I need advice about the possibility living in Northern Alaska, Kotzebue/Nome/north of the 65th parallel. I have about a million logistical questions, a little disorganized, including questions about mental health problems, medications, getting specialist care. If you needed medical care on a regular basis several hundred miles away, how did you arrange that? Lots of other questions about living in the arctic! Help! [more inside]
posted by circle_b on Jan 3, 2013 - 12 answers

How do I cope with daily life without any friends? I feel like my latest attempts at making friends is going nowhere.. [more inside]
posted by morning_television on Jul 29, 2012 - 10 answers

What is this logo, that looks like a pine tree in a circle? [more inside]
posted by fatty magoo on Jun 7, 2010 - 5 answers

Is there a specific word for that situation where someone is trying to "get" you, like in a game of tag, but you can maneuver an obstacle between them and you, such that they can't get you because you always move to keep the obstacle between them and you? [more inside]
posted by BeerFilter on Feb 16, 2010 - 14 answers

I have a ticket to fly British Airways home for Christmas next Tuesday. What should I do? [more inside]
posted by venividivici on Dec 15, 2009 - 10 answers

I'm giving a big presentation in a couple of weeks and it has to be impressive. I have a fabulous idea for a graphic, inspired by the facebook friend wheel, where I want to wrap perhaps 100 words around a circle and draw lines to connect them in illustrative ways. The drawing lines part is easy, but the wrapping text around a circle part is hard (without doing it one element at a time, rotating and aligning each one just so). I *know* there's an easy way to do this, but am not quite smart enough to figure it out in omnigraffle or find another program that can do it. I can use Mac or PC. If you point me to a workable solution, you'll get your name in lights (if you wish) in addition to my unending gratitude.
posted by ezola on Apr 21, 2009 - 12 answers

On the blog Cardhouse, the Cardhouse dude has posted two pictures, each of a different store and the same book, but has obscured the book's title with a green-edged circle and the word yes. What is the book?
posted by eschatfische on Mar 28, 2009 - 7 answers

Math filter: How many equally sized rectangles will fit into a circle, and how should I arrange them in order to make the best-looking approximation? [more inside]
posted by brandnew on Aug 17, 2008 - 9 answers

I want to build a circular screen. [more inside]
posted by mike_bling on Jun 11, 2008 - 5 answers

Salivafilter: Why do i keep having to swallow spit? [more inside]
posted by freddymetz on Jun 5, 2008 - 8 answers

Please help me find an online article on how things would be so much better if a circle contained pi radians instead of two pi radians. [more inside]
posted by Mapes on Mar 1, 2008 - 3 answers

Design filter. Help me layout a circular dial. Both InDesign and Illustrator are making this very tricky. Is there a plugin or other program that can help? HELP! [more inside]
posted by spakto on Nov 19, 2007 - 4 answers

How many sides does a circle have? I always assumed the answer was an infinite number of sides. My boyfriend disagrees with me and thinks that the answer is zero. My brother seems to think that it depends on your definition of what a side is. I have searched all over but can't seem to find a definitive answer.
posted by Inside Out Girl on Dec 20, 2006 - 41 answers

computer vision: i need an algorithm to extract statistics about the diameters (in pixels) of some roughly-circular objects from an image file. [more inside]
posted by sergeant sandwich on May 20, 2006 - 15 answers

dictionary filter: Is there a word for the universal "no" sign, that circle with the line through it? You know, the red one?
posted by provocateur on Apr 26, 2006 - 17 answers

Can anyone settle a 15 year old argument for me? It turned into one of those things "we don't talk about" but it's always bugged me. The question is simple and involves three points and a circle - more inside. [more inside]
posted by twine42 on Dec 14, 2003 - 19 answers