How can I best store the contents of an open bottle or can of ale for a day or two? This is something I would be doing regularly so I would be happy to buy a special stopper or container for this purpose.
posted to Ask Metafilter by tomcooke at 4:03 PM on March 26, 2008 (12 comments)

What do we call the period of cleaning that we carry out in the spring? That's right, Discardia! This five-year-old holiday started yesterday and lasts till April 5th. Via Lifehacker, who open the festivities with 10 ways to declutter your digital life.
posted to MetaFilter by tomcooke at 7:21 AM on March 20, 2008 (36 comments)

What is the most fun I can have with a PC and a gamepad? I'm looking for something reasonably modern (probably not more than 5 years old) and polished that delivers uncomplicated arcade style gameplay with the absolute minimum of fiddling about or frustration.
posted to Ask Metafilter by tomcooke at 2:21 PM on September 15, 2007 (17 comments)

"The end of the 'noddy shot' is a ray of hope for television" . See also: more about the Five News move, and a new controversy involving BBC creative director Alan Yentob.
posted to MetaFilter by tomcooke at 4:03 AM on September 7, 2007 (52 comments)