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I have a 50,000 word medical thesis to write. I don't want it to end up looking like a big ugly Word document, just printed out on A4 and bound. I would like some graphic design inspiration/tips for making it look more like a real book, which would actually be a pleasure to pick up and read.
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 4:36 AM on July 23, 2008
(22 comments)
I would like suggestions for London restaurants that are worth visiting just for one unmissable dish.
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 2:30 AM on July 10, 2008
(9 comments)
Is it possible to run a search at Amazon that excludes "Used and new" items?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 2:10 AM on July 3, 2008
(7 comments)
How did you go about picking the engravings for your wedding rings?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 8:52 AM on May 15, 2008
(28 comments)
Is there a word that describes a limited world view that originates from North America
and Western Europe?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 6:26 AM on April 30, 2008
(20 comments)
What should the dimensions and surface of a DIY ping pong table be?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 9:10 AM on February 25, 2008
(5 comments)
How difficult would it be to learn to windmill and headspin like a breaker?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 7:34 AM on February 10, 2008
(4 comments)
How does
SmartWater "forensic property coding" work?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 4:26 AM on January 28, 2008
(5 comments)
What is the most popular carbonated soft drink in the US or UK?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 10:38 AM on January 16, 2008
(16 comments)
What are my options with regard to eco-friendly wireless routers?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 11:33 AM on December 5, 2007
(13 comments)
“If you’re a prostate cancer survivor, one of the hardest things to question is whether your treatment was worth it.”
In 2003
Professor Alan Coates, then chief executive of the Cancer Council of Australia, caused a media storm, when he suggested that based on available evidence he personally would not undergo
PSA screening for prostate cancer. This month's RSM journal analyses the
Australian media response in
detail.
posted to MetaFilter by roofus
at 8:45 AM on November 29, 2007
(43 comments)
I miss the old metafilter.
posted to MetaTalk by roofus
at 9:53 AM on November 28, 2007
(355 comments)
I need advice about how not to screw up switching my blog from blogger to tumblr.
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 9:40 AM on November 2, 2007
(4 comments)
What are the best resources or techniques for improving my backgammon skills?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 4:09 AM on October 24, 2007
(7 comments)
"
The world is at the beginning of a structural change of its economic system. This
change will be triggered by declining fossil fuel supplies and will influence almost
all aspects of our daily life."
The new Oil Report from Energy Watch Group makes a strong case that we have now passed peak oil.
posted to MetaFilter by roofus
at 5:58 AM on October 22, 2007
(87 comments)
Is there any rhyme or reason to More 4's scheduling of The Daily Show in the UK?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 4:42 AM on September 28, 2007
(10 comments)
French letter / capote anglais
French leave / filer à l'anglaise
Can you suggest other examples of pairs of complementary (perhaps derogatory?) idioms in two different languages? Is there a word for these?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 3:32 AM on September 19, 2007
(17 comments)
An obituary for Lord Michael Pratt a classic British toff. Despite his expertise on
Central European country houses it seems he will be best remembered as:
"one of the last Wodehouseian figures to inhabit London's clubland and...an unabashed snob and social interloper on a grand scale." Many more hilarious and unkind details about his schooling:
"He was sent to Eton, having already acquired the rotund shape that would stay with him for the rest of his life.", and his boozing:
"He was also a leading light in another Oxford club called the Snuff Committee, the sole purpose of which was to take snuff and drink port. Membership was by invitation only; the only stipulation was that one had to be the son of a landowner." Wags are already describing it as
"the least hagiographic obit ever published".
posted to MetaFilter by roofus
at 4:30 AM on September 12, 2007
(51 comments)
Could the speedometer built into my car be less accurate than the speed assessed by my GPS satellite navigation?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 12:49 AM on August 21, 2007
(15 comments)
I'd like to listen to the bats in my local park. What kind of detector should I get?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 3:24 AM on August 1, 2007
(4 comments)
When I make maki sushi at home the nori ends up being either too dry and chewy, or soggy and flimsy. What am I doing wrong?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 5:34 AM on July 11, 2007
(8 comments)
Can we have an end of year competition for the best "Metafilter: Spoof tagline" comments? (e.g.
MetaFilter: Squirrels, jesus, orange juice, or whatever.). It could link to lots of good threads, with the winner being decided by whoever gets the most favourites. My suggestion for a prize would be the magic ability to turn on img tags for a single unannounced 24 hour period of the winner's choosing, anytime in the next 12 months.
posted to MetaTalk by roofus
at 2:09 AM on June 22, 2007
(174 comments)
Is there anywhere in Cancun to see live lucha libre?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 10:27 AM on May 30, 2007
(5 comments)
Could the "Post" button on new AskMe questions trigger a script to check that the first part of the question ends either in a "." or a "?"? This would bring an end to the
[more inside] "witticisms" (e.g. Assuredly there's [more inside]). I realise it is minor, and that I have also once been guilty of propagating this lame disruptive meme.
posted to MetaTalk by roofus
at 9:41 AM on May 11, 2007
(105 comments)
My Bosch oven door has gradually stopped closing entirely, unless I prop it shut. I have dissected the spring hinges, and cannot figure out the cause of the problem. Propping the door shut takes hardly any pressure, so I've decided to fit magnets on the inside of the door so it will auto-close. There is space for magnets up to about 1cm deep each. Which magnets should I buy, taking into account cost, strength, heat stability, and possible toxicity?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 1:46 PM on May 2, 2007
(13 comments)
While I was cooking, I accidenally spilled double ceam on my MacBook, and now 2 of he mos useful keys ae not woking so well.
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 3:10 PM on April 8, 2007
(16 comments)
In England it's common for football (soccer) fans to declare their team allegiance by saying "I'm X" rather than "I'm an X supporter". For example today I overheard this snippet of conversation:
Football supporter 1: "Are you Liverpool?"
Football supporter 2: "No, I'm Arsenal."
It's as if the team defines an entire person. Where and how did this turn of phrase evolve, and is it common with any other sports in other places?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 1:13 PM on April 1, 2007
(16 comments)
Any hints or tricks for dealing with unfamiliar foreign keyboards when travelling abroad?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 4:58 PM on March 8, 2007
(12 comments)
ProbabilityFilter: Can I predict, from my bowling average, how many games it will be (on average) until I bowl a perfect 300 game?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 3:14 PM on February 19, 2007
(26 comments)
Some of the current adsense ads running for non-members seem inappropriate. For example
soulmate calculator, which appears to be a data harvesting, phone spam service. The UK version of the site doesn't even have any T&Cs, to make it clear you are signing up for £9/month of unwanted ringtone/wallpaper hell. Can the adsense filtering be turned up a notch, in line with our community values?
posted to MetaTalk by roofus
at 5:04 AM on February 19, 2007
(47 comments)
Is there a definite rule about not FPPing links to possibly copyrighted material? As Viacom noticed there's a lot of videos on YouTube that probably shouldn't be there, and I'm unsure if we're allowed to include such things in posts.
posted to MetaTalk by roofus
at 2:39 AM on February 9, 2007
(60 comments)
Which celebrity or fictional character has the most fake myspace profiles?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 2:50 PM on January 31, 2007
(13 comments)
I'm sure this is too simple to require the skills of the PowerpointGuruHiveMind, but I can no longer edit datasheets in Microsoft Graph, in order to create new charts in Powerpoint for Mac 2004. I must have checked some kind of "protect data" checkbox as a default, but I can't find it to switch back. Sheer frustration must have overwhelmed my google-fu.
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 6:53 AM on January 16, 2007
Having suffered the ignominy of my first ever (undoubtedly deserved) deleted post, I have four questions:
1. What's the record for deleted posts from one user?
2. How many users have themselves ever been deleted / indefinitely suspended?
3. Is it possible to delete your own account in protest, and has anyone ever done it?
4. Do mathowie and jessamyn have the power to delete each others' posts?
posted to MetaTalk by roofus
at 5:10 AM on December 19, 2006
(61 comments)
Are collaborative open-source projects (e.g. Wikipedia) inherently more wasteful of resources than their commercial competitors (e.g. Britannica)? I believe there might be
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 8:12 AM on November 9, 2006
(11 comments)
Any advice for my MacBook Word / Excel / Powerpoint woes?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 4:09 AM on September 29, 2006
(17 comments)
How many pageviews per day does the entire web get?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 8:59 AM on September 20, 2006
(3 comments)
What percentage of mefites actually contribute to metatalk? And how popular is ask.me in comparison to the blue?
posted to MetaTalk by roofus
at 8:12 AM on September 20, 2006
(55 comments)
MacBook doesn't seem to want to burn any CD-Rs. I'm trying to back up my data for the first time, but as soon as burning starts I get an error message:
"Burning the disc failed because an unexpected error occurred. (Error code 0x80020000)"
It doesn't seem to be one particular disc, and I've never had a problem like this before on any other mac. Any advice?
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 4:52 PM on August 15, 2006
(14 comments)
