Help me become less selfish
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Scientifik at 1:32 AM on November 3, 2008 (18 comments)

High Peaks: aerial panoramas of 18 famous Himalayan mountains, from the Digital Himalayas Collections, which include all kinds of interesting things: old and new photographs, short films from the 1930's, maps, rare books and manuscripts, songs and stories in the languages of the locals in these remote parts of the world at high altitudes.
posted to MetaFilter by nickyskye at 10:02 PM on November 1, 2008 (31 comments)

Are there any good alternatives to Hulu for watching TV on a computer? I'm having some bandwidth/connection problems, and I'd like to try an alternative if one exists.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by willnot at 10:12 AM on October 31, 2008 (11 comments)

How can I ignore my ego and feelings of self-importance?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by PFL at 5:17 AM on October 30, 2008 (19 comments)

Ubersuper is the place where Stefan Sicher shares inspiration and has fun. It has lead me to Soviet Propaganda Posters, Generating Art from Computer Games, Bruce Mozert's Underwater Photos, a cool stop motion video and much more.
posted to MetaFilter by sciurus at 1:35 PM on October 29, 2008 (3 comments)

Where can I find a freeware or shareware download for Mac OS X that will allow me to plug in numerical data (e.g., public library funding in a given year) for each U.S. State and get a map of the USA that displays color-coded states? Like the infamous red / blue states map, which also has county breakdowns.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by bad grammar at 8:13 PM on October 28, 2008 (5 comments)

MTVMusic Music to your eyes.
posted to MetaFilter by ColdChef at 8:25 PM on October 27, 2008 (84 comments)

Help me make better choices, food-wise.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 2:37 PM on October 28, 2008 (37 comments)

The Hardest Rapper Alive (SLYT; NSFW language)
posted to MetaFilter by educatedslacker at 12:38 PM on October 28, 2008 (35 comments)

How does an absolute beginner get started making electronic music?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by wastelands at 11:54 AM on October 28, 2008 (24 comments)

Electoral maps, going all the way back to the beginning.
posted to MetaFilter by interrobang at 1:42 PM on October 27, 2008 (35 comments)

Help me re-develop personal discipline without tearing myself to pieces.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 3:26 PM on October 26, 2008 (12 comments)

What did you do to get over your deep-seated belief that you'll fail at everything you do? In the past this has manifested itself in overtly self-destructive behaviors (e.g. substance abuse), and while those are currently under control I still engage in massive self-sabotage that I'm pretty sure is connected to my belief that I do not deserve success and will fail at anything I try to do.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 5:18 AM on October 27, 2008 (17 comments)

Turn your name into a face is a tool that creates icon-style faces based on your name. It is an example of an Identicon, automatically generated avatars that serve a security purpose. Another cool example is Monster ID, which each name creates a unique monster.
posted to MetaFilter by blahblahblah at 11:58 PM on October 26, 2008 (52 comments)

Best way to re-learn statistics? Enough that I wouldn't be lost in an advanced, fairly data-intensive psychology class. I took the course at Ga. Tech some years ago, but my old textbook is sooo boring and awful.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by amtho at 7:26 PM on October 23, 2008 (17 comments)

In looking at online personal finance sites (i.e. Wesabe, Mint, Yodlee, Quicken Online etc), is there any appreciable difference between them?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by TravellingCari at 9:03 AM on October 23, 2008 (16 comments)

Modista [via mefi projects]
posted to MetaFilter by ThePinkSuperhero at 9:22 PM on October 22, 2008 (42 comments)

Wait - Chicago has a pedway?
posted to MetaFilter by LSK at 8:34 PM on October 22, 2008 (53 comments)

I can't make myself do anything. I've never been able to. I want to accomplish so much, I have goals, but for some reason, I just can't make myself do all the things I know I'm capable of. How can I turn this around? Is there a name for it? What should I do?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 3:53 PM on October 22, 2008 (35 comments)

PALIN SONG
posted to MetaFilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 3:29 AM on October 22, 2008 (57 comments)

Is it better to buy a house or rent a place, considering the current economy?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by photomusic86 at 4:50 PM on October 19, 2008 (17 comments)

I'm currently running my Ipod classic on a windows xp desktop and (due to space problems) using my Ipod as a external hard drive. I.E, adding music to Itunes, manually adding it to my Ipod and then deleting it from Itunes. However, I'm going to buy a new (vista) laptop and wondered how can I retrieve all the music off my Ipod and sync it with my new laptop. Also, any idea how I can move all the Photos from my Ipod (which I have saved as full resolution pictures) to my laptop?? Any help or advice greatfully recieved.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by maxmix at 7:36 AM on October 18, 2008 (2 comments)

The Eyeballing Game
posted to MetaFilter by Skorgu at 10:01 AM on October 14, 2008 (81 comments)

What is it like to be a Policy Analyst?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Weng at 7:51 PM on October 16, 2008 (7 comments)

Never Say Die: Why We Can't Imagine Death. Why do we wonder where our mind goes when the body is dead? Shouldn’t it be obvious that the mind is dead, too? Examining self-consciousness and mortality.
posted to MetaFilter by amyms at 10:07 PM on October 16, 2008 (217 comments)

What should I learn in order to do web development?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by giggleknickers at 3:09 AM on October 15, 2008 (16 comments)

Help me find more geographic datasets like these two: 1 and 2.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by harhailla.harhaluuossa at 8:39 PM on October 14, 2008 (9 comments)

Broken koans to amuse and enlighten.
posted to MetaFilter by RussHy at 8:26 AM on October 14, 2008 (61 comments)

Please help me understand the concept of variable change as it relates to statistics. (Provoked by the movie 21.)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by siclik at 1:14 PM on October 13, 2008 (19 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)

Contemporary architecture in India, a little look: Odd and unusual buildings l Mumbai 1, 2, 3 l Kerala backwaters l Kolkata l Architectural renderings from the Indian Skyscraper blog.
posted to MetaFilter by nickyskye at 11:32 PM on October 12, 2008 (12 comments)

A $3million dollar, 3-year project by IBM to create a virtual tour of China's Forbidden City was released Friday. It is a large download, but there is support for Mac, Linux and Windows. Unlike most virtual tourist projects, this one seems to foreground actual human beings, and not just artifacts (architecture, art). It is based on gaming software but with an emphasis on historical authenticity and "a sense of decorum", meaning "you can't run and you can't fly," in the Forbidden City.
posted to MetaFilter by stbalbach at 8:38 PM on October 12, 2008 (35 comments)

"We can have all the applications and Internet connectivity [...] but that still won't get at issues of lack of electricity and cartographic literacy and suppression of geospatial information by the state and their complicit corporations" reads a recent post on Geowanking, a mailing list for GIS nerds. [SLMLP]
posted to MetaFilter by finite at 2:17 PM on October 9, 2008 (13 comments)

"The arts are more dangerous [than other professions] because they require sensitivity to a large extent ... If you go too far you can pay a price -- you can be too sensitive to live in this world." Pondering the link between creativity and depression.
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers at 5:32 AM on October 8, 2008 (89 comments)

When you meet the Buddha on the road, shoot the Buddha. Y'know, with your camera.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by grapefruitmoon at 4:02 PM on September 26, 2008

What are some films that celebrate life, liberty and the indomitable human spirit in the face of adversity?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by UbuRoivas at 3:44 PM on September 20, 2008 (51 comments)

What blog/CMS software would you recommend that doesn't rely on MySQL or another database backend?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Kadin2048 at 9:26 PM on May 30, 2007 (18 comments)

A statistics question about dependent normal random variables.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by PercussivePaul at 9:35 PM on September 14, 2008 (9 comments)

Savez-vous que Jodie Foster parle et chante en français?
posted to MetaFilter by taursir at 10:35 AM on September 14, 2008 (52 comments)

Trying to find the best option to make a Google map using data entered into a Google docs spreadsheet. I'd prefer not to have to learn much about coding to do this, but would like the map to update with changes to the spreadsheet, including assorted details...
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Unsomnambulist at 3:11 PM on September 13, 2008 (1 comment)

Help me find that awesome cellphone/real world data overlay project that I saw!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by griffey at 2:24 PM on September 9, 2008 (1 comment)

A fascinating story of the first known, Western transsexual, Tibetan Buddhist novice monk: Laurence Michael Dillon (born Laura Maude Dillon, May 1, 1915 - May 15, 1962) was a British physician and the first female-to-male transsexual to undergo phalloplasty. His brother, Sir Robert Dillon, was the eighth Baronet of Lismullen in Ireland. The editor of Debrett's told Time Magazine that Dillon was unquestionably next in line for the baronetcy: The unwanted press attention led Dillon to flee to India, and then to a Tibetan monastery. Girls Will Be Boys, a review of The First Man-Made Man: The Story of Two Sex Changes, One Love Affair, and a Twentieth-Century Medical Revolution, by Pagan Kennedy. Photograph of Michael Dillon as a monk.
posted to MetaFilter by nickyskye at 4:33 PM on September 8, 2008 (15 comments)

Two Washingtons: Washington, DC is defined by its income inequality.
posted to MetaFilter by l33tpolicywonk at 11:49 AM on September 6, 2008 (34 comments)

Contemporary Tibetan artists incorporating traditional themes: Gonkar Gyatso l l Karma Phuntsok l Yungchen Lhamo [scroll down for video] l P. N. Dhumkhang l Losang Gyatso l Angsang
posted to MetaFilter by nickyskye at 12:20 AM on September 7, 2008 (13 comments)

Album atlas - mapping the locations of album cover photographs. Feel free to contribute.
posted to MetaFilter by davebush at 9:20 AM on September 7, 2008 (10 comments)

How have you figured out what your passion(s) is/are in life, and how have you translated that into a successful career involving your passion(s)? I am intentionallly not including details about myself and my situation because I don't really want specific suggestions about what might be good career directions for myself or what interesting areas I might pursue. I'm looking more for concrete examples of what steps you've taken to find out what drives you, and how you were able to make a career out of that.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by entropic at 8:01 AM on September 4, 2008 (25 comments)

BBC News is running a weekly ongoing series of articles that describe and illustrate common misconceptions (and manipulations) of statistics using examples from the news and ads.
Lesson 1: surveys. Lesson 2: counting. Lesson 3: percentage. Lesson 4: averages. Lesson 5: causation.
posted to MetaFilter by Tehanu at 10:50 AM on September 3, 2008 (46 comments)

Looking for website: allowed user to select modules for events, traffic, weather, gas prices, blogs, and other elements and have them show up on a map.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by batmonkey at 2:24 PM on September 3, 2008 (4 comments)

What is the best online web 2.0 personal expense tracking sites?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by davidstandaford at 2:30 PM on January 26, 2008 (19 comments)

My friend works in database applications each day to create in house reports. He's bored and wants to go it alone.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by simplesharps at 1:31 AM on September 3, 2008