Do non-English-speaking countries hold spelling bees?
posted to Ask Metafilter by strangeguitars at 8:18 AM on May 31, 2008 (22 comments)

As summer approaches, how about some nice suggestions for alternatives for cola/sodas? I want to save money, bottles, and empty calories.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Deathalicious at 12:48 AM on April 2, 2008 (40 comments)

what's the secret handshake that gets me access to the interesting/unusual materials that designers and contractors can get ahold of?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phoeniciansailor at 11:11 PM on February 24, 2008 (17 comments)

Solve the pattern: Patrick O'Brian, Alan Furst, Neal Stephenson... who comes next?
posted to Ask Metafilter by It ain't over yet at 6:47 PM on February 13, 2008 (37 comments)

What's the best-case scenario for syncing my cell phone with a Linux desktop?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mindsound at 1:05 PM on January 12, 2008 (1 comment)

I just took a trip to Atlanta and became addicted to sweet tea. I googled for recipes and noticed a few variations in the way it's prepared (besides amount of tea bags, sugar, water). That is, some recipes call for boiling the tea, then adding the sugar, then adding *room temperature* water. Some call for adding boiling water to tea, steeping, adding the sugar, then adding *cold* water. I think one called for adding the boiling water to tea, adding the sugar, then adding *room temperature water*. etc. etc. What I'm curious about is how do the differences affect the final taste?
posted to Ask Metafilter by edjusted at 8:59 PM on December 12, 2007 (33 comments)

Suggestions for easy ways to automate selling prints of my photos online? Websites/vendors that will do this?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gramcracker at 8:26 AM on December 3, 2007 (6 comments)

I have a fairly unstructured job at a medium-sized company where what I do varies day to day. However, there's one aspect of my work which I really enjoy, and I'm wondering if there's a formal name for it and/or a way to become "qualified" should I want to do the same thing somewhere else.
posted to Ask Metafilter by OrlandoFurioso at 5:47 PM on July 28, 2007 (11 comments)

Scientists out there, what are the best physical constants or material properties to have memorized for back-of-the-envelope calculations?
posted to Ask Metafilter by SBMike at 3:11 PM on July 17, 2007 (25 comments)

Help me find these non-terry cloth bath towels like the one my SO got in Italy.
posted to Ask Metafilter by wsg at 12:26 PM on July 5, 2007 (8 comments)

I want to be able to email myself into the future, using Gmail. So for example, 3 months from now, I want to receive an email from myself reminding me to renew the license sticker on my car. How can I do this? If not Gmail, then how?
posted to Ask Metafilter by esolo at 9:09 AM on June 26, 2007 (22 comments)

My fiancee wants to keep his father's skull after he passes. How does one go about doing this?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tugena13 at 5:34 PM on June 21, 2007 (24 comments)

How can I print a USPS media rate shipping label?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nitsuj at 5:38 PM on June 12, 2007 (15 comments)

I was in Amsterdam this Monday and Tuesday. Early tuesday morning I walked past a group of buskers who were playing music which changed my life. I've never heard anything like it. They looked to me to be maybe Turkish, somewhere eurasian. Two guys were keeping up a simple 2 - chord rhythm on accordions, whilst the lead guy was blasting his soul into a clarinet, playing a kind of desperate, breathy, technical jazz / polka kind of sound. It was awesome. Anyone seen these guys? Anyone know what kind of music I might have heard? Thanks in advance...
posted to Ask Metafilter by sann1657 at 11:04 AM on June 14, 2007 (18 comments)

Does anyone know a good (but fairly simple) recipe for Kvas, the delicious Russian soft drink made from bread? I tried some the other day and I'm addicted. I'm drinking gallons of it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by vizsla at 12:51 AM on June 11, 2007 (14 comments)

The Steelcase Think chair: is it worth it, and how to find around Ottawa, Canada?
posted to Ask Metafilter by paperclip at 9:29 PM on March 24, 2007 (5 comments)

I am looking for an optical 3-button mouse, and can't find one anywhere. Scroll wheels don't count. Where can I find one?
posted to Ask Metafilter by bsdfish at 12:45 PM on February 17, 2006 (11 comments)