Bernard Williams had a pretty low opinion of evolutionary biology. Are there any essays where he directly or indirectly criticizes the field? What about 'Shame and Necessity'?
posted to Ask Metafilter by BigSky at 11:56 AM on November 27, 2007 (12 comments)

A couple of months ago my big toenail went black after a run. Maybe 10-15 days ago it came loose, but only on one side. Since the other side was still anchored I cut off the flapping half. Nothing's happened since then. Please advise.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BigSky at 12:23 PM on August 26, 2007 (20 comments)

I want to run a mail server on my computer so that I can feed email from different POP accounts into an IMAP account. The weird part is I don't care to access by IMAP over the web, but I do want to POP it into GMail. Confused? Me too.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BigSky at 2:17 PM on June 28, 2007 (4 comments)

I love finding books and authors who have been forgotten until a long time fan decides to make their work available again through some labor of love small press. Do you know of a publisher that has a somewhat esoteric focus along these lines? Who are they? Fiction or non is fine. It doesn't have to be someone who republishes old books though. If you know a house that has great taste with contemporary authors, go ahead and share. I would also like to hear about small presses that do particularly beautiful editions of good reading books as long as they are reasonably priced (barely breaking a $100). I've got a few examples inside.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BigSky at 9:59 AM on June 21, 2007 (19 comments)

How do I find out how many domestic Combined Cycle power plants there are?
posted to Ask Metafilter by BigSky at 8:12 AM on May 18, 2007 (6 comments)

I am going to change my cell phone and probably my provider. What is the most savy way of going about this?
posted to Ask Metafilter by BigSky at 1:59 PM on March 14, 2007 (8 comments)

My father passed away a few months ago and the question of how to store the data on his office computers for the long term has come up. [more inside]
posted to Ask Metafilter by BigSky at 1:20 PM on February 19, 2007 (8 comments)