If I leave a firefox window open for a long time (all day, for instance) an explorer window will pop up telling me my computer is low on memory and that I need to close firefox. When I open task manager it's consuming hundreds of MBs of memory. When I close it and reopen it, it's back down to about 75 MBs. I thought they had fixed memory leaks in a previous version. Is there any way to avoid this? (I've got 2GB RAM)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Autarky at 10:15 PM on November 6, 2008 (16 comments)

Mammals | Natural History Museum. From fascinating bats to enormous whales, mammals are the most diverse group of animals on our planet. Equipped with wings, fins, horns and spines – they have evolved to fill many niches and roles. Discover more about this complex group, which of course, includes us.
posted to MetaFilter by netbros at 6:45 AM on November 6, 2008 (15 comments)

At 12:00am EST, in the Ballot Room of the Balsams Resort in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, the 2008 Presidential Election began.* The vote was 15-6 Obama -- the first time a Democrat has carried the village since 1968. Despite their "first in the nation" status, though, they have only picked the winner 50% of the time.
posted to MetaFilter by dw at 10:05 PM on November 3, 2008 (2049 comments)

The Free Site Validator is for all y'all web designers who are tired of putting each and every page through the W3C Markup Validation Service. Enter the URL you'd like checked, start the report and you'll soon have every page of the site examined for valid markup and link rot. It also uses OpenID so you might already have an account! [via 456 Berea Street]
posted to MetaFilter by sciurus at 5:13 PM on October 30, 2008 (12 comments)

I still don't have HDTV and have been postponing this major expense as much as I can. Last week was in Costco and saw Westinghouse 32" LCD for just $399 and almost snapped. Does it make any sense to wait longer? Will prices sink after Christmas or will they stay flat?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by bargainhunter at 12:36 PM on October 29, 2008 (17 comments)

Am I being delusional in thinking we should be apart?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by InterestedInKnowing at 1:25 PM on October 21, 2008 (23 comments)

Here we go again. It looks like we're getting separated. In North Carolina. Short-term marriage, no joint property, no kids.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 6:44 PM on October 21, 2008 (7 comments)

Relationship filter: Can I keep my self-respect and still be with her?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 1:42 PM on October 20, 2008 (49 comments)

Is there a web app that lets you diagram like you would in OmniGraffle or Visio?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Hypocrites at 11:59 PM on October 20, 2008 (4 comments)

Seeking out the pagan origins of Christian holidays
posted to Ask MetaFilter by watercarrier at 5:04 AM on October 19, 2008 (19 comments)

I'm trying to find a psychological/sociological study on men and women's views of the ideal female body type.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Jaltcoh at 1:30 PM on October 19, 2008 (6 comments)

Any advice for a rough patch in marriage?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 6:30 PM on October 14, 2008 (29 comments)

Identification filter. In the bottom of the photo inside, is a small container that I'm trying to identify. (warning, geek alert!)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by asavage at 9:55 PM on October 13, 2008 (27 comments)

InternetFilter: Besides MetaFilter, whats the must read of the day? Tired of perusing the usual suspects for cool things on the internet. As I grow older find myself a bit less enthused over reddit, fark, digg, etc. As we all know, Metafilter is the holy grail of knowledge and all things fantastic, but I find myself wondering if there are a couple of pit stops missing before arriving here that will make my internet time better. Thinking along the lines of science, art, sociology, psychology, music and more. Any and all suggestions much appreciated.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Funmonkey1 at 2:35 PM on October 13, 2008 (20 comments)

I started dating someone pretty seriously at the beginning of the summer. Due to his former wife's emotional instability, his three children (a 16-year-old daughter and 12-year-old twin sons) are living with us in my small two-bedroom apartment. I always wanted to have kids, but this is rather sudden! I'm lost and stumbling. Please offer any advice you think relevant.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Jaie at 10:12 AM on October 1, 2008 (67 comments)

A marriage, a love, a confusion. Please help me understand what is happening here...
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 6:46 PM on October 11, 2008 (23 comments)

I'm completely confused about why this is bothering me so much. Can you help me figure it out? My wonderful adorable boyfriend of several years has recently begun a D&D campaign with his friends, and their typically evil characters go around murdering, stealing, and raping. Why oh why do I have no problems with the first two in games, but become incredibly frustrated when I hear about that third?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 7:30 AM on October 10, 2008 (99 comments)

How do I keep my wife from leaving me?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 8:37 PM on October 6, 2008 (40 comments)

Social Bookmarking on a corporate intranet: How can I introduce it successfully?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by lord_yo at 5:49 AM on October 7, 2008 (3 comments)

How does a husband and a wife deal with nagging and the resultant arguments? My wife is a self-admitted nag. I am a self-admitted procrastinator. She likes to make decisions and do things now. I would rather sleep on it and let things develop a bit. I don't have a problem with leaving a dish or two in the sink. She needs the place to be near spotless. I am not a slob. She is not anal-retentive. When she wants me to hang curtains, she wants it done now. If I need something done, I will do it myself on a deadline I feel will not impact the situation. I don't think this problem is unique to our relationship. How have you and your wife better dealt with this proverbial problem? A good answer to this question is not 'just pick up your sh*t!'.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by kaizen at 4:23 AM on August 20, 2008 (35 comments)

Since the last Baltimore meetup sort of fizzled out in the rain and there hasn't been a DC meetup in a while, why don't we split the difference and drink in Columbia, MD?
posted to MetaTalk by youcancallmeal at 8:53 PM on October 5, 2008 (39 comments)

Is it financially feasible to set up my own solar farm?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by soy_renfield at 8:06 AM on September 30, 2008 (13 comments)

The cab ride I'll never forget.
posted to MetaFilter by Brandon Blatcher at 4:41 PM on September 28, 2008 (190 comments)

Riccardo Patrese drives wife crazy in Civic Type-R (SLYT)
posted to MetaFilter by slater at 10:37 AM on September 16, 2008 (136 comments)

Can anyone recommend an affordable and reliable house painter in D.C.?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by buddha9090 at 5:11 AM on September 16, 2008 (2 comments)

Please help us build a retro-modern room around this chair.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by simbiotic at 3:35 PM on September 9, 2008 (5 comments)

Which has been a more satisfying and productive use of your time, phone banking or door-to-door canvassing? Which do you feel is less intrusive?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by J-Garr at 12:30 PM on September 4, 2008 (14 comments)

RIP Bell Labs "After six Nobel Prizes, the invention of the transistor, laser and countless contributions to computer science and technology, it is the end of the road for Bell Labs' fundamental physics research lab."
posted to MetaFilter by Eideteker at 4:20 AM on August 28, 2008 (56 comments)

My company is looking to build a search engine to index our web site and I'm wondering if anyone has used any open package to do the task. Names, URLs, experience would be highly appreciated,
posted to Ask MetaFilter by seeminglee at 10:37 AM on August 26, 2008 (6 comments)

Is there a guide to the anticipated differences between IE and Firefox when coding a website?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by GilloD at 8:41 AM on August 25, 2008 (17 comments)

Strategies for dealing with a fear of men, please.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 10:28 AM on August 13, 2008 (19 comments)

If your parents divorced when you were a kid, how do you now wish they'd handled it?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by jon1270 at 9:52 AM on August 12, 2008 (25 comments)

How does web scraping work with PHP/mySQL? What best practices are there?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Foci for Analysis at 3:06 PM on August 6, 2008 (15 comments)

Nerds, start your engines: it's the new Metafilter Infodump.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 7:58 AM on January 22, 2008 (272 comments)

Mefi movie night in NoVa. Anybody interested?
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie at 12:58 PM on January 8, 2008 (61 comments)

It's here: the Metafilter Music Collaboration.
posted to MetaTalk by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:59 PM on December 30, 2007 (35 comments)

Is This Transparency? OP with very slim, one-year posting history asks a question about finding a good charity in AskMe, just prior to year-end tax-decision time. Newly registered responder posts a newly formed charity-aggregator/evaluator organization, without mentioning that he is, apparently, one of the two founders. Self-promotional setup leading to self-link? Or am I being too cynical?

[update, 1/3/08: a summary of events is being developed on the wiki. --cortex]
posted to MetaTalk by Miko at 10:44 AM on December 31, 2007 (1407 comments)

I like reading to my 5yr old son at bedtime. We have discovered that we both enjoy reading longer books/ novels with many chapters and some pictures here and there. Our latest was the original "The House at Pooh Corner". Please suggest more!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by ohdeanna at 6:22 AM on November 26, 2007 (45 comments)

How do you include yourself in exclusionary conversations?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by TheSecretDecoderRing at 11:46 AM on November 23, 2007 (25 comments)

Mefi members on eMusic? Inspired by the thread at Mecha, if you're an eMusic user what's your nickname?
posted to MetaTalk by drezdn at 2:27 PM on November 16, 2007 (14 comments)

A Thanksgiving Prayer.
posted to MetaFilter by puddnhead at 8:41 AM on November 22, 2007 (36 comments)

How about a meet-up in Timonium, MD? As far as I know, it's the only unincorporated area of America to power starships!
posted to MetaTalk by Fferret at 10:04 AM on November 20, 2007 (37 comments)

Can I just say that, despite the gravity of the post itself (I thought it was interesting, anyway), I do find it absolutely brilliantly hysterical that a post about four starving tigers eating a fifth is deleted because... the post was "pretty thin". Heh.
posted to MetaTalk by Brockles at 11:38 AM on November 19, 2007 (54 comments)

How do I dump a heavy-loaded 800MB MySQL table without affecting anything? I have a MySQL database serving data for a business-critical popular website. I need to grab the data from one of the tables, but cannot affect the website's performance in any way. I don't mind if it takes days to do it, as long as it affects absolutely nothing.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by lpctstr; at 3:33 PM on November 9, 2007 (17 comments)

What is the best book about the Manson Family? I'm looking for details on not just the infamous murders, but the group itself - what attracted people to join "the family", what were the internal dynamics like, etc.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Unsomnambulist at 9:01 PM on November 2, 2007 (12 comments)

Open Social API, coming soon (according to techcrunch) Google will be launching it's Open Social API, designed to allow inter operation between social networks. Social networks like orkut, linkedin, friendster, sixapart (livejournal and vox) and myspace will likely be using the technology. It's supposed to be announced today (at this URL, no less)
posted to MetaFilter by delmoi at 2:03 PM on November 1, 2007 (25 comments)

My grandfather, about whom I know very little, worked on the Manhattan Project. Any ideas where I can look to find information about him?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by A Long and Troublesome Lameness at 7:54 AM on October 30, 2007 (10 comments)

What's a good image gallery plugin for Wordpress?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by clockworkjoe at 10:32 AM on October 24, 2007 (15 comments)

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. In 2005, invasive MRSA infections were estimated to have killed 18,650 in the United States alone. This may be a conservative estimate. It is going global. It is changing politics. It may become pandemic.
posted to MetaFilter by PROD_TPSL at 11:45 AM on October 17, 2007 (113 comments)

How can I help my child learn to pay better attention to instructions and concentrate on his work, without turning him into a perfectionist?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by greenmagnet at 10:42 AM on October 16, 2007 (27 comments)