I sell macs for a living. Do not buy a new macbook -- new ones are on the way. Do buy a $19 ethernet cable and run it underground to the studio. Then attach a Airport Express.

Problem solved.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 7:07 PM on September 15, 2008

This happened to me once. Phenergan solved my problem and life was a-ok.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 11:42 PM on August 3, 2008

Yes.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 9:48 PM on July 30, 2008

Yes. Switch to catastrophic coverage -- just make sure it covers what one would need after the $5k or so deductible.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 10:03 PM on July 26, 2008

The problem with very low interest car loans is that they typically require the most expensive insurance packages known to mankind. My 4.49% turned into 19% when I took into account the low-low-low-deductible insurance minimums they required vs. basic coverage.

Also, I'd advice settling on a specific $ amount you and the dealer feel is fair and consider it a consulting fee.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 1:47 PM on July 12, 2008

Erm. This is why people still buy Toast. Automagically does all this sorting/splitting/etc for you.

Several hundred GB of files is no fun to burn 8GB at a time. Consider picking up a Blu-Ray burner.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 1:19 AM on July 2, 2008

two user accounts works out very well for me. fast user switching! (+one account for the girl... shame about her pc)
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 12:55 AM on June 12, 2008

Nougat -- Nikon's consumer dSLRs no longer have the body motors with focus screw that the AF series lenses require. D40's only autofocus with the AF-S series (motor is in the lens).
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 12:07 PM on May 29, 2008

Post Office?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 11:49 PM on May 11, 2008

Consider the udistrict. Best bus service in the city besides downtown. Access to any other neighborhood directly. Plenty of variety when it comes to tasty food.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 10:30 PM on April 21, 2008

It just doesn't make financial sense for insurance companies to provide preventative care that won't benefit them when you're not their customer 40 years down the road.

... is the reason.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 11:37 AM on January 22, 2008

readynas.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 5:09 PM on January 19, 2008

The 1GB of ram is a standard pc2700 so-dimm. It's easy to install.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 11:08 PM on January 19, 2008

Miranda July.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 3:36 PM on December 14, 2007

50mm 1.8 -- $89
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 10:22 AM on November 27, 2007

drop it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 9:23 AM on November 27, 2007

United Heath doesn't exactly have a sound rep.

But. Wtf? Seattle company and no Group Health Cooperative?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 1:10 AM on October 15, 2007

Consider getting over your mac-dislike? Pages is built for this.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 1:09 AM on September 10, 2007

The Street-Smart Naturalist: Field Notes from Seattle
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 11:11 AM on June 20, 2007

I recently started working on a vw bus ;)

Gas fumed clothing. 6+ wash cycles later... smell free.

Stick the pack in a moving stream for a day.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 11:11 AM on June 6, 2007

Steve Jobs isn't known for his love of the Illiad --- in fact, he dropped out after just one semester of Hum 110 ;)
posted to MetaFilter by mmdei at 6:33 PM on June 5, 2007

Work. I put in three-and-a-half 11 hour days.

... leaving three-and-a-half days for exploring.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 9:33 AM on May 25, 2007

Once upon a time (three years ago) I bought a 100 pack in an easy open bottle from Kaiser for $2.97.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 10:33 PM on May 15, 2007

Buy a nikon 5000ED (or whatever the current model is) and the robot batch attachment. Drop in 50 slides, come back in an hour or two. Repeat. Sell scanner to another family looking to do the same thing.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 10:47 PM on April 20, 2007

There was an article in one of the seattle papers (time? pi? stranger? weekly?) within the last two years describing just that sort of program. good luck. Seemed to be focused on the areas a bit north of seattle. I think the profiled client was from lake city.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 1:14 AM on April 20, 2007

pi. ding!
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 1:27 AM on April 20, 2007

Kazakhstan is pumped about all this. They've launched plenty of tourism-oriented tv ads recently.
posted to MetaFilter by mmdei at 1:52 AM on November 16, 2006

The nice thing about medicine is that you'll have money for nice instruments. Sometimes music-for-money-instead-of-love ruins the love. With medicine, your hobby cost is not an issue...
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 7:25 PM on November 6, 2006

I'll second the flax seed instead. Has a delightful nutty taste that is excellent on salads instead of olive oil. Heck. Bread. Pasta. Etc. No poo-problems. Yummy. Fish-burp-free! Give it a go. Just make sure to keep it chilllllllled.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 10:31 PM on November 5, 2006

SOLD!
posted to MetaFilter by mmdei at 8:24 PM on November 2, 2006

This is dangerous. 20 pounds in 6 weeks is not safe.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 6:27 PM on October 27, 2006

timnyc, the core 2 duo chips are starting to ship from intel. I think we'll either see a MacBook Pro update in early-mid november, or mac world sf in january. But if your need is now... your need is now!
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 10:12 PM on October 21, 2006

In 2004 I sent $169 to ACT. They claimed that $169 was enough to rent an shuttle van to bring voters to the polls. Targeted voters. I felt it was the most direct and empowering impact I could make.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 2:07 AM on October 19, 2006

Seems to me that with modern engineering, putting the premiums into doing a bang-up job on the retrofit is potentially a better investment. ?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 6:17 PM on October 18, 2006

You left out zombie music.
posted to MetaFilter by mmdei at 10:59 AM on October 18, 2006

Danf, the solution to running and falling is to replace the blacktop with spongy grass.
posted to MetaFilter by mmdei at 10:53 AM on October 18, 2006

Fingerpaint.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 12:15 AM on October 18, 2006

In my subjective experience, the sound and the picture quality with dish is much better. Especially sound.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 10:38 AM on October 10, 2006

Perhaps you viewed a message that was either an image spam or had a loading clear tracking gif? The spammer would then have a record of you opening spams, and could do a ip lookup in a geo-ip database. Seeing that you were in Vietnam, they'd sell the address to someone specializing in Vietnamese targeted spam.

That's my educated guess.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 12:55 AM on September 28, 2006

Trazodone at a small dosage worked well for me after I tired of paying for ambien. $7/month. Cheap. Bonus: it's like a lucid dream machine in pill form.

However, I solved my years years years long sleep trouble by heading to the gym for daily cardio workouts. Go figure. I feel much better in all ways now.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 11:13 AM on September 27, 2006

Camcorders can be awfully inexpensive these days. Perhaps a lower end Canon? And a boatload of tapes?

One of my most prized possessions is a box of tapes documenting my senior year.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 10:30 AM on September 19, 2006 marked best answer

Depends on budget, image stabilization is starting to trickle down into the not-highest-end point/shoot cameras.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Canon/canon_sd800is.asp

still not ... 'inexpensive'
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 10:45 AM on September 19, 2006

The image stabilization is nice, but a virtually indestructible camera might survive longer.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Olympus/oly_stylus720sw.asp

The movie mode is a bit lacking, however.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 11:35 AM on September 19, 2006

weapons-grade just gave away all my passwords =(
posted to MetaFilter by mmdei at 4:22 PM on September 18, 2006

Both of Steven's answers are dead on. Thanks for typing, so I didn't have to =)
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 2:45 PM on September 15, 2006

Turk: or the lawyer might feel that the law is unjust and will therefore work even harder for your case.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 3:51 PM on September 15, 2006

Superfrank: Enjoy book II !!! ;) ;) ;)
posted to MetaFilter by mmdei at 1:35 AM on September 15, 2006

The problem I have with *anon is that the members tend to become quite cultish amongst themselves. Often, I think, the person is looking for some sort of personal fulfillment/numbing sensation from the */drink, instead of engaging their friends in productive activities.

'successful' *anon people seem to very rarely re-integrate themselves into society and find all their social fulfillment in this new group. Unfortunately, this group engages in a self-defeatist... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 6:54 PM on September 14, 2006

Wide is boring. Superwide. Much more rewarding.

~$500 for a third party lens.
Tokina 12-24
Tamron 11-18
Sigma 10-20
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 4:40 PM on September 11, 2006

Also. The dpreview forums are filled with morons. Stay away. The reviews are awesome, however.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmdei at 4:41 PM on September 11, 2006