My family has lost touch with my oldest brother. He is retired and reclusive by nature but we would still like to know where he is living. The last thing we know is that he sold his home in California some time in 2009 and then seems to have disappeared. He may have moved out of the country as I can imagine he wasn't very happy with the Obama election and he had mentioned in the past his desire to move away from the U.S. either to Ireland or Buenos Aires. Can anyone suggest a few good "finder" sites, hopefully free or nominally priced?
posted by Tullyogallaghan on Oct 29, 2009 - 8 answers

Can anyone help me track down a documentary series called "Living Famously"? [more inside]
posted by crossoverman on Sep 3, 2009 - 2 answers

What is the best way to identify a font? [more inside]
posted by samengland on Aug 11, 2009 - 8 answers

How do I find my black car by moonlight in a field of 1000 irregularly parked cars? Lo-tech solutions preferred. [more inside]
posted by freston on Jul 16, 2009 - 39 answers

Is possible to disable "find in page" on Safari 4 Beta? [more inside]
posted by Leech on Jun 7, 2009 - 13 answers

How do I find out which bank a publicly traded company uses (without asking them)? They have headquarters in Canada, but mostly operate in America. They've filed reports with the SEC.
posted by Damn That Television on Mar 10, 2009 - 7 answers

I want to find an image that was once posted on 4chan (/b/). Am I out of luck? (Some NSFW details within). [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 8, 2009 - 8 answers

Please help me make a change to multiple .txt files using this funny computer code thing. [more inside]
posted by foxy_hedgehog on Nov 11, 2008 - 31 answers

How do I change it so the find function in Firefox 3 isn't case sensitive? [more inside]
posted by MostHolyPorcine on Nov 10, 2008 - 6 answers

Help me find and delete hidden files on my Mac! [more inside]
posted by wavejumper on Oct 23, 2008 - 9 answers

How can I find out if someone I used to know is in prison? [more inside]
posted by Sully on Oct 7, 2008 - 7 answers

Who took this photo? Where can I buy it? [more inside]
posted by exphysicist345 on Aug 16, 2008 - 6 answers

Can you help me find an email address for Harriet Hall, MD - aka the "Skepdoc"? [more inside]
posted by anthropoid on Jul 25, 2008 - 3 answers

I have some pieces of this toy from when I was a child. My son loves them, and I'd like to find the rest of the set. The problem is, I don't know the name or manafacturer of them. [more inside]
posted by sidartha on Jul 24, 2008 - 9 answers

Where can I find a cheap bbq in nyc? [more inside]
posted by jourman2 on Jul 3, 2008 - 9 answers

I am looking for a person who lived in North Hollywood, CA in 1946. I have a specific address, but have exhausted all methods that I can think of (i.e., online databases, city records, interview of neighbors, etc.). Any other ideas?
posted by gm2007 on Apr 5, 2008 - 12 answers

What is the best key finder on the market? I checked out Amazon and there were many mixed reviews. [more inside]
posted by thetenthstory on Apr 3, 2008 - 1 answer

Are there any statistics for how much money (e.g. loose coin on the ground, forgotten change in a vending machine) one finds over a period of time? [more inside]
posted by chase on Apr 2, 2008 - 11 answers

My daughter is a huge Ruff Ruffman fan. She really wants a t-shirt with Ruff on it, but such a thing does not exist - well, at least there's no 'official' Ruff shirt from PBS or WGBH. I have been given a Dad Mission: procure a shirt by any means necessary. Can anyone find a Ruff graphic large enough to print on a shirt? (Format doesn't matter.) Have I missed a secret stash of RuffWear for sale somewhere? Does anyone know anyone who knows Ruff? Help me, Ask, my squeaky toy has lost it's squeak!
posted by unixrat on Feb 21, 2008 - 12 answers

What's the name of the history book about the 27 year period at in antiquity where a unknown merauding group attempted to destroy cities and many nascent civilizations? [more inside]
posted by xpermanentx on Feb 5, 2008 - 9 answers

I'm trying to find a vaguely remembered short story. The story was about a woman whose baby was in the NICU and then passes away. What I distinctly remember is that peppered throughout the story were phrases such as "A pride of lions. A gaggle of geese. A flock of doves." Lists of names for collectives of animals started and ended the piece, I think. In between was a very sad story about a baby, including the line "unplug my baby like he's a toaster?" or something very similar. Sound familiar to anyone?
posted by bonheur on Jan 10, 2008 - 5 answers

Looking for a windows tool that can find a folder name and compile the size of all folders with said name. [more inside]
posted by bleucube on Nov 1, 2007 - 10 answers

nikeshoefilter: Where can I find this exact style and color of nike shoes? PLEASE help me find it!!! If you got skillzzz show me where! [more inside]
posted by allthewhile on Sep 30, 2007 - 6 answers

Looking for a Muscle and Fitness exercise reference notebook-type of book, which is proving way more difficult to find than I'd imagined. [more inside]
posted by dubadubowbow on Sep 10, 2007 - 4 answers

How do I find long-lost friends in Canada? I've lost touch, I want to find them after a decade, but complicating things is the fact that I'm in Australia. [more inside]
posted by jasperella on Aug 11, 2007 - 5 answers

Portlandfilter: Where can I find this hoodie? [more inside]
posted by hannahq on Jun 3, 2007 - 5 answers

It's another find that book I read as a kid question! [more inside]
posted by macfly on May 18, 2007 - 10 answers

Where's my remote? If you can't tell me that, does there exist a universal remote with a cordless phone-like paging feature? [more inside]
posted by Rock Steady on Feb 6, 2007 - 17 answers

I need to do a massive replace of Flash object HTML code throughout an entire site. I really don't want to download each page and fix it by hand. [more inside]
posted by niles on Jan 25, 2007 - 11 answers

A couple of years ago I bought two bizarre T-shirts from an obscure, Japanese website. See them here. Does anyone know where I can find this site again? [more inside]
posted by bollockovnikov on Jan 20, 2007 - 9 answers

How do I find someone's email address from the web? [more inside]
posted by spiff101 on Oct 3, 2006 - 7 answers

Unemployed, running out of money, becoming depressed. Suggestions? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 1, 2006 - 48 answers

I'm writing an query in MS Access to get column 1 = product ID, column 2 = product Description. However, the description field has addtional spec data that I don't need. I want to remove anything after the first word, meaning remove after the first blank space. Example: Prod ID      Prod Desc 10-362-3     Packing DT 12-345-5     Seal XT L-23 Desired result: 10-362-3     Packing 12-345-5     Seal I tried to use FIND or SEARCH functions to identify the position of the first blank space and to truncate everything after that. However, Access does not recoganize either FIND or SEARCH. Does anyone have any idea how to accomplish this? Thanks.
posted by dy on Sep 20, 2006 - 4 answers

InDesign CS 2: Removing multiple page breaks throughout a very large document. Is there a symbol for page break that I can use in Find and Replace? [more inside]
posted by UnclePlayground on Sep 8, 2006 - 6 answers

Calling MS Access wizards... A batch find and replace conundrum. [more inside]
posted by snailer on Jul 11, 2006 - 13 answers

How do I find a manufacturer for a product I'd like to produce? [more inside]
posted by gfrobe on Jun 22, 2006 - 6 answers

Is there a way to search for locations that are X miles from a route, not just a point? [more inside]
posted by toomanyplugs on Apr 25, 2006 - 6 answers

I'm looking for a DVD version of the Marriage of Figaro as performed by the Metropolitan Opera circa 1998/9. [more inside]
posted by mule on Dec 9, 2005 - 2 answers

Help me find this out-of-print book, The Ponderous Pseudonumer [ISBN 82-994200-4-0], by Dr. Allan Krill, or help me find an equivalent book. [more inside]
posted by sdis on Oct 13, 2005 - 12 answers

Firefox pet peeve: whilst using the otherwise brilliant "find" feature, and typing in some text that isn't found in the page, there's this "bonk" sound, which is offputting at first, then progressively passes through annoying to maddening, especially at 4am when your wife is sleeping and you forgot to turn of the speakers. Is there a way to turn of this "bonk"?
posted by signal on Oct 2, 2005 - 8 answers

I have a bunch of directories of static HTML files in which I need to: -> Find A -> Find B -> Replace A with B -> Save, close, repeat with every one of the 500 or so files. Anyone got an idea? [more inside]
posted by TiggleTaggleTiger on Aug 29, 2005 - 21 answers

I've recently been given new information about my birth mother (i was adopted at the age of two). The information includes her first and last name, her social security number, and more. Using her name and the beauty of the interweb, i have found that she has married and is probably living in California. Is there any easy & reputable way to get a mailing address for the purpose of a brief "dear you" letter ? [more inside]
posted by redsparkler on Dec 25, 2004 - 5 answers

Bookmending tape. I'm looking for brands/recommendations for 1/2" - 1" wide bookmending tape, to fix broken hinges, and/or cracked spines from the inside, and with adhesive that will not damage the paper. Nothing super-fancy, and bonus points for something I could maybe find in local stores! Thanks!
posted by carter on Nov 5, 2004 - 7 answers

I need to use Excel's FIND function to locate open-parentheses, but since parentheses are part of the syntax of the function itself, it's choking. How can I escape the character to make this work?
posted by scarabic on Aug 6, 2004 - 8 answers

I want to locate someone: but I only have flimsy search material.

The last address I have for him is from around 1970 in Naples,Italy. I know his full name & d.o.b. I know a few other random details about him (one of his sister's names, his fathers business, his job in 1970 etc.) He has a fairly unusual surname, but common first and middle names.

I've found an online Italian phone directory (pronto.it), he's not listed. He may be dead, he may have emigrated or he may just not be listed.

The geneaology websites appear to be (a scam and/or) dealing with details that are much older than I'm looking for. I've searched on familysearch.org for free but no luck there either.

Can any Italian speaking mefi users tell me if there are any newspapers with birth, death & marriage announcements for Napoli? I've tried using babelfish + "google translate" to read the paper's web sites that I can find, but I can't seem to see anything like that in them.
posted by selton on Jun 29, 2004 - 1 answer

I lost my car keys Saturday. I remember walking out of the van, patting my pockets, and thinking "huh. Must have tossed them in my bag." Checked later and no keys.

What's your key-finding methodology?
posted by mecran01 on Jun 28, 2004 - 26 answers