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What's your tech writing bible?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 7:15 PM on June 12, 2008
(11 comments)
Life kicked me in the teeth, but I've got work to do. I don't need anyone to cheer me up, I'm just looking for a specific bit of advice:
how do you get things done when you're depressed?
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at 4:21 PM on June 1, 2008
(39 comments)
Writing a (non-academic) resume for a perpetual student?
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at 10:49 AM on May 13, 2008
(8 comments)
I'm looking for dialog-heavy scenes (in books, movies, TV shows, etc) where a group of people solve a problem or make a plan in the course of one long conversation.
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at 6:18 PM on April 20, 2008
(33 comments)
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64? Content-Type: application/applefile? Help me turn this MIME attachment into something decipherable.
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at 9:39 AM on April 6, 2008
(3 comments)
Of all the recipes that call for eggs, which are improved the most by using very fresh ones?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 12:49 PM on March 19, 2008
(19 comments)
What makes for good research? I'm looking for books, essays, blogs or personal anecdotes on pretty much any aspect of the question.
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 2:35 PM on February 24, 2008
(7 comments)
It's that Linux/laptop question again. Desperate geek seeks cheap, durable gear.
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 8:25 PM on January 19, 2008
(20 comments)
US Politics: how do you get information about the actual platforms of the candidates in a race? All I see is blather about their poll numbers and haircuts.
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 8:22 AM on January 7, 2008
(21 comments)
Tell me about cooking (or better yet, brewing) with hot peppers.
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 10:26 AM on December 18, 2007
(14 comments)
Metal beams holding up the ceiling. Help us hang stuff from them with magnets!
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 5:05 PM on November 20, 2007
(9 comments)
The regents of my university want to redevelop the land holding the student apartments where I live. There's a public meeting on the subject this Friday and I've signed up to speak. I'm fine with speaking in public, but I'm clueless about participating in local politics — never gone to a school board meeting or called my congressperson or anything. What can I do to make my comments as effective as possible?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 2:03 PM on November 7, 2007
(17 comments)
What's the right present to encourage a budding beer and wine lover in Chicago?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 5:43 AM on October 15, 2007
(5 comments)
I don't want a to-do list
next to my calendar. I want to-do lists
in my calendar. Help me find the scheduling software (OS X or web-based) of my dreams.
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 11:55 AM on September 8, 2007
(14 comments)
Tell me about buying faucets for a restaurant-style kitchen.
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 11:24 AM on August 31, 2007
(9 comments)
Help me make an a really good veggie burger.
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 9:12 PM on August 14, 2007
(9 comments)
Are there any kinds of partner dancing that don't trace their origin to Europe?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 4:15 PM on August 6, 2007
(10 comments)
Mrs. Windphone wears one bathing suit size on top and another on the bottom. We're looking for a store or website that will let you mix and match sizes — or buy bathing suit tops and bottoms separately — and so far we've been coming up empty-handed. Any suggestions?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 2:01 PM on June 25, 2007
(23 comments)
UHaul cites 45 MPH as the "recommended maximum speed" for towing their trailers. What's the reason for this recommendation, and is there any safe way to go faster?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 5:56 PM on June 10, 2007
(26 comments)
What summer job should I get in Austin, TX with this new mixed bag of construction and maintenance skills? And how on earth do I go about getting it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 6:02 PM on May 24, 2007
(2 comments)
We're looking for advice on how to make a successful interfaith marriage. No, not those two faiths. A different two.
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 9:31 AM on April 12, 2007
(21 comments)
In
Black Snake Moan, Samuel L Jackson sings an unusual version of Stackerlee. Were those particular lyrics written for the movie, were they cobbled together out of other versions, or was he copying an earlier performance outright?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 8:18 PM on March 18, 2007
(16 comments)
Migraines, hydration and pee — oh my!
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at 5:29 PM on February 12, 2007
(8 comments)
I want to make potstickers (a.k.a. "fried dumplings"), those round, doughy, dense, well-stuffed meat dumplings you can buy at American Chinese restaurants. But the recipes that I find, they produce something I only recognize as a wonton soup dumpling — a light, triangular, thin-skinned noodle with only a small ball of meat. Help me, oh filter of filters!
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 5:20 PM on January 17, 2007
(34 comments)
Help me find opportunities to work/volunteer/improve my Arabic in North Africa.
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at 10:01 AM on December 7, 2006
(5 comments)
One of my greatest joys is dancing to live music. When I go to shows, all I see is hipsters nodding and smoking. Life is too short for this shit — help! (Rock fan, but all genres welcome. Pittsburgh area, but all answers welcome. More inside!)
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 9:36 PM on November 21, 2006
(27 comments)
How can I work out in the morning without being wrecked for the rest of the day?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 3:21 PM on October 30, 2006
(16 comments)
I have many short strings of varying lengths — between a dozen and a few hundred, most likely — and one long string. I need to write code that will find a way to assemble a copy of the long string using as few of the short strings as possible. If it's not possible to assemble a complete copy of the long string, it should assemble a copy with as few and as small gaps as possible.
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 3:29 PM on October 8, 2006
(26 comments)
My girlfriend is thinking of getting some of the Cisco or Microsoft network certifications as a way of getting out of her current field (glorified data entry, basically) and into something more interesting and lucrative. She's smart, incrediblly detail-oriented and good at understanding complicated processes, but she has no background in computers. How should she go about this?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 5:51 PM on July 25, 2006
(11 comments)
Okay, so I'm hoping to apply this winter for Ph.D. programs in
computational linguistics. (Thanks for the encouraging advice, guys!) The question is, where?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 5:11 AM on July 18, 2006
(10 comments)
How can I become less risk-averse?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 5:19 AM on July 7, 2006
(19 comments)
When cooking with tinfoil, why do you put it with the shiny side towards the food?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 4:28 PM on June 17, 2006
(17 comments)
I've been toying with the idea of going back to school for a graduate degree in linguistics. I know the
academic job market for linguists is terrible — about as small and tight as they get these days, from what I hear. But what can you tell me about the
non-academic job market? Other than speech pathology, are there any branches of linguistics that are in demand in the real world?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 4:21 AM on June 1, 2006
(12 comments)
How do I identify garden pests? And what do I do about them once I've identified them?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 12:38 PM on May 15, 2006
(7 comments)
What's the best
free spreadsheet program? (OS X
or Windows)
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 1:03 PM on May 5, 2006
(9 comments)
After struggling for years with depression and anxiety I've finally worked up the nerve to see a psychiatrist about it. When it's bad, it's really bad — can't-leave-the-house bad, end-up-in-the-hospital bad — but the past week or two have been good ones and right now I feel fine. (Not on top of the world, mind you, or otherwise manic, and not numb either — just
normal.) How can I make the most of my upcoming appointment with no symptoms to show?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 9:47 AM on April 21, 2006
(25 comments)
Where can I learn more about
blue-collar Japanese culture?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 11:50 AM on March 22, 2006
(10 comments)
What do I need to know before I start vermicomposting (a là
Woms Eat My Garbage)?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 5:04 PM on March 8, 2006
(8 comments)
Who writes all those pages and pages of text that the US government generates? More to the point, might someone pay
me to write some of them?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 7:52 AM on February 10, 2006
(23 comments)
I'd love to add more fish to my diet. But I can't afford salmon or tuna steaks or swordfish or any of that yuppie crap.
I happen to live near a decent fish market. They sell all kinds of cheaper fish: spots and chubbs and mackerels and whatnot. Tell me about
those. How do I pick 'em? How do I cook 'em? Which ones are the tastiest? Which are the best bargain?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 2:21 PM on January 16, 2006
(26 comments)
Ever since I quit smoking, my digestion's gone to hell. WTF?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 6:11 AM on January 8, 2006
(11 comments)
Help me find a home improvement magazine aimed at a low-budget/DIY audience.
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 9:34 AM on December 14, 2005
(18 comments)
Help me find good
non-paying writing assignments.
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 2:45 PM on November 29, 2005
(11 comments)
The Smiths are descended from a blacksmith. The Potters are descended from a potter. But priests can't get married or have legitimate children, so where on earth does the last name Bishop come from?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 6:03 AM on November 22, 2005
(17 comments)
Our 100+ year old house has a fieldstone basement with no mortar between the stones. Water doesn't flood or drip in, but the walls are always a little damp. Black mold is beginning to grow down there, and we'd like to stop it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 9:14 AM on November 4, 2005
(15 comments)
Does anyone know whether chronopay.com is legit? (Bonus question: how could I have checked up on them myself?)
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 6:02 PM on October 20, 2005
(4 comments)
Friends buying a house together. Help us keep things fair, sane and civil.
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 6:46 PM on October 6, 2005
(13 comments)
How can I tell a legitimate sales marketing company from a pyramid scheme?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 2:18 PM on September 23, 2005
(12 comments)
