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MeFi: "All durin' the game was a little mist."

solipsophistocracy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:50:59 -0800

Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No by James Blagden (SLYT). MetaFilter is no stranger to the late Dock Ellis and the legendary no-hitter he pitched under the influence of everyone's favorite indole phantasticant (previously: 2001, 2005, 2008), but this animation takes the story to a new level.

Ask MeFi: Stabbing myself in the eye with a letter opener doesn't seem to be an appropriate reaction to this problem.

sugarfish — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:28:54 -0800

I just spent another hour going through giant stacks of mail and shredding crap and I swear I can't take it anymore.

Ask MeFi: What clever relationship "hacks" have you come up with?

wyzewoman — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:48:38 -0800

What clever relationship "hacks" have you come up with? I'm looking to build up my mental catalogue of examples of non-obvious solutions to relationship difficulties. Help me think out of the box better in the future!

MeFi: Goodbye, "Leih Hou Ma," Hello "Ni Hao Ma!"

zarq — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:57:09 -0800

"Chinatown" communities across the United States (New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco) are undergoing a shift in linguistic identity, as recent immigrants are more likely to natively speak Mandarin (the official spoken language of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan,) instead of Cantonese.

Ask MeFi: Places to study in Vancouver

csjc — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:30:40 -0800

Vancouverites: Where's the best place in the city to go and study? With good Wi-Fi, of course.

Ask MeFi: The decline of architecture?

dydecker — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:49:44 -0800

Why is it that I seem to instinctively prefer houses from the late-19th or early 20th century to post-war architecture?

Projects: How To Write Badly Well

him — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:01:44 -0800

After years of running poetry workshops, writing editorial reports and teaching creative writing classes, I finally realised what I had been doing wrong – people didn't want advice on how to improve their writing. They just wanted to know how to write badly really well. This blog is for them.

MeFi: How To Write Badly Well

filthy light thief — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:27:56 -0800

You have a great idea for a novel and it's almost November, so you think now is the time to get cracking. You've decided that hiring a ghostwriter is too easy, but you don't have 100 days to write your novel and the snowflake method seems too frilly. Snowflakes, those delicate little monsters that papered your car when you were stranded on the road in Minnesota. A single snowflake is beautiful, but millions make an avalanche. You were cold, so cold, yet you survived. You're not sure if you have time to read a book on what not to do (UK edition), and the search results are daunting. Forget all that, because you already know how to write, right? Embrace your awesome, magnificent, spellbinding abilities, go forward but never back, ever spinning, shake the rain off your bedspread, and now that you have brewed a delicious pot of steamy, hot, life-giving coffee, you can learn how to write badly well. [via mefi projects]

Ask MeFi: Closest thing to coding that isn't

Not Supplied — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:45:00 -0800

What uses similar skills to computer programming, and is enjoyable in the same way, but does not involve excessive computer use?

Ask MeFi: Creative Non-Computer Job

parallax7d — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 06:50:00 -0800

What's a good career for a creative chap, who loves computers but doesn't want to be stuck on one all day? A position where he could use his imagination, and do some technical work, but not be a monitor monkey?

MeFi: MétaFiltre!

Shepherd — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:21:54 -0800

The Canadian Government’s Translation Bureau recently made its French/English/Spanish technical terminology database, Termium, free to access after over a decade as a subscription-based service. While off-the-cuff translations are often available from free services like BabelFish, Termium focuses on technical terminology such as scientific, medical and legal terms.

Ask MeFi: By Thor's Hammer!

blahtsk — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:12:23 -0800

By the beard of Zeus! I'm looking for fantastic exclamations!

MeFi: Please Be Patient - This Page is Under Construction

sciurus — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:08:15 -0800

This Page is Under Construction

Ask MeFi: Where do I get Vancouver Olympics tickets this late in the process?

mathowie — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:01:34 -0800

I just realized the Olympics are happening in a few months and they are within driving distance. I have memories of going to several events during the 1984 games as a small kid, and loving the experience. Is there any chance this late in the game that I could get tickets to some events like speed skating or ski jumping? Are scalpers the only option at this point? Are hotels already well-booked?

Ask MeFi: Fall camping in vancouver

hungrysquirrels — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:21:37 -0800

Vancouver/Surrey: camping/fishing late October