I saw Mamma Mia in London back in 2000 and, aside from the shoehorning of Abba songs, found the story to be indistinguishable from a very special episode of My Two Dads.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 10:40 AM on July 17, 2008

To your second question, there is Undercover for Macs.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 12:18 AM on June 14, 2008

Q. Do you have dsl filters on all the telephone lines that aren't connected to the modem?
posted by zabuni at 2:32 PM on March 1

By DSL filter do you mean that splitter thing (looking at the filter, it's called an "ADSL Filter")?
We only have one telephone; it's plugged into the splitter which is then plugged into the modem which is then plugged into the wall.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 3:06 PM on March 17, 2008

Thanks all, I picked up a Panasonic KX-TG1033S DECT cordless phone and so far it's working great.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 8:16 AM on April 2, 2008

I guess what I really am interested in is the PG rating.

R ratings I can kind of understand—if there's a lot of swearing, violence, a lot of nudity. But PG is more that middle child—the Peter Brady of ratings.

G PG PG-13 R

PG has to be "worse" than the squeaky clean G, but not as "bad" as PG-13 or R.

I can understand the idea of going from a G to a PG, from a PG to a... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 4:52 AM on March 26, 2008

Not a console, but there's OSXII for playing old Apple ][ games like Taipan! and Castle Wolfenstein.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 9:22 PM on March 11, 2008

This page seems to think the game is "[The Adventures of] Captain Comic.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 7:50 PM on January 6, 2008 marked best answer

You might also check out Orbicle's Undercover software.
(Although it is more about getting stolen Macs back, than it is keeping them from walking off in the first place.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 2:15 PM on December 12, 2007

The Honey Mango Moisturizing Creme Shave (comes in a orange tube), and the Sugar Plum tomatos.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 3:01 PM on December 8, 2007

This brought to mind that old episode of The Flintstones where Fred is being berated by either Wilma or his boss and with each rebuke, he shrinks down smaller and smaller until he's about the size of a squirrel.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 10:46 PM on September 18, 2007

daveyt, so the check did end up bouncing?
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 1:46 AM on September 13, 2007

Little Computer People's (C64) entry at Home of the Underdogs.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 1:49 AM on September 12, 2007

The original television remote controls used tuning forks, too. No batteries; they were strictly mechanical.
My brother-in-law used to have one of these old sets. You could hold out your keys and jangle them and the TV would randomly change channels or adjust the volume.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 2:47 PM on September 7, 2007

If I remember correctly, in the movie The Island, Ewan McGregor was trying to find some information at this sidewalk kiosk that had some sort of Microsoft-branded search engine. I think he searched for two different names (or something) and the search engine couldn't find either of them. Not the most ringing of endorsements.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 3:28 AM on August 25, 2007

A small aside: Also, if you paste photos of your friends into their entries in the Address Book program, then when you get an email from that person, you'll see their photo at the top of the email.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 8:53 PM on August 13, 2007

Just keep 'em away from Bee.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 10:06 PM on July 22, 2007

I seem to recall it having to do something with this:
(that the studio was really selling it on the "bigger" names, and perhaps not putting him even on the poster)

"No Credit In Ocean's Ads For Cheadle
14 December 2001 (StudioBriefing)
Although Don Cheadle received no screen for the billboard and newspaper ads for Ocean's Eleven -- he was reportedly angered over the fact that his name was not included alongside the... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 8:35 PM on July 22, 2007

Google search for the poster brings up two versions, both Cheedle-less: A, and B.
(although maybe these were designed after he had his name removed)
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 8:42 PM on July 22, 2007

There is a video of the game being played over on youtube, but I think it's the PC version and it has the game music playing so the "nya nya nya nya nya"s are mixed in with the music—maybe not the best quality for a ringtone. There is also a Sega version of the game shown being played here, but the same issue with the overlapping music and nya's. The clips I found from the Mac version (here and here) lack any nya's. I emailed you the closest thing I could find as an MP3.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 8:19 PM on June 6, 2007

There was also a sequel of sorts (but only for the Sega CD) called Heart of the Alien where you play the role of your grey alien friend.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 1:12 PM on May 13, 2007

Are the user ratings like those at tv.com what you're looking for?
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 2:10 PM on April 30, 2007

Googling "War of the Worlds" wav gives this as the first result. Any of those sounds fit the bill?
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 1:44 PM on April 25, 2007 marked best answer

phaedon, was it Ambrosia's OS9 game Maelstrom? If it was an OS7-9 game, you might be able to jog your memory for the title over at The Macintosh Garden.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 3:41 PM on April 25, 2007

Toast some onion bagels and use them as buns.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 3:24 AM on March 28, 2007

I don't know if it had stairs, but might it have been an Apple ][ version of Venture?
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 5:01 PM on March 14, 2007

Have you tried emailing your bank? (I know often the cards only have the non-intl 800 numbers on the back) I ran into a problem like this in Nepal when my card stopped working. A couple of nervous days before I found out that Wells Fargo was revamping their global network or something meaning that I couldn't access my money. The work-around was to go to a place that did money exchanges, have them run the card as a debit-Visa and then get cash from them.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 9:27 AM on February 6, 2007

Since Maniac Mansion was never actually released on the Mac, the only way to play it was through the easter-egg version in Day of the Tentacle.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 12:27 PM on January 12, 2007

Apparently, the first version of the coin-op game NBA Jam had a secret Battlezone-like game in it that you could play without putting in any money. It was removed in later versions.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 7:49 AM on January 17, 2007

Yet another vote for Richard Preston's The Hot Zone. The scariest part is that it's a true story.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 9:19 PM on October 19, 2006

You see things like these at the dentist too if you ever get a composite filling.
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 2:09 PM on September 3, 2006

Make sure that you and your friends don't fall for the infamous gem scam.

And if you go to Lao through Chiang Khong (where you catch the 'slow boat' down the Mekhong), spend the night at the Bamboo Riverside Guest House on the Thai side - Jib and Taew serve the tastiest food in town.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 9:29 PM on August 24, 2006

MacBook SMC Firmware Update (420K)

"The SMC Firmware Update adjusts fan behavior in the MacBook. After this update has completed successfully, your SMC Version will be: 1.4f10. The updater application will be installed in the /Applications/Utilities folder.

Please follow the instructions in the updater application to complete the update process. Here are the instructions within the... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueberry at 2:58 PM on August 17, 2006