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What's your favorite "word of the day" site? I'd like to sign up for some as part of my GRE prep.
posted to Ask Metafilter by anonymous78
at 7:33 AM on August 7, 2008
(12 comments)
I need to install a key-locking doorknob on my bedroom door. What sort of options do I have, and can I do this myself?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Verdandi
at 11:13 AM on August 3, 2008
(6 comments)
My boyfriend cannot stop vomiting. I know you are not a doctor, but I am desperate. Please advise if you have ever had this happen, I'm very worried.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Unicorn on the cob
at 6:57 PM on August 3, 2008
(87 comments)
I would like to go from a beginner level to an advanced level in Photoshop. What is the best book or online course/site to achieve this?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ringo
at 8:33 AM on August 1, 2008
(10 comments)
What kinds of food plants will grow inside by a window?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mjewkes
at 11:25 AM on July 22, 2008
(9 comments)
What sites offer awesomely cool, giant vinyl wall art?
posted to Ask Metafilter by pinksoftsoap
at 11:02 PM on July 18, 2008
(10 comments)
Neverwinter Nights is out!!!
After waiting 4 long years and wading through a fetid quagmire of let-down rumors and whatnot, I finally have a copy installed on my laptop
right now! Run, don't walk to your local Software Etc. and see if they have a copy. Our local
WotC didn't have a copy, and neither did our local
Electronics Boutique or
Best Buy.
posted to MetaFilter by crankydoodle
at 6:08 PM on June 19, 2002
(27 comments)
We suspect our ISP is shutting down our internet connection when we use a BitTorrent client and/or throttling bandwidth. Is there any way to detect this?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ao4047
at 8:59 PM on July 12, 2008
(14 comments)
Tiled Background Designer
is just a small, useful tool to create patterns. Experiment with pictures, colors, textures and transparency to get best result.
posted to MetaFilter by Dave Faris
at 1:38 AM on July 17, 2008
(37 comments)
Anyone got tips for taking computer screenshots for print?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sjvilla79
at 5:09 AM on June 5, 2005
(11 comments)
I first encountered the concept of
forest gardening in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's
Herland (1915)
[relevant part pages 79-80]; the fictional race of women in her book have completely remade the forests to contain only beneficial and food-bearing plants, which live harmoniously together and replenish the soil naturally. This is
actually being done, less than a hundred years later.
More;
similar,
similar.
posted to MetaFilter by fiercecupcake
at 9:32 AM on July 7, 2008
(25 comments)
I'm building a computer. What do I need to know?
posted to Ask Metafilter by katrielalex
at 6:54 AM on July 6, 2008
(32 comments)
How to deal with memories of long past embarrassments?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Riemann
at 7:32 PM on March 4, 2008
(49 comments)
What time of day should the garden be watered?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Brandon Blatcher
at 8:02 AM on June 22, 2008
(16 comments)
It seems obvious, but what is the best liquid to drink to prevent dehydration in a desert environment?
posted to Ask Metafilter by netbros
at 6:18 AM on June 19, 2008
(24 comments)
What's a really good looking copper coin?
posted to Ask Metafilter by 1f2frfbf
at 8:01 AM on June 16, 2008
(5 comments)
You won't find
Donkeyskin in many modern fairy-tale anthologies, perhaps because it concerns a girl so beautiful that her own father wanted to marry her. But don't worry, she dresses up as a donkey and escapes! Made famous by Charles Perrault, the story has
many variants--Catskin, Allerleirauh, Thousandfurs, The She-Bear, All Kinds of Fur--and has been subject to many
interpretations. The tale was illustrated by several of the great gift-book illustrators, including
Arthur Rackham,
Kay Nielsen,
Gustave Doré, and the less well-known
R. de la Neziere. (More R. de la Neziere
here and
here.) Oh, and here's a
sexy one.
posted to MetaFilter by Powerful Religious Baby
at 4:09 PM on June 15, 2008
(41 comments)
"
Lost is a far more ambitious piece of media, which uses the entire web as its canvas and its entire audience as its creators. I'd suggest this piece of work -
Lost, when viewed in its entirety - is truly new."
posted to MetaFilter by lunit
at 10:05 AM on June 2, 2008
(99 comments)
I am looking for some tried-and-true broccoli-cheese soup recipes that don't include canned soup or evaporated milk.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattbucher
at 11:23 AM on June 1, 2008
(10 comments)
How can I remember more of what I read?
posted to Ask Metafilter by zenpop
at 10:34 AM on May 30, 2008
(21 comments)
How would I go about buying gold?
posted to Ask Metafilter by muthecow
at 10:02 AM on May 28, 2008
(9 comments)
Recommend some fiction that takes place in autumn.
posted to Ask Metafilter by prior
at 10:10 AM on May 28, 2008
(16 comments)
Low volume, book scanning service? I want to ship to these people my (recent, copyrighted) paper- and hardbacks, and they scan them, destroy them, ocr them, proof them, and email me back a pdf. I have many books that I want to reference, but I like to move a lot, and they're weighing me down.
posted to Ask Metafilter by zeek321
at 1:18 PM on May 27, 2008
(11 comments)
Help me make/find a good stir-fry sauce...
posted to Ask Metafilter by pilibeen
at 4:10 PM on May 27, 2008
(23 comments)
Amazing movies of 2008? Has there been any? What have I missed?
posted to Ask Metafilter by extrabox
at 4:56 AM on May 23, 2008
(38 comments)
Bought a piece of land and only paying interest. Why would I do that?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 11:17 PM on May 22, 2008
(11 comments)
Good, healthy cat food - whats the real deal and not just fluff that I pay extra for?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Carialle
at 10:51 AM on May 8, 2008
(37 comments)
I just got a juicer. Now what should I put in it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by raztaj
at 9:11 AM on May 5, 2008
(20 comments)
In 1974 - or 1976, depending who you ask -
Armistead Maupin began writing "an extended love letter to a magical San Francisco” in the form of a serialized, fictional drama published originally in the Pacific Sun, the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Francisco Examiner, originally called
"The Serial" which then became collectively known as
Tales of The City.
It is a suprisingly beautiful, deep, emotional, cosmopolitan and
lasting tale about life in San Francisco in the turbulent, heady days of the 1970s and 1980s.
Widely credited with and cherished for helping spread a little of the openess, tolerance and acceptance that San Francisco is now famous for. It then became a series of books -
Tales of the City,
More Tales of the City,
Further Tales of the City,
Babycakes,
Significant Others,
Sure of You - and lastly, the spin-off tale of
Michael Tolliver Lives. Almost exactly twenty years after first publishing, it then became
an excellent miniseries from the United Kingdom's Channel 4, which
aired in the United States on PBS, but not without
protest or limitations.
posted to MetaFilter by loquacious
at 1:20 AM on May 4, 2008
(39 comments)
Can anyone suggest a really great paper airplane design or a cheap balsa glider? The idea is to nest it beneath a kite and release it at the highest possible altitude.
I have the release worked out (we have considered dropping eggs on people) but don't have any idea what plane would work best in this scenario.
My kids have been really into flying kites lately and I thought this would be a cool way to have some fun with it. Thanks in advance!
posted to Ask Metafilter by snsranch
at 5:40 PM on May 4, 2008
(17 comments)
Recommendations for dystopian sci-fi, with a Canadian twist.
posted to Ask Metafilter by the dief
at 10:20 AM on December 17, 2007
(18 comments)
USPS will ship an inflated ball without it being packaged (sendaball.com), it just sticks the postage information right on the ball.. My question is, what other items can be shipped this way, without being packaged in a box? I want to send something nifty to my niece this Christmas season!
posted to Ask Metafilter by princeofpersiaxz
at 12:52 PM on December 15, 2007
(23 comments)
Due to space restrictions, how do I bid farewell to my home library?
posted to Ask Metafilter by oldlies
at 2:46 PM on December 15, 2007
(36 comments)
What is it about marijuana that can make the user feel paranoid?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cookie googleman
at 2:56 PM on December 15, 2007
(22 comments)
Recently I've realized that I enjoy listening to piano music, but I'm not really familiar with it. Can you recommend CDs/compilations/pieces that I might like?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quidam
at 9:58 AM on December 16, 2007
(29 comments)
Some see an economic
apocalypse. Others see an err.. economic
apocalypse. But have no fear! A solution is at hand.
posted to MetaFilter by Lord_Pall
at 11:42 PM on December 13, 2007
(61 comments)
What is the single most valuable piece of advice you received when you were in the process of buying your first home?
posted to Ask Metafilter by hecho de la basura
at 7:20 AM on December 12, 2007
(67 comments)
Puzzled about what to get the history buff, throwback or Luddite on your holiday shopping list? Explore the sutler's wares in the world of historic reproduction clothing! Strut your eighteenth-century style with
Jas. Townsend & Son, or dress for the Lewis & Clark expedition with
Smoke & Fire.
USHist.com provides the finest in
Mexican War and
Cavalry/Indian War apparel, as well as fashion to end all wars in the
WWI collection. Don't forget the ladies (and weak-minded gents) left at home -
Blockade Runner offers fine Civil War civvies.
posted to MetaFilter by Miko
at 9:20 AM on December 11, 2007
(22 comments)
American Icons from Public Radio International's
Studio 360 is host/author
Kurt Andersen's "...survey into the books, movies, art, and architecture that have come to represent American culture and character."
* For example, in the episode on '
Moby-Dick,' listen to Ray Bradbury, Tony Kushner and Frank Stella talk about Melville and his literary masterpiece. Listen to Laurie Anderson compare 'Moby Dick' to 'Star Trek.' In a segment on '
The Great Gatsby,' listen to the only known recording of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Then witness Salman Rushdie as he credits '
The Wizard of Oz' as his first literary influence while Bobby McFerrin performs snippets from his eight-minute medley condensing the entire movie.
*
posted to MetaFilter by ericb
at 3:48 PM on December 10, 2007
(10 comments)
If you believe that people are inherently good, and you approach the world with trust — if you might accurately be described as dewy-eyed and idealistic — if you believe that justice occurs and evil is punished — how do you preserve these elements of your personality (trust, innocence, belief in justice) in light of the urge to protect yourself from hurt and attack (emotional shielding)?
posted to Ask Metafilter by WCityMike
at 5:01 PM on December 8, 2007
(29 comments)
