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In the First Person
"is a free, high quality, professionally published, in-depth index of close to 4,000 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world. It lets you keyword search more than 700,000 pages of full-text by more than 18,000 individuals from all walks of life. It also contains pointers to some 4,300 audio and video files and 30,000 bibliographic records."
(Description from website.) You can also browse by
repository,
collection,
subject and several other ways.
posted to MetaFilter by cog_nate
at 9:01 AM on August 7, 2008
(8 comments)
I'm looking for books and graphic novels that are meant to be read multiple times.
posted to Ask Metafilter by spec80
at 2:54 PM on July 25, 2008
(49 comments)
Help me pick my new bike!
posted to Ask Metafilter by NortonDC
at 6:30 PM on July 1, 2007
(60 comments)
Please help me choose a bicycle.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sugarfish
at 12:36 PM on March 8, 2007
(19 comments)
I need a craft that has tangible results!
posted to Ask Metafilter by emptyinside
at 10:46 AM on June 30, 2008
(44 comments)
Joseph Szabo has been photographing his teenage students for the past twenty-five years, and has perfectly captured the ambivalence of that time of life. Samples from his books:
Almost Grown,
Jones Beach,
Teenage, and
Rolling Stones Fans.
posted to MetaFilter by dobbs
at 5:43 PM on June 30, 2008
(20 comments)
Where can I find games for the PC that soothe, make me ponder and go *wow*?
posted to Ask Metafilter by watercarrier
at 10:13 AM on June 10, 2008
(34 comments)
Any lists of super simple meals?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jesirose
at 12:24 AM on June 7, 2008
(44 comments)
OK, I guess I am somewhat embarrassed to admit I have just been introduced to jazz, a genre of music I have never been interested in or listened to before. It was like an explosion of pleasure went off in my head and I discovered that I love it and want to right the wrongs that I have done to myself.
posted to Ask Metafilter by 543DoublePlay
at 6:17 PM on June 2, 2008
(58 comments)
Waggish Reads Proust
Reading
In Search of Lost Time, or Remembrance of Things Past, is quite the daunting task. Whether you've read Proust, or are considering reading Proust for the first time, a helpful summary & guide, that examines significant passages for your own discussion.
posted to MetaFilter by Fizz
at 9:30 AM on May 27, 2008
(46 comments)
Best software to start mxing and creating my own dance tracks?
posted to Ask Metafilter by wildrain2008
at 7:52 PM on May 26, 2008
(14 comments)
Have you ever known someone with so much artistic potential, who does nothing with it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by self
at 10:03 PM on May 25, 2008
(52 comments)
120 years of Billboard data.
Eternally curious blogger Andy Baio starts a three-day analysis of the data in the Whitburn Project, "a huge undertaking to preserve and share high-quality recordings of every popular song since the 1890s. To assist their efforts, they've created a spreadsheet of 37,000 songs and 112 columns of raw data, including each song's duration, beats-per-minute, songwriters, label, and week-by-week chart position." It all happens on good ol' Usenet--
here's a FAQ.
posted to MetaFilter by dbarefoot
at 9:06 AM on May 15, 2008
(19 comments)
How do you develop focus, drive, and personal discipline?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Saxon Kane
at 8:26 PM on May 11, 2008
(28 comments)
What influences trends in baby names? And why have popular girls names changed more over the past 20+ years than boys names?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ThePinkSuperhero
at 9:19 PM on May 11, 2008
(66 comments)
How do I run a wiki on my PC?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tomble
at 8:39 PM on May 7, 2008
(11 comments)
When was the past better than the present? I'd like to know the word or phrase that describes the romanticism people have of the past, e.g. "In those days, children respected their elders!". I was watching the documentary Born Rich and Cody Franchetti mentions that the encyclopedia was better in the early 20th century. Why? This feeling that "old ways are better" is not exactly nostalgia, because often people expressing this sentiment didn't actually grow up in this utopian past. But their feelings toward this time are exactly like nostalgia.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Monochrome
at 1:06 AM on May 6, 2008
(17 comments)
Meet
Freddie:
He looks up at me and the bargaining begins. "If I eat two peas is that enough?" I am used to him starting the bids low. "Now Fred there are only seven peas on your plate, can't you just eat them? ". He then starts to turn pale. He slumps down into his chair and fiddles with his cutlery, accidentally on purpose knocking them onto the floor to create a diversion. Can one determined woman turn
Freddie into a vegetable lover?
posted to MetaFilter by bigmusic
at 7:43 PM on April 26, 2008
(66 comments)
My scalp seems to react badly to most shampoos. I've only been able to use one brand (Pantene) for a while now. Help me figure out why/what to do?
posted to Ask Metafilter by disaster77
at 10:17 AM on April 23, 2008
(25 comments)
Help me identify this Post Modern cultural theory. Prime example: cops on the TV show COPS act differently than they normally would, since they're being filmed for TV. Kids watch COPS thinking that's what cops actually are like. Kids eventually grow up and be cops themselves, emulating cops-on-TV, not "true" cops.
posted to Ask Metafilter by nemoorange
at 2:44 PM on April 21, 2008
(19 comments)
I realized recently that I’m ashamed of myself at a deep fundamental level. When I fail at something big or small, I beat myself up emotionally more than I should and feel ashamed. I realize that this is not emotionally healthy, but I’m not really sure what I can do to change the dynamic.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 6:20 AM on April 20, 2008
(24 comments)
I have some hosting. I use oldtld.com currently as a TLD, to point people at it. On oldtld.com, there are several subdirectories, which I'll call /olddir1, /olddir2, etc.
What I want is to be able to buy a new TLD - newtld.com - and point it at the same hosting, yet keep the two separate.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Rabulah
at 3:41 PM on April 20, 2008
(8 comments)
I remember reading this young adult scifi novel as a kid. The basic plot is a girl goes to some special "institute" or something after school. I don't recall all the details of what happened there, something special. But, in addition to that, she got Baked Alaska, which was her favorite dessert. I think the Baked Alaska is the key to this mystery. Please help me find this novel!
posted to Ask Metafilter by mrthotep
at 9:45 PM on April 1, 2008
(18 comments)
As summer approaches, how about some nice suggestions for alternatives for cola/sodas? I want to save money, bottles, and empty calories.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Deathalicious
at 12:48 AM on April 2, 2008
(40 comments)
Low-cost, bare-bones, all I wanna do is type - recommend me a low-cost, take-anywhere laptop alternative.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Happy Dave
at 2:22 PM on October 19, 2007
(28 comments)
I've been trying to make chicken dishes that don't rely on the usual pasta or rice+sauce+chicken combination. I have not been successful. I'm looking for chicken recipes and techniques that rely less on pasta and rice, and more on imparting flavor to the chicken itself.
posted to Ask Metafilter by !Jim
at 1:24 AM on March 31, 2008
(50 comments)
I'm relatively new to wine and would like to know more about it. Which labels/names are best, what goes with what, etc. So, what are some good wine review sites and blogs for the average Joe? I've Googled for such things, but I don't know which ones are worth their salt.
posted to Ask Metafilter by katillathehun
at 10:43 AM on March 24, 2008
(17 comments)
Are there alternatives to eating vegetables?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stlboi
at 12:33 PM on July 5, 2007
(59 comments)
What should I do with a pot-full of drained, boiled vegetables used to make veggie stock? We're talking about potatoes, onions, carrots, celery, and garlic. Eating them with salt is nice, but a little boring...
posted to Ask Metafilter by TheNewWazoo
at 4:11 PM on March 19, 2008
(11 comments)
What happened to
Majestic? I mean, I know it ended, but HOW?
posted to Ask Metafilter by damnjezebel
at 5:04 PM on March 17, 2008
(7 comments)
Foundationfilter: Ladies, have any of you had success clearing your skin for good by foregoing foundation of any type?
posted to Ask Metafilter by notjustfoxybrown
at 9:49 AM on March 17, 2008
(26 comments)
An
essay by Bill Lawrence, creator of "Scrubs," on why he writes. It's part of a series:
"Why We Write."
posted to MetaFilter by Tehanu
at 2:23 PM on March 16, 2008
(28 comments)
I'm trying to make an expansive and widely-varied reading list of time-travel books and stories. Suggestions?
posted to Ask Metafilter by scarylarry
at 2:10 AM on March 11, 2008
(43 comments)
I am currently on the South Beach diet (Phase 1, one week into it, please do not reply if you are going to criticize). I am not following their meal plans because they are overly complicated and in many cases require ingredients that I can't get here in this small town. If you've got very simple filling recipes that would qualify for Phase 1 and 2 (please specify which), I would really appreciate hearing them!
posted to Ask Metafilter by Kickstart70
at 10:11 AM on March 5, 2008
(11 comments)
I'm bored.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mpls2
at 6:40 PM on March 5, 2008
(42 comments)
I've been able to reduce my debt and build great credit. I only have 1 credit card and they refuse to drop my rate, its pretty high and I they nickel and dime you for everything. Does anyone know of a website or a deal on a credit card that has a low rate, good reputation and free or low transfer rate?
posted to Ask Metafilter by bleucube
at 7:28 AM on March 5, 2008
(8 comments)
Looking for the windows program "One Page Calendar"? Back in college, I had a great calendar program that did one thing great: it printed one page, generic/blank calendars.
All I can remember is the name of the file, opc.exe. Does anyone still have this program or know how I can download it? I'm pretty sure it was freeware. If there's better stuff on the 'marketplace' out there, let me know too.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sandmanwv
at 2:18 PM on March 3, 2008
(6 comments)
I would like to read books by more MeFi writers. I have therefore made a list of who they are and their books.
posted to MetaTalk by paduasoy
at 5:03 AM on February 23, 2008
(102 comments)
To The Best Of Our Knowledge
is one of the most wide-ranging and literate public radio shows in the US, a two-hour "radio salon" featuring leisurely exploration of weekly themes like
No Smoking,
Identity Crisis,
Weekend, and
The Mind, Music, and Math. Host
Jim Fleming approaches these big ideas through the works of authors - journalists of all stripes, memoirists, poets, fiction writers, essayists.
Five years' worth of shows are available on audio archives; you can also search the impressive list of
authors by name, or
subscribe to the podcast.
posted to MetaFilter by Miko
at 9:13 AM on February 27, 2008
(17 comments)
I am trying to design a regimen that would improve my memory and ability to concentrate significantly. Does anyone have any experience with this?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Brandon1600
at 5:00 PM on March 1, 2008
(14 comments)
The
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section was comprised of four session musicians operating out of the tiny northern Alabama town of town
Muscle Shoals.
Just four unassuming crackers who happened to have provided the funky underpinning for a
huge number of hit songs by, among others,
Aretha Franklin,
Wilson Pickett,
Paul Simon,
Joe Cocker,
The Staple Singers ,
Jimmy Cliff and
many, many others. Hey, they were the
house band to the greats. Big respect to the men from
3614 Jackson Highway!
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posted to MetaFilter by flapjax at midnite
at 6:18 AM on February 24, 2008
(27 comments)
Are there any decent-tasting whole-wheat pastas?
posted to Ask Metafilter by radioamy
at 10:29 AM on February 21, 2008
(31 comments)
Over 2000 classic short stories
from
American Literature as well as an option to sign up for a
short story of the day rss feed. Among the authors on offer are Kate Chopin, Saki, O. Henry, Louisa May Alcott, Ambrose Bierce, H. P. Lovecraft, Jack London, James Joyce, Willa Cather, Guy de Maupassant, Charles Dickens, Herman Hesse, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Franz Kafka, Honoré de Balzac, Edith Warton, P. G. Wodehouse, Virginia Woolf, Langston Hughes, Leo Tolstoy, Aldous Huxley, Roald Dahl, Henry James, Katherine Mansfield and I could keep going for a while. The point is, there's over 2000 short stories in there.
posted to MetaFilter by Kattullus
at 9:32 AM on February 17, 2008
(31 comments)
