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What's Involved In an Ethanol Conversion?

What are the differences between vehicles that are ethanol (e85+) compatible and those that are not?
posted to Ask Metafilter by IronLizard at 10:13 PM on May 8, 2008 (14 comments)

No Pets, Lots of Ticks.

My backyard (all concrete) has become infested with ticks and whatever the exterminator is using is worthless.
posted to Ask Metafilter by IronLizard at 2:39 PM on March 18, 2008 (15 comments)

Slow Flash interface that's actually worth it.

Very cool demos in Flash (can be very slow loading).
posted to MetaFilter by IronLizard at 5:19 PM on February 7, 2008 (11 comments)

Missing package, lying mailman.

My mail carrier is lying to me about a delivery.
posted to Ask Metafilter by IronLizard at 11:30 AM on February 6, 2008 (23 comments)

Impatience Might Kill Me Yet

One malfunctioning fuel pump + one fuel pump with a broken positive terminal = ? How safe are electric motors immersed in gasoline, anyway?
posted to Ask Metafilter by IronLizard at 9:13 AM on December 5, 2007 (7 comments)

Feverish Processor

I have a Pentium D 925 that's running from 56 at idle and spiking to 78oC according to Everest and even hotter according to the BIOS. How bad is this?
posted to Ask Metafilter by IronLizard at 6:28 PM on September 21, 2007 (28 comments)

Another Haunted Server

My HP LC200 Netserver is haunted.
posted to Ask Metafilter by IronLizard at 10:27 PM on August 27, 2007 (8 comments)

The Inner Workings of Your Favorite Sites

Ever wonder what's powering your favorite websites? Builtwith promises to give you a clear picture of what software and technologies are behind almost any site. Unfortunately, it's not always very accurate.
posted to MetaFilter by IronLizard at 3:04 PM on August 13, 2007 (20 comments)

A knot tied on my finger just isn't doing it for me.

I need a decent alarm clock for my PC.
posted to Ask Metafilter by IronLizard at 10:47 AM on August 13, 2007 (9 comments)

Now With Six Six Sixty-four Bit Support

Linux For the Damned. "We suggest installing over Ubuntu Christian Edition, but the standard Ubuntu will do fine."
posted to MetaFilter by IronLizard at 9:28 PM on May 25, 2007 (22 comments)

Who needs drugs, when you can just pop in a new battery?

A new wonder drug? Once used in a failed attempt to treat epilepsy, electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve now shows promise in treating severe depression. Billed as a Brain Pacemaker, it's making people happy. Or something: "Doctors began to suspect it held potential for treating severe depression when patients clung to the device, even when it wasn't helping their epilepsy."
posted to MetaFilter by IronLizard at 9:02 PM on May 24, 2007 (51 comments)

Public Domain: A Disgrace to Evil.

A Fair(y) Use Tale Single link YouTube
posted to MetaFilter by IronLizard at 8:13 PM on May 19, 2007 (16 comments)

Birdthingy

Trying out MonitorThis , while poking around Lifehacker led me to this first installment of a flash cartoon (looks as if there were more in the works). Shortening the link a bit delivered Birdthingy (Deviantart link, no soundtrack). More interesting works on the artists homepage.
posted to MetaFilter by IronLizard at 12:31 AM on May 18, 2007 (3 comments)

PHP Automagic

How do I put html form field values into a MySQL database and create the field if it doesn't exist, without declaring or manually updating every single variable?
posted to Ask Metafilter by IronLizard at 1:18 PM on May 12, 2007 (14 comments)

Vista+Win2k Notwork

Networking Vista and Win2K. They can't 'see' each other.
posted to Ask Metafilter by IronLizard at 10:41 PM on April 17, 2007 (9 comments)

Stupid Sports Tricks

Why do these always happen when I'm not looking?
posted to MetaFilter by IronLizard at 8:41 PM on April 3, 2007 (45 comments)

Cheap PC Overhaul

Ok, so I fried my motherboard.
posted to Ask Metafilter by IronLizard at 2:10 AM on March 13, 2007 (18 comments)

Unwanted Connection

Something verycurious is going on in the bowels of my PC.
posted to Ask Metafilter by IronLizard at 5:53 AM on December 24, 2006 (12 comments)

Mic going directly to speakers

My microphone is outputting directly to my speakers. I'd like this to stop.
posted to Ask Metafilter by IronLizard at 2:22 PM on December 2, 2006 (11 comments)

My Home in the Ground

1962 Fallout Shelter handbook. (more about nuclear survival and shelters, if that kind of thing worries you).
posted to MetaFilter by IronLizard at 12:00 AM on November 22, 2006 (18 comments)

Advice for new web designer(?) webmonkey(?)

The unanswerable(?) questions about rates. RE: Web design, development, photography and the works. There is, of course:
posted to Ask Metafilter by IronLizard at 8:33 PM on November 20, 2006 (7 comments)

Why is there a light around your head?

A portrait taken with a semi glossy surface behind the subject now has an odd 'halo' effect, how do I edit this out?
posted to Ask Metafilter by IronLizard at 5:23 AM on October 31, 2006 (2 comments)

Be thrifty, kind and a good MPAA brainwashing canidate.

The MPAA has come up with a new way to stop pirating early (PDF), let the scoutmasters drill it into the kids while their brains are still malleable. via
posted to MetaFilter by IronLizard at 9:46 PM on October 20, 2006 (32 comments)

How to install fonts on network profile?

When installing a particular font in a Win2k networked system, the font is gone after logging out and back in....
posted to Ask Metafilter by IronLizard at 3:16 PM on October 20, 2006 (13 comments)

Memory error

I've been having this error crop up for some time now and the address is usually 0x00000000, but today it popped up with a new number. What is causing this? It happens to many applications (was happening with firefox occaisionally, too). The whole text of it follows:
posted to Ask Metafilter by IronLizard at 6:51 PM on August 10, 2006 (18 comments)

Why is this showing only one of the posts?...

Why is this showing only one of the posts?
posted to MetaTalk by IronLizard at 9:01 PM on July 25, 2006 (4 comments)

#12345...

#12345
posted to MetaTalk by IronLizard at 10:27 AM on July 21, 2006 (56 comments)

P-47 Thunderbolt

Nice gun camera shots from WWII. Includes a bit of strafing. The Plane.
posted to MetaFilter by IronLizard at 2:31 AM on July 16, 2006 (27 comments)

Household Smellfilter

The reek of fresh vomit .....
posted to Ask Metafilter by IronLizard at 10:51 PM on July 5, 2006 (11 comments)

I just wanted to introduce my blog (I do hate that...

IronLizard's Workshop I just wanted to introduce my blog (I do hate that word) and a couple of projects I've posted on it. My favorite is the butchering of an old TuneCast I dug out of the car to boost it's power beyond anything reasonable. Then there's the cheap way to replace your cracked window 'squeegee' on your car window and of course the jerry rigged patch of a leaking plastic intake manifold that GM completely dropped the ball on. (This one is the most Googled. Visits from NASA, GM and even Lockheed Martin had a peek. Hey guys, I'm available for design work! I can’t be much worse than what you've been doing.) Really this is just the simplest way I've found of collecting various mini-projects into one easy to update spot. Sometimes things don't go quite as planned in a moderately spectacular fasion.
posted to Projects by IronLizard at 3:24 PM on June 9, 2006

Not your soldier

An interesting anti-war animation (flash). (via) Another one. More.
posted to MetaFilter by IronLizard at 8:20 PM on May 13, 2006 (22 comments)

PIC + rs232 Woes

My JDM PIC programmer and the serial routines I've got stuffed in the little chip were working just fine....
posted to Ask Metafilter by IronLizard at 1:21 AM on May 7, 2006 (5 comments)

The ugly side of traffic court

I've finally gotten together the funds to remove my traffic ticket warrant but.....
posted to Ask Metafilter by IronLizard at 3:54 PM on April 21, 2006 (16 comments)

Salvage color LCD

I have this graphic LCD from either a pixter color or a leapster toy and I'd like to use it as a display, unfortunately.....
posted to Ask Metafilter by IronLizard at 1:57 PM on March 25, 2006 (8 comments)

Music CopyRight Cops Strike Again

Now they're after the lyrics. The MPA isn't stopping at the MP3 files.
posted to MetaFilter by IronLizard at 12:06 AM on December 10, 2005 (58 comments)

Gov Approved Prison Tats

The Canadian government has come up with a novel approach to stemming the tide of disease in prisons. They're paying for clean needles. For those who wonder what it all means. Great photos of this subculture and the tattoo as a mark of rebellion.
posted to MetaFilter by IronLizard at 6:35 PM on November 25, 2005 (20 comments)

The history of puppetry.

The traditions The traditions and history of puppetry are quite rich, often amusing. there are, quite unsurprisingly, those who truly hate the adorable little things. From fact to fiction and evendeeper investigations. Obligatory pinocchio link.
posted to MetaFilter by IronLizard at 11:42 AM on November 16, 2005 (19 comments)

Etiquette Question. Maybe a bad time to post this?...

Etiquette Question. Maybe a bad time to post this? [MI]
posted to MetaTalk by IronLizard at 11:12 AM on November 16, 2005 (26 comments)

Loo, where are you?

This story made me wonder a bit. I'd never thought to wonder where all those old toilets disappear to. Maybe some lost tribes are out there right now hunting with the remnants of these devices, which seem to have a rich history. Disclaimer.
posted to MetaFilter by IronLizard at 5:57 PM on November 8, 2005 (16 comments)