Mexico City meetup. ¿Les parece?
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro at 10:23 AM on March 8, 2008 (43 comments)

Is it worthwhile to upgrade the RAM on a six-year-old iBook?
posted to Ask Metafilter by donpedro at 1:33 PM on August 9, 2007 (16 comments)

Sound (or video with sound) clip of the "Happy Birthday" song ... sung in German?
posted to Ask Metafilter by donpedro at 11:36 PM on June 28, 2007 (3 comments)

¡Ask a Mexican! is a recurring feature in the Orange County (CA) Weekly (archives) in which columnist Gustavo Arellano tackles questions from pochos and gabachos alike, about politics, cultural differences, and stereotypes. What started as a one-off joke has become one of the alt weekly's more popular columns (LA Times), complete with crude, foul-mouthed, politically incorrect ruminations on the origins of "the dirty Sanchez" and random slaps at Guatemalans. Why do Mexican men always wear cowboy hats? Because "[w]earing a sombrero here screams "POR FAVOR DEPORT ME." Why won't Mexicans tip? Actually they tip better, and "leave a little extra for a job well done—which includes how caliente the chica is."
posted to MetaFilter by donpedro at 6:34 PM on April 21, 2006 (10 comments)

Bloody mosquitoes, trying to suck my blood, why won't you just let me get a good night's sleep?
posted to Ask Metafilter by donpedro at 6:42 PM on March 28, 2006 (26 comments)

"The make him into something he wasn't." Today, on the 200th anniversary of his birth, a national holiday, Mexico both honors and reconsiders Benito Juarez (Wikipedia: Eng/Span): "Mexico's Lincoln," the nation's first indigenous president, who served two terms in the 1860s and 1870s. The capital city's airport, a border city of 1.1M, universities, and streets and monuments in just about every town are named after Juarez, widely considered a national hero. Politicians left and right invoke his name, especially this year as Mexico prepares to elect a new president in July. For many in the Latin American left, he's a regional icon in the vein of Simon Bolivar and Ernesto "Che" Guevara; Havana unveiled a bust (Span) of him last year. He's held up as a defender of the poor and the indigenous and an opponent to free trade. Today, however, some historians say he was neither. For those who read Spanish, a leading Mexican (right-of-center) newspaper, El Universal, also touches on the topic in "Juarez, a controversial icon."
posted to MetaFilter by donpedro at 1:37 PM on March 21, 2006 (5 comments)

Mexico City Meetup! January 4th at 7pm scarabic and I will be at the (unfortunately named) Yuppie's Sports Bar, 5208-2267, Génova 34 - it's in the Zona Rosa, near the intersection with Hamburgo. We'll be enjoying cervezas and the Rose Bowl broadcast. Ven a tomar un trago con nos ostros!
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro at 6:36 PM on January 2, 2006 (21 comments)

I drove for about nine months on a bad oxygen sensor. Will my car suffer any long-term ill effects?
posted to Ask Metafilter by donpedro at 11:14 AM on October 8, 2005 (12 comments)

Advice on moving to Mexico City.
posted to Ask Metafilter by donpedro at 3:57 PM on September 26, 2005 (7 comments)