I will be putting together a resume soon. However the exact dates and other details regarding some of my past jobs escape me. Is there a site that will give me my job history? Everything Google gives me requires payment/enrollment is some service. I want free and no attachments, is that doable? Subquestion, best resume putting together site/application/thing?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Epsilon-minus semi moron at 1:25 PM on July 2, 2008 (7 comments)

I'd like to find some public domain photos for a book proposal on urban sprawl and smart growth.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by hamster at 7:23 AM on June 29, 2008 (5 comments)

Searchme is a search engine that displays results as images of web pages.
posted to MetaFilter by xod at 9:10 AM on June 19, 2008 (22 comments)

I'm a single guy living alone. I need to start cooking for myself because I spend too much money on food, and most of what I eat is kinda bad for me. However, I hate doing dishes and don't have much time to cook. What foods/recipes would you suggest?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Afroblanco at 12:03 PM on June 18, 2008 (38 comments)

Where are the short, feminine hairstyles for thick and wavy hair?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by showbiz_liz at 3:59 PM on June 18, 2008 (27 comments)

How to get a new credit card with a high limit to transfer a bunch of smaller balances to when your FICO score looks more like your bowling score?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by cellphone at 4:20 PM on June 17, 2008 (17 comments)

Scholarly journal article on gay bathhouses - can't find an article I read a few years back.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 8:30 PM on June 11, 2008 (12 comments)

bomomo is a fun little drawing tool that creates some pretty interesting brush patterns using a variety of physics and mouse behavior. You can even save your finest works (Firefox and Safari only though) [via mefi projects]
posted to MetaFilter by mathowie at 1:34 PM on June 4, 2008 (38 comments)

Polyhedral Maps is a website that explores unconventional methods of mapping the surface of the earth. The most famous of these unusual maps was Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion map, which used the net of an icosahedron. Da Vinci had experimented with this technique in his “Octant” map of 1514, which used Reuleaux triangles as map elements. This process is now being used by photographers and artists in manipulating panoramic images. A good example is Tom Lechner’s The Wild Highways of the Elongated Pentagonal Orthobicupola.
posted to MetaFilter by Tube at 10:33 AM on June 1, 2008 (23 comments)

Another Paul Graham essay, Cities and Ambition. This one's one of his better ones though. His claim: each city sends its inhabitants a distinct message about how they should live their lives. New York City sends the message that you should be richer. Cambridge sends the message that you should be smarter. Berkeley sends the message that you should live better. Consequently, the city you live in has a profound effect on what you strive for, what you value, and how you channel your ambitions. Place matters; choose wisely.
posted to MetaFilter by decoherence at 6:52 AM on June 2, 2008 (86 comments)

Life kicked me in the teeth, but I've got work to do. I don't need anyone to cheer me up, I'm just looking for a specific bit of advice: how do you get things done when you're depressed?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by nebulawindphone at 4:21 PM on June 1, 2008 (39 comments)

How To Clean Stuff. From kitchen and bath, to flooring and carpets. Indoors, outdoors, your car, dog, colon and bong. More than 800 cleaning tips in all. Submit your best ideas. Each one that gets published, the site will contribute to the Clean Water Fund.
posted to MetaFilter by netbros at 12:50 PM on May 29, 2008 (5 comments)

An interesting food web site - enter your ingredients, it tells you what you can make. Even suggests items you'll need for other dishes. Previously questioned in AskMe.
posted to MetaFilter by ObscureReferenceMan at 4:59 PM on May 27, 2008 (25 comments)

What is "living life to the fullest"? How to do it?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by mintchip at 11:12 AM on May 23, 2008 (18 comments)

I've had what I think is a decent idea for a website. Rather than asking someone to "punch it up" in their "spare time" I'd like to learn to do it myself. I know a bit about html and took a turbo pascal class 11 years ago. Since then it's been all humanities, social science, and law. What do I need to learn and what, in your experience, are the best books/web sites to learn from?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by the christopher hundreds at 12:15 PM on May 22, 2008 (8 comments)

Best book for a beginner to learn C? I've never learned a programming language, but I'm hoping to learn C over the summer. My friend, a computer science student, is going to teach me as he learns it. We would like a textbook or reference book or work book of some kind. What would be a good choice?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by asparagrass at 10:44 PM on May 21, 2008 (22 comments)

I'm a data dork. Is there a way to rip my tracks and my trip odometer data from my Garmin 60CSx to analyze my commutes to work?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by timmins at 12:11 PM on May 21, 2008 (8 comments)

Ruminations on the Borderlands of Cartography, or: What is not a map? "..as far as animals with map-like blotches on them, they don't get in the tent as family, but we might consider letting them in as entertainers." [via]
posted to MetaFilter by peacay at 1:43 PM on May 20, 2008 (10 comments)

Dead simple mapping software for visualizing data? Any idea how to make something similar to these pretty maps without expensive and complicated GIS software?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by willie11 at 8:24 AM on May 20, 2008 (8 comments)

I have a duty to teach my fellow peers the basics of web design, and I intend to not bore them to death. Where do you recommend I start?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by semi at 3:03 AM on May 20, 2008 (15 comments)

In Buddhist philosophy, how is one supposed to do anything?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by phrontist at 8:16 PM on May 18, 2008 (45 comments)

How do I build animated maps - say, of a city getting built up, or immigration patterns?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by kristi at 6:12 PM on May 17, 2008 (5 comments)

Help me find maps of the world's larger cities!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Lockeownzj00 at 2:36 PM on May 17, 2008 (7 comments)

Resources on amateur cartography? Help me make some maps.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by furnace.heart at 2:25 PM on May 12, 2008 (6 comments)

How do you develop focus, drive, and personal discipline?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Saxon Kane at 8:26 PM on May 11, 2008 (28 comments)

I'm anxious to give up the Java, or switch to decaf. For health reasons. Give me hints on how to do this effectively.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Gordion Knott at 5:16 AM on May 9, 2008 (14 comments)

Too much traffic? Can't find parking? Choking on smog? Worried about climate change? Gas prices too high, but you still have to drive? Send your city planner a link to the Online Encyclopedia of Transportation Demand Management strategies.
posted to MetaFilter by salvia at 9:04 PM on May 8, 2008 (7 comments)

What kind of conflict resolution do you use in your relationship? There are it seems to me at least two types: 1. rules that you agree on as a couple to use during a conflict so as to address the conflict but also resolve it constructively 2. rules/approaches that you use unilaterally to approach a conflict
posted to Ask MetaFilter by jouke at 11:38 AM on May 8, 2008 (22 comments)

Best ways to visually explore a large survey data set?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by proj at 9:45 AM on May 7, 2008 (9 comments)

I love history, and I love adventure. What real-life historical adventurers were awesome, and have books written about them worth reading?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by WidgetAlley at 12:28 PM on May 5, 2008 (40 comments)

Creating a form template for colleagues to use at work that needs to meet the following criteria: 1. Allow text fields and drop-down selection boxes. 2. Allow users to add additional text in should they see fit (i.e. doesn't disallow all input outside of form fields). 3. Will allow rows (the form will be arranged like a table) to be duplicated/copied & pasted, including the form fields contained within those rows. 4. Is formatted nicely enough to be passed along to a client and read clearly. 5. Is openable/usable by your average user who doesn't have access to super expensive/specialized software.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by freudenschade at 11:57 AM on May 1, 2008 (9 comments)

I'm driving cross country and parking a webcam on the dash. I also have a bluetooth GPS receiver. I want these two devices together to end up with a folder full of geotagged images, but my google-fu is failing to provide an easy answer. Does anyone out there know?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by frijole at 12:50 PM on May 1, 2008 (7 comments)

Looking for guidance on using Google Maps, or a workalike, for a non-map (blueprints) application.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by rokusan at 5:01 AM on May 2, 2008 (4 comments)

Need an apartment? MapsKrieg is a mashup of Google Maps and Craigslist real estate listings that can show you just how close to the Tenderloin you'll be.
posted to MetaFilter by plexi at 2:34 PM on April 30, 2008 (9 comments)

Let's say I have a two column chart, with the following values:
posted to Ask MetaFilter by underdetermined at 1:07 PM on April 29, 2008 (10 comments)

REINCARNATION. Is there any compelling evidence that wouldn't be immediately dismissed by a skeptic?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Chasuk at 3:26 PM on April 28, 2008 (45 comments)

How far away from work do you live? How much of your pay gets used up to get you to and from work, get you around town, and pay for where you live? As gas and food prices continue to rise, "affordability" has become a more critical notion for everyday Americans. The Center for Neighborhood Technology developed their Housing + Transportation Affordability Index, which aims to help better inform renters and owners about the relationship of transportation options to where one lives.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 11:04 AM on April 28, 2008 (85 comments)

I’ve just finished reading The Now Habit, an incredibly useful and inspiring book on overcoming procrastination. What’s the best approach to implementing and then retaining the strategies presented in this, or any other, book?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by mizrachi at 9:42 AM on April 28, 2008 (9 comments)

"Attention regulation and monitoring in meditation" (PDF). A recent article in Trends in Cognitive Sciences on the neuroscience of meditation, focusing on how meditation alters and sharpens the brain's attention systems. The research is being done at the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior (previously), who have also recently published research on the "Regulation of the neural circuitry of emotion by compassion meditation" (PDF), which describes how meditation can cultivate compassion by physically affecting brain regions that play a role in empathy. They shared this research with the Dalai Lama at the recent Seeds of Compassion forum.
posted to MetaFilter by homunculus at 10:12 AM on April 27, 2008 (13 comments)

I would like to plant some native plants/shrubs to adorn the front of our Chicago Bungalow. Problem is I don't know which plants are native to the area and i dont knwo where to get them.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by blackjack514 at 12:11 PM on April 25, 2008 (12 comments)

How much SQL normalization is too much?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by EduTek at 3:57 PM on April 25, 2008 (21 comments)

At least it will sound like I'm furiously busy as I fritter away the rest of the afternoon racing. TypeRacing!
posted to MetaFilter by BoatMeme at 12:51 PM on April 24, 2008 (89 comments)

Is there a website where I can download high quality, large images? Without watermarks?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by thebrokenmuse at 11:20 PM on April 23, 2008 (15 comments)

You Walk Wrong. "It took 4 million years of evolution to perfect the human foot. But we’re wrecking it with every step we take." [Via]
posted to MetaFilter by homunculus at 8:50 PM on April 22, 2008 (101 comments)

Ricky Flores photographs of B-Boys in the 80s.
posted to MetaFilter by chunking express at 5:19 PM on April 21, 2008 (14 comments)

In a SQL query that returns totals by date, how to interpolate dates where there are no results?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by i_am_joe's_spleen at 2:42 AM on April 20, 2008 (7 comments)

[GrownupFilter] Many credit threads on here, but I couldn't find one that really helped: I have shit credit, and I hate throwing money away with renting. In the next 12-18 months, what can I do to help me buy a house?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by damnjezebel at 9:52 AM on April 19, 2008 (17 comments)

We need to polish some antique silver, but are afraid of ruining it or removing too much metal. We're talking about flatware, cups, serving dishes, and other tableware. Ideally we'd like a method that: damages the silver as little as possible, provides a long-lasting shine/reduces future tarnish rate, won't kill whoever eats with them.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by herzigma at 3:59 AM on April 18, 2008 (9 comments)

Looking for free or low cost (under $50) multiple linear regression software which ideally works with Microsoft Excel (but not critical). Any recommendations?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by vizsla at 5:58 PM on April 17, 2008 (17 comments)

I'd like to find some tutorials or general guides for editing and creating music on the computer.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by flatluigi at 6:52 PM on April 10, 2008 (6 comments)