Top. Fewer incursions by unwelcome guests. and vi.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 5:12 AM on October 7, 2008

Punk: Fuck on the Beach.
New wave, but you should know The Plastics.
And the amazingly named, but ska, Snail Ramp.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 7:50 AM on October 2, 2008

HappyCow's Boston listing will help you find a restaurant to take your friend to, and stores where she can more easily find vegan products.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 11:51 AM on October 1, 2008

Also, one of the most supportive things you can do is just preparing vegan food for any situation where you'll be eating together so she doesn't always have to feel the responsibility of bringing her own food since everyone around her is eating meat/eggs/etc. Another thing would be to inform others who will be preparing food that there's a vegan and encourage them to provide something good (ie. not just whatever random vegetables as a salad).
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 11:57 AM on October 1, 2008

Abortion - Lake of Fire
Race - Fear Eats the Soul
Death Penalty - M, Death by Hanging, The Thin Blue Line
Whistle blowing - The Bad Sleep Well
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 10:31 AM on September 29, 2008

After a little more investigation... the signal shown in inSSIDer seems to return to its high levels as the AP decides upon which antennae to use (the lights on the AP stop flickering like crazy).
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 10:27 AM on September 28, 2008

The AP was on 6 previously and I moved it over to 7 since there were 4-5 other networks in the building on 6.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 10:36 AM on September 28, 2008

Actual stats, by channel:
channel 1: 3 networks, including mine
channel 4: 1
channel 5: 1
channel 6: 6
channel 7: 1, mine
channel 11: 5, including mine

The signals on 11 and 1 seem to be stable.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 10:40 AM on September 28, 2008

Firmware on AP updated. No change.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 10:56 AM on September 28, 2008

Switched out the APs. New one in-room is on channel 11, has a similar signal strength graph, though it hasn't yet dropped to the point of losing the connection.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 11:22 AM on September 28, 2008

A related question: why might windows choose to switch to a low-power signal when there's a high-power one right in the room? In inSSIDer I can see the signal strength 'wobble' around when I'm connected to that AP, and the others are flat; but XP is choosing to use the lowest-powered signal on the network, which is ... confusing.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 11:29 AM on September 28, 2008

Hrm okay. I'm pretty confident that the super crazy drops are due to the AP reconfiguring itself, but it could well be the congestion that's causing it to reconfigure. The APs aren't at their final locations, so perhaps throwing one at the opposite end of the apartment will let me use the channel and everything will be peachy.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 2:05 PM on September 28, 2008

Patience. Or videos.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 11:32 AM on September 28, 2008

No, much of America's planning is hostile to mass transit options. The solution is not to reinvent public transit, but to stop building residential suburbs and build instead dense cores of mixed residential/commercial, as in the East, as in Europe.

Or hope that places like San Diego burn to the ground in the next wave of fires and is rebuilt with a dense urban center.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 8:53 AM on September 27, 2008 marked best answer

You can't have contact with her for a few years, at least.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 6:42 AM on September 22, 2008

Falling over happens with cleats, and wearing cleats for routine city riding is kind of silly. I suggest buying Shimano PD-M324's which have a platform on one side and a clip(less) on the other side. I used the platform side of these during a tour especially in shitty city conditions (wet cobblestones, train tracks, etc) and used the clipless side for all the long country riding.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 5:42 AM on September 18, 2008

New road bikes: low-end 700-1200$, mid-range 1200-1700$, high-end 1800$+
Under 700$ you're looking at used or often "lower quality" bikes. These bikes will still be able to get you 5 miles, which is a reasonably short commute.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 1:16 AM on September 14, 2008

You should be looking on gumtree's bicycle section, which is much cheaper than buying new in bike shops. Looking there, it seems like you can get a bike in your price range. Stay away from the 'fixed up' fixed-gears/singlespeeds since they'll be overpriced. You could basically use any bike for the distances you're going. The main thing you need to look out for is the fit of the frame; don't buy anything that feels like you're having to bend over too far, that makes you stand on your tip-toes, or... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 7:14 AM on September 12, 2008

They should probably have talked to you, but as long as they don't seem like exploitative fuckers (e.g. if they're film students) then get some restrictive agreement like those up thread.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 11:35 AM on September 6, 2008

If this is a one-off thing, writing a normal html form, then scoring with a simple PHP script would probably be 100 times easier than trying to install/manage moodle, joomla, or any other script.

E.g., with input like so:
<input type="radio" name="question1" value="1"> A
<input type="radio" name="question1" value="2"> B
<input type="radio"... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 12:27 AM on September 6, 2008

woops. the <> there should be a &lt=
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 12:28 AM on September 6, 2008

ack! <=
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 12:28 AM on September 6, 2008

oh sweet jesus.

for ($i=1; $i<=$numberofquestions; $i++) {
$totalscore += $_POST[$varname . $i];
}
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 12:30 AM on September 6, 2008

If you are transferring to another *nix machine, scp from the command line is the easiest. If you need to transfer to windows, and your windows machine is nearby, consider using winscp and initiating the transfer from the windows box.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 5:57 AM on September 2, 2008

4 ways:
(1) Frames/IFrames. Advantages: Plain html, no server support necessary. Fast (load frame content once). Disadvantages: Ugly, having to write frames-related html.

(2) Javascript. Advantages: can insert text in the page rather than use a frame. Disadvantages: Everything else. Slow, awkward, the wrong way to do it.

(3) SSI. Advantages: Cleaner presentation than frames. Only needs Apache. Fast. Disadvantages: User redownloads the... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 2:38 PM on August 30, 2008

Give him a pile of cash for a bike.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 1:51 PM on August 18, 2008

Also, be aware that many "fake" dairy products still contain casein, i.e. many fake cheeses.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 1:11 PM on July 13, 2008

Absolutely do not get the cops involved. Absolutely do not try to intimidate/force your kids to "behave" with threats of "boot camp" etc. Both of these tactics are pathetic and do not treat your children with the respect they deserve. Using either of these tactics will rightfully cause deep resentment and distrust of you in the future. Your kids' problem probably isn't pot, but rather their pot use probably is a symptom of other issues they have with their living/schooling... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 8:54 AM on July 9, 2008

jayder: Legally, a parent has the authority to do these things (call the police, put their kid in 'boot camp' etc), but these laws treat kids/children/teenagers like objects that are unable to make rational decisions. Unless the kids are crazy, then they're still operating on some rational basis. "School is super stressful, I want to not be stressed, pot can make me unstressed." or whatever. Now, from your point of view and the parents point of view, this is a bad... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 12:20 PM on July 11, 2008

The problem with San Diego is you have to spend all your time getting out of the city. A normal 25 mile loop would be from my old house to my old job. Boo. Plus, pretty much everything is on rather highly trafficked roads.

Riding up the coast is the most logical route from pretty much anywhere in the central city area. The roads are good, the terrain is varied, the ocean looks nice, etc. You can't go west (ocean!), and going south you hit shittily... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 11:29 AM on July 11, 2008 marked best answer

I should note that the map probably isn't 100% the best route. I haven't ridden in SD for around 3 years. So, YMMV.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 11:39 AM on July 11, 2008

Ignore him? Block his number? Get caller id and don't answer? Hang up? Say politely that your religion is non of his business, goodbye, have a nice day (then hang up)? Tell him that you reject Christ as your personal savior, and reject his divinity, etc, etc?
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 6:18 PM on July 7, 2008

A friend of mine who has similar scars answers "They're from a long time ago when I was feeling bad." If said appropriately, this should ward off any hint of the cutting being acceptable to the child. I think other posters here are underestimating the intelligence of children.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 10:53 AM on July 7, 2008

On the 4th of July you should go to Ocean Beach, buy a bottle of tequila, get a burrito, and sit on the beach to watch the fireworks. Or, better, if you've saved your easter candy, eat that while watching the fireworks and drinking tequila.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 10:45 AM on June 29, 2008

You can easily do this with DOM manipulation. You should target a parent element, like a div or whatever with an id (use getelementbyid), delete its children, then add the necessary anchor and img elements each time you rotate.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 12:52 PM on June 3, 2008

too late!
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 12:53 PM on June 3, 2008

You can buy whole-leg cycling tights if the Gold Bond doesn't work out. The link is for expensive ones, you can get cheaper if you look around.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 3:03 PM on June 1, 2008

Yeah you're a bit obsessive, and your boyfriend is on the other side of things, maybe not obsessive enough, who knows. Explain to him calmly that it makes you uncomfortable and you know that maybe you're overreacting but that it'd make you much more comfortable if he'd wash his hands more regularly and that you'd really really appreciate it. He should at least make a small effort to accommodate you.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 11:36 AM on June 1, 2008

If you want to do a Electrical or Mechanical Engineering masters/PhD, you'll have to have a very strong math/physics background. You probably have to do another bachelor's degree, which sounds like 2 years to me.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 9:33 AM on May 31, 2008

If you wanted to do a CS masters, you might get by, but to do a EE masters, you'd be way out of your league. Studying CS doesn't at all prepare you for EE tasks.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 3:06 PM on May 31, 2008

I did this too, especially playing Quake3 when I had tight deadlines. Moving yourself away from your computer is the best thing to do, or getting a laptop which can't support game-playing (or the internet!).
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 9:38 AM on May 31, 2008

For (1) if you check the html source, you'll see "skip to content." This is probably for text-based web browsers, and probably used to skip over the navigation, which can take up a few screens in these browsers.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 1:24 PM on May 30, 2008

Oy, duh. But I found this, which seems to indicate that it is at least hard to force google to use your meta description.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 3:37 PM on May 30, 2008

I doubt you'll need an undergrad degree, but you should work on making prints to demonstrate your interest and skill to get into grad school. Teaching is rather far off and you'd be better to focus on getting good at printmaking (you can't teach it if you're not really good at it).
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 1:42 AM on May 30, 2008

Well you don't have to be an expert in all fields to get into grad school. A lot of what grad school is about is getting good at a particular technique/approach. So long as you have a good foundation to work upon, and you show that you're both interested in a specific area and have the diligence to work in/through/whatever it, you should be okay. If you're aiming at teaching, I guess you should diversify while in grad school, but doing good block printing seems a lot harder to me than doing... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 3:15 AM on May 30, 2008

I learned Python and Django. PHP is awful and spaghetti-like, even with things like CakePHP. Ruby has perl-like syntax. Rails forces you to do lots of configuration once you step outside the small automagic features. Python made more sense to me and django is way better planned than Rails.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 12:01 AM on May 30, 2008

I got rid of pretty much everything I owned save for a backpack of clothes, a laptop, and a bike. Two and a half years later, I have a little bit more than a backpack full of clothes, a laptop with 2 external drives, 3 bikes, and a bit of camping equipment. The only "regret" I have is that I didn't have space for my art supplies, so I haven't made many nice things in the last few years. But I'm young, and mostly had things from my time in school, not nice inherited trinkets.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 5:01 AM on May 29, 2008

Peel them. Save the rinds, dry them out, then make them into marmalade. Or adjust to drinking bitter juice.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 5:18 AM on May 28, 2008

To keep it cheap you need to actually travel as little as possible since the biggest costs getting around Europe are from getting around Europe. A train ride across half of Germany cost me 90 euro (a touch under $100), i think. So long as you stay in hostels/cheapcheap hotels, and don't eat at super expensive restaurants, you should easily stay within your limits.

If you've only got a week, hitting Amsterdam, Ghent and Paris seems like enough, but... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 3:54 AM on May 28, 2008

Oh, but if you want a non-fixed single speed bike, you can also get a frame w/ vertical dropouts, you'll then (probably) also need a chain tensioner, which means you'll need a "hanger" to which you can attach it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beerbajay at 1:30 PM on May 27, 2008