How did having a baby change your life? I'm intentionally leaving the question as broad as it is and would love to hear your answers, mothers and fathers; but especially in regard to how it may have changed you, as a person. My wife is expecting in 5 weeks, I feel both tremendous excitement, but also a slight anxiety as I know my life will never be the same.
posted to Ask Metafilter by razzman at 1:12 PM on July 22, 2008 (32 comments)

Give me your baby hacks! My wife and I are expecting our first child in November. What tips and tricks can you offer us to make our lives a lot easier? For example, a friend of mine swears that putting a crying baby in front of a mirror will cause it to stop. Another uses noise cancelling headphones to temper the noise from his shrieking child. I am looking for hacks on everything from diaper changing to stroller modifications. Make our lives easier as we enter into parenthood.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jasondigitized at 9:16 AM on May 20, 2008 (47 comments)

New Yorkers, please give a Canadian a crash course in your city.
posted to Ask Metafilter by regicide is good for you at 12:24 PM on April 10, 2008 (26 comments)

What are the most incredible, maybe slightly offbeat, places in New York City to hang out? Stunning rooftop bars, strange nighttime museums, secret gardens, bizarre burlesques, etc. and more all welcome. Alcohol availability a plus.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Malad at 11:01 AM on April 10, 2008 (17 comments)

I am currently working on a murder investigation ("cold case") for a journalism project that I am working on. I have access to a lot of witnesses and evidence. I am looking for the best resource (treatise, primer, etc.) to use in conducting the investigation.
posted to Ask Metafilter by gm2007 at 8:09 PM on February 19, 2008 (5 comments)

What do you look at/notice, as you wander through the world, that I probably ignore?
posted to Ask Metafilter by wittgenstein at 12:15 PM on February 12, 2008 (130 comments)

What can I do to help my wife during the delivery of our first child? She is due in the next few weeks, and I would like to have some ideas of how I can help her through delivery so that I don't feel like I am standing around doing nothing.
posted to Ask Metafilter by procrastination at 7:57 AM on February 11, 2008 (28 comments)

I'd like to meet an old friend in the East Village on Saturday afternoon, but everywhere's become a bank!? What's a good place to meet that's not too loud, not too fancy, etc?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tingting at 3:35 PM on February 7, 2008 (14 comments)

What can't we miss when we're in New York in June?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tomble at 7:41 PM on February 5, 2008 (24 comments)

How can I watch the SuperBowl XLII online? Neither of cable channels here in my country will air it (ESPN aired everything BUT the SuperBowl) so I need to try the Internet!
posted to Ask Metafilter by dcrocha at 3:14 PM on February 3, 2008 (3 comments)

Wildlife rehabilitators take care of wounded or orphaned animals, nursing them back to health and preparing them for a life back in the wild. This leads to a lot of cute baby animal videos. (Roll over for descriptions.)
posted to MetaFilter by Upton O'Good at 12:11 AM on January 7, 2008 (14 comments)

What single book is the best introduction to your field (or specialization within your field) for laypeople?
posted to Ask Metafilter by limon at 5:40 PM on September 8, 2007 (239 comments)

Help me not spend $70 on Nero. What is a good piece of free stuff or more moderately priced program that will effectively help me convert stuff I download from the web (avi, torrent stuff) to a DVD or VCD so I can play it on my TV?
posted to Ask Metafilter by skepticallypleased at 5:20 AM on June 20, 2007 (21 comments)

What are the best scholarly books and articles in any field that would bear on how you might rapidly assess a person and predict aspects of his or her behavior based on various easily (not *necessarily* instantly) ascertainable characteristics (demographic information, body language, speaking patterns, ethnicity, education, etc.)?
posted to Ask Metafilter by shivohum at 4:24 PM on February 26, 2007 (13 comments)

I'm currently doing some consulting in the business development area and could use some tips on closing deals.
posted to Ask Metafilter by gfrobe at 7:11 AM on February 20, 2007 (5 comments)

How many type written pages make up a novel?
posted to Ask Metafilter by finitejest at 9:32 AM on February 9, 2007 (12 comments)

How do I convince the boss that we need to deploy an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) project.
posted to Ask Metafilter by five fresh fish at 11:20 PM on August 16, 2006 (10 comments)

Small Business Filter: I'm looking for an good out-of-the-box CRM solution for a small business.
posted to Ask Metafilter by discokitty at 3:20 PM on August 29, 2006 (4 comments)

I'm a web designer and a new client is interested in a CRM (Client Relationship Management). I've never used them (though have used plenty of CMSes). She's mentioned SalesForce and I've taken a scoop through their site. I'm wondering a) what other CRMs MeFites can recommend and b) if anyone has any first-hand experience with SalesForce itself and can offer any opinion. Thanks.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Manhasset at 7:36 AM on January 31, 2007 (16 comments)

What's the most compelling, narrative-driven (perhaps), "how to start your own business" book you've read?
posted to Ask Metafilter by c:\awesome at 9:33 PM on January 20, 2007 (11 comments)

Press release distribution services! About six years ago, I coordinated the development and delivery of weekly press releases for my then-employer. I recall looking at and evaluating a variety of online distribution services before eventually settling on a service that was either free or very inexpensive. [+]
posted to Ask Metafilter by mwhybark at 9:30 AM on January 18, 2007 (7 comments)

Why is my computer suddenly grumpy, slow, and generally uncooperative?
posted to Ask Metafilter by chefscotticus at 7:22 PM on September 6, 2006 (14 comments)

Windows PC keeps getting slower and slower--what to do?
posted to Ask Metafilter by markcholden at 1:12 PM on December 22, 2006 (37 comments)

I would like to learn to sharpen my own kitchen knives. Any advice on where to get good information and supplies?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cubby at 8:54 PM on January 8, 2007 (27 comments)

I'm now managing my third startup, having successfully built and sold the first two. Nonetheless, despite my supposed expertise, I often have the sense that I'm totally faking it, completely flying blind. Are there any good books on startup company management? All the entrepreneurship books I've found are exceedingly basic, and focus only on business plan writing / fundraising; conversely, all the standard management books seem tailored only to Fortune 500s. Anything in between? A good book on how to manage a fast-growing (and, this time, non-tech) startup company day to day?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous at 10:20 PM on January 3, 2007 (7 comments)

Theoretical physics of a ball in flight: could I put so much spin on a ball that it came back at me?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gleuschk at 4:00 AM on October 31, 2006 (14 comments)

Do you know your close-up con games? Some classics: the Tip, the Jamaican Switch, the Wire (and its incredibly complicated cousin, the Rag), the Texas Twist, the Pigeon Drop, the Spanish Prisoner (or Nigerian Scam) and the ancient pig-in-a-poke. Also, learn the argot of the classic con artist, view some videos of card scam moves and discover some patter as well, or just see how the language of the con has been used in one of the more famous papers in sociology.
posted to MetaFilter by blahblahblah at 7:23 AM on August 8, 2006 (23 comments)