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What's a good way to get a good deal from AT&T retention folks if I'm off-contract but planning to get an iPhone?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gramcracker
at 11:53 AM on April 22, 2008
(11 comments)
Should I return my iPhone? The ex gave me one as a gift yesterday as an early graduation present, but I'm leaving for Guatemala for 2 months tonight.
posted to Ask Metafilter by gramcracker
at 9:26 AM on March 22, 2008
(10 comments)
How do I query data from one MySQL table, but I also need to get a single piece of data from a second table too? Should I be doing a JOIN, or a separate query?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gramcracker
at 9:07 AM on January 7, 2008
(9 comments)
Suggestions for easy ways to automate selling prints of my photos online? Websites/vendors that will do this?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gramcracker
at 8:26 AM on December 3, 2007
(6 comments)
Help, CSS bugs! What IE6 bugs are
these?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gramcracker
at 8:30 PM on September 19, 2007
(6 comments)
How do I turn off the dictionary lookup popup thing on nytimes.com?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gramcracker
at 8:10 AM on May 23, 2007
(9 comments)
Heading to Prague and Budapest in a combined trip in a week. Have guidebooks, but what other shopping/sites should we definitely hit? Other tips?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gramcracker
at 1:06 PM on December 7, 2006
(15 comments)
Is it time to buy a Macbook with the student discount deal right now?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gramcracker
at 1:16 PM on August 16, 2006
(12 comments)
Gah! Broadbandfilter! Moving to a new apartment next week (in SF). What broadband provider, and how do I search for it without a current phone number? (Cable vs. DSL vs. FIOS vs. Wireless?)
posted to Ask Metafilter by gramcracker
at 6:05 AM on July 18, 2006
(18 comments)
Is there an easy, free way for me to figure out which country a website visitor is coming from? Or more specifically, if a user is
not in the US?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gramcracker
at 4:59 PM on March 13, 2006
(9 comments)
Announcing Medslist!
Medslist is a website I've developed to allow people to enter their medications online, print out a wallet-sized PDF list of them, and save them (if they like) for future updates. It encourages people to understand at least the basics of their medications--why they're taking them, which many cannot answer--and also provides the ability to enter any vitamins, herbals, or supplements people take regularly.
Many patients, often on 10-20 medications, will come to clinic without a list and it's a frustrating experience. It's also a waste of time that could be better spent on patient education, prevention, and screening. Please check it out, use it, and give me all the suggestions and constructive criticism you can muster. Thanks!
posted to Projects by gramcracker
at 10:46 PM on December 8, 2005
Ideas for unique gifts for a baby coming in less than a month, and/or gifts for the first-time parents of said kid?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gramcracker
at 2:06 PM on October 16, 2005
(13 comments)
I have a couple ideas, but... how can I sync my iCal calendars with my webserver that's not running WebDAV?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gramcracker
at 10:43 PM on September 8, 2005
(5 comments)
My boyfriend's parents are moving to the US from Singapore, and they're trying to minimize their taxes and financial penalties from their house they just sold in Singapore--ie: should they keep their money in a Singaporean bank, or a US one?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gramcracker
at 7:42 AM on August 26, 2005
(5 comments)
A colleague emailed me with an idea for a computer game to illustrate and educate about health care reform in the US, something a la Sim City, but much simpler, just interactive. How would I go about finding and contacting companies or design groups to create the game and get bids?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gramcracker
at 8:17 AM on June 10, 2005
(4 comments)
If it's not too much work, could we have category-specific RSS feeds for AskMefi?
posted to MetaTalk by gramcracker
at 9:17 AM on May 28, 2005
(6 comments)
Please help! My laptop's screen hinges just recently became really loose--is this fixable, or am I screwed?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gramcracker
at 12:04 PM on March 15, 2005
(4 comments)
I'm an amateur photographer, but I'd like to see if I could sell it to someone, somewhere. If not that, maybe enter it in online or local photography contests. How do I get started?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gramcracker
at 8:43 AM on March 4, 2005
(14 comments)
Laptop lockup whodunnit: the power to the hard drive, the hard drive itself, or something else entirely? Help! [+]
posted to Ask Metafilter by gramcracker
at 1:28 PM on February 16, 2005
(3 comments)
Thinking of visiting Singapore over winter break (post Xmas, through New Year's). I'm a student, so have some time and date flexability. Any suggestions for finding cheap flights?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gramcracker
at 11:45 AM on October 20, 2004
(4 comments)
htaccess, SSI, and PHP parsing. Can one file get both php and ssi parsing? if yes, how, if not, help! [*]
posted to Ask Metafilter by gramcracker
at 12:17 PM on August 11, 2004
(10 comments)
The National Priorities Project Database
provides a dynamic, numbers and graphs comparison of federal and state spending from 1983 to today. Compare labor costs in Louisiana to military spending in Maine, or infectious disease spending in Idaho to hunger in Hawaii. For the political-thread MeFier in your life who has everything, but could use some actual data now and then.
posted to MetaFilter by gramcracker
at 1:23 PM on May 13, 2003
(3 comments)
Ping ping ping! Weird TB ping problem, couldn't find anyone else having the same problem here in MetaTalk. I tried Trackbacking the thread (I linked to it in my post, and MT (yes, version 2.51) automatically found the TB URL) instead of cut and pasting the URL in the "URLs to Ping" post area, or using the MT bookmarklet.
Found a typo, deleted the MeFi TB URL in the "URLs to Ping" area when I re-saved, and it repinged Metafilter. Also strange: when I click on Previously Sent Pings in MT on the entry, it doesn't list that any were successfully sent. Haven't had this problem Trackbacking any other blogs, because when I send a ping to other sites, it appears to get sent "successfully," and no longer appears in the "URLs to Ping" area, it moves to the 'Previously Sent Pings" locale. Anyone else? I think the shuttle thread had this problem, too.
posted to MetaTalk by gramcracker
at 12:25 PM on February 11, 2003
(11 comments)
Take a hint from the MPAA, Ms. Rosen.
The IBC met to talk about problems with digital video/movie piracy, and came to the conclusion that they're at fault, not movie pirates. "We have met the enemy, and he is us." They realized if they offered a reliable, affordable online video service... it might actually work! I'd sign up for cheap downloads, and no return hassle. You?
posted to MetaFilter by gramcracker
at 8:36 AM on September 17, 2002
(11 comments)
Do not instant anything. Don't multitask. Don't think about tomorrow.
Matt Richtel, in a somewhat op-ed piece about technology, thinks we should disconnect ourselves. Just for a day, mind you. I love being connected, and will miss my email greatly, but I'm thinking about doing it. Take a step back, interact with people fully. "That person sitting across from you at lunch deserves all your attention. Pretend that he or she is a New York firefighter. Do not once say: "Hold on. That's the other line." " Anyone wanna try it with me?
posted to MetaFilter by gramcracker
at 10:04 AM on September 8, 2002
(30 comments)
File this under "Karaoke Gone Horribly Wrong"
(ASF File) Maybe we all look like this after a couple drinks and a microphone in front of us. Wait, no. I'm pretty sure we don't. (Nothing sexual or anything, so work appropriate, but you'll get some stares, especially if your volume is up high.) I think the girl on the right should start touring with
Andrew W. K.
posted to MetaFilter by gramcracker
at 7:16 AM on May 1, 2002
(11 comments)
Sounds like progress to me...
The American Academy of Pediatrics released a report that children of same-sex parents do as well as opposite-sex parents, and despite some teasing, cope well. Seems that it's more important for two people to be in a loving relationship than what their sex is. I think it's a pretty big deal for a professional organization to produce this report. You?
posted to MetaFilter by gramcracker
at 7:39 AM on February 4, 2002
(20 comments)
Is
every post just looking for opinions? Of the past 6 posts, 4 of them are just posting links to random pop culture links, and asking "What do you guys think?" [more inside]
posted to MetaTalk by gramcracker
at 9:58 AM on November 2, 2001
(34 comments)
Wierdness. I'm logged in and all, but comments are always staying "new." I've tried logging in, then out, then back in again, trying refreshing the home page, closing broswer, nothing. My cookie settings are all on "accept." I'll read a discussion, go back to the home page, and all the topics still stay the same number of "new" comments. Anyone else having this problem? I'm using IE 5.0, Win98.
posted to MetaTalk by gramcracker
at 12:34 AM on February 18, 2001
(1 comment)
Oops, Florida sent it again.
As if Florida elections couldn't get worse, Salon.com is reporting that some absentees received duplicate ballots.
Poor Florida. I highly doubt election problems are only happening in this state, it's just being put under the microscope. Every little problem is huge now.
Salon is doing a great job with interesting stories, too.
Check'em out.
posted to MetaFilter by gramcracker
at 3:54 PM on November 9, 2000
Official Florida Law on Paper Ballots.
I've been
reading from the pundits that the Florida ballot may be illegal because it "specifies that voters mark an X in the blank space to the right of the name of the candidate they want to vote for." (Quote from MSNBC)
However, the Florida statue I found says "opposite such candidate's name." Has anyone heard this argument, and if the Dems are actually gonna try it?
posted to MetaFilter by gramcracker
at 3:49 PM on November 9, 2000
(15 comments)
What's the point of personal weblogs? Does it fulfill some psychological need? Is it for attention? For fun? I'm trying to figure it out myself.
I just started my own, and it's like... why am I doing this? It seems like a waste of my time. I'd really like to do one, but... I just don't know. And reading other peoples'... I mean, I'll never meet these people, never REALLY get to know them. I'm just posting my random thoughts to a webpage. But it's not like a journal, which I really enjoy, because it's not tangible, it's not there, for you to touch, to write in. Why do you guys and gals blog?
posted to MetaTalk by gramcracker
at 1:14 PM on October 24, 2000
(23 comments)
Piggybacking off of SETI's success...
Anyone downloaded this FightAIDSAtHome program? I figure it's a bit more practical/useful than SETI@Home, and I'd rather cure a disease than search for intelligent life. Let's get cracking! [via
Salon.]
posted to MetaFilter by gramcracker
at 6:12 PM on October 15, 2000
(22 comments)
