I'm struggling to remember the title of a book I read in the 1980s, which had a real-world twist: hidden within the narrative was the location of a spot in the USA where some sort of treasure or reward money was located. [more inside]
posted by squid patrol on Oct 26, 2009 - 9 answers

I'm going with my family down to Italy from around Oct 18-30th, including a week at a farm house in Ancona (looking forward to that, for sure!). We'll also be in Venice for around three whole days in the beginning and end of the trip (we fly in/out from Venice). [more inside]
posted by avocade on Oct 11, 2009 - 5 answers

I'm trying to archive, in PDF form, a series of Web pages where the content won't expand unless I click "more" dozens and dozens of times to reveal each hidden item. Is there some time-saving Firefox add on--or other tool--that could do this for me automatically? It's a Javascript thing... [more inside]
posted by Kirklander on Mar 7, 2009 - 6 answers

Help me to detect hidden cams/microphones in a room. I have reason to believe that my friend's house has been bugged by her ex-husband and im looking for easy ways to find and remove these bugs. [more inside]
posted by kampken on Mar 4, 2009 - 13 answers

What are some places "off the beaten path", I can explore in urban environments? For photography, and my own amusement. [more inside]
posted by sixcolors on Dec 15, 2008 - 14 answers

/* Is a lot of commented out text bad for a home page? */ [more inside]
posted by pixelnark on Dec 7, 2008 - 10 answers

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

What is your most ingenious hiding place for valuables? [more inside]
posted by DB Cooper on Jul 21, 2008 - 49 answers

So what's inside areas that are closed off to the public, in buildings? [more inside]
posted by sixcolors on Jul 17, 2008 - 40 answers

how can I write with "Marlett" windows XP default system font ? [more inside]
posted by Baud on Feb 15, 2008 - 5 answers

Mac OS X filter: In terminal, if I go to / and ls, I see a bunch of folders that are hidden in Finder, for example /etc, /private, /sbin, and so on. How do I add a folder to that list? [more inside]
posted by jon4009 on Oct 24, 2007 - 8 answers

I just moved to Verdun, (Montreal), Quebec. Any current or former inhabitants have any hidden gems they can share? [more inside]
posted by hector horace on Oct 18, 2007 - 9 answers

I was trying to click and highlight a couple of lines of text in Firefox and the whole paragraph disappeared. What just happened? [more inside]
posted by dubadubowbow on Oct 13, 2007 - 8 answers

How to keep bra straps from showing without safety pins? [more inside]
posted by transona5 on Sep 1, 2007 - 25 answers

Poetry about secrets, hidden things, hiding places? [more inside]
posted by Staggering Jack on May 11, 2007 - 19 answers

What's the original of the phrase "that's where the flavor is hiding"? [more inside]
posted by 2bucksplus on Apr 18, 2007 - 4 answers

I restored my Picasa data from a backup after a crash. Now none of the previously hidden photos are still hidden. Can I recover this automatically somehow? [more inside]
posted by grouse on Mar 27, 2007 - 5 answers

How can I set Mac OS X so that it doesn't create .DS_Store, .Trashes, and ._* files on USB drives I work with? [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Aug 23, 2006 - 9 answers

For reasons that don't particularly make sense I believe that someone is spying on me with a camera hidden somewhere in my room. Ignoring for a moment the fact that I'm clearly nuts, what exactly would the law be on this (I live in the US)? [more inside]
posted by Astragalus on Dec 14, 2005 - 49 answers

I just got a new TV and a six speaker home theater audio system. The front and satellite speakers are small and sort of designed to be wall mounted. I want mount them (at about chest level) without obvious speaker wires. [more inside]
posted by aspenbaloo on Apr 2, 2005 - 9 answers