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I'm looking for a funny commercial. I can't remember the company or the product, but the central character is a dad, wearing a shirt and tie and sitting at the breakfast table. As he silently reads the paper and eats his breakfast, he is surrounded by his wife and four or five teenage daughters who mill in and out of the room, all chatting and talking over each other and laughing.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 11:03 AM on February 28, 2008
(3 comments)
Help me restore and properly care for my wooden furniture.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 5:33 PM on January 22, 2008
(3 comments)
How do I make my own subtitled Hitler clip from
this scene in
Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 5:20 PM on January 15, 2008
(7 comments)
Nine drawers, two compartments in each drawer, and over a hundred miscellaneous tools. Help me organize my tool chest.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 12:36 PM on November 13, 2007
(9 comments)
When books are placed on a shelf, why do some books have their spine title and author type reading downward, and others have upward-reading type?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 11:17 AM on October 22, 2007
(4 comments)
I'm looking for a funny commercial--it was something about web design, or designers, and it was a series of scenes from the client's perspective, shot from behind a desk, and the web designers were presenting their proposals for the client's site.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 5:36 PM on September 7, 2007
(1 comment)
Some time back, I read a brief article about Ted Nugent buying a new logo, either for an album or a tour. The logo was a skull and crossbones, but the bones were guitar necks, and when the logo was unveiled to Mr. Nugent for the first time, he said, "This is a motherfucker".
I can't find it on any of his albums. Anyone know where I can find the logo?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 12:59 PM on April 24, 2007
(2 comments)
Where can I cheaply obtain roughly 300 tree saplings/seedlings to give as gifts?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 2:16 PM on April 16, 2007
(11 comments)
I posted some items for sale on Craigslist, and shortly thereafter I got email from a typical scammer who wanted to send me and have me cash a check from "his client," and I'd refund him the balance--you know, the textbook
overpayment with a fake check scam. Now, I'd like to have some fun with this.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 2:04 PM on February 15, 2007
(18 comments)
Ceiling Cable Is Making Me Frustrated.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 3:51 PM on October 12, 2006
(8 comments)
How do I build a loud 12V stereo system--to play mp3s from my iPod--for my bicycle?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 3:23 PM on July 17, 2006
(16 comments)
Let's assume
(no soapbox rants, please!) global warming is a reality, the ice covering Greenland is melting, and the ocean's levels are rising. If I own a home and land which, according to
this map, would be underwater, what--if anything--would the government do? I live near a major (federal) interstate, two major shipping ports, and a rail corridor linking the two. San Francisco and Oakland International Airports would also be underwater. What happens? Would they build a gigantic dike, like New Orleans and Holland? Is my home and the land on which it's built a total loss? If so, insurance-wise, is this considered an "Act of God"? If I was to put my home on the market tomorrow, must I declare global warming and the rising ocean levels as a possibility for flooding?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 10:13 PM on June 27, 2006
(11 comments)
What is the proper order and nomenclature for numbering architectural drawings? Typically, you break up drawings into different types of views: floorplans, sections, details, and elevations--both outside and
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 8:46 PM on March 22, 2006
(5 comments)
How do I make my own animated screensaver? I have
some graphics I've been using as desktop backgrounds, and now I'd like to make them into an animated screen saver. I'm fluent in Photoshop and Illustrator, and I'm on a Mac running OSX 10.2.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 2:44 PM on February 19, 2006
(8 comments)
I had several gigs worth of music on my iPod, with a smaller subset with some of that music on my Mac. When I attached my iPod to my machine, it was set to auto-update...and now the music on my iPod is gone, and I've just got the smaller subset! Is there a way to recover the music? How do I do it? Help!
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 7:53 PM on February 3, 2006
(4 comments)
What's the music in the (International #1) trailer for
The World's Fastest Indian? It's the guitar riff that begins right after the line, "It's what we're here for"--cut to a shot of a red vehicle speeding down the Bonneville Salt Flat. It's used again after the zoom-in on Anthony Hopkins and the VO, "Burt Monro's not ready to finish yet, I'll tell you that mate." Quicktime:
small,
large.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 12:13 PM on January 5, 2006
(7 comments)
What qualifications and licenses does one need to be a building manager?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 2:46 PM on October 18, 2005
(7 comments)
PhotoshopFilter: How does one
add resolution to an image? My current image size is 3'w x 2'h at 100dpi. The finished image needs to be roughly 10' x 7.5' (possibly bigger) at 100dpi. If I just scale it up or add dpi, I'll have noticable pixelization.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 6:24 PM on October 7, 2005
(31 comments)
NIMBYFilter: The area behind my building faces an industrial and unincorporated area of the town, and homeless folks have begun to move in across the way.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 7:52 PM on September 13, 2005
(17 comments)
Somewhere Beyond The Green: I'm assembling a playlist with a "Deep Blue Sea" theme.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 4:11 AM on August 1, 2005
(45 comments)
Crap in a gap: how can I clean out a 6" wide and ~100' long space between two buildings?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 7:37 PM on July 9, 2005
(29 comments)
One of my roommates put a pot of chicken on the stove and went downstairs to make some phone calls and answer email and while we were drinking beer on the porch we heard a strange, high-pitched, shrieking whine.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 7:35 AM on May 26, 2005
(17 comments)
What exactly is
this device, and can I/how do I/what do I need to get it to work as the voicemail/multiple phone line server I think it is?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 10:48 AM on May 9, 2005
(9 comments)
I need a phone system for a small (1-5) person business. [+]
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 12:35 PM on March 16, 2005
(15 comments)
I'm thinking about
riding my bicycle from San Francisco to New York City next summer. Has anyone here done it? What should I know? What routes do you recommend? On which highways and interstates are bicycles allowed? What special things should I see? How do I build a solar-powered charger for a cell phone? I'd spend this year planning, training, and saving money, so I have some time to prepare.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 4:19 PM on February 28, 2005
(13 comments)
Damn Kids! Filter: The wall behind my building faces an industrial and unincorporated area of the town, and it's prime real estate for spray-painting, vandalism, and the sort of activity in which teenage hooligans and ruffians
(*cough*karma returns*cough*) tend to engage. I don't much care if kids spray-paint back there--I just don't want them painting the windows or leaving their empty paint cans and beer bottles back there.
So I was thinking a way to discourage them would be to plant some thorny, prickly, brambly-type stuff back there--ideally, it's something that doesn't need tending,
isn't poisonous, and has lots of thorns and prickly things. I'd rather not install motion-sensing security lights; I'd just like to make painting my wall a difficult experience. Any ideas or suggestions for
non-poisonous brambly, prickly, thorny plants?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 2:55 PM on February 9, 2005
(24 comments)
Itchy & Scratchy. [+]
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 12:50 PM on January 19, 2005
(39 comments)
Can someone recommend a good, trustworthy, American-car auto mechanic, preferably near my work in
Berkeley/Emeryville?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fandango_matt
at 12:31 AM on December 15, 2004
(4 comments)
