short-short horror stories, each no longer than 666 words! We're always accepting new submissions for the archive.
posted to Projects by Faint of Butt
at 10:58 AM on February 2, 2007
I need some help coding PHP for WordPress.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Faint of Butt
at 6:39 AM on February 2, 2007
(7 comments)
I'd like to change
MicroHorror.com over from its current primitive HTML-based form to a sleek new database, in order to make it easier for me to update and maintain. Unfortunately, I am sorely lacking in the requisite programming skills, and require assistance.
All I really need is the database. I don't mind doing the grunt work of transferring all 150+ stories to the new format. I just need someone to show me how.
Please note that this is a hobby site and makes no money. I can pay a little, and I'll be glad to discuss the amount with you, but I just can't afford professional rates. Maybe you're an amateur working your way through
PHP for Dummies, or maybe you need a few sites in your portfolio before setting out into the real world. You're the kind of person I'm looking for.
Help a guy out?
posted to MeFi Jobs by Faint of Butt
at 4:51 AM on January 25, 2007
Stupid question time: Is there a way to see old sidebar entries? I apologize if this has been asked before, but I searched Yahoo! and checked the FAQ and the wiki, and found nothing. Specifically, I'm looking for a sidebarred AskMe post about gift suggestions for a strange and quirky family. Thanks!
posted to MetaTalk by Faint of Butt
at 1:22 PM on December 20, 2006
(16 comments)
What video games have the broadest, most flexible character customization features?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Faint of Butt
at 10:41 AM on December 12, 2006
(18 comments)
Albemarle County, Virginia: Pagans have been granted permission to advertise religious events in public schools...
thanks to Jerry Falwell!
posted to MetaFilter by Faint of Butt
at 4:50 AM on December 8, 2006
(52 comments)
I love the new tab feature, but there's a small bug with AskMe. When the posts are sorted by favorites, anonymous questions are credited to
Anonymous Ask MetaFilter instead of the usual
anonymous. No crisis, but an inconsistency that may distress some of our more sensitive members (you know who you are).
posted to MetaTalk by Faint of Butt
at 1:36 PM on October 25, 2006
(1 comment)
My parents are dead!
Scott Kurtz of
PvP brings us "a sprawling epic that examines the deep inner psyche of Batman." In six pages. No apologies to Frank Miller.
posted to MetaFilter by Faint of Butt
at 7:59 AM on October 9, 2006
(94 comments)
I need a translation into Latin here. The phrase is: "In books, there is truth, and in truth, there are monsters." I'd like it to be as short and concise as possible, perhaps something like "In books, truth, and in truth, monsters." I'm working on a rather odd story right now, so I may have some more strange questions in the coming weeks. Thanks.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Faint of Butt
at 10:54 PM on September 7, 2006
(11 comments)
What is this Portuguese E-mail? It's probably spam, but some help would be appreciated.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Faint of Butt
at 6:17 AM on August 10, 2006
(3 comments)
This AskMe question wasn't good enough for MetaFilter, but it seems to have amused the folks over at
Fleshbot (very NSFW). "Because whenever we want advice on sexual intimacy, the Borg-like wisdom of internet geeks is always the first place we turn."
posted to MetaTalk by Faint of Butt
at 4:06 AM on August 8, 2006
(25 comments)
Please help me identify this dessert, which is possibly from the Philippines.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Faint of Butt
at 11:04 AM on July 10, 2006
(4 comments)
I'll be doing some voice-over recording later this week. Can any experienced voice actors give me some tips for once I'm in the studio?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Faint of Butt
at 6:15 AM on June 5, 2006
(9 comments)
MicroHorror: Short Stories. Endless Nightmares.
I've just launched MicroHorror.com, because the world needs a free, online repository for short-short horror fiction. Every story in the MicroHorror archive is 666 words or shorter, so it's perfect for casual browsing. Of course, I only have a handful of stories to begin with, but I'm actively looking for submissions. I want to see the collection grow. Is there any MicroHorror in you?
posted to Projects by Faint of Butt
at 10:39 PM on May 10, 2006
Two Hasidim just came into my office, looking for Jews to pray with. What's going on?
[Question contains lots of Jewish terminology.]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Faint of Butt
at 11:37 AM on May 5, 2006
(38 comments)
Thanks to a derail in
this thread, I have learned that Merriam-Webster now believes that
"literally" also means "virtually." This has shaken me to the core, and seems to be evidence of the English language being irrevocably broken. I beg you to ease my soul and prove this isn't true by giving me evidence of other English words that, over time, have come to mean their own antonyms.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Faint of Butt
at 12:44 PM on March 28, 2006
(103 comments)
Can we get a redo? mickeyz just screwed up his post and put the body text where the title was supposed to go. Instead of deleting it outright, can one of our benevolent overlords repair it and put it back? It's a legitimate FPP, otherwise.
posted to MetaTalk by Faint of Butt
at 11:55 AM on February 20, 2006
(11 comments)
At what point in the lifespan of a conventional incandescent lightbulb is it most cost-effective to replace it with an energy-efficient bulb?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Faint of Butt
at 7:16 AM on February 8, 2006
(17 comments)
