How can I prevent a basketball from going over my fence and into my neighbor's yard?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by creative at 3:33 PM on June 29, 2007 (9 comments)

Can you help me find the original publisher of the educational short film featuring Rusty the narcoleptic dachsund?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by scottandrew at 1:22 PM on June 29, 2007 (4 comments)

Can you recommend outstanding wineries in or around Willamette Valley, Oregon?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Asherah at 7:56 PM on June 28, 2007 (7 comments)

Some friends and I would like to camp on the beaches of Oregon. What do we need to know and how do we go about it?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by pontouf at 4:43 PM on June 25, 2007 (15 comments)

Before Woodstock, there was the Monterey International Pop Festival, the world's first major rock festival. It took place from June 16 to June 18, 1967, and it featured performances by, among others, Eric Burdon and The Animals, Simon and Garfunkel, Canned Heat, Al Kooper, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Electric Flag, The Byrds (more), Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, Ravi Shankar, Big Brother and The Holding Company, Buffalo Springfield (minus Neil Young), The Who (3 4 5), Grateful Dead, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Scott McKenzie, and The Mamas and The Papas
posted to MetaFilter by Silune at 11:47 PM on June 16, 2007 (35 comments)

"Clever" music videos?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Mwongozi at 3:48 PM on June 15, 2007 (58 comments)

Is there a way to hook up and display an Xbox 360 on a new laptop screen via, well, anything?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Apo11o at 9:48 PM on June 15, 2007 (7 comments)

A Nashville blogger decided to tackle to the project of consuming and reviewing all 51 sandwiches on the Which Wich menu. The local Which Wich caught on, and despite some negative critiques, decided to promote the blogger's URL on every sandwich bag leaving their store.
posted to MetaFilter by brittney at 12:18 PM on June 15, 2007 (20 comments)

No trip to San Diego's Historic Balboa Park would be complete without witnessing some awesome street performers.
posted to MetaFilter by snsranch at 5:25 PM on June 14, 2007 (10 comments)

Largest lake on an island, in a lake, on an island, in a...
posted to MetaFilter by petsounds at 9:06 PM on June 11, 2007 (71 comments)

This might make you smile.
posted to MetaFilter by brittney at 7:50 AM on June 12, 2007 (136 comments)

His dance style is the robot variation of popping. He appeared [YT] on the Atlanta auditions of So You Think You Can Dance. He's got scoliosis, and can't lift his arms above his head. But he shows no fear, and now he's got people talking.
posted to MetaFilter by desjardins at 8:04 AM on June 4, 2007 (16 comments)

Anyone have experiences good/bad as a merchant with Paypal's "Website Payments Standard" merchant account program?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by ZenMasterThis at 7:27 AM on June 4, 2007 (8 comments)

#1 Said. Can we come to some consensus with MetaReviews and get something rolling? I'm not trying to be a pesterbuggy, especially in light of all of the cool new things going on here, but a nice MetaReviews/Recommends would be teh awesome! (I'm posting this because I watched a film today that would probably be the first film that I would actually write about in more than a decade.)
posted to MetaTalk by snsranch at 6:12 PM on June 3, 2007 (51 comments)

Some might find it difficult to believe that this was the video to a 1984 number one hit, although it's not surprising to learn that the video was banned (as was the song, leaving the BBC in the uncomfortable position of being unable to broadcast their country's biggest hit on any of its radio or television programs). The G rated version was directed by Brian De Palma and, oddly, appeared (in slightly altered form) in Body Double as a porno film within the movie. Although the band had other hits, notably Two Tribes which was rivaled only by Land of Confusion for most over-the-top Reagan representation in a music video, they have been beset with problems, primarily relating to who owns their name, but rest assured that lead singer Holly Johnson is doing well in his new calling as a painter. This astrological chart nicely (?) sums up his entire career. Incidentally, Katherine Hamnett, who designed the hugely popular Frankie Say Relax t-shirts (along with Wham's Choose Life tees which, ironically, birthed an anti-abortion moto) is still a successful designer, who continues to be active in environmental, HIV eradication, and anti-war efforts. Anyhow, check out the wacky Relax video. But beware of naked, shaving Roman Emperors.
posted to MetaFilter by serazin at 1:29 AM on June 2, 2007 (91 comments)

15 reasons Mister Rogers was the best neighbor ever.
posted to MetaFilter by oneirodynia at 10:49 AM on June 1, 2007 (120 comments)

Julie Amero. Are there ANY concrete actions a non-expert stranger could take to decrease the chance she'll do jail time?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by lorimer at 7:57 AM on June 1, 2007 (11 comments)

Programmable timer in browser title?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by cashman at 12:55 PM on May 31, 2007 (13 comments)

The new album is more or less finished, so I thought I'd offer you guys another sneak peek. A shoot-from-the-hip rock song - Let's drink to the things that died too soon.
posted to MeFi Music by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:45 PM on May 24, 2007 (16 comments)

Charles Nelson Reilly (1931-2007) If, in 1940, you had a lobotomized aunt, an institutionalized father, a racist mother, and were the only gay kid on the block, what do you think the odds would be that you'd end up a Tony winner, a staple of television, and a generational icon? (contains YouTube links)
posted to MetaFilter by LinusMines at 10:28 PM on May 27, 2007 (87 comments)

Parallels is a 10 minute dance video comparing current B-Boy poppin and lockin to vintage clips of African and global dance, jazz and swing, martial arts, and athletics. It's an excerpt from Detours - An Experimental Dance Collaboration, a video by dancer extraordinaire David "Elsewhere" Bernal. Via beans, beans, good for your heart [more]
posted to MetaFilter by madamjujujive at 12:04 PM on May 27, 2007 (11 comments)

30 years ago today
the dream of a man
named George Lucas
became a phenomenon
that changed the world.
posted to MetaFilter by cerebus19 at 1:54 PM on May 25, 2007 (134 comments)

You cannot live in Malaysia or Singapore without being a foodie on some level. Makan lah! or come and eat is a common and popular expression of welcome. Uniquely in the region, both countries have multiethnic populations each of whom have added their flavours, spices and condiments to the region's foodie heaven. There is Chinese food - Kuay Teow, Chicken Rice, Char Siu and Yong Tau Foo. There is Malay food, rendangs, sambals, petai and belacan adding a certain something to the mix. South Indian food proliferates like banana leaf restorans, idli-thosai pure vegetarian fast food joints like Komala's and of course the fish curries and prawn curries of the coastal regions. The colonial influence is felt with Roti John served up in hawker centres and food courts across the peninsula and islands, ending with cooling desserts like cendol, sago pudding with gula melaka and santan or 'pancake'.
posted to MetaFilter by infini at 2:03 AM on May 26, 2007 (35 comments)

So, bacon. Did it used to be a wholly different foodstuff? I often run across descriptions of bacon as a wartime staple in the 19th and early 20th century--i.e. before refrigeration--wherein it would appear that the bacon was shelf/wagon-stable for months on end. With the bacon we get today (at least in America) refrigeration is absolutely necessary, and once the seal is broken, you have about a week of usability. So what's the deal with old-school bacon? Did the bacon change, or did the people? I must know.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by _sirmissalot_ at 6:48 PM on May 23, 2007 (37 comments)

How do I make a hospital birth not suck? Suddenly midwife-less. Local hospital a horror. Bitter, depressed. What does a doula actually do? Etc, etc.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by kmennie at 8:46 AM on May 25, 2007 (35 comments)

Thou shalt not make a one-link YouTube post. Unless, you know, it's something good.
posted to MetaFilter by ikkyu2 at 10:54 PM on April 19, 2007 (98 comments)

"My deepest sympathies for posting this. I lack all attempts at rhythm and meter, and don't even have a nice English accent to back things up!"
posted to MeFi Music by chrismear at 9:10 PM on May 23, 2007 (55 comments)

Public libraries with Online Content: Residents of Missouri can get a free account at the Kansas City Public Library that will let them access digital databases including the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps and downloadable audiobooks. Residents of the Empire State can get a digital library card at the New York Public Library to access a wealth of digital databases. (The rest of us can get a NYPL card for $100.) And the Boston Public Library will give digital access to most of the above, plus JSTOR and (sigh) the Early American Imprints collection of nearly everything printed in North America to 1820. Unfortunately you have to show up at a branch of the BPL and prove Massachusetts residence to get your card. Your turn--what other public libraries offer access to subscription online information databases?
posted to MetaFilter by LarryC at 9:36 PM on May 24, 2007 (31 comments)

For kids (boys) what would make for the coolest back yard ever?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by LadyBonita at 12:11 PM on May 24, 2007 (67 comments)

My wife and I want to spend about 6 months in France learning French intensively. Where should we go to study?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by rongorongo at 7:32 AM on May 24, 2007 (4 comments)

Free to Be... You and Me
posted to MetaFilter by thirteenkiller at 4:31 AM on May 22, 2007 (56 comments)

Is there a freely available database of major metro areas?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by pb at 4:21 PM on May 21, 2007 (8 comments)

A Fair(y) Use Tale ^{Single link YouTube}
posted to MetaFilter by IronLizard at 8:13 PM on May 19, 2007 (15 comments)

How to be an Alaskan fisherman is a fantastic photoessay by Corey Arnold targeted to any armchair crab hunters who've watched a few episodes of Deadliest Catch, about how to go from being a teenager in California to working one of America's most tortuous & lethal jobs.Via
posted to MetaFilter by jonson at 11:57 PM on May 18, 2007 (23 comments)

The Animated Calvin & Hobbes. A fantastic student project. via
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 4:48 PM on May 17, 2007 (76 comments)

Woodstock^ (YouTuner)
Day ☼ { Richie Havens ♪ Country Joe McDonald ♪ John Sebastian ♪ Sweetwater ♭ Incredible String Band ♪ Bert Sommer ♭ Tim Hardin ♪ Ravi Shankar ♭ Melanie ♪ Arlo Guthrie ♪ Joan Baez ♪ }
Day ☼☼ { Quill ♪ Keef Hartley Band ♭ Santana ♪ Canned Heat ♪ Mountain ♪ Janis Joplin ♪ ♫ Sly & the Family Stone ♪ Grateful Dead ♪ Creedence Clearwater Revival ♪ The Who ♪ ☻ ♫ Jefferson Airplane ♪ ♫ }
Day ☼☼☼ { Joe Cocker ♪ Country Joe & the Fish ♪ Ten Years After ♪ The Band ♪ Blood Sweat & Tears ♪ Johnny Winter ♪ Crosby, Stills & Nash ♪ ♬ ♫ Paul Butterfield Blues Band ♪ Sha-Na-Na ♪ Jimi Hendrix ♪ ★ ♫ }

posted to MetaFilter by pruner at 6:20 AM on May 15, 2007 (49 comments)

Pros and Cons of Google's 20 percent time concept?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 9:41 PM on May 14, 2007 (23 comments)

Last August, I asked Metafilter about launching model rockets with my young son. I received lots of encouragement and some good advice. This past weekend, we finally launched our first rockets (photos, short video) and I wanted to say thanks.
posted to MetaTalk by bevedog at 6:36 PM on May 14, 2007 (38 comments)

Does any photography exist of the 10-pound sack of flour falling and almost killing Woody Woodward of the Cincinnati Reds?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by magacid at 9:05 AM on May 14, 2007 (10 comments)

Flickervision (beta). Also, Twittervision.
posted to MetaFilter by psmealey at 6:36 AM on May 14, 2007 (37 comments)

The school nurse called my best friend a slut! Well, not exactly, but darn close.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Wroksie at 7:34 AM on May 13, 2007 (67 comments)

On 29 April 2007 a Boeing 757 owned by the low-fare carrier Thomsonfly injested 2 large herons, causing a failure of the aircraft's #2 engine. A video camera was present and captured the entire event. The birds did not survive the incident, but the 200+ passengers did.
posted to MetaFilter by drstein at 7:58 PM on May 13, 2007 (83 comments)

I noticed that the meetup mentioned in this thread has made the 'gatherings' sidebar. (I'm assuming that the meetup will take place this year, and not in 2009, as suggested.) In the thread, there weren't many details regarding a place or a time. Has any of this been decided yet? Not to make like Mother Superior and jump the gun, but if this thing is really happening, I want to buy my plane tix pretty soon.
posted to MetaTalk by Afroblanco at 4:56 PM on May 13, 2007 (86 comments)

In Firefox (for Mac), how can I get a PDF to open in a tab rather than in a separate Preview or Adobe Reader window?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by oldlies at 11:11 PM on May 11, 2007 (5 comments)

The world's largest scientific instrument is under construction beneath the polar ice. Encompassing a square kilometer of the Antarctic icecap, the IceCube array of photodetectors is designed to spot neutrinos, those most elusive of particles. You can see pictures of IceCube being built at the South Pole, or a video (quicktime) of what the detector network looks like. Other massive neutrino detectors are also photogenic, like the Super Kamiokande (other pictures), located in a mine a kilometer underground, or BooNe at Fermilab, filled with 800 tons of mineral oil.
posted to MetaFilter by blahblahblah at 1:42 PM on May 8, 2006 (30 comments)

What can you tell me about Honolulu neighborhoods?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by kyrademon at 12:28 AM on May 8, 2007 (5 comments)

What are some good American Indian (or "Native American") blogs or community politics/culture/what-have-you discussion sites?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by _sirmissalot_ at 10:14 PM on May 7, 2007 (4 comments)

I'm looking for examples of well-known bloggers who are married and each has a blog (like Heather from Dooce and her husband Jon with Blurbomat) or for a blogger who seems to share a great deal about her/his marriage with their spouse's knowledge and apparent blessing. Any ideas? Thanks.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by faunafrailty at 4:00 PM on October 2, 2006 (40 comments)

Huge gently floating bombs made their way across the pacific below balloons using the high altitude jet streams floated to the Americas during WWII. Kept secret for most of the war, you can read about their amazing history here.
posted to MetaFilter by lee at 11:36 PM on May 6, 2007 (37 comments)

TravelinginFranceFilter: I know there have been loads of questions about France. We're looking for beautiful places in the countryside, great cheap food and reasonable accommodations. I'd love to have the perfect trip that matches my favorite things:
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Deathalicious at 1:20 PM on May 2, 2007 (14 comments)