please help identify this "young adults" sci-fi-ish novel - "I'm an Est, for Ests are best, down to their sodding woollen vests"...
posted to Ask Metafilter by russm at 9:47 PM on June 8, 2008 (8 comments)

for the statisticians: what probability distribution do I want to fit to my data, and how?
posted to Ask Metafilter by russm at 7:20 PM on January 18, 2008 (17 comments)

If a (western, ignorant, generally into indie and shoegaze and hardhouse and techno) person likes Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, what other qawwali and/or rai music might they like? Bonus points for things which may actually be available in Australia.
posted to Ask Metafilter by russm at 7:42 PM on July 21, 2007 (8 comments)

Can anyone name (or ideally point me to an mp3 of) the old Franco Cozzo theme music?
posted to Ask Metafilter by russm at 9:50 PM on July 14, 2006 (6 comments)