Traveling in Tokyo filter: My nephew, who is in the U.S. Air Force, is traveling to his first posting at Misawa AB, in Aomori Prefecture, in Japan. He will arrive at Narita at 2:55 pm local time on March 17, and needs to get to Haneda airport for a 7:55 am flight to Misawa the next morning, March 18. He'll have one afternoon and evening in Tokyo to do a little sightseeing. Suggestions and travel help?
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posted by toodleydoodley
on Mar 12, 2010 -
5 answers
My Playstation 3 is NTSC and If I purchased FFXIII in PAL version. I know for sure it will work in my Game console.
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posted by omaralarifi
on Mar 9, 2010 -
3 answers
How can I help those less-technically inclined to think more abstractly about using a computer? Also, what's the best way to introduce smarter behaviors to avoid problems down the road and encourage them to learn and explore on their own?
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posted by cgomez
on Feb 24, 2010 -
28 answers
I want to send a romantic interest some flowers, but I don't know their address. I am friends with them on Facebook, I have their cell number, I don't know any of their friends, and I want it to be a surprise. Would anyone have any suggestions on how I should proceed?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 22, 2010 -
30 answers
I need a new laptop - Windows 7, about 14/15" screen, not super-powerful but with enough storage space and power for me to collect my photo archives and play the odd game. I am flummoxed by what's on offer. HELP!
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posted by mippy
on Feb 19, 2010 -
13 answers
So, I used to be a low level systems programmer with a CS degree and a late 80s early 90s hacker (asm, telenet, tymnet) background. Then i became an IP lawyer.
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posted by pelham
on Feb 12, 2010 -
7 answers
I want to talk to my boss about getting more work that is aligned with my skill level than what I am currently doing. However, I'm not sure how to go about doing it. My boss is a very reasonable person, and I think of I can make a strong case, he will be inclined to oblige if he can. Help me make that case please.
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 9, 2010 -
5 answers
Help a recently diagnosed ADHD college student fix-up her transcript, apply to university, and get on with her life?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 7, 2010 -
6 answers
I have a personal Wordpress website/blog ('www.timpollard.com') but the other day got an email from someone I know telling me that my site appeared to have a virus on it (a redirection to one of those appalling 'buy our virus killer' sites). I checked myself and couldn't see an issue but today, using a different PC if I typed the URL diredtly I could go there straight away but if I Google-searched 'timpollard' and then clicked in the 'timpollard.com link it displayed the message
'This site has been reported unsafe' as it was trying to access an entirely different site: 'antivirus-wizard-a1.c*m'. Help, what's happening - and how can I fix it, please?
posted by timpollard
on Feb 3, 2010 -
17 answers
Mail.appFilter: instead of deleting messages, Mail has taken to "ghosting" them, turning them grey. I've tried the
"vacuum" trick via the terminal, and eliminating the Envelope Index and reimporting all the messages (more than once),
as previously suggested - but the behaviour continues, and erratically, at that.
Any suggestions for getting Mail back to normal?
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posted by progosk
on Feb 2, 2010 -
3 answers
Google failed, perhaps the MeFi community would come to rescue: Who said [something like]: "Art is the event of the coming of the Other" (Derrida said similar things about Language).
Thank you.
posted by lipsum
on Jan 17, 2010 -
3 answers
What can I do to help my wife (or encourage her to help herself) with her ... dysthymia? anxiety? depression? bipolarism? lack of gumption? laziness? when I am not in close proximity to her and she does not want to go to therapy?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 10, 2010 -
21 answers
My sister has been anorexic for two years, and has just recently confided in me about it over the holidays. She says she's the worst she's ever been, and has stopped menstruating and rarely eats anything. I've talked to her about it, and our parent made her go see a doctor, and while she's open and honest about it (I think) she is adamant that she doesn't want help and doesn't want to see a therapist.
She's moving out on her own with a friend, and I live in a different province, and I'm scared that it's just going to get worse and worse until one day I get a phone call saying that she's had a heart attack.
I feel helpless and worried and angry and frustrated. She'll talk to me about it but I feel like I'm alienating her whenever I bring it up.
I need help.
Oh and our parents are useless to help. And wouldn't go to family therapy. What can I do?
posted by whalebreath
on Jan 3, 2010 -
10 answers
What are some of your favorite self-help audio books available on MP3?
posted by wordsmith
on Dec 28, 2009 -
2 answers
I have a problem with a broken Christmas promise. My girlfriend and I agreed that since money was tight, we would
not buy gifts for each other. We would purchase gifts for family. Children, parents, siblings. But we would only buy for others. Not for
us.
Then my girlfriend bought me an iPod Touch.
While I certainly love the gift I feel that I should now buy
her something, even though she insists that I do not.
I'm thinking that since the agreement was broken (granted with love) I have the right to purchase her a gift. (With love)
But OTOH, would that be loving, or tit for tat?
Am I overthinking this? Is it a given that I get her a gift? Or should I just accept my gift and leave it alone, and in my mind maybe be missing some signal of some sort?
While money is tight, it isn't so bad that I couldn't get her
something. It doesn't have to be the same amount, but I'd feel like crap if I didn't get her a gift now. Help!
posted by Splunge
on Dec 25, 2009 -
51 answers
It is a 60's or 70;s cartoon film, it starts live action and involves a boy who enters a cartoon world, I seem to recall a winding road, and has a Dr Suess kind of feel to it.....Pretty vague I know, but it's all i can remember, apart from it being shown on Cartoon network about 10 Ish years ago, any one help me??
posted by maxmix
on Dec 18, 2009 -
14 answers
Earlier on AskMeta there was a question on
being conned. I gave 50€ to a pregnant couple at a train-station - both couple and money I never saw again. I'd like to keep helping - but avoid being scammed in the process. How do you differentiate between "fishy" and "worth my help". Have you stopped looking at these cases altogether?
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posted by mathiu
on Dec 13, 2009 -
51 answers
My first lesbian experience quickly became assault. What do I do to take care of myself now?
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 3, 2009 -
18 answers
I'm exhibiting behaviors typically attributed to the architypal "psychogirl." And I hate it.
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 29, 2009 -
22 answers
HELP! I am (was) using my ipod instead of a DJ for my wedding that is in 10 days and it just CRASHED! It synched to my computer without warning and now all my wedding playlists are GONE! I'm a dope and only very recently started using an external hard drive...long story short I need help to rebuild my wedding playlists. With the stress of the wedding planning I cant even remember to poop, let alone the collection of music ive been building for years!!
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posted by madmamasmith
on Nov 11, 2009 -
21 answers
How do I navigate Social Security to qualify for Medicaid, SSI and disability for mental health services? How do I find an advocate to guide me through the walls of paperwork and decisions?
Sub-question: what are current mental health institutions like for in-patient treatment?
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posted by loquacious
on Nov 5, 2009 -
13 answers
I accidentally deleted an important project yesterday that's due today. I deleted an 'unused' folder, but forgot that my files were set to save to that folder instead of to their appropriate locations.
As a result, I lost pretty much everything. I cleared the recycle bin yesterday as well, thinking the folder was empty! I'm on a Mac OS X. Is there anyway to get these back without paying $100 for file recovery software? I don't have time machine running.
posted by biochemist
on Nov 2, 2009 -
11 answers
I'm trying to figure out how to create a XML / RSS feed of my Amazon web store products so I can update to Google Merchant.
There doesn't seem to be many functions / plug-ins offered by AWS and their help isn't very helpful.
I've done a fair amount of searching and have come up empty handed.
Would anyone have an idea how I might go about creating this feed?
posted by Aegean
on Oct 30, 2009 -
0 answers
Can anyone identify one of these songs I have stuck in my head? (Links below) - Please help!
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posted by cdenman
on Oct 27, 2009 -
6 answers
I need a new job, and I need one by the end of the year, because I'm very close to walking out of the one I have now. Help me, hive mind, as I'm at my wits end. What the hell can I do that's in Philadelphia, doesn't require a car, isn't sales, and pays around $30k?
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posted by SansPoint
on Oct 20, 2009 -
22 answers
I want to upgrade my HTC Touch HD GSM Windows OS from 6.1 to 6.5.
What is 1.56.OliNex simple comprehensive English?
what is the difference between upgrading through HSPL and USPL?
I don't really know the meaning and the difference between HSPL and USPL, and which one is recommended and less risky?
I went to xda-developers.com and couldn't comprehend there well.
posted by omaralarifi
on Oct 6, 2009 -
0 answers
i'm fascinated with the solar chimney concept for electric power generation. i'd like to build a small, fabric-based model, see if it might be able to provide enough power to charge a couple of car batteries. does the mefi hivemind want to help me brainstorm?
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posted by kimyo
on Sep 27, 2009 -
18 answers
Help me save my vanilla plant! Its leaves are turning black and rotting from the bottom up. Too much water? Not enough? Lost cause? Help me green thumbs!
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posted by gilsonal
on Sep 19, 2009 -
5 answers
I have a two part question about fires and making firewood. The two parts are related so I assume this is fine...
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posted by dance
on Sep 17, 2009 -
14 answers
I'm being offered $100 to remove "Ornamental Grasses", any experience with the removal of plants would be greatly appreciated. I need the money, badly, I just have never done this kind of work before.
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posted by guptaxpn
on Sep 9, 2009 -
11 answers
