I work out at home. I'd like to add some free weights to my workout routine, but I don't know where to start. [more inside]
posted by misha on May 20, 2009 - 20 answers

SetPaintingFilter. When I was in college theatre, our sets were never finished until our company technical director walked the set, paint brush in hand, adding texture to the platforms with what seemed to be a very ordered splatter pattern. He'd do this alone, the night before we opened. The textures didn't take away from the set, but added depth. So what was he doing? I've seen the phrase "splatter wash," but can see no details on the method, the mix for the paint, anything. [more inside]
posted by grabbingsand on Jun 16, 2008 - 7 answers

Have you seen these books in the background of movie/tv scenes? [more inside]
posted by Karmakaze on Jan 4, 2008 - 10 answers

My friend and I have amassed a large collection of live dj sets (e.g., think sven vath live from Ibiza). We were thinking of making this collection available to the public through a website where the sets could be downloaded free of charge. How wary of the RIAA should we be? [more inside]
posted by milarepa on May 22, 2007 - 9 answers

Strengthtrainingfilter: If I have a workout comprised of 6 exercises, 2 sets each, can I do all 6 exercises in a row twice, or do I have to do each one twice in a row? [more inside]
posted by sirion on Dec 5, 2006 - 11 answers

Back in my days of technical theater, I recall a story about the beginning of hyper-realism in set construction. The gist is that the set designer got ahold of the actual plans for the restaurant in which the play was set, and simply built it on stage. [more inside]
posted by mzurer on Nov 6, 2006 - 3 answers

DoesThisWebsiteExistFilter: Are there any sites that have downloadable sets of data in easily-parseable formats? For example, a list of all US presidents? Or the name of every country's capital? And then have the data available in different formats (XML, CSV, or an on-the-fly generated SQL Insert query)? [more inside]
posted by slater on Oct 30, 2006 - 22 answers

I'm looking for a resource - online, book, DVD - that deals specifically in the architectural design from sci-fi films, preferably with lots of pictures. [more inside]
posted by Neale on Jun 16, 2005 - 4 answers

Two mathematical syntax questions--one easy, one astoundingly maybe not so complex [more inside]
posted by hototogisu on May 11, 2005 - 8 answers

I am buying a set of 500 poker chips online. I have an option to customize the number of chips of each color and need help please... [more inside]
posted by kenaman on Mar 14, 2005 - 10 answers