Polcarstva. Art game [Flash].
posted to MetaFilter by Sitegeist at 2:30 AM on May 5, 2008 (9 comments)

I have a few pdfs of tabular data that I would like to use in a spreadsheet and/or database. Acrobat Reader is not cooperating; it converts obvious tabs into spaces. Is there some way to get this data, properly formatted?
posted to Ask Metafilter by johnofjack at 9:30 AM on April 10, 2008 (44 comments)

Can I get a gentoo machine to authenticate/mount home directories from a windows 2003 server with a single password?
posted to Ask Metafilter by grandsham at 10:54 AM on February 16, 2008 (4 comments)

Still aren't sure if the Wii is worth the wait in line? That's okay, the Wiimote is all you need for: Low-Cost Multi-point Interactive Whiteboards Using the Wiimote, Tracking Your Fingers with the Wiimote, and the latest: Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the Wii Remote (extremely cool and the easiest to implement). From the maker of the $14 steady-cam [prev. here], Johnny Chung Lee is taking Wiimote hacking to a whole new level, and giving away all necessary software and instructions for free. Wii games are about to get a whole lot cooler.
posted to MetaFilter by TimeTravelSpeed at 4:36 PM on December 22, 2007 (46 comments)

Be my CIO! I need to know what are the best solution(s) for our small nonprofits technology needs (specifically file storage/sharing and project management/communications).
posted to Ask Metafilter by batcrazy at 12:42 PM on November 11, 2007 (10 comments)

And we're off! Prime Minister John Howard has set the date for the Australian Federal election as November 24th, meaning we're up for a long six-week campaign. With Kevin Rudd leading the PM by between 16 to 18 points (depending on who you read) in recent opinion polls, this election seems the most likely to provide a change of Government since Howard was first elected 11 years ago. Antony Green's usual excellent election guide is up and running here, along with an excellent calculator which shows which seats are up for grabs dependent on a 2 party preferred swing. You might also want to check out the Vote-O-Matic, a fun but entirely disposable quiz which aims to help you decide who you'll vote for.
posted to MetaFilter by Effigy2000 at 7:48 PM on October 13, 2007 (621 comments)

For the duration of three profanity-laden LPs in the 1970s, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were two disgusting foul mouthed oafs named Derek And Clive. Listen to them here (real); here be transcripts.
posted to MetaFilter by goodnewsfortheinsane at 2:29 AM on September 11, 2007 (24 comments)

I'm a little confused about the etiquette concerning favorites. I've had a few people tell me I favorite far too many comments, but I don't really see the harm in it. Is this something I should be worried about? Is there a compelling reason to curtail my willy-nilly favoriting?
posted to MetaTalk by tehloki at 4:01 PM on August 1, 2007 (158 comments)

Joseph Frank Keaton Jr. was born into vaudeville. He quickly became a popular and controversial part of his family's stage act; an act that had his father violently hurling the "disobedient" child across the stage into scenery, the orchestra pit, or even into the audience, only to see him emerge amazingly unharmed. After the boy took an unplanned and particularly clamorous fall down a hotel stairwell, an astonished Harry Houdini cried out to the parents, "What a buster your kid took!" And thus, as legend has it, did little Joseph Frank Keaton Jr. become Buster Keaton.

At 22, Keaton made his cinematic debut with mentor Fatty Arbuckle. Afterward, he immediately founded Buster Keaton Studios, releasing a series of brilliant short (and later longer) comedies. Dozens of these are freely available to stream or download at the Internet Archive, including Steamboat Bill Jr, Convict 13, The Electric House, and his seminal The General (alt), which, despite completely failing at the box office, would be later hailed by many as one of the greatest films of all time. [more inside]
posted to MetaFilter by churl at 7:54 PM on April 25, 2007 (59 comments)

The Red Hill Guide is an amazingly detailed and well-written compendium of desktop hardware old and new, with a focus on PC and x86 compatibles. Look for your first CPU, hard drive or mainboard.
posted to MetaFilter by loquacious at 11:01 PM on January 6, 2007 (40 comments)

Can a n00b post to MetaTalk?
posted to MetaTalk by econous at 3:43 PM on June 27, 2006 (1 comment)