How do you keep an SSH session alive when you are forced to use a crappy wireless network that constantly disconnects?
posted to Ask Metafilter by helios at 10:23 AM on June 5, 2008 (12 comments)

A director friend asked me to design the opening and closing credits for her upcoming film. Please school me on the technical aspects.
posted to Ask Metafilter by signal at 9:42 AM on May 27, 2008 (12 comments)

Looking at my rhubarb patch, it seems I'm going to be eating a lot of rhubarb this summer. Though my mother always had some in our garden, I don't think I've ever eaten rhubarb in any form but in rhubarb pie or rhubarb crisp. What's your favourite rhubarb recipe?
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan at 8:34 PM on May 16, 2008 (37 comments)

Craigslist alternatives for Europe?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mkn at 10:48 PM on April 13, 2008 (11 comments)

Would it be possible for someone -- admin, volunteer, or even I could take a whack -- to develop a print stylesheet for Metafilter?
posted to MetaTalk by WCityMike at 10:52 AM on April 29, 2008 (142 comments)

I'm looking for a folding bicycle trailer. That's a trailer that folds up and connects to a bicycle (though it coincidentally will be connected to a folding bicycle, so I guess it's a folding bicycle folding trailer). Anyway, the main thing is that it needs to fold up really small. Please point me to the smallest, when folded, bicycle trailer you know about. Thanks.
posted to Ask Metafilter by krisjohn at 4:32 PM on April 28, 2008 (6 comments)

So I wanna write a horror novel. God knows where I start. How can I make it scary, as opposed to a soppy middle of the road thriller?
posted to Ask Metafilter by bobbyone at 6:38 PM on April 19, 2008 (30 comments)

how can I ship my books from the UK to North America without spending a fortune?
posted to Ask Metafilter by arcadia at 3:01 AM on April 3, 2008 (6 comments)

The Misery Circle An article about the remaining 13 also-rans in past US presidential elections.
posted to MetaFilter by idiomatika at 9:26 PM on March 29, 2008 (17 comments)

What will give me the best bang for my buck to advertise a graphic novel that's horror-genre-based, but totally violates genre conventions?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Shepherd at 2:37 AM on February 29, 2008 (12 comments)

What could a small ice cream/frozen yogurt shop start selling in the colder months to keep business alive?
posted to Ask Metafilter by logic vs love at 1:16 PM on February 21, 2008 (52 comments)

Why do mathematicians (and/or programmers) describe information passed to a function as an 'argument'?
posted to Ask Metafilter by b33j at 9:31 PM on December 13, 2007 (14 comments)

Earth's Greatest Lawsuit (via)
posted to MetaFilter by jeffburdges at 11:27 AM on August 6, 2007 (44 comments)

College student looking for a really good studying/reading lamp. Preferably of the nice, bright "white" light variety rather than the eye-straining, weak "yellow" light. Any suggestions?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Xere at 11:59 PM on April 3, 2007 (17 comments)

Three days of rioting and protest across Denmark, fueled by an influx of supporters from outside the country, was the result of the Danish police's sudden eviction of long-standing squat Ungdomshuset ("Youth House"). It was the last such social centre in Denmark, whose self-governed municipality of Christiana also began as a squat (though its future remains in question).

Squatting, the act of taking over abandoned property (sometimes surreptitiously as a way to secure housing for the homeless, sometimes publically as a way to exert political pressure) has a long history, and often meets with intense repression, though has sometimes been instrumental in city-building. In New York City's early days, homesteading was how many neighbourhoods began, and the squat movement which birthed the now-legal ABC No Rio community centre is linked to the city's community gardens, as well as its independent arts culture through publications such as World War 3. (WW3's co-founder Seth Tobocman receives continued attention for his graphic novel War In The Neighbourhood.)

Demolition of Ungdomshuset has already begun.
posted to MetaFilter by poweredbybeard at 8:21 PM on March 5, 2007 (55 comments)

How do you break off ties with a long-time friend who is depressed, and who seems to feel you're the only person to lift her depression?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous at 8:04 AM on August 12, 2006 (13 comments)

What will replace postmodernism?
posted to Ask Metafilter by rottytooth at 7:50 AM on July 27, 2006 (58 comments)

Is human flesh vegan if given willingly by its owner?
posted to Ask Metafilter by redteam at 3:35 AM on July 10, 2006 (36 comments)

YouTube.com: A New Musical Anthropology. A short essay on YouTube, and a long list of punk and hardcore concert videos. NSFW warning: If you go poking around the forum you'll find a lot of porno spam. I haven't checked out all the videos yet, so you're on your own there.
posted to MetaFilter by hydrophonic at 9:37 PM on June 20, 2006 (15 comments)