I'm looking for non-traditional collaboration models between academia and industry (any field) or between companies/consortiums. Any pointers? [more inside]
posted by gadha at 12:31 AM - 3 answers

Trying to remember a specific quote about fear of success, and my google-fu is failing. [more inside]
posted by frwagon at 6:22 PM - 5 answers

A vertical blind slat has blown out of the window and landed on a roof below. Any ideas on retrieving it? [more inside]
posted by tellurian at 5:26 PM - 33 answers

MangaFilter: Help me find some English language manga for a non-native speaking 11 year old girl. [more inside]
posted by grapefruitmoon at 3:33 PM - 20 answers

Why are the tops of buildings in downtown Los Angeles numbered? [more inside]
posted by pdb at 10:57 AM - 9 answers

What are some examples of good and bad sports TV production? [more inside]
posted by fantasticninety at 6:15 PM - 25 answers

If someone contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's work on climate change, for which the organization was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, is this person a Nobel laureate? If not, what are they? [more inside]
posted by PercussivePaul at 3:37 PM - 9 answers

A desk I bought from office depot a couple of months ago has sharp edges -- not sharp enough to cut, but sharp enough to be plenty annoying if I ever touch those edges. Is there any easy and not-ugly way to deal with these?
posted by shivohum at 1:31 PM - 14 answers

My girlfriend and I are planning to give photos we had taken of us to our families (and some friends) for Christmas. We have a few questions. [more inside]
posted by cjorgensen at 8:00 PM - 7 answers

Taking money out at a non-my bank ATM last night, the screen stated you will be charged a $2.50 fee. However, looking at the receipt after it spit my money out, they actually charged a $6.00 "terminal fee". [more inside]
posted by gatorbiddy at 11:20 AM - 16 answers

Kinda excited at the prospect of my first Thanksgiving alone. Where can a twentysomething girl go, or do, for Thanksgiving - both day and night? I'm in the Los Angeles/Pasadena area. Previous similar question, and I've taken all answers to heart. But mine has a twist: I can't stay in. [more inside]
posted by Xere at 1:49 PM - 5 answers

Help me count down from my wife's birthday to her Special Surprise. [more inside]
posted by Shepherd at 1:21 PM - 6 answers

I want to be a better storyteller. What qualities do good storytellers universally exhibit? How much does embellishment play a role? Lyndon Johnson was a great storyteller who was also known to pepper his stories with a lot of bullsh*t. Most importantly, where do storytellers get their stories? Have they led lives of extraordinary experience, or have they read a book full of awesome anecdotes? Help me spin some yarn at a party or at the water-cooler.
posted by jasondigitized at 9:21 AM - 15 answers

Requesting advice with my career in computer science. Briefly, should I stay or should I go? [more inside]
posted by gadha at 6:46 PM - 6 answers

What's a good source of some kind of boxes for carting around large numbers of CDs (1000+) in their jewel cases? [more inside]
posted by nowonmai at 4:30 PM - 17 answers

This is starting to get seriously depressing - I'm no nearer to solving this riddle than I was 3 freaking hours ago. (Neither is my husband - and he's the smart one.) [more inside]
posted by Jody Tresidder at 10:22 AM - 10 answers

Looking for music that feels like winter. [more inside]
posted by samsarah at 6:55 AM - 91 answers

I'm turning 25 in a few weeks and the party theme I've decided on is "Hip to be Square". 'Cause 25 is 5^2, get it? GET IT? Yeah, I know, I'm a dork. Looking for suggestions of how to incorporate that theme into a party. [more inside]
posted by shaun uh at 8:27 PM - 20 answers

I'm going to a birthday party for a five-year-old tomorrow, one of my students. His mom said not to bring a present, but I was hoping to put something fun in the card. I love A.A. Milne's poem Now We are Six and I'm wondering if anyone knows of a similar poem about turning five.
posted by easy_being_green at 7:03 PM - 7 answers

Help me guess this person's name. I've been given some clues. [more inside]
posted by Cogito at 1:39 AM - 12 answers