Pretty cool resource: MeFi User Sites.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 9:02 PM on February 22, 2007 (45 comments)

If you like this book, you will not like this book. UnSuggester suggests books that you will not like. [via /.]
posted to MetaFilter by Sticherbeast at 11:20 AM on December 4, 2006 (50 comments)

Anyone know what happened to SingleFile (37signals' online book cataloging software)? Bonus question: why is LibraryThing succeeding (or so it appears) when SingleFile failed?
posted to Ask Metafilter by zanni at 6:16 PM on November 27, 2005 (8 comments)

How should I organize my personal library?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Eideteker at 8:46 AM on January 25, 2006 (50 comments)

Can anyone recommend a good site for borrowing books online? Physical books I mean, not e-books. I've found Booksfree; are there any others out there?
posted to Ask Metafilter by JanetLand at 9:09 AM on May 16, 2006 (10 comments)

Imaginary places in detail: Start with a wonderful overview of megastructures in science fiction and examine a dictionary of 76 locations from recent fantasy novels. Then move on to the interactive maps: Mordor, Narnia, the Simpson's Springfield, England as seen in many stories, New York in fiction, Lovecraft's New England, maps from almost any video game, Star Trek, the Marvel Universe, and the DC Universe.
posted to MetaFilter by blahblahblah at 9:44 PM on February 21, 2007 (29 comments)

MeFites: Share with me your favorite math tricks, truisms and formulas that clarified and simplified math problems and made life easier in high school and college.
posted to Ask Metafilter by dropkick at 9:01 AM on February 24, 2007 (59 comments)

The digital book index
posted to MetaFilter by serazin at 10:37 PM on February 21, 2007 (18 comments)

Newspaper Blackout Poems "So much thrives on facsimile that when you see the real deal, it has none of the passion and feels like a desperate pose."
posted to MetaFilter by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 8:46 AM on February 23, 2007 (25 comments)

The Castle in Front of the Cave is, unsurprisingly, a castle in Slovenia fully integrated with a cave system; built in several stages beginning in the 13th century, the castle serves as the front to a large network of caves in the side of a mountain. This excellent flickr photoset has plenty more detail about the castle's history, defense systems & more. For those who want more detail, a series of QTVR panoramic images of the insides of the castle available on this Slovenian site. Via.
posted to MetaFilter by jonson at 11:49 AM on February 20, 2007 (24 comments)

A modern eyewitness account of secretive ritualized duelling known as "academic fencing". Its stylized format has changed little since Mark Twain observed it. Despite dubious legality it is alive and well in German universities. The raison d'être of this swordplay is the creation of a schmiss or duelling scar. These scars are considered by the bearers as a mark of courage and nobility, and by outsiders as an indication of semi-latent Nazi tendencies. In March a medical conference is beng held for the first time in Freiburg, for doctors who tend to duelling injuries.
posted to MetaFilter by roofus at 3:37 PM on February 22, 2007 (73 comments)

I am very shy, quiet, introverted. I find that interactions with people take a great deal of effort and energy from me. I don’t really have any friends and I find the social interactions needed to develop them difficult – and, more importantly, I feel like I don’t know how to interact – it’s uncomfortable. That said, I’m really not upset by this. I like being alone and my relationships with my boyfriend, family, and a couple of colleagues at work are more than enough for me.
posted to Ask Metafilter by anondonna at 12:12 PM on February 24, 2007 (29 comments)

I want to learn how to learn more effectively and efficiently. What steps should I take to maximize my ability to master skills and retain information?
posted to Ask Metafilter by TwelveTwo at 12:04 PM on February 24, 2007 (14 comments)

Fifteen hundred cat pictures. (56k, no way.)
posted to MetaFilter by BeerFilter at 5:23 AM on February 10, 2007 (52 comments)

Hey kids, it's the first MetaFilter podcast.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 1:35 PM on February 16, 2007 (125 comments)

If you have learned to be able to fall asleep on command where you once couldn't before, how did you do it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by who else at 4:23 PM on February 19, 2007 (20 comments)

What do I need to do in daily life that I don't realize I need to be doing?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phoenixy at 8:46 AM on February 21, 2007 (58 comments)

Can I get recommendations on a high quality, stylish side bag to be used day to day for business? Needs to be rugged enough to withstand travel and fashionable enough to be able to bring into a business meeting.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jeremias at 8:15 AM on March 14, 2005 (21 comments)

I'm trying to find this bag that I saw on a post with What's in your bag on Flickr. The bag is orange, not sure if it's a messenger bag. http://www.flickr.com/photos/40732559549@N01/951558/
posted to Ask Metafilter by kranje at 6:21 AM on April 13, 2005 (9 comments)

What are the best, most useful, most ingenious backpack/messenger bag features you've ever seen?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Alison at 10:34 AM on May 26, 2006 (22 comments)

Looking for mini daypack for walk abouts in the 30 dollar range
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hands of Manos at 4:14 PM on October 13, 2006 (8 comments)

Shoulder-style laptop bag for a professional woman?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mysterious1der at 8:52 PM on October 6, 2006 (10 comments)

Can anyone suggest a decent smallish day bag to lug around while visiting a big city? We'll base ourselves at the hotel and would just need one to lug around for the day--something big enough for a couple guide books, maybe a light jacket, etc. Something that is relatively inexpensive, comfortable, and okay for both a man and woman to carry around would be ideal.
posted to Ask Metafilter by printchick at 4:39 PM on August 10, 2006 (12 comments)

Ahh, the quest for the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe. The classic stands as the benchmark: but are there better? Many think so: Sherry Yard, David Lebovitz, the folks at Cooking Illustrated, Martha Stewart, Hillary Clinton, beloved New York bakeries, intrepid webloggers. Alton Brown in an episode of Good Eats shows how to get them thin, puffy, or chewy. Cookbook after cookbook and competition after competition try to ferret out the best of this american icon. Web recipe sites have their own favorites. Some people swear by secret ingredients: cornstarch, pudding (which has cornstarch in it), oats, great chocolate. Two thirds of Americans prefer their chocolate chip cookies "nutless." Others find technique of greatest importance. Is there any end to this quest for one of baking's holy grails?
posted to MetaFilter by shivohum at 9:46 AM on February 20, 2007 (53 comments)

The 50 most underplayed and under-appreciated rap tracks according to ohword.com, all in one download. Some of my favorite hip-hop music blogs. For those who aren't hip-hop fans, an exhaustive list of MP3 blogs.
posted to MetaFilter by rollbiz at 6:34 PM on February 18, 2007 (27 comments)

Looking for an artsy, stylish, functional business tote or messenger bag.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mintchip at 2:51 PM on February 16, 2007 (32 comments)

What morning routine has worked for you?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sicem07 at 9:00 AM on February 21, 2007 (14 comments)

80's Filter: I need a phrase to put on a shirt for an 80's party on Saturday night!
posted to Ask Metafilter by unixrat at 1:52 PM on February 20, 2007 (51 comments)

Do you know of any children's books that are not copyright protected?
posted to Ask Metafilter by deep_sea_diving_suit at 9:37 AM on February 4, 2007 (12 comments)

What works of fiction are most firmly embedded in the American cultural consciousness? That is, what books are most frequently alluded to or drawn from in popular culture and daily life?
posted to Ask Metafilter by zadermatermorts at 11:41 AM on January 30, 2007 (74 comments)

Help me find a good monograph or two about Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci.
posted to Ask Metafilter by bigcheesegump at 3:47 PM on February 11, 2007 (5 comments)

Please help me break my addiction to blue jeans.
posted to Ask Metafilter by The corpse in the library at 10:57 AM on February 17, 2007 (32 comments)

What should I put in my spy kit?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Astro Zombie at 9:38 PM on February 17, 2007 (49 comments)

Is it a bad idea for me to stay with my girlfriend if I see no marriage potential for our relationship? For the record, we're both in our 30's and we've been together for about half a year.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous at 2:41 PM on February 17, 2007 (23 comments)

One of the world's most expensive chocolates expertly debunked. (For maximum awesome, read all 10 parts)
posted to MetaFilter by hindmost at 5:50 PM on December 20, 2006 (204 comments)

"Ever since I got certified to perform euthanasias I have been having crazy dreams where basically I'm just killing everything. I don't really know how to deal with it." Tales of your Local Animal Shelter. Of particular interest is the four phases of rescue.
posted to MetaFilter by hindmost at 1:26 PM on August 27, 2006 (14 comments)

"Learn me to read, book lady.... Please if you learn me, I won't be lonesome any more. I broke my back last year. It wan't mended yet." A look at WPA Travelling Libraries. See also: Free traveling libraries (Wisconsin), Lighthouse libraries (Coastal U.S.), Blue Trunk Medical Libraries (Africa), Bus Libraries (China), a few miscellaneous mobile libraries, and this one from the 16th Century. And yes, there's some YouTube.
posted to MetaFilter by jessamyn at 7:07 PM on December 16, 2006 (10 comments)

Mefi Librarian Call-Out?

I'm tickled by the idea that Metafilter is a secret bastion of (potentially erm, "turned-on") librarians. I wish Iwas a librarian. I think all the librarians on Metafilter should sign in here and band together at suitable meet-ups to form an army of goodness that (please God please God please God) will take over the world.
posted to MetaTalk by nanojath at 12:50 PM on December 3, 2004 (65 comments)

I need examples of bad design.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quadog at 11:51 AM on February 15, 2007 (66 comments)

When considering marriage, how can you tell the difference between annoyances and dealbreakers?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tabulem at 6:51 PM on May 29, 2006 (50 comments)

What are some great novels and movies about breakups and divorce?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tabulem at 11:19 AM on December 23, 2006 (61 comments)

How do I improve my cunnilingus technique? I do pretty well as it is but operate under the beliefs that a) it's something you can never be too good at and b) different people like different things, so I'd love to know new things to try. What do you like to do/like to have done to you?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous at 1:46 PM on August 26, 2005 (31 comments)

If you don't watch My Puss then You Suck. But what I want to know is, if you're gonna Eat to the Beat, How Many Licks until you go blind? Maybe we can find out Downtown. Sure, this post is full of video, audio, pop-ups, and is probably NSFW, but you know you want to join in with your favorite songs in praise of the empowered punani! Come on and Put a Little Sugar in My Bowl!
posted to MetaFilter by serazin at 9:48 PM on December 7, 2006 (51 comments)

'The Flâneur': What fascinating titbits can you add to my knowledge about this concept? Art, history, philosophy and literary theory links all welcome.
posted to Ask Metafilter by 0bvious at 4:38 PM on October 25, 2006 (22 comments)

The Situationists famously had their own ideas about cities, and about how to city them; in particular, they held forth the derive, or aimless drift, as the ideal way to encounter and make sense of urban place. It's easy to caricature the derive as an essentially passive mode of experience, but it was intended to be anything but: a playful, lively, engaged, and above all social act.

Now that cities are where most of us live, for better or worse, and we have the ability to document our travels through these conurbations and share them over the Web, might it be safe to say that Situationist psychogeography has gone mainstream? That the moblogged drift, in fact, takes things to an entirely new level, by making the city and its flows not merely more legible to ourselves, but visible to a potentially global audience?
posted to MetaFilter by adamgreenfield at 6:20 AM on September 23, 2004 (39 comments)

I've started In Search of Lost Time and found I like it. Should I keep going? At page 80 I'm barely 2 percent of the way through the whole work; it would likely take me 2-3 years to get through all seven volumes. Has anyone finished the whole thing? Was it worth it? I don't want to read a couple thousand pages only to lose interest ...
posted to Ask Metafilter by futility closet at 5:38 AM on December 29, 2005 (18 comments)

How can I keep my hands moisturized without lotion?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hargrimm at 7:01 PM on February 14, 2007 (38 comments)

Connoisseurs of Cunnilingus: What does it taste like to you?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ambrosia Voyeur at 7:54 PM on December 1, 2006 (88 comments)

What great advice, words of wisdom, and welcome would you give to new parents and their new baby.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Mom at 6:03 AM on May 2, 2005 (48 comments)

You Are Cordially Invited To A Night Of Fados. It's Saturday night; you're hidden deep down in one of Lisbon's fado houses; so pour yourself another glass of thick, blood-red wine; cast your mind back to loves lost and the memory of joys that will never return; take out your most tear-absorbent handkerchief and prepare to indulge in the most melancholy, poetical and maudlin of all urban songs: Lisbon's Fado... [More inside.]
posted to MetaFilter by MiguelCardoso at 7:38 PM on April 26, 2003 (32 comments)