I have some questions about cacti. First, can you help me identify the awesome cactus my boss' husband gave me? It looks exactly like this one (though that's someone else's photo). [more inside]
posted by peachfuzz on Nov 19, 2009 - 3 answers

Does anyone know how to remove the formatting (for lack of better expression) column borders that accompany text when I paste it from Excel to Word? I've checked both Word & Excel help to no avail, probably because I can't frame the question very well. Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl on Sep 9, 2009 - 8 answers

I'm an artist who has had the incredible luck to have some work released to a large worldwide audience, and have been excited and pleased to get a large influx of new fans adding me on myspace, and emailing me. It's been great until I came home tonight and logged in -- I'm extremely freaked out by a fan's behavior on myspace. I do not know what to do, or even who to ask about this. I feel like this must sound ridiculous. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 14, 2009 - 11 answers

I'd like to find typographically pretty stencils in small sizes; Something neat and flat that I could have in my notebook and trace with a .005 pen. [more inside]
posted by monocultured on Jun 22, 2008 - 4 answers

Can I propagate a geranium stem cutting in plain water, or do I have to use some other kind of medium?
posted by footnote on May 18, 2008 - 6 answers

Where do I find an inexpensive replacement slide out cutting board? [more inside]
posted by tslugmo on Apr 15, 2008 - 9 answers

Whenever I make a cake or pie in a baking dish, I always find that once it's done, I always wreck the first piece while trying to get the first piece out of the dish and onto a plate. After the first piece, getting subsequent pieces out is easy but that first piece is impossile. But there must be a way! Share your tips on how to get the first piece of pie/cake out of the baking dish and onto a plate without destroying it!
posted by Effigy2000 on Dec 24, 2007 - 15 answers

Why do Bipolar sufferers cut themselves? [more inside]
posted by hadjiboy on Sep 8, 2007 - 28 answers

Taxing question regarding "Cost Segregation": Does it actually work? (More inside) [more inside]
posted by growabrain on Aug 16, 2007 - 0 answers

Where can I find a particular YouTube video for educators about cutting (self-harm)? [more inside]
posted by raddevon on Oct 9, 2006 - 2 answers

Would a memory foam mattress topper be uncomfortable if it were cut in the middle? [more inside]
posted by sirion on Jun 4, 2006 - 9 answers

Cutting Tools: I want to cut shapes out of thick stacks of paper and maybe wood laminates. Easy enough, right? Except I want to be able to do cuts that only go from one point in the interior to another point in the interior -- cuts that don't go all the way across or otherwise break the edge. Are there good choices for tools? [more inside]
posted by weston on Dec 30, 2005 - 12 answers

Unique female voices in electronic media? Who are the peers of Shelley Jackson and Laurie Anderson? [more inside]
posted by chocolatepeanutbuttercup on Nov 24, 2005 - 19 answers