Shibboleth-Filter: I saw a man on the NYC subway wearing a strange button. A green san-serif "L" on a white background with a big red "No" strike-through symbol. Googlefu is failing me. What was he for or against anyway?
posted by The Whelk on Dec 11, 2009 - 11 answers

Very active one year old with G button (MIC-key low profile) During night feeds and traveling in car how do I keep her Button from being pulled? It has come out once before in the crib by her moving so much the slack in the feeding tube got caught in crib and pulled out. It was painful for her since the balloon was fully inflated. I want to keep this from happening again. How do other parents keep thier kids g buttons and tube feeding cord protected at night. She is a wiggly thing and often turns in her sleep many times from belly to back and forth. The feeding is necessary and cannot be missed. [more inside]
posted by Snoogylips on Nov 19, 2009 - 6 answers

Does anyone own a patent for the button? As in, the button you press to turn on your tv, or to dial your phone, or to nuke the planet from orbit. not the button on your shirt. [more inside]
posted by shmegegge on Oct 20, 2009 - 8 answers

Help me identify the 4 running dudes pictured on this button. [more inside]
posted by Acacia on Oct 2, 2009 - 10 answers

I need buttons, knobs, and levers! I need to build a non-functional control panel, and I would love to find some fake (but satisfying to push) buttons and so forth that I could order online and could easily be taped/glued into place. Bonus points for some sort of simple button which, when pushed, could send a wireless signal to computer making it execute a program.
posted by blahblahblah on Sep 22, 2009 - 17 answers

Fixing an old transistor organ: how do I fix these switches that seem to rely on the springiness of metal in order to make contact? [more inside]
posted by tmcw on Sep 7, 2009 - 5 answers

Is there any way to jailbreak / unlock a 2G iPhone that has a busted power button? [more inside]
posted by obiwanwasabi on Aug 9, 2009 - 4 answers

What the diddley does this button in my car do? [more inside]
posted by marmaduke_yaverland on May 31, 2009 - 26 answers

How can I fix sticky keys on a Guitar Hero controller? [more inside]
posted by Blazecock Pileon on Apr 2, 2009 - 6 answers

What designer/brand of men's dress shirt features one odd colored orange button, at the bottom, on the front? [more inside]
posted by paul003 on Apr 1, 2009 - 6 answers

What is the purpose of this weird detail (a button-on loop of some kind with wool on one side and velvet on the other) on the inside of my new coat? [more inside]
posted by Your Time Machine Sucks on Nov 7, 2008 - 18 answers

Election Night Emergency AskMefi- the on/off button on my Canon PowerShot A60 digital camera seems to be stuck, and the camera won't function. Any ideas? Yes, I changed the batteries....Thanks comrades!
posted by foxy_hedgehog on Nov 4, 2008 - 5 answers

ShoppingFilter: In order to complete a Halloween costume, I need to acquire some Reagan-related political pins/buttons. However, my initial search has mostly taken me to places that no longer exist! Is there anywhere the Green would suggest I go to in the Washington DC metropolitan area to satiate my thirst for this kind of political paraphernalia? [more inside]
posted by Keter on Oct 30, 2008 - 5 answers

Does anyone know where I can get a button with Shepard Fairey's Obama design? [more inside]
posted by shakespeherian on Oct 15, 2008 - 4 answers

I often lose text that I've written in a web page by accidentally hitting a link and page changes (instead of in a new tab). Is there anything I can do to always save the text on the previous page? [more inside]
posted by JakeLL on Sep 27, 2008 - 13 answers

Broken iPhone sleep/wake button... [more inside]
posted by Blazecock Pileon on Sep 3, 2008 - 6 answers

I am working with a laptop with one of those buttons that can enable or disable the wireless functionality. It seems that this button needs to be pressed each time that the computer is turned on, and doesn't just automatically remain on through reboots. [more inside]
posted by dance on Aug 16, 2008 - 3 answers

What is this button in my friend's house? [more inside]
posted by sa3z on Aug 2, 2008 - 17 answers

Do you remember this mid- to late-80s Nickelodeon made-for-tv movie? "Give me back my button!" [more inside]
posted by MaddyRex on Jul 21, 2008 - 3 answers

How does the button on the pedestrian crossing lights work? Does it actually send some sort of signal to the traffic lights, or is it just a psychological thing? It seems rather random timing-wise.
posted by divabat on May 14, 2008 - 21 answers

Webbrowsing/Internet Explorer 6 Filter: When reading a long webpage(usually several screen lengths), I often click on a link that's part way down. IE goes to that webpage in the same window(as it should). However, when I click back, I often find that I am at the top of the first page. I'm pretty sure it always used to scroll down to where I was before I clicked on the link. Now it only does that sometimes. I know this is minor, but it bugs me sometimes. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
posted by newatom on Apr 9, 2008 - 7 answers

ToyotaFilter: What does my "ECT / Snow" button actually do? [more inside]
posted by fogster on Jan 3, 2008 - 8 answers

I'm looking for examples of legitimate, non-malware programs that do not allow the user to close them in any normal way. [more inside]
posted by aerotive on Dec 2, 2007 - 11 answers

AAAAH!! My iBook G4 trackpad button is stuck! Help! [more inside]
posted by SansPoint on Nov 14, 2007 - 3 answers

Possibly disgusting medical question regarding the belly button... [more inside]
posted by Hugh2d2 on Jun 25, 2007 - 10 answers

How can I build a custom USB button? [more inside]
posted by pissfactory on Apr 9, 2007 - 11 answers

Where can I find new buttons for my blazer in Midtown Manhattan? [more inside]
posted by paulrockNJ on Jan 17, 2007 - 9 answers

HTMLfilter: The image in a custom image button in a form appears to be stretched to a certain size, why is this? [more inside]
posted by jwhittlestone on Jun 28, 2006 - 2 answers

I have a khaki bush jacket w/ regular buttons. I have a set of detachable brass buttons w/ "eyelets" - silver rings, almost like a key ring. Supposedly, I can attach these to the jacket. How do I do this? (picture inside) [more inside]
posted by bobot on Jun 7, 2006 - 6 answers

Any seamstresses? How can I re-attach the button to my jeans? [more inside]
posted by maxreax on Mar 30, 2006 - 16 answers

ModFilter: I've been given a Flybook as a gift. It's a great little machine, but it has one incredible flaw (and a few minor ones): when used as a tablet, there is no way to right click. Help me add a mod a button or two, or three into this tiny little laptop. [more inside]
posted by Freen on Mar 24, 2006 - 7 answers

The good news: I successfully changed the battery on my 3G iPod. The bad news: the hold button's locked... [more inside]
posted by Atom12 on Feb 18, 2006 - 12 answers

Can anyone point me to a Photoshop template of the buttons which appear on this site? http://www.kennonsoft.com/community/index.html
posted by bright77blue on Feb 15, 2006 - 2 answers

I have a feeling that somewhere online is a place where I can easily create those little buttons (or banners or whatever they are called) that live at the corners of everyone's blogs. If you don't know what I'm talking about, click here for an example. What I'm imagining is a site where I can put in my text, select colors, then quickly create one of these. I'm sure I could do it in Photoshop, but the little tool I'm imagining seems so likely to exist that I thought I'd start by asking here. By the way, what DO you call those little things?
posted by abbyladybug on Mar 25, 2005 - 9 answers

User Interface terminology question. If we are describing the state of a push button (that is, a button that can be toggled between an on and off state), what is the most universally recognized terminology for the two states of the button? We've come up with pressed and non-pressed, depressed and non-depressed, checked and unchecked, etc... (obviously, enabled and disabled doesn't work). Anybody know the official guidelines for this? We're stumped.
posted by jon_kill on Dec 22, 2004 - 20 answers

I'm having a javascript/CSS/IE problem. I'm working on a website that has a line of buttons at the top for navigation, and when you mouseover the button, a menu drops down giving you sub-options. This is controlled pretty simply with javascript changing the "visibility" attribute in the stylesheet for the menu. A problem arises in IE, however, when there are form elements on the page. If the dynamic drop-down menu overlaps a form element, that form element disappears. (Specifically, this is happening with a menu) You have to reload the page to get it back. Anyone know why this might be happening, or how to fix it? Works fine in NS7, Firefox, Mozilla, etc..... [more inside]
posted by emptybowl on Aug 18, 2004 - 5 answers