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I want to set up a collaborative blog with some colleagues. What software should we use? I'm not entirely averse to dealing with hosting and so on, but would prefer something that works "out of the box" or even better, is a free service.
posted to Ask Metafilter by handee
at 6:21 AM on August 14, 2008
(6 comments)
Looking for an engaging, well-written book that explains scientific thinking
posted to Ask Metafilter by ManInSuit
at 7:34 PM on August 5, 2008
(30 comments)
Zeno of Elea, Socrates and Jesus, Weev said, are his all-time favorite trolls. He also identifies with Coyote and Loki, the trickster gods, and especially with Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction. “Loki was a hacker. The other gods feared him, but they needed his tools.” The New York Times investigates the ever-evolving, LOL-corrupting, epileptic-seizuring, iPod-leaving-on-gravestone-ing phenomenon of major Internet trolling, featuring interviews with Jason Fortuny, Weev, and a gentleman named Christopher Poole (
prev).
posted to MetaFilter by Sticherbeast
at 9:44 PM on July 31, 2008
(94 comments)
Can cognitive behavioral therapy be reconciled with mindfulness into a single, integrated approach to the world?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Gordion Knott
at 6:47 AM on January 10, 2008
(18 comments)
I'm looking for advice on effective live music promotion and building a following. Also: flyers?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ludwig_van
at 10:03 AM on May 3, 2006
(9 comments)
What are some ways to tell the direction [North, East, South, West] you are headed? And more generally, what are some cool nature tricks you've learned through the years?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cloeburner
at 10:25 AM on April 16, 2008
(36 comments)
How to structure a business partnership? Imagine this scenario: Two people want to go into business together. One person has the money to start the business, but no ability to actually run the business. The other person has the expertise to run the business, but no money to actually invest. How do they co-own the business in a way that is fair to both parties in respect to profits, debts, responsibilities and decision making?
posted to Ask Metafilter by billyfleetwood
at 3:53 PM on March 20, 2008
(18 comments)
[Math filter] What fascinatingly cool mathematical topics do you wish you knew about in high school?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tomcochrane
at 7:33 AM on March 27, 2008
(103 comments)
Advice for hiring a cleaning service (or a recommendation for one in the Northern VA area)?
posted to Ask Metafilter by empath
at 2:13 PM on March 15, 2008
(7 comments)
Help me make terrific challah.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Melismata
at 11:43 AM on March 12, 2008
(22 comments)
Inspiring books about mathematics and statistics?
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisalbon
at 4:42 PM on February 29, 2008
(31 comments)
The
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section was comprised of four session musicians operating out of the tiny northern Alabama town of town
Muscle Shoals.
Just four unassuming crackers who happened to have provided the funky underpinning for a
huge number of hit songs by, among others,
Aretha Franklin,
Wilson Pickett,
Paul Simon,
Joe Cocker,
The Staple Singers ,
Jimmy Cliff and
many, many others. Hey, they were the
house band to the greats. Big respect to the men from
3614 Jackson Highway!
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posted to MetaFilter by flapjax at midnite
at 6:18 AM on February 24, 2008
(27 comments)
I would like to read books by more MeFi writers. I have therefore made a list of who they are and their books.
posted to MetaTalk by paduasoy
at 5:03 AM on February 23, 2008
(102 comments)
Google mashup: Last year's
homicides in Baltimore. Depressed yet? Try looking at it in
Black and
White.
posted to MetaFilter by tkolar
at 10:08 PM on February 5, 2008
(61 comments)
I have bad luck with doctors and/or diseases. How do I regain trust in the medical profession? To what extent should I do so?
posted to Ask Metafilter by unknowncommand
at 8:59 AM on February 5, 2008
(22 comments)
What is proper etiquette for writing and distributing press releases? General advice, book/website suggestions appreciated; more specific questions inside.
posted to Ask Metafilter by bubukaba
at 12:31 PM on January 31, 2008
(13 comments)
While the US equities markets were closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Day, stock markets around the world took a nosedive,
losing billions in equity; the markets in
Australia,
South Korea,
Japan,
China,
Indonesia, Hong Kong,
Germany,
France,
the UK, and
more countries have dropped at least 5% each (
Canada only fell 4.75%), even though most of those markets had already been seriously down for several days prior.
India has been hit particularly hard, at one point down a whopping 11%, tripping their markets' automatic
"circuit breakers" for a mandatory time-out period, before scraping back up to close at
8% down. US futures markets are
currently predicting a 650+ point drop just at the open Tuesday morning, before even a single trade goes through.
posted to MetaFilter by Asparagirl
at 12:18 AM on January 22, 2008
(311 comments)
Can you recommend good books on the study of happiness?
posted to Ask Metafilter by missjamielynn
at 8:21 PM on January 17, 2008
(33 comments)
Each year the world makes about 5 trillion
plastic bags(art exhibit) using about 20 billion barrels of oil, each bag able to last thousands of years. In 2007 cities began legislating against plastic bags from outright bans to mandatory surcharges, starting in
San Francisco, then
Hong Kong,
Melbourne and now some
countries in Africa,
Israel and even the
entire country of China are taking similar strides to cut down on the worlds bag obsession. Who's next in 2008?
posted to MetaFilter by stbalbach
at 7:35 AM on January 16, 2008
(78 comments)
Help me converse intelligently with computer guys at cocktail parties.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Enroute
at 3:09 PM on January 15, 2008
(33 comments)
A good friend just received a brain cancer diagnosis with an estimated one year survival time. She wants to talk about death and time. She thinks I have something to teach or tell her worth hearing. I'd like to be helpful, but have no confidence in my ability to say or do anything meaningful. What I've said so far she appreciates.
What can I read that might help me frame discussions. I don't need pop psychology stuff, or advice dealing with the health care system or funeral arrangements. I like the idea of Zen notions of letting go but am too ignorant to know what to say.
Advice, experience, suggestions for gathering information please.
posted to Ask Metafilter by NorthCoastCafe
at 3:12 PM on January 7, 2008
(65 comments)
What are the best (eclectic, not so commercial) radio stations in the world?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stleric
at 5:45 PM on September 25, 2007
(62 comments)
I'd like your help in compiling a workout mix-cd of the most Awesome Cheesily Inspirational songs from movie training sequences. Think "Eye of the Tiger"... or even better, "Hearts on Fire" from the Rocky IV training sequence. And quite possibly the apex: Joe Esposito's "You're the Best" from the Karate Kid. (YOU'RE THE BEST! AROOOUND!) Stuff where you can't help but start going, "Yeah! I'm going to totally train in this montage to kick that guy's ass!" Doesn't even have to be from a training montage, just have that 'feel.'
posted to Ask Metafilter by Stan Chin
at 7:25 PM on March 31, 2005
(65 comments)
Help me find guided meditation mp3s.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ash3000
at 4:47 PM on September 4, 2007
(12 comments)
Life-altering experiences. Can you point to a single experience in your life, as a child, which you can define as having contributed to the person you are today? (+)
posted to Ask Metafilter by jeremias
at 4:41 AM on February 2, 2005
(216 comments)
I'm looking for a book that will serve as a good introduction to Buddhism.
posted to Ask Metafilter by freetheyams
at 3:39 AM on November 8, 2007
(21 comments)
Mapping Memory.
"Turn the human brain upside down and all around to see how memories are saved (or lost)."
National Geographic has a great interactive 3D map of the brain as part of an excellent
feature on memory.
posted to MetaFilter by homunculus
at 2:55 PM on October 24, 2007
(5 comments)
What does it mean to you (yes, YOU there, reading this) to be an American?
posted to Ask Metafilter by bam
at 3:41 AM on August 17, 2007
(128 comments)
I'm on a (self-imposed) tight budget, but I don't want to compromise my quality of life. So I'm looking for the best strategies to get great deals on everything from computers to clothing to books. What are your recommendations?
posted to Ask Metafilter by scottreynen
at 9:35 AM on September 7, 2007
(46 comments)
Here are some ways
to shrink your unnatural water- and gas-guzzling lawn and plant something that is beautiful and requires
no water usage, no mowing, and is more likely to attract more interesting wildlife. With
this much lawn in the U.S., and
incessant water shortages, and
other water issues and
wars in our present and looming in the future, why not go native? Naturally, there are
objections, since local ordinances often don't allow for natural prairie lawns, and the neighborhood stick-up-butt committees are
quick to remove things they consider eyesores. What is your lawn worth to you?
posted to MetaFilter by taursir
at 10:59 PM on September 9, 2007
(64 comments)
"It so often happens that I receive mail - well-intended but totally useless - by amateur physicists who believe to have solved the world. They believe this, only because they understand totally nothing about the real way problems are solved in Modern Physics...It should be possible, these days, to collect all knowledge you need from the internet. Problem then is, there is so much junk on the internet... I know exactly what should be taught to the beginning student...I can tell you of my own experiences. It helped me all the way to earn a Nobel Prize. But I didn't have internet.
I am going to try to be your teacher. It is a formidable task."
posted to MetaFilter by vacapinta
at 4:22 PM on August 29, 2007
(47 comments)
Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal
by Joel Salatin. This Saturday will mark this article's four year anniversary. Frankly, I was mildly surprised not to have found it mentioned before in MeFi. It's a good read about a sad state of affairs; how our government is turning its own people into outlaws, because freedom has been traded in for an illusion of security.
...but then we already knew that. Don't we?
posted to MetaFilter by ZachsMind
at 1:22 PM on August 29, 2007
(113 comments)
Hooked On Heat
is the two year old foodblog of
Meena, daughter of a Malaysian mom & Indian father, with tons of recipes & food stories for those who love spice in their food; her recent series of posts,
Indian Cooking 101 is a must read for those who love to eat Indian food and want to try it out at home.
posted to MetaFilter by jonson
at 7:20 PM on August 11, 2007
(25 comments)
I've taken up the violin. Where can I find the coolest sheet music?
posted to Ask Metafilter by theiconoclast31
at 11:25 PM on July 15, 2007
(12 comments)
