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What to do about small painful lump near finger joint?
I've got a small painful lump at the base of my finger. The doctor says it's a nodule and recommends no treatment for now, but it's bothering me. Why have I got this, is there anything else it could be, and is there anything I can do about it?
Engagement party
I have just got engaged to fellow MeFite greenish, and we would like to drink it up with the London MetaFilter crowd to celebrate!
How does a Creative Commons Share-Alike license on an image affect a web design that image is used in?
I have used a photo that is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license as a background image in a WordPress theme. How much of the theme needs to be shared-alike?
One Click Orgs is a free, open-source online...
One Click Orgs One Click Orgs is a free, open-source online service that lets community groups get a legal structure set up, and helps with their day-to-day governance.
Manchester May Meetup Madness!
Manchester May MetaFilter Meetup Madness!
Spacehack
Spacehack "A directory of ways to participate in space exploration. Interact and connect with the space community."
Where can I find this old Flash animation with hopping bunnies and the head of Margaret Thatcher?
Does anyone remember and know where I can find an old Flash animation that I saw on the internet years ago, which featured hopping bunnies, the floating head of Margaret Thatcher, and a jaunty song containing the word 'ja!'?
Suggestions for comedy songs to sing at the piano
I'd like to learn some more comedy songs to sing at the piano along the lines of Hugh Laurie's Mystery. Suggestions?
I recently finished a complete redesign of the...
Greenvoice I recently finished a complete redesign of the environmental campaigning site Greenvoice. It's a free site that helps people establish a web presence for their campaign, and encourages them to use wikis, blogs and discussion forums to involve the community. It also provides free campaigning tools like petitions, pledges, and event organisation.
electric stimulus to face
Typographunnies
Matches versus lighters: which is more envionmentally friendly?
Which is more environmentally-friendly: matches or lighters?
DR. SBAITSO WAS MY ONLY FRIEND.
The Tipping Pot
The Tipping Pot "Created for St. Patrick's Day, a gritty British take on the Guinness Tipping Point ad"
Richard Feynman needs his orange juice
Misty
Some jazz noodling on that classic standard Misty. My friend Steph on the alto sax, me on the piano.
The Terrible Secret of Animal Crossing
The Terrible Secret of Animal Crossing "I've documented the journey of Billy, a young, happy lad who believes he's going off to have fantastic adventures at summer camp... This is a literal and practically contextual account of what happens to poor bastards sent to Animal Crossing."
Cherry Chocolate Rain
Say No To Grandpa Joe
Say No to Grandpa Joe. Exposing the "dark underbelly" of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: finally, in one place, a body of categorised analysis and evidence, footnoted and attributed, proving conclusively that Grandpa Joe is a "ratbag industrial spy bastard".
Boston Meetup, Friday 5th October
Boston meetup! Myself and wimpdork happen (independently!) to be visiting the area at the same time, so how about a meetup on Friday 5th October?
iTunes added my new music tracks as podcast episodes, but doesn't show them under Podcasts -- how can I delete them?
I added some new music tracks to iTunes, and for some reason it thought they were podcast episodes. So it doesn't show them under 'Music'. But it's not showing them in the 'Podcasts' library either. I've deleted the music files from the Finder, but how can I clear out the tracks from my iTunes library?
London meetup, 28 June 2007
You remember that thing about London meetups happening far too frequently? Well, it's happening again. Short-notice meetup, tonight (Thursday 28th), Cittie of Yorke, 7pm onwards.
How do you justify spending half a million pounds on a logo?
Help me understand the marketing/branding industry. The 2012 London Olympics committee just spent £400,000 on this new logo. How does a branding company justify this kind of money to just design a logo? That can't be all there is to it, right? What kind of things actually get delivered and done on a project like this?
London Meetup, 5 June
Late-notice London meetup: Tuesday 5 June, 4pm onwards, The Salisbury, St Martin's Lane
Thou Shalt Always Filter
Church Locking in England
Church Locking: shattering the myth that "all churches are locked". With the aim of visiting every church in England and recording whether it is kept locked or unlocked, this ten-year-old 'side project' now has statistics by county and diocese, county maps, and a map of the country showing their progress.
Twatter
Twatter - A global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: Who are you doing?
Circumference
Inspired by this post about playing pi to 1,000 places on the piano, I thought I'd print out the notes and see if I could improvise something a bit more musical (if cheesy).
Is it acceptable to post several questions at once to AskMe?
Is it acceptable to fold three unrelated questions into one AskMe post on the pretence that they're vaguely connected (that is, they're all kinda sorta about Macs)?
The International Music Score Library Project
The International Music Score Library Project. PDF downloads of public domain classical music scores. From solo piano to full symphony orchestra. 2,762 works and counting.
In a journaling file system, why are journal writes more reliable than file system writes?
In a journaling file system like ext3, a journal entry is written before each file system change, describing the change about to be carried out. This allows quick recovery if the actual file change is interrupted or not carried out due to power outage or whatever. But why is the act of writing the journal entry not susceptible to the exact same threat of being interrupted?
Doxory
Doxory. Often in life we are faced with a choice of 2.0 possible courses of action. Should I do X or Y? Now you can harness the wisdom of the web crowds to resolve those painful dilemmas for you!
London meetup photos (Mar 2007)
Photos from last night's London meetup. Features sandwiches and corruption.
Nothing To See Here
Nothing To See Here A guide to "some of the world's lesser-signposted places to go - attractions that may not be all that attractive; coastal towns they forgot to close down; high streets that haven't been homogenised; oddities and one-offs."
Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
uclue: A questions and answers site staffed by former Google Answers researchers
uclue is yet another questions and answers site. What's special about this one? Well, it's staffed by former Google Answers Researchers, and operates in a very similar way (although with a few differences) to the now-dead Google service. (via Ars Technica)
London March meetup?
Oi, Londoners! March meetup?
Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football
Royal Shrovetide Football is a traditional ball game played each year in Ashbourne, Derbyshire on a 'pitch' three miles long, lasting the two days of Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. It's been going since at least 1683 and likely much earlier.
After a ceremonial rendition of Auld Lang Syne and God Save The Queen, the cork-filled ball is thrown from the starting plinth into the crowd, and then it's the Up'ards versus the Down'ards, forming giant scrums (or 'hugs') of people moving up and down the River Henmore, with the aim of 'goaling the ball' at their respective goal post.
After a ceremonial rendition of Auld Lang Syne and God Save The Queen, the cork-filled ball is thrown from the starting plinth into the crowd, and then it's the Up'ards versus the Down'ards, forming giant scrums (or 'hugs') of people moving up and down the River Henmore, with the aim of 'goaling the ball' at their respective goal post.
London meetup photos (Feb 2007)
Photos from last night's London meetup. Straight from sueinnyc's camera to my Flickr account to your face. Features health warnings.
Favorite comment/post bug
If someone marks post number x as a favorite, and someone else marks comment number x as a favorite, they both end up on the same "n users marked this as a favorite" page, even though they're referring to different items.
Why do Central Line trains sometimes jolt as they're leaving the station?
On the London Underground, on the Central line, why does the train sometimes jolt as if it's lost power for a second as it's leaving the station?
The Online Pork Rind Resource
The Online Pork Rind Resource. Once a genuine online store, porkrind.com is now your premier source for pork rind in sculpture, music, poetry... and porn (NSFW). Don't miss the reviews! And the tour of Texas! And the insanity!
The I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Info Site
The I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Info Site. A huge collection of short transcripts and one-liners from the perennial antidote to panel games, organised by game and category -- including some never-before broadcast! Personal favourites are the One Song To The Tune Of Another introductions and the "while Samantha"s.
The Ten Word Review
The Ten Word Review Review anything you like, but in ten words or less. For example:
A Scanner Darkly: Rotoscoping gives Keanu a soul. Shame he opens his mouth.
A Scanner Darkly: Rotoscoping gives Keanu a soul. Shame he opens his mouth.
In skin grafts, what happens to the place where they took the skin from?
When they do skin grafts on people, doesn't it just leave an equivalent 'hole' wherever they took the skin from? How does that work?
Guide to Johnny Castaway
Where/when can an amateur classical pianist perform?
I'm an amateur classical pianist. I used to give solo recitals at college, and I would like to start performing again out here in the real world. But what sort of group/organisation/event do I need to get involved with to have this kind of opportunity? Could I organise a little independent recital for myself, or is that weird and too egotistical?
Why does computer chip process size have to keep getting smaller?
Computer chip process size: 130 nm -> 90 nm -> 65 nm. Why do we need to keep making it smaller? Why can't we just make the chips bigger?
One Day in History
One Day in History is a national blogging event organised by the History Matters campaign in the UK. They want UK citizens (or anyone with UK ties) to blog a diary entry about their day today (17 October). The entries will be archived at the British Library, creating a snapshot of everyday life in 2006 for the bemusement of future generations.
What is the point of using a salt when encrypting passwords in a web application?
What is the point of using a salt when encrypting passwords in a web application?
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