I have the same intel as Dec One and heeeraldo, so I'm probably going to wait till September...and yes, doorsfan, I am trying to hold out until I can get 64 or 128 GB for the price of the current 32GB, or just to get a 32 cheaper. I'm starting to put movies on my hard drive and would love to store some on an iPod to take with me, but the small storage size right now seems prohibitive.

So September it is, I guess. I have $500 of "found money" (a side job that I... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 9:57 AM on July 3, 2008

Because, wOmbat, the iPod is a one-time price of <>$1000. My phone plan, even with unlimited texts, is way cheaper than that.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 10:42 AM on July 3, 2008

Darn markup language...let try this:

Because, wOmbat, the iPod is a one-time price of <$500. The iPhone, over the course of two years, costs >$1000. My phone plan, even with unlimited texts, is way cheaper than that.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 10:47 AM on July 3, 2008

amirite?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 9:34 AM on June 30, 2008

junesix, since the seasons are 4 discs a piece, I was either going to go for the 4 or 8-disc holder to hold one or two seasons at a time. What I was hoping for was the cardboard box to make it look like a legitimate display. But thanks for confirming that my alternative is a good idea.

Any other suggestions, hive mind?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 8:50 AM on June 23, 2008

My search for a guy-friendly messenger bag for DSLRs led me to this, which wasn't sufficient for my camera needs but looks like it could work well for your use, save for the inability to turn into a backpack. It fit my laptop quite well.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 6:30 AM on June 19, 2008

The archbishop of our diocese came to my high school one time, and I remember my principal (a priest) telling us, "fellas, if you can't remember what his title is, just call him 'Father.' He's still a priest."

I took that advice through to when I met another archbishop after college, and when we were introduced, I called him "Father." He didn't seem to have a problem.

But both those archbishops seemed pretty cool. It might... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 5:35 AM on June 18, 2008

It makes sense with the rise of widescreen monitors, because there's no standard of how much room is available in the letterboxing.

Also, unless I am getting my facts mixed up, it's because the movie is displayed in the aspect ratio it's shot in. They don't shoot in 1:1 (or 4:3), so the letterboxing isn't actually part of the image. So they can't really write onto it.

But I agree. It would be a great thing to take advantage of.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 11:15 AM on June 17, 2008

Maybe you're overcompensating for the fact that you're sleepy, even if you don't know it consciously? I sometimes find that when I'm tired but need to get something done, I'll will muself into a second wind.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 8:18 AM on May 28, 2008

Reading Metafilter. There's lots of questions like this in the archive that will offer great suggestions.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 9:26 AM on May 27, 2008

Previously.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 9:27 AM on May 27, 2008

I'm in a similar situation, even though my company - a university - isn't going through the process of being acquired. I have a boss whose focus intersects only slightly with my own, and he's actually very literally missing from the office two months of the year, leaving me to run with the ball on my own. It's tough to grow in my career without his guidance, which I cherish.

Were I in your situation, which sounds a little less supervised than mine, I might consider... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 6:55 PM on May 26, 2008

For the sake of posterity: it's Andrea Revel, but it's a song she has yet to release, even almost a year after I asked this question.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 10:52 AM on May 23, 2008 marked best answer

On preview: I realize that paulfreeman's question is similar, but I don't need to worry about how much I need to carry around for extended periods. This is more of a day-to-day bag.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 1:10 PM on May 13, 2008

Tomorrowful - that's nice, and I'll put it on the short list, but padded compartments would be better, as would a lower price tag.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 1:23 PM on May 13, 2008

Thanks to some of your suggestions, I found some sites that reviewed a bunch of bags and chose the Domke F-802 Reporter's Satchel. I'll report back with results if it arrives and I get to use it before the thread closes.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 6:05 AM on May 15, 2008

Turns out the Domke wasn't all that great, and I am going to return it. But I picked up a Tamrac Adventure Messenger 5, since the Superlight 46 seems to be unavailable, and I'm loving it so far.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 11:31 AM on May 22, 2008

If the backslashed URL isn't too long (and it doesn't have to be with redirects), you should try to stick to that.

In the case of recent viral advertising, the vanity URL seems popular, but I've always thought that, for brand purposes, it's best to stick within the company domain. That's the war I'm currently waging within my own "company" (a university).
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 9:43 AM on May 16, 2008

Anything in the iHome line. I've had one for a few years and I'm a big fan.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 1:21 PM on April 29, 2008

I think "intuit" or even "infer" is the correct answer here.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 9:38 AM on April 28, 2008

Back at the beach house, to match's Stevie's artistic nature, play Cranium. Board games and the beach seem to fit well together.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 1:16 PM on April 23, 2008

It sounds like a polite "out." The last time I applied for a job (which I didn't wind up taking), they asked for a "salary requirement" and I asked them for more than $5K more than they wound up offering to pay me. But they still offered at the lower salary, because I guess they wanted me enough to take the chance.

This seems to be a case of them seeing your potential other salary from the other offer, realizing they can't match it, and finding a... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 7:41 AM on April 18, 2008

As cool as the other side of the pillow.

Feelin' it.

Any other number of overdone Sportscenter cliches.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 11:44 AM on April 16, 2008

You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 11:47 AM on April 16, 2008

Find your iTunes library file (not sure where it is on the PC anymore...it's been a while) and do what jmnugent said, then import the library file into the new iTunes. Data copied.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 7:59 PM on April 15, 2008

Yeah, I think World Famous has it on the nose here...there's no way of telling without knowing who the hypothetical future girlfriend is and how you're going to be able to justify it to her. But there's a likelihood that it'll be something that the hypothetical new girl frowns upon.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 2:05 PM on March 31, 2008

I also get the context for what happened early in life from stories that my relative told me about myself, complete with age.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 12:13 PM on March 28, 2008

Further info: when I have the font panel open, the Command + B shortcut works properly.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 7:16 AM on March 27, 2008

I retract my last statement...no it doesn't. I says it will but then switches to narrow bold.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 7:22 AM on March 27, 2008

Apple is bonkers about indie music. Consider "New Soul" by Yael Naim for the current Macbook Air commercial and "What I'm Looking For" by Brendan Benson for the iPod touch.

The latter was also used by Sears for a catalog commercial.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 9:35 AM on March 25, 2008

I can't offer anything that's in Pittsburgh/Grove City, but Yuengling? No. It's a good gettin' drunk beer, but it's not...above average.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 7:26 AM on March 24, 2008

Like iconomy said, if there's no actual dead beast in the works once you take it apart, run a cycle with Tang.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 7:23 AM on March 20, 2008

How is singing from the show inappropriate unless asked? I've auditioned for community shows all my life, and singing from the show (for Todd, sing the Broadway version, not the movie (which is awesome in its own right)) is the best way to show that you can handle the specific kind of music.

If you don't want to sing from Todd, pick another Sondheim song.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 6:43 AM on March 18, 2008

More: Sondheim-specific, how about "Lament" from Into the Woods? It has a nice range and is a good song to show acting ability too.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 6:46 AM on March 18, 2008

I guess I've always had prior clearnace, then, because I've almost always found that singing from the show was an accepted and useful behavior. Example: when I tried out for Ragtime last summer, the audition sheet said something from the show or another by its authors would be preferred (but not required). It's not relevant here, but future readers might want to know...

In your case I'd still recommend looking for something from Sondheim's library - for sheer wordiness,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 9:01 AM on March 18, 2008

What voice part is she?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 11:06 AM on March 18, 2008

Yeah...I don't think you can blame "most Americans" for the inablilty to pronounce FAY-VHOR or even FAHV-RRRE. Katie Couric, John Madden, etc. pronounce it that way because Brett pronounces it that way. I'd read through the interesting geneaology link to get more background on why.

After all, if we can learn to pronounce Houshmanzada, we can pronounce Favre the right way if he asked us to.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 10:42 AM on March 10, 2008

Can you identify any lyrics from it? It's very difficult to hear.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 8:13 AM on March 5, 2008

Legalized Vegas betting is fine. Any stat, really.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 8:15 AM on February 29, 2008

I don't know if there's anything you can do to STOP it, per se, but we get random pieces of mail at our house (that we've lived in for 5 years) for former residents. We write "incorrect address" on the envelope and put it back in the outgoing mail. The post office generally returns to sender or forwards to the correct address.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 1:32 PM on February 18, 2008

Alterscape, will Finale (the full version) export midi?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 9:00 AM on February 18, 2008

Actually, it looks like the new free version of Notepad supports MIDI export and import. Great!
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 9:10 AM on February 18, 2008 marked best answer

I think you've hit the perfect amount of communication with them for now. Don't send your intended email...leave it at the voicemail.

N'thing what everyone else said.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 1:18 PM on February 12, 2008

I can't remember if it was free, but before Adobe took it over and made it Audition, CoolEdit 2000 was freakin' incredible. You can download an old version from the link.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 8:39 AM on February 11, 2008 marked best answer

For what it's worth, a lot of people frown on hotlinking to their images, and may install plugins to stop you from doing so. I, for one, have been trying to block hotlinking because it messes with my page hit stats.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 5:48 AM on February 11, 2008

In which case, absolutely figure out and publicize a way to do this. I want my stats to be accurate, damnit! There's no way I get 30 hits a day!

...sigh.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 8:34 AM on February 11, 2008

Not sure if Textwrangler works the way I'm looking for...I need to copy from MSWord and past into a "design" type window that will also give me the relevant HTML. Am I using it wrong?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 1:02 PM on February 7, 2008

Malaise, I'd love to do it your way, but our CSS is so messed up it's not funny. The default text size for ul tags, for instance, is tiny. I don't have control over it, so I work around it when I can by pasting the text from Word into Dreamweaver, which keeps the style formatting but drops all the {span} nonsense and then copying the HTML code that Dreamweaver creates into the CMS's editor. I've got it down to a pretty decent science but want to speed up the process if possible.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 1:37 PM on February 7, 2008

A few of these solutions work really well...thanks, all.

twisteddomain, yours is the best suggestion (both of them), and one day, I'll get our IT people to fix the CSS. For now, though, plain-as-it-gets converting is great, and wordcleaner does it quite well.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 2:40 PM on February 7, 2008

This is chatfilter, amiright?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjuhawk31 at 6:52 AM on February 3, 2008