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This is a question for people in Perth, Australia. Does anyone know where I can buy a (nice-looking) serving tray with fold out legs for breakfast in bed?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 3:28 AM on January 30, 2010
(9 comments)
Are there any public advocacy groups in Australia to help people with debilitating illnesses get new medical products and procedures added to Medicare?
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at 7:35 PM on December 4, 2009
(1 comment)
Should I become a professional photographer?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 6:59 PM on August 27, 2009
(19 comments)
For a friend: Looking for a story, or possibly book, or possibly series of books. The only thing they remember is that at one point the protagonist(s) visit a wizard or magician for help. He has a stuffed crocodile hanging from the ceiling.
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 4:08 AM on May 29, 2009
(14 comments)
I want to paint the miniatures in a Transformers boardgame as a gift for a friend. Can people please point me to reference images for the models in
this pic? The more, the merrier. TIA.
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 6:07 PM on March 4, 2009
(10 comments)
I'm looking for a recommendation for a microwave cookbook. I want it to be about what the microwave is
best at, not just how to hack normal stuff to work in the microwave. Perhaps a book on how to do things that are
only possible with a microwave.
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 11:32 PM on February 16, 2009
(9 comments)
For a friend: So there's this music video clip [they] used to see in the last 10 years or so on Rage, can't really remember if it was 90's or early 00's. It was a dance track of some kind, possibly techno. It was in the style of a monster B movie. I think it was black and white.
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 2:49 PM on December 5, 2008
(2 comments)
Vague music filter: I'm trying to find a song I can barely remember. I think it was dance/electronica. Probably early 90s. I think it was by an individual artist, not a group. A/the year featured heavily in the lyrics (ie; 19-something, a something to something) and I seem to remember the music video feeling like it was shot in the guy's basement. This was a hit (more or less) in Australia. There may have been a vocoder involved. Help?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 6:46 AM on October 29, 2008
(8 comments)
Can anyone tell me what game
this board is from?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 3:19 AM on October 12, 2008
(7 comments)
I'd like to start using public WiFi spots, but I don't trust them even a tiny bit. The solution I like best is to have some sort of VPN appliance on my home network, so the first thing I do when I connect to public WiFi is VPN to home.
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 3:57 PM on August 12, 2008
(15 comments)
What cute/pointless web things are out there where visitors to your page/site generate RSS feed entries simply by visiting? Example inside.
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 9:40 PM on June 25, 2008
(1 comment)
I need recommendations for a digital video recorder designed for multiple video inputs, including sound, (four cameras point at an animal enclosure at a zoo) that's designed to allow for easy access to the videos recorded. Networkable would be really great, or standard removable storage (USB/SATA). I'd prefer it if the device recorded directly in a standard video format so no conversion from a proprietary format is needed.
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 6:57 PM on June 9, 2008
(1 comment)
I'm looking for a folding bicycle trailer. That's a trailer that folds up and connects to a bicycle (though it coincidentally will be connected to a folding bicycle, so I guess it's a folding bicycle folding trailer). Anyway, the main thing is that it needs to fold up
really small. Please point me to the smallest, when folded, bicycle trailer you know about. Thanks.
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 4:32 PM on April 28, 2008
(6 comments)
I'm looking for tips from people who ride a bike to work. I have the bike, and the work, what I'm looking for are the practicalities of coping with the sweatiness; showering, changing, keeping clothes at work, or travelling with them.
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 4:28 AM on April 4, 2008
(18 comments)
Does anyone have a practical guide for IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager (Express)? Specifically restoring. I'm particularly after a step by step guide to restoring an entire server after a major hardware failure or disaster.
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 8:01 PM on March 24, 2008
(2 comments)
Can anyone recommend any resources (websites, books, magazines, whatever) that are a practical guide to using popular home exercise equipment such as assorted stretchy tubing or those squeezy hand spring things?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 2:25 PM on March 2, 2008
(1 comment)
Hayden Panettiere will be attending a local SciFi expo thing. Where I live doesn't get many of these, so I'll definitely be going. I'd like to find something unusual for her to sign, assuming she'll be signing stuff. Has anyone got any suggestions?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 12:31 AM on February 3, 2008
(20 comments)
Can anyone help me create an RSS feed, using Yahoo Pipes, from a list on an HTML page?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 4:06 PM on January 17, 2008
(6 comments)
I'm looking for any good Nintendo DS games that are unusual, particularly innovative or just plain weird. In a genre of their own kinds of stuff.
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 2:53 PM on January 3, 2008
(19 comments)
At the height of the "earn money viewing ads" craze there was a (PC-only) program that hacked the VGA driver, in Windows I think, to add a few extra lines in which to display ads. This would still give you, say, 640x480 for normal stuff with 20 or so lines
added for an ad bar that went across the top or bottom of the screen. Does anyone have any pointers to information about it that survives on the Web?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 4:17 AM on November 30, 2007
(7 comments)
I'm looking for some plain (single colour, something basic, no logos -- I'll be sewing my own patch onto them) baseball cap style hats that are made in Australia. Bonds tell me they don't make them and, off hand, I don't know any other Australian clothing brands that manufacture locally. Does anyone know an Australian label for baseball caps that actually makes them in Australia?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 2:34 PM on November 11, 2007
(2 comments)
What's the best way to get weeds out of brick paving?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 7:21 PM on November 2, 2007
(20 comments)
I want a computer that can play Blu-ray and HD-DVD at full resolution out an HDMI port. And can play World of Warcraft. Can this be done yet? (Bonus points for an ultra-quiet solution.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 7:55 PM on October 9, 2007
(6 comments)
We have a bunch of PCs that all connect to the rest of the network through a single switch and fiber link. They're all having problems with slow networking and database links breaking.
This is what Task Manager's Networking tab shows when we copy a single 80MB file down from the server. Does anyone recognise the problem?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 7:18 PM on September 17, 2007
(12 comments)
I was in an office today where a window had been converted into a whiteboard by installing a translucent white film on the outside of the glass. Does anyone know what to ask for to get something like this? Bonus points if you can point to a supplier in Western Australia.
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 10:57 PM on August 21, 2007
(9 comments)
I'm looking for a cartoon of an Alien and a Predator playing chess or checkers. I believe it was used on an old AvP comic trading card. Does anyone know where I can find this image online?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 9:19 PM on July 24, 2007
(8 comments)
Does anyone have any suggestions for quick and easy
organic low carb meals, where "quick and easy" takes into account washing up time?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 11:20 PM on July 9, 2007
(15 comments)
How do you deal with, in a work setting, an incompetent individual or department? For the purposes of this question, assume that they provide an essential service, or would if they actually provided it, and can not be ignored or worked around. And for the purposes of libel, assume this is hypothetical.
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 9:45 PM on April 10, 2007
(24 comments)
About half a dozen years ago a cartoon popped up where I used to work that had "You must be at least this smart to use the Internet" with a sliding scale that included humans, some sort of ape or monkey and one or two simpler forms of life. Can anyone point me to it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 10:48 PM on March 18, 2007
(2 comments)
Perth (Australia) Filter: Anyone know where I can purchase a perspex/lucite/acrylic, clear, lockable donation box in the Perth metro area? Size would be suitable for putting on a small table. Would need to accept notes as well as coins. I only want one.
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 8:43 PM on February 21, 2007
(8 comments)
Help me promote an environmentally conscious, socially responsible small business.
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 8:53 PM on February 1, 2007
(4 comments)
CarFilter: My car briefly loses power, or in one case stalled, as I accellerate gently from a standing start or after having slowed down to take a sharp corner. Any ideas?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 8:20 PM on January 18, 2007
(12 comments)
I'm trying to help some friends who've just been told that the part that's fried on their central (residential) aircon is the one part that isn't available anymore. (In Australia.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 1:31 PM on January 1, 2007
(4 comments)
Are there any Wii games (released or announced) that support more than 4 players?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 2:40 AM on December 17, 2006
(8 comments)
I'm thinking of getting a towbar and (camper) trailer, but I have two questions: How do I make sure that the trailer sits level when connected to my car, and why does the towing capacity of the car appear to have no reference to the total weight of the car
and trailer and load in
both?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 12:43 AM on December 10, 2006
(3 comments)
Are there any (disposable, AA) batteries that specifically have a long shelf life?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 4:59 AM on November 28, 2006
(8 comments)
Who is the
original source for the quote "the ship of state is the only ship that leaks from the top"?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 4:03 PM on November 19, 2006
(5 comments)
Do any of the major Instant Messaging services still provide a free email address that simply turns an incoming email address into an instant message like the old @pager.icq.com addresses used to?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 2:31 AM on November 5, 2006
(5 comments)
Is there any kind of dating scene (in Australia, or out of interest similar cultures such as the UK, US, Canada...) that doesn't revolve around alcohol?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 1:35 AM on October 23, 2006
(17 comments)
Food allergies that present like hay fever. Possible clue (or possible red herring): Salami. Discuss.
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 5:28 PM on October 5, 2006
(9 comments)
I bought a Nintendo DS on the weekend when I finally found a copy of Bomberman DS. Can anyone recommend other party (multiplayer) titles?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 6:14 PM on September 25, 2006
(15 comments)
Can anyone tell me which is "better": A Radeon 9600 Pro or a Geforce 6200?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 5:44 PM on September 16, 2006
(11 comments)
I'm looking for a small (less than 15") 1280x768 LCD monitor in Australia. DVI or VGA, either will do. Anyone know a model or a shop?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 11:30 PM on August 26, 2006
(2 comments)
I like where I work and I want to help the place grow, but I'm the IT guy and not much of a people person -- or at least, my idea of what management is about doesn't match the current style. I no longer want to climb the management ladder, instead I want to be involved in business development stuff, specifically ways to use modern technology for both marketing and core business. Does anyone have any suggestions?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 5:52 PM on August 17, 2006
(3 comments)
My Windows 2003 PC with a Matrox Parhelia randomly hard-locks when I'm running any 3D application. Does anyone know what might be the cause?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 9:08 PM on August 7, 2006
(9 comments)
Does anyone know where I can buy a bumper sticker that says "The closer you get, the slower I go" in the Perth metro area?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 10:55 PM on July 19, 2006
(15 comments)
Anyone know of a solid, reliable stapler with a mounting point for a security chain or cable?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 3:59 PM on July 11, 2006
(11 comments)
How do you deal with clashing meetings?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 6:19 PM on June 27, 2006
(5 comments)
A number of years back I gave a pair of Swatches
like these as a wedding gift. It's hard to tell from the photo, but one watch has the hours, the other has the minutes. They belong together so much that they barely function separately. I have a bunch of wedding-related gifts to give in the near future. Can anyone recommend paired things in a similar vein?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 10:14 PM on June 19, 2006
(8 comments)
Looking for (free) email autoresponder software, the kind that tries to answer questions by matching keywords from an email to answers in a knowledgebase. Can anyone point me to some?
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn
at 3:52 PM on May 31, 2006
(2 comments)
