German country music. You may remember Texas Lightning from Eurovision 2006, but the rabbit hole goes much deeper than that. Oh yes.
posted to MetaFilter by jedicus at 11:45 AM on May 27, 2009 (47 comments)

How big (in bytes) is Metafilter?
posted to MetaTalk by jsonic at 3:39 PM on May 26, 2009 (76 comments)

A Field Guide to Chess Tactics. Chess tactics explained in plain English, with hundreds of examples. A great site for beginning to mid-level players. Includes a large library of positional problems, organized thematically, with the solutions explained and discussed. For example, learn about knight forks, then quiz yourself on the same topic.
posted to MetaFilter by Rumple at 9:53 PM on June 19, 2007 (76 comments)

Wish you had all your books in digital form? Well, for a few hundred bucks and a lot of scrounging, you can do it. I just posted plans for a book scanner that uses cheap digital cameras and (with the help of friends) wrote free software to get all your books into the digital domain. There's a complete tutorial at the link above. Currently the software is a work-in-progress. Here's a sample if you're concerned about quality. We can do a lot more with software -- this is just the most basic treatment with alpha software.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by fake at 7:18 PM on April 19, 2009 (12 comments)

Two iTunes problems: changing individual track info and organizing my library.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by goatdog at 7:38 PM on August 15, 2007 (7 comments)

I get to perform this as part of my set at Blip Festival in NYC next week - essentially the Woodstock of chiptunes / 8-bit / video game music.
This was written out of intense affection for my EVE Online playing nerd girl (a soft orchestral arrangement of it is going to be our wedding processional, awww) and was released on 8bitpeoples' 8BP050 compilation CD. I've spruced it up with some orchestration for the show. Come rock with me if you're local -- I'd love to meet my fellow mefimusicians and introduce more people to the chiptune scene. It's pure love and fun.
posted to MeFi Music by jake at 1:56 AM on November 22, 2007 (10 comments)

Vista or Windows 7?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by cowmix at 10:04 AM on May 21, 2009 (21 comments)

My son is graduating from high school in a week. I want to make him a Best of Ask Metafilter book with all the best advice from the hive mind.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by katyjack at 5:21 PM on May 17, 2009 (19 comments)

I’d like to dress better. Clothing advice for a slim 20 year old male with a budget a bit smaller than the target audience of most fashion mags, please? And while we’re at it, how about some general clothing/grooming advice for the guys? [more inside]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by rfordh at 10:44 AM on January 14, 2005 (61 comments)

Irregardless of what you think of the word itself, cortex's analysis is irregartastic.
posted to MetaTalk by slogger at 10:38 AM on May 18, 2009 (247 comments)

I wish I'd written this song a week ago, but I'd never even heard the phrase until this afternoon.
posted to MeFi Music by cortex at 4:18 PM on November 4, 2008 (26 comments)

Mr LyzzyBee and I have been living together for a good few years. I feel we spend too much time apart on our separate hobbies. He thinks no-one spends that much time together these days, apart from watching TV etc. I think we should come away from the telly and do something where we're interacting with each other. And I don't mean intimate stuff, I mean things to do, fully dressed, downstairs or outside. So - what do established couples, no kids, actually *do* in the weekday evenings?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by LyzzyBee at 3:35 AM on May 14, 2009 (46 comments)

The overwhelming majority of fat people have made the choice to not do what is necessary to change a situation which is hazardous to their health, wasteful of resources, and visually repellent.
posted to MetaTalk by Hat Maui at 3:23 AM on May 16, 2009 (829 comments)

Is it normal to cut off your female friends for the sake of your girlfriend?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by salsa buena at 2:08 PM on May 15, 2009 (75 comments)

At first I was kinda surprised the video in 67602 got dumped on in comments. There is nothing intrinsically bad here. It's actually rather professionally done, it feels very much like something that was produced for television. I strongly suspect the fault here is with the FPP.
posted to MetaTalk by JHarris at 11:08 AM on December 21, 2007 (63 comments)

For May's "remake your first song" challenge.
posted to MeFi Music by chococat at 9:24 PM on May 14, 2009 (20 comments)

Time, money, work, and children. How do people do it? It seems we could afford it, or have time for it, but not both.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by rabbitrabbit at 6:40 PM on May 14, 2009 (15 comments)

The Five Families were established by Charlie "Lucky" Luciano in the wake of the Castellammarese War (1929 - September 10, 1931), a gang war in New York between partisans of Joe "The Boss" Masseria and those of Salvatore Maranzano. The arrangement, under the administration of The Commission, was created to divide the city among the gangs with mutual interests, and prevent the continuous grab for more territory. Of course, the arrangement has been anything but peaceful, and the Five Families have all gone through periods of prosperity and decline. So who are they, and how are they doing now?
posted to MetaFilter by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 1:51 PM on May 14, 2009 (67 comments)

Is it just me, or is Google broken?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by swift at 8:11 AM on May 14, 2009 (58 comments)

Poker Training/Drilling software. Any recommendations?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by delmoi at 12:58 PM on August 16, 2006 (11 comments)

Artist John Heartfield was one of those who recognized the threat of Nazism early on. Remarkably, he created his anti-fascist art inside Germany, until 1933 when Hitler came to power. He continued to pointedly satirize the Reich (and those who made it possible, as his bitter image of the League of Nations illustrates) from exile in Czechoslovakia. The nature of his work makes it very clear that Hitler's goals and intentions were obvious well before the war. (via)
posted to MetaFilter by CheeseDigestsAll at 9:11 PM on May 10, 2009 (30 comments)

The writers for the Late Show with David Letterman have recently had some trouble coming up with jokes about Obama. Perhaps they should take a lesson from the master of Obama jokes, the President himself. President Obama brought down the house at last night's White House Correspondents' Dinner, poking fun at himself, his administration, and everyone else within shouting distance. Host Wanda Sykes followed Obama's show stealing performance with a few choice jabs of her own. Unfortunately, it seems that Dick Cheney's prediction has come true since no one is safe when the Comedian-in-Chief steps up to the mic.
posted to MetaFilter by inconsequentialist at 3:45 AM on May 10, 2009 (130 comments)

1984: The masterpiece that killed George Orwell
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 5:56 PM on May 9, 2009 (79 comments)

Twenty years old this year, fifteen-minute long Australian television programme Media Watch criticises television and print journalism. (Previously).
posted to MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 10:59 PM on May 7, 2009 (17 comments)

RelationshipFilter: She had an affair. I caught her. We're working it out. This sucks. I need help. Very Long Post of Drama.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Sock!Puppet! at 8:45 PM on May 4, 2009 (90 comments)

NerdFilter: Should I buy the 4th Edition D&D Rules Books?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by chunking express at 6:28 AM on November 3, 2008 (29 comments)

Frank Soltesz was a master of fascinating cutaway illustrations depicting "modern businesses" in the '40s and '50s - from hotels and hospitals to breweries, grocery stores, and more. (via Telstar Logistics Blog)
posted to MetaFilter by madamjujujive at 5:55 PM on May 3, 2009 (50 comments)

TV-INTROS - Where all we care about is how the show starts."?...
posted to MetaFilter by carsonb at 9:24 PM on April 29, 2009 (60 comments)

Seeking list of crimes committed by Ferris Bueller during his Day off.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by steinwald at 9:14 AM on April 25, 2009 (81 comments)

Experts at WHO and elsewhere believe that the world is now closer to another influenza pandemic than at any time since 1968. WHO uses a series of six phases of pandemic alert... The world is presently in phase 3: a new influenza virus subtype is causing disease in humans, but is not yet spreading efficiently and sustainably among humans. The outbreak of a variant of swine flu led federal officials to close Mexico City-area schools indefinitely - the first such shutdown since a devastating 1985 earthquake.
posted to MetaFilter by KokuRyu at 9:32 AM on April 25, 2009 (294 comments)

This is a good sign, as of 5am New Zealand time, there are *no* reported Y2K problems with any public utility. So what are people going to do with all their bottled water and extra food when nothing happens tomorrow?
posted to MetaFilter by mathowie at 9:49 AM on December 31, 1999 (1 comment)

It's election season, and the stakes are high. The incumbent party is looking a little frayed, and people are looking for change. The opposition leader (a young chap, who despite being neither gifted, nor black, has likened himself to someone of that definition) is accused of profiting from parliamentary questions about undeclared shareholdings. And forget about your $700 Billion, this election has been rocked by scandal over an undeclared NZ$100,000 donation. Some would suggest that the state of the nation can be read largely through sales of doggy chew toys.
posted to MetaFilter by pivotal at 12:14 PM on September 26, 2008 (20 comments)

Can someone suggest a robust, antiviral program for a pc's? Preferably free.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by tangyraspberry at 1:31 PM on April 22, 2009 (19 comments)

My wife and i are working through some difficult issues. We love each other dearly, but we're no longer physically intimate. Neither one of us is willing to give up on our relationship. How do I make things work while we're trying to make things work?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 6:05 PM on April 21, 2009 (10 comments)

My friend is trapped in a miserable marriage. Is there anything I can do to help?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 6:06 PM on April 21, 2009 (11 comments)

Daaaamn.
posted to MetaFilter by xmutex at 2:14 PM on April 15, 2009 (79 comments)

Kick ass jobs for kick ass people like myself.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by sixcolors at 8:07 AM on April 21, 2009 (105 comments)

LPGFilter: No, I don't want to filter out LPG, I am considering getting an LPG conversion for my car...
posted to Ask MetaFilter by gaby at 12:12 PM on September 10, 2005 (15 comments)

I'm moving around a lot. Tired of dragging movie DVD's around. Not looking to make an iso copy (i.e. DVDShrink). Too much disk space. ~750MB avi's would be more ideal, but even as a software developer the options I've Googled are confusing. Is there a simple (i.e.1-button) DVD to AVI converter?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by hungrysquirrels at 11:53 PM on April 19, 2009 (20 comments)

Please explain the Republican Party to me.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by triggerfinger at 1:00 PM on April 19, 2009 (50 comments)

What do you do, aside from your regular day job, to bring in extra streams of revenue?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 11:25 AM on April 18, 2009 (23 comments)

More low quality, drunken Bluegrass with The Failsworth Pilgrims. Recorded the same night we recorded Diamond Joe - only slightly more sober. We always opened our shows with this one because it lends itself to soundchecking so well. Another rough mix, although we did go back later (drunker) and add the super-camp backing vocals
posted to MeFi Music by Jofus at 4:02 AM on August 4, 2006 (7 comments)

What's In The Box? (SLYT) (Via)
posted to MetaFilter by 3.2.3 at 4:54 PM on April 14, 2009 (58 comments)

Know Your Meme (mlyt)
posted to MetaFilter by hypersloth at 6:43 AM on April 14, 2009 (29 comments)

ThinningToothEnamelFilter: So my latest trip to the dentist (three weeks ago) was a bit of a nightmare, in which I was told the enamel on my teeth is "very thin". Looking for advice on anything I can do to keep what's left, and (dubious) whether there's any way to get it back, as well as what I can expect from here on just generally. A few questions inside for those who have experienced the same thing, or others who genuinely know anything about the problem.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by springbound at 12:35 AM on April 13, 2009 (23 comments)

I counted every amazon link on every single question and answer page (5,427 pages) from the human relations category of Ask.MetaFilter. This spans more than five years worth of advice. The results are pretty interesting. I also did this for the work & money category.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by philosophistry at 11:31 PM on April 5, 2009 (2 comments)

Does anyone know of a spoken word explanation track that explains the entire mythology of the X-Files?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by codybaldwin at 12:54 AM on April 8, 2009 (7 comments)

How can I get rid of my craving for fast food?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by elder18 at 1:59 PM on April 6, 2009 (39 comments)

Anyone know any music similar to Brad Sucks? Listened to one of his songs, dloaded his album from his site but want more :D Thanks in advance!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by thesonofmorgoth at 11:20 AM on June 13, 2008 (12 comments)

Buying a house soon: is it better to pay down my credit card partially, or pay off a small personal loan?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 11:24 AM on April 3, 2009 (5 comments)