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I'm looking at flights London-Tokyo and Sri Lankan are coming up far far cheaper than anyone else. Should I be concerned about flying with them?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 5:01 AM on June 12, 2008
(7 comments)
You're standing at a rock concert. The support band is, at best, reasonable. You've no inclination to dance, but find yourself with neither pint nor cigarette nor shoulder bag to hold. What on earth do you do with your hands?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 4:17 PM on January 31, 2008
(26 comments)
London Picnic: Now switched to Saturday May 5th, 2pm. Details inside.
posted to MetaTalk by cillit bang
at 6:55 AM on May 4, 2007
(47 comments)
UW IMAP stores inboxes in /var/spool/mail/[username]. When I delete mail from my inbox (using Apple Mail), a copy of the message is left behind in that file, and it gets huge, even though it appears to have actually been removed from my inbox. Is there any way to prevent this happening, or at least to compact it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 1:38 AM on January 12, 2007
(10 comments)
My flat recently had new windows installed that have hinges on the side and at the bottom, allowing them to open inwards either way. I can't figure out how to get them to open sideways. Anyone have any suggestions?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 2:56 PM on November 27, 2006
(9 comments)
My sofa has been in a cupboard for a while. It stinks of dust. How do I clean it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 11:55 PM on September 13, 2006
(3 comments)
I'm a competent self-taught programmer with zero commercial experience and no relevant qualifications. How do I go about getting my first job?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 9:36 AM on September 6, 2006
(17 comments)
How do I remove 4 years of monster London limescale from my toilet?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 9:51 AM on July 21, 2006
(24 comments)
3 people sharing a flat: How are contracts to 3 separate people enforced? (UK)
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 9:03 AM on June 18, 2006
(19 comments)
Need help identifying a recent-ish Kaiser Chiefs/Arctive Monkeys/Futureheads/etc nu-indie NME type record...
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 9:57 AM on May 26, 2006
(2 comments)
If a domain name reseller (eg Lycos UK) is doing a really crappy job at the basics (letting you renew your own domains, letting you unlock your domain to transfer to another company, being contactable at all) is there anyone higher up to complain to to get something done? We're talking about a .com address here.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 11:10 AM on May 3, 2006
(3 comments)
Thrupp: Get music from iTunes to MP3 players
Thrupp is a program for Macs that automates the process of copying music from iTunes to non-iPod MP3 players and phones. You just drag songs, albums and playlists over from iTunes and Thrupp does the rest - it even keeps playlists up to date if you edit them. And music in AAC or Apple Lossless format is converted to MP3 while it's being copied.
posted to Projects by cillit bang
at 7:36 AM on April 17, 2006
So what does "editor-at-large" mean? Curiously I can't find anything at all on Google or any online dictionary.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 2:43 PM on April 5, 2006
(9 comments)
I acquired a secondhand Power Mac G4 Dual 867MHz MDD a few days ago, but it's been acting a little weird.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 9:41 AM on February 23, 2006
(4 comments)
Enplaned
Even if you don't care a whit about the airline inductry, this is a great example of how to blog a topic well.
[via Joel on Software]
posted to MetaFilter by cillit bang
at 6:29 AM on February 2, 2006
(12 comments)
What is this
piece of music?
(1.5 MB MP3, twiddly Moby-ish instrumental, though I don't think it's him).
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 11:23 AM on January 27, 2006
(9 comments)
There's a preserved street in the basement of one of the London department stores. Where is it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 2:54 PM on January 5, 2006
(15 comments)
The MeFi RSS code escapes the ampersand in
this post. It shouldn't.
posted to MetaTalk by cillit bang
at 6:54 AM on January 4, 2006
(6 comments)
Can God change the past?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 10:06 AM on November 21, 2005
(65 comments)
Does
this really count as a user's project? (And why doesn't MeFi Projects have flagging?)
posted to MetaTalk by cillit bang
at 8:20 AM on November 18, 2005
(34 comments)
I need a way to transfer a ton of old email from an old IMAP account to a new one. Dragging and dropping in both Thunderbird and Apple Mail keeps messing up. Can anyone suggest a tool that's designed for this purpose, or a more efficient method?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 10:30 AM on October 25, 2005
(3 comments)
How am I ever going to get a job?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 6:13 AM on October 17, 2005
(28 comments)
I'm transcribing a speech and the speaker just did that thing where you simulate an explosion noise with your throat. What should I write?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 5:20 PM on October 8, 2005
(20 comments)
The metafilter.com domain name seems to be dying. It resolves if I access the internet one way, but not if I use my other connection. Here's
proof it's not just me.
posted to MetaTalk by cillit bang
at 5:13 AM on October 2, 2005
(7 comments)
What do people think of threads like
this?
posted to MetaTalk by cillit bang
at 8:47 AM on September 6, 2005
(15 comments)
Have there been any studies into whether weeks and weekends are a good idea? Are there better ways once could organize time on and time off?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 8:23 AM on August 28, 2005
(13 comments)
Can anyone recommend a temping/job agency in London? Also, any advice on how to approach finding a job when you're a new graduate with zero work experience (and a crummy degree) would be gratefully received.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 7:37 AM on July 14, 2005
(13 comments)
President Bush showed up at the G8 in a fancypants "United States of America" helicopter. How did it get to Scotland?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 4:29 PM on July 6, 2005
(11 comments)
Those fancy aluminum clipboards they use for patient charts on ER. Where can I get one?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 3:48 AM on June 20, 2005
(8 comments)
What's the difference between morals and ethics anyway? Anybody?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 12:01 PM on June 9, 2005
(16 comments)
On thread pages in AskMe, can the More Inside section be indented like the answers are, or otherwise differentiated from the start of the post?
posted to MetaTalk by cillit bang
at 5:15 AM on May 15, 2005
(8 comments)
In
this post, we decided only people with rare skills can get work visas. This has me wondering, how does the stereotypical immigrant
taxi driver/office cleaner/etc get one? Or are they just a stereotype?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 11:20 AM on May 14, 2005
(13 comments)
What word would you use to describe this person? Young, British, male, upper middle class; no regular job, career or profession; probably has some talent(s) or other and gets by doing odd bits of work for friends, friends of friends, or friends of daddy. A bit of a slacker really, but not someone who lives off their parents or spends their time partying. Any ideas? The quainter the better.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 8:17 AM on April 29, 2005
(65 comments)
CV/resume advice: I've just completed four messy years at university and I'm not sure how to summarize it for employers.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 7:42 AM on April 21, 2005
(8 comments)
Occasionally in the local news there are stories about someone going on an extreme expedition "to raise money for charity". However the mechanism by which the doing leads to the raising is never mentioned. Can anyone explain?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cillit bang
at 6:46 PM on April 7, 2005
(2 comments)
