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What am I doing to my shoes?
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at 12:41 AM on July 6, 2008
(13 comments)
Quick -- I leave work at 4 and the iPod that I usually listen to on the bus ride home has no battery left. What can I find online to print out to read that will entertain me for 20-45 minutes?
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at 3:10 PM on June 26, 2008
(9 comments)
What kind of beer should we serve at our party tomorrow?
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at 2:03 PM on June 10, 2008
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How do you organize your email? How can I better organize my emails and be a better email-user?
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at 11:52 AM on May 11, 2008
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Mac/PC webcam options (hardware and software)?
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at 10:50 PM on April 17, 2008
(7 comments)
Help! The CD drive keeps re-opening!
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at 11:16 AM on April 5, 2008
(10 comments)
Preventative care for potential video/screen issues on an aging iBook?
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at 10:32 AM on March 20, 2008
(3 comments)
Favorite paper airplanes (and other flying diversions)?
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at 11:23 PM on February 28, 2008
(15 comments)
Tricks, tips, and recipes for cooking with alcohol?
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at 11:01 PM on February 18, 2008
(19 comments)
I found a
Blackberry 8830 (I think) the other day -- it was sitting on the back of my car which was parked out in the carport. Now what?
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at 11:50 AM on February 2, 2008
(10 comments)
Help me get ready for a Pilates class!
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at 1:00 AM on December 29, 2007
(10 comments)
Anyone have experience with 3rd party batteries for Apple portables?
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at 9:10 PM on December 18, 2007
(6 comments)
Help me take advantage of my first high-tech phone! I have some questions about the LG Chocolate, Bluetooth, and mac connectivity.
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at 12:22 PM on November 17, 2007
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Help me find some interesting teas that are a bit less hard on my stomach.
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at 10:09 PM on October 28, 2007
(26 comments)
Musicians -- how do you attract students?
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at 8:22 PM on September 26, 2007
(13 comments)
All-ages venues in SF for Sunday and Monday nights -- what are our options? Give me whatever you've got.
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at 10:50 PM on September 15, 2007
(6 comments)
Help me source some high-quality bouillon cubes.
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at 11:55 AM on September 6, 2007
(22 comments)
Help me diagnose my car's weird lurching problem. This is mostly for curiosity's sake, as I do plan on taking it to the mechanic tomorrow or Saturday. But I sort of want to know what I'm in for.
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at 9:29 PM on August 23, 2007
(22 comments)
I'm 6' 5" and wear an 18 37/38 dress shirt (or an XL Tall). I'm looking for some more shirts to round out my collection, but the catch is -- they have to be inexpensive.
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at 12:09 AM on July 18, 2007
(11 comments)
I'd like to learn more about print design and typography (I think. I'm not sure if these are the right terms).
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at 5:26 PM on June 27, 2007
(12 comments)
Need help finding non-short shorts for tall guys.
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at 11:59 PM on June 4, 2007
(26 comments)
Are there any gas stations or fast food places in [North, preferably] Seattle that sell fountain pop in Styrofoam (polystyrene) cups?
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at 1:00 PM on May 13, 2007
(20 comments)
I'm looking for a post that I swear I saw on AskMe a while ago. It was a long discussion of why pop (soda, fountain drinks, etc) taste better out of Styrofoam cups than waxy paper or plastic (more inside).
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at 12:17 AM on May 11, 2007
(5 comments)
Where are all the Mexican groceries in Seattle?
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at 1:32 PM on April 29, 2007
(17 comments)
Vanityfilter: why do I sometimes have these "bad hair days", and how can I prevent them in the future? Pictures and gory details after the break.
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at 1:07 PM on April 22, 2007
(12 comments)
Ghost In The Machine
"I have a murderer's music on my iPod and, almost reflexively, I couldn't help but think of him while listening to these songs—they were his songs, songs he gave me. [...] Listening to his music put me inside [his] head. [...] I wanted to throw up." [more inside]
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at 5:36 PM on April 13, 2007
(42 comments)
I have a friend/roommate with some interesting dietary restrictions. Any help?
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at 12:56 PM on April 7, 2007
(20 comments)
How to respond to "casual" homophobia and other similarly immature behavior?
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at 10:25 PM on March 26, 2007
(134 comments)
Need toms help finding a good program or method for maintaining an outline structure within an essay. As you can tell, I'm having a hard time describing my problem.
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at 12:19 PM on March 9, 2007
(9 comments)
Help me learn how to take indoor pictures with my Canon SD800.
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at 2:12 PM on February 18, 2007
(20 comments)
Help me find something to satisfy my oral fixation (no, not that).
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at 3:45 PM on January 28, 2007
(36 comments)
I am in search of a great tuxedo shirt.
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at 5:46 PM on January 12, 2007
(8 comments)
Help me repair a hole in the (vinyl? leather?) armrest of my car.
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at 11:29 PM on December 25, 2006
(7 comments)
I know that it's Christmas, and
filmgeek seems like a great guy, and
this is indeed a great post. But are the paragraph breaks really necessary? It seems like they don't really add anything to the post, and they don't make the link any more clear or insightful. I don't really see why they have to be there, and they kind of throw off the eye when browsing the blue.
Sorry if this is the Worst Callout Ever. I realize that the topic of line breaks has been touched on
before, but as far as I can tell, we haven't gotten into the paragraph breaks too much. What is the policy on this? (To be clear, I don't intend this as a filmgeek callout, just a paragraph break callout).
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at 12:42 PM on December 25, 2006
(30 comments)
Where can I buy
Worms for my Mac (preferably pay for and download online so I can play it right
now)?
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at 11:25 PM on December 11, 2006
(11 comments)
Should I buy a new car?
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at 6:09 PM on November 25, 2006
(15 comments)
In OS X, is it possible to set up a video to play at full screen on a secondary display?
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at 12:06 AM on November 18, 2006
(7 comments)
Help me figure out whether I'm being scammed. The question, which involves theft prevention, MAC addresses, and the University of Washington Campus Police, follows after the break.
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at 5:19 PM on November 8, 2006
(23 comments)
My iPod freezes up on me whenever I play certain files.
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at 2:46 AM on October 29, 2006
(9 comments)
I'm looking for some (free) stock art borders to use on certificates that I'm printing on the computer (like
this).
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at 6:22 PM on October 18, 2006
(3 comments)
I'm trying to decide whether or not to post a particular FPP. Would the following be a case of
PepsiBlue?
Audible.com has recently lowered the price of several of its radio shows, including the popular-among-MeFites This American Life, to
$.95 an episode. I know that TAL episodes can be acquired via - *ahem* - other - methods, but TAL's high cost on Audible (used to be $4 a show?) have been griped about around here before, and it seems like people would be interested in seeing the news about the reduction in cost.
I don't work for Audible, and I have had my complaints about them in the past, but I think this is pretty cool and don't know how many other folks know about it. On the other hand, I don't want to be an annoying pain in the ass.
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at 4:26 PM on October 4, 2006
(57 comments)
Printing in black and white on an HP PSC 1610 from a mac. I can't believe that this is so hard to do, but I must be missing something.
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at 10:26 PM on September 28, 2006
(6 comments)
After eyeing my boss' new Treo 700, I'm toying with the idea of getting one. I have a few questions about Fancy New SmartPhone Technology that I'm hoping the hive mind can help me with.
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at 11:29 AM on September 21, 2006
(13 comments)
Tabblo
looks pretty cool. It will integrate with Flickr photos (or upload your own) and let you make a collage-style poster that can be had for $20. Very web 2.0-ish, but seems to be well executed. This could be an easy way to make a poster of album art? (via
Lifehacker, via
Techcrunch).
posted to MetaFilter by rossination
at 2:28 PM on September 15, 2006
(20 comments)
Several days ago, I found an unauthorized charge (a $40 withdrawal from savings) on my bank statement. I called my bank (Bank of America, Seattle customer, FWIW) and they confirmed that the withdrawal was made from an ATM in the area. This strikes me as a Very Bad Thing, because whoever did it must have had an ATM card that was mine (they didn't; I haven't lost my card) or that appeared to be mine, and (s)he also would have had to have my PIN. Now I have a few more questions.
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at 11:36 AM on September 11, 2006
(24 comments)
Ever heard of
Andy Martin? Probably not. But have you ever watched Family Guy or King of the Hill, or watched movies such as Spiderman, The Day After Tomorrow, or Monsters, Inc? Andy is on all of them. Trombonist Martin is one of many studio musicians (aka
session musicians) in the LA area who are called upon day after day to record the music that we take for granted. Although it may not be the most fulfilling job, it pays the bills, and for someone with a talent as relatively obscure as trombone playing (or clarinet playing, or drumming, or anything else), it's one of the
few careers left. Even so, drummer Russ Miller reminds us that studio musicians are rapidly being replaced by synthesizers (Hans Zimmer's score for Gladiator, for instance, uses lots of
synths in lieu of real players) and that
"we don't have the luxury of just playing our instrument like we used to".
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at 7:12 PM on September 8, 2006
(26 comments)
Sonny Rollins, one of the founding tenors of bop and post-bop jazz, is
76 today. Unlike many
other jazz giants who passed away well before they ought to have, Sonny is still going strong.
Rollins became famous with his record
Saxophone Colossus which included, among others, the memorable
St. Thomas. Sonny also became known for his ability to craft imaginative, articulate solos while playing with just a bassist and drummer (without the benefit of a chordal instrument such as piano to "flesh out" the harmonies).
Happy Birthday, Sonny!
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at 4:38 PM on September 7, 2006
(28 comments)
Internet options for 3 apartment-dwelling college students in Seattle.
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at 11:37 AM on September 1, 2006
(9 comments)
How can I listen to my mac-formatted iPod through my PC at work?
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at 10:38 AM on August 24, 2006
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