What is that thrift store smell?
posted to Ask Metafilter by bokinney at 8:48 PM on February 24, 2008 (18 comments)

"If you can't tie a knot, tie a lot." I recently heard this expression somewhere and it's driving me nuts. Any idea where I might have heard it? I feel like it was in a movie, tv show, commercial, or maybe a video on YouTube. I have a vague recollection of an image of someone demonstrating the principle expressed in the quote.
posted to Ask Metafilter by bokinney at 9:27 PM on June 5, 2007 (5 comments)

I'm holding a event in the Seattle area recognizing author Kurt Vonnegut, who recently passed away. A number of people from the local literary, artistic, and library communities will be reading passages of his writing and speaking. I'm looking for a good title for the event; I think "So It Goes" has been overused. Any ideas?
posted to Ask Metafilter by bokinney at 7:50 PM on April 24, 2007 (30 comments)

How do I get a the rows in a table to stay clumped in fives even if I add or change the data?I have a long list of data that I need to arrange in a table, and I want the rows grouped together in fives. I'm currently working in Microsoft Word, and what I've got looks something like this Google Doc. I want the table(s) to stay grouped like this even if I add, delete, or change the data. If I just use the Word tables, adding a new line to a group will just create an extra row.
posted to Ask Metafilter by bokinney at 11:49 AM on March 12, 2007 (7 comments)

Is there a way to turn an email listserv I'm subscribed to into an RSS feed? I've looked at Mailbucket, but I'm wondering if there's anything else out there. I'm currently using Thunderbird for email and Google Reader for RSS.
posted to Ask Metafilter by bokinney at 7:22 AM on February 23, 2007 (5 comments)