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Things to do with a one year-old and a four-year old outside the house.
posted to Ask Metafilter by paduasoy
at 3:07 AM on May 25, 2008
(11 comments)
In 2006 in the Fitzwilliam Museum three enormous porcelain vases from seventeenth or eighteenth century China were smashed by a museum visitor who fell down the stairs. This
presentation "follows the vases' progress from scattered fragments to their redisplay in the Fitzwilliam Museum. The site includes slideshows, film clips of the conservation process and a timelapse of one of the vases under reconstruction".
posted to MetaFilter by paduasoy
at 11:13 AM on May 5, 2008
(20 comments)
Virtual Age and Life Expectancy Calculator
"Your Virtual Age is a reflection of your health and vitality. The lower your Virtual Age the better shape you are in. It is used to calculate the Life Expectancy of someone of your current physical age."
posted to MetaFilter by paduasoy
at 6:21 AM on May 4, 2008
(69 comments)
Is it possible to get a broadband ISP without a landline?
posted to Ask Metafilter by paduasoy
at 3:14 PM on March 26, 2008
(12 comments)
I would like to read books by more MeFi writers. I have therefore made a list of who they are and their books.
posted to MetaTalk by paduasoy
at 5:03 AM on February 23, 2008
(101 comments)
O Hammers, Head
: discussion of a freakish reference in Philodemus's
On Methods of Inference, found in the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum.
posted to MetaFilter by paduasoy
at 6:26 PM on January 25, 2008
(43 comments)
VADS is a resource for visual art, a huge range of things from students' work to collections of historical art and design.
posted to MetaFilter by paduasoy
at 7:56 PM on January 4, 2008
(6 comments)
What should I know about academic publishing, as a researcher working outside academia?
posted to Ask Metafilter by paduasoy
at 11:51 AM on December 26, 2007
(9 comments)
Collage is an online image database from the collections of the City of London Libraries and the Guildhall Art Gallery. Images cover the last five centuries. You can search by key word or browse by theme, artist/engraver, person or place.
posted to MetaFilter by paduasoy
at 12:13 PM on December 22, 2007
(7 comments)
Help with right-clicking and underlined links in Firefox.
posted to Ask Metafilter by paduasoy
at 2:05 PM on July 21, 2007
(9 comments)
Streaks of ink when printing - Canon SmartBase MP360. Can anyone tell me how to take the printer apart?
posted to Ask Metafilter by paduasoy
at 1:54 AM on June 17, 2007
(4 comments)
Looking for quotations about common sense.
posted to Ask Metafilter by paduasoy
at 3:08 PM on May 15, 2007
(16 comments)
Looking for recommendations of comfort reading.
posted to Ask Metafilter by paduasoy
at 3:42 PM on March 19, 2007
(43 comments)
Seeking advice on whether to take a job, and experiences of those who did or didn't accept job offers.
posted to Ask Metafilter by paduasoy
at 5:07 PM on February 28, 2007
(6 comments)
"The measurement must be between 1 pt and 31 pt": error in Word, related to tables and page borders.
posted to Ask Metafilter by paduasoy
at 3:47 PM on February 3, 2007
(3 comments)
I want to make a complaint about a hotel in Venice. Is there such a thing as a government tourist agency, either in Italy or specific to Venice, which inspects hotels and which it would be worth copying in?
posted to Ask Metafilter by paduasoy
at 2:44 AM on November 25, 2006
(10 comments)
How can I prepare best for a period of reseach consolidation/writing?
posted to Ask Metafilter by paduasoy
at 2:29 PM on October 19, 2006
(4 comments)
Using historical children's fiction to support the teaching of history?
posted to Ask Metafilter by paduasoy
at 12:35 AM on August 14, 2006
(18 comments)