What kind of treatment have you had for endometriosis, and how were the side effects?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by miss tea at 7:47 AM on November 14, 2006 (7 comments)

My friend hurt himself and ended up with a six-digit hospital bill. The health insurer has denied his claim because he had a couple of drinks that night. What are his options and best strategies for appeal?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by randomstriker at 9:36 AM on November 7, 2006 (26 comments)

What are the "tricks of the trade" when it comes to getting the cheapest airfare possible?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by mi6op at 9:34 PM on November 1, 2006 (9 comments)

Daddy-daughter advice, or what can you tell me that you've learned?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by fijiwriter at 7:54 AM on October 19, 2006 (73 comments)

SF writers only use six words. A collection of six word epics from the cream of contemporary SF writers. Can Mefi do better? I reckon!
posted to MetaFilter by Sparx at 8:45 PM on October 24, 2006 (357 comments)

Autostitch is the world's first fully automatic 2D image stitcher. Capable of stitching full view panoramas without any user input whatsoever, Autostitch is a breakthrough technology for panoramic photography, VR and visualisation applications. This is the first solution to stitch any panorama completely automatically, whether 1D (horizontal) or 2D (horizontal and vertical). Don't miss the gallery.
posted to MetaFilter by crunchland at 8:38 PM on October 22, 2006 (54 comments)

Has anyone seen software for writing formal poetry?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by pracowity at 8:43 AM on October 18, 2006 (10 comments)

Breathing Earth. A map of the world showing a real-time simulation of the CO2 emissions level of every country in the world, as well as each countries birth and death rates.
posted to MetaFilter by stbalbach at 6:50 AM on September 15, 2006 (24 comments)

After several gray, barely above freezing days I'm looking to spend a week or two in Hawaii this xmas. But SEO spammers have taken over and anything remotely rated to "hawaii hotel" or "kauai house rental" end up with hundreds of pages of crappy stuff. I can't find any hotel guides or designy boutique hotel stuff. Anyone ever have an amazing time on Kauai or the big island? Where should I look?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by mathowie at 7:40 PM on November 8, 2004 (13 comments)

He was killed; he got (himself) killed. It was sold; it got sold (possibly out from under me). What sort of semantic difference does using forms of "get" versus "be" in passive constructions convey?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by kenko at 4:07 PM on September 8, 2006 (12 comments)

Help me choose an index fund and a financial institution.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Pontius Pilate at 8:16 PM on September 4, 2006 (18 comments)

Living Without Ultimate Moral Responsibility. Is it desirable to live without the idea of free will as we normally understand it? Is it even possible? This interview with Galen Strawson explores these questions. Those who like something meatier may enjoy Derk Pereboom on the same subject (from the previously linked Determinism and Freedom Philosophy Website). Also of note: Susan Blackmore on living without free will.
posted to MetaFilter by teleskiving at 4:15 PM on September 3, 2006 (99 comments)

This song is called mathowie's community blog, and it's about mathowie, and the community blog, but mathowie's community blog is not the name of the community blog, that's just the name of the song. - lyrical brilliance by It's Raining Florence Henderson, with extra bits of artistic license taken in the studio. - Arlo-esque lead vocals by French Fry, aka my brother Alex.
posted to MeFi Music by cortex at 10:40 PM on September 3, 2006 (142 comments)

Freelance copy editing: what's the going rate, and how much should I charge?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by limeonaire at 7:36 AM on September 3, 2006 (12 comments)

Online videos of philosophical lectures. Chomsky, Pinker, Dennet, Hofstadter, Searle, the Churchlands...
posted to MetaFilter by Wolfdog at 3:07 PM on August 31, 2006 (7 comments)

I recently took a college course in Sci-fi and Fantasy (awesome course) and it really opened up a desire to read some of the recent speculative fiction that I've been missing. (more inside)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Slimemonster at 8:10 PM on August 31, 2006 (28 comments)

My mom is interested in moving to Vancouver, BC. She would like to know about the housing market there: what are rents like? Are there a lot of rentals available? What are rentals like? Houses or apartments, yards, ect. Any information about finding a place to live there would be great!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by slimslowslider at 6:34 PM on July 7, 2005 (7 comments)

Why is it so much more expensive to fly from Vancouver than Seattle?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Kickstart70 at 11:24 PM on January 30, 2006 (11 comments)

After two years of saving, I’m planning my first Asian vacation (!) and will be off to Thailand in approximately six months. I'm feeling a little overwhelmed by the planning- please help!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by chickletworks at 6:52 PM on August 24, 2006 (18 comments)

How much money do you need to retire at 40 these days? What amount of money do you need to survive comfortable indefinitely? What about if you just want it to last until you are, say, 85?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by zaebiz at 12:12 AM on June 23, 2006 (23 comments)

Do any of you live in Belize? A friend of mine is toying with the idea of retiring in Belize and frankly he's got me curious as well. Have any of you actually done this or know anyone who has and would be willing to chat with him about it? Thanks in advance.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BoscosMom at 8:23 AM on August 18, 2006 (9 comments)

I'm confused - I want to plan for my retirement and have got as far as applications for a 401k and a Roth IRA; but then it all goes hideously wrong....
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forallmankind at 4:22 PM on August 13, 2006 (19 comments)

In the U.S., why does a family need two incomes to live at a standard that was previously attainable by one?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by horsemuth at 1:05 PM on August 21, 2006 (104 comments)

Pre-fab cabins and houses...can you tell me your positive and negative stories?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Kickstart70 at 2:41 PM on August 21, 2006 (9 comments)

Can I survive (or perhaps thrive?) on €950/month in Portugal?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by mdonley at 10:02 AM on August 20, 2006 (5 comments)

How valuable is the Open University MBA?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by TrashyRambo at 5:17 PM on August 14, 2006 (6 comments)

OutsideIn Korea - brought to the world by our own stavrosthewonderchicken. He asked what you would like to see on the site here. Now sit back while he brings it to you. Or not. Probably not, now I think about it. In any case, the man writes like a demon on crack (except twice as interesting) and, whether or not you have the slightest interest in Korea, you will be entertained by the stories. If you follow his personal site, you know what to expect. If you have never read his writings before, strap in, you're in for a bumpy ride.
posted to MetaFilter by dg at 4:38 AM on August 14, 2006 (19 comments)

A good place to stay at Tofino, Vancouver Island?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by squ1rr3l at 11:48 PM on July 31, 2006 (9 comments)

I really like the essays that David Foster Wallace collects in _A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again_ and _Consider the Lobster_. Which essayists take a similar approach?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by scarylarry at 5:42 AM on July 28, 2006 (12 comments)

For those who enjoy (or despise) the netubiquitous (Hey! A new word! Feel free to meme it for me. Thanks.) "Engrish" sites, here, via ctheory, is a more theoretical explanation of the phenomenon than you're likely to get by Googling "Engrish." (Two million hits and rising!)
posted to MetaFilter by kozad at 1:17 PM on July 10, 2006 (15 comments)

Upbeat acoustic indie folk rock blues! Most of my songs are about drinking.
posted to MeFi Music by armoured-ant at 12:29 AM on June 30, 2006 (18 comments)

Low quality stomping country music recorded drunk and presented here in it's straight-from-the-desk unmixed format. Came out pretty good. Nice rattly drums.
posted to MeFi Music by Jofus at 7:42 AM on June 30, 2006 (39 comments)

it's a song about dirt and also bags
posted to MeFi Music by frenetic at 8:13 PM on June 29, 2006 (46 comments)

"ironic electro-pop"
posted to MeFi Music by frenetic at 8:17 PM on June 29, 2006 (32 comments)

"I don't think Madonna is going to care if quonsar wants to dress you up in his love, all over, all over..." - mathowie
posted to MeFi Music by quonsar at 12:27 AM on July 1, 2006 (9 comments)

This is a litle weird, maybe, but so cool I wouldn't want anyone to miss it before it drops off the MeTa front page. adamrice said 'matthewchen is spamming', so I said 'there's a jangly, wistful guitarpop song somewhere in the phrase 'mathewchen is spamming'....' and cortex agreed and went ahead and recorded the song. How cool is that? I love this place sometimes.
posted to MetaTalk by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:04 PM on March 28, 2006 (151 comments)

Jangly, wistful guitarpop as requested.
posted to MeFi Music by cortex at 8:03 AM on June 30, 2006 (30 comments)

How Doctors Got Into the Torture Business
An Interview with Steven Miles: The torture-endangered Society
posted to MetaFilter by y2karl at 8:47 AM on June 28, 2006 (59 comments)

Can'tWeAllGetAlongFilter: Do Asian people stereotype other Asians?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by jason's_planet at 7:28 PM on June 20, 2006 (75 comments)

What is this Sketchzilla thing?! It is whatever you want it to be. It's a community art project. It's a funhouse. It's an art gallery. It's a madlib. It's a mad house. It's an html monster. It's a butteryfly ballot. It's the 10 most wanted. It's a flip book. It's noisy. It's the flag of the internet. Oh and it's occasionally NSFW. It is always changing and morphing and mutating in to something new, by you. I can't believe that Sketchzilla was the only surviving member of its species... But if we continue conducting nuclear tests... it's possible that another Sketchzilla might appear somewhere in the world again.
posted to MetaFilter by Sir Mildred Pierce at 10:56 AM on June 14, 2006 (250 comments)

What are the major unanswered questions in linguistics?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by ontic at 2:34 PM on June 13, 2006 (21 comments)

Experienced homeowners, help out a first-time buyer. What wisdom can you impart about the home buying process? What do you wish you had done differently when buying your first home?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Otis at 5:53 AM on July 29, 2005 (36 comments)

Bukowski. Complementary to previous Hank.
posted to MetaFilter by liam at 7:39 AM on June 8, 2006 (41 comments)

How can I make my symbolic/abstract writing style more accessible to readers, so that they won't turn away from my stories in boredom?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by gregb1007 at 1:08 PM on June 2, 2006 (57 comments)

Canadian Visa Questions: How can a USA citizen who is engaged to a Canadian citizen live for around a year in Canada prior to the marriage?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Inkoate at 7:37 AM on June 2, 2006 (20 comments)

Refi: Metafilter in Review [via mefi projects]
posted to MetaFilter by wheelieman at 7:06 AM on June 2, 2006 (44 comments)

A slightly different PowerPoint/ presentation filter: What are your tips, tricks, tools and resources for making kick-ass presentations?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by special-k at 5:40 PM on May 20, 2006 (23 comments)

Now this is something I just don't get. Getting worked up because some people are posting longer entries? Can someone explain this to me? So Ben Brown mentioned that he prefers longer posts, and a few people responded to the idea favorably. But then there's backlash to this idea? Can someone please explain to me how someone writing long posts is somehow wrong? Is anyone holding a gun to your head making you read anything on the web? If Ben Brown's posts are too long, don't read them. If Jack's or Brig's are too long, don't read them. If I'm wrong here, please set me straight. I must not have read the weblog rulebook that states posts should be short and snarky, if anyone has a hyperlink to said rule book, please post that too.
posted to MetaFilter by mathowie at 8:45 PM on March 28, 2000 (1609 comments)

Big, big list of links to YouTube's treasure chest of 80's music videos. Of course, there's good stuff, bad stuff, rare stuff and funny stuff.
posted to MetaFilter by davebush at 6:08 PM on May 17, 2006 (76 comments)

metafilter parody. no comment from me, i'll leave that to everyone else.
posted to MetaFilter by will at 10:32 AM on August 24, 2001 (1727 comments)