You sound completely happy and fulfilled. If you're not, and if you find yourself feeling emotions of envy towards people who 'have loads of friends' and are 'out having fun', then you need to do something about it. Otherwise, be you. There's nothing fundamentally wrong or even uncommon about the way you're living your life.

There have been times when I've been in a similar state of affairs, and been perfectly happy with it. There have also been times when I've been in a... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 4:18 AM on May 4, 2008 marked best answer

Lots and Lots of Files
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 1:03 PM on April 20, 2008

Yes, that's right, as far as I'm aware.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 3:10 PM on April 14, 2008

I had a go at writing it out for you: istanbul-violin.png.

The crazy intro and the double-stopping in the instrumental is very approximate, but the rest of it is pretty straightforward.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 1:49 AM on April 6, 2008 marked best answer

Stop touching it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 9:07 AM on March 1, 2008

Pownce does the same 'post a quick message' thing that Twitter does, except that you can easily restrict it to a group of your contacts.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 12:29 PM on February 29, 2008

Yeah, don't put stuff in your back pocket, it's the perfect place to get it stolen from.

Start wearing a jacket. That brings you at least four more pockets. And you'll look stylin'.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 7:09 AM on February 22, 2008

You're worried that you're flirting with her, but your list of actual behaviour basically sums up to being friendly towards her and being invited round to her house once. That still sounds like just friends to me.

Don't stress out about it. People get crushes on people who are unavailable all the time. It sucks, but it's just part of being human. And, unless you are very blatantly leading her up the garden path, then that's her problem to deal with.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 10:59 PM on February 19, 2008

It sounds like you just want some commodity web hosting with high bandwidth. Dreamhost is doing a 500 GB storage, 5 TB monthly bandwidth hosting deal for $10.95 a month plus $49.95 setup at the moment (with discounts if you pay in advance). You'd be able to use your own domain name, and I'm pretty certain you'd be able to set up FTP access to suit your needs.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 4:41 AM on February 19, 2008

Get a friend of yours whom they don't know to hand-deliver it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 8:57 AM on February 15, 2008

Wait, so "Summer is icumen in" means "Summer has come in", not "Summer is coming in"? This changes everything.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 4:35 AM on February 15, 2008

I have an Intel machine (Powerbook).

Go to the Apple menu, choose 'About This Mac', and tell us what it says by 'Processor'. Or tell us what the label underneath your screen says.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 11:00 PM on February 11, 2008

I don't think there's a standard for this. Different local authorities collect slightly different sets of things in their 'comingled' collection, so you'll need to ask (at least in my experience in the UK). It's unlikely that you can just throw anything in there; there are usually rules.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 2:21 PM on February 3, 2008

You're in for a world of hurt if you just try to dive straight into trying to read and understand existing real-world scripts.

You said you managed to get some "hello world" stuff working. What's stopped you from progressing further down the road of self-learning using tutorials and the like?
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 4:26 PM on January 29, 2008

What happens when you attempt to change the screen resolution?
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 12:26 PM on January 14, 2008

Um. You remove the core of the bottom roll from the dispenser. And then you push the top roll down. And then you use it.

I mean. Seriously. Is this for real?
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 12:52 PM on January 11, 2008

Vancouver Media & Tech Events. For instance.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 5:00 PM on January 10, 2008

Nominet specifically have an 'opt-out' system for domains registered to individuals, which will remove your personal information from the WHOIS results.

You should be able to just log in to the Nominet site using the details you received with your registration certificate, and choose the 'opt-out' option.

I'm very surprised that the person you spoke to at Nominet didn't mention this.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 10:43 AM on January 8, 2008

Sorry, ignore me, I missed that you wanted the name hidden as well.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 10:45 AM on January 8, 2008

Perhaps because it's just out of the ordinary, so people subconsciously pay more attention to you.

Also, Britons just ooze quiet, yet serious, authority.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 1:56 AM on December 23, 2007

Saying "cell phone" instead of "mobile" (MOE'-byle) would have tipped me off right there.

Unless they were simply, y'know, using local terms for things in order that people would understand them more easily. Which seems a reasonable thing to do.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 7:43 PM on December 23, 2007

Could it be "Åse's Death", from Grieg's incidental music to Peer Gynt?
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 2:35 PM on December 22, 2007

SuperDuper! is a utility that does exactly this.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 6:36 AM on December 18, 2007

David Seah has this year been trying out and blogging about an alternative mindset to New Year's Resolutions which he calls Groundhog Day Resolutions. The idea is that, instead of making empty resolutions right after a busy, frazzled period of the year, wait until the 2nd of February (Groundhog Day), and make your resolutions then. Then on 3/3, and 4/4, and 5/5, etc., have a review of how you're doing.

It's a bit cheesy, and not really so different from making resolution... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 12:07 PM on December 14, 2007

Buying the phone direct from Nokia UK costs £159. So £140 is in the price region where you'd expect it to be unlocked, yes.

Basically, as long as you're buying a new one, and you're not buying it from a network (contract or pay-as-you-go, since some networks lock some of their pay-as-you-go phones as well), then you're good. The key phrases to check for are 'handset only' and 'sim free'.

Or, of course, just ask the vendor straight out whether... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 12:19 PM on December 13, 2007 marked best answer

This is unlikely to do with the RSS reader. The contents of an RSS feed (i.e. whether it shows the full post or an excerpt, whether it shows all associated links or just the main article link) are determined by the site in question. So if the MetaFilter RSS feed doesn't include a comments link, then it won't show up in any RSS reader. The RSS reader isn't stripping anything out -- it's not there in the first place.

So, basically, I think you're out of luck.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 5:44 AM on December 12, 2007 marked best answer

Why will I need CS3? I'm sure the one I get will have Leopard.

Because CS3 is the only version that Adobe is officially supporting under Leopard. Older versions are not officially supported.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 10:52 PM on December 5, 2007

I treat my 17" Macbook Pro with little respect. It does fine. Quality's about as good as you're going to get with a laptop. Sure, there'll be some duff individual units, but I don't think there are any systemic issues.

It gets hot, yes, but not burning hot. Uncomfortable hot at times, but only if the processor is maxed out. I think the latest models are better with this.

No compatibility issues with US/EU, as far as I'm aware, apart from the... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 10:47 AM on November 28, 2007 marked best answer

"Meechee waakki wwaa nee ssa looo HANS SOLO mi poekee me ffa sso chha ne lee."
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 9:31 AM on November 28, 2007

But what goes into that wasabi sauce

Soybean Oil, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Candied Ginger, Distilled White and Red Raspberry Vinegar, Apricots, Mustard Flour, Egg Yolks, Modified Corn Starch, Horseradish, Ginger Puree, Flavoring, Wasabi, Calcium Disodium EDTA
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 3:46 PM on November 27, 2007

Good heavens. Could you not just give us an MP3 to listen to?
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 6:37 AM on November 26, 2007

It's "Building the Crate" from the Chicken Run soundtrack. At least, assuming the previews on the iTunes Store are correct.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 2:08 PM on November 27, 2007 marked best answer

And the preview on Amazon is easily recognisable. I can't imagine how you managed to listen to it enough to write out that description and not recognise it in the Amazon preview. :facepalm:
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 2:11 PM on November 27, 2007

Call it 'server'.

It's ironic.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 8:14 AM on November 27, 2007

To never do anything of which I cannot be proud.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 7:23 AM on November 17, 2007

hiding things from either everyone or an entire role

Which one are you trying to do?
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 8:00 AM on November 14, 2007

A hacky solution (nicking some code from here):

In /wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php, about line 74, you'll see some <fieldset>s that represent each of the sidebar boxes. If you add:
<?php
$current_role = $wpdb->prefix . 'capabilities';
$current_user->role = array_keys($current_user->$current_role);
$current_role = $current_user->role[0];
if ($current_role == 'author' ||... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 8:40 AM on November 14, 2007 marked best answer

Okay, try this:
<?php
$current_role = $wpdb->prefix . 'capabilities';
$current_user->role = array_keys($current_user->$current_role);
$current_role = $current_user->role[0];
if ($current_role == 'author' || $current_role == 'editor') {
?>
<script type="text/javascript">
function hideScaryBoxes() {
$$('.scary-box').each(function(b){b.hide();})... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 9:03 AM on November 14, 2007

Hah! Of course.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 5:37 AM on November 15, 2007

Bach's organ output can be divided into various kinds of works. Broadly speaking:

pairs of toccata/prelude/fantasia and fugue;
various individual fantasias/fugues/etc.;
chorale preludes;
chorale variations;
sonatas; and
arrangements of concertos.

Most of the interesting counterpoint is in the toccatas/preludes/fantasias/fugues, but a lot of those would seem to be of the character that... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 8:47 AM on November 8, 2007 marked best answer

Upgrade to Leopard when it comes out this Friday, and I believe you'll find that the display factor adjustment will work a lot more reliably.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 4:50 PM on October 24, 2007

Where are you?
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 9:59 AM on October 20, 2007

I'm in London, happy to run an errand for you if it'll help. Email's in profile.

I have no idea of the cost of reliable, insured shipping for this kind of thing, though. Sotheby's may well be quoting a fair price, for all I know. But my hunch is there'll be cheaper options somewhere.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 7:41 PM on October 14, 2007

Do not store the credit card details yourself. Just in case you were considering it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 2:16 PM on October 2, 2007

Did you actually want to visit Hastings? Because there are direct trains from London Charing Cross to Battle.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 1:36 PM on September 27, 2007

Oh wait, you've figured that out already. I'll leave now.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 1:38 PM on September 27, 2007

Surely just arranging another date is enough of a signal that you don't mind?
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 1:33 PM on September 27, 2007

And if I wear a button down shirt out, it looks way too long and becomes a wrinkled mess once I sit down.

Trade secret: undo the bottom button when you sit down.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 2:50 AM on September 26, 2007

I tend to look good in a suit

A casual suit-style jacket can hide a multitude of shirt and trouser-arse-region sins.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 2:53 AM on September 26, 2007

I'm probably misunderstanding the question, but SOAP is effectively just a communication protocol which can deal with any generic method call. So the real question is what your web app is going to be connecting to via SOAP.

At the moment you have:

application <--- (special MySQL-speak via socket or IP) --> MySQL server

and you want to replace it with:

application <--- (SOAP) --> what?... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 2:59 AM on September 11, 2007