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What is the best / cheapest / most reliable Email to SMS service? I want to find out when certain people email me (friends, family, work colleagues), ignoring the spam or the newletters.
posted to Ask Metafilter by philsi
at 9:48 AM on March 26, 2007
(7 comments)
How to respond to "casual" homophobia and other similarly immature behavior?
posted to Ask Metafilter by rossination
at 10:25 PM on March 26, 2007
(134 comments)
Help me find books on coping with a family that doesn't understand my husband's ethnicity.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sara558
at 8:11 PM on March 23, 2007
(10 comments)
I am looking for books similar in style with Christopher Priest's "The Prestige". What i want is complex stories, epistolary in structure where the plot has to be puzzeled together by the reader.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ilike
at 4:07 PM on March 22, 2007
(26 comments)
I have a question about the ending of Casino Royale, the most recent James Bond flick. Spoiler inside!
posted to Ask Metafilter by widdershins
at 11:21 AM on March 20, 2007
(16 comments)
I'm trying to win a free iPhone from an annoying website. Is this possible? What precautions should I take.
posted to Ask Metafilter by JamesJD
at 10:29 AM on March 18, 2007
(15 comments)
[Riddle Filter] You are on a game show. There are three doors to choose from, two of which contain smelly goats, and one containing a million dollars.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Phire
at 8:54 PM on March 18, 2007
(79 comments)
Why am I so bad at staying in love?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 3:37 AM on March 14, 2007
(24 comments)
Leave your job, your girlfriend, drive across the United States... done it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by bizack
at 11:31 AM on March 12, 2007
(25 comments)
Popped in a DVD, the Paramount thing with the circle of stars around the mountain starts in with that sweet drumroll and that martial music that means the movie is starting. Wife turns to me and says, "That music?"
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 6:01 PM on March 12, 2007
(6 comments)
Anyone with a Project Management Professional certification?
posted to Ask Metafilter by NotMyselfRightNow
at 10:59 AM on July 21, 2005
(7 comments)
Our small web development company is looking into project management software. I've been looking around, but can't seem to find something that really suits our needs.
posted to Ask Metafilter by frufry
at 11:06 AM on April 14, 2005
(13 comments)
I've recently decided that I want to change my career path from an IT technician to project management.
posted to Ask Metafilter by shawnj
at 7:31 AM on March 13, 2005
(13 comments)
Is your job title "Project Manager"? If so, what is it that you really
do on a day to day basis?
posted to Ask Metafilter by anastasiav
at 11:06 AM on March 5, 2007
(26 comments)
What is the most famous typo in history? (And I don't mean malapropisms like "misunderestimated" or Kerry's botched joke.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by Plutor
at 12:51 PM on February 27, 2007
(83 comments)
Easiest way to cross-post some (but not necessarily all) entries from a WordPress-powered blog to a LiveJournal account?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Robot Johnny
at 12:19 PM on October 31, 2006
(6 comments)
What Brazil tells us about torture today.
A thoughtful discussion by Clive James of torture in the context of the movies in general and Terry Gilliam's
Brazil in particular. Warning: occasional descriptions of awful behavior, and the reader may have his opinion of humanity lowered. "The historical evidence suggests that on the rare occasions when a state begins again in what a fond humanitarian might think of as a condition of innocence, a supply of young torturers is the first thing it produces... In the Nazi and Soviet cellars and camps, people were regularly tortured for information they did not possess: i.e., they were tortured just for the hell of it."
posted to MetaFilter by languagehat
at 6:45 AM on February 25, 2007
(50 comments)
My Onestat account is dying soon. Please help me find a replacement.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Solomon
at 2:51 AM on February 25, 2007
(11 comments)
Will a US-bought Playstation 3 work in the UK?
posted to Ask Metafilter by badlydubbedboy
at 6:12 AM on February 22, 2007
(9 comments)
How to build a posse, crew, entourage or social clique of men and women post-40s?
posted to Ask Metafilter by choragus
at 9:12 AM on February 19, 2007
(12 comments)
RIP Heather
MacAllister. "Any time there is a fat person onstage as anything besides the butt of a joke, it’s political. Add physical movement, then dance, then sexuality and you have a revolutionary act.” Founder of
Big Burlesque and Venus Group, she died Feb 13 after a long fight with ovarian cancer. She was notably
photographed by
Leonard Nimoy. Multiple
memorial services are planned for her birthday, Feb 25.
[some links may be NSFW]
posted to MetaFilter by cubby
at 6:21 PM on February 15, 2007
(15 comments)
How does your country measure up as a place to raise kids?
It turns out that
growing up in the UK is a bleaker experience than in any other wealthy country. UNICEF studied all the wealthiest nations (full
report PDF here), and the US and UK came in at the bottom on almost all indicators (material wellbeing, health and safety, education, family and peer relationships, behaviours and risks, and the subjective feelings of kids and teens themselves ). Doing best for kids were the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. It turns out that GDP and material wealth alone does not ensure healthier or happier or more well-educated kids--the Czech Republic scored very well despite being one of the poorest nations surveyed.
posted to MetaFilter by amberglow
at 7:48 PM on February 15, 2007
(113 comments)
Where can I find a good substitute for AskMeFi? Not that I'm jumping ship, of course. I've used Yahoo Answers a few times but it seems pretty large and unwieldy, and the answers all seem to come from the same snotty 14-year-olds. The Straight Dope has a good forum, but it required a paid membership, and I'd like to find free forums first. Any and all topics. Any suggestions?
posted to Ask Metafilter by zardoz
at 8:37 PM on February 13, 2007
(19 comments)
What is a good way for an eight year old to respond when he feels that his friends/playmates are ganging up on him?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ohio
at 5:33 PM on February 11, 2007
(9 comments)
Are there any substantive critical analyses of fame written from the inside?
posted to Ask Metafilter by umbú
at 7:38 PM on February 8, 2007
(13 comments)
What's an easy way to backup my e-mail yet still have it pretty easy to search?
posted to Ask Metafilter by D Wiz
at 3:05 PM on February 6, 2007
(24 comments)
Becoming a Project Manager for web team. Need help.
posted to Ask Metafilter by lucyleaf
at 7:47 AM on February 5, 2007
(15 comments)
If there was ONE thing that you wish you had been taught at your current job what would that be? What I am looking for is not something like...."Don't talk to Spencer in HR, he is a perv," more on the lines of "how to get information on X when Y is not working," or "What things can program Z do to make my job easier?" I need to design some sort of educational media for workplaces (software or internet based) and I am looking for some juicy leads. General is better.Thanks
posted to Ask Metafilter by Meemer
at 1:50 PM on January 31, 2007
(29 comments)
Help me find issue-oriented video "backgrounders."
posted to Ask Metafilter by MarshallPoe
at 12:23 PM on January 31, 2007
(2 comments)
Talking Too Much: Help me stop.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mynameismandab
at 12:05 AM on October 7, 2006
(22 comments)
If you have a few insecure friends that obviously get bent-out-of-shape when you make plans without them, what is the best way to deal with the situation?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 3:30 PM on January 25, 2007
(16 comments)
Coping with a relationship with a workaholic?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 8:52 AM on January 21, 2007
(15 comments)
How best to migrate from one domain to another?
posted to Ask Metafilter by AmbroseChapel
at 2:59 PM on November 11, 2005
(6 comments)
How can I break out of my 27-year-long habit of procrastination? I'm looking for tips to help me mentally as well as specific tools or methods that will help me manage my time better -- especially at work.
posted to Ask Metafilter by croutonsupafreak
at 4:49 PM on October 5, 2005
(35 comments)
I'd like to find a description, either fictional or an actual account, of a mental breakdown.
posted to Ask Metafilter by frosty_hut
at 2:08 PM on January 18, 2007
(44 comments)
What I've Learned:
Al Green,
Alex Trebek,
Alyssa Milano,
Andy Grove,
Arianna Huffington,
Arny Freytag,
Arthur Miller,
Bill O'Reilly,
Billy Bob Thornton,
Bobby Bowden,
Burt Reynolds,
Carroll Shelby,
Charles Townes,
Christie Brinkley,
Christopher Reeve,
Clive Davis,
Conrad Dobler,
Curt Gowdy,
Dan Rather,
David Bowie,
David Brown,
Don Rickles,
Edward Teller,
Even Knievel,
Faye Dunaway,
Forest Whitaker,
Garry Shandling,
Gene Simmons,
Haley Joel Osment,
Heather Locklear,
Homer Simpson,
Hugh Hefner,
Hunter Clemons,
J. Craig Venter,
1=8991">Jack Bauer,
Jaime Pressly,
James Caan,
James Watson,
Jeff Bezos,
Jim Willett,
Jimmy Dean,
Joe Frazier,
John Kenneth Galbraith,
John McCain,
JR Simplot,
Julia Child,
Katie Couric,
Keith Richards,
Kirk Douglas,
Lou Reed,
Lucinda Williams,
Mark Burnett,
Mia Farrow,
Michael Wright,
Muhammad Ali,
Neil Young,
Ozzy Osbourne,
Pamela Anderson,
Peter O'Toole,
Phil Spector,
Philip Johnson,
Ray Charles,
Red Auerbach,
Richard Branson,
Richard Petty,
Rip Torn,
Robert Altman,
Robert DeNiro,
Robert Evans,
Rod Steiger,
Rodney Dangerfield,
Roseanne,
Roy Jones Jr.,
Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel,
Siegfried and Roy,
Suge Knight,
Tom Petty,
Tommy Franks,
Walter Cronkite. [Slightly More Inside]
posted to MetaFilter by NotMyselfRightNow
at 5:01 AM on January 17, 2007
(59 comments)
I want to make potstickers (a.k.a. "fried dumplings"), those round, doughy, dense, well-stuffed meat dumplings you can buy at American Chinese restaurants. But the recipes that I find, they produce something I only recognize as a wonton soup dumpling — a light, triangular, thin-skinned noodle with only a small ball of meat. Help me, oh filter of filters!
posted to Ask Metafilter by nebulawindphone
at 5:20 PM on January 17, 2007
(34 comments)
