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My darling girlfriend and I have a birth control dilemma and need some input. The short of it is this: because of regular medications she has to take, we're encouraged to use two forms of birth control. Consequently she takes Seasonalle and we use condoms. The question is: would the current breed of hormone-releasing IUD products suffice as two forms of birth control?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 9:30 AM on March 14, 2008
(30 comments)
Oh please please can I have a pony and can he be a clone of the FAVORITES Pony, only this time we call him REMEMBER THIS and he's just for MEEEEEEE?
posted to MetaTalk by phearlez
at 8:24 PM on February 14, 2008
(65 comments)
Aperture or Lightroom? And do I let them manage my library? It's been
a year since it was addressed and both applications have come a long way. So... have opinions been changed? Critical features added? Achilles heels revealed?
And regardless of which I pick, should I suck it up and let them manage my library or stick with my hierarchical self-managed structure?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 7:25 AM on November 12, 2007
(4 comments)
This is a two parter. One: there's a disparity in behavior between the search box on the bottom and top of Ask. Two, why isn't 'recent activity' set to nofollow like profile pages?
posted to MetaTalk by phearlez
at 10:31 AM on October 31, 2007
(24 comments)
What to do about my shoulder dysplasia?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 9:18 AM on October 12, 2007
(2 comments)
For my woodshop, is there an alternative to a house with a basement? Trying to find rentals in the DC area with unfinished basements I can use as a workshop is challenging. Finding affordable properties to purchase even more so. What else can I do?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 8:05 AM on July 30, 2007
(16 comments)
An organization focused on photographic rights.
After Chip Py was stopped from taking photos on what everyone thought was a public street we all discovered that Montgomery County had sold off their citizen's property and rights for $1 a year. When is public space not really public? When the government pumps millions of development money into it and hands it over to a private corporation to manage.
We think this is unacceptable. Public money equals public space. We'll be out for a photo outing in Downtown Silver Spring, Maryland on July 4th at Noon to show that we believe civil rights aren't something you should have to be granted by a corporation.
The chronology, detailing Chip's initial harassment though the Peterson Companies' partial capitulation, is all on the Free Our Steets website.
posted to Projects by phearlez
at 9:11 AM on July 2, 2007
I've submitted this to Projects since I think the issue has nation-wide interest, but I also wanted to shout out to the Baltimore & D.C. area mefites whose backyard this is happening in and invite you all to come along. If you haven't been following
the Silver Spring photo debacle covered by the
Washington Post,
DCist,
DC Metblogs (disclosure: that's me) and others, you might not be aware of
our planned gathering on July 4th.
We've scheduled it at Noon so you still have time to leave and head off to whatever BBQs and fireworks watching you have planned for the evening and the location is just two blocks from the Silver Spring metro.
posted to MetaTalk by phearlez
at 8:41 AM on July 2, 2007
(17 comments)
What's it like to get a needle in the eyeball?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 6:58 AM on April 9, 2007
(14 comments)
So I've come to own a Sony DCR-HC38 DV camera. What's my best options with regards to inexpensive software?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 9:35 AM on March 1, 2007
(4 comments)
What should I expect to pay for some custom millwork? Assuming, of course, that the hive mind doesn't tell me I'm an idiot...
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 7:26 AM on December 28, 2006
(10 comments)
I'm in the Dulles area of Virginia outside of DC. Where do I go for a project management certificate? Or a similar quality experience?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 10:20 AM on November 29, 2006
(3 comments)
Can someone suggest a lightweight app (preferably *AMP platform) for user-editable profiles and photos?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 1:33 PM on October 2, 2006
(2 comments)
Is there a worthwhile stationary (preferably recumbent) exercise bike choice available for consumer purchase under $1,000?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 7:17 AM on September 22, 2006
(9 comments)
Jonathan Coulton is appearing at the
Warehouse Theater in DC on Monday Sep 18th. Given that
a number of us seem to be fond of him, anyone interested in meeting up before/after the show? I'm going with or without you clowns but I'm always happy to wander down the street to RFD for a drink...
posted to MetaTalk by phearlez
at 2:50 PM on September 12, 2006
(5 comments)
Microsoft acquires Winternals Software.
It's impossible to know what the repercussions will be, but you can be sure it won't take long for every possible worst-case scenario to be predicted. Any why wouldn't it? The possible loss of invaluable FREE tools like the
Registry Monitor,
Process Explorer,
Port Monitor and
File Monitor is a little scary - both have saved my developer hide on several occasions. Will they get folded into Vista? Will they still be available as PowerToys? Unknown. "Microsoft is still evaluating the best way to leverage the many different technologies that have been developed by Winternals"
The site's a little slow right now - I wonder if that's people madly downloading copies of the current versions out of fear they'll go away any moment?
posted to MetaFilter by phearlez
at 10:39 AM on July 18, 2006
(49 comments)
How do people get legit with Windows licenses?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 12:32 PM on July 17, 2006
(8 comments)
This post was deleted for the following reason: what a mess
So that's the barometer now for
thread deletion? It doesn't have a clear purpose, goal, or problem to be solved, is too chatty OR there's enough douchebags misbehaving in it?
This precedent sucks.
posted to MetaTalk by phearlez
at 2:45 PM on June 26, 2006
(52 comments)
When my Windows XP laptop starts up it gets to a point where there's a few minutes of delay before the network or other critical stuff starts. I've tracked it down in the log to a specific app's starting but the "did not register with DCOM within the required timeout" error is eluding my efforts at resolution.
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 8:56 AM on May 9, 2006
(5 comments)
Virtual Tresspassing
is yet another Google maps mashup, but one of the minority (at least that I have found) that let you add markers of your own that are persistent and visible to others. Is it at all useful?
Who cares, I was a cute kid and I don't have to risk PMITA prison like a common street tagger - I can be leet and from da streetz while remaining a pasty-faced geek.
posted to MetaFilter by phearlez
at 10:20 AM on April 19, 2006
(10 comments)
I didn't want to derail
this AskMe with this, so I clipped what I wrote there about drug testing and am posting it here. [more inside]
posted to MetaTalk by phearlez
at 9:31 AM on April 4, 2006
(43 comments)
In another thread
caddis said "Beth, is Matt going somewhere? I would guess that if a meteor dropped on his head tomorrow, MetaFilter would just fade into history." and it made me curious. Now that MetaFilter is a full-time job and presumably a corporation which Matt would leave to someone,
is there some sort of "if I get hit by a bus" plan? [mi]
posted to MetaTalk by phearlez
at 10:10 AM on February 8, 2006
(56 comments)
Got a good smart-assed suggestion for a name for a craft-themed blog?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 11:15 AM on February 3, 2006
(49 comments)
Is there a reasonably priced Windows backup solution that does SCP, not FTP?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 10:48 AM on January 19, 2006
(3 comments)
Help me convince my cow orker that the YMCA isn't going to send us off to the pokey and sue us into oblivion.
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 2:13 PM on December 29, 2005
(21 comments)
This thread is a disaster. It has such a long pissing match in it that advances nothing that I simply cannot see going click-click-click all the way through the noise to flag each off-topic post. I feel like I need a button for "there's so many violating posts in this thread I cannot possibly flag them all individually and still have time for 3 squares and 8 hours of sleep in a day." [mi]
posted to MetaTalk by phearlez
at 1:11 PM on December 27, 2005
(125 comments)
On any given week there's someone pissing about the degeneration of quality or civility on MetaFilter/the Internet/the World. As far as I'm concerned if there's
one post like this for every 10,000 assclown postings I will still consider there to be more signal than noise. Thanks to you, paulsc, and every other person who's contributed their personal story on AskMe and made my life richer in doing so. There have been many.
posted to MetaTalk by phearlez
at 2:43 PM on November 3, 2005
(22 comments)
The car rental company wants money and I don't want to pay. Does it get any simpler? Well, it gets more complicated - I've been told the country in question reimburses for pothole damage and I like the idea of them paying much more than me paying. But is it true?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 8:48 AM on October 20, 2005
(7 comments)
What are the "don't miss" things in Puerto Rico for a first-time visitor?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 9:16 AM on October 6, 2005
(10 comments)
So when is unhelpful okay and when is it not?
This thread is a lot of fun, but it's also a lot of noise. I assume nobody cares because it's kind of a goofy question, but I think it raises the issue of when is unhelpful okay in AskMe and when isn't it? [more inside]
posted to MetaTalk by phearlez
at 2:13 PM on September 27, 2005
(36 comments)
What's the simplest and cheapest way for me to have a setup where when one electric appliance is turned on it turns another one on?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 11:18 AM on July 20, 2005
(8 comments)
Where do I find hardware items
like this at prices that don't reflect one-off blister-pack purchases? I'm doing some small scale manufacturing (details below the fold) and per-unit prices matter - even $0.10 per piece makes a difference.
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 11:24 AM on June 14, 2005
(17 comments)
"When Irish eyes are smiling... you've probably been ripped off" was a repeated refrain in a science fiction novel about virtual reality and perception. It's been at least six years since publication since it was over that long ago I read it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 10:39 AM on May 16, 2005
(26 comments)
I record several NPR radio programs with my
RadioSHARK and am happy with the process except for the vague background noise. What can I use to filter out the noise without the sizable investment in MY time?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phearlez
at 1:33 PM on March 31, 2005
(4 comments)
