I used emusic for a good long while and liked it well enough. The selection is good as long as your tastes aren't solidly in the mainstream. There's a bit of a community built around the service (ratings, message boards, and the like) and browsing is great (I loved browsing by release date and finding old gems from the 40s). Their current pricing structure (30 mp3s per month for $11.99, 50 for $14.99, or 75 for $19.99 plus they throw up free tracks through the month) is no mp3tunes, but better... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 10:44 AM on June 30, 2008

The USDA Food Safety and Inspective Services has alerts and a recall archive about recent recalls involving meat, poultry, and egg products; all other food recalls are tracked by the FDA. Recalls.gov has a food section, as does the Federal Citizen Information Center.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 8:29 AM on May 23, 2008 marked best answer

The FDA has a recall archive as well, dating back to 1999.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 8:37 AM on May 23, 2008 marked best answer

Well, some Christians believe that the child-rape that goes on in FLDS communities should be legal before same-sex marriage under the guise of religious freedom and--get this!--tolerance. Do yourself a favor and avoid the comments on that post. UGH.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 9:27 PM on May 15, 2008

Heather K. Love is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania who has taught a seminar on friendship:
The course explored the history and philosophy of friendship with a particular emphasis on the history of same-sex intimacies and recent rethinking of the social.
She has posted a great deal of material from the course on her website that you may be interestred in perusing. You may also want to try researching friendship theory; it's something that philosophers have... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 9:15 AM on May 14, 2008 marked best answer

I wanted to add that Aristotle had much to say on the topic as well.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 9:17 AM on May 14, 2008

I really enjoy GQ (including the British version) and Men's Vogue, despite my non-dude status. I find Details to be absolute shit though.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 2:13 PM on May 8, 2008

You may want to be careful when taking St. John's Wort, depending on other medications you may be on at the time. Personally, I've tried many of the things posted and have had some success with a program of omega-3s and valerian root. Kava, I've found, is far too sedating to be helpful. Otherwise, breathing and exercise can go a long way.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 6:50 AM on May 8, 2008

And I'm no hippie, but if the side effects of some herbs put you off, you might be frightened by what the real drugs can do.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 6:52 AM on May 8, 2008

People with a History: An Online Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans History
GLBT Historical Society
Great Queers of History
Essays on Gay History
Gays from A-Z!
Androphile Gay History Project
Homolexis Glossary
A queer history timeline
Links to Queer Theory resources, including a section on cultures/subcultures within the queer community
Gay Movie History and Queer... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 3:39 PM on May 4, 2008

The company sees Money Exchange as a loss leader for its upcoming credit card--the aptly named "RevolutionCard." It has been posited that they plan to make no money off of the Exchange service, but rather just build up a network of potential credit card customers.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 7:01 AM on April 25, 2008 marked best answer

Previously...
Information for a first-time egg donor
What's the deal with selling eggs?
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 6:34 PM on April 8, 2008

Feed those songs into a Pandora station, and you'll get much more like them.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 4:42 PM on March 27, 2008 marked best answer

This is late but, Rainbow Warriors from CocoRosie's The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn has a hip-hop vibe.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 12:26 PM on March 17, 2008

I think this is a problem often created by women and "solved" by the makeup industry.

No, it's a "problem" both created and solved by the industry.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 12:19 PM on March 17, 2008

Bootie is an awesome monthly mashup party that posts lots of mashups on their website and blog.
Get Your Bootleg On is a mashup forum.
YourSpins is a mashup community with contests and the like
MashupTown is s so-so mashup blog.

But, yeah. The Hood Internet is pretty much all you need.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 12:13 PM on March 12, 2008 marked best answer

Also, the Download Embedded Firefox extension lets you readily batch download embedded files like mp3s from a website.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 12:16 PM on March 12, 2008 marked best answer

Truffles! Garnish and enrobe with whatever you like--get creative!
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 1:29 PM on March 5, 2008

And here are some savory chocolate cooking ideas.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 1:36 PM on March 5, 2008

I don't know that there's a name for it, but some people aligned with various ethical eating movements promote doing so. Some foraging movements have hunting counterparts, and parts of the anarcho-primitivist movement hunt/forage/etc. These forums discuss hunting, trapping, and fishing as part of wilderness survival, and this "survival IQ" aggregates much of the same. This primitive living skillset links to a bunch of applicable resources. I think there's a much larger contingent of... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 1:12 PM on March 5, 2008

Sandor Ellix Katz's excellent book The Revolution Will not be Microwaved also mentions eating roadkill as a sustainable way to consume meat. But again, it is part of a larger "ethical eating" mantra, not a sole (or even primary) means of attaining food.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 1:25 PM on March 5, 2008

Maybe the dressing was rice vinegar, with sugar/honey, sesame oil, and a soy sauce? Some combination of the above is what I often throw onto a rice noodle salad.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 9:25 AM on March 3, 2008

You might want to look at George Lakoff, a linguist at UC Berkeley who has explored conceptions of morality in [specifically, U.S.] politics through a lens of cognitive science and language. Some folks like him, others don't, but he's seems applicable to what you're looking for here.

Wikipedia
Interview about politics, framing, and language here
Discussing the phrase "War on Terror," other conservative catchphrases
Metaphor,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 1:08 PM on February 27, 2008

Waxy.org Links - link blog much like kottke's
3QuarksDaily - "...science, design, literature, current affairs, art, and anything else we deem inherently fascinating."
Damn Interesting - longer articles, but, well...damn interesting.
and, um...BoingBoing?
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 1:30 PM on February 21, 2008 marked best answer

Dessert ravioli!!

Chocolate Ravioli with Bittersweet Sauce
Fried Banana Ravioli with Vanilla Custard Sauce
Fried Plum Ravioli with Mint Cream
Peach Ravioli
Ricotta, Orange, and Cocoa Ravioli
Croatian Dessert Ravioli with Almond, Chocolate, and Brandy
Fried Sweet Cheese Ravioli with... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 9:55 AM on February 21, 2008

Also, this site sells ravioli, but there's no reason why you can't put together your own recipes based on their flavours:

Désirée potato & roasted garlic (in egg pasta)
Fetta cheese, black olives & fresh thyme (in egg pasta)
Four cheeses–ricotta, sheep's milk cheddar, pecorino & parmesan (in spinach pasta)
Spinach ricotta and pinenuts ( in egg pasta )
Spinach, ricotta & gorgonzola (in egg pasta)... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 10:06 AM on February 21, 2008

A brokered convention. I hate to link to the DailyKos, but they had a pretty comprehensive FAQ on delegates yesterday; apparently, there is some concern that the nominating fight may continue until the convention in August, making the superdelegates more and more important.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 8:49 AM on February 11, 2008

Art and the Semiotics of Images
A Semiotic analysis of Political Cartoons
Semiotics: A Primer for Designers
Hypertext essay by a professor at the University of Vermont for a Survey of Mass Media class on semiotics and advertising
A similar text from the University of Vermont, focusing on images of women and the Gaze
And here's a bunch of resources on semiotics, which has a specific section for visual semiotics.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 11:56 AM on February 6, 2008 marked best answer

Memeorandum and its sister site TechMeme track the political and tech blogosphere, respectively.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 12:58 PM on February 5, 2008

Mashable also posted this list of 13 tools for tracking the blogosphere recently, but I found most the sites mentioned to be a bit lacking.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 1:01 PM on February 5, 2008 marked best answer

Coconut water works as well as a gatorade-type drink, without all the added sugar and other bad-for-you shit.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 3:39 PM on January 25, 2008

Seth Godin says that "people talking about you is far more effective than talking about yourself," noting that his stats show that he sells more copies of others' books that he promotes on his blog than his own.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 2:33 PM on January 22, 2008 marked best answer

You can broil cake frosting...yum!
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 4:13 PM on January 17, 2008

...or your seafood of choice:
broiled chili shrimp
broiled orange roughy
cold broiled swordfish
dijon glazed broiled salmon
broiled lobster tails
broiled scallops
Okay, I'm hungry now.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 4:21 PM on January 17, 2008

Perhaps skip most of the tech blogs and let TechMeme do the aggregating for you? I hit the site when my unread feeds are too overwhelming. The feed for Techmeme doesn't include the "discussion" blog links, but a simlpe clickthrough will.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 11:42 AM on October 6, 2007

Did you Google? The Straight Dope result is the first answer.

Apparently, someone won the Ig Nobel Prize asking this very question. From the article:
“To our surprise, the removal of the high frequencies didn’t reduce the aversive qualities of the sound, but removing the middle frequencies of the sound did,” he said.

Intrigued by this finding, Blake set about examining the sound waves associated with other... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 5:43 AM on September 5, 2007

There's also a treatise on it in Douglas Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (some of which you can find online if you do a search on Google Books).
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 3:00 PM on August 31, 2007

Eskimo Joe - New York
A Shoreline Dream - New York
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Frontier ruckus - Mohawk, New York
Matson Jones - New York City, Fuck Off
Suzanne Vega - New York is a Woman
Dead Heart Bloom - New York City Heat
Belle and Sebastion - Piazza, New York Catcher
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 1:52 PM on August 6, 2007

Laura Nyro -- New York Tendaberry (from the album of the same name)
The Frank and Walters - The Fashion Crisis Hits New York
Hem - Great Houses of New York
Toasters - New York Fever
LCD Soundsystem - New York, I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down
Rosie Thomas - All the Way to New York City
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 2:02 PM on August 6, 2007

Regarding spermicidal lubricant: "As far as spermicides are concerned, using spermicidal lube is generally no longer recommended. Spermicides alone not only provide minimal pregnancy protection, but nonoxynol-9 (N-9), found in many spermicides, can cause irritation and possibly facilitate HIV transmission. Spermicidal lubes may be a safer option for couples who are monogamous and have little reason to be worried about HIV/STI transmission; for others, choosing a spermicide-free lube may be... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 5:38 PM on July 6, 2007

You should really use ReCaptcha; the text it uses is for digitizing old books and the like.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 7:50 AM on June 25, 2007

The suitcases were there for two days; my lease wasn't ending - I was moving in, but have lived in the building before and had been sleeping there almost every night for the past month and a half. I am in Swarthmore, PA.

Thanks for the answers thus far!
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 10:56 AM on June 9, 2007

Thanks again for the answers.

Admittedly, it may have been stupid to leave the stuff out on the porch. However, we live in a tiny town, where we leave all of our doors constantly unlocked (both to the building itself and the six individual apartments inside) whether we are there or not. None of us use keys. If there were a risk for theft, all of our laptops, electronics, and other valuables would have disappeared long ago. We all leave stuff in both the front and back... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 5:28 PM on June 9, 2007

Baudrillard.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 2:18 PM on May 17, 2007

Seconding Google Docs; it allows for tagging. There's also wikidPad, which is a bit more powerful.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 10:50 AM on May 7, 2007

Yet another eponysterical question?
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 4:51 PM on January 16, 2007

Tensor, I read and love your blog!
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 4:39 PM on January 16, 2007

Monday writes "I would call my mother's aunt my great aunt, not my grand aunt. She would call me her great niece. This may be my family's aberration, but I think I've heard others call similar relationships the same."

My family does this as well; I actually believed it was accepted convention for quite some time.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 7:59 AM on July 15, 2006

This question sucks. I initially thought "submarine" upon hearing the question, and "blimp" upon reading the choices, due to its lack of wings. I think the "lighter than air" aspect is probably a better angle to take, however, due to semantic quibbles about wings on helicopters.

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posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 12:22 PM on July 12, 2006

Here's a PS tutorial on getting a comic-y effct, and another on acheiving "Sin City"-style illustrations.
posted to Ask Metafilter by youarenothere at 3:04 PM on July 11, 2006 marked best answer