How would you go about getting your music heard and known on the internet?
posted to Ask Metafilter by theholotrope at 4:33 PM on July 23, 2008 (13 comments)

A Field Guide to Chess Tactics. Chess tactics explained in plain English, with hundreds of examples. A great site for beginning to mid-level players. Includes a large library of positional problems, organized thematically, with the solutions explained and discussed. For example, learn about knight forks, then quiz yourself on the same topic.
posted to MetaFilter by Rumple at 9:53 PM on June 19, 2007 (76 comments)

While I point accusingly at friends and relatives to find out who among them has stolen my copy of Michael Ruhlman's Charcuterie, would some MeFite be kind enough to post the recipe for salmon cured with fennel and pernod? I can find a couple of people online who've adapted the recipe, but I need the original (and my book back!)
posted to Ask Metafilter by obiwanwasabi at 9:02 PM on July 1, 2008 (8 comments)

What are your favorite tofu recipes?
posted to Ask Metafilter by barrakuda at 2:14 PM on May 27, 2008 (31 comments)

What does a man do during the last 20 years of his life? We learn what every day was like for this unnamed soul who lived through the death of John Lennon, was there for the biggest television experience ever and who saw many presidents inaugurated and witnessed some of them shot.
It might have been because of the holidays or just to fit in but sometime around the early 80's he began smoking. Throught the 90's his health declined and eventually the illness took over.
What must we think about the Star Trek fan with a surreal taste for art and who loved pasta? I'm not sure, but I am certainly thankful for the images.
posted to MetaFilter by MikeonTV at 4:23 PM on May 21, 2008 (68 comments)

Photos of TV On his blog, Mike Sacks has posted photographs taken from TV. via
posted to MetaFilter by degoao at 6:29 PM on May 21, 2008 (24 comments)

I'm very interested in becoming an editor, please help...yes, I've read the previous posts.
posted to Ask Metafilter by nikksioux at 9:01 PM on May 16, 2008 (34 comments)

May, 1968 - Paris I've scoured the Wikipedia entry (very helpful), gone over a few articles and collections of varying quality (not bad), and I've seen "The Dreamers" (a fiction film that touches on it)... Now, what non-fiction media (book, article, film, photographic collection, etc.) should I consume to have a better understanding of the Parisian Students'/General strike of May, 1968? I'd like to start with the most general, canonical retellings, and then work towards the specific. [English Language or very good translation preferred]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjjjjjjijjjjjjj at 7:34 AM on April 29, 2008 (16 comments)

Have you had a Harper's subscription since 1995? Have you been saving the back issues? Because....
posted to Ask Metafilter by mistsandrain at 4:47 PM on April 29, 2008 (11 comments)

How effective is Shovelglove, and will it help me in what I'm trying to accomplish?
posted to Ask Metafilter by 4ster at 7:12 AM on April 23, 2008 (9 comments)

• "Please don't beat me. I'm having my period." ~ Mama Wangari
• "It is being both black and gay [which is problematic]." ~ Zanele Muholi (Nehanda Nyakasikana) [NSFW]
• "Sisters at heart, these women are: from Kibera to Loresho." ~ WM
• "My vagina wants an Uzi" ~ Larissa Klazinga (Amanda Atwood)
• "You are from Kenya? So are you Kikuyu or Luo?" ~ Wangui

Blogs of women from Africa. That is all.
posted to MetaFilter by hadjiboy at 6:29 AM on April 17, 2008 (29 comments)

How do I diagram this sentence?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mai at 4:41 PM on April 25, 2007 (26 comments)

Weirdest and wildest films in the public domain.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Astro Zombie at 8:26 AM on March 10, 2008 (13 comments)

I love reading sites like kottke.org and Neatorama (and, of course, Metafilter). It's exciting - I never know what I'll come across next. What are some other sites that have lots of interesting stuff, preferably on a daily basis (but less often is fine as long as the content is high quality)?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jasminerain at 1:14 PM on February 21, 2008 (40 comments)

La Real Frida offers beautiful film footage of Frida Kahlo.* Beyond her own self-portraits, some of the most iconic images of Frida are portraits by her 10-year lover, photographer Nickolas Muray.
posted to MetaFilter by madamjujujive at 4:51 AM on February 25, 2008 (26 comments)

What do you look at/notice, as you wander through the world, that I probably ignore?
posted to Ask Metafilter by wittgenstein at 12:15 PM on February 12, 2008 (130 comments)

I want to start painting with acrylics. What are good, inexpensive supplies to get? What are some good resources/websites to learn how to start?
posted to Ask Metafilter by petah at 8:52 PM on April 25, 2006 (5 comments)

"You're really smart!" Psychologist Carol Dweck says that praising a child for being smart only teaches the kid to avoid any effort that might fail. "When we praise children for their intelligence, we tell them that this is the name of the game: Look smart, don't risk making mistakes." Malcolm Gladwell chimes in with his thoughts on the importance of being a smart kid, "What a gifted child is, in many ways, is a gifted learner. And what a gifted adult is, is a gifted doer. And those are quite separate domains of achievement."
posted to MetaFilter by revgeorge at 7:15 AM on February 13, 2007 (218 comments)

What does it mean when a man shows an anal sex video on the first date?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Secret Life of Gravy at 9:52 AM on October 14, 2005 (105 comments)

Please suggest songs of increasing difficulty I should master on acoustic guitar for entertainment, edification or attention seeking purposes.
posted to Ask Metafilter by hifimofo at 1:11 AM on January 24, 2008 (20 comments)

I am shy and sometimes socially anxious person who has benefitted greatly from social activities run by a small support group where I live (Glasgow, Scotland). I found that site just by sheer good fortune after learning (a couple of years ago) to type the phrase "social anxiety" into Google. I would like to meet more people and have more of a social life and so have started a local Shyness group on Meetup.com. I would like my group and my site to appeal to those who see themselves as shy rather than socially anxious and to those who know they are shy but have never heard of social anxiety. Where would be good places online and offline to promote our group? Where are the local shy people to be found?
posted to Ask Metafilter by AuroraSky at 9:18 AM on February 13, 2007 (9 comments)

I need friends...
posted to Ask Metafilter by sephira at 5:52 AM on January 9, 2008 (48 comments)

My girlfriend's ex is destroying our relationship.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous at 3:34 PM on July 17, 2006 (62 comments)

Help me learn to live with Vista. Tips, modifications, downloads sought.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Mozzie at 10:59 AM on September 13, 2007 (11 comments)

Late-20s unexpected isolation. Is this common?
posted to Ask Metafilter by StephenF at 5:53 PM on December 4, 2007 (61 comments)

Help me overcome my reluctance to dominate my girl and fulfill both our fantasies. I would feel silly and disconnected dominating my girl the way she wants to be dominated in the bedroom. How can I step beyond my self-consciousness to give her what she wants while remaining sensual enough to satisfy myself?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous at 8:49 AM on February 13, 2007 (24 comments)