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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)
So what exactly are the restrictions regarding purchasing alcohol in Maryland?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Asherah
at 1:20 PM on June 27, 2008
(10 comments)
Aliens, monsters, and ghosts. The big three. But is there a fourth?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Flying Saucer
at 8:51 PM on June 26, 2008
(47 comments)
Nails on a chalkboard. Tearing paper. Fork tines on ceramic. Touching lycra, silk, wool.. Certain things will cause that teeth-gritting, hair-on-the-back-of-your-neck rising, Dear-God-Make-It-Stop response. What is the
name for that?
posted to Ask Metafilter by SilverTail
at 7:03 AM on June 19, 2008
(17 comments)
Help me find real-world magic items.
posted to Ask Metafilter by MrVisible
at 12:34 PM on June 17, 2008
(46 comments)
I fell in love with "Frontier Psychiatrist" by The Avalanches all over again this week. Can you recommend similar songs or artists, particularly with that amusing juxtaposition of voice samples as part of the track?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Bakuun
at 2:09 PM on June 8, 2008
(26 comments)
Recommendations for Sci-Fi while on the Treadmill?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Smarson
at 10:07 AM on June 3, 2008
(25 comments)
Darker Projects
has a bunch of original audio dramas in the sci-fi, horror, and suspense vein. Think of it as your local community audio-only theatre, or not-actually-old-timey old-time radio.
posted to MetaFilter by Wolfdog
at 6:27 AM on June 1, 2008
(9 comments)
“I would say ‘No, Hillary.’"
The 97 U.S. Senators who are not currently running for President reply to the question: “If you were asked, would you accept an offer to be the VP nominee?”
posted to MetaFilter by Joey Michaels
at 6:16 PM on May 14, 2008
(64 comments)
Could you crib me some notes for my work-related robots vs. zombie debate later today? Why would robots defeat zombies in a knock-out, drag-out apocalypse? What are some humorous things to say about robots beating up zombies? Also: What are some questions for the moderator to ask that would lead to funny results?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Skwirl
at 4:50 AM on May 12, 2008
(35 comments)
My fiancee wants to keep his father's skull after he passes. How does one go about doing this?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tugena13
at 5:34 PM on June 21, 2007
(24 comments)
Photobombing
n 1. The fine art of ruining other people's photographs. cf.
n 2. The
utterly pointless act of attaching printed photographs to public places, objects and buildings for random strangers to find.
^ [Main link via, with cooler text commentary. This and first link NSFW.]
posted to MetaFilter by Sonny Jim
at 1:30 AM on May 2, 2008
(38 comments)
Is the Wendigo purely a Northeast American (and Canadian) myth? If so is there a Northwest equivalent?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Artw
at 10:36 PM on April 29, 2008
(15 comments)
When did our leaders stop going to war?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ilikecookies
at 9:15 PM on April 26, 2008
(23 comments)
Looking for digital recordings of rock songs played "ren faire style" on medieval-type instruments.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Gianna
at 3:34 AM on April 15, 2008
(12 comments)
Can someone identify a British (I assume) musical comedy bit from the 1960s or 1970s that's nothing more than a several minutes-long introduction of the members of the most bizarre band in the world?
posted to Ask Metafilter by CommonSense
at 12:20 PM on April 10, 2008
(5 comments)
Help me find offensive songs to help point out how ridiculous it is to let a handful of old people decide the music stations for our entire factory.
posted to Ask Metafilter by JonnyRotten
at 9:34 AM on April 9, 2008
(35 comments)
What does the phrase "out of pocket" mean, and what's its origin?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Prospero
at 6:05 AM on April 3, 2008
(66 comments)
Best Story Ever
is a series of clips featuring various celebrities --
Henry Rollins,
Lewis Black,
Dee Snider,
Chuck D,
Ron Jeremy,
Bret "The Hitman" Hart, and many more -- telling their best stories. Some are lame, some are funny. But hey, what's your best story ever?
(It can't be lamer than Alan Thicke's, can it?)
posted to MetaFilter by cog_nate
at 7:58 AM on March 31, 2008
(64 comments)
I had a dream last night that I was at the base of a pyramid, and there was something earth-destroying in the pyramid, like an ancient God-like evil. I had to work my way through the booby trapped maze of the pyramid to reach the evil before it awoke, and so I popped open my trusty laptop and went to AskMeFi and typed my first question:
How do I get to the center of a booby trapped pyramid maze. The answers started pouring in, and I began my mission, dodging ancient mummies and flying spikes.
posted to MetaTalk by Astro Zombie
at 9:05 AM on March 31, 2008
(136 comments)
Obama's Gettysburg Address.
Today we saw and heard a preview of our brightest possible American future in Senator Barack Obama's glorious speech. This, then, is what it means to be presidential. To be moral. To have a real center. To speak honestly, from the heart, for the benefit of all. If there was any doubt about what we have missed in the anti-intellectual, ruthlessly incurious Bush years, and even the slippery Clinton ones (the years of "what is is"), those doubts were laid to rest by Barack Obama's magisterial speech today. A speech in which he distanced himself from a flawed father figure, Reverend Wright, and did so with almost Shakespearian dignity and honor. One of the most important speeches on race in decades if not longer. (
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posted to MetaFilter by caddis
at 9:31 PM on March 18, 2008
(1141 comments)
The shadowy back alleys of MetaFilter...
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 6:21 AM on January 12, 2008
(125 comments)
I would like to read books by more MeFi writers. I have therefore made a list of who they are and their books.
posted to MetaTalk by paduasoy
at 5:03 AM on February 23, 2008
(102 comments)
Over 2000 classic short stories
from
American Literature as well as an option to sign up for a
short story of the day rss feed. Among the authors on offer are Kate Chopin, Saki, O. Henry, Louisa May Alcott, Ambrose Bierce, H. P. Lovecraft, Jack London, James Joyce, Willa Cather, Guy de Maupassant, Charles Dickens, Herman Hesse, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Franz Kafka, Honoré de Balzac, Edith Warton, P. G. Wodehouse, Virginia Woolf, Langston Hughes, Leo Tolstoy, Aldous Huxley, Roald Dahl, Henry James, Katherine Mansfield and I could keep going for a while. The point is, there's over 2000 short stories in there.
posted to MetaFilter by Kattullus
at 9:32 AM on February 17, 2008
(31 comments)
I am a fan of turnovers, pasties, empanadas and similar instances of the global phenomenon of creating a portable meal by putting something yummy in the middle of pastry. I usually put ground beef in my turnovers, but I'm getting bored of variations on spiced ground beef. Help me find new delicious things to encase in pie crust! I'm looking for recipes, links to recipes, ideas for recipes, and cookbook recommendations. Feel free to recommend things that are sweet, savory, or both.
posted to Ask Metafilter by craichead
at 4:50 PM on February 12, 2008
(33 comments)
Nametherestaurant filter: My friend is building a restaurant and needs ideas for a name. He'll be serving an interesting combo of food and would like a name to reflect that.
posted to Ask Metafilter by onhazier
at 6:10 AM on February 7, 2008
(47 comments)
The man who runs
xkcd
has created the
LimerickDB.
Though often quite dirty
There are more that are nerdy;
If you check out
the best ones, you'll see.
posted to MetaFilter by kyleg
at 7:27 AM on February 5, 2008
(88 comments)
Los Angeles! he walks again by night...
...out of the smog, into the fog. Relentlessly -- ruthlessly -- ("I wonder where Ruth is?") -- doggedly! ("Woof woof!" *)
For the past 42 years the Firesign Theatre, the best comedy group of the 1960's, has been putting their art in cans from Canada to Kashmir. Up for the Grammy in
1998 and
2001, Firesign at their best combined clever, multilayered writing with pitch-perfect satirical performances as Rocky Rococco, Ralph Spoilsport, Art Holeflaffer, Hemlock Stones, Uh Clem and Barney, and many more. Back in the day, it would have been astonishing if at least one of your peers couldn't recite all of
The Further Adventures of Nick Danger, Third Eye, including the sound effects.
posted to MetaFilter by Guy_Inamonkeysuit
at 12:16 PM on January 31, 2008
(91 comments)
PISS LASER!
How to use urine most efficiently in carving of urinal cake?
posted to Ask Metafilter by klangklangston
at 12:08 PM on January 29, 2008
(43 comments)
I've been trying to find a really brutal picture/print/woodcutting of an old-school whale/sea monster for awhile, as a potential tattoo. You know the kind, double blowholes that look more like horns, fangs, the kinds you see in the corners of old maps. Bibliodyssey has some ok ones, but I'm looking for the perfect one, because I know if I settle for another, I'll just find the perfect one the second I've permanently inked myself with a mediocre monster. Any ideas of where I could look?
posted to Ask Metafilter by domakesaypat
at 4:08 PM on January 19, 2008
(18 comments)
You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch l The
Grinch Song lyrics. l
How the Grinch Stole Christmas documentary:
a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of this perennial favorite. Featuring never-before-seen animation tests and interviews with director Chuck Jones, Audrey Geisel (Dr. Seuss' widow), composer Albert Hague, vocalist Thurl Ravenscroft, and Seuss aficionados Tim Burton & Danny Elfman, this 1994 special from cable channel TNT contains a sleigh-load of information for Grinch fans.
posted to MetaFilter by nickyskye
at 8:37 AM on December 22, 2007
(12 comments)
An Egyptian friend of mine found
this rock in the West Desert of Egpyt. Can anyone tell us what it is? It's really abnormal-looking.
(All of my theories involve Sun Ra and pharaonic collusion with Saturn.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by odasaku
at 10:06 PM on December 20, 2007
(13 comments)
BEKs, "Easter Eggs," The Holders... Welcome to
the world of
creepypasta -- short, oft-repeated scary stories, anecdotes, and "facts."
posted to MetaFilter by hjo3
at 6:55 PM on December 20, 2007
(44 comments)
Would getting a person to exercise before stabbing them cause them to die faster?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Bookhouse
at 12:35 PM on December 16, 2007
(23 comments)
Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to seven introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University:Astronomy, English, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies: a full set of class lectures produced in high-quality video, syllabi, suggested readings, and problem sets.
posted to MetaFilter by nickyskye
at 7:43 AM on December 14, 2007
(30 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)
Grammar Question: Is or Isn't?
posted to Ask Metafilter by philmas
at 6:24 PM on December 8, 2007
(59 comments)
