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I have a steel bike frame (track racing bike) that I would like to have drilled so it can take a rear brake. Any recommendations for a frame builder / bike shop that can do this? (Frame can definitely accomodate it.) West end is preferred. Thanks!
posted by dobbs to Health & Fitness at 4:45 PM - 0 answers

I have built "around" an old PC using a mix of new and salvaged parts, and thought I'd install Windows 10 "clean". I built on a workbench and didn't connect to the Internet while doing the initial Windows install, and now it's asking for a product key. [more inside]
posted by Shepherd to Technology at 3:09 PM - 1 answer

I'm trying to find this book from my childhood about becoming an older sister. Black jellybeans below the fold... [more inside]
posted by OhHaieThere to Media & Arts at 8:33 AM - 0 answers

My son tried his cousin's ripstik and is hooked. His 10th birthday is coming up so we want to get him one, but there seem to be different types (mostly Razor brand) and I'm not sure which one to get. [more inside]
posted by piyushnz to Shopping at 3:51 PM - 1 answer

Looking for an old logo that I'm 99% certain was on The Consumerist back in its heyday. The logo said "My Call Is Important To You!" with a phone (or maybe a stick figure?) shouting at a tall building. Any idea where it could be? Did I imagine it?
posted by rouftop to Computers & Internet at 9:57 AM - 0 answers

A few months ago I found a mallsoft/vaporwave producer and I'm having a hard time finding them again. Help? [more inside]
posted by pxe2000 to Media & Arts at 7:04 AM - 0 answers

I am looking for a place that can do a private in-person psycho-educational assessment on a pre-adolescent in the Greater Toronto Area. I do not want to go anywhere that does ABA or associated therapies.
posted by anonymous to Health & Fitness at 10:03 AM - 0 answers

My husband works as an assistant editor in film and TV. He's mostly freelance, based in NYC, and able to work remotely. He's noticed a significant decrease in posted jobs over the past year. Landing a gig has also gotten more competitive. His usual sources are his local network, Facebook groups for editors, and StaffMeUp. He is looking into joining the union, but he's a little early in his career to be eligible. Are there other places where he should be looking for work or networking?
posted by rhythm and booze to Work & Money at 9:50 AM - 1 answer

For my work, I keep a map of our current resellers all over the world, and this (google) map is published on our website. This way, potential retail customers can easily find a reseller near them. Currently, I manually add new resellers to the map when they place their first order. This is .... time-consuming. How do i let resellers add themselves to the map instead? [more inside]
posted by PardonMyFrench to Computers & Internet at 9:55 AM - 0 answers

I occasionally listen to YouTube's Conditions Underground playlist or, more frequently, Left of the Dial. These get updated... periodically? I really have no idea, I just see them on my sidebar and get sick of the usual suspects and click play. Anyway I heard two songs on either of these playlists within the last year and would like to find them again. [more inside]
posted by jabes to Media & Arts at 12:59 PM - 1 answer

For a tabletop role-playing game, I'd like to read up on the early history of Interpol. I'm really only interested in First International Criminal Police Conference of 1914 in Monoco through the 1920s. [more inside]
posted by BrashTech to Media & Arts at 2:51 PM - 0 answers

I just heard about the 'inclusively.com' employment search portal, and no one I know irl knows anything about them. If you are registered (seeking employment) with them, how has your experience been? [more inside]
posted by Quesaak to Work & Money at 8:46 PM - 0 answers

I remember seeing a short film on the internet some time ago. I want to say it's comedy horror, or maybe just comedy. [more inside]
posted by KChasm to Media & Arts at 9:09 AM - 0 answers

I'm on Mac/iPhone. The Photos apps on both platforms can make movies from specific user created albums or people it recognizes within the Photos app. However, those movies are the exact same, meaning they use the same photos for the movie. Is there a way to force said Photos app to randomize the photos or at least choose some different movies each time it plays the movie? Is there a Mac/iPhone/web based app that can do this? [more inside]
posted by Brandon Blatcher to Media & Arts at 5:21 PM - 0 answers

I can manually write a check in Quicken. But I have 500 checks I need to write and print. I have an Excel with all the payee details for each check. Can I somehow get Quicken to write and pay all the checks, by importing the Excel in, or something? (If this can be done using .QIF files I am missing it) Thanks!
posted by lockedroomguy to Computers & Internet at 3:23 PM - 1 answer

Having problems transitioning between versions of Sigma Plot? [more inside]
posted by ragtimepiano to Technology at 12:21 PM - 0 answers

I’m looking for recommendations for online CBD product resellers. That is sites that aggregate products from different brands and then resell them through an online store while keeping the brand identity intact. Basically sites like Amazon or Etsy but that will actually sell the product and ideally be less evil. [more inside]
posted by sevenless to Shopping at 10:59 AM - 0 answers

Looking for the origin of a supposedly true story I either read or saw (I think it was a book, but maybe a TED-type talk / a movie I have otherwise forgotten), although it could also be an urban myth, I guess. It goes something like this: [more inside]
posted by Calvin and the Duplicators to Writing & Language at 2:24 PM - 0 answers

You have helped me identify poems before. I'm looking to find one about a shopping mall, no more recent than the '90s and probably older. It compared the mall to a cathedral and discussed a family's mall habits. [more inside]
posted by Countess Elena to Media & Arts at 11:31 AM - 0 answers

In the 1950s the Hotel Humboldt was built overlooking Caracas, by the dictator Marcos Jimenez. It was abandoned for many years and finally renovated in 2007 and is now open to the public, in whatever way that means in current Venezuela. In 1994, I stayed there while in Caracas looking for a friend. During that time I was with a couple of companions who would be continuing on to Brazil. We spent a couple of days in the city looking for our friend and realizing it was nearly an impossible task- this being a time when we had no internet or cell phones. I am trying to find more information, images, or history of this place! [more inside]
posted by catrae to Travel & Transportation at 6:59 AM - 0 answers