I wish to insert a namespaced XML document into an (X)HTML web page. The "XML Data Island" trick is verboten. There appears to be two ways of accomplishing this. Both continue to elude me. [more inside]
posted on May 15, 2008 - 15 answers

How does a 25-year old college dropout go about getting a fresh start at a new university? [more inside]
posted on May 11, 2008 - 11 answers

Does anyone know of good, free, and easy to use screen sharing applications? [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2008 - 13 answers

Any tips on how to up my chances of getting into a top law school? I'm shooting for UCLA or UC Berkeley. [more inside]
posted on Apr 29, 2008 - 20 answers

Ways to mitigate a low undergrad GPA for grad school applications? [more inside]
posted on Apr 18, 2008 - 12 answers

Design-pattern (programming) question. [more inside]
posted on Apr 16, 2008 - 41 answers

Wanted: Most expedient and financially prudent way to apply for permanent residence in Canada. [more inside]
posted on Apr 13, 2008 - 5 answers

Help me pick a professional domain name for email. All reasonable combinations of my name are already taken (the same goes for GoogleMail addresses). I'd like to avoid firstnamelastnameUK01321@googlemail.com if I can. I'm going to be using it mainly on CVs. [more inside]
posted on Apr 9, 2008 - 16 answers

I am applying for psychology instructor positions at community colleges and have lots of cover letters to write. What is an acceptable length for these cover letters? [more inside]
posted on Mar 19, 2008 - 19 answers

I'm writing a research paper. I'm looking for an application that will not only allow me to write multiple notes about each source, but will also allow me to organize these notes into the structure that I plan on writing my paper. Something GUI where I can just click and drag to put them in order. [more inside]
posted on Mar 15, 2008 - 12 answers

I'm looking for good, neutral, non-dogmatic comparisons of LAMP and Windows for building and hosting database-backed web applications. [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2008 - 7 answers

I'm looking for information for applying to grad school while abroad. (PhD programs in Political Science/International Relations). I graduated from college in spring 2006, and I'm planning on applying next year (Fall '09) to start in Fall 2010. I'm also considering going to Israel in July and staying for about 10 months, and I want to make sure this won't impact my grad school plans in any way. [more inside]
posted on Mar 11, 2008 - 7 answers

I'm looking for a software app that helps me follow instructions for other computer procedures. [more inside]
posted on Mar 3, 2008 - 10 answers

I'm designing an online application for a large number of users, and I'm looking for an online service to automate payments to international destinations using some sort of API or batch process. The service needs to support transfers from the U.S. to India, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. Since PayPal doesn't yet support transfers to Sri Lanka or Vietnam (only from), it's not an option.
posted on Feb 21, 2008 - 1 answers

What exactly is a police 'clearance letter,' and how do I go about getting one? [more inside]
posted on Feb 12, 2008 - 3 answers

What is the name of the website that allows you to upload mp3's to its site, converts them to ringtone format, and then text messages them to your phone for free (after a delay) or immediately (for a donation)?
posted on Jan 26, 2008 - 9 answers

Are there any small Mac applications that you wish existed but doesn't? [more inside]
posted on Jan 24, 2008 - 29 answers

Applying for a university summer school program, which requires a personal statement of 150 words. What could I say with such few words? [more inside]
posted on Jan 21, 2008 - 12 answers

What is the best application (hopefully easy to learn) that will let me build an easy to create timeline of religions, myths, and cults, with the option to click on (or hover the mouse over) different highlighted words to show up more information? Or does anyone know where said timeline exists? [more inside]
posted on Jan 20, 2008 - 9 answers

In light of the recent Mattel/Hasbro suit against Facebook's Scrabulous application, what witty sayings can I spell out in Scrabble tiles to voice my perturbation with the suit? [more inside]
posted on Jan 17, 2008 - 10 answers

Does anyone have experience using DirectX in a server-side application? Is it practical? If not, what alternatives are there? [more inside]
posted on Jan 4, 2008 - 10 answers

OSX troubles - whenever I open or switch applications, all other open application windows disappear. How do I fix this? [more inside]
posted on Dec 25, 2007 - 9 answers

My 8th grader wants to attend a very progressive local private high school next year. Are there some general guidelines for how long, or how deep, these non-college application essays should be? [more inside]
posted on Dec 25, 2007 - 10 answers

Where can I get sample data with valid addresses? [more inside]
posted on Dec 7, 2007 - 4 answers

What on earth should I put on my graduate school application CV? I was a good student, but didn't win any scholarships, and my work experience is irrelevant to the academic discipline. [more inside]
posted on Nov 30, 2007 - 11 answers

I have a year before I am eligible to work for a big consulting company. What should I do during this year to maximise my chances of success, or bump up starting salary? [more inside]
posted on Nov 30, 2007 - 10 answers

Looking for a fairly simple database driven web application environment / framework. Thinking of Turbogears. [more inside]
posted on Nov 21, 2007 - 10 answers

Is there a way for me to run a USB-based portable Windows app on a G4 Mac? [more inside]
posted on Nov 15, 2007 - 9 answers

I submitted an online job application I really care about and then I didn't get the auto-confirmation email promised on the "successful submission" screen. What should I do? [more inside]
posted on Nov 14, 2007 - 4 answers

I'm hoping to get into a Computer Science Masters program somewhere next fall, and am looking for some advice on bettering my chances. [more inside]
posted on Nov 14, 2007 - 9 answers

I am interested in hearing the experiences on applying to MBA programs in Europe (specifically to IESE, IMD, INSEAD, LBS and Oxford/Said) and [the US]. [more inside]
posted on Oct 31, 2007 - 2 answers

Help me compose the perfect letter of introduction and get over my fear of contacting potential Ph.D. advisors. [more inside]
posted on Oct 2, 2007 - 12 answers

Is it appropriate to include a photograph of yourself in a readmission application after academic exclusion? [more inside]
posted on Oct 1, 2007 - 19 answers

How can I prove to the Feds that my British university is actually a good one? [more inside]
posted on Sep 27, 2007 - 10 answers

Comp Sci: What's the best Design Pattern or structure for dealing with a complex relationship between many booleans? [more inside]
posted on Sep 25, 2007 - 34 answers

PHPFilter: I'm about to write part of a web application that allows visitors to submit ratings and comments for events. How can I keep spam to a minimum? [more inside]
posted on Sep 10, 2007 - 7 answers

I am looking for a good way to use my iPhone, Mac, and/or .mac account to keep track of small amounts of money that my friends and I owe each other. Any suggestions? [more inside]
posted on Aug 5, 2007 - 14 answers

I have an idea for a humorous flash survey designed to place the user into a certain profile (similar to the "What kind of hipster are you?" survey). I'm sure many of you have used or seen such surveys (or their results) on sites like Myspace or CollegeHumor. The idea I have would lend itself to the same kind of usage; I can envision people placing the results onto their friends Myspace pages and so forth, or perhaps embedding the application into the page itself. I understand Flash and Actionscript, but I've never created anything like this before, so I have a few questions. [more inside]
posted on Jul 28, 2007 - 1 answers

Is is a good idea to be blunt about academic missteps during my undergrad? [more inside]
posted on Jul 27, 2007 - 5 answers

I need to spec out a huge, complex application in UML. I'm looking for good tools/techniques to do this in a fluid situation, where there are a ton of classes and new ones will be added all the time. [more inside]
posted on Jul 26, 2007 - 11 answers

I'm currently applying to medical school. Will my essay choice blackball me from consideration? [more inside]
posted on Jul 21, 2007 - 17 answers

I'm looking for a Web application that can track member contact information and meeting attendance for a user group. Nothing too fancy, but should be open source and run on a Linux server (perl|PHP|Java would be ideal). [more inside]
posted on Jul 17, 2007 - 2 answers

Bizarre Windows XP behavior: when switching between applications, sometimes more than one window will pop to the foreground. Huh? [more inside]
posted on Jun 21, 2007 - 11 answers

I'm looking for online event registration/management tools. Can be hosted or an app that I can use on my own server (prefer the latter). [more inside]
posted on May 29, 2007 - 6 answers

Looking for a web system to automatically send reminder emails to registered clients who don't submit documents on time. [more inside]
posted on May 26, 2007 - 6 answers

Renaming myself in grey. I need to come up with an ongoing supply of carefully neutral yet non-random (and non-lame) pseudonyms, for judging processes that require anonymous entry. [more inside]
posted on May 17, 2007 - 33 answers

Wardrobe software. Has nobody done this? Wouldn't a social webapp for clothing be fiercely awesome? [more inside]
posted on May 12, 2007 - 20 answers

What's the best to plot more than 400 locations (all US-based) on a single web-based map ? [more inside]
posted on May 2, 2007 - 4 answers

Is there a Mac application that can help me keep track of hours, dates, and time I spend writing? [more inside]
posted on May 2, 2007 - 13 answers

What is the best Address-Book-like app for a Mac? [more inside]
posted on Apr 25, 2007 - 8 answers