Yeah, I think the SF API will let me do it, but it will require some gymnastics on my server end. Thanks, all!
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 11:39 AM on July 24, 2008

But the string may be embedded within the data field. If my original string is 'John' and my replacement is 'Bob', what happens when script encounters 'The boy's name is John'?

Assuming it recognizes the substring 'John', won't it replace the whole thing with 'Bob'?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 7:36 AM on September 17, 2007

Oops. The version I posted was the original that they sent me. The one I ran DOES have values for @otxt and @ntxt. I've updated the one online. http://number9media.com/scripts/FindAndReplace-qlinks.sql
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 7:41 AM on September 17, 2007

uncleozzy's code worked. Thank you! You just put an end to a week-long nightmare.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 8:14 AM on September 17, 2007

Corbis and Getty have a bunch, but their prices are a bit out of my league.

Didn't try photobucket. I'll do that now.

Thanks, all.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 10:29 AM on August 8, 2007

There's no spouse in this scenario. Just adult children.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 9:42 AM on July 17, 2006

OK, but if you have no significant estate, but a lot of debt, they can't come after the family's possessions, can they?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 9:47 AM on July 17, 2006

baylink: of course!*

* this is not a legally-binding statement
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 9:48 AM on July 17, 2006

Very cool. I can't find a copy onilne either, but I'll keep looking. Thanks.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 9:35 AM on April 27, 2006

Curse the heavens!

Thanks, all.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 9:19 AM on July 20, 2005

Fantastic. That's exactly what I was looking for. Thank you, jepler.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 12:40 PM on June 28, 2005

See here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/176497/EN-US/
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 11:33 AM on June 28, 2005

First result when googling "rice bush husband".
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 8:35 AM on February 10, 2005

AVOID CREDIT CARD DEBT.

It really will haunt you for years. It took me nearly 10 years to pay off the cc debt I accumulated in college.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 12:52 PM on January 27, 2005

I'm honestly surprised it's not in the trillions.

Are you serious? A trillion dollars is around $150 for every person on earth.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 12:11 PM on January 27, 2005

After much pulling of hair and gnashing of teeth, I've discovered that changing the http headers from

<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> to

<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">

makes everything hunky dory. But I'm not sure why, or what ramifications making the change would have. What's wrong with iso-8859-1, dammit?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 12:27 PM on January 6, 2005

He knew what he was doing was wrong, and this is why I want to write him a letter.

If you're sure he knew what he did wrong, why write the letter? What do you hope to accomplish?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 7:26 PM on December 23, 2004

To draw attention to the ...

To draw whose attention? This one guy, who you admit probably realized his error immediately? If you want to spread awareness, do what puke & cry says: call the newspaper. But writing to this guy seems pointless.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 8:08 PM on December 23, 2004

Here's what I would do:
Make sure you're testing in the same OS with the exact same version of Flash.
Ask them to specify exactly which "pages" aren't scrolling.
Are they grabbing the scroll bar and dragging, or just using a mouse wheel?
Does it happen when they first visit a page, or only after they've clicked around?
I'm noticing that if I haven't brought the text area into focus, my mouse wheel doesn't scroll the text. I... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 1:45 PM on December 10, 2004

Other pertinent info: He's got some r/c cars that he doesn't take much interest in. We've done a little model-building. That kinda worked. He's 12, but he trends a little younger.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 11:35 AM on December 7, 2004

Great ideas, everyone. Thank you so much.

picopebbles: I'd never heard of letterboxing. It looks like a low-tech precursor to geocaching?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 1:48 PM on December 7, 2004

Don't fall into the trap where you put an "ah" in everything. It's not "Bah-stin", it's "Baw-stin". The former is actually more of a Chicago/midwestern accent.

As others have said, there are plenty of sub-regional accents and, as yerfatma says, it also differs by age. My mother has a decidedly different accent than I do. (She swims in a POOell and teaches at a SKOOell. She takes a "bahth".)
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 10:08 AM on November 29, 2004

I'm not sure how you'd play a chromatic harmonica while playing guitar. you need a free hand to work the little chromatic shift, don't you?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 11:29 AM on November 6, 2004

Thanks for the lesson, dad.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 2:04 PM on November 1, 2004

if he has enough concentration that he can play video games, then he isn't ADD.

I, too, disagree with this. But no matter...

The important thing to be learned from that, though, is that there are myriad different opinions about childhood ADD. I have a kinda-sorta-stepson who's seen dozens of doctors and therapists over the years. Literally every one had a different opinion about what was wrong. Never... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 11:13 AM on October 26, 2004

I raised a couple from seeds a couple of years ago. I found it very fulfilling, but they are extremely delicate in their first year or two. They need daily attention. When they were about 18 months of age, I went away for the weekend and the person in charge of watering them forgot to do so. When I came back, they were both dead. I'm still a little heartbroken.

I suppose if I were to start again, I wouldn't start from seed--but instead would go with a young tree. I... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 10:42 AM on October 18, 2004

Dissembly of an Apple Pro Keyboard
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 11:53 AM on October 15, 2004

You work for a newspaper and don't understand why a candidate for president can't call the incumbent a liar? Because people would find it offensive and not vote for him. The real question is why newspapers, who are supposed to be searching for truth, don't do it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 7:03 PM on October 13, 2004

Keyser's turning 21? Tomorrow's going to be a banner day on AskMe. :-)
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 8:22 AM on October 12, 2004

posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 12:26 PM on October 11, 2004

props stupidsexyFlanders!

I don't think there's really an effective "inorganic" method to skew Google results, unless you want to devote loads of resources to outsmarting the search engine. And if you're selling shoes, as opposed to selling the google-skewing techniques to spam merchants, you can't really afford to do it.

Note: I don't have a lot of specific research to back that statement up, but that's the gut feeling I get from the reading I've done.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 10:33 AM on October 11, 2004

BTW, "coagulated cornstarch" gets zero results for me. I guess Googlewhacking is relative to the particular server your search hits?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 10:34 AM on October 11, 2004

It's a little amateurish, but in college I once bought two copies of the same magazine and covered an entire wall with it in sequential order (front cover, page one, page two...back cover), so you could read the whole thing while standing at the wall. This isn't quite right for your situation, but maybe it will spark an idea.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 9:23 AM on October 11, 2004

Even the DVD commentary track didn't help.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 9:00 AM on October 10, 2004

Ahh. I didn't realize they were Stanley's men. Thanks, milovoo.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 5:51 PM on October 10, 2004

spam has a very definite meaning, as does bandwidth theft. it's very simple: don't send people unsolicited email, don't hotlink to an image that's not on your server. how has "overuse" diminished these definitions?

Can you define "LJ image feed"?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 10:55 AM on October 6, 2004

Particularly if you've discovered this in a dishonest way: by logging into his email account.

Many months ago, my SO told me his email password. I never planned on using the information, but I became suspicious a few weeks ago. The first time I logged in, there was a single message that was clearly a flirtatious exchange with a woman. It bothered me briefly, but there was no evidence he was planning on meeting up with her (it seemed more like an erotic email... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 11:50 AM on October 4, 2004

EDIT: That should say "I'm NOT opposed to the idea of occasional infidelity."
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 11:51 AM on October 4, 2004

Note from my friend:

I should make it clear that my SO was the one to say NO to the "occasional infidelity" suggestion, and that's why I was disappointed (though not surprised) that he did a secret 180 on the idea.

Also, many thanks to jessamyn, who should run for president, because she is awesome.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 1:46 PM on October 4, 2004

delmoi: I'm merely a proxy. I'm asking on behalf of a female friend who's in a hetero relationship. But if she wanted to, I'm sure she could kick his ass.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 6:23 AM on October 5, 2004

Gay people have been doing this for a very long time.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 12:44 PM on October 1, 2004

I used this for a while. It's very customizable. Set up wasn't too bad if you know anything about javascript.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 9:10 AM on September 29, 2004

Fantastic stuff. Thanks guys. It is strictly hypothetical. I'm just considering options.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 9:36 AM on September 28, 2004

I don't know what you would use besides JS + HTML to do the exploding tree in a browser. Java applet, I guess.


You don't need JS, you can do it all in php. But you'll have to reload the page whenever you expand a branch. I find that kinda ugly, but then so's javascript.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 10:15 AM on September 27, 2004

Is it too late for "I found it this way"?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 11:59 AM on September 26, 2004

The offender's profile lists her birthdate as 1980. I can't believe a grownup posted that pouty little tirade.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 8:41 AM on September 24, 2004

(Also, I can' t believe that people born in 1980 are now grownups. I'm old.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 8:43 AM on September 24, 2004

seanyboy, she didn't link back to the original. But upon reviewing this woman's site, I think we should all be nice. She's not a happy person, and any damage she did has now been undone. I'd hate for her to come across this thread and find more nastiness.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 9:48 AM on September 24, 2004

people want to excuse the behavior

Not sure if you're referring to me. I only meant that we shouldn't pile on the woman's psychological problems (as I and others had started to do). What she did was definitely wrong and she should be called out on it. But she *has* been called out.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 10:58 AM on September 24, 2004

And in the end, it's not like she stole LeiaS's life's work. It's just a blog entry, ferchrissakes.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpoulos at 11:01 AM on September 24, 2004