Looking for websites and podcasts with tips on being a better citizen journalist/blogger.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Unsomnambulist at 1:39 PM on June 23, 2008 (4 comments)

Maybe I'm just a prude but if I wanted an animal to hump my leg every night, I would have got a dog. What is my cat doing?
posted to Ask Metafilter by marylynn at 9:53 PM on June 9, 2008 (11 comments)

I just received an email from PayPal notifying me that my account information has been requested by the IRS. I rarely use the account--it has very little activity other than the occasional small purchase (ebay, etc) and small ebay sale. It doesn't seem like a scam email, but I have no idea why my info would be requested? Should I get a lawyer involved or is this just a large-scale email I should ignore? Here is the email with my name removed (however, the case does refer to John Doe):
posted to Ask Metafilter by verevi at 2:41 PM on January 3, 2008 (26 comments)

Yet another Halloween question... What are your favorite drink/cocktail recipes with a Halloween "twist"?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ObscureReferenceMan at 11:43 AM on October 23, 2007 (11 comments)

The stalled documentary American Scary may never see a DVD player, but that doesn't stop you from celebrating the lost art of the late night horror host. Vampira, Zacherley, Ghoulardi, Morgus, Sinister Seymour, Svengoolie, Doctor Madblood, Elvira, Joe Bob, and many more are all on the tubes. Who was your favorite?
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves at 5:01 AM on October 19, 2007 (28 comments)

I'm thinking of being the 2007 Writer's Strike for Halloween (because, you know, November 1st will be pretty scary for us WGA members living paycheck to paycheck.) Now-- how to make this snarky, intangible and in-joke-ridden costume idea a reality?
posted to Ask Metafilter by np312 at 12:26 PM on October 22, 2007 (19 comments)

Is Airborne science or snake oil ? The official website is flashy, but short on empirical evidence, and even admits that there is "no cure" for the common cold. The first doubts were from ABC News. Then David Cowan blogged about it. Now Michael Shermer from the Scientific American, and publisher of Skeptic weighs in an article called Airborne Baloney
posted to MetaFilter by lobstah at 8:43 AM on January 16, 2007 (165 comments)

California = France? Norwegian bløgger Carl Størmer (via THE BIG PICTURE) made a U.S. map substituting the state names for other countries of equivalent GDP. Some of the substitutions are funny: Illinois = Mexico? Texas = Canada? New Jersey = Russia? Hawaii = Nigeria? Oregon = Israel? But your economic mileage will vary: apparently California no longer has the "sixth-largest economy in the world", no matter what The Governator says. Wikipedia chimes in, while some Californians don't want to be bothered with facts.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 11:59 AM on January 16, 2007 (39 comments)

How many people (if any) have died at the Playboy Mansion?
posted to Ask Metafilter by yellowbinder at 9:51 AM on January 15, 2007 (7 comments)

Which wiki software is most beautiful right out of the box? Which is the easiest to customize?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Typographica at 6:04 PM on January 14, 2007 (15 comments)