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Help me find, buy or build a donor-friendly online giving management system for our non-profit.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Milkman Dan
at 3:40 PM on October 7, 2008
(5 comments)
Akhetaten
(a.k.a. Amarna) was the city built by Pharaoh
Akhenaten, famous for his
monotheistic beliefs and his queen,
Nefertiti and son,
Tutankhamun.
The Amarna Letters has translations of correspondence sent to the Akhenaten, but a trove of it was found at the Amarna site. During his reign a
distinctive style of art rose to prominence, only to vanish after his death. The Boston MFA
has 40 objects from the era in its collection. Perhaps the most famous of the cultural artifacts of Akhenaten is the Great Hymn to Aten (
hieroglyphics, four different English translations:
1,
2,
3,
4). This poem was
set to music by Philip Glass for his opera Akhnaten (
information about the opera). Some see
direct parallels between The Great Hymn to Aten and Psalm 104. Though it was billed as a new beginning, like many utopias, Amarna was
no haven for the regular folk who lived there.
posted to MetaFilter by Kattullus
at 4:55 PM on October 4, 2008
(23 comments)
What is your most comfortable, yet still moderately sexy bra?
posted to Ask Metafilter by lemonade
at 7:19 PM on September 29, 2008
(31 comments)
What was it like during the Great Depression?
University of Oregon Economist Mark Thoma links to interviews by Studs Terkel which deal with the Great Depression. All interviews in Real Player format. Interviewees:
Gardner C. Means, economic adviser to FDR.
Peggy Terry, a migrant farm worker (my favorite interview).
Virginia Durr, civil rights activist.
Ed Paulsen, dayworker.
Emma Tiller, cook.
Pauline Kael (yes,
that Pauline Kael).
Mary Owsley, farm worker. Much more in the
Hard Times section of the wonderful
Studs Terkel website, which has been featured twice previously on MetaFilter (
1,
2)
[via Obsidian Wings]
posted to MetaFilter by Kattullus
at 12:05 AM on September 29, 2008
(30 comments)
AOL Sessions
has live videos from more than 150 different artists specially recorded for the series. Here are just a few of the artists on offer:
Paul McCartney,
Mary J. Blige,
Modest Mouse,
Tori Amos,
Robyn,
Tom Petty,
Rhymefest,
Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Natasha Bedingfield,
Cat Power,
Toby Keith,
Lil' Wayne,
Robert Plant,
Yeah Yeah Yeahs,
Kelly Rowland,
Weezer and
Brian Wilson. To the left of the videos there's a Q&A link that has short interview videos with the artists as well as
behind the scenes footage and
longer interviews.
posted to MetaFilter by Kattullus
at 4:49 AM on September 22, 2008
(20 comments)
After digging through the previous posts and everything on Google related to feline diabetes, my biggest question remains: what is quality of life for a cat with this diagnosis?
posted to Ask Metafilter by batmonkey
at 11:20 PM on September 13, 2008
(17 comments)
Cat spit mystery: Why am I allergic to one of our cats, but not the other?
posted to Ask Metafilter by lottie
at 6:58 PM on September 8, 2008
(13 comments)
Spore is out and I'd love to add MeFi creatures to my universe. Please post your Spore username here.
posted to MetaTalk by jragon
at 6:59 AM on September 8, 2008
(78 comments)
I'm looking for a facebook application that will update my profile each time I post on my blog, ideally with the first sentence or two of that post included in my profile.
posted to Ask Metafilter by veggieboy
at 7:38 AM on September 5, 2008
(20 comments)
Why are dawn simulator alarm clocks so expensive? What would I be missing if I made one myself?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fermezporte
at 6:54 PM on September 2, 2008
(14 comments)
If you were asked to design the perfect weapon to exploit this vulnerability as it manifests itself in attractive, urban gay men, you’d want something that would intensify our isolation, exaggerate our propensity to objectify each other, and persuade us to objectify ourselves -- by encouraging us to believe that our purpose is to look good and have lots of sex. Manhunt would be your perfect weapon
"
Has Manhunt Destroyed Gay Culture?". It's a great article, but what happened after its publication may be just as interesting.
posted to MetaFilter by Weebot
at 11:35 PM on August 28, 2008
(52 comments)
Any tips on "floater" (e.g. check out generic laptop #6 for the day) laptop policies and procedures?
posted to Ask Metafilter by bartleby
at 10:45 AM on August 25, 2008
(7 comments)
Looking for popular history books whose title is or starts with a specific year -
1776,
1491,
69 A.D., etc. A subtitle after the year is fine, but the title needs to start with a specific date. Thanks!
posted to Ask Metafilter by mediareport
at 4:04 PM on August 24, 2008
(28 comments)
History's greatest replies.
Any attempt to compile history's greatest replies—or history's greatest anything, for that matter—is fraught with difficulty, so it might be more accurate to refer to the replies that follow as simply my all-time favorites.
posted to MetaFilter by psmealey
at 10:44 AM on March 3, 2008
(67 comments)
AquaticNecromancyFilter: Combined, the cities of San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley employ about 3500 uniformed police officers. Do they outnumber the army that could be raised by dark magic from the floor of the San Francisco Bay? Approximately how many entire sets of human skeletal remains are there in that body of water, considering disasters, shipwrecks, bridge jumpers, tidal movement of sediment, etc.?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ambrosia Voyeur
at 5:51 PM on August 13, 2008
(29 comments)
With black velvet paintings of
George W. Bush,
Dick Cheney,
Karl Rove,
Donald Rumsfeld,
Jack Abramoff,
Phil Spector,
Jon Benet Ramsey,
Jesus and a Big Rig,
Erik Estrada,
Charles Nelson Reilly,
Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher, and everyone's favorite physicist,
Stephen Hawking, velvet paintings aren't just of
Elvis,
Unicorns, and
Aztec Indians anymore.
posted to MetaFilter by premiumpolar
at 4:42 PM on August 12, 2008
(38 comments)
Please help me with a fun multilingual translation? Quick and easy, all languages needed.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Meatbomb
at 6:46 AM on August 5, 2008
(42 comments)
Help me find this kick-ass book of Bible stories from my childhood.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mdiskin
at 11:46 AM on August 4, 2008
(14 comments)
I love my sister and my sister loves RICE. Do you have any good recipes for her? Asian--Chinese/Korean/Indian/Pakistani/Thai/etc.--recipes preferred. The rice can be prepared any which way--flavoured, fried, with sauce over plain rice, whatever. (
Previously).
posted to Ask Metafilter by flibbertigibbet
at 11:20 AM on July 31, 2008
(28 comments)
I want to buy an ice cream maker: Kitchenaid stand mixer attachment versus standalone model?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sararah
at 9:57 AM on July 28, 2008
(19 comments)
What are the best exercises to improve photographic skills?
I am planning a series of workshops with both young and mature students who want to engage with photography. The workshops can be a preparation for studying photography at university or form a basis of a portfolio. Ultimately I am trying to encourage creative development and critical thinking about photography.
posted to Ask Metafilter by slimeline
at 4:59 PM on July 24, 2008
(16 comments)
Help! I need reference texts about Mormonism: the beliefs, the texts, the politics, the economy, everything.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ambrosia Voyeur
at 2:11 PM on July 24, 2008
(18 comments)
How do you mentally recover from having been in the hospital, especially when you don't know what was wrong?
posted to Ask Metafilter by desjardins
at 7:17 AM on July 22, 2008
(10 comments)
In a time before the Prius, the custom conversion van ruled the roadways.
Pushing the
boundaries of the airbrush form, testing the limits of
mobile interior design, featuring the latest in
automatic pink leather bed,
compact toaster, 8-track, and
love machine technology, the 70s van was celebrated in
song and
cinema. You started with
a factory model, new or used, and ended at a place limited onlyby your creativity, your budget, and your
old lady's patience (NSFW). Ford could
make you a man.If push came to shove, you could even
live in your van. It was fantasy on wheels:
van-tastic, man.
posted to MetaFilter by Miko
at 9:14 PM on July 18, 2008
(43 comments)
How do I make Sharepoint usable? Less ugly? Am I missing something or is this really unintuitive? What is everyone else using?
posted to Ask Metafilter by geoff.
at 11:15 AM on July 15, 2008
(11 comments)
I'm a fairly short woman (5'2"), and my feet dangle from almost every chair (pew, bench, sofa, car seat) I sit in. This is uncomfortable and occasionally painful, and I've taken to sitting cross-legged everywhere, which is also uncomfortable and occasionally painful. What are my options?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sciapod
at 7:41 AM on July 15, 2008
(21 comments)
Did a 'dream team' of biblical scholars mislead millions?
[Chronicle of Higher Education] You may recall the curfuffle over the gnostic "Gospel of Judas"
(previously). The National Geographic's documentary premiere "attracted four million viewers, making it the second-highest-rated program in the channel's history, behind only a documentary on September 11. . . . However, it's a perfect example, critics argue, of what can happen when commercial considerations are allowed to ride roughshod over careful research. What's more, the controversy has strained friendships in this small community of religion scholars — causing some on both sides of the argument to feel, in a word, betrayed."
posted to MetaFilter by spock
at 7:48 AM on June 30, 2008
(142 comments)
I love Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City. It's a non-fiction book about Chicago in 1893 which reads much like a novel. I'd like to read other books written in the same novel-esque style about some other cities or historic events. Know of any novel-like non-fiction reads?
posted to Ask Metafilter by melodykramer
at 7:39 PM on June 29, 2008
(46 comments)
American Studies scholars, please help me compare 2 programs in New England and American Studies and get some general advice.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Miko
at 6:40 AM on June 23, 2008
(10 comments)
Imago Urbis: Giuseppe Vasi’s Grand Tour of Rome is a rich and innovative geographic database that projects Vasi's 18th century engravings of Roman architecture onto the contemporary map of Giambattista Nolli
[previously] with supplementary modern satellite, photographic and mapping overlays together with copious background detail. The work was undertaken by researchers at the
University of Oregon (announcement) [
via]
posted to MetaFilter by peacay
at 11:21 PM on June 11, 2008
(3 comments)
Simple, easy and elegant recipes that are always crowd pleasers: What are yours?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Carialle
at 10:28 AM on June 11, 2008
(49 comments)
RemodelingKitchenFilter: What do you wish you had done to your kitchen when you had the chance?
posted to Ask Metafilter by birdlips
at 8:01 AM on June 11, 2008
(43 comments)
