Mind your own business.

A dog that cowers when you enter is probably being hit. Don't listen to the advice above. Besides, who the hell wants to live in a piss and shit stained apartment, you'd be doing them a favour.

I do think you should make new friends though.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 3:11 PM on July 4, 2008

Try a search on istockphoto, they also do vector illustrations as well as photos. Not free but $10 or so isn't much to add to your wedding budget and some of the illustrations are really good quality. I got a couple of backgrounds off there for my invites, turned out really well.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 2:12 PM on July 3, 2008 marked best answer

That'll be the crap ftp support built into the finder. It only allows read only access. You will need to download a client - Transmit. There's a good free one also... cuteftp I think
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 11:32 AM on July 3, 2008

Sorry, cuteftp is not free (not even sure if it's for the mac) Fugu was what I was thinking of.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 11:40 AM on July 3, 2008

Why would you prefer this? As all video tends to be lanscape will you not just end up with a big letterbox black top and bottom?

Is it to integrate on your own site with your own fla files?
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 11:30 AM on July 3, 2008

This happened to me on holiday, the power adapter I was using was broken.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 1:24 AM on July 3, 2008

Are you using OS X 10.4 or 10.5? You know you can just preview in the finder?
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 8:24 AM on July 2, 2008

I have actually provided this sort of service to clients in the past but I can't really say what sort of service these companies provide.

For their sake and yours make sure you have tied down the exact requirements as toomuchpete mentions above. Detail exactly what you expect to be provided and get that confirmed in writing.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 8:19 AM on July 2, 2008

this doesn't answer your question I'm afraid but have you looked into Amazon Simple Storage? there is an app that ties in with it nicely called Jungle Disk. It's so incredibly cheap. I back up all my photography (about 30GB) and last months bill was around $10.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 9:24 AM on July 1, 2008

Is this going to maps.google.com or a page with the google map embedded? If you go to any other web site that embeds a google map does it work?
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 9:41 AM on June 27, 2008

Is it safe to assume that anyone professionally employed in a computer-using job (secretary, assistant, ect.) is familiar with ZIP archives? What about the public at large?

In my experience (dealing with office assistants and people employed to update web sites) it is never safe to assume anything about other users abilities. Always provide instructions (just in case) and assume they know nothing regarding what you are asking of them.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 4:36 AM on June 18, 2008

As I sit here I can feel my gut pulsing against the desk in time with my heart.

First time I noticed it was a few weeks ago when I was out for dinner, had Tartare de Boef (never order a dish if you don't understand the language!!) and afterwards thought my stomach was talking to me.

Next day I realised it was still doing it. Either it never did it before that uncooked minced beef and something has gone horribly wrong, or it has always pulsed but... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 8:21 AM on June 17, 2008

++ Microserfs or Girlfriend in a coma
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 8:08 AM on June 11, 2008

Price range, I'd go up to $100 max per person. Action figures look cool, cheers.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 1:23 AM on May 21, 2008

Thanks for all the ideas, was out shopping today and saw some album cover frames, might get some classic vinyl and frame them... or try design a fake cover for them.

Love that heavy metal funtime book!
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 11:48 AM on May 21, 2008

THe route I would take would be the coastal route from Belfast... so head out towards Carrickfergus (there's a castle there, nothing special but it is pretty complete), up through Larne and along the coast. A couple of hours will take you to Dunluce Castle, the rope bridge and the giants causeway are all round there (as well as Bushmills distillery). You could then head on to Coleraine, down through Derry (maybe stay there for the night?) Donegal then Sligo (I love Sligo, beautiful area to drive... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 6:43 AM on May 21, 2008

Twelve Steps
Medication
Feel So Sad
Walk with Jesus
By the ultimate drug addicted Spaceman.

Tonight's the night
Neil... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 3:06 PM on May 13, 2008

and sorry for what you are going through.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 3:07 PM on May 13, 2008

Amnesty do excellent work, I'd recommend supporting them as well as any other support you may give to other organisations.

Regarding your second question. I've had this dilemma as well. Some artists such as Banksy have succeeded in turning heads in the mainstream... I don't really have an answer I'm afraid, but I bet most other people in the creative industry feel very similar to you.

An excellent book is Graphic Agitation, also the adbuster... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 10:59 AM on May 6, 2008

I also know that we'll still be friends even if she is married, and I hold no illusions that this is the end of my world.

There you go then. It's not the end of the world and you'll still be best friends. Tell her and both those assumptions will probably go up in smoke. For your own sake, don't say a word.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 10:35 AM on April 17, 2008

Like showbiz_liz and as a smoker I'd personally be more concerned about smoking in a place where works of art are hanging.

No harm in politely asking your bosses to cut down / cut it out. Especially if you can be confident the law is on your side.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 10:25 AM on April 17, 2008

True, Galway city isn't everything (I was disappointed) but the Galway coast is amazing, absolutely beautiful. If it was me I would head over to Galway, then up to Sligo, Donegal, Derry, and follow the coastal route round the north coast, round to Belfast, then back down to Dublin.

Would be a nice road trip and doable in 4 days.

Alternatively I'd recommend Dublin then the Mourne Mountains.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 3:27 AM on April 12, 2008

well it certainly ticks all the post rock boxes. Very Mogwai.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 3:14 AM on March 9, 2008

that's a nightmare, sorry to hear that and hope the passport turns up. Could you pop down to your local passport office with all documents (birth certificate, verified photos and all) and try speak to someone in person, maybe being your honeymoon someone could help you out?

If you are travelling to somewhere in Europe you could try and make a case with Ryanair to let you board with your driving licence and in the meantime get that emergency passport sorted and couriered... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 8:14 AM on March 1, 2008 marked best answer

Fantastic!! Congrats again.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 8:35 AM on March 1, 2008 marked best answer

You should check out Heston Blumenthals tv episode on the perfect burger if you can find it
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 10:38 AM on February 25, 2008

I got myself a camera bag that looks more like a casual, over the shoulder type bag. I take it everywhere with me. That way I'm not walking around looking too touristy. But yeah, I have similar image problems... always feel uncomfortable walking around with mine around my neck.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 7:49 AM on February 25, 2008

I don't think you would say "there is a banana and oranges". You should say "there are oranges and a banana"
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 3:13 AM on February 25, 2008

ugh this message is awkward

you nailed it yourself. No note. If she comes onto you, tell her you have a girlfriend. Maybe she will be fine about that in which case tell your month old girlfriend you have met this other girl and you'd like to explore possible relationships with her also. If she is fine with that you are one lucky man. If she isn't decide who you would like to have fun with the most.

The important thing is to... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 3:49 AM on February 20, 2008

This is a bit obvious and I'm sure you have done this, but if you are running 10.5 make sure you have the latest updates. My computers kept dropping their connections until recently (and I'm the only person with wireless in my surrounding area)
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 7:51 AM on February 19, 2008

don't know much about US cars, or prices but I got a lovely little 1.0L Volkswagen Polo for About $1500. Before that I had a 1.4 Golf. I love VW, reliable machines with great mileage as long as you pick the small engines and drive properly.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 4:59 AM on February 18, 2008

Thirding W3 schools, and agree with Baud - stay away from wysiwyg. For CSS, if you use a mac, try CSSedit, I found it really handy when learning as you can build up your styles visually and see how it's written out. When it comes to html editors try get one with autocompletion as this should help you also.

Another tip is to plan everything out on paper first. Draw your page, work out your content containers and how they relate to one another. Then try writing out your... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 4:37 AM on February 18, 2008

I'd agree from a purely graphic design viewpoint that a David Carson/Grungy style will be a bit more popular in the months ahead. This makes sense as both a reaction to the clean shininess of current design (and overzealous use of istockphoto) and also as a reflection of a bit of a return to this style in the real world - late 80's/early 90's indie seems to be making a bit of a comeback, although maybe that's wishful thinking on my part. Everything in cycles.

I always... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 3:29 PM on February 12, 2008

He wants to be a writer. He writes intense stuff now that people either love or hate, depending on whether they're easily offended.

I think his behaviour on the internet is perhaps an extension of this vivid imagination and what seems to be a very intelligent lad.

So, now what? Is this part of some normal teen rite of passage that somehow eluded me?

I honestly think it is (normal... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 3:54 PM on February 10, 2008

It's going to need to be rebuilt from scratch. I know that's not what you want to hear but it will be your only option.

However, the hosting company that is being used is ridiculously expensive for what's provided

That may seem so but you will find out you (generally) get what you pay for. I have no way of knowing if these people are getting ripped off but it's something I've been accused of and I can guarantee it's so far... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 7:19 AM on February 8, 2008

your typical hierarchy of pages, a blog, forums, nothng super fancy

Sorry, I missed that. The port should be easy enough then... but you will need to get the content/images/styles from their current provider, then create a new template that looks like their old site and then copy and paste the content from old to new.

Will still be a pain in the hole but if there's nothing special about the site you couuld probably do it in a day or so for them
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 7:23 AM on February 8, 2008

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.

If you are just trying to retain Word formatting then try this, an online tool but really handy and saves you from opening Dreamweaver.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 1:58 PM on February 7, 2008

As an aside though (because I am a developer for a CMS), the preferable approach would be to use the CMS as intended - if the default size is too small get the designer/developers to increase it.

Always best to have a consistent style throughout the site and formatting in word or Dreamweaver without sticking to the styles defined in the css is just messy and can end up making a site look very unproffessional.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 2:02 PM on February 7, 2008

Is London -- Amsterdam -- Barcelona feasible in 10 days? Is there an order that makes more sense than I'd be able to gather from a map?

With low cost airlines you could easily do a few days in each place. 4 hours or so would take you from Barcelona to Amsterdam. A couple of hours from London to either. Dublins another great, but pricey, city for a party (get the clichés out of your head!)

Londons going to be really expensive,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 3:49 PM on February 6, 2008

"Naked as we came" by Iron and wine is just beautiful.

She says "wake up, it's no use pretending"
I'll keep stealing, breathing her.
Birds are leaving over autumn's ending
One of us will die inside these arms
Eyes wide open, naked as we came
One will spread our ashes 'round the yard

Also, two great tracks on the new Malcolm Middleton album might be... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 4:00 PM on February 1, 2008 marked best answer

This firefox extension looks to do the trick
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 5:33 PM on January 29, 2008

Totally agree with George_Spiggott. I wish I had rich friends, count your lucky stars! As it stands the richest friend I know is maybe upper middle class. I'd be right in the middle. Mr average.

I try to think globally and I'm filthy rich, loaded. An elite. King among Kings. This makes me a bit humbler. I bitch about not being able to afford an eepc on a whim but fuck it, you know?

I couldn't give a toss what others might think of my... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 12:16 PM on January 28, 2008

For a great caffeine kick try a double espresso topped with a filter coffee. Just like americano but you are using coffee from a French Press instead of water to top your cup up. Tastes great as well!

As a side note I've been experimenting with putting dried chilli in with my coffee for blow your head off espressos. Deeply satisfying and an experience well worth trying imo.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 10:48 AM on January 23, 2008

I love iRatchet for this. More geared towards billing and invoicing but a great time tracker none the less.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 12:59 PM on January 19, 2008

The user may have to click something but most of this could possibly be automated with automator on OS X?

A cursory search on google brought this automator pack up : http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/indesignactionpack.html

Not sure, but I see no reason why you couldn't set up an auto export of XML into a folder then every so often get automator to check the file, if it's been modified then open Indesign, flow in the new xml and... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 2:04 PM on December 11, 2007

Forgot to say - the furthest I've got with BT now is that the guy I was talking to would write a note for his manager.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 12:07 PM on December 6, 2007

Cheers for the proxy tip unfortunately that doesn't help for ftp or email. Connecting by the ip doesn't work. Infuriating.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 1:43 PM on December 6, 2007

Definitely not! I doubt any of my sites could be considered any kind of porn. The thought did cross my mind though that whatever software they use could block sites that are completely unrelated though.

Got an email from Mediatemple basically saying that BT seemed to be having a connection problem to the US and to hassle them and get as many people as possible who are having issues to let BT know. They say it's a pretty wide range of sites that are being affected.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 3:07 PM on December 6, 2007

Thanks Steven, I'll have a look round and see if I can find a mac program that does something similar. Did a traceroute and it stops somewhere in the UK.
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 12:17 AM on December 7, 2007

I'm such an amateur that I still do most of my web design in notepad!

That's hardly amateur is it? Don't knock yourself. If you are using notepad you are already better than a whole bunch of people who make money without even looking at a line of markup.

I work in half hour increments, others charge by the hour. Invoice at a half hours work if you are uncomfortable with charging an hour for such a minor job.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by twistedonion at 12:35 PM on November 30, 2007