Vivaldi's Concerto for Lute and Harp

There is a Deutsch Grammophon pressing that's a bit better than this You Tube video
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 5:44 AM on July 25, 2008

It's normal - I hope

I was wondering if I had mild Tourettes. cause I exclaim "Aw FUCK"
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 8:00 AM on July 23, 2008

I want to do it in a way that causes as little pain as possible

You cant mitigate this. And I'm guessing you mean little pain as possible- for me.

Slowly set up a alternative life- then leave.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 1:32 AM on July 20, 2008

Wall of Voodoo?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 7:18 PM on July 19, 2008

Try a variety of dishes, one could be...

Good (real) cheddar in a Ploughman's Lunch

Can use Stilton- but not for cheese novices
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 7:17 PM on July 19, 2008

There is a really good two part epoxy product who's name escapes me at the moment, but is available from good craft shops. Being an epoxy it dries solid, and absolutely clear.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 5:27 AM on July 19, 2008

Eventually I found a spot in my heart to forgive her

That's big of you.

She's living her life, probably having fun. Big deal Why did you even post this?

What question do you want help with?

Does she need your support? Is she actually in trouble?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 10:57 PM on July 18, 2008

http://whois.domaintools.com/loannegotiatorgroup.com

franklindiamos@mac.com ? I don't think so

Scam- keep clear
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 3:30 AM on July 13, 2008

email it to a gmail/yahoo account

print it and mail it to yourself via registered mail
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 2:54 AM on July 13, 2008

Media Player Classic is well worth it, VLC is terrific too
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 5:44 PM on July 12, 2008

Most of Iain Banks Culture novels include 'Orbitals'. One of his later works 'The Algebraist' sees action taking place on a gas giant.

The novel 'Player of Games' sets the climax on a really well imagined world- would be a spoiler to mention more- his science fiction is well worth a read.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 5:19 AM on July 12, 2008

STOMP ?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 6:57 PM on July 11, 2008

You need to go. Do not give in to this behaviour, if you do she will become more dominating. She knows it's ridiculous behaviour, and is obviously using the exam as leverage in blackmail.

You too can use this, if you go it will let her know that you cannot be treated in such a manner.

I wouldn't stand for it- you can't build a relationship around lack of freedom.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 6:54 PM on July 11, 2008

Applications that rely on SQL are storing and retreiving data.

SQL = Structured Query Language is a universal-ish language towrite to and retrieve from databases.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 3:46 PM on July 7, 2008

Relationships are about trust. If the relationship needs a Prenuptial agreements then it's not off to a good start. I'd walk.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 4:48 PM on July 1, 2008

tea spoon of sugar will remove the acidity from tomato sauce
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 10:36 PM on June 26, 2008

My SO is from Taiwan, and we were in very much the same situation- with her living in Australia and studying. The concept of "me" was slowly introduced, i.e.

I've met an incredibly amazing, handsome boy...

Month or two later... incredibly amazing, handsome boy has a room in his house...

They put two and two together and worked it out. We started visiting Taiwan together and it was pretty obvious that we were a... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 6:10 PM on June 25, 2008

At 15 months, this is the longest time I have been employed full-time in a professional setting. If I leave my job, will it look bad on my resume or hinder my chances of finding a good job elsewhere?

No. This will not damage you future prospects.

KokuRyu is right, sounds like you're starting to slip anyway, or your "attitude" has been noticed (if you have an attitude)

Clearly time to start casting around for... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 5:41 AM on June 25, 2008

Down is heavy

Look for Super Down bags, these are really light and very warm. They are expensive but well worth it.

Synthetic has all the disadvantages that you would expect, but they do dry out quickly.

You're in Melbourne, Rays have super down bags, and get a swag too. You'll be lovely and dry, warm too. I bought swag there a few years back for 11 bucks, brilliant investment.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 6:53 AM on June 24, 2008

Burn it out

Wait till it dries, the play a blowtorch over the area. The poo will burn off before the wood is affected.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 3:32 AM on June 24, 2008

We had to have professional indemnity and general liability insurance in dealing with a large corporate client We passed the cost on.

Either try to get them to drop it or tell them that you'll need to pass the cost onto them
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 7:51 PM on June 23, 2008

If you dont' mind me asking anonymous, what are your hobbies?

This is a really good start. Many people just don't have hobbies and are in a similar situation. It sounds trite, but it's very true. A shared interest can often open the doors to other interests/discoveries etc.

I wouldn't discount seeking people with similar interests.

Also, regarding meeting people for coffee or being in social situations, it takes practice.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 6:40 AM on June 23, 2008

Laibach's Let it Be

Whole album to choose from.

Though I thing all the songs are in 4/4 - that's if a time signature can even be applied to industrial nazi machine music
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 6:00 AM on June 22, 2008

My experience is that they don't at all.

We deal with a large user base as well as their support staff you one would think would be familiar with ZIP files- we often need to explain how to unpack a zip file.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 5:11 AM on June 18, 2008

Is it a purebred - or chinchilla type?

Our cat's stupid. Its a pure bred chinchilla. Birds steal food out of his cat bowl we we feed him.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 9:48 PM on June 16, 2008

Guide Dogs associations (well those in Australia) are always looking for gentle people to train guide dogs. It's volunteer and you must like puppies.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 9:41 PM on June 16, 2008

Technical Director?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 6:20 AM on June 15, 2008

This guy has some fun stuff
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 9:24 PM on June 14, 2008

DVD should never be used for long term storage as the media degrades over time.

Use backup tape.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 7:22 PM on June 14, 2008

If you want to mock the actual design, use photoshop or equivalent. Then you do the "cuts" from there. That's industry practice.

Wireframe isn't for visual reference, its for functionality. Wireframes can look ugly as sin- but they demonstrate execution flow.

MeMail me with an email address and I'll send you a few mockups if you wish.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 5:50 AM on June 13, 2008

There is such a thing as bad business.

Clients that are more trouble than they are worth are not worth keeping. Keep the profitable clients, ditch the rest.

Are you into code reuse? Develop standards and stick with them. You should be able to bolt together an application with pre existing parts. If not you are doing something wrong.

Ditto hosting- it's not worth the effort. Leave it to the big guys.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 5:32 PM on June 12, 2008

Second David Starkey

Simon Schama is good too.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 4:53 AM on June 10, 2008

Speak up and mention your resume.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 7:45 PM on June 9, 2008

we use webtrain and find it pretty good. Has quite a few good features. Internet Explorer based though.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 6:29 AM on June 9, 2008

Same thing happened to me when I turned 40

Drove me mad for a couple of years, then Zyrtec came to my rescue.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 12:15 AM on June 7, 2008

Surely genius doesn't need to be only science.


Margaret Thatcher was a brilliant political operator

Joni Mitchel is a genius songwriter

Margaret Atwood is a brilliant story teller


And yeah, define genius.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 11:16 PM on June 4, 2008

winrar ?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 7:49 PM on June 3, 2008

There is nothing unusual in what you are feeling. It's not the same in all companies, good sales people are highly regarded- and as a sales person your skills should be relatively portable. If you're not happy, move on- there are plenty of reason in the world to get stressed, and you shouldn't get stressed by something that is in your control to change.

Also nepotism is usually used to indicate a form of favouritism that involves family relationships.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 7:31 AM on June 2, 2008

I assume that this is a law-related application. (You should have specified.) There are at least three possible directions, the first of which you have followed:

Law or medical
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 6:12 PM on June 1, 2008

Lots of good answers here.

GuyZero, funnily enough the code name for the app was Echidna, and the API and namespaces are called Echidna. So maybe I'll keep it that.

Fyi, the competitors are called "Resolve" and "RiskMan"

Thanks all for helping to put this to bed.

Cheers.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 6:35 AM on June 2, 2008

He likes you but is unsure how to proceed/shy.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 4:13 AM on June 1, 2008

I don't think you are on a winner with this one, and for god's sake don't write her a note- then you'll have no chance.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 4:07 AM on June 1, 2008

c# definitely
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 7:41 PM on May 31, 2008

NZ would have a skilled migration intake.

Why don't you call the immigration department and speak with someone.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 4:45 AM on May 30, 2008

Nothing moift mentions has any bearing on someone who is out to learn a language.

I doubt that the PHP6 namespace issue, writing higher-order functions, types, reported memory issues will have any bearing on what you are trying to achieve.

The backwards compatibility issue again is a furphy. Again the leaking memory. Some PHP builtins may leak memory, but again, is not something that will affect you in the slightest.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 10:57 PM on May 29, 2008

With the danger of getting into chatfilter/sounding like a php evangelist, PHP syntax is ecma based, which means it is syntactically similar to java, c#, javascript, even c.

If you are finding PHP to be awful and spaghetti-like, perhaps revising the way in which one writes code is more the point. No matter the language, if code is spaghetti-like it's the code, not the language.

Java is a language that is well worth learning, though it will take... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 1:35 AM on May 30, 2008

Manchester drove the music scene for a long time
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 5:55 AM on May 29, 2008

Second the Eee, it comes with a guarantee as well.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 5:44 PM on May 28, 2008

Yup, nothing you can do.

Forget her move on.

Word of warning, people can "smell" desperation, and it's a turn off. Leave her be, and date other people.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 4:06 AM on May 27, 2008

After four years you're still looking for guidance, supervision and mentoring?

Perhaps look on your boss's lack of availability as an opportunity. He probably wants you to step up to the plate and shoulder some workload too. I bet there are things you could be doing to help him out.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattoxic at 4:03 AM on May 27, 2008