I'm going to be the sole fish swimming against the current here, but this was my personal experience:
I took some photos of an exploded cafe near my house (gas leak) and emailed them to a newspaper, stating that they could use it with credit, and to contact me if they wanted the full resolution copies. Didn't hear back from them and guessed it was nothing lost. Monday morning I opened our daily newspaper and my photo was margin to margin on page 2. I suspect had I asked for... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 3:23 AM on October 11, 2008

I was in a similar situation, where close friend slept with an acquaintance who we later found to have herpes. As things happen, I later slept with the close friend, but before either of us knew. We're both clear (AFAIK) but the close friend said she most definitely would have appreciated being told about it at the time. She confronted the acquaintance who initially denied the allegation but later came clean (sorry).

Considering approaching the acquaintance isn't an... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 9:13 PM on October 9, 2008

Another vote for Ell-ers-lee. Coming from another Aucklander who passes through the suburb of Ellerslie on the way home.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 9:08 PM on October 6, 2008 marked best answer

Deviantart has a stock photography section.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 8:56 AM on October 3, 2008

Whilst this wont answer your question, people here used to register their vehicles as hearses to avoid paying vehicle registration fees, until the government tightened up on the laws so that you had to carry a deceased in the vehicle at least once a year to keep the hearse status.

In the end: More trouble than it's worth.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 8:53 AM on September 3, 2008

Turbonegro - I Got Erection


Ich bin geil!

ARGHHHHH

Everytime I walk down the street - Erection
When I see a woman that I'd like to beat - Erection
When I think of blood I think of love - Erection
When I think of blood I think of love - Erection

Oh, I got Erection
Oh, I got Erection
Oh, I got Erection
Oh,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 7:31 PM on August 25, 2008

Another vote for Python here. I don't actually know any python, I started with PHP (practicality really), but almost everyone I speak to in regards to branching out, or learning something alternative (and yes, I'm afraid of C++) recommend Python to me, it's easy to learn, powerful and actually practical too (eg: Django for web development using Python)
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 9:57 PM on August 17, 2008

Good responses so far, thank you :)
Just to clarify, it was $30NZD (which is $21 US), the first pharmacy charged me $30NZ, and the next one charged me $20NZ, either way it's stupidly expensive, but I believe it is because the supplier has an exclusive license with the government. I do plan to eventually write a well researched letter to someone who might care, but for now ordering from overseas helps my own personal situation.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 9:21 AM on August 15, 2008

From my usage though, one 3mg tab does nothing to me unless I'm fairly relaxed/close to tired. From my awake state I can need up to 6mg to make me sleepy, otherwise I just stay awake for hours.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 1:56 PM on August 15, 2008

Intentionally circumventing an employers web filtering could be a grounds for having either access removed, or being fired.... ALL THAT ASIDE.

I personally use FirefoxPortable on a usb stick, and also PuTTY portable and use a SSH tunnel to just past the marshal filter at work.

This only works at one of my places of employment, the other place doesn't work.. i suspect because they've blocked everything but port 80 traffic.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 7:17 AM on August 7, 2008

And everyone should preview!
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 7:17 AM on August 7, 2008

PortableApps are designed to leave no registry entries on the host computer, so you're not installing anything.

There are plenty of web based solutions, but they'll all be blocked as proxy avoidance. As you've experienced, WebSense/whichever is able to learn, so no amount of installing *PROXY programmes on remote hosting will work, not to the extent you're wanting anyway.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 7:21 AM on August 7, 2008

I've used Dapper for this kind of thing, but as others have already said... lots of other sources to do this with more complexity. Dapper is fairly simplistic but easy to use.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 6:03 PM on July 28, 2008

I 1993 the London Symphony Orchestra contributed to an album called Rock'n' Symphony, not sure if that might help, but from the album specifics it says it was recorded in studio, although there might have been other performances linked to it?

Also from another article via google,
"In 1992 the London Philharmonic Youth Orchestra was established to offer
experience to young professional musicians aged... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 5:52 PM on July 28, 2008

[disclaimer: I work in motor insurance, in a common-wealth country, but it isn't compulsory yet] This will come out entirely biased, but only because I have to deal with this stuff day to day, but it really is the customers responsibility to ensure that their bills are up to date. We've had situations in the past where customers have let their policy lapse due to non payment then a few months later attempt to claim on their insurance saying that we never told them the policy had been cancelled.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 5:25 AM on July 28, 2008

Calling and lying about not receiving the dongle might also leave you SOL if they have some way to verify that you've already received and used it. In which case they would definitely not want to help you and also I believe might become fraud (attempting to obtain by deception).

Just because the documentation says one thing, doesn't mean they might be more flexible in if you actually push the point.

The software from that company appears to cost... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 2:44 PM on July 20, 2008

By transfer royalties, I'm assume you're meaning that they market and sell the shirt on your behalf? Depending on how good of a designer/illustrator you are there is always Threadless and Designbyhumans for high end type stuff, but it is competitive entry, so your design has to be voted to be sent to print. On the other end of stuff, there is vanity printing like Redbubble or Cafepress. I haven't actually worked with any of the above, but I have no reason to doubt that they could transfer... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 10:30 AM on June 21, 2008

A. Columns please!
posted to MetaTalk by chrisbucks at 5:16 PM on June 17, 2008

I skate board and BMX, I'd never go out on my BMX without a helmet, however I wouldn't ever go skateboarding with one.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 5:38 AM on June 7, 2008

I play COD4 competitively...! (as in competitions with money prizes and two non-prize ladder comps. But I'm in New Zealand and play on Australian servers, so unlikely I'll ever get to pwn you :(
posted to MetaTalk by chrisbucks at 5:52 AM on June 6, 2008

OH! I actually got my pony! (although I'm now aware that others have been betting on the same horse...but we can share righ?). Perfectly subtle yet identifiable. I'd renew my subscription to metafilter, but I think my lifetime one hasn't run out yet.
posted to MetaTalk by chrisbucks at 12:14 AM on June 5, 2008

I second clicktrance since it applies to the internet in general and not just wikipedia. This can happen if I spend long enough on sourceforge or freshmeat chasing down elusive niche software. Or following bloggers link/blog rolls consecutively.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 10:29 PM on May 27, 2008

I moved out at 18, put all my stuff into my car (or as much of it as i needed) and moved into a filthy student house with a crazy old anarchist, a drum n bass DJ and a philosophy masters student. Sent them an email saying "hey just to let you know I've moved out", it was the easiest way to deal with it. I still came home once a week for dinner on the weekends and sometimes stayed the night. 4 years on I'm living back there for a few weeks whilst I take a stress leave from... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 10:26 PM on May 27, 2008

With my university there is never any checking system, so you could easily sit in on a number of different subjects and never be discovered.

I did noticed whenever we had notable speakers in to my media studies class the lecture theatre seemed unusually full. Labs were the only thing where the tutors would often check your name, so they could stop students attending labs outside their assigned times (usually people trying to get into the afternoon labs rather than the... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 12:14 AM on May 27, 2008

@ArbiterOne
-It's prescription only here :( (New Zealand).

@zippy
-Generally don't consume caffeine at all, although for a few days I did take some NoDoz to keep me from falling over at work.

I had some zopiclone for a short bit, (was only given 7 caps) which helped momentarily, but occasionally I could take a half and still be awake hours later just feeling medicated.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 10:37 PM on May 19, 2008

Anarcho-technophile here. Similar boat although I drink on a semi-seldom basis. Lately I've been thinking of throwing in the towel on the whole 'alternative' culture and being an MTVchild, so I'm keen to see what others say in this thread!

I back up what most other people are saying, don't cut people out based on their vices or lack there of. I reckon you could meet a lot of similar minded people through IndyMedia collectives. I met a lot of like minded people that... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 9:15 AM on May 16, 2008

I've been on the receiving end of someone who wanted more, but never made it obvious.
I was being overly cautious and not 'throwing myself' out there so much, and it did hurt when I rang her up to see what she was doing that night to have her say she was going out with some guy she met somewhere else. And only when I pushed her for a reason she said she wanted more, and had decided that I wasn't keen. I genuinely was keen on her, I just didn't want to scare her off too early on.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 10:10 PM on May 6, 2008

I'm constantly faced with this problem, lately I've turned to streamripper. Leave the computer running at night/day with stream ripper going and hook up to a popular internet radio station (pop rocks on somafm for example), and the next day I have a heap of mp3s which let me sample some different and possibly very different bands. Rinse and repeat with different net radio stations.

Also try lastripper in conjunction with last.fm radio stations, does the same thing... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 6:04 AM on May 2, 2008

I use NFS across 3 domains, and from what I've seen so far it's very good. Very economical and very simple to set things up, much more flexible than my previous hosts have been (which restricted the number of users or domains, or even subdomains).

According to their FAQ they recommend a service called WebCron, which accesses your site at a pre-set time, on schedule and triggers your script. I'm not familiar with the plug-in, but I wouldn't have thought it would use... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 3:14 AM on April 30, 2008 marked best answer

I have the original on 5inch floppy for MI2, except I lost one of the disks so I emailed lucas arts support and they mailed me out the MI1, MI2 and demo of CMI on CD free of charge. Bear in mind, I was 15 and this was about 7 years ago, but now that I hear that it's worth $50 I might try and palm it off!

I wouldn't have thought these were 'rare' games, since Lucas Arts is constantly re-releasing them in comps. or packs which I'm always seeing.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 1:00 AM on April 30, 2008

Scenester kid here (well, 22 year old punk/indie child).
I traded my mountain bike for a bmx, but I think the fixed speed deal is two reasons
1. lower maintenance, less things can get buggered up, and easier to fix yourself.
2. some kind of cycle courier inspired fad I think, more fashionable and retro.

But I'm guessing it's closer to the second, the trendy elite of having a single speed.

as for helmets, I... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 8:44 AM on April 27, 2008

Lack of international ordering isn't so much of a problem since I've got family and friends in the states who can re-mail for me. The urbanoutfitters one is close to what I'd like, although it looks like something that I had in college, but definitely interested by the price!

Trying to avoid things with clips and other stuff since they can be annoying, I heard of a place which makes bags with the same velcro top as the jakespade ones, but they make them out of recycled... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 2:51 AM on April 17, 2008

I'm almost the same as your description. Minus the weed smoking. I don't have any really decent vices to blame my lifestyle on. I wake up later in the day, go to work, come home. Play FPS games until 4am then fall asleep, repeat.

For me it's partly depression, after my studies and relationship when to crap I found relief through just playing FPS, at least it was something I am good at. I've avoided WoW for the very reason outlined here, I have friends who do nothing but... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 11:47 PM on April 14, 2008

Psst. If you go on some popular torrent sites, you can download the pack of re-engineered drivers released by Daniel K which fixes the issues with the Vista drivers that come from Creative.

I'm look at the same route at the moment, after the whole shitstorm that has occurred over on the creative forums, I've been strongly thinking about getting a different brand of audio card.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 4:38 AM on April 5, 2008

Seems to be a popular question. Putting "whales rabies" into google had the very question in the first few results.


Can whales get rabies?

There has never been a case of rabies reported in a whale. This doesn’t mean that they are not susceptible to catching it. In fact, all mammals are susceptible to rabies. However, it is very unlikely that a whale could naturally get rabies. It would have to be bitten by a bat,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 2:31 AM on March 22, 2008

Sorry I couldn't make it. I got to the Bombay Hills and border control turned me back :(
posted to MetaTalk by chrisbucks at 9:09 PM on March 19, 2008

Weakest call out ever. Mefimail will solve all your problems. Apply thrice daily to the effected region.

I thought there was some real drama in this thread :(
posted to MetaTalk by chrisbucks at 10:11 PM on March 18, 2008

Scribefire is the new name for Performancing for Firefox, a blogging extension. I recall that Performancing was able to post to myspace blogs, so you could simultaneously post to multiple blogs at the same time through one interface. I can't tell if the new version under this new name still supports myspace, and I'm not willing to install it to find out right now, but it would be the most ideal solution, just to use one app to post to all your networking/blogs at once.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 8:38 AM on March 3, 2008

Actually a quick look at the extension entries on the mozilla site shows that Performancing needed another extension on top to work with myspace. Not sure if that one will work with Scribefire, but it's worth a shot. Be aware though, that Myspace changes its setup quite frequently and has no API so any external tools break with every change.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 8:39 AM on March 3, 2008

Auckland reporting in... Wellington might be do-able.
posted to MetaTalk by chrisbucks at 3:11 AM on February 22, 2008

semi self link: here's what happened when I found someone's photos...
as someone else in the thread says.. "things which make you go......"
posted to MetaFilter by chrisbucks at 7:44 AM on February 6, 2008

I don't know where you would buy one, but you could always approach a major toothpaste/toothbrush manufacturer (colgate, macleans, braun, etc) and ask if they have that kind of thing that they use for promo? They'd probably be happy to give it to you if it had their brand on it. I recall seeing a giant inflatable toothbrush being used at a sporting event by some promo people giving out samples, so it's worth a shot.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 5:47 AM on February 5, 2008

I had it both ways. I dated a roomie, then it got old and frustrating so we broke it off. Avoided each other for a week or two, then a while later became fuck buddies.

What I learnt.
a) When it goes sour.. don't stick around. Just move.
b) Don't fuck the roomies

Dating, sure go for it, worse that can happen is that you'll need to move out. But if you just sleep with him and leave it at that, it will be impossible to ever... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 12:47 PM on January 4, 2008

In case any were missed on this question there's also a similar question I asked before.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 11:29 PM on December 31, 2007

I work at an insurance company, the only letters we send out in ALL CAPS are ones automated through our stone aged payments banking software which spits out letters with payment instructions and outstanding payments.

Everything we type into there also has to be in caps, no one has really explained to me why, it's something about consistency or something. Occasionally people will be spending half the day entering information into the system and then send me an email,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 5:49 AM on December 30, 2007

You don't mention how old you are, or whether you're actively having sex. I had this problem to a small degre, but I guess it eventually 'stretched', although one time I succeeded in tearing the frenulum just slightly. I found it eased up after having sex a few times. This might not apply in your case though. I talked to a doctor and I was prescribed a steroid cream which I was to apply and stretch regularly, I didn't actually do it as often as prescribed but perhaps that might have assisted... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 4:59 AM on December 24, 2007

without reading everyone elses answers too much... ask her about the new guy, to gauge whether it's what you suspect it is, if it seems that way, (or if he's over the night the bf turns up) then you should talk to your roommate and tell her the bf is coming, she's not meant to know but you realise this could turn to shit.

As others have said, you live with her, not him... so you don't really owe him anything, and the less drama the better. Others have suggested just... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 1:46 PM on December 14, 2007

Aside: I never actually finished Sanitarium but I found the CDs in a case last week. I think I'll go and confront my childhood fears :-o

Does Myst/Uru feature as possible "dreamscape exploration"? It's possible that we're confusing 'dream' with 'fantasy' here, but the Myst/Riven/Uru series is possibly surreal enough to qualify. Mainly it's an adventure series (or other definition?) set in a series of impossible worlds, which have... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 9:16 AM on November 22, 2007

Cheers for all the ace advice folks :-D

I suppose just to confirm/clarify/respond, I haven't tried contacting her in a few months... I feel better not having to deal with it. It only became an issue again recently when my friend (the sister) graduated art college, I was expecting her sister to be at the exhibition, but fortunately she left before I arrived.

The people in the situation are all under 23, so that might explain the 'lack of maturity'... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 7:58 AM on November 22, 2007

@mecran01

It involved us breaking up, but still living together then her moving her new boyfriend into our house which we shared (with other people though) and me deciding "fuck this" and moving out the same day he turned up. (but still paid my rent for another 3 weeks until I could find a new roomie). After that she flirted with me regularly (whilst still being with him) and said "maybe we could get back together some day" and being the spineless... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisbucks at 8:55 AM on November 22, 2007