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#$^$ the heck?
Fire Joe Morgan, one of the interwebs' most beloved baseball geekery/Sabermetrics/media-criticism blogs, calls it quits (for now).
posted to MetaFilter by googly
at 10:45 AM on November 18, 2008
(17 comments)
A report presented
today to the US Secretary of Veteran's Affairs concludes that Gulf War Syndrome (
GWS) is "a real condition with real causes and serious consequences for affected veterans." While depleted uranium had
long been suspected as a cause of the physical and neurological symptoms associated with GWS, the report fingers pesticides and the pyridostigmine bromide pills given to troops to counter the effects of nerve agents.
posted to MetaFilter by googly
at 9:51 AM on November 17, 2008
(10 comments)
I am writing a grant for a project that will include some relatively simple web development. Please help me with some rough estimates for labor and equipment costs.
posted to Ask Metafilter by googly
at 7:10 AM on October 29, 2008
(5 comments)
I want to create a complete backup of my gmail account. Is there an easy way to do this?
posted to Ask Metafilter by googly
at 11:51 AM on October 17, 2008
(14 comments)
I want to quit academia and embark on a lucrative new career in the private sector. How do I do it, and is it worth it to get an MBA?
posted to Ask Metafilter by googly
at 10:31 AM on August 14, 2008
(22 comments)
Where can I find information on a recent runway incursion involving a flight that I was on?
posted to Ask Metafilter by googly
at 1:26 PM on July 3, 2008
(14 comments)
I see a check mark by
this question on the AskMe front page, but no best answer marked inside.
posted to MetaTalk by googly
at 10:18 AM on January 17, 2008
(38 comments)
Do I need an AWD car for regular trips from Montreal to Vermont?
posted to Ask Metafilter by googly
at 2:11 PM on October 31, 2007
(10 comments)
How do I find a financial adviser to help me best plan for a move from the US to Canada?
posted to Ask Metafilter by googly
at 3:06 PM on September 25, 2007
(6 comments)
Did I miss the memo? Are we now required to do eponysterical front page posts?
posted to MetaTalk by googly
at 6:46 AM on August 13, 2007
(121 comments)
I am going to Madagascar later this summer, and have questions regarding my itinerary and car rental.
posted to Ask Metafilter by googly
at 8:06 AM on July 12, 2007
(3 comments)
I have ~$1000 to put towards a new monitor(s). Should I get one big one, or two medium-sized ones?
posted to Ask Metafilter by googly
at 8:21 AM on May 4, 2007
(45 comments)
Help me interpret my cat's somewhat odd, hot-and-cold behavior.
posted to Ask Metafilter by googly
at 9:57 AM on February 16, 2007
(18 comments)
Rescuers plan biggest search yet,
using helicopters, a C-130 aircraft, infrared equipment, and scores of volunteers to search for 3 climbers trapped on Mt. Hood. But at what cost in dollars and lives? A 1998 rescue of two climbers on Mt. McKinley cost $221,818. And
Mt. Hood is no stranger to climbing accidents: in 2002, an Air Force helicopter
crashed [youtube] while trying to rescue nine climbers swept into a crevasse. Is it time to revisit the debate over who should pay for dangerous, high-profile mountain rescues?
[More inside]
posted to MetaFilter by googly
at 9:06 AM on December 16, 2006
(204 comments)
What is the likelihood that I can replace the front fender on my Honda Accord all by myself?
posted to Ask Metafilter by googly
at 6:35 AM on December 11, 2006
(13 comments)
I need help with a home dsl/wireless/networking problem.
posted to Ask Metafilter by googly
at 7:32 AM on January 22, 2006
(9 comments)
Some years back, I recall hearing an interview with someone regarding the relative value of the awards given out to survivors in wrongful death suits. Might have been on "This American Life." Help me find it...
posted to Ask Metafilter by googly
at 10:38 AM on December 20, 2005
(7 comments)
On a trip to Barcelona recently, I sampled an alcoholic drink whose name I can't remember. Su ayuda, por favor...
posted to Ask Metafilter by googly
at 1:41 PM on November 9, 2005
(6 comments)
Are computers counterproductive to a child's development?
Wittenberg University education professor and former computer teacher
Lowell Monke thinks so, and has written a provocative essay arguing that, among other things, computers render children "less animated and less capable of appreciating what it means to be alive, what it means to belong in the world as a biological, social being," and "teach children a manipulative way of engaging the world.” His polemic is partially supported by
evidence (.pdf academic paper; BBC gloss
here) indicating that, above a certain threshold, computer use is correlated with lower test scores. The latest salvo in the continuing debate over education and
the culture of simulation.
posted to MetaFilter by googly
at 11:25 AM on October 5, 2005
(47 comments)
Help me identify a bizarre German game show.
posted to Ask Metafilter by googly
at 7:28 AM on August 30, 2005
(10 comments)
Moving to Montreal and I need some advice.
posted to Ask Metafilter by googly
at 3:11 PM on May 24, 2005
(9 comments)
How do you get a splinter out from under a fingernail?
posted to Ask Metafilter by googly
at 1:39 PM on April 21, 2005
(13 comments)
This post led me to wonder: would anonymous answers be a useful pony to add to Ask MeFi? [MI]
posted to MetaTalk by googly
at 12:10 PM on March 2, 2005
(31 comments)
[MovingtoCleveland filter] My SO and I are moving to Cleveland. We have some questions about life choices, buying a house in a new city, and Cleveland in particular. [MI]
[well, OH actually].
posted to Ask Metafilter by googly
at 5:14 PM on January 23, 2005
(24 comments)
[Scubafilter] My partner and I need some advice on learning how to scuba dive...[MI]
posted to Ask Metafilter by googly
at 6:50 AM on December 29, 2004
(8 comments)
[Filmfilter] Why are some people listed with their character's names and others not in film opening credits? [MI]
posted to Ask Metafilter by googly
at 8:50 PM on December 16, 2004
(14 comments)
The Rise and Fall of the Black Voter
is a remarkable sequence of maps graphically describing the realignment of voting patterns in the U.S. during the past century (read
this for a bit more context). It is an excellent companion to the
purple maps of the most recent election, and a nice antidote to
simplistic comparisons of pre-Civil War and recent electoral college maps. Republicans can bask in the glow of their successful "
Southern Strategy," while Democrats can take heart that change, while often slow, is still
possible.
posted to MetaFilter by googly
at 11:57 AM on December 15, 2004
(7 comments)
Does Mark
Morford read ask mefi? It sure
looks like it.
posted to MetaTalk by googly
at 8:56 AM on December 10, 2004
(49 comments)
[comixfilter] I stumbled across some old Fantagraphics comics & books and want to get rid of them...[MI]
posted to Ask Metafilter by googly
at 5:24 PM on November 26, 2004
(9 comments)
