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Can you recommend some beautiful / well designed non-fiction books? Topic is (mostly) irrelevant.
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at 6:17 AM on December 31, 2007
(32 comments)
6 - 9 years ago there was an project where
x empty books were sent out to
x different people, who then filled one page, and passed the book on to someone else. What was this project?
posted to Ask Metafilter by wackybrit
at 9:44 AM on December 4, 2007
(8 comments)
Where can I find the video all
these people are watching? It's supposedly called "The Swirl."
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at 1:33 AM on October 9, 2007
(10 comments)
Have I got the right budget for my LA->SF drive? What are the hotels / motels really like? Are there any "bargain" towns or price blackspots?
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at 5:22 PM on August 15, 2007
(14 comments)
Weather experts: What's happening to cause the bizarre UK weather these past four weeks?
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at 7:22 AM on July 20, 2007
(8 comments)
What did we hear at the record store? It was like Avril Lavigne meets Panic at the Disco.. but it was neither.
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at 8:07 PM on June 29, 2007
(14 comments)
Where should my parents retire to? Criteria: Europe, warm, sunny, cheap rent, no car necessary.
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at 4:40 AM on May 25, 2007
(22 comments)
Is it a serious faux-pas to suggest things or give answers contrary to specified criteria in the questions at AskMe?
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at 8:06 PM on October 16, 2006
(30 comments)
I'm looking for a very distinct Indian music video. There's
posted to Ask Metafilter by wackybrit
at 7:48 AM on October 7, 2006
(6 comments)
How can I, and my bladder, survive at my first mega-concert?
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at 11:31 AM on September 7, 2006
(15 comments)
From what I can tell, the concept of solipsism is grossly under-explored and under-exploited by the arts (books, movies, fine art, etc). Are there any good references to solipsism in modern books, movies, or other entertainment media? If not, why not?
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at 7:17 PM on July 23, 2006
(81 comments)
Why can I smell chemicals in my brain?
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at 1:48 PM on June 19, 2006
(11 comments)
Is it viable to use OS X on non Apple hardware for daily, full use?
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at 12:44 PM on June 9, 2006
(8 comments)
Is the UK property market bubble ever likely to burst?
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at 4:40 PM on May 19, 2006
(21 comments)
How do you clean a saucepan and utensils that have been used to prepare eggs?
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at 10:50 AM on May 9, 2006
(35 comments)
What can I expect on a mini road-trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco/Palo Alto on a Sunday night? Very detailed insides..
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at 5:48 PM on January 30, 2006
(48 comments)
What can I do to change my brain state on waking?
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at 3:06 PM on January 9, 2006
(43 comments)
At nighttime, close your eyes, then flick them around in your head. Why do you see flashes of bright white halos?
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at 12:42 AM on January 2, 2006
(10 comments)
Ignoring the ethics, can you attend/sneak into university classes and lectures for free?
posted to Ask Metafilter by wackybrit
at 12:37 PM on October 13, 2005
(52 comments)
How can we promote our $1 million online charity fundraising effort?
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at 9:18 AM on September 26, 2005
(5 comments)
What's the best way to meet other couples?
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at 4:15 PM on September 16, 2005
(10 comments)
Are mental blanks normal?
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at 10:17 PM on July 21, 2005
(31 comments)
I don't understand the painter Mark Rothko's abstract works. What is it that makes the art have any significance?
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at 7:11 AM on June 28, 2005
(50 comments)
Which songs/albums (preferably otherwise good) feature
extreme amounts of cussing and swearing?
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at 2:57 PM on April 9, 2005
(65 comments)
I want to start an Internet radio station (streaming and archived). How do I deal with the royalties issues legally?
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at 7:53 AM on February 26, 2005
(4 comments)
Document management. I get a lot of paper documents (bills, letters, invoices, etc) and want to catalog them digitally. I want a program that scans a sheet (or multiple sheets), turns them into PDF and catalogs them (title, category, and maybe even del.icio.us style tags). Acrobat will do the first two stages, but I want something that does the cataloging too. Any suggestions? OCR not needed whatsoever.
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at 12:42 PM on January 9, 2005
(10 comments)
What could obscure the moon temporarily at night? The ghost thread reminded me of this weird event, and I wondered if you clever folk might be able to speculate.. [mi]
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at 1:23 PM on December 31, 2004
(9 comments)
What interesting things are there to do/go to for New Year's in London / the south east of England? Not necessarily big well known events (not that I can find any), but anything interesting, quirky, underground, whatever.
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at 5:30 PM on December 12, 2004
(3 comments)
I'm going to be travelling/out in public with my notebook computer a lot in the next month. Any tips? [more inside]
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at 2:31 PM on September 27, 2004
(13 comments)
If you bought MetaFilter from Matt tomorrow and he could make
any development/interface/usability changes you desired, what would you request? [mi]
posted to Ask Metafilter by wackybrit
at 7:01 PM on September 7, 2004
(36 comments)
The Chinese character meaning 'to have a stuffy nose'.
A remark by a Chinese language student on the complexity of the aforementioned symbol turns into an interesting discussion, trawling through a very thick etymology, that almost makes me want to learn Chinese! Fascinating if you're into languages, Chinese or not.
posted to MetaFilter by wackybrit
at 9:26 PM on September 4, 2004
(23 comments)
LivingOverseasFilter: If you work for yourself and can telecommute, what's to stop you living overseas (for the longest time legally allowable), working online, and pretending to still be at 'home' for tax (and other) purposes?
[mi]
posted to Ask Metafilter by wackybrit
at 1:24 PM on August 22, 2004
(7 comments)
Toothache. What are some good temporary ways to hold off the pain until dentist time?
posted to Ask Metafilter by wackybrit
at 12:27 PM on July 31, 2004
(23 comments)
How do we know how long ago AD 1 was? Lots more to this bizarre question inside.
posted to Ask Metafilter by wackybrit
at 9:22 PM on July 20, 2004
(26 comments)
MedFilter: Is there any reason why, with an enriched blood supply attached, a severed head couldn't be kept alive? If so, could it be kept alive beyond typical life expectancy? The only worthwhile attempt at an answer I can dig up
is this, but I imagine this question comes up in med school quite a lot.. (
There is a particularly kookie book called If We Can Keep A Severed Head Alive.. on this topic but it's generally regarded as 'nut literature'.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by wackybrit
at 1:22 PM on July 15, 2004
(22 comments)
I'm looking for a story written in Victorian times, which was basically the author predicting what everything would be like in the 1990's. I think it was in Project Gutenberg, and it had funny predictions such as that we'd all have wires going from our houses to local concert halls so we could listen to the 'latest music' in every room! This story has eluded me for some years now, and I want to read it again. And to avoid this becoming a useless 0 answer question, if anyone can recommend any other notable old stories or books which try to guess what the future would be like, this is the ideal place!
posted to Ask Metafilter by wackybrit
at 2:18 PM on July 12, 2004
(20 comments)
This is for the biologists. Humans tend to be very symmetrical, either having one thing often in the middle (nose, genitals, mouth), or two things evenly placed (eyes, nostrils, legs). That said, do humans have
three of anything?
(We have three ear bones, but in each ear.. totalling 6, so that fails!)
posted to Ask Metafilter by wackybrit
at 10:38 PM on June 16, 2004
(23 comments)
The 24 Hour Dot Com.
Two Swedish students at the 'Wizards of OS' conference in Berlin decided to start a dot com, build it up, and cash in within twenty four hours. Their IRC logs make great reading to see how they bought the PR and 'product' together. The dot com has now 'IPOed' and is
available to buy on eBay.
posted to MetaFilter by wackybrit
at 5:25 PM on June 14, 2004
(8 comments)
The Optigan: OPTIcal orGAN.
Long before synthesizers, ProTools, and Cubase, Mattel released a bizarre contraption called the 'Optigan' which operated by assigning each key to a track on an optical disc on which were recorded sounds of real instruments playing every individual note. This site is one guy's obsession with the instrument that may well be dead and forgotten if not for him. Check out
his mp3s of his own, reasonably successful, band based around the instrument, to see how it sounds.
posted to MetaFilter by wackybrit
at 8:58 AM on June 30, 2003
(18 comments)
"Hello, my name is Scott."
He's Scott, he's 22, and he's worn a nametag for the past 833 days. Why? So that people will feel more inclined to talk to him. To break down social barriers. Surprisingly, it
has worked. I'm sure many of us try to be friendly to strangers, but in some cultures these days you're almost sure to be rebuffed or ignored. That's how it is here in the UK. Are people open and friendly in your part of the world without needing gimmicks like a nametag?
posted to MetaFilter by wackybrit
at 4:06 PM on February 12, 2003
(39 comments)
50% of comments on MetaFilter are by people who first joined in 2002. In my Mefi wanderings, I got the feeling that there were not many low-digit users posting on MetaFilter anymore. Everyone seemed to be a 14xxx! I decided to seek the truth..
posted to MetaTalk by wackybrit
at 6:43 PM on January 17, 2003
(77 comments)
Plein Sud - 'A unique vision of the Americas on the Web.'
If you enjoy travel documentaries, this is for you. Two French Canadians take on the Americas in this epic site cram packed with videos (for 56k and broadband), interviews, and travelogues. Originally produced for TV, you can now watch the full episodes from the site.
posted to MetaFilter by wackybrit
at 4:10 PM on December 29, 2002
(22 comments)
Since the start of December, whenever I've written a post for the front page, previewed it, then hit the final 'Post' I get
this error, which says the 'request has exceeded the allowable time limit'.. and this occurs on the line where weblogs.com is pinged. My posts do make it to the front page but I just get this error.
Someone
reported the same error six months ago, but it appears to have started again..
posted to MetaTalk by wackybrit
at 9:44 AM on December 23, 2002
(8 comments)
This guy takes a picture of himself every day.
A guy takes a picture of himself every day and puts it online in a large montage. A moustache, braces, and mullet all creep in during the proceeds, only for him to now look much like he did when he started.
(Found on design portal, NewsToday)
posted to MetaFilter by wackybrit
at 10:26 PM on December 17, 2002
(25 comments)
David wins Fame Academy!
Mix Big Brother with Pop/American Idol and you get the
Fame Academy, where 12
gorgeous under-30s are thrown into a
glorified stage school for a few months, and only one emerges an idol. The prize? Supposedly the 'biggest TV prize ever.' A £1 million recording contract, a fancy apartment in London, a personal shopper, chauffeur, and more. All is not lost for the 'losers' though, as they've all gained professional management and
Mercury Records is considering them all for solo careers.
In contrast to the 'Idol' shows, being couped up for weeks on end has caused even the
wackiest contestants to grow in their singing and songwriting abilities. So will this show reach the US? Probably, given
these other crossover shows.
posted to MetaFilter by wackybrit
at 6:16 PM on December 13, 2002
(8 comments)
Drive Me Insane!
Want to send a man to the asylum? Paul Mathis's site allows you to control his lights, lava lamp, remote control car, and allows you to follow him around his Texan home camera by camera and microphone. I turned his lights on and off about ten times, so I've already had my fun. ;-)
posted to MetaFilter by wackybrit
at 6:03 PM on September 22, 2002
(8 comments)
Those Harry Potter Threads. Reading today's Harry Potter thread (now deleted) some people mentioned that the reason it was getting posted so much was because there is no previous record of it on a search, and that multiple similar posts had been deleted. Okay, repeated posts
should be deleted, but why isn't the original one anywhere to be found? It's a bit Farkesque, but still not a
bad link, per se.
posted to MetaTalk by wackybrit
at 8:38 PM on September 4, 2002
(47 comments)
