Fuck Yeah Canton Everett Delaware the Third! Warning: Dr Who, series 5, season 6, episode 1 & 2, "Day of the Moon" spoiler.
posted to MetaFilter by Mike Mongo at 12:00 AM on August 28, 2011 (342 comments)

Looking for stories of satisfaction or regret from older married couples who decided not to have children.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by bmosher at 4:26 PM on January 6, 2008 (21 comments)

Cinevault has over 1000 full length streamable movies, most from the golden age of Hollywood.
posted to MetaFilter by crunchland at 10:26 AM on September 12, 2011 (32 comments)

"It was like trying to have a relationship with a sea sponge, or a single-cell protozoa. She didn't do anything! Or at least, nothing I could understand." — Phillip Toledan, The Reluctant Father. A photo-essay on the cultural expectations of parenthood.
posted to MetaFilter by chunking express at 4:24 PM on September 25, 2010 (96 comments)

Is there any way to make the first few months after our baby is born special and meaningful and not just ruled by exhaustion? Any newborn baby hacks you can share? Bonus points for happy newborn stories.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by n'muakolo at 6:30 AM on September 6, 2011 (49 comments)

The little things you do that keep you at the top of your game at work.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Ziggy500 at 3:13 AM on September 5, 2011 (12 comments)

Happiness and children. In your experience, is it true that children actually decrease their parents' overall happiness?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Amizu at 2:30 PM on November 16, 2006 (42 comments)

Drawing with the iPad - tips, tricks, guides, and recommendations?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by robocop is bleeding at 6:32 AM on September 2, 2011 (2 comments)

Apple CEO Steve Jobs has resigned.
posted to MetaFilter by lohmannn at 3:44 PM on August 24, 2011 (443 comments)

My boyfriend and I are considering the option of a vasectomy. How can I be sure that I won't want to have a baby someday?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 7:52 AM on February 6, 2009 (57 comments)

How do I feel better about an unplanned pregnancy?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 9:11 AM on January 22, 2011 (30 comments)

My baby is six weeks old. Increasingly, I have the feeling she's not very fond of me, which isn't unexpected since I'm coming to realize that I don't really love her either.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 11:47 AM on August 19, 2006 (51 comments)

I hate taking care of my 5-week-old and I'm scared it will be like this forever!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 3:11 PM on January 18, 2011 (83 comments)

When I hear a baby crying I feel like I am getting sliced open with a scalpel. It is totally fight or flight. What the hell is going on with me? This is more than yuppie griping about having dinner ruined. It is not just annoying but harmful to brain chemistry. What is going on w me.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by moammargaret at 4:09 PM on August 20, 2011 (18 comments)

Muppets: The Green Album (previously) is now available to listen to in its entirety as an NPR "First Listen".
posted to MetaFilter by hippybear at 4:40 PM on August 19, 2011 (21 comments)

Master of Orion begat Master of Orion 2 begat Master of Orion 3 begat FreeOrion and a beautiful webcomic called Outsider, whose first chapter has just been completed.
posted to MetaFilter by Zarkonnen at 11:52 AM on August 4, 2011 (63 comments)

I want to start my own podcast, and I want to do it right. But I am not sure where to start, any advice? The podcast will be a comedy related one, and may have a co-host, and would have a weekly guest. Here are the things I've been thinking about.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by ImBitman at 7:21 AM on July 31, 2011 (14 comments)

My girlfriend gets very wet during sex, so that there's no friction for my penis. This makes it hard for me to orgasm. Any techniques to solve this issue?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by stedman15 at 10:21 PM on May 29, 2011 (17 comments)

My girlfriend is pregnant. We're keeping it. Now what? (Advice and encouragement requested.)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 9:27 AM on July 14, 2011 (44 comments)

Marissa is an adorable toddler with a rare and terrible medical problem: West Syndrome, a.k.a. infantile spasms. Her father Mike has been active in the online Special Needs community, chronicling her story for years now at his blog Marissa's Bunny. Last year, his readers raised almost $30,000 through a ChipIn fundraiser to offset the costs of Marissa's neurosurgery. As a sort of 'thank you', and with the help of matching funds from his employers, Mike offered to give away and/or raffle 40 iPads to the special needs kids of his blogger friends, to be used as assistive technology devices for many of their non-verbal kids. This follows on the heels of several other iPad raffles he's held in the past year.

Guess what happened next. The Special Needs Parenting blog community is on the case: Ellen Seidman (and her commenters), Rob Rummel-Hudson, Sarah and Joyce Hely, Shannon Des Roches Rosa and others are putting together the pieces right now.
(previously on MetaFilter: the unravelings of Kaycee Nicole, JT LeRoy, Kodee Kennings, Alexa DiCarlo, and Amina Arraf)
posted to MetaFilter by Asparagirl at 2:01 PM on July 18, 2011 (179 comments)

Overheard in New York: A site so complex, so subtle and deceptive, that its site address couldn't possibly tell you all you need to know about the site's content.
posted to MetaFilter by shmegegge at 3:33 PM on November 13, 2005 (59 comments)

My cat loves to smell my eye.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Flunkie at 4:43 PM on June 29, 2007 (14 comments)

Aspiring author here, asking other writing MeFites: how do you write? How do you discipline yourself? What gets you in the Zone? I have no discipline as a writer and depend on random bouts of inspiration, but I'd like to start approaching writing in a more structured way, with a view to (gasp!) publishing one day.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Ziggy500 at 3:44 AM on April 27, 2011 (30 comments)

His cock barely fits in my mouth; how can I give better head? (NSFW)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 1:16 PM on June 9, 2009 (30 comments)

"The story begins unambiguously. A group of IBMers, working on a secret project to build a personal computer, flew to Seattle in August, 1980, to see if [Bill] Gates could supply them with an operating system. He couldn't -- and referred them to [Gary] Kildall [of Digital Research Inc.] When they showed up at DRI's offices the next day ... the company's business manager ... refused to sign their nondisclosure agreement.... [IBM] did get together with Kildall ... a short time later, but they couldn't reach an agreement. At around the same time, [IBM] saw Gates again. [IBM] and Gates both knew of the operating system [Tim] Paterson had built at Seattle Computer Co.... "Gates said: 'Do you want to get [QDOS], or do you want me to?' [IBM] said: 'By all means, you get it."' Gates bought Paterson's program, called QDOS, for $50,000, renamed it DOS, improved it, and licensed it to IBM for a low per-copy royalty fee."

Tim Paterson, the man who created DOS, the operating system that dominated the computer industry between 1981 and 2000, has an occasional blog that provides a fascinating history of the microcomputer industry: Is DOS a Rip-Off of CP/M?; The Contributions of CP/M; Design of DOS; The First DOS Machine; IBM PC Design Antics; and All Those Floppy Disk Formats…
posted to MetaFilter by Jasper Friendly Bear at 8:40 AM on July 9, 2011 (77 comments)

Freezer Meals on the Cheap.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg at 5:46 AM on June 26, 2011 (92 comments)

What's a good flickr search phrase for my Apple TV screen saver?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by mpls2 at 5:19 PM on June 25, 2011 (6 comments)

The much-beloved Arrested Development was characterized by its complex, multilayered narrative jokes; here the A. V. Club analyzed a 50-second-long clip and tried to map out all its references (including one very subtle three-part joke about eggs). Luckily for you, there’s a very exhaustive web site, The Balboa Observer-Picayune, which documents the show’s obscurest jokes (H. Maddas, Blackstool, GOB’s ice obsession), its cleverest callbacks (Hello’s revenge, ”Mom says”, pilot/finale callbacks), its visual gags (yearbooks, newspapers, cartoons, Amazon), and its longest-running gags (I’ve made a huge mistake”, “Her?”, Cloud Mir, ”Hey, brother!”, and the chicken dance). Complete index of references at the Bluthcyclopedia. Complete transcripts of every episode. Bonus songs! All You Need Is Smiles. Yellow Boat. Big Yellow Joint. Hot Cops. It Ain’t Easy Being White. Discipline Daddy. Motherboy. Balls in the Air. You Here With Me. I Get Up. Finally, Fonzie jumps the shark again.
posted to MetaFilter by Rory Marinich at 7:59 AM on June 16, 2011 (291 comments)

I think this was a bad deletion.
posted to MetaTalk by PhoBWanKenobi at 2:06 PM on June 12, 2011 (224 comments)

What can I do to bounce back after being fired?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 10:06 AM on June 2, 2011 (20 comments)

If you or your partner gave birth to a stillborn, did you choose to see/hold it after the delivery? How did you make that decision, and if you did decide to see/hold the child, what did you take away from the experience?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 7:54 PM on May 30, 2011 (24 comments)

Short-term coping techniques for Wellbutrin-related hypersexuality? (likely NSFW)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 9:08 AM on May 21, 2011 (21 comments)

Who is the best person to diagnose Post Partum Depression/Anxiety?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dasheekeejones at 7:26 AM on June 29, 2009 (20 comments)

How did having a baby change your life? I'm intentionally leaving the question as broad as it is and would love to hear your answers, mothers and fathers; but especially in regard to how it may have changed you, as a person. My wife is expecting in 5 weeks, I feel both tremendous excitement, but also a slight anxiety as I know my life will never be the same.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by razzman at 1:12 PM on July 22, 2008 (33 comments)

The baby crazy has started. My husband is not yet keen on the idea of starting a family, and frankly, we're just not in a good place in life right now. How do I quell these feelings? How do I stop worrying about when and if it will happen?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 11:10 AM on May 8, 2011 (30 comments)

Lara Logan breaks the silence and tells about her horrorific rape in Tahrir Square. (Single Link 60 Minutes Video)
posted to MetaFilter by Baldons at 1:52 PM on May 8, 2011 (251 comments)

What should my husband and I do in the year before we have a baby?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Ideal Impulse at 12:00 PM on January 24, 2011 (58 comments)

I'm a good cook, but one thing I've never even really bothered with are sauces. What are your favorite sauces that can be made at home, and so good that you would consider eating a turd if the divine sauce was poured on top.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by ducktape at 2:56 PM on May 2, 2011 (40 comments)

President Obama to make important announcement regarding Osama Bin Laden imminently
posted to MetaFilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 7:42 PM on May 1, 2011 (4431 comments)

How to tell people they sound racist
posted to MetaFilter by Blasdelb at 8:04 PM on April 24, 2011 (156 comments)

HBO has a free 15 minute preview up for their adaptation of George R. R. Martin's fantasy series A Game of thrones. The folks over at Westeros.org have seen rough copies of the first six episodes and report on them. In general, reviews are very positive so far. Previously on the Blue. _{Via this thread at hipinion. Bonus: Next Media Animation briefs you on the subject. All links contain minor-to-major spoilers.}
posted to MetaFilter by codacorolla at 8:24 PM on April 3, 2011 (103 comments)

Kittens. Poptarts. Rainbows.
posted to MetaFilter by jenkinsEar at 6:12 PM on April 14, 2011 (45 comments)

Comics writer Scott Synder has noticed that the same two background characters appear in a number of different Marvel and DC comics. Who are these 'Hipster Cops'?
posted to MetaFilter by fearfulsymmetry at 2:00 PM on April 19, 2011 (48 comments)

MetaFilter has some mainstream coverage over the Scott Adams thing.
posted to MetaTalk by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 9:12 PM on April 15, 2011 (1220 comments)

I am looking for personal blogs written by dads.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by SkylitDrawl at 11:54 PM on July 7, 2009 (34 comments)

Help me understand the joy/value/satisfaction of having children
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 8:06 AM on July 29, 2010 (47 comments)

It's with great sadness that I have to share the passing of Bill Zeller, known as null terminated around here.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 8:28 PM on January 5, 2011 (777 comments)

The xkcd Radiation Dose Chart. (More about it.) (via)
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 10:09 AM on March 20, 2011 (87 comments)

Preliminary magnitude 7.9 off Honshu at 05:46 UTC The Pacific Ring of Fire has been living up to its name lately. BBC flash reporting a Tsunami Alert has been issued.
posted to MetaFilter by Celsius1414 at 10:12 PM on March 10, 2011 (3220 comments)

As part of my upcoming divorce I will be receiving a large sum of money for my portion of the house. What should I do with it?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 6:50 PM on March 6, 2011 (14 comments)