I'm asking for a BB gun this Winter Holiday, as a way to ease into learning to shoot. Since I'll be shooting on my land, I'm curious about the ecological implications of BBs hanging around. [more inside]
posted by fiercecupcake on Dec 4, 2008 - 10 answers

I'm jonesing for some old-school BBS action. Are there any worthwhile boards still around, with telnet access? I'd even settle for a social/builder MUD with good signal-to-noise ratio.
posted by sonofslim on Feb 20, 2008 - 11 answers

Here's a tough one. Does anyone remember Relaynet? It was a network for BBS popular from the later 80s until the web took off. It was also called RIME My question is, does anyone know if there is an archive? My google-fu fails me.
posted by Bonzai on Feb 12, 2008 - 11 answers

Where can I find online communities who discuss the syndicated American television program Showtime at the Apollo? [more inside]
posted by billtron on Dec 16, 2007 - 2 answers

Help me find an old website. Google has failed me. It was like a blog, but predated the greater Internet blog explosion of 2004, was by a man who ran an ISP and BBS in the early 90's, and later became an independent film maker. He might have been in Colorado too. Unlike most blogs, the aesthetics and writing was good, and there were years of archived material.
posted by archae on Dec 8, 2007 - 7 answers

Desperate to telnet: I'm at a crappy pay as you go computer in a hotel in Germany. It's a Windows machine, and the native telnet client is disabled. I downloaded putty, but can't install it or run it. I don't have a flash drive on which to download putty and even if I did, there's no available USB port. I vaguely recall an acquaintance posting about a website from which one could establish a telnet connection (via a Java applet?). I'm a bit of a technotard, but can follow instructions. HELP. I've been out of touch with my friends for two weeks, and am desperate to check in with them. Thanks!
posted by ereshkigal45 on Oct 18, 2007 - 15 answers

While growing up in Houston in the mid-late 90s, I somehow became aware of several local phone-based voice computer entertainment systems (for lack of a better term). They offered games (in which you punched numbers on the phone keypad to play) like Telefun Trivia, Operation Desert Wolf and something called Pika Farmer, voice dating services (in which you listened to or recorded personal voice ads), random informational services (a life expectancy calculator), horoscopes, news and weather, etc. - all via a menu system at one phone number. What were/are these services called and what other information is available about them? Does anyone else actually remember them? [more inside]
posted by dustinAFN on Oct 15, 2007 - 20 answers

Can I run a C64 BBS on my PC? [more inside]
posted by damn dirty ape on Aug 5, 2007 - 4 answers

What are the most affordable options for lodging in Ireland for four adults? Please recommend places. [more inside]
posted by EmilyClimbs on Jul 31, 2007 - 6 answers

Is there a way to privatize an email list whose members' email accounts can be read by "the man?" [more inside]
posted by jckll on Jun 27, 2007 - 10 answers

Fidonet: Where can I find archives of my posts from a bygone era? [more inside]
posted by thanotopsis on Jul 6, 2006 - 2 answers

Elite BBS access. What were some of the most common questions used to verify a new user's level of elite in the late 80s, early 90s? [more inside]
posted by monsta coty scott on Apr 12, 2006 - 14 answers