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Is there a program for OS X which can monitor *exactly* what an installer does, so that I could find out every file or setting it's modifying?
posted to Ask Metafilter by alaaarm
at 10:51 AM on July 26, 2008
(10 comments)
Three of the giants of Brazilian guitar were Laurindo Almeida (1917-1995; wiki
here), Luiz Bonfa (1922-2001; wiki
here), and Baden Powell (1937-2000; wiki
here). Here is Laurindo Almeida w/the MJQ playing
One Note Samba; here is Luiz Bonfa playing the theme from
Black Orpheus (which he composed); and here is Baden Powell playing
Samba Triste.
posted to MetaFilter by ornate insect
at 10:54 AM on May 19, 2008
(17 comments)
How should I go about formating and re-installing Mac OSX on a computer I've been upgrading and using for five years? I want to start fresh and clean with a new install of OSX, but with all my songs, photos, movies intact in iTunes and iPhoto on the new system.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mathowie
at 1:06 PM on May 10, 2008
(12 comments)
Why does my MacBook occasionally restart when I close the lid to have it go to sleep? This MacBook is only a couple months old (the latest MacBook revision) running 10.4.10. It's very sporadic. I will close the machine, then, after a few seconds, I hear the Mac startup chime. Here, though, it pauses the startup routine. Then I open the lid and it finishes booting. Any thoughts?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jroybal
at 11:10 PM on August 4, 2007
(16 comments)
Do I really need Norton installed?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gerryblog
at 5:01 AM on April 28, 2008
(21 comments)
Road trip from Raleigh, NC to San Deigo California. Long schedule inside, please provide any insights you have!
posted to Ask Metafilter by ZackTM
at 2:18 PM on April 21, 2008
(5 comments)
MacFilter: Mac DVD copying on the
cheap free?
posted to Ask Metafilter by rentalkarma
at 10:26 AM on April 17, 2008
(13 comments)
Techno-classical recommendations, please!!!
posted to Ask Metafilter by Planet F
at 6:49 PM on March 21, 2008
(36 comments)
Seeking recommendations for international shipping/moving companies. I have a small household's-worth to ship from California to the UK (no furniture that's worth keeping, but a large studio full of stuff). There are many companies online but I know from friends' experiences that these waters are shark-infested.
posted to Ask Metafilter by beniamino
at 10:24 AM on July 20, 2006
(10 comments)
How do you make up stories ? My kids love me making up stories (and then repeating them ad-infinitum !) but doing so has set me thinking about the process of creating fiction.
posted to Ask Metafilter by southof40
at 1:43 AM on March 8, 2008
(9 comments)
I'm taking piano lessons and it's helping me better hear and understand the music I've been listening to for years. But there's one thing I don't understand: time signatures! How can I learn to identify them?
posted to Ask Metafilter by amfea
at 10:38 PM on March 3, 2008
(29 comments)
Physics for Future Presidents
is a class taught at UC Berkeley by Physics professor Richard Muller. It's a class specifically for non-physics majors and teaches the real world results of the sometimes impenetrable math involved in university physics.
After every lecture, you should come away with the feeling that what was just covered is important for every world leader to know. I just sat through the entire hour and 13 minute
nukes lecture and was riveted.
posted to MetaFilter by quite unimportant
at 6:06 PM on November 7, 2006
(26 comments)
It's almost Valentine's day, I've just had a bad breakup and I'd like to buy myself a nice box of chocolate. What should I buy?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mulkey
at 7:48 PM on February 3, 2006
(33 comments)
Ubuntu has quickly become the number one
Linux distro for the desktop. Not only is it free, but it has also made Linux easier to use than ever. Now,
Wubi enables
Windows users to install Ubuntu just like any other application, so you no longer have to mess around with partitions, burning CDs, etc.
posted to MetaFilter by Foci for Analysis
at 8:09 AM on January 21, 2008
(82 comments)
As part of my work for a client I've begun researching online privacy, cryptography, and other sundry ways of protecting oneself online. And I'm now completely creeped out and must switch NOW to uncrackable passwords, multiple email accounts, encrypting the crap out of everything I do, and generally making sure that only the things I want public on the internet are publicly accessible. But we run into the question - how do I do that without driving myself nuts trying to remember my passwords, convince everyone I know to use encrypted communication, and maintain a reasonable amount of privacy in my web surfing? And how do I do that after 8 years of webwhorage where I wasn't too concerned who knew what about me?
posted to Ask Metafilter by saysthis
at 7:29 AM on December 28, 2007
(15 comments)
How do I make LaTeX PDF presentations that don't look like cheap PowerPoint?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anything
at 8:00 AM on December 20, 2007
(8 comments)
I need new MIDI sequencing/editing software. Something as close to Logic as possible, given that I'm using a Windows PC at home.
posted to Ask Metafilter by lekvar
at 11:31 AM on December 14, 2007
(12 comments)
How can I stay up to date on the art/cultural scene in downtown Los Angeles?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phaedon
at 12:06 PM on November 6, 2007
(6 comments)
Statistically speaking, what makes marriages last the longest?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Afroblanco
at 9:31 AM on October 26, 2007
(46 comments)
is it possible to play region 1 DVDs on a region 2 macbook without changing the drive setting? I can play them using VLC player on my PC but the mac just ejects the disc if I don't change the drive setting to region 1. Is there any way around this or will I have to keep my old PC around to play all my American DVDs?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Andy Harwood
at 4:43 PM on October 20, 2007
(20 comments)
Why is the US House pushing to declare the deaths of Armenians as a genocide committed by the then Ottoman Empire/now Turkey?
posted to Ask Metafilter by SeizeTheDay
at 7:26 AM on October 14, 2007
(46 comments)
First she was a dancer
but after an injury she had to sing to make a living. She still dances a little during her songs (a rare feat among flamenco cantaoras). I first heard about her when she made a whole record (cd) of Edith Piaf's songs in spanish. You can get a taste
here. She talks about it
here (spanish + french, excerpts). She sang
les feuilles mortes too. But nothing equals seeing her, I think : so here she is with two covers from a recent documentary : a song by
Edith Piaf, a song by
Lola Flores. Btw, If you get into french songs in the flamenco idiom, try
this.
posted to MetaFilter by nicolin
at 11:50 AM on October 11, 2007
(4 comments)
I saw the most beautiful pair of glasses today. They looked great on me and were a perfect fit when I tried them on. The only problem was they belonged to a stranger on the street.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fiTs
at 2:34 PM on October 1, 2007
(12 comments)
You know how
Pitchfork is a great way to keep up on new indie music? Is there something similar for indie/foreign flicks?
posted to Ask Metafilter by special-k
at 10:48 AM on September 26, 2007
(7 comments)
There's a whole lotta Mefiers interested in the upcoming
Led Zeppelin reunion, and it got me to thinking, let's pay a little visit to the Poet Laureate of the blues,
Mr. Willie Dixon. After all, without him, there wouldn't have been a
Whole Lotta Love, or a
Bring It On Home, or... hell, there might not have been any Zep
at all... His music has been
interpreted and
reinterpreted by an
astonishing number of
musicians. The man wrote a
whole lotta songs. Oh, and, he played a little bit of
bass, too. He was a whole lotta
great.
posted to MetaFilter by flapjax at midnite
at 6:19 AM on September 13, 2007
(28 comments)
Some more great french guitar players.
Nelson Veras first came to France to meet Pat Metheny (he was 14 then, it has been documented on video by Frank Cassenti) but upon meeting
some other jazzmen , he decided to stay in France and to experiment in
various settings.
Robert Crumb isn't exactly a "great french guitar player", but his decision to move to France (his or his wife's decision) and later his responsability in the creation of
Les Primitifs du Futur has played a part in the rebirth of ancient french styles ("musette") and the renewed interest in old jazz and blues forms.
posted to MetaFilter by nicolin
at 2:35 AM on September 10, 2007
(9 comments)
Flamenco clearly belongs to spain. But so many immigrants came to France to find work or escape from the civil war that there is a small community of guitarists in southern France who are playing it with original voices.
Bernardo Sandoval was the subject of a
post in mefi music some time ago.
Antonio "kiko" ruiz is about to come to the United States with Renaud-Garcia-Fons : their work can be seen
here.
Serge Lopez is another great guitarist who puts some
guitar parts on his website.
Salvador Paterna adds to the traditional sound of flamenco both the 'oud and the violin.
They are all from or nearby
Toulouse.
posted to MetaFilter by nicolin
at 9:56 AM on September 4, 2007
(8 comments)
Texify
is a pretty convenient web-based way to typeset LaTeX
equations (and get a linkable image).
posted to MetaFilter by Wolfdog
at 6:49 AM on September 3, 2007
(10 comments)
Where can I eat live squid/octopus in Los Angeles, or California in general?
posted to Ask Metafilter by hobbes
at 2:28 PM on August 10, 2007
(7 comments)
I've recently canceled my Netflix account because I wasn't going through enough DVDs with them to make it worthwhile. However, I'm thinking of re-signing up (at the $4.99/mo rate) just to continue to use their site as a way to keep track of movies I've seen, movies I want to see, and my ratings.
Is there some other software or website that can perform those functions without a monthly fee?
Bonus points if I can import my Netflix history/ratings/queue somehow.
posted to Ask Metafilter by SampleSize
at 8:55 AM on August 8, 2007
(12 comments)
Los Angeles Falafel filter: I want good, vegetarian Middle Eastern food up to the Dearborn standard, ideally on the west side of LA (Palms neighborhood), but I'll roam from Culver City to Hollywood (or around Amoeba) to find a great pita place.
posted to Ask Metafilter by klangklangston
at 4:58 PM on August 2, 2007
(19 comments)
How can I become a funny writer?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nitsuj
at 11:36 AM on July 31, 2007
(17 comments)
Needed: Recommendations for any and all Bebop Jazz artists, or links to sites that actually tell you which tracks/songs by which artists are Bebop.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Phyltre
at 1:11 PM on July 25, 2007
(15 comments)
What's a good definitive source of quotations on the net? I've been trying to track down the source of a quote, but get differing answers.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jpburns
at 12:23 PM on July 25, 2007
(15 comments)
Jazzy electronic music recommendations? I'm thinking of Squarepusher, some Tortoise, etc.
posted to Ask Metafilter by electric_counterpoint
at 12:48 PM on July 24, 2007
(49 comments)
Help me dress like a (stylish) adult.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mpls2
at 10:55 AM on July 21, 2007
(21 comments)
