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Where could I spend 3-6 months, that has a low cost of living and reliable internet?
posted to Ask Metafilter by travis08
at 9:18 PM on July 30, 2008
(25 comments)
How can I have a nice house when I have such a hard time paying money for furniture?
posted to Ask Metafilter by libraryhead
at 1:36 PM on July 30, 2008
(22 comments)
I love me some girly music. Recommend me your favorite unabashedly girly musicians. More detailed description inside.
posted to Ask Metafilter by zoomorphic
at 9:56 AM on July 18, 2008
(112 comments)
I need recommendations on books about nonfiction writing.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BradNelson
at 6:49 AM on March 4, 2007
(16 comments)
I think it would be a kick to write a nonfiction book. Any advice on how to organize one?
posted to Ask Metafilter by TwelveTwo
at 10:45 PM on January 13, 2006
(12 comments)
Please recommend someone to hem jeans in Chicago. I'm not that short (5'5" ish); I wear heels (2-3 inches most days), yet all my jeans are 5-6 inches too long. Have you found a tailor/drycleaner in Chicago that hems jeans without making them look disastrously altered?
posted to Ask Metafilter by crush-onastick
at 7:45 AM on July 18, 2008
(11 comments)
HostingFilter: I need to move two web properties, two active domains, and some parked domains, and I'd like to it to be as economical as possible.
posted to Ask Metafilter by micawber
at 1:13 PM on March 17, 2008
(7 comments)
Did a 'dream team' of biblical scholars mislead millions?
[Chronicle of Higher Education] You may recall the curfuffle over the gnostic "Gospel of Judas"
(previously). The National Geographic's documentary premiere "attracted four million viewers, making it the second-highest-rated program in the channel's history, behind only a documentary on September 11. . . . However, it's a perfect example, critics argue, of what can happen when commercial considerations are allowed to ride roughshod over careful research. What's more, the controversy has strained friendships in this small community of religion scholars — causing some on both sides of the argument to feel, in a word, betrayed."
posted to MetaFilter by spock
at 7:48 AM on June 30, 2008
(142 comments)
Blogs that teach?
posted to Ask Metafilter by btkuhn
at 4:59 PM on June 30, 2008
(11 comments)
Help me learn to love baseball please.
posted to Ask Metafilter by willie11
at 7:44 AM on June 9, 2008
(54 comments)
I can make apple muffins, banana muffins, and carrot muffins.
So what else can I
muffinise (oh, did I just invent a verb there)?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Mutant
at 4:14 PM on June 2, 2008
(34 comments)
Destination weddings for those of modest means?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Jess the Mess
at 1:13 AM on May 21, 2008
(18 comments)
Any tips on web design WITHOUT style sheets? Yes, I know that's crazy talk.
posted to Ask Metafilter by echo target
at 1:43 PM on May 22, 2008
(25 comments)
Buying a house (vs. renting): How much more does it cost to buy than rent? Is it worth it (tax, asset, etc) in the long run?
posted to Ask Metafilter by arnicae
at 9:50 AM on April 20, 2008
(25 comments)
Wrigleyville residents/capitalist theorists: am I obliged to honor the "dibs" system while selling my parking spot during Cubs night games?
posted to Ask Metafilter by AgentRocket
at 10:25 AM on April 17, 2008
(40 comments)
Help me come up with easy, low-calorie lunches.
posted to Ask Metafilter by EarBucket
at 7:01 AM on April 12, 2008
(26 comments)
Help me understand what it is like to work at home so I can be a better girlfriend and roommate.
posted to Ask Metafilter by spec80
at 6:48 AM on April 10, 2008
(27 comments)
What books have transported you to another place, and occupied your thoughts for days whilst you read them?
posted to Ask Metafilter by takeyourmedicine
at 3:18 PM on March 24, 2008
(101 comments)
I imagine that some of my fellow mefites, collectors of the Best of the Web, would have great del.icio.us accounts for me to pick through. I'm not getting enough use out of their networking feature, either. Link your profiles!
Here's me.
posted to MetaTalk by tylermoody
at 6:38 AM on August 1, 2007
(118 comments)
The Subprime Primer.
[
via] An entertaining, lo-fi, comic-book style explanation of the complex Subprime Mortgage mess.
posted to MetaFilter by afx114
at 11:00 AM on February 17, 2008
(77 comments)
Do you belong to a CSA that has deliveries/pick-up locations in Chicago? In Lakeview, specifically? Which do you recommend? Which would you avoid?
posted to Ask Metafilter by crush-onastick
at 12:31 PM on February 13, 2008
(10 comments)
What hardware and software give you the best writing experience?
Hardware, like models of laptops, pdas, typewriters, keyboards, mice, etc
Software like apps, webapps, userscripts, preferences, etc
And in addition to your personal preference, what would you recommend to me if I want to have this gloarious writing experience on an all-day battery?
posted to Ask Metafilter by oneous
at 2:41 AM on February 12, 2008
(10 comments)
How and when do I "shop" a mortgage? (first-time buyer questions inside)
posted to Ask Metafilter by escher
at 10:23 PM on January 2, 2008
(13 comments)
All right, so, I love Tom Waits. A lot. Like most people love their grandmothers, I guess, except I've never made a turkey out of my handprint in some finger paint for Tom. What are some bands/artists who sound like that? Particularly latter-day Waits: Bone Machine, Mule Variations, Real Gone, etc. I've never been that big on the ballads, I confess (there goes my hipster cred).
posted to Ask Metafilter by katillathehun
at 11:16 PM on January 5, 2008
(54 comments)
What are the best questions you've ever been asked / asked someone to get to know them better, build closer friendships/bonds, find out secrets and interesting tidbits about their lives and worldviews?
I'm rather introverted (but working on being more sociable). I really relish meeting and interacting different people with different views but too often conversations aren't very interesting so I'm really not engaged or connecting with them.
I'm trying to get a lot better at chatting, learning about people and building bonds with people, but I need more ammo for interesting questions to unlock that higher level of discourse with the people that surround me.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jkl345
at 2:03 PM on August 5, 2007
(47 comments)
To what extent does the idea of a "Catholic Left" still exist in the United States?
posted to Ask Metafilter by R. Mutt
at 6:04 AM on November 24, 2007
(26 comments)
It's almost that time of year again. Please share your favorite THANKSGIVING DESSERT AND SIDE DISH RECIPES. I am sick of making the same things every year. I have 15-20 guests, same group every year.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Lylo
at 11:36 AM on September 23, 2007
(33 comments)
What podcasts will make me more intelligent just by listening to them? I enjoy the BBC's "In Our Time", which features serious discussion of historical events and people by academics working in the field, and also quirky, thought-provoking programs like WNYC's "Radio Lab" and "This American Life". I'm not so keen on some of the podcasts I typically get from newspapers that gloss over the surface of a subject with little analysis. What other highbrow podcasts are made by people who really know their shit?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nowonmai
at 9:01 AM on November 20, 2007
(63 comments)
What kind of things do we need to do before the wedding day?
posted to Ask Metafilter by joshrholloway
at 2:07 PM on November 11, 2007
(24 comments)
I just realized that my vintage O'keefe & Merritt oven has a broiler. I also have some well marbled kosher steaks...
posted to Ask Metafilter by snsranch
at 8:20 PM on January 16, 2007
(16 comments)
A society without power relations can only be an abstraction. Which, be it said in passing, makes all the more politically necessary the analysis of power relations in a given society, their historical formation, the source of their strength or fragility, the conditions which are necessary to transform some or to abolish others. For to say that there cannot be a society without power relations is not to say either that those which are established are necessary or, in any case, that power constitutes a fatality at the heart of societies, such that it cannot be undermined. Instead, I would say that the analysis, elaboration, and bringing into question of power relations and the "agonism" between power relations and the intransitivity of freedom is a permanent political task inherent in all social existence.
"Saint" Michel Foucault (1926-1984) transformed Western thought. Institutions --
prisons,
asylums,
clinics -- define the rhythm of our daily existence; Foucault found that they also determine the way we think. The search for the political and philosophical implications of this insight led him to
biology and economics,
linguistics and
the study of sexuality. In Foucault's eyes, intellectual activity, however radical,
could never be divorced from the techniques of
power. This is why some have accused him of
political quietism. Other critics say he was simply
a bad scholar. Who was the real Foucault?
"Anarchist, leftist, ostentatious or disguised Marxist, nihilist, explicit or secret anti-Marxist, technocrat in the service of Gaullism, new liberal," gay saint, charlatan, or something else entirely? Perhaps we have
posed the question incorrectly...
posted to MetaFilter by nasreddin
at 8:01 AM on August 17, 2007
(93 comments)
I suffer from a general retardation when it comes to expressing myself verbally in romantic situations, and I am a female. And I'm 25.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 9:11 PM on October 21, 2007
(22 comments)
Speak to me of engagement. Why do people get engaged nowadays? Why don't they just get married?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gottabefunky
at 9:33 AM on January 8, 2007
(45 comments)
There's a certain fiendishly addictive structure in video (and other) games, and I'd like to know if anyone has named it or researched it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by argybarg
at 10:23 AM on July 29, 2007
(23 comments)
Study tips for a mature age distance education student? Most specifically, what do you do when you’ve read the same paragraph 3 times and you still haven’t retained any information from it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by b33j
at 4:35 PM on April 9, 2006
(14 comments)
I have fallen in love with this recipe for
No Knead Bread. What (and when) should add additional ingredients to the dough?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ShawnString
at 10:11 AM on October 10, 2007
(15 comments)
Am I normal? Our company recently closed its New York office and asked some of us to stay on and work from home. At first it was heavenly, but now, nearing the end of month two, I think I'm starting to go a bit balmy from lack of stimulation and human contact. Is it me? Or is this somewhat normal?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cookie googleman
at 5:07 PM on October 9, 2007
(29 comments)
Looking for classic shoes. Sneakers: Converse. Penny loafers: Bass Weejuns. More, please.
posted to Ask Metafilter by kmennie
at 4:25 AM on October 3, 2007
(20 comments)
I'd like to try some new beers. What's your favorite stout?
posted to Ask Metafilter by vorfeed
at 11:49 AM on September 27, 2007
(49 comments)
At the relatively old age of 29, I've decided to relearn* how to ride a bike. Bicycle, that is. What are the unspoken (ha!) rules and things I should know?
posted to Ask Metafilter by iamkimiam
at 10:12 AM on September 19, 2007
(36 comments)
What things are worth the time and cost of doing/making myself? For example, tomatoes from the store are miles below the ones I grow in my garden. Fresh-baked bread is amazing. But knitting socks or a sweater seems hardly worth it, despite the fact that I can customize it, because of the high cost of the time and materials.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sLevi
at 11:01 AM on September 20, 2006
(48 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
(240 comments)
I'd like to design a small-scale e-commerce site that also accepts donations. I have no experience. Help!
posted to Ask Metafilter by fogster
at 9:53 AM on September 3, 2007
(3 comments)
a list of 52 cool things you always wanted to learn but never got round to!
posted to Ask Metafilter by thegeezer3
at 11:48 AM on December 11, 2006
(34 comments)
Random strangers of the internet, please recommend a hobby to me.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Solomon
at 7:21 AM on August 28, 2007
(38 comments)
I'm a professional web designer looking for forums or websites where I can get constructive feedback on my designs from other web designers. Ideally a place that will critique Photoshop designs, as well as finished html sites, would be brilliant! Any suggestions would be
very appreciated :)
posted to Ask Metafilter by katala
at 6:18 AM on August 29, 2007
(4 comments)
What can you suggest for long term life planning? I would like to set up something like a time line for my life and goals. I want to manage what I will do in 5 years, 10 years, 50 years, etc. Does anyone know of any useful software or other things I could do manually? I want to be able to adjust things as needed and see where I've been.
I appreciate your help.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Knigel
at 6:55 PM on August 22, 2007
(6 comments)
Maybe obvious backup question: I want to achieve: an external hard drive with an exact copy of my main drive's contents that can, in the event of my main internal drive's failure, be swapped into the machine for instant everything-as-it-was. I also want incremental backup, so that I can keep this drive constantly up to date with a daily backup process. This is a Windows XP ThinkPad laptop; I've got the external backup drive in its little case already.
posted to Ask Metafilter by amtho
at 5:54 PM on August 20, 2007
(35 comments)
Computers get cheap.
While Microsoft has seen fit to require a whole new generation of computers to run its
latest operating system, a number of manufacturers have started the creation of cheap notebook computers. The list includes the infamous
Palm Foleo, mentioned here previously, and the
OLPC, mentioned pretty much everywhere previously. But also coming soon is the
Asus EEE, a $200-300 notebook running Linux. And Intel's
alternative to the OLPC, the
Classmate PC. Even as the low cost alternatives to standard computer start to come on sale, the prices for traditional laptops dip
ever lower. Can the
digital divide, at least hardware wise, be consigned to the dustbin of history?
posted to MetaFilter by zabuni
at 1:28 PM on August 19, 2007
(91 comments)
