Could this be a possible candidate? Seems to fit all of your listed requirements, except it's not certain whether it would work with a Treo 680. (Have not dealt with the company, but it was the first result when I searched for "binaural headset 2.5")
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 4:47 PM on June 8, 2008

I just checked the page that lists hoodies offered by VGKids (a print shop) and it includes American Apparel "100% California Fleece cotton" pullover hoodies. Not sure if this is the exact type you're looking for, but click on "AmerApp 5495" from that page.

(I've haven't ordered from there but I remember the shop being mentioned/recommended a number of times on AskMe in the past.)... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 12:31 AM on June 6, 2008 marked best answer

You can get them directly from Sigg. I've also seen Sigg bottles available at REI.com, Campmor and Amazon. There's a list of retailers on the Sigg site.

(Those are USA-based links; there's also the Canadian Sigg site and the Swiss Sigg site.
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 8:13 AM on May 26, 2008

I remember this. The show was Strange Luck with D.B. Sweeney and the episode was called "Last Chance."

Here's the "Last Chance" episode page on tv.com.

You're right in that a big key was the Live song. I haven't thought about this show in over a decade.
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 8:45 PM on May 19, 2008 marked best answer

BTW in case it helps in the future, I found this by searching: ""lightning crashes" live episode execution"
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 8:48 PM on May 19, 2008

(Sorry for posting yet again) After reading the show's Wikipedia page linked earlier: it looks like the twist to the story was that the innocent man didn't die, while the real killer did.
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 8:55 PM on May 19, 2008

And here it is on YouTube! Looks like a VHS rip.

The Live song starts near the end of part 4.
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 9:07 PM on May 19, 2008 marked best answer

Another good thing about D'Addario phosphor/bronze strings: they're available almost everywhere, so the good thing is that you should never have a problem getting them.

Since no one has mentioned them yet, I also recommend trying John Pearse phosphor/bronze strings. They may not be as prevalent as D'Addario but most of the big music stores will carry JP strings. After playing D'Addario strings for years, I was really impressed by a set of medium John Pearse p/b strings... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 11:14 PM on May 17, 2008

Disney also produced a four-volume series of albums called "Children's Favorites" in the late 1970s-early 1980s, with a good mix of children's standards and folk songs. I had the first three volumes on cassette back in the day. Most of the songs were sung by a male lead singer with a children's chorus (and backing instruments). No funky post-rock or jazz musical interpretations. It's pretty straightforward children's music with arrangements that kept things interesting and fun.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 2:42 PM on May 10, 2008

Fourthing (on preview, fifthing!) the Vornado air circulator suggestion. Something like the 630B model, for example. There are smaller (and larger) versions as well, but the larger ones may not be necessary for a small space (plus they can be noisier). You can try getting one Vornado first and then adding a second later if you want.

This previous thread: "What's the optimal way to combine a fan with an air conditioner?" may also be helpful.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 5:39 PM on April 6, 2008

ClaudiaCenter, you're right. Richard Buckner's song "Ariel Ramirez" was in a commercial for the Volkswagen Touareg a few years ago. I'd definitely consider that "sort of moody or semi-folky" -- it might even qualify as just plain "moody and folky." It's a great song but I found it weird that it was used for a pretty-scenery-and-happy-folks ad. (And apparently, I'm not the only one to mention this on AskMe: [1], [2].)

AV's answer reminded... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 9:16 PM on March 27, 2008

The banjo in the Shins' song "Australia" always makes me smile.
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 6:21 PM on February 29, 2008

There's a article titled "The Babe's the Thing!: Gaming's Best Female Characters" by Cindy Vanous and originally published on the old CNET GameCenter site in May 1997, and it talks about this very topic of female game characters who have more substance. It refers to some names already mentioned here and some others. (Article link goes to the Wayback Machine).

I originally found the article because it's referenced on a fan site for "Below the Root"... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 5:22 PM on February 23, 2008 marked best answer

According to this page on Charles Benton's Aerial Kite Photography site (scroll down to the end):
Credit for the first aerial photograph goes to French author and artist Felix Tournachon who used the nom de plume Nadar. He captured the first aerial photo from a balloon tethered over the Bievre Valley in 1858. The oldest extant aerial photograph is a view of Boston by James Wallace Black in 1860. Nadar provided the first aerials of European cities with views of... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 9:20 PM on May 22, 2007 marked best answer

This 1903 issue of the magazine Photo Miniature on aerial photography contains lots of good images (both balloon and kite)

Don't want this to sound misleading, so I should clarify that among the photos in the magazine, there are six from balloons, two from kites, and six from the tops of high towers/domes (not airborne).
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 10:01 PM on May 22, 2007

And now, a correction about the first Nadar photo I linked:

- One of his first aerial photos of Paris, 1858

I got the date from the caption on the page, but it's probably wrong, since a number of references indicate that Black's aerial photo of Boston in 1860 is the oldest extant photo and that Nadar's first photos were lost. So it was likely taken post-October 1860 -- I just don't know when. Sorry for missing that error earlier.
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 10:22 PM on May 22, 2007

This made me think of Kristal Audio Engine (still free for non-commercial use).

Another possibility might be Quartz Audio Master, which is/was a freeware, scaled-down version of a similar product. Both were released years ago by a company that has since seemed to have disappeared.
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 10:32 PM on January 13, 2007 marked best answer

This is too late for strangeleftydoublethink's dinner tonight, but maybe it'll be of interest to future readers of this thread: For stubborn labels and other adhesive residue (like getting gum off the bottom of a shoe), I've had good luck with De-Solv-It [US website -- don't let the quality of the site turn you off of the product -- and UK website]. It's a citrus-based solution and claims to be biodegradable, organic and safe (but "safe" is always relative to the situation -- always... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 6:56 PM on January 10, 2007

I'm surprised that no one seems to have asked this yet, but how much free space do you have left on the hard disk? Not enough free space can slow down Windows considerably.

Also, you might find this previous thread helpful. It's for a Windows notebook, but the principles are the same:
Why is my computer suddenly grumpy, slow, and generally uncooperative?
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 6:12 PM on December 22, 2006

ducksauce, I'm no Russian history scholar, but I'm one of the many classical fans who have the CD of Horowitz's 1986 Moscow concert. I can't shed any light on a connection between Schumann's "Traumerei" and the German surrender -- nothing about that is mentioned in the liner notes, which were written by the late Charles Kuralt of CBS. But he does make it quite clear that the concert was an extremely momentous and emotional .event, for different reasons.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 12:19 PM on December 22, 2006

How about the same lunch box as the one you linked, but one that's been rebranded?

I don't know how reputable the seller is, but I found what seems to be the same lunch box at Tequipment.net, which seems to sell mostly electronic/tech supplies. According to the description, the lunch box has a "Fluke" company logo etched on the lid. You can click to enlarge the photo to see the logo better. Not sure if your brother would appreciate a box that says... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 10:38 PM on December 10, 2006 marked best answer

"but they ... don't have the Thermos ..."

Shoot. For some reason I didn't remember this bit and that you wanted everything included. Sorry about that.

In investigating the May Metal site further, the thermos that Lehman's offers isn't exactly "matching" as I said, but made from a different manufacturer. May Metal only makes lunch boxes.
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 12:07 AM on December 11, 2006

Gotta love "Monk."

Strongly seconding "Poirot" with David Suchet, especially since it has the detective/mystery angle with its adaptations of Agatha Christie stories. And you won't have to worry about anything being too risque (at least, not up to the 2003 shows -- I haven't seen the newest ones). I loved the series when it first aired, and years and years later I still enjoy watching them every so often. Definitely start with the DVDs of the... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 9:41 AM on December 9, 2006

Frank Ford (of Gryphon Stringed Instruments) has a wonderful resource of online "owner's manuals" for guitars, mandos and banjos at frets.com. Basically it includes a vast collection of his online how-to guides, information on aspects of the instrument, and articles on care and maintenance with instructions and pictures.

Here's his owner's manual for acoustic guitar. Specifically, it sounds like these guides will be of help (both have step-by-step... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 1:12 AM on November 24, 2006

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posted to MetaTalk by macguffin at 7:22 PM on September 30, 2006

Apparently, the official title of the song you're looking for is simply "Iowa" -- that's why it was hard to track down. Meredith Willson did indeed write it. (He wrote at least three other songs with titles starting with "Iowa," so searching for the right one is a little tricky.)

There's a piano/vocal/guitar songbook called Meredith Willson - The Music and the Man published by Hal Leonard that includes the music for... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 1:50 AM on September 30, 2006

That's really cool, PuGZ! Good for you.

So...how did you end up breaking the ice?
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 1:18 AM on August 31, 2006

Quinbus Flestrin beat me to mentioning Alec Guinness. Sir Alec was also the prince in Lawrence of Arabia.

You mentioned "famous for portraying racial/ethnic stereotypes" -- well, here's famous (infamous?) in one way: Guinness' portrayal as Fagin in David Lean's Oliver Twist elicited accusations of anti-Semitism back when the movie was first released; the film was banned in Israel and apparently a riot broke out in Berlin when protesters tried to... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 3:24 AM on August 29, 2006

Seconding City Lights.

Also, The Straight Story. Directed by David Lynch, the movie is based on a true story and is a quiet departure from his other films.
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 7:00 PM on August 27, 2006

- Writer T.S. Eliot and Vivienne Haigh-Wood. Married 1915 - 1947 (her death).
- Economist John Maynard Keynes and ballerina Lydia Lopokova. Married 1925 - 1946 (his death).
- TV personality/cook/writer/OSS agent Julia Child and Paul Cushing Child. Married 1946 - 1994 (his death).
- Writers Iris Murdoch and John Bayley. Married 1956 - 1999 (her death).
- Singer-songwriter team Buddy Miller and Julie Miller. Married 1981 - present.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by macguffin at 10:31 PM on August 24, 2006